Release Date: September 17th, 2026, at 10 AM UTC / 12 PM CEST
This update adds support for the Echoes of Kassandra Cosmetic Pack.
Improvements & Changes
Balance changes to three heroic specialists:
Laevinus: now affects only quarries, gold washers, and clay pits (instead of all pits) to prevent an exploit involving Sand Refineries
Kirjokansi: Now only considers passive trade with rivals, not player-to-player trade, to prevent an exploit
Tiranna: removed effects on dye and instead now affects pigments, as previous effects were far too strong
\[DLC 02] Added an infotip to Hippodrome events indicating that optional goods can be removed
Improved UI for Monuments
Tier Improvement infotip now shows the second effect
The remaining duration of players’ Notes is now also visible in the archive
Improved readability of warning text when it comes to Time Limited Challenges
Selecting an ornament with a cosmetic skin applied will now show the selected skin in the object menu
Trade buffs are now limited trades between NPCs and players
Bug Fixes
Gameplay
\[DLC 02] Hippodrome parade units are no longer present during ongoing races.
\[DLC 02] Fixed an issue that prevented the Hippodrome plans research to unlock despite fulfilling all conditions when activating DLC 2 after DLC 1 storyline eruption
\[DLC 02] Fixed an issue with the Lusitanian Governor Decision effect not working after the first race
Fixed several Specialist buffs
Fixed an issue with the Sandarac Nursery, which is now categorised as a plantation
\[DLC 01] Fixed an issue where the diplomacy malus received for helping Caecilia wouldn’t expire
Fixed an issue preventing players from manually changing the World Seed field
Fixed an issue preventing players from completing the tutorial quest “Specialists”
Fixed an issue where the “Underlings” quest would not trigger after accepting one of the Specialists offered through the “Gemini in the Rough” Governor Decision
Performance
Fixed a crash on PS5 occurring when launching existing savegames
Art & Visuals
Fixed an issue with the size of Hall of Fame market skins in Albion
Fixed an issue causing feedback units to float around building
UI, UX & Controls
Fixed an issue with the scrollbar not working in the Time Limited Challenges questbook
Fixed an issue where the wrong notification would appear when trying to merge split aqueducts
Fixed an issue where a “Favourite” radial slot could be permanently lost
Fixed an issue where the “Inventory full!” warning would appear even with empty slots available
Fixed an issue where spinning the camera around itself in one direction would lead to a dead end
Fixed an issue where the queue order numbers disappeared in the research menu for the unresearched greyed-out researches
Fixed an issue where Legionaries units were missing description text in several infotips
Fixed an issue where the size of the quest description text in the Questbook wouldn’t change based on the UI Scaling settings
Fixed an issue where an empty menu would appear when players attempted to go back from the save data menu
Fixed an issue where changes made to the player’s profile through the Profile Customisation were only partially applied
Fixed an issue where building names would become mixed up in the object menu when rapidly switching between them
Fixed an issue with Ubisoft Connect Reward ornaments showing the wrong icon in their construction menu description
Text & Loca
Removed duplicated text from the quest book archive for the “Weapons from the Stars” quest
Multiplayer
Fixed an issue in multiplayer where an infinite loading screen would occur after reinviting a participant
Fixed an issue where “… The Spoils” achievement would unlock for all participants in a multiplayer game
