
Patch 15.3.8338 introduces map pool rotations for Ranked play, improvements to the Map Monsters event mode, and general Quickmatch map pool adjustments.
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▲Buffs1
- QuickmatchIncreased the number of map downvotes allowed in Quickmatch from 15 to 25.15→25
◆Other changes5
- Map Monsters
- Improved spawn logic to prevent monsters from appearing in inaccessible locations.
- Monsters now despawn with a visual effect upon discovery.→Added
- Ranked Map Pool
- Rotated five maps out of the 1v1 Ranked pool and replaced them with new selections.King of The Hill, Ancient Spires, Relic River, Ocean Gateway, Sunkenlands→Socotra, Confluence, Rocky River, Baltic, Prairie
- Rotated five maps out of the Team Ranked pool and replaced them with new selections.Mountain Clearing, Lake Side, Canyon, Waterholes, Prairie→Hedgemaze, Mongolian Heights, Canal, Forest Ponds, Himeyama
- QuickmatchNomadic Ridges and Nomadic Tarns have been removed from the Quickmatch FFA map pool.Nomadic Ridges, Nomadic Tarns→Removed
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Patch history
- Age of Empires IV – Patch 16.2.10884Jun 18, 2026 · 2w+2→
- Age of Empires IV – Minor Patch 16.1.10056May 12, 2026 · 1mo+9−9→
- →Age of Empires IV – Patch 15.4.8719Mar 4, 2026 · 4mo
- Age of Empires IV – Minor Patch 15.1.7149Nov 12, 2025 · 7mo+1→
- Age of Empires IV – Patch 15.1.7064Nov 4, 2025 · 8mo+5→
- →Age of Empires IV – Patch 14.1.5602Jul 22, 2025 · 11mo
- Age of Empires IV – Patch 13.2.4553May 13, 2025 · 14mo+4→
- →Age of Empires IV – Patch 13.1.4420Apr 22, 2025 · 14mo
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