Hotfix

- increased negative effects from Justinian Plague

- minor adjustment to Skoutatoi skin

Oct 2025 Patch AD 536


Graphical:

- building icons from original Rome/BI added – plus some custom icons made with GIMP
- removed “same people” icon and tooltip text
- graphical rework of traits, techs and skills icons so that they better resemble Merovingian and Notitia Dignitatum imagery rather than later Carolingian stained glass
- fixed incorrect unit card portrait for Roman general
- improved Belisarius model with more drip added
- fixed missing Visigoth portraits
- updated Lanciarii Seniores skin to most recent AOJ 555 version
- replaced vanilla horses with custom Anno Domini assets

Gameplay and Balance:

- adjusted replenishment rates so that the proportion of melee infantry to cavalry and missile units is slightly higher
- changes to diplomatic relations for several factions to reduce friendliness at start
- Bernicia and Picts now neutral at start instead of at war
- added garrison building at Croton
- added hidden upkeep malus for Visigoths
- added tech tree unit upgrades for Roman core units
- added Cheiroballistra unit to Roman and Powys garrisons via Siege Workshop building
- added second small stack to Picts

Startpos:

- added traits to several leader personalities
- changed Visigoth capital from Toledo to Barcelona
- added Photias and Ionninia as son (adopted by Belisarius) and daughter of Belisarius and Antonina
- changed a level 1 garrison unit for Romans from Skoutatoi Levy to Symmachoi Pezoi for variety
- reworked embedded/emergent religions in several regions to better match historical religions
- added small amounts of Paganism and Judaism to the populations of several provinces

Chapter Objectives and Victory Conditions:

- reworked Chapter Objectives for Franks, Ostrogoths, Suebi, Mercians, Saxons, Jutes
- fixed missing Victory Conditions for Visigoths

Other:

- fixed incorrect officer for Toxotai Boukelaroi
- fixed incorrect stats and skin for rare rebel Saxon Warhounds unit
- added tech tree upgrades to Roman core units
- added Plague of Justinian event (UI notification not working yet)
- changed several text instances of Age of Charlemagne to Anno Domini: 536 The Gothic War

Update

- Latin grammar and spelling: several fixes to unit names
- map corrections: Cumbria renamed to Cambria; Pannonia becomes Pannonia Superior and Dardania becomes Pannonia Inferior
- Suevorum renamed Regnum Suevorum
- Campaign balance: small increase to Local Unit replenishment rates for AI factions
- Traits and Army Traditions: several adjustments to character traits to align better with the battle balance
- removed non-recruitable units from some custom battle rosters
- Edicts: Warrior Rites edict now adds experience to Factional Local Unit recruits
- fixed missing spatha for Witiges

Update:

- reworked technology trees to remove anachronisms and bring into alignment with the recruitment system

- graphical: replaced stained glass backgrounds with parchment and wood textures, and slightly desaturated colours for technology tree UI icons

- unit caps removed for units recruited from buildings

- 2 turn recruitment for all units recruitable from buildings. This is experimental to gauge AI behaviour, especially regarding spamming certain units

All changes are save game compatible

Hotfix

- unit caps added to Caballeri Pueri and Trustis Dominica (Franks) to prevent AI spamming
- fixed Expeditio Romana's incorrect adjective
- small adjustment to Jarl's cloak ratios
- fixed graphical bugs with Sclavene generals' portraits

Hotfix

- fixed missing Lombard generals' portraits

Hotfix

- fixed missing weapons for Sclavene generals
- fixed graphical glitches for Sclavene generals' portraits

Save game compatible

Hotfix

- fixed missing sword for Sclavene faction leader

- fixed vanilla unit appearing in Oster Rike starting stack

Save game compatible