# Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition Age of Empires IV – Patch 15.2.7380 - Product: Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/age-of-empires-iv-anniversary-edition) - Vendor: World's Edge - Date: 2025-12-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1466860/view/599669707226744563 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/age-of-empires-iv-anniversary-edition/releases/2025-12-04-age-of-empires-iv-patch-15.2.7380 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Fixed issues resulting in lost Perk Points - **changed** — Updated Ranked Map Pool with new map rotations for both 1v1 and Team Ranked modes - **changed** — Adjusted unit balance for Torguud, Worker Elephant, and Healer Elephant - **fixed** — Improved spawn logic for gift boxes in Season's Feast so they do not spawn in inaccessible locations - **added** — Added visual indicator to easily locate gift boxes in Season's Feast - **fixed** — Fixed Season's Feast rewards that spawn in water so they can now be picked up - **fixed** — Remedied performance drops when selecting larger numbers of units - **fixed** — Fixed responsiveness issues and stuttering on the main menu when USB devices are plugged into the system Happy December to our _Age of Empires IV_ community! 2025 has been an exciting year for _Age IV_ – filled with updates, patches, our launch on PlayStation 5, as well as the releases of _Knights of Cross and Rose_ and _Dynasties of the East_ – and we can’t wait to see you in 2026! Before we start prepping for the New Year, however, we wanted to deliver on some important bug fixes and balance changes, many of which impact content newly introduced in _Dynasties of the East_. This patch brings additional fixes to issues resulting in lost Perk Points, changes to our Ranked Map Pool, and adjustments to units like the Torguud, Worker Elephant, and Healer Elephant. > **This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!** [](https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-patch-15-2-7380/) > > 💬 **DISCUSS:** [ Official Forum](https://forums.ageofempires.com/c/age-of-empires-iv/) 💬 **DISCUSS:** [ Steam Forum](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1466860/discussions/) 🗣 **JOIN:** [ Official Discord](https://discord.gg/ageofempires) > Thanks again to our amazing community members, all of whom have helped to make _Age of Empires_ what it is today! —The _Age of Empires_ Team > Please Note: As part of updating to this latest build, any saved games and observable matches made on previous builds will be unable to be loaded or replayed. > --- ` ##### ◆Patch 15.2.7380◆ ` --- > ##### Season Twelve --- ##### Ranked Season and Events Update ##### Season’s Feast This event is full of gifts to celebrate the Season! We have many challenges and rewards to customize your profile to match the season of giving. Keep your eyes on the battlefield and see how many gifts you can find. **Login between December 5th at 10:00am PT (1:00pm ET / 18:00 UTC) and February 5th to share in the season’s festivities! ** In addition, we have made several improvements to the Season’s Feast game mode: - Improved spawn logic for the gift boxes so that they are not spawning in inaccessible locations and to maintain balance. - Improved spawn logic for the gift boxes so that they are not spawning in inaccessible locations and to maintain balance. - Gift boxes can be easily located with the new visual indicator. - Season’s Feast’s rewards that spawn in water can now be picked up. See the presents fall from above, find and collect them all over the map. ##### Map Pool Rotation We’re excited to roll out a mid-season map pool update, bringing several iconic maps back into play. This rotation aims to refresh the experience while keeping the pool structure balanced. We hope you enjoy revisiting these classic maps and exploring how they shape up in the current meta. **1v1 Ranked Map Pool ** - Craters –> King of The Hill - Golden Heights –> Ancient Spires - Flankwoods –> High View - Boulder Bay –> Four Lakes **Team Ranked Map Pool ** - Craters –> Mountain Clearing - Continental –> Lake Side - Hidden Valley –> Lipany - Ocean Gateway –> Waterholes > > **This is just a small taste of what is coming in the latest update. For a more complete list, please visit our site and check out our blog. Happy Gaming!** [](https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-patch-15-2-7380/) > > ##### :alertalert: **DISCLAIMER** This list is subject to change and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all the known issues we’re tracking. The above is to inform you of the team’s current priorities, which will change as other issues arise or take precedence. For the latest updates and announcements, please visit our [social channels](https://twitter.com/ageofempires). > > ##### Patch 15.2.7445 Thank you to everyone who reported performance decreases following our release last week. Today we're releasing a new build, which should remedy the performance drops you're seeing when selecting larger numbers of units. Those of you _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1466860/view/599669707226744563]_