Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 2.1

Release Date: September 17th, 2026, at 10 AM UTC / 12 PM CEST

This update adds support for the Echoes of Kassandra Pack Cosmetic DLC.

Improvements & Changes

• Balance changes to three heroic specialists:
  • Laevinus: now affects only quarries, gold washers, and clay pits (instead of all pits) to prevent an exploit involving Sand Refineries
  • Kirjokansi: Now only considers passive trade with rivals, not player-to-player trade, to prevent an exploit
  • Tiranna: removed effects on dye and instead now affects pigments, as previous effects were far too strong
• [DLC 02] Added an infotip to Hippodrome events indicating that optional goods can be removed
• Improved UI for Monuments
  • Tier Improvement infotip now shows the second effect
• The remaining duration of players’ Notes is now also visible in the archive
• Improved readability of warning text when it comes to Time Limited Challenges
• Selecting an ornament with a cosmetic skin applied will now show the selected skin in the object menu
• Trade buffs are now limited trades between NPCs and players

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

• [DLC 02] Hippodrome parade units are no longer present during ongoing races.
• [DLC 02] Fixed an issue that prevented the Hippodrome plans research to unlock despite fulfilling all conditions when activating DLC 2 after DLC 1 storyline eruption
• [DLC 02] Fixed an issue with the Lusitanian Governor Decision effect not working after the first race
• Fixed several Specialist buffs
• Fixed an issue with the Sandarac Nursery, which is now categorised as a plantation
• [DLC 01] Fixed an issue where the diplomacy malus received for helping Caecilia wouldn’t expire
• Fixed an issue preventing players from manually changing the World Seed field
• Fixed an issue preventing players from completing the tutorial quest “Specialists”
• Fixed an issue where the “Underlings” quest would not trigger after accepting one of the Specialists offered through the “Gemini in the Rough” Governor Decision

Performance

• Fixed a crash on PS5 occurring when launching existing savegames

Art & Visuals

• Fixed an issue with the size of Hall of Fame market skins in Albion
• Fixed an issue causing feedback units to float around building

UI, UX & Controls

• Fixed an issue with the scrollbar not working in the Time Limited Challenges questbook
• Fixed an issue where the wrong notification would appear when trying to merge split aqueducts
• Fixed an issue where a “Favourite” radial slot could be permanently lost
• Fixed an issue where the “Inventory full!” warning would appear even with empty slots available
• Fixed an issue where spinning the camera around itself in one direction would lead to a dead end
• Fixed an issue where the queue order numbers disappeared in the research menu for the unresearched greyed-out researches
• Fixed an issue where Legionaries units were missing description text in several infotips
• Fixed an issue where the size of the quest description text in the Questbook wouldn’t change based on the UI Scaling settings
• Fixed an issue where an empty menu would appear when players attempted to go back from the save data menu
• Fixed an issue where changes made to the player’s profile through the Profile Customisation were only partially applied
• Fixed an issue where building names would become mixed up in the object menu when rapidly switching between them
• Fixed an issue with Ubisoft Connect Reward ornaments showing the wrong icon in their construction menu description

Text & Loca

• Removed duplicated text from the quest book archive for the “Weapons from the Stars” quest

Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue in multiplayer where an infinite loading screen would occur after reinviting a participant
• Fixed an issue where “… The Spoils” achievement would unlock for all participants in a multiplayer game