Server Maintenance - [December 28, 2025]

Age Of Empires Online Celeste Fan Project will undergo planned server maintenance on the 28th of December 2025.

This is the Winter Event update. The Event itself will go live on the 29th of December at 00:01 GMT/UTC.
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19:00 CET: The server will stop responding to login requests, meaning you will not be able to log on from this time.
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19:30 CET: Start of maintenance.
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20:00 CET: 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 30-40 minutes.

 

Server is back online!

Changelog:

Winter Event data pre-loaded. The Event goes live at 2025/12/29 00:01 UTC.

• Balance Changes:
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• Sparta PvP Updates:
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• Map Updates:
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• Quest Updates:
  • Added several new quests to Crete. Added a new Questgiver that has Crete Mastery repeatable global quests.

• Art Updates:
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• Champion Mode Changes:
  • Greeks:
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  • Egyptians:
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  • Celts:
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  • Persians:
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  • Romans:
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  • Babylonians:
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  • Norse:
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  • Indians:
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  • Global:
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• Updated the Champion Mode Website to the latest build.

• UI Updates:
  • Changed the order of settings in the Defense of Crete interface, increased the maximum number of visible options for "Quest Setting" and "Difficulty" dropdown menus so there is no scrolling required. Added several visual improvements.

• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed an issue where "Dhana Nanda's Royal Elephant Armor" Repeatable Quest was not included in Pataliputra's featured quests list.

• Other Updates:
  • Temporarily removed notifications from Sparta PvP daily and weekly playtime quests. These quests will still be running during gameplay and you can receive your rewards as normal by speaking to the Spartan Commander, but you will get no notifications during gameplay. We will revert this change based on community feedback if necessary.
  • Arrows of the Ice King: Now grant +20% Snare, from +14.8%.

• XLive Changes:
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• Backend Changes:
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