For more details, read the full update notes.

• A Double Victory condition has been added
• This triggers when you have double the VP of your nearest competitor and at least half the target number of VP
• All reform techs now give +1 Victory Point
• Reform techs now go up in cost 25% each time they are researched
• The Steel tech and Battleline tech have swapped places on the Tech Tree
• Axeman and Maceman abilities have swapped (Axeman now have the arc attack, and Maceman now have the anti-infantry ability)
• The strength values for these units have been adjusted
• Axeman now also have a bonus against Polearm units
• Trade League adjusted from: Unlocks Convoy, +3 Growth in Coastal Cities to: Unlocks Convoy, can Sell for the same price as Buying
• Monetary Reform changed from: can Sell for the same price as Buying to: No Discontent penalty from Hurrying, -1 Discontent per year
• Calligraphy: Now gives Libraries 4 Culture and 2 Science, from 4 Science
• Some techs have been renamed
• The Strategy tech has been renamed to Windlass
• The Windlass tech has been renamed to Cogwheel
• The Holy War law no longer provides training to State Religion cities
• Holy War: Now adds “Can Hurry Unit Production with Money” to State Religion cities
• Orthodoxy now allows Disciples to purge Non-State Religions
• State Religion cities now yield +4 Civics (Down from +5)
• The Secularism law has been changed so that all cities now have a -50% chance per year to produce rebel units (Down from -100%)
• The Volunteers Law can now Hurry all City Production with Population, rather than just Units
• The Veneration Theology now yields +20 Gold per Monastery (Up from +10)
• City borders have had their vision range increased by one
• All units have had their vision range increased by one
• Mounted units now get a -25% penalty when attacking settlements (cities, tribe camps)
• Polearm units exert ZOC against Mounted units
• Greek’s Unique Units (Hoplite and Phalangite) now have the Polearm unit trait
• Camel Archer loses Nomad Trait, gains 25% bonus vs Horse Units
• Certain traits can now affect family opinions
• The Famous trait now gives -25% Specialist Costs
• A new unit promotion has been added
• Heckler: +20% vs a unit with a General
• The Dealmaker trait has been updated
• This trait now gives Governors a -50% Improvement Cost buff
• Bypassed heir is now a relationship with the Leader or Heir, rather than a trait
• Maintenance modifiers for most effects have been reduced
• Connected, Stronghold, Citadel and Palace 20% -> 10%
• Citadel Growth reduced 20% -> 10%
• Shrines now give the Healer promotion (+1HP/Year) instead of Herbalist
• A capture capital ambition has been added
• Alliances now always cost a lump sum payment
• Resource cost per population based on culture has been rebalanced
• The price for buying additional orders now has more volatility
• Excess orders are now always sold for 10 gold (This will not affect market cost)
• Commander Archetype no longer has “Can Hurry City Production with Population”
• Commander Archetype now has “Can Hurry City Production with Orders”
• AI archetypes now affect likeliness to declare war
• Earlier specialists (Acolyte, Monk, Priest, Officer, Poet) cost less Civics to build
• Improvements without specialists now cost Maintenance
• Building an Urban improvement on a non-Urban tile costs more Stone
• Trader family workers can build multiple roads per Year
• Founding a Patrons Seat no longer grants the Seat +1 Culture level, now adds a Great Minister to court
• Patrons Seat no longer has “Can Hurry Project Production with Money”
• All Patron Cities now have “Can Hurry Project Production with Money”
• Barbarian Strength (a setting that can be adjusted during game setup) will now influence how likely it is that tribes will declare war on you
• Tribes now spawn faster at higher difficulty levels
• Tribes raiding range now scales with difficulty
• Most money event rewards have been rebalanced
• Changing a city governor now costs 5 orders
• Roads no longer require a connection to a trade network
• Suggested tile improvement options no longer include multiples of the same improvement class
• The Family Gifts mission that Chancellors can do will now show the player an event informing them of the outcome of that mission