Union Update: It’s Blooming Cities Pack release day!

Today we’re releasing the Blooming Cities Pack, the second Cosmetic DLC for Anno 117: Pax Romana!

Featuring an organic system to place flowers and trees in all kinds of places on your islands, as well as fountains, a decorative wall and a large centre piece with the Temple of Flora.

Check out the trailer above for an overview of the content or get more insights into the pack via our blog article with a dev Q&A.

The “Blooming Cities” Pack is now available on all platforms.

Together with this Cosmetic DLC, we’re also releasing patch 1.6 which includes several more bug fixes. You can find the full patch notes here.

The garden system is such a useful tool, we wanted to give everyone a way to play around with it. Therefore, the update today also includes an Albion- and a Latium-themed garden brush for all players. You can find them in the Ornaments Menu under “Landscaping Patterns” and can use it in all provinces.

What are we working on?

Let us give you a brief overview of what we’re currently working on.

• DLC 02, the Hippodrome, is in the “bugfixing and polishing” phase at the moment till end of June, after which we start full testing and then the validation before we submit the version to the various stores.
• DLC 03, Dawn of the Delta, is still in production, entering the “polishing and bugfixing” phase only later in summer for a longer period. To mention a few areas we are working on:
  • The expansion of the tech tree & the icons for new techs
  • Some buildings are still “under construction”, and missing e.g. final textures
  • While some character portraits (e.g. residents) are still being worked on, others have first versions already implemented in internal versions
• Patches have a much shorter validation and submission times when they’re not tied to storefront releases (and because they naturally contain less content to test).
  • Accordingly, version 1.6.1 (planned release date: July 9th) is still being worked on, validations only starting at the end of June. The patch tackles, for example:
    • Issues with taking over islands vassalized by rivals
    • Issues with raiders’ islands when they’re being added mid-game
    • The Numa Aquarius statue not sitting still on its pedestal
    • The issue with defeated villa troops not showing a timer for their respawn

So much for today’s Union Update on the release date of the Blooming Cities Pack.

Ready to channel your inner gardener with the new ornaments? Share your creations with us on Reddit, Discord or social! We’ll soon also show you how we used the new trees and flowers in our own cities.