HUMANKIND™ news & patch notes

Hey everyone, 

At Amplified a few weeks ago, we gave you a first glimpse of a new Humankind scenario our designer Noah has been working on: War in the Pacific. 

We chose this theme because the Community Vote had picked the Contemporary as their preferred era, and we could create a situation in which you’d get to use all three types of units together, land, naval, and air. This scenario pushes some aspects further than we did with previous scenarios, like custom personas, custom narrative events, and a unique end game condition.

• Better AI management of Embarked Units : they deploy in the rear, will avoid engaging naval forces, try to disembark on ground, and avoid seeking naval forces in a naval engagement.

• Better AI Air Strike management :

  • AI will account better for anti-air before striking, avoiding too high casualties.

  • AI will spread out strikes (note : While this is slightly less optimal in theory than focusing a single tile, but avoids "overstriking" which it was prone to do, i.e. sending more than the required amount of squadrons to hit a tile)

• AI will include more infantry in their later era armies to avoid having to rely entirely on tanks.

• Land tiles are properly included in a battle if embarked units are present in a naval engagement

• Reduced Terrain / POI destruction chance from 25% per air / arty strike to 5%

• Added possibility to buyout some specific Extensions with Influence in Occupied Cities (Extractors, Train Stations, etc), like Outposts.

• Fixed an error with air strikes.

Now we’re ready for you to try it yourselves and share your thoughts to guide any final tweaks we might want to make before we release it fully. 

Just go to the properties of the game on Steam, and in the Game Versions and Betas tab select the update_preview branch. Once it’s updated, you’ll be able to access the scenario directly from the menu. 

While you’re giving feedback, there are a few topics Noah is particularly interested in: 

• Did you finish the scenario? 

• How many turns did you play? 

• Which side did you play? 

• Thoughts on the difficulty of the scenario? 

• Thoughts on the AI's behavior? 

• Thoughts on the military aspect? 

• Thoughts on the economy? 

• Any other / free feedback 

If you see any weird behavior from the AI, please let us know about it and include a save if you can.

We look forward to reading what you think about this scenario. 

Today we want to give you a little early look at the new Humankind scenario we are working on.

Last summer, we asked you all to vote on which era you would like to see for the new scenario, and the overwhelming response was the Contemporary Era. And we get it: It’s rare to face an opponent on equal footing after going through five other ages before.

After some brainstorming and consideration, we decided to focus on the pacific theatre of WW2 for this scenario, placing you in a conflict where land, naval, and air forces come to bear.

The mockup below should give you an idea what kinds of battle to expect, but this is not a real screenshot as we are still working on the scenario. 

AMPLIFIERS 2026

January is the month we celebrate the Studio anniversary. This year we reach the 15th year milestone!

“Celebrating the studio’s 15th anniversary means celebrating fifteen years of imagination, perseverance, and above all, the trust we’ve built with our community. Our players have always been at the heart of our journey: their feedback, passion, and engagement drive us to push our limits every day” - Romain De Waubert, Studio Co-founder and CEO.

Check the OFFICIAL BLOG to learn more about what we're doing for Amplified, including the stretch goals that will unlock rewards to everyone!

Gameplay Additions

• Added "exclusive Tenets" option in the new game screen

UI and Localization

• Improved tooltip distinction of State-Religion Effects versus Territory Effects

• Rephrased Raise Monuments, Sustain the Faithful, and Donate Generously effects to clarify the different between Religious Leader and Follower effects

• Slightly adjusted dimensions of the tenet screen for better readability

Balancing

• New Faith Bonus parameter, which boosts your State Religion's influence in a Territory, but not beyond

• Civics Balancing

  • Open-Minded (Religious Tolerance) applies a -10 Faith Defense reduction

  • Religious Hostility (Religious Tolerance) Faith Defense bonus reduce to 20% (from 30% before)

  • Inquisition (Unbelievers) grants Faith on Main Plaza based on population sacrificed and Faith Defense on Territories not following the State Religion

  • Banish Unbelievers (Unbelievers) yields more Money but gives less Faith Defense than before

• District Rebalancing:

  • Religious Districts

    • Reduced Flat Faith yields of most religious Emblematic districts and religious Cultural Wonders

    • Added a small Faith Bonus to most religious Emblematic Districts

    • Added +25% Faith Bonus to Holy Sites

    • Cultural Wonders that are Holy Sites grant less flat Faith than Obelisk of the gods/Stone Circle (+7 instead of +10)

    • Reduced Faith bonus for Tradition Ideology Axis to +1/+2 (was +2/+4 before)

  • The following districts now apply a Faith Defense penalty as they rely on exchanges with others

    • Embassies

    • Harbors

    • Haven – Phoenicia

    • Amphiteatron – Greece

    • Cothon – Carthaginian

    • Bandari – Swahili

    • Luxuries Market – Ghanaians

    • V.O.C Warehouse – Dutch

    • Caravanserai – Persian

    • College – Scots

    • Exhibition Hall – French

    • Floating Market – Siamese

• Tenets Rebalancing

  • Religion effects on territories are no longer uniform. Generally, Food Tenets yield more and Science and Influence Tenets less. All territory effects scale with Tenet Tier.

  • FIMSI related State-religion effects are no longer uniform. Generally, Food Tenets yield more and Science and Influence Tenets less.

  • Yield to None now grants +2 CS on Militia (instead of experience when building a unit)

  • Raise Monuments (Tier 4) no longer grants Industry

  • Donate Often (Tier 4) no longer grants Food

  • Meditate Often (Tier 4) now grants +2 CS to the Religious leader and +1 CS to Followers (instead of +3/+2)

• Natural Wonders Balancing

  • Reduced flat Faith bonus of Natural Wonders to +5 (was +10 before)

FIXES

• Added missing localization

• Fixed issue where picked tenets were not displayed after loading a game

• Fixed issue where the wrong Faith was displayed in the the All Cities panel

KNOWN ISSUES

• The mod tools are not up to date yet

Humankind Version 1.29.4721 - "Freyja" Religion Changes

General Changes

• Tenets are no longer exclusive: multiple religions can share the same tenets

• ADDED -2 Stability per non-State Religion Follower

• CHANGED Religion Follower thresholds

  • Tier 3: 5+Min(#Players,8)*20 (Used to be *15)

  • Tier 4: 5+Min(#Players,8)*35 (Used to be *20)

Tenets

• Shamanism

  • CHANGED +2 Faith on Administrative Plaza TO +3 Faith on Administrative Plaza

• Respect the Seas' Bounties

  • REMOVED All but +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +5 Food on Territories under influence of your State Religion if they contain a Coastal Water Tile

  • ADDED +3 Food on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Abstain from Intoxicants

  • REMOVED All but +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +5 Industry on Territories under influence of your State Religion if they contain a Forest

  • ADDED +3 Industry on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Seek Wisdom

  • REMOVED All but +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +5 Science on Territories under influence of your State Religion if they contain a Strategic Deposit

  • ADDED +3 Science on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Hunt the Infidels

• ADDED -10% Production cost

  • ADDED +5% Health Regen on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Reject Luxury

  • REMOVED All but +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +5 Money on Territories under influence of your State Religion if they contain a Luxury Deposit

  • ADDED +3 Money on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Be Virtuous as Water

  • REMOVED All but +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +10 Stability on Territories under influence of your State Religion if they contain a River

  • ADDED +5 Stability on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Shelter the True Oracles

  • REMOVED All but +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +5 Influence on Territories under influence of your State Religion if they contain a Mountain

  • ADDED +3 Influence on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Smite Unbelievers

  • CHANGED -1 Unit Upkeep to -10% Unit Upkeep

  • ADDED +5% Health Regen on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Bear not False Witness

  • CHANGED +5 Science on Research Quarters TO +3 Science on Research Quarters

  • REMOVED +2 Science on Religious District

  • ADDED +3 Science on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Give Alms

  • CHANGED +5 Money on Market Quarters TO +3 Science on Market Quarters

  • REMOVED +2 Money on Religious District

  • ADDED +3 Money on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Protect the Weak

  • REMOVED +2 Stability on Religious District

  • ADDED +5 Stability on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Observe Fasts

  • CHANGED +5 Food on Harbour TO +3 Food on Farmer's Quarters

  • REMOVED +2 Food on Religious District

  • ADDED +3 Food on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Undertake Pilgrimage

  • ADDED +3 Influence on Commons Quarter

  • REMOVED +2 Influence on Religious District

  • REMOVED -25% Civics costs

  • ADDED +3 Influence on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Yield to None

  • REMOVED -20% Industry Cost on Religious District

  • ADDED +5XP on Unit Creation per Territory under influence of your State Religion

  • ADDED +5% Health Regen on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Purge Idleness

  • ADDED +1 Industry per State Religion Faith produced in the Settlement

  • REMOVED +2 Industry on Religious District

  • ADDED +3 Industry on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Show Not Mercy

  • ADDED +10 XP on Unit Creation per Military Quarter in Territories under influence of your State Religion

  • ADDED +5% Health Regen on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Mandate Patronage

  • ADDED +1 Money per State Religion Faith produced in the Settlement

  • REMOVED +2 Money per Trade Road

  • REMOVED +2 Money on Religious Quarter

  • ADDED +3 Money on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Proselytize Daily

  • ADDED +1 Influence per State Religion Faith produced in the Empire

  • ADDED -25% Civics costs

  • REMOVED +2 Influence on Commons Quarter

  • REMOVED +2 Influence on Religious District

  • ADDED +3 Influence on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Develop the Intellect

  • ADDED +1 Science per State Religion Faith produced in the Empire

  • REMOVED +2 Science on Religious District

  • REMOVED +20 Science per Alliance

  • ADDED +3 Science on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Eschew Gluttony

  • ADDED -10% Industry cost on Units

  • ADDED +5% Health Regen on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Raise Monuments

  • REMOVED +50 Science on Artificial Wonders

  • REMOVED +2 Science on Religious Districts

  • ADDED +1 Science per Religion Followers globally if Religious Leader

  • ADDED +1 Science per Religion Followers in Empire if not Religious Leader

  • ADDED +1 Industry per Religion Followers in Settlement on Settlements

  • ADDED +3 Science on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Sustain the Faithful

  • REMOVED +20 Stability on Territories not following your religion

  • REMOVED +2 Stability on Religious District

  • ADDED +1 Influence per Religion Followers globally if Religious Leader

  • ADDED +1 Influence per Religion Followers in Empire if not Religious Leader

  • ADDED +1 Stability per Religion Followers in Settlement on Settlements

  • ADDED +5 Stability on Territories under the influence of the Religion

• Donate Generously

  • REMOVED +25 Money per Alliance

  • REMOVED +2 Money on Religious District

  • CHANGED +3 Holy Sites to +1 Holy Site

  • ADDED +1 Money per Religion Followers globally if Religious Leader

  • ADDED +1 Money per Religion Followers in Empire if not Religious Leader

  • ADDED +1 Food per Religion Followers in Settlement on Settlements

  • ADDED +3 Money on Territories under influence of the Religion

• Meditate Often

  • ADDED +3 Combat Strength if Religious Leader

  • CHANGED +2 Combat Strength to +2 Combat Strength if not Religious Leader

  • ADDED +5% Health Regen on Territories under influence of the Religion

Civics

• Religious Rights - Communal Rights (Procession action)

  • CHANGED Procession cost from 5 * Population Money cost TO 10 * Population Money cost

  • ADDED +1 Faith per State Religion Follower on Administrative Districts

• Religious Tolerance - Unlock Conditions

  • CHANGED from 2 Tenets to Have at least 1 non-State Religion Follower in your Empire OR at least 1 Follower of your Religion in another Empire

• Religious Tolerance - Open-minded

  • CHANGED to +1 Stability per non-State Religion Follower

• Religious Tolerance - Hostility

  • REMOVED +10 Faith on Influenced Territories

  • ADDED +30% Faith Defence on Territories

  • CHANGED to -1 Stability per non-State Religion Follower

• Religious Minorities - Taxed Minorities

  • CHANGED to -1 Stability per non-State Religion Follower

• Religious Minorities - Untaxed Minorities

  • CHANGED to +1 Stability per non-State Religion Follower

• Unbelievers - Eliminate Unbelievers (Inquisition Action)

  • CHANGED Inquisition cost from 1 Population TO (1 + non-Influenced Territories Count) Population

  • REMOVED +10 Stability

  • ADDED +5 Faith per Sacrificed Population on non-Influenced Territories' Administrative Districts

  • ADDED +10% Faith Defence

• Unbelievers - Banish Unbelievers (Banish Action)

  • ADDED +30% Faith Defence

  • CHANGED 5T Duration TO 10T Duration

• Irreligion - Secularism

  • REMOVED +10% Fame gains

  • REMOVED +5 Money on Religious District

  • ADDED +5% FIMSI

  • ADDED +2 Stability per non-State Religion Follower

• Irreligion - State Atheism

  • CHANGED +20% Fame gains TO +10% Fame gains

  • ADDED +10% Faith Defence

  • ADDED +3 Faith per Commons Quarter

  • ADDED +3 Faith per Research Quarter

  • ADDED +1 Faith per State Religion Follower

Emblematic Quarters

• Kaiserdom

  • REMOVED +1 Faith per District in Settlement

  • ADDED +1 Faith per District in Territory

• Jama Masjid

  • REMOVED +1 Faith per Pop

  • ADDED +3 Faith

• Catedral Gótica

  • REMOVED +1 Faith per Pop

  • ADDED +3 Faith

• Sultan Camii

  • REMOVED +1 Faith per District

  • ADDED +1 Faith per District in Territory

• Tera

  • CHANGED +3 Faith TO +2 Faith

  • ADDED +5% Faith Defence in Territory

Natural Wonders

• Mount Roraima

  • ADDED +10 Faith

• Whakaari Volcano

  • ADDED +10 Faith

Fixes

• Fixed various cases of missing localized text

Known Issues

• Effects are unclear for Tenets in Tier 4 between Religious Leader/Non-Religious Leader

  • Religious Leader gets the effect for all followers worldwide (even the ones from other Empires).

  • Non Religious leaders get the bonus only for their followers.

• The "Abstain from Intoxicants" Tenet applies unreliably

• The "Be Virtuous as Water" Tenet is also applied on Cities that don't have Rivers in their Territory

• The Mod Tools have not been updated yet

​Hey everyone, 

• Religion Tier Requirements have been rebalanced and should scale better with map size and number of players now 

• Non-State Religion followers in your territories now give a mild stability penalty per pop (there are ways to offset this) 

• Territories now have a “Faith Defense” value that reduces incoming faith pressure from non-state Religions 

• Multiple religions can share the same tenet now 

• All Tenets have been rebalanced with effects that reward spreading your state religion. The Tier 4 Tenets give the Religious Leader additional benefits. 

• Religious Civics were adapted to the new Religion balancing 

• New Persona: William Wallace 

• Added a new "Dante" AI Persona.
• Added food consumption on armies, meaning: Army Food Consumption is taken from cities based on their size. Nomads and Mounted Nomads do not consume food. Scouts upgraded from neolithic tribes do not consume food.
• Reduced the additional food consumption for large population cities.
• Removed the Challenges and gave their rewards to all players.
• Added a Stability bonus for all unit stationed on a City.
• Changed the Congress of Humankind maximum ideological effect of "Homeland" to +100% War Support gains on City occupation (instead of +100% War Score).
• Changed the Congress of Humankind first ideological effect of "World" to +15 War Support required for Fromal War (instead of +10).
• Updated the Humankind Mod Tools build.
• Gifted the Early Bird DLC to all players, including: "Buddica" AI Persona. "Lucy" AI Persona. "Edgar Allan Poe" AI Persona. Celtic player profile decorations. Celtic profile symbols.

• Fixed an issue were an incorrect Grievance was triggered on Allies when asking for an enemy Surrender.
• Fixed an issue were the AI accepting a Surrender made the winning side appear as surrendered as well.

• Fixed an issue were "Unknown" food consumption were displayed on Occupied Cities.
• Fixed an issue were the "Paid Wages" bonus from "Army Wages" civic was not calculated correctly.
• Fixed an issue were the "Fog" tiles didn't apply the Combat Strenght bonus in all cases.
• Fixed an issue were there was no penalty when the losing side of a War had no City left.
• Fixed an issue were the AI didn't accept a Surrender request if the player's War Support reached zero.
• Fixed an issue were an incorrect pop-up notification was triggered when continuing a War you were winning.
• Fixed an issue were declaring war against a Liege as a Vassal didn't declare war against the other vassals.
• Fixed an issue were the Avatar customization buttons were locked after closing the menu without saving.

• Dante Alighieri AI persona, as unlocked at the last Amplified
• The in-game Challenge rewards have been unlocked for everybody and the challenges have been disabled
• Armies now consume food taken from your cities based on their size

"Dante Update" Version Notes

CHANGES & ADDITIONS

• Added a new "Dante" AI Persona.
• Removed the Challenges and gave their rewards to all players.
• Unlocked Boudicca, Poe, and Lucy avatars for all players
• Unlocked Celtic player symbols and decorations for all players
• Added food consumption on armies.
  • Army Food Consumption is taken from cities based on their size
  • Nomads and Mounted Nomads do not consume food
  • Scouts upgraded from neolithic tribes do not consume food
• Reduced the additional food consumption for large population cities
• Added a Stability bonus for all unit stationed on a City.
• Changed the Congress of Humankind maximum ideological effect of "Homeland" to +100% War Support gains on City occupation (instead of +100% War Score).
• Changed the Congress of Humankind first ideological effect of "World" to +15 War Support required for Formal War (instead of +10).

FIXES OF ISSUES SPOTTED BY THE COMMUNITY (THANKS!)

• Fixed an issue where an incorrect Grievance was triggered on Allies when asking for an enemy Surrender.
• Fixed an issue where the AI accepting a Surrender made the winning side appear as surrendered as well.

OTHER FIXES

• Fixed an issue where "Unknown" food consumption were displayed on Occupied Cities.
• Fixed an issue where the "Paid Wages" bonus from "Army Wages" civic was not calculated correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the "Fog" tiles didn't apply the Combat Strength bonus in all cases.
• Fixed an issue where there was no penalty when the losing side of a War had no City left.
• Fixed an issue where the AI didn't accept a Surrender request if the player's War Support reached zero.
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect pop-up notification was triggered when continuing a War you were winning.
• Fixed an issue where declaring war against a Liege as a Vassal didn't declare war against the other vassals.
• Fixed an issue where the Avatar customization buttons were locked after closing the menu without saving.

• Fix for AIs not advancing out of the neolithic
• Fix for AI not surrendering*
• Fixed The Other Capital Punishment civic still giving stability on exploitations
• Fixed a localization error with the Force Surrender button

Patch Notes

• All surrender proposals can be refused now, even if you are at 0 war support
• Both parties reaching 0 War Support no longer forces White Peace
• While at 0 War Support, empires take a Stability penalty scaling with era and number of turns spent without War Support
• While their enemy is ready to surrender (at 0 War Support), empires will take a penalty to their own War Support
• Centralized Power unlocks an empire bonus that reduces the impact of lost and destroyed units on war support, so wars can last longer.
• War Score now only depends on demands and occupied territory, not War Support
• You can now always declare surprise wars
• (Together We Rule) The Placate action is now forbidden during war
• Several new historical personas, like Alexander the Great, Napoleon, or Sun Tzu

Hotfix

Save the date!

Thursday 23 January at 19:00 CET / 1 PM EST / 10 AM PST

Friday 24 January at 17:00 CET / 11 AM EST / 8 AM PST

Where you can see it? Our twitch Channel

What can you expect?

Patch Summary

• Idea] Custom Local AI Opponents: You can now create your own local set of personas for your opponents to use on the AI Persona Collection screen {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/b3f7e313f5aa73ddd24c228082ca055959eaa3a8.png
• Mod] New Growth Formula: We’ve tweaked the growth formula so that a very small surplus or deficit won’t affect your population anymore, which will stop the eternal cycle of death and rebirth once your cities reach the size they can support. (Thanks DocktorKain for the help!)
• Ambush Improvements: Bumping into the invisible forces of your allies, vassals, or liege will not trigger an ambush anymore. Instead, your army will stop moving and reveal the hidden army. Additionally, ambush battles can no longer be reinforced or bombarded.
• Civics Rebalancing: Many civics have been given new effects or unlock conditions, especially in the government and society sections. Check the full list below 👇 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/bc9abc92fca3f1b9bff3387243df7e054d45dcc0.png
• Missile Relocation
• Naval Nuclear Tests: This should make it easier to find space for your nuclear weapons program {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/01e5488219d5750ce2c20ea4d2f60600dc443f50.png
• Train Connection Preview {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/aeec2d9dac99d651226d07e031f825a517d37502.png
• More New Game Settings:
  • Disable the Congress of Humankind
  • Disable Vassalization
  • Enable instant army movement Idea] on the world map (for technical reasons, this setting cannot be changed in a running game)
• Rebalanced Merchant and Aesthete Affinities
• Mod Compatibility Check: The Mod Menu will now warn you if mods are outdated. If the mods are incompatible with the current version, you will receive a warning popup and cannot enable them

📜Enheduana Patchnotes (Version 1.27.4539)

Changes and Additions

• Balanced the Civics effect and unlock conditions to improve the game experience
• Added obsolete Mods detection and warning information to improve feedback on a Mod status
• Added the possibility to do Nuclear Tests on Ocean Tiles
• Added the possibility to move Missiles between Silos: Missiles have been given a rebase command so you can move them between silos to (hopefully) get them into range of their targets
• Added a Cross Save feature "Cloud Sync" that allows the save of your current progression in your
• Amplifiers account, and the restoration of this saved progression onto another supported platform
• Added a visual feedback for Train Rails when placing another Train Station on the map: When placing a train station, you will now see a preview of the routes it will establish to stations in adjacent territories
• Added a Game Option to disable the Congress of Humankind
• Added a Game Option to disable the Vassalization, removing the Vassalization option in the Surrender Terms
• Added a Game Option to enable the Instant Army Move that allow Armies to have instant movement when moving on the map (not in battle)
• Added the possibility to create and customize your own AI Persona opponents
• Added a tooltip on Construction Queue items that are blocked
• Balanced the Merchant affinity and the Aesthete affinity cost, as well as their increasing gains are now based on number of uses and era. These abilities should now scale better over the course of the game, growing slowly with each use
• Balanced the Ambush : Ambush battles only last one turn and they cannot be reinforced by any participant nor bombarded. Moreover, if there is a non-agression pact with another Empire when the Ambush could be triggered, then it stops the army movement and reveal the insivisble army
• Balanced the Persian Legacy Trait by reducing it's City Cap gain to +1
• Removed War Support impact for killing Units with the Traitor badge
• Encyclopedia Update: The official Humankind Encyclopedia will be updated

Balancing of Civics

Fixes of issues spotted by the community (Thanks! ♥)

• Fixed an issue where Rebels didn't siege if there was no army in the City
• Fixed an issue where Units remained visually in the same place and the movement mandatory could not be completed
• Fixed an issue where Constructing "Administrative Center Renovation" removed the unit spawn point
• Fixed an issue where invisible Armies could cause broken saves and critical errors in rare occasions
• Fixed an issue where the game could soft lock in rare occasions
• Fixed an issue where the Civic choice "Globalization" wasn't allowing to trade while being at peace with no trade Treaties
• Fixed an issue where the Builder affinity bonus "Pride" did not trigger
• Fixed an issue where the Holy Sites could not have multiple of their synergy effects applied at the same time for Districts that count as two types
• ​Fixed an issue where a Nuclear Missiles were not properly destroyed when fired

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where losing the only army a player had in the Ancient Era, in Multiplayer, could cause a game desync and errors
• Fixed an issue where the Merchant Affinity wasn't acknowledging researched technologies until the save was reloaded
• Fixed an issue where the battle size and duration would not always change after the addition of reinforcements
• Fixed an issue where the effects given by the "Criminal Slaves" Civic were not removed once the Civic choice was canceled
• Fixed an issue where no influence was reimbursed when enacting either choice from the "Irreligion" Civic
• Fixed an issue where Norsemen's Emblematic District "Naust" could be built over sea ice and iceberg tiles

Patch Summary

• Custom AI Opponents: You can now create your own local set of personas for your opponents to use on the AI Persona Collection screen {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/b3f7e313f5aa73ddd24c228082ca055959eaa3a8.png
• New Growth Formula: We’ve tweaked the growth formula so that a very small surplus or deficit won’t affect your population anymore, which will stop the eternal cycle of death and rebirth once your cities reach the size they can support. (Thanks DocktorKain for the help!)
• Ambush Improvements: Bumping into the invisible forces of your allies, vassals, or liege will not trigger an ambush anymore. Instead, your army will stop moving and reveal the hidden army. Additionally, ambush battles can no longer be reinforced or bombarded.
• Civics Rebalancing: Many civics have been given new effects or unlock conditions, especially in the government and society sections. Here are some examples: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/e366de42463331acd86b4f93d691d243bfa32582.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/d9bcea1779a493be0f8d7b982ef45e076dbebe93.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/c60cf0134eff8073e1e264820f09df027801df2b.png
• Missile Relocation: Missiles have been given a rebase command so you can move them between silos to (hopefully) get them into range of their targets
• Naval Nuclear Tests: This should make it easier to find space for your nuclear weapons program {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/01e5488219d5750ce2c20ea4d2f60600dc443f50.png
• Train Connection Preview: When placing a train station, you will now see a preview of the routes it will establish to stations in adjacent territories {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35665919/aeec2d9dac99d651226d07e031f825a517d37502.png
• More New Game Settings: In the Pace settings on the New Game screen, you can find the following new options.
  • Disable the Congress of Humankind
  • Disable Vassalization
  • Enable instant army movement on the world map (for technical reasons, this setting cannot be changed in a running game)
• Rebalanced Merchant and Aesthete Affinities: These abilities should now scale better over the course of the game, growing slowly with each use
• Mod Compatibility Check: The Mod Menu will now warn you if mods are outdated. If the mods are incompatible with the current version, you will receive a warning popup and cannot enable them
• Encyclopedia Update: The official Humankind Encyclopedia will be updated
• Cloud Saving on G2G: If you are logged into G2G in game, you can now upload your player profile and saves to Games2Gether to easily transfer them to other platforms

Retrospective

Back to our Roots

• Added a rework of the Tutorial Videos "Best Friends Forever", "Best Enemies Forever" and "Break the Wall".
• Added -25% Attach cost for Camp and -25% Absorb cost to the Russian Legacy Trait.
• Changed the difficulty of the first game when launching Humanking for the first time, for the "Advanced" choice, to "Town" difficulty.
• Added a different name for Independent People that are Liberated instead of Rebels.

• Fixed an issue where the Strengths were displayed under the player's Avatar in the Diplomacy Screen.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes Spawn Point were missing in Cities.

• Fixed an issue that occured on Squadrons when multiple Nuclear Missiles were launched.
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect failure flag was displayed when using the Expansionist ability just after the "Non-aggression Pact" Treaty.
• Fixed an issue that occured when razing a City that had Aerodrome in it's Territory.
• Fixed an issue where "Raze a District" action did not have a construction time listed.
• Fixed an issue where "Raze a District" action was executed when buying out a District.
• Fixed an issue where the Outlaw Status was applied when the Ransack target was an Independent People Outpost, Lair or Sanctuary.
• Fixed an issue that occured when razing an administrative center while the City would build a District in this Territory.
• Fixed an issue that occured when changing the colorblind settings.

• Culture Rebalancing: Many cultures from the base game, Together We Rule, and all DLCs have been tweaked
• Added a Dev Mode Menu: To help modders test their creations, we have added a dev mode tool (see below on how to use it)
• Non-Exclusive Cultures Option: A new game setup option to allow more than one empire to play the same culture
• More Map Generation Options: Map Ratio, Natural Wonder Density, and Independent People Density
• New and Rebalanced AI personas: We've added over a dozen new personas for you to play against
• Buffed Transcendence: Sticking to your culture will now also give you a permanent bonus based on your affinity
• Updated the official Endless Mod: The Endless Mod has been updated for compatibility with the Sand Update (available on the Steam Workshop
• Various Other Improvements and Fixes: Find the full list at the end of this post 

The Dev Mode Tools: Modding Made a Little Easier

• Set Starting Era and Culture: With dev mode enabled, you can select the era in which to start the game from a dropdown at the top of the lobby screen, and you can pick cultures in the detail window of each player. (Note that the game is not balanced around starting in a later era.) 
• Spawn, damage, or destroy units: You can use the “military cheats” window to create units, damage them, give them XP, or destroy them 
• Unlock Techs and Civics: You can use the ScenarioEditor window to unlock/enact both technologies and civics for any empire, or do this for the current empire using the CivicsUtils and TechnologyUtils windows 
• Create and modify cities: In the settlement tab of the ScenariorEditor, you can create outposts, cities, and districts, and add or remove infrastructure 
• Reveal the map: You can reveal the whole map in the GameInfo window or use the ScenarioEditor window to reveal specific areas 
• Set Money/Influence stock: In the ScenarioEditor window, you can set the current Money and Influence stock of any empire 
• Switch Player Perspective: Use the GameInfo window to switch to control any of the major empires to make changes to any empire you want 
• Spawn Independent People: You can spawn Independent people or animals using the ScenarioEditor 

"George Sand Update" - Version Notes

CHANGES & ADDITIONS 

• Added the possibility to access a Dev Mode version through a Command Line, giving access to a Dev Mode Menu (Shift F1 Menu) and the ability to choose your starting Era. 
• Added an option to use non-exclusive Cultures during a game. 
• Added a "Bug Report" button in the Main Menu and Pause Menu to allow you to report any occurring bug more easily. 
• Added new stackable Neolithic Legacy Traits, one for each Era Star. 
• Added new AI Personas to play against. 
• Balanced existing AI Personas Difficulty Level, Strengths & Bias. 
• Added a new Difficulty Level for AI Personas, as well as a feedback of that difficulty in the lobby. 
• Added a random AI Personas selection in the lobby slots when starting a new game based on your last world Difficulty Level. 
• Added all new and a few existing AI Personas as Avatar Preset. 
• Added all Influencers Avatars as Avatar Preset. 
• Added access to some Community Scenarios through the Main Menu, Scenarios section. Currently rebalanced versions of Roma Vincit Omnia, Flint and Steel, and Against the Odds are available.
• Added the possibility to buy more things with Influence in Outposts, such as Train Stations and Airports. 
• Added a "Buy All" button for Resources. 
• Reworked the way Public Ceremonies work to make them more interesting by adding a big resource bonus. 
• Added an adjacency bonus on Holy Sites. 
• Added a warning on a City pin when a Construction Queue is blocked. 
• Added the automatic movement of the victorious Army to the center of the conquered City. 
• Added an improvement that allows to load a save made with an inactive but owned DLC. 
• Added an option to Raze a Main Plaza or a District. 
• Added an option to remove Infrastructures. 
• Added an improvement to ignore Train Stations and Airports in placement suggestion. 
• Added a new icon for the Cultural Entente Embassy Agreement. 
• Added a setting option to setup the density of Natural Wonders on the map. 
• Added a setting option to change the map ratio. 
• Added a setting option to change the spawn density of Independent People. 
• Added the Endless Mod to Steam Workshop, as well as fixing compatibility issues. 
• Added a new Main Menu background illustration. 
• Balanced a lot of different Cultures from all previous DLCs and base game. 
• Balanced the Transcendence Legacy Traits to make them more interesting by adding an Affinity bonus in addition to the existing Fame bonus. 
• Balanced the Harappans Legacy Trait food bonus to only apply on dry grass tiles. 

FIXES OF ISSUES SPOTTED BY THE COMMUNITY (THANKS!) 

• Fixed an issue where Neolithic map curiosities bonuses were not received when the unit is spawned on them. 
• Fixed an issue where claimed island territories displayed a 0% influence. 
• Fixed an issue where the Era Star money value was displayed as negative value past 2.1 million gold. 
• Fixed an issue that could cause the save to be corrupted and couldn't be loaded anymore. 
• Fixed an issue where the End Turn was blocked because of an unskippable mandatory action on an Army movement. 
• Fixed an issue where Liberating a City that has a Paper deposit caused a Pending Turn. 
• Fixed an issue where Ransacking Satellites' and Space Exploration's Shared projects didn't cancel the construction. 
• Fixed an issue where Iron Deposits could not be accessed with the Power Investor ability. 
• Fixed an issue where Agreement was available with an enemy vassal if an agreement has been sent just before becoming a vassal. 
• Fixed an issue where Salted Beef's bonus on upkeep was listed as Unknown in the breakdown. 
• Fixed an issue where in a certain case a Cyclopean Fortress that belonged to an enemy can keep its Zone of Control once the Player took the territory. 
• Fixed an issue where often the Close button was missing in the Empire screen. 
• Fixed an issue where the Polar Base tooltip did not include that it does not require to be adjacent to other districts. 
• Fixed an issue where the Thermonuclear weapons did not unlock the Bring The Heat deed. 
• Fixed an issue where the Mississippians' Legacy Trait wasn't computed in the Placement Preview. 
• Fixed an issue where a session of a player ends just one turn after the player has reached Era VI. 
• Fixed an issue where there was no loot when the Unit you finish a battle with dies even if there are other Units left alive. 

OTHER FIXES 

• Fixed an issue where a save game that was started with DLC-content cannot be loaded without an internet connection. 
• Fixed an issue where an exception error was generated when a Multiplayer Client attacked another empires City when a few seconds were left on the End Turn timer. 
• Fixed an issue where a Cultured Land deed is not unlocked when influencing an entire continent. 
• Fixed an issue that occurred when attempting to refresh the persona collection while having no internet connection. 
• Fixed an issue where Decorations and Symbols are missing from Multiplayer. 
• Fixed an issue where the applied functionality of the Trade Insurance and Worldwide Exchanges empire unlocks is unclear to the users. 
• Fixed an issue where incorrect wording is displayed when an enemy army is poaching one of your Trade nodes. 
• Fixed an issue where Violent Independent Peoples can ransack Trade Nodes of Empires they have a 2nd tier Treaty with. 
• Fixed an issue where Maori emblematic Unit (Waka Taua) tooltip provided misleading information. 
• Fixed an issue where the Trade view's International Trade window doesn't correctly update when loading saves. 
• Fixed an issue where Byzantines Emblematic Quarter only gives +1 Money per access to Horses instead of +2. 
• Fixed an issue where "An Envious Eye" can trigger before the player has met any other Empire. 
• Fixed an issue where disrupted Resource Deposits aren't listed in the ongoing Disruption in the Trade view. 
• Fixed an issue where Temporary cities' Status are not applied on their last turn. 
• Fixed an issue where the game doesn't remember player settings for World Generation. 
• Fixed an issue where Stability from Units only applies after moving. 
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect visual for Independent People Harbor was used on map scheme view. 
• Fixed an issue where wrong Combat Strength value was displayed for destroyed Units in the Battle aftermath UI when fighting Independent People. 
• Fixed an issue where there was a spelling mistake in "Formidable Steeds" culture trait. 
• Fixed an issue where Manufactories build condition mention counting the number of "Deposits" when it was counting "Access". 
• Fixed an issue where unexpected visual appears on Porcelain deposit when building an extractor. 
• Fixed an issue where Unit health and damage taken each turn is no longer displayed if the total is 0. 
• Fixed an issue where Caribbean Pirates Main Plaza asset protrudes from the edge of a cliff under certain angles. 
• Fixed an issue where loading a manual save causes Food, Industry, Money and Science prediction to ignore certain bonuses. 
• Fixed an issue where an unclear message was displayed when trying to do an Air Strike using planes attached to an Aircraft Carrier in Battle. 
• Fixed an issue where Faulua's sail becomes invisible depending of its orientation. 
• Fixed an issue where the city of the Visigoths Independent People and the first City of the Spanish were both called "Toledo". 
• Fixed an issue where Transcendence bonus was unclear. 
• Fixed an issue where there is a Tile mismatch between the visual and actual location for parts of the Bungle Bungle Natural Wonder. 
• Fixed an issue where the Public Ceremonies tooltip status was not localized. 
• Fixed an issue where the winning siege Army didn't teleport to the city center after an instant resolve. 
• Fixed an issue where the Reinforcement pin was showing even when a Battle was ongoing. 
• Fixed an issue where an error on Razing District prevented it from downgrading to Ruins. 
• Fixed an issue where you could assimilate an Independent People while your Main Plaza was under Siege. 
• Fixed an issue where the Diplomat Transcendence bonus was reducing the Leverage action cost by less than 5%. 
• Fixed an issue where the Avatar Presets of Influencers and Historical figures were editable. 
• Balanced the gains on the Hunter and Growth Neolithic Era Star events. 
• Fixed an issue where all folders in the mod.io folder were not fully removed when deleting mods. 

Get Involved!

• Added the possibility to access a Dev Mode version (F1 Menu), and the ability to chose your starting Era, through a Command Line.
• Added an option to use non-exclusive Cultures during a game.
• Added a "Bug Report" button in the Main Menu and Pause Menu to allow you to report any occuring bug more easily.
• Added new stackable Neolithic Legacy Traits, one for each Era Star.
• Added new AI Personas to play against.
• Balanced existing AI Personas Difficulty Level, Strengths & Bias.
• Added a new Difficulty Level for AI Personas, as well as a feedback of that difficulty in the lobby.
• Added a random AI Personas selection in the lobby slots when starting a new game based on your last world Difficulty Level.
• Added all new and a few existing AI Personas as Avatar Preset.
• Added all Influencers Avatars as Avatar Preset.
• Added access to Community Scenarios through the Main Menu, Scenarios section.
• Added the possibility to buy more things with Influence in Outposts, such as Train Stations and Airports.
• Added a "Buy All" button for Luxury Resources.
• Reworked the way Public Ceremonies work to make them more interesting by adding a big resource bonus.
• Added an adjacency bonus on Holy Sites.
• Added a warning on a City pin when a Construction Queue is blocked.
• Added the automatic movement of the victorious Army in the center of the conquered City.
• Added an improvement that allows to load a save made with an inactive but owned DLC.
• Added an option to Raze a Main Plaza or a District.
• Added an option to remove Infrastructures.
• Added an improvement to ignore Train Stations and Airports in placement suggestion.
• Added a new icon for the Cultural Entente Embassy Agreement.
• Added a setting option to setup the density of Natural Wonders on the map.
• Added a setting option to change the map ratio.
• Added a setting option to change the spawn density of Independent People.
• Added the Endless Mod to Steam Workshop, as well as fixing compatibility issues.
• Added a new Main Menu background illustration.
• Balanced a lot of different Cultures from all previous DLCs and Tentpole game.
• Balanced the Transcendence Legacy Traits to make them more interesting by adding an Affinity bonus in addition to the existing Fame bonus.
• Balanced the Harappans Legacy Trait food bonus to only apply on dry grass tiles.

• Fixed an issue where Neolithic map curiosities bonuses were not received when the unit is spawned on them.
• Fixed an issue where claimed island territories displayed a 0% influence.
• Fixed an issue where the Era Star money value was displayed as negative value past 2.1 million gold.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the save to be corrupted and couldn't be loaded anymore.
• Fixed an issue where the End Turn was blocked because of an unskippable mandatory action on a Army movement.
• Fixed an issue where Liberating a City that has a Paper deposit cause a Pending Turn.
• Fixed an issue where Ransacking Satellites's and Space Exploration's Shared projects didn't cancel the construction.
• Fixed an issue where Iron Deposits could not be accessed with the Power Investor ability.
• Fixed an issue where Agreement were available with an enemy vassal if an agreement has been sent just before becoming a vassal.
• Fixed an issue where Salted Beef's bonus on upkeep was listed as Unknown in the breakdown.
• Fixed an issue where in a certain case a Cyclopean Fortress that was belonging to an enemy can keep its ZoC once the Player took the territory.
• Fixed an issue where often the Close button was missing in the Empire screen.
• Fixed an issue where the Polar Base tooltip did not include that it does not require to be adjacent to other districts.
• Fixed an issue where the Thermonuclear weapons did not unlock the Bring The Heat deed.
• Fixed an issue where the Mississippians' Legacy Trait wasn't computed in the Placement Preview.
• Fixed an issue where a session of a player ends just one turn after the player has reach Era VI.
• Fixed an issue where there were no loot when the Unit you finish a battle with dies even if there are other Units left alive.

• Fixed an issue where a save game that was started with the DLC-content cannot be loaded without an internet connection.
• Fixed an issue where an exception error was generated when a Client attacked another empires City when a few seconds were left on the End Turn timer.
• Fixed an issue where a Cultured Land deed is not unlocked when influencing an entire continent.
• Fixed an issue that occured when attempting to refresh the persona collection while having no internet connection.
• Fixed an issue where Decorations and Symbols are missing from Multiplayer.
• Fixed an issue where the applied functionality of the Trade Insurance and WorldWide Exchanges empire unlocks is unclear to the users.
• Fixed an issue where incorrect wording is displayed when an enemy army is poaching one of your Trade nodes.
• Fixed an issue where Violent Independent Peoples can ransack Trade Nodes of Empire they have a 2nd tier Treaty with.
• Fixed an issue where Maori emblematic Unit (Waka Taua) tooltip provided misleading information.
• Fixed an issue where Trade view's International Trade window doesn't correctly update when loading saves.
• Fixed an issue where Byzantines Emblematic Quarter only gives +1 Money per access to Horses instead of +2.
• Fixed an issue where "An Envious Eye" can trigger before the player has met any other Empire.
• Fixed an issue where disrupted Resource Deposits aren't listed in the ongoing Disruption in the Trade view.
• Fixed an issue where Temporary cities' Status are not applied on their last turn.
• Fixed an issue where the game doesn't remember player settings for World Generation.
• Fixed an issue where Stability from Units only applies after moving.
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect visual for Independent People Harbor was used on map scheme view.
• Fixed an issue where wrong Combat Strength value was displayed for destroyed Units in the Battle aftermath UI when fighting Independent People.
• Fixed an issue where there was a spelling mistake in "Formidable Steeds" culture trait.
• Fixed an issue where Manufacturies build condition mention counting the number of "Deposits" when it was counting "Access".
• Fixed an issue where unexpected visual appears on Porcelain deposit when building an extractor.
• Fixed an issue where Unit health and damage taken each turn is no longer displayed if the total is 0.
• Fixed an issue where Caribbean Pirates Main Plaza asset protrudes from the edge of a cliff under certain angles.
• Fixed an issue where loading a manual save causes Food, Industry, Money and Science prediction to ignore certain bonuses.
• Fixed an issue where an unclear message was displayed when trying to do an Air Strike using planes attached to an Aircraft Carrier in Battle.
• Fixed an issue where Faulua's sail becomes invisible depending of its orientation.
• Fixed an issue where the city of the Visigoths Independent People and the first City of the Spanish were both called "Toledo".
• Fixed an issue where Transcendence bonus was unclear.
• Fixed an issue where there is a Tile mismatch between the visual and actual location for parts of the Bungle Bungle Natural Wonder.
• Fixed an issue where the Public Ceremonies tooltip status where not localized.
• Fixed an issue where the winning siege Army didn't teleported to the city center after an instant resolve.
• Fixed an issue where the Reinforcement pin was showing even when a Battle was ongoing.
• Fixed an issue where an error on Razing District prevented it from downgrading to Ruins.
• Fixed an issue where you could assimilate an Independent People while your Main Plaza was under Siege.
• Fixed an issue where the Diplomat Transcendence bonus was reducing the Leverage action cost by less than 5%.
• Fixed an issue where the Avatar Presets of Influencers and Historical figures where editable.
• Balanced the gains on the Hunter and Growth Neolithic Era Star events.
• Fixed an issue where all folders in the mod.io folder where not fully remove when deleting mods.

Amplified 2024

• When -> Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of January
• Where -> https://www.twitch.tv/amplitudestudios

What you can expect?

Get Involved!

• Culture Rebalancing: Many cultures from the base game, Together We Rule, and all DLCs have been tweaked 
• Added a Dev Mode Menu: To help modders test their creations, we have added a dev tool (see below on how to use it) 
• Non-Exclusive Cultures Option: A new game setup option to allow more than one empire to play the same culture 
• More Map Generation Options: Map Ratio, Natural Wonder Density, and Independent People Density 
• New and Rebalanced AI personas: We’ve added over a dozen new personas for you to play against 
• Buffed Transcendence: Sticking to your culture will now also give you a permanent bonus based on your affinity 
• Various Other Improvements and Fixes: Find the full list at the end of this post 

Get Involved!

CHANGES & ADDITIONS 

• Added the possibility to access a version of our Debug Menu, and the ability to chose your starting Era, through a Command Line. 
• Added access to some Community Scenarios through the Main Menu instead of downloading a save from Games2Gether. 
• Added a "Bug Report" button in the Main Menu and Pause Menu to allow you to report any occuring bug more easily. 
• Added new stackable Neolithic Legacy Traits, one for each Era Star. 
• Added new AI Personas to play against. 
• Balanced existing AI Personas Difficulty Levels, Strengths & Biases. 
• Added a new difficulty level for AI Personas, as well as a feedback of that difficulty in the lobby. 
• Added a random AI Personas selection in the lobby slots when starting a new game based on your last world Difficulty Level. 
• Added all new and existing AI Personas as Avatar Preset (exception of Victor Hugo and Lucy). 
• Added the possibility to buy more things with Influence in Outposts such as Train Stations and Airports. 
• Added an option to use non-exclusive Cultures during a game, meaning no more Culture rush. 
• Added a "Buy All" button for Luxury Resources. 
• Reworked the way Public Ceremonies work to make them more interesting by adding a big resource bonus. 
• Added adjacency bonus on Holy Sites. 
• Added a warning on a City pin when a Construction Queue is blocked. 
• Added the automatic move of the victorious Army in the center of the conquered City. 
• Added an improvement that allows to load a save made with an inactive but owned DLC. 
• Added an option to Raze a City. 
• Added an option to remove specific Districts. 
• Added an option to remove Infrastructures. 
• Added an improvement to ignore Train Stations and Airports in placement suggestion. 
• Added a new icon for the Cultural Entente Embassy Agreement. 
• Added a setting option to setup the density of Natural Wonders on the map. 
• Added a setting option to change the map ratio. 
• Added a setting option to change the spawn density of Independent People. 
• Added a new Outgame View. 
• Balanced a lot of different Cultures form all previous DLCs and Tentpole game. 
• Balanced the Transcendence Legacy Trait to make them more interesting by adding an Affinity bonus in addition to the existing Fame bonus. 
• Made Microbiolgy technology a prerequisite for Research Institute technology. 
• Changed some era 5 tech position in the tech tree. 
• Religious quarter: give a +1 FIMS bonus on basic FIMS districts, and reduced faith bonus to +2 

FIXES OF ISSUES SPOTTED BY THE COMMUNITY (THANKS!) 

• Fixed an issue where Neolithic map curiosities bonuses were not received when the unit is spawned on them. 
• Fixed an issue where claimed island territories displayed a 0% influence. 
• Fixed an issue where the Era Star money value was displayed as negative value past 2.1 million gold. 
• Fixed an issue that could cause the save to be corrupted and couldn't be loaded anymore. 
• Fixed an issue where the End Turn was blocked because of an unskipable mandatory action on a Army movement. 
• Fixed an issue where Liberating a City that has a Paper deposit cause a Pending Turn. 
• Fixed an issue where Ransacking Satelites's and Space Exploration's Shared projects didn't cancel the construction. 
• Fixed an issue where we were unable to access an Iron Resource with the Power Investor. 
• Fixed an issue where Agreements were available with an enemy vassal if an agreement has been sent just before becoming a vassal. 
• Fixed an issue where Salted Beef's bonus on upkeep was listed as Unknown in the breakdown. 
• Fixed an issue where in a certain case a Cyclopean Fortress that belonged to an enemy can keep its ZoC once the Player took the territory. 
• Fixed an issue where often the Close button was missing in the Empire screen. 
• Fixed an issue where the Polar Base tooltip did not include that it does not require to be adjacent to other districts. 
• Fixed an issue where Thermonuclear weapons did not unlock the Bring The Heat deed. 
• Fixed an issue where the Mississippians' Legacy Trait wasn't computed in the Placement Preview. 
• Fixed an issue where a session of a player ends just one turn after the player has reach Era VI. 
• Fixed an issue where there were no loot when the Unit you finish a battle with dies even if there are other Units left alive. 

OTHER FIXES 

• Fixed an issue where a save game that was started with DLC-content cannot be loaded without an internet connection. 
• Fixed an issue where an exception error was generated when a Client attacked another empires City when a few seconds were left on the End Turn timer. 
• Fixed an issue where the Cultured Land deed is not unlocked when influencing an entire continent. 
• Fixed an issue that occured when attempting to refresh the persona collection while having no internet connection. 
• Fixed an issue where Decorations and Symbols are missing from Multiplayer. 
• Fixed an issue where the applied functionality of the Trade Insurance and WorldWide Exchanges empire unlocks is unclear to the users. 
• Fixed an issue where incorrect wording is displayed when an enemy army is poaching one of your Trade nodes. 
• Fixed an issue where Violent Independent Peoples can ransack Trade Nodes of Empire they have a 2nd tier Treaty with. 
• Fixed an issue where Maori emblematic Unit (Waka Taua) tooltip provided misleading information. 
• Fixed an issue where Trade view's International Trade window doesn't correctly update when loading saves. 
• Fixed an issue where Byzantines Emblematic Quarter only gives +1 Money per access to Horses instead of +2. 
• Fixed an issue where "An Envious Eye" can trigger before the player has met any other Empire. 
• Fixed an issue where disrupted Resource Deposits aren't listed in the ongoing Disruption in the Trade view. 
• Fixed an issue where Temporary cities' Status are not applied on their last turn. 
• Fixed an issue where the game doesn't remember player settings for World Generation. 
• Fixed an issue where overriding a localization key reset the search result in the localization database. 
• Fixed an issue where Stability from Units only applies after moving. 
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect visual for Independent People Harbor was used on map scheme view. 
• Fixed an issue where wrong Combat Strength value was displayed for destroyed Units in the Battle aftermath UI when fighting Independent People. 
• Fixed an issue where there was a spelling mistake in "Formidable Steeds" culture trait. 
• Fixed an issue where manufacture's build condition mention counting the number of "Deposits" while it's counting "Access". 
• Fixed an issue where unexpected visuals appear on Porcelain deposit when building an extractor. 
• Fixed an issue where Unit health and damage taken each turn is no longer displayed if the total is 0. 
• Fixed an issue where Caribbean Pirates Main Plaza asset protrudes from the edge of a cliff under certain angles. 
• Fixed an issue where loading a manual save causes Food, Industry, Money and Science prediction to ignore certain bonuses. 
• Fixed an issue where an unclear message was displayed when trying to do an Air Strike using planes attached to an Aircraft Carrier in Battle. 
• Fixed an issue where Faulua's sail becomes invisible depending of its orientation. 
• Fixed an issue where the city of the Visigoths Independent People and the first City of the Spanish were both called "Toledo". 
• Fixed an issue where Transcendance bonus was unclear. 
• Fixed an issue where there is a Tile mismatch between the visual and actual location for parts of the Bungle Bungle Natural Wonder. 

• Fixed an issue where the Public Ceremonies tooltip status where not localized.
• Fixed an issue where the winning siege Army didn't teleported to the city center after an instant resolve.
• Fixed an issue where the Reinforcement pin was showing even when a Battle was ongoing.
• Fixed an issue where an error on Razing District povented it from downgrading to Ruins.
• Fixed an issue where you coud assimilate an Independent People while you City was under Siege.
• Fixed an issue where the Diplomat Transcendance bonus was reducing the Leverage action cost by less than 5%.
• Fixed an issue where the Stability bonus was not applied on Districts.
• Fixed an issue where the Avatar Presets of Influencers and Historical figures where editable.
• Balanced the gains on the Hunter and Growth Neolithic Era Star events.
• Fixed an issue where all folders in the mod.io folder where not fully remove when deleting mods.

CULTURE BALANCING 

• Assyrian LT: Add a 100% ransack bonus. 
• Egyptian EU: Reduce Combat Strength (-2).  
• Harappan LT: Food bonus now only applies to dry grass 
• Olmec EU: Reduced Combat Strength (-1). 
• Zhou China EQ : Reduced science bonus per near mountains to +4 and added +1 influence bonus per adjacent mountains.  
• Celtic LT: boost food bonus to +3 per farmers. 
• Goth LT : Upped the ransack to science bonus.  
• Mauryan EU: changed resource prerequisite (copper). 
• Byzantine EU: Boost Combat Strength (+2). 
• Byzantine EQ: up money bonus per horse access to +2. 
• Teuton EU: Reduced Combat Strength (-1). 
• Haudenosaunee EU: Boost CS (+2). 
• Mughal EQ: Reduced industry bonus per industry workers to +1 and make religious quarter, give +2 culture and +1 faith per population. 
• Persian: LT: reduced the industry bonus for common projects from 25% to 10%. 
• Russian LT: add -25% outpost attachment cost 
• Russian EQ: add +3 influence per adjacent district 
• Russian EUEU: up CS to 48. 
• Zulu EU: Lowered CS. 
• American EQ : Changed extension type to science district, lowered the science bonus on garrison, apply its bonus to all garrison of the settlement.  
• Chinese LT: up money bonus to 15%. 
• Egyptian EQ: Add +3 science bonus per cultural wonder in settlement. 
• Soviet EQ Luxury: Boosted the weapon luxury militia bonus from 5% to 10%. 
• Indian LT: The money bonus only applies on capital and is up to +3%. 

• Garamantes EQ : added +2 food per adjacent rocky fields & stone fields. 
• Nigerian EQ : +5 oil access  
• Nigerian LT : +3 industry per farmers. 

• Caralan EU : boost healing to +10. 
• Taino LT : lowered food per territory to +3 and add +2 food on common quarters. 

• Han Chinese EQ : add +2 science per Paper access. 
• Bulgarian EQ : applied : +3 science +3 faith. 
• Singaporean EQ : +1 workplace per adjacent base district. (the workplace fims is define by the fims of the distric). 

• New Zealand : lowered Legacy Trait science bonus on coastal water from +20 to +8. 

• King Arthur 
• Salomon 
• Tarquin the Elder 
• Jimmu 
• Māui  
• Queen of Shebah 
• Brynhildr 
• Tomyris 
• Khaina 
• Arawelo 
• Alii Ranni 
• Kiviuq 
• Malsumis
• Hunor 
• Dushyanta 
• Shennong 
• Nokomis 

• Added Trade and Naval Combat Tutorial Videos.

• Fixed an issue where the Resources Pin click in the Trade View was missing.
• Fixed an issue where Artist's Studio or Academy of Arts could not be built.
• Fixed an issue where Marae's tooltip did not mention it does not need to be attached to the main borough.
• Fixed an issue where the Māoris culture text in the Encyclopedia was not up to date.

• Fixed an issue where in certain cases the Rapa Nui emblematic units may not be available.
• Fixed an issue where the news popup did not anchor properly when the UI was reduced.
• Fixed an issue where multiplayer content tags were automatically added without the content available in playthrough.
• Fixed an issue where land tiles were included in naval battles.
• Fixed an issue where Mauna Kea Observatory prerequisite did not work proprely.
• Fixed an issue where armies were not being kicked out of a settlement once a battle finished.
• Fixed an issue were a missing UI Mapper is displayed in a notification when picking the "Chart" choice in the event "The Shape of the Seas".
• Fixed an issue where Empire Symbols were not sorteds.

The Capital Customs Scenario Challenge

• Download the save Scenario Naval Trade
• Place the save in “/Documents/Humankind/Save Files”
• Load the save labeled “Scenario-NavalTrade” in game
• (optional) If you want to submit a score to the leaderboard, check this post

• End Condition: Any except pollution
• Game Conditions: Nation difficulty, Fast game speed, no DLC or mods
• Leaderboard Submission Deadline: October 23rd
• Leaderboard Ranking: Most income from trade in your capital

Get Involved!

• Keep the discussions on our Forums.
• Talk to our lovely community on the Official Discord!
• Have fun with us on Twitter or TikTok.
• Beautiful pictures on Instagram.

• Fixed an issue where pending turns could occur when choosing a Tile to use the Clear Forest Army action.
• Fixed an issue where Independent Peoples would not build regular Districts or Infrastructures.
• Fixed an issue where Resources summary pin was missing when poaching with naval units.
• Fixed an issue where Loss were assigned to the incorrect Empire in the Trade View when someone steal a trade node.
• Fixed an issue where The "Hostile" filter in the Trade View would not work as described in the tooltip.
• Fixed an issue where Sometimes, purchasing resources from an Empire was immediately canceled for unclear reasons.
• Fixed an issue where Trade Routes disappeared when the world wrapped around.
• Fixed an issue where Elements in the Blockages tab of the Trade view often flicker or disappear after ending turn
• Fixed an issue where Poached resources were not displayed with a red glow in the "Their Resources" part of the Diplomatic screen
• Fixed an issue where Incorrect wording was displayed when an enemy army was poaching one of your Trade Nodes.
• Fixed an issue where Tier 2 Treaties with Independent People would not mention that it will stop them from being Hostile.
• Fixed an issue where Violent Independent Peoples could ransack Trade Nodes of Empire they have a 2nd tier Treaty with.
• Fixed an issue where Player could not click on other Empires's resource pins to open the Diplomatic Screen's Trade tab.
• Fixed an issue where Player were urged to buy high-price units when they unlock new resources.
• Fixed an issue where Ship of the Line CS bonus would not change the Unit's CS displayed in battle.
• Fixed an issue where AI would tend to move its naval units that have been boarded even if it's not a good choice.
• Fixed an issue where Trade view's International Trade window would not correctly update when loading saves.
• Fixed an issue where Tutorial for Poaching Resources appeared on uncontested Trade Relay.
• Fixed an issue where Pathfinding for naval transport would not account for player bonuses on sea.
• Fixed an issue where Luxury resource trade prompt would not properly count future accesses.
• Fixed an issue where Player may get confused when buying resources that will go through a roundhouse that is being stolen.
• Fixed an issue where Naval-only units had unecessary Army Action displayed in the Unit panel.
• Fixed an issue where Vassals could buy resources from third party Empires.
• Fixed an issue where Disrupted extractors were not listed in the ongoing Disruption in the Trade view.
• Fixed an issue where Some unit classes had no Steal Power.
• Fixed an issue where Torpedo Vessel's Deployment specificities lead to unexpected results.
• Fixed an issue where Terra Incognita caused fake roads and bridges to appear when settling near another Player.
• Fixed an issue where "War Declaration Needed" popup would still appear in some cases even if diplomatic status prevents the Player from declaring War.
• Fixed an issue where Fusion and ICBM nuclear tests preview area did not match the Wasteland generated after completion.
• Fixed an issue where Player could not replace a regular district by an Embassy.
• Fixed an issue where Short Supply feedback would not work correctly after ransacking an other Empire outpost that had a resources bought by the Player.
• Fixed an issue where Tutorial for "First Tenet" appeared when the second Tenet became available.
• Fixed an issue where Narrative Event "An Envious Eye" could trigger before the player has met any other empire.
• Fixed an issue where Wrong Empire was displayed in the Diplomatic history when someone renounced a grievance against the Player.
• Fixed an issue where When replacing a District that give bonuses on Districtic in other territories, the loss was incorrectly categorized.
• Fixed an issue where Temporary FIMS bonuses on cities were not applied on their last turn.
• Fixed an issue where UI would not account for exploited terrain when suggesting placement for new districts in some occasions.
• Fixed an issue where Placement suggestion and construction queue would not account for districts that are already being replaced.
• Fixed an issue where The game would not remember player settings for World Generation in some occasions.
• Fixed an issue where World generation would allocate less Luxury Resources per territories on bigger maps.
• Fixed an issue where Game was displayed squashed when in fullscreen and in a aspect ratio different than 16/9.
• Fixed an issue where Zones of Controls were displayed in the Fog of War in Battle.
• Fixed an issue where Culture traits preview could not be scrolled with the mouse wheel in the empire selection screen.
• Fixed an issue where Lost at sea could be heavily countered by transferring units out of the army.
• Fixed an issue where Mods and Maps were not properly detected by the "Type" filter in the Steam Workshop.

• Fixed an issue where Agents could not use their army actions on the main borough if they were targetting a tile they're located on.

• Fixed an issue where Nazca Lines's description doesn't mention that the effect will only be applied on other EQ in the same city.

• Fixed an issue where Narrative Event "Ties that Bind" would not activate even though it should.
• Fixed an issue where Placement Preview pin was wrong when replacing one of the Marae by an other district.

• Reworked Resources: Deposits yield more than one copy, but only a single copy is needed to begin any construction
• Reworked Trade: Resources are now transported to your capital on internal trade routes, while international routes connect capitals
• Poaching: Use your armies to steal resources from enemy trade routes
• Rebalanced Naval Combat: Stronger and faster ships with new abilities
• Caribbean Pirates Culture: Yarrrrr!

>> Full Patchnotes

• +3 Influence on Landmark parts
• +5 Influence on Natural Wonders

• Ranged unit: 18CS, 4 Move, 2 Range
• Pathfinder
• Expedition

• +2 Food
• +2 Food per adjacent River
• +1 Farmer Slot
• -10 Stability
• Can be placed anywhere
• must be built on a river
• districts can be built next to it

• Units are not damaged from being lost at sea
• Units lost 50% maximum movement while lost at sea
• Units gains +1 Vision Range while lost at sea

• Boarding Vessel, 28CS, 6 Move
• Navigator

• +3 Influence
• -15 Stability per adjacent District
• +1 Influence and +2 Faith per Marae in your empire
• Can be placed anywhere
• Religious District

• +1 Industry on Coastal Water
• Applies Makemake’s Eye status to new cities: bonus industry for a few turns

• Melee Unit, 34CS, 4 Move
• Sapper: Bonus strength when attacking enemies behind walls

• Can be placed anywhere
• Religious District
• Can be improve two times
• Step 1: +5 Faith, +10 Food
• Step 2: +10 Faith, +10 Food, +10 Influence
• Step 3: +15 Faith, +15 Food, +15 Influence

• +30 Stability on cities per ongoing war
• -5 Upkeep on units per ongoing war
• +1 Combat Strength on units per ongoing war

• Naval Transport, 34CS, 6 Move
• High Sea: Ignores ocean penalties
• Rower’s Defiance: Bonus CS after moving in battles

• +5 Food
• +10 Fortification
• +15 Stability
• +2 Combat Strength on adjacent units
• +20 Fortification on adjacent districts
• Is a garrison
• Districts can be built adjacent

• +5 Influence Per Worker

• Gunner unit, 48CS, 4 Move, 4 Range
• Implacable

• +1 Food per adjacent Coastal Water
• +15 Food per adjacent Ocean
• -10 Stability

• +20 Science on Coastal Water

• +10 Influence
• +10 Stability
• +10 Influence per adjacent Coastal Water
• +10 Stability per Adjacent Coastal Water

• +5 Influence per Researcher
• +15 Science per adjacent Sterile Terrain
• +1 Researcher Slot
• -10 Stability
• Counts as Research Quarter

• 6 New Cultures
• 6 New Wonders
• 15 New Narrative Events (including 1 cross-empire events)
• 7 New Independent People
• New In-Game Themed Music Tracks composed by Arnaud Roy

• 1 Bonus New Culture: Caribbean Pirates
• 3 New Naval Units
• New army action: poaching.
• New trade screen, to allow easier management of trade with multiple other players.
• Naval Units Ranged Retaliation and rebalance! Faster movement, longer ranges, greater firepower!
• Larger Battlefields! You have more room to deploy your Units and can take advantage of the new-found mobility.
• Internal Trade! Deepen your economic relationships with other Empires, but beware of any poaching...
• Strategic Resources requirement system! A single copy of each required resources is now enough to unlock construction, but at what cost?

• Steam Workshop and mods upate flow improvements.
• Modding Tool quality of life improvements, especially around versions checking.
• Map Editor quality of life improvements, especially around Resources and Natural Wonder placement.
• Added an option for players to rename their avatar.
• Adapted the HUD and changed the science button to make it round (again).

• Nerfed the aggressiveness of the AI in Metropolis & easier levels of difficulty.
• Improved feedbacks for players on how to assimilate Independent Peoples in decline regardless of patronage level.
• Units: balanced the number of accesses required to built & number of accesses required to update.
• Infrastructures: balanced the number of resources required to built, new resources bonus granted & FIMS bonus per strategic or luxury.
• Electricity Technology: Bonus on coal deposit.
• Power Line Technology: Bonus on aluminium deposit.
• Nuclear Fission Technology: Bonus on uranium deposit.
• Balanced various Upkeep costs.
• Increased combat strength of naval units for all Eras.
• Increased Combat Strength of all Air Units.
• Increased Combat Strength and Range of all Missile units.
• Increased Naval Units combat strength on Pentekonter and Quadriem.
• Reduced Naval Units combat strength on Cog, Carrack, Geobulseon, Galleass and Man O'War.
• Cruise Missiles, Nuclear Warheads and Thermonuclear Warheads combat strength all went down from 7 points.

• Improved Aircraft Carriers management.
• Improved the variety of response from counter-proposals.
• Improved territory management and city expansion.
• Improved Airport management.
• Improved National projects management.
• Improved Garrisons management.
• Improved Deeds seeking.
• Improved Stealth detection strategies.
• Improved Late game Civics choices.

• Fixed a multiplayer desynch when specific game language was selected.
• Fixed an issue where game was stuck on pending turn after signing the Intellignece Coalition with an AI.
• Fixed an issue where Bombarding the main plaza during a Siege could cause a crash.
• Fixed an issue where launching a Nuclear Missile after using two of them the previous turn could lead to a softlock.
• Fixed an issue where disabling auto saves in a multiplayer game continued to generate auto saves.
• Fixed a game softlock when the host loses internet connection, while in loading screen.
• Fixed an issue where Land Units were keeping their abilities when embarked.
• Fixed an issue where The Santa Maria del Fiore Cultural Wonder would not benefit from religious bonuses as stated.
• Fixed an issue where Independent Peoples did not build Infrastructures in their Cities.
• Fixed an issue where Nuclear Missile launch was not canceled when the player was occupying the targeted enemy City.
• Fixed an issue where Independent People's territory remained under influence after they de-spawn.
• Fixed various minor UI and localization issues.

Cultures of Oceania DLC

• Six new Cultures (Pama-Nyungan, Polynesians, Rapa Nui, Maori, Hawaiians, and New Zealanders)  
• 6 new Wonders (Aitutaki Lagoon, Bungle Bungle Range, Uluru, Whakaari Volcano, Royal Palace of Pape'ete, Mauna Kea Observatory)  
• 15 new narrative events 

The Caribbean Pirates

The Bonny Update

• Rebalanced ships: Most ships in the mid to late game will now be faster or stronger but also more expensive 
• Rebalanced Air Units and Missiles: To keep pace with the increased bombardment and anti-air power of naval units, Air Units and Missiles have been buffed 
• New Ship Classes: Early Modern and later ships are now classed as Capital Ships, Escort Ships, or Torpedo Vessels, each with their own abilities 
• Three new generic Ship Types: Diesel Submarines, Destroyers, and Frigates 
• Naval ranged retaliation: Naval units will now return fire against other naval units attacking them 
• Enlarged naval battlefields: To account for increased speeds and ranges, naval battle areas are now larger but do not feature a flag for the defender (This does not affect land battles.) 
• Enlarged deployment zones: Deployment zones now extend to the edges of the battlefield (This does affect land battles.) 
• Retreats: Starting in the second round of a naval battle, the losing side may declare a retreat and withdraw their units to the edge of the battlefield to escape at the end of the turn 
• Expanded Resources: Resource deposits can now provide more than one copy per deposit, which may be further increased by some infrastructures 
• Reworked resource requirements: Units and infrastructures can now be built when not meeting all resource requirements, at increased cost, as long as at least one copy of each resource is available 
• Domestic Trade Routes: Strategic and Luxury Resources are now transported to your capital by internal trade routes; these do not cost upkeep or generate income, but can be disrupted 
• Reworked international trade: All trade between empires now flows between their capitals to create readable, high-value trade routes 
• New Trade Screen: This screen can be used to buy resources or view the global trade network 
• Poaching: Armies can now steal Luxury and Strategic Resources while standing on a trade node 

Bonny Beta Playable Now

• Goal 1: A hint of what's to come 
• Goal 2: New G2G Avatar 
• Goal 3: A second glimpse of the future 
• Goal 4: New Humankind wallpaper 
• Goal 5: The final clue 
• Goal 6: New free in-game content