Patch notes 2026-02-11 (Experimental)

Hello, everyone!

The release date news is out (March 5, remember?), but we are not done yet. Today’s update features a major revision to the Waterfalls map, the addition of a very useful key binding, and the usual batch of tweaks and fixes.

Waterfalls Revisited

Today, we’re happy to unveil the massive changes to the Waterfalls map - it has evolved so much that renaming it to Waterfalls 2.0 wouldn’t be overkill. Please share your feedback after you have had a chance to play on the new version.

• Revised Waterfalls to make it more beginner-friendly, modern, and on par with other built-in maps.

Misc.

• Added the “Unique building action” key binding (default: U). Use it to activate the unique feature of the currently selected building - for example, to launch a Wonder.
• Added yellow highlight to tool names on loading screen tips.
• When renaming a beaver, a bot, or a district, the text field is now prepopulated with the old name.
• Well-being notifications no longer have exclamation marks!

Performance

• Slightly improved performance, reducing the number of micro stutters.

Modding corner

• Fixed the rendering of the hovered blocks in Blueprint Preview.

Bug fixes

• Water and building animations should now smoothly adjust when you change in-game speed.
• Fixed a crash triggered by loading an older save with triggered dynamite in it.