Anno 117: Pax Romana’s launch saw the city builder series bringing its familiar, approachable formula to a historical era it had yet to explore. This article gathers all the details about its latest patches alongside what we know about its 2026 update roadmap.
Below, you’ll find the full patch notes for the latest Anno 117: Pax Romana update as well as a list of its previous patches’ dates, offering a good look at how its post-launch support has expanded upon the city builder’s initial content offering.
Anno 117: Pax Romana Latest Patch Notes - Patch 1.6
Anno 117: Pax Romana’s latest update went live on June 18, following the launch of the title’s Blooming Cities Pack cosmetic DLC. It adds a new Landscaping Patterns cosmetic category, makes distinguishing rioting units easier, alongside other changes.
View the patch notes below:
Highlights
- Adding support for the Blooming Cities Pack
- Fixed main Prophecies of Ash quest not triggering
- Added gold and coal producers to Vulcan’s buffs
- Fixed construction grids disappearing
- Fixed raiders spawning reinforcements near enemies
Improvements & Changes
Gameplay
- Added a new “Landscaping Patterns” cosmetic category with “Ambrosian Forest” and “Celtic Forest” garden patterns
- It’s now possible for co-op players to change the skin of an object from one they don’t own to any they own
- Improved the behaviour of cut grass around certain decorative ornaments
- Changed the prioritization of demolish tool, so that ornaments on top of ground plates can be demolished first, then ground plates
- Making peace will now properly delay any further diplomatic agreements
- Rivals’ ornaments placement is now more distinct
- Added all gold and coal producers to the list of Vulcan’s buffs
UI & UX
- Added info to ornaments to show if they are from Hall of Fame, Twitch Drops or other sources
- Added a new icon for the “Imperial Garlands” Villa skin
- The selection with the Cosmetic Tool has been improved
- Changed the notification timer for bankruptcy, so it does not trigger every time the player is under the threshold
- Rioting units can now be more easily distinguished from the player’s military units
Bug fixes
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where the cancel button reopens the destruction notification pop-up after moving buildings to a blocked construction area
- Fixed an issue where raiders would continue to spawn ships even when their enemies are near
- Fixed an issue where the tremors from the volcano could be felt in Albion
- Fixed an issue where the Governor Decision The Pen’s Might sometimes only showed one choice
- Fixed an issue where Neferneru would immediately declare war on the player if they settled on the continental island
- Fixed an issue where rival units could become stuck on another island after leaving the “Stonehenge island”
- Fixed an issue where the Prophecies of Ash questline would not trigger
- Fixed an issue with canals not displaying the correct number of canal tiles
- Please note: you will need to rebuild a single canal tile to trigger a recalculation and get the correct number.
UI, UX & Controls
- Fixed an issue where the warning icon overlapped texts in the island takeover screen
- Fixed an issue where the shrine of Vulcan had the shrine of Mars icon in the global tab of the religion menu
- Fixed an issue where the skin name “Default Skin” was displayed after switching to “Golden Star” skin for the flagship
- Fixed an issue where the button prompt was missing for the statistics tutorial
- Fixed an issue where the info-tip of the volcano phase could slightly shift side to side during certain volcano phases
- Fixed an issue that would not show the current skin selection in the object menu when opened for the first time
- Fixed an issue where the trade route menu and diplomacy menu were present in the start of the campaign, but not interactable; they are now hidden
- Fixed an issue where the construction grids could disappear
- Fixed an issue where the tutorial pop-up for obsidian quarries could not be closed
- Fixed an issue where the player could lose all ways to control the camera after pressing the “Move in Formation” button while holding the ALT button
- Fixed an issue where the skin selection could skip some variants when looking through them
- Fixed an issue where auto-building ornamental walls around buildings would trigger a construction area blocked and could not be placed
- Removed the effect tray from ornamental walls, as ornaments can’t be affected by effects
- Improved diplomacy notifications now they will show named rivals in the notification
- Fixed an issue where ornamental gates could overlap and duplicate when placed above diagonal roads
Art / Visuals
- Fixed an issue where puddles would be visible through ground plates in Albion
- Fixed an issue where the volcanic ash was unevenly spread across marble and paved quay streets
- Water is now removed from the aqueduct when the aqueduct is not connected to a source
Text & Loca
- Fixed a typo in The Price of Iron quest.
- Removed the word “pack” from the cosmetic content in the construction menu
- Changed “Manufakturen” to “Hersteller” for German language for the item “Konstruktivistin”
- Updated text from “Bar” to “Menu” in the quick tools edit mode
- Fixed the descriptions of Concordia’s negative reason for selling statues
Anno 117: Pax Romana Roadmap of Updates for 2026
Anno 117: Pax Romana’s 2026 roadmap includes six pieces of DLC, including one that introduces a brand new region, alongside several free updates.
Below, you’ll find all the updates and patches that have gone live for the city builder throughout the year.
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.3.2 (January 29, 2026)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.4 (February 19, 2026)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.4.1 (March 5, 2026)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.5 (April 29, 2026)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.5 hotfix 1 (May 1, 2026)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.5.1 (May 11, 2026)
- Anno 117: Pax Romana – Patch 1.6 (June 18, 2026)
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