Empires Apart

DESTINYbit · Slitherine Ltd.

Released: Mar 29, 2018
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 03:19 GMT

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25 Mar 2019Developer post
Quests, Progression, Private Games & More - 2.2.9 is out!
Hello folks, we have quite a big update for you today as we are introducing two new major systems: Quests & Progression and a brand new Referral System. You will be able to complete quests and get rewards as well as get rewards for getting your friends into the game! We're al
Hello folks, we have quite a big update for you today as we are introducing two new major systems: Quests & Progression and a brand new Referral System. You will be able to complete quests and get rewards as well as get rewards for getting your friends into the game! We're also introducing a couple of new features like Private Games and more.
Here's the complete changelog:

Progression: you can now gain experience and level up by completing quests. Certain quests will grant Emperor’s Chests and one Chest is earned every time you level up. Overall this system should provide more free Chests than previously, especially for new players. We are starting things with 11 quests. Let us know your thoughts about them!
Referral: you can now refer your friends or be refferred and earn rewards. Upon reaching Level 5 you get a friend referral code that you can send to your friends. When you refer a friend, you will both receive an Emperor’s Chest!
Game window is brought to the front when a Ranked match is found.
Added Password protected Private Games.
Fixed a potential crash during host migration.
Fixed five sources of desyncs and missing resyncs.
Please note that with this version we are turning off the possibility of earning chests automatically through play time.
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05 Feb 2019Developer post
New Intro Experience, Security and Stability - Patch 2.2.8 is out!
Hello folks, we come to you with a new patch that is aimed at increasing the level of security and stability in multiplayer games, as well as making the experience of new players smoother and more engaging. Here are the full patch notes for 2.2.8 and 2.2.7, which went live a coup
Hello folks, we come to you with a new patch that is aimed at increasing the level of security and stability in multiplayer games, as well as making the experience of new players smoother and more engaging.
Here are the full patch notes for 2.2.8 and 2.2.7, which went live a couple of weeks ago.

Increased security and anticheating measures.
Fixed a potential freeze/crash with villagers.
Fixed a potential desync source.
Adjusted Ranked algorithm to give away more points even in situations of very high certainty.
Fixed a small issue with the area of effect of the Chinese minefield.
Fixed an issue with units not appearing or being stuck in the Armory screen.
Fixed an issue where a Chinese priest stopped with a Hold command wouldn’t heal nearby units.
Fixed an issue where certain Mangonels wouldn’t have an Attack Location button.
2.2.7

Added a splash screen for new players.
Added a new special Skirmish with objectives as a form of tutorial for advanced players.
Moved the Tutorial to a dedicated Training tab.
Added a notification counter for how many Chests are available.
In the profile screen, inverted the statistics order of Played and Won.
Several improvements to the UI of the Custom Games screen.
Added items collected counter in the Armory home screen.
Fixed some erroneous stats for unranked matches.
Fixed an issue with converting fragments into chests.
Fixed a potential issue with Byzantines Disrupt ability.
Added Framerate Cap slider in the Display Options menu.
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11 Dec 2018Developer post
The new Emperor's Chests are coming to Empires Apart!
Tons of new cosmetic items have been added to Empires Apart, and anyone can get them for free. Just play the game and be rewarded with the new Emperor's Chests , each containing a trove of new goodies! Every hour you play in Empires Apart you are granted an Emperor's Chest, with
06 Dec 2018Developer post
Major update incoming, help us test version 2.2.0b!
Hello everyone, This is a little bit of a longer text than we usually do. But the team have been working very hard on this new update, and there is so much here that it takes a little bit of explaining :) Today we are launching Empires Apart 2.2.0b in Open Beta . This version is
15 Nov 2018Developer post
Can you be the King of the Hill? New mode + new Aztec Remnants crate!
We are releasing a new patch for Empires Apart , introducing a brand new game mode: King of the Hill! In the new King of the Hill mode you will have to fight fiercely to control a spot in the center of the map. Every player will want to control it, but only one can be the King of
08 Nov 2018Developer post
Empires Apart new Crates: Myths and Dragons
Empires Apart releases two new bundles of customized items after the Byzantines, and this time it’s the turn of the French and the Chinese to be featured. The Crates are bundles of cosmetic items used to customize your favourite faction. These tailored items will change the look
02 Nov 2018Developer post
Empires Apart releases its first Crate: the Byzantine Romans!
Empires Apart has reached a new milestone. As part – apologize for the pun – of the new Free-to-Play model, a new wide array of content will be made available to keep the game fresh and interesting. The first of these items are Crates. These are bundles of cosmetic items used to
26 Oct 2018Developer post
v.2.1.4 is Live! Banners & Halloween!
Hello folks! After a brief period in public beta Empires Apart 2.1.4 is now live for everybody! Her's a list of the changes: Banners are now available! Show your might by building a Banner on the Battlefield! Fixed an issue with Market Buy/Selling which could result in “ghost” re
Hello folks!
After a brief period in public beta Empires Apart 2.1.4 is now live for everybody!
Her's a list of the changes:

Banners are now available! Show your might by building a Banner on the Battlefield!
Fixed an issue with Market Buy/Selling which could result in “ghost” resources being showed.
Seasonal Decorations are now available. Until October 31st all the Berries in the game are Pumpkins!
Fixed hotkey for Byzantine Elite Archer being missing.
Fixed an issue with some French technologies not being researchable.
v.2.1.3 changelog

Fixed a potential desync when units where kicked out a construction yard.
Fixed an issue with Koreans Agatha AI not attacking.
Fixed an issue with Agatha AI sometimes slowing down or getting stuck when waiting for a building to be completed.
Fixed a small issue with Koreans Cavalry Upgrades.
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16 Oct 2018Developer post
Empires Apart goes Free-to-Play!
There are some big news for all Empires Apart players: today Empires Apart goes Free-to-Play! We are changing the format to make the game accessible for free to everyone. Anyone can go to Steam, download the game and play it at absolutely no cost. You will have access to all game
23 Jul 2018Developer post
Patch 1.4.1 is LIVE - Stability improvements
Hello folks, we just put out a patch that should further improve the stability of the game. This should mean less FATAL ERRORs. We ran games lasting several hours without crashes. Please let us know if you're still experiencing issues. We're aware of a potential crash on Islands
13 Jul 2018Developer post
Patch 1.4.0 is LIVE - Stability & performance improvements & many fixes
Hello folks, for this patch we focused our efforts on stability and performance, particularly of the AI. We fixed tons of small bugs here and there and we’re laying the foundations for what’s coming in the future of Empires Apart: from a brand new AI to new Gamemodes and more. Th
Hello folks, for this patch we focused our efforts on stability and performance, particularly of the AI. We fixed tons of small bugs here and there and we’re laying the foundations for what’s coming in the future of Empires Apart: from a brand new AI to new Gamemodes and more. The Empires Apart community is growing every day and we encourage you to join us on Discord here: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7

Greatly improved stability. This means that in general far less Fatal Errors should pop up. We’re continuing our work to ensure that the game is more and more stable.
Solved a couple of potential desyncs.
Vastly improved performance of AI. As a result, singleplayer games should feel way smoother.
Improved the general performance of the game particularly of fog of war and projectiles.
Slightly improved the logic of the current AI.
Control Groups are now stored in savegames and will carry through a resync.
Added villager count for each resource.
Fixed various issues with Merchants.
Fixed an issue with the Mongol Settler where construction yards would disappear when placed in the grey Fog of War.
Fixed various issues with cooldowns on some Active Abilities.
Fixed some issues with Tower upgrades.
Fixed various issues with the Fog of War.
Fixed some visual bugs on villagers and units.
Fixed an issue with garrisoning on spawn.
Fixed some issues with missing hotkeys.
Fixed some issues with the spectator UI.
Minor fixes.
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04 Jul 2018Developer post
Development update & what we're working on
Hello folks, first of all, we'd like to apologize for missing some of the messages that have been posted here. We're hard at work on Empires Apart: development is still going strong and since 1.3.1 we have built quite a significant amount of improvements. Here's what we've been w
Hello folks,
first of all, we'd like to apologize for missing some of the messages that have been posted here. We're hard at work on Empires Apart: development is still going strong and since 1.3.1 we have built quite a significant amount of improvements. Here's what we've been working on and what you can look forward to in the near future:
Crashes
This is obviously the number one concern of ours and we understand the frustration that crashes bring. We've been working hard for quite a while now with the help of Epic to find the source of our crashes. They're seemingly random and inconsistent, which makes them very hard to track down. This is our primary focus, we're making progress and we hope that the next patch will improve the situation.
Desyncs
It appears that a new source of Desync has arisen. We're investigating it and we hope to fix it in the next patch.
Performance
1.3.1 brought huge performance improvements to the game but there's a lot more coming. We worked a lot to improve on the performance of our next biggest bottleneck: the AI. Many areas of the AI have seen huge improvements in terms of performance and in the next patch, playing against multiple opponents will be easier. The general performance of the game is also constantly being worked on and there are some improvements coming on that front as well.
AI
We wanted to reveal this at a later date but I guess it's better to let the cat out of the bag. There's a new A.I. coming, codename "Agatha". Agatha has been built from the ground up to be more fun, more smart and to be capable to play all the current game modes and upcoming ones.
Agatha has tremendous variability in her builds, going for different strategies at different times, helps allies, responds to pings, trades, buys and sells resources at the market, can form alliances and much more. We're putting the final touches to Agatha and we won't be satisfied until it can comfortably, consistently beat the current AI. We might release Agatha in a beta state in the near future.
Multiplayer
We're working to make the unranked multiplayer experience more streamlined, so it's easier for everybody to find matches. There's some big improvements coming on this front that we can't talk about at this moment but do know that we're looking at ways to make the game more accessible and more streamlined on the multiplayer front.
New gamemodes
We have some new gamemodes coming. We don't want to announce anything yet but we're looking to add more "fun" modes to the game.
Minor features
We also have some minor features coming including, but not limited to:

Control groups are stored and retained through savegames and resyncs
We now display how many villagers are working on each resource.
Other minor issues
Various minor issues have been solved during the past few weeks including, but not limited to:

Issues with Merchants
Issues with Mongol settlers.
Missing Hotkeys
Cooldowns on some active abilities
Tower upgrades
Fog of War Issues
Visual bugs on villagers and units
Overall, there's a lot to look forward to in the next patch and beyond. We're working hard to make Empires Apart better and even if today I listed a lot of stuff that is coming, that is not all. We hope to share even more news about the future of Empires Apart soon. Stay tuned.
Thank you all,
Gian Paolo
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25 May 2018Developer post
Patch 1.3.1 is out - Pathfinding & Performance Improvements
v1.3.1 Hello folks, for this patch we focused our efforts on performance and pathfinding. We fundamentally changed our pathfinding algorithm to address the issues it had on certain specific cases. On performance, we’re aggressively tackling every bottleneck and we’ve been able to
v1.3.1
Hello folks, for this patch we focused our efforts on performance and pathfinding. We fundamentally changed our pathfinding algorithm to address the issues it had on certain specific cases. On performance, we’re aggressively tackling every bottleneck and we’ve been able to improve the situation dramatically across the board. Even more performance improvements are on the horizon though, particularly to AI. We’re also working on an all new AI rewritten from the ground up to be smarter and more versatile. The Empires Apart community is growing every day and we encourage you to join us on Discord here: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7

Severely improved performance on Fog of War, large amount of entities, villagers and more.
Reworked Game Modes. This should prevent any issue with game end and victory conditions.
Minor improvements to AI.
Minor fixes.
v1.3.0

A brand new pathfinding algorithm has been introduced. This will work in conjunction with the existing pathfinding and will ensure that units can correctly find a route through long distances and around big obstacles (eg. The lake in Mare Nostrum). This should fix all the major pathfinding issues that were reported on Winterwald and Mare Nostrum.
Fixed an issue that would introduce an unnecessarily high amount of input delay, even on singleplayer.
Added “favourite player color” option in the game options.
Fixed several issues with Diplomacy and Assassination.
Fixed missing hotkey for capture Stance.
Fixed an issue with the healthbar of siege tents.
Fixed various potential issues with hotkeys.
Fixed various issues with merchants.
Fixed an issue with the speed of the Boar.
Fixed various potential issues with timers, victories and endgame conditions of Game Modes.
Slightly improved performance of units, buildings and resources.
Please note: There is a bug where in ranked matches the rank screen doesn't get displayed at the end of the match. Points are still being calculated and updated. We will fix this in a patch early next week.
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27 Apr 2018Developer post
Patch 1.2.2 is OUT! - New Map, Performance Improvements & more!
Hey folks, today we are releasing 1.2.2 into the main branch of Steam. This should bring a number of performance updates as well as a new map, color picking and more. This patch has been live a few times, and for a few days, in the BETA branch of Steam so it should be now good to
Hey folks,
today we are releasing 1.2.2 into the main branch of Steam. This should bring a number of performance updates as well as a new map, color picking and more. This patch has been live a few times, and for a few days, in the BETA branch of Steam so it should be now good to go. Please remember that the fastest way to reach us and find multiplayer matches is through Discord here: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7
1.2.2 Patch Notes

Fixed an issue which would make units spawn with very low health.
1.2.1 Patch Notes

Severely improved the performance of the Fog of War.
Further increased performance with large amounts of units.
Slightly increased pathfinding performance.
Fixed a very rare pathfinding bug.
Fixed an issue from 1.2.0 with player color in Skirmish Mode.
Fixed an issue from 1.2.0 where a player would have 2 million resources when repairing.
Fixed an issue with dead bodies not disappearing.
Fixed some issues with assassination mode.
Doubled camera max speed.
Added lobby distance filtering.
1.2.0 Patch Notes

NEW MAP: Solitude. Currently enabled in Skirmish and Normals. We’re looking to make it available for Ranked soon so let us know what you think!
1 vs 1 has a slightly different spectator UI which is more readable and has larger icons.
Added color selection for Skirmish and Normals. Now every player will have a different color.
Fixed some potential crash sources.
Increased pathfinding performance.
General performance improvements on attributes.
Performance improvements on AI.
Fixed an issue where the AI could get stuck if it lost the majority of its villagers.
Fixed several potential desync and resync issues.
Thank you for the patience. Our focus is now set on pathfinding issues as well as new features and content.
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13 Apr 2018Developer post
Empires Apart tournament... in a real castle!
Lots of news today! First off, as part of our War Room event we will be running a live Empires Apart tournament between some of the best known RTS players in the world. There are some big names there: TaToh, Zero Empires, TheViper , and many more! We are truly honoured to have su
12 Apr 2018Developer post
Patch 1.1.7 is out! - Huge AI Improvements, Input Lag Normalization & More
Hello folks, during the past week we focused a lot on improving the AI behavior, particularly its Attack behavior, we introduced a cheating AI and overall improved performance of the AI quite a bit. We're working to address the biggest concerns first and we're moving on to stabil
Hello folks, during the past week we focused a lot on improving the AI behavior, particularly its Attack behavior, we introduced a cheating AI and overall improved performance of the AI quite a bit. We're working to address the biggest concerns first and we're moving on to stability next, hoping for a new patch early next week. The Empires Apart community is growing every day and we encourage you to join us on Discord here: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7
1.1.7 Patch Notes

Improved the behavior late game of the AI. It’s less likely that the AI will get stuck lategame due to the lack of resources.
Fixed a possible exploit with Mangonels.
Fixed a freeze in spectator mode.
1.1.6 Patch Notes

Greatly improved the AI attack logic. This should fix indecisevness by the AI and units canceling their attacks.
Fixed an issue with villagers getting stuck building diagonal walls.
Fixed a bug where Pings wouldn’t work in certain game modes.
Fixed some issues with Merchants including an exploit with two adjacent markets.
Fixed a bug that would allow the creation of heroes on Assassination.
Fixed a potential desync with Zhuge Liang.
1.1.5 Patch Notes

Fixed an issue on Water Maps where the AI would get stuck in its build early on
Fixed some sources of the AI getting stuck.
Improved the AI build order.
Improved the AI target selection.
Several other improvements to the AI logic and build order.
Added a Cheating AI that gets extra resources.
Normalized the input delay between host and clients. Now everybody will experience the same delay.
Further increased the performance on the pathfinding.
Increased Gengis Khan cost to 500f 400g (from 300f 250g). Decreased Gengis Khan armor to 2/5 from 3/6. Decreased Gengis Khan health to 160 from 200.
Fixed some issues on the pathfinding.
Fixed an issue with team selection in open lobbies.
Fixed some potential source of crashes.
Fixed several potential source of desyncs.
Several minor fixes.
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06 Apr 2018Developer post
What Civilization fits your strategy?
Empires Apart is a Real-Time Strategy game which has something for everyone. With 6 completely unique civilizations, each with a radically different playstyle, it has enough variety to just keep you playing. In order to best showcase the variety of Empires Apart's civilizations w
06 Apr 2018Developer post
What Civilization fits your strategy?
Empires Apart is a Real-Time Strategy game which has something for everyone. With 6 completely unique civilizations, each with a radically different playstyle, it has enough variety to just keep you playing. In order to best showcase the variety of Empires Apart's civilizations w
05 Apr 2018Developer post
Patch 1.1.4 is out - Performance & AI Improvements
Hello folks, during the past week we worked night and day to improve the game and address all the concerns. Today’s patch brings a huge improvement to performance and lots of improvements on AI. This is just the beginning as we’re gonna release even more improvements in the next
Hello folks, during the past week we worked night and day to improve the game and address all the concerns. Today’s patch brings a huge improvement to performance and lots of improvements on AI. This is just the beginning as we’re gonna release even more improvements in the next days as well as the first wave of free content. The Empires Apart community is growing every day and we encourage you to join us on Discord here: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7

Greatly improved the performance of the game particularly regarding the Pathfinding, unit management, large maps and AI. This should result in a nice boost in performance in team games and large maps.
Changed the way we handled multiple threads to be CPU specific. This will hopefully mean that AMD users with good CPUs should now experience better performance.
Many improvements to the AI behaviour. Now the AI favours enemies that have nearby bases (of the bases it knows). Is better at defending against attacks and commits more when on the offensive. This is an ongoing process and we expect to make the AI even better in the upcoming patches.
Fixes to some issues with networking. This should result in less connectivity issues when trying to join games.
Fixed Saladin movement speed (now 370).
Fixed Arab’s Mangonel damage (now 40).
Fixed Yue Fei’s passive ability. Now correctly spawns full health.
Fixed some wrong voicelines on Trebuchets.
Fixed some wrong tooltips.
Fixed an issue where non-host players would get a wrong APM counter in the post-game stats.
Added a check for ownership when accessing multiplayer to hinder smurfing.
Notes:

Performance on the AI could be improved a lot further. This is a first optimization pass and we’re gonna keep working to improve things.
As performance get better we’re gonna move to stability improvements, particularly to address crashes and resync issues. On the latter, we’re already preparing a new patch which should address many issues.
We’re working night and day to make the game better. To interact with us, we encourage you to use Discord: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7
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05 Apr 2018Developer post
Patch 1.1.4 is out - Performance & AI Improvements
Hello folks, during the past week we worked night and day to improve the game and address all the concerns. Today’s patch brings a huge improvement to performance and lots of improvements on AI. This is just the beginning as we’re gonna release even more improvements in the next
Hello folks, during the past week we worked night and day to improve the game and address all the concerns. Today’s patch brings a huge improvement to performance and lots of improvements on AI. This is just the beginning as we’re gonna release even more improvements in the next days as well as the first wave of free content. The Empires Apart community is growing every day and we encourage you to join us on Discord here: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7

Greatly improved the performance of the game particularly regarding the Pathfinding, unit management, large maps and AI. This should result in a nice boost in performance in team games and large maps.
Changed the way we handled multiple threads to be CPU specific. This will hopefully mean that AMD users with good CPUs should now experience better performance.
Many improvements to the AI behaviour. Now the AI favours enemies that have nearby bases (of the bases it knows). Is better at defending against attacks and commits more when on the offensive. This is an ongoing process and we expect to make the AI even better in the upcoming patches.
Fixes to some issues with networking. This should result in less connectivity issues when trying to join games.
Fixed Saladin movement speed (now 370).
Fixed Arab’s Mangonel damage (now 40).
Fixed Yue Fei’s passive ability. Now correctly spawns full health.
Fixed some wrong voicelines on Trebuchets.
Fixed some wrong tooltips.
Fixed an issue where non-host players would get a wrong APM counter in the post-game stats.
Added a check for ownership when accessing multiplayer to hinder smurfing.
Notes:

Performance on the AI could be improved a lot further. This is a first optimization pass and we’re gonna keep working to improve things.
As performance get better we’re gonna move to stability improvements, particularly to address crashes and resync issues. On the latter, we’re already preparing a new patch which should address many issues.
We’re working night and day to make the game better. To interact with us, we encourage you to use Discord: https://discord.gg/bRDxPr7
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