Server Maintenance - [July 20, 2025]

Age Of Empires Online Celeste Fan Project will undergo planned server maintenance on the 20th of July 2025.
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20:00 CEST: The server will stop responding to login requests, meaning you will not be able to log on from this time.
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20:30 CEST: Start of maintenance.
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21:00 CEST: Expected end of maintenance.

 

Game server is now in maintenance mode and authentication has been disabled. Server maintenance will start in 30 min.

 

Server is shutting down now, expected downtime is 30 minutes.

 

Server is back online!

 

Changelog:

Summer Event 2025 data deployed. The Event goes live on the 21st of July, 2025, 00:01 UTC.

• Balance Changes:
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• Sparta PvP Updates:
  • Coastal, Marshlands, Bandit Canyon and Great Lake leave the Ranked Map Pool. Savannah, Oasis, Ghost Lake and Four Lakes take their places. Current Ranked Map Pool:
    • Equal Footing
    • Sheltered Pass
    • Treasure Island
    • Savannah
    • Oasis
    • Ghost Lake
    • Grasslands
    • Four Lakes
    • Inland
    • Swamp Pass

• Map Updates:
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• Quest Updates:
  • Legendary General Setredet's Demise: Added a missing optional objective to the quest.
  • Temporarily disabled some of the summer event archive quests to avoid having duplicate quests.
  • Added Summer Event materials and points to the quests in all 3 Alliance regions
  • Conquest of Britannia: Updated the gear of the Ships & Guard Towers (less maximum range)
  • Conquest of Britannia: The enemey AI now resigns faster in every quest with "Enemies Defeated" objectives.
  • Londinium Falling (all variants): Slightly reduced the speed of enemy units production.
  • Wherever I May Rome (all variants): Increased the damage of the cold.

• Art Updates:
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• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
    • Ballista Trireme: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 3.5x, from 4.0x.
      Fire Ship: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 1.5x, from 2.0x
  • Egyptians:
    • Temples: Now spawn free Priests upon aging up at the same rate as the Priests' regular training time, instead of instantly spawning them.
      Axeman: Train Time increased to 14 seconds, from 13.Catapult Trireme: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 3.5x, from 4.0x.Fire Ship: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 1.5x, from 2.0x.
  • Celts:
    • Spearman: Hitpoints increased to 165, from 150.
    • Gold Mine: Moved to Age II, from Age III. Hitpoints reduced to 1500, from 2000. Baseline Gold Conservation reduced to 10%, from 20%.
    • Gold Rush: Now also grants +30% Health. Gold Conservation increased to +30%, from 20%. Upgrade cost increased to 175w/175g, from 150w/150g.
    • Swanship Champion: Cost reduced to 350g, from 400g.
  • Persians:
    • Mangongel Galley: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 3.5x, from 4.0x.
    • Ram Ship: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 4.0x, from 5.0x.
  • Romans:
    • Enneris: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 4.0x, from 5.0x.
  • Babylonians:
    • Ram Ship: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 4.0x, from 5.0x.
  • Norse:
    • Fire Ship: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 1.5x, from 2.0x
  • Indians:
    • Fire Ship: Bonus vs Buildings reduced to 1.5x, from 2.0x
  • Global:
    • Dock: Hitpoints reduced to 1500, from 2250. Melee-Inf, Melee-Cav and Crush Armor increased to 0.35, from 0.00.

• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
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• Bugfixes:
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• Other Updates:
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• XLive Changes:
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• Backend Changes:
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