Old World May 27th Updated Test Build

Old World test branch update 1.0.83739 Test 2026-05-27

To switch to the test branch, right click Old World in Steam and select Properties, open the Game Versions & Betas tab and select 'test' in the version list.

Design

• Invested tech progress is reimbursed when a player receives the tech for free

• Eagle Eye promotion now available to range 1 units that don't have a fixed range (Persian Unique Units)

• Builder workers can no longer stack inside a teammates territory

• Jungle can no longer be cut outside of city territory (Empires of the Indus)

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed duplicated icon for Tactician Leader General units

• Fixed some shrines sometimes being unavailable when using Randomized Improvements option without all DLC

• Fixed tech requirement sometimes not showing on improvement helptext

• Fixed mirror maps not enforcing connected human starts

• Fixed some unintended 1-tile-wide mountain passes that were possible to occur in mirror maps

• Fixed SubjectAny trait check for characters

• Fixed SubjectNot helptext display

• Text and event fixes