Eagle Scout
Fact · official notes
Training: 50 → 46 seconds.
Strategic interpretation
Continuous production consumes resources faster. Recalculate your economy before adding barracks.
Open related tool →AoE2.ai · Reviewed
Update 185872: The Viking Sagas
What to review before your next game. Selected changes, not a full translation of the release notes.
Data status
Calculators, tech tree and assistant share a pinned SiegeEngineers revision. Tests compare costs and training times for all 36 modeled units. This is not an exhaustive audit of every game mechanic.
The radar recognizes Danes, Saxons and Varangians using IDs cross-checked in matches. Counters are guidance, not a combat simulation or a complete catalog of new units.
Method and limitationsThree new civilizations
Available in ranked with The Viking Sagas. Check the tree before assuming units or upgrades. We are not publishing a strength ranking without verified samples from the new patch.
Official expansion announcementChanges and decisions
Onager
Fact · official notes
Attack: 50 → 55. Pierce armor: 7 → 8.
Strategic interpretation
A stat increase is not a guaranteed fight outcome: upgrades, spacing and micro still matter.
Open related tool →Portuguese
Fact · official notes
Redemption removed.
Strategic interpretation
Do not propose Redemption-dependent conversions as a Portuguese answer to siege. Check available alternatives.
Open related tool →Spanish · Conquistador
Fact · official notes
Food: 70 → 75. Training: 24 → 26 seconds (non-elite).
Strategic interpretation
Old production timings need revision. This alone does not establish a new civilization ranking.
Open related tool →Arena
Fact · official notes
Resource-generation fixes.
Strategic interpretation
Starting walls still shape your plan. Scout your actual resources; do not transplant an open-map rush blindly.
Open related tool →Black Forest
Fact · official notes
Ponds: +50% size.
Strategic interpretation
Reassess fishing after scouting; a larger pond does not guarantee safe access or a fixed economic return.
Open related tool →Arabian Desert
Fact · official notes
New, more open Arabia variant.
Strategic interpretation
Treat exposed resources and defensive routes as scouting priorities, not as an exact build-order prescription.
Open related tool →How to read this analysis
Implications are conditional reasoning, not win-rate statistics. Map, Elo, composition and execution can change the outcome. Radar history may include pre-patch games: it cannot establish the new meta on its own.