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Join the Halloween October Event!

October is here and we are celebrating on Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, and with an entirely new event for the occasion!

This year’s October Event is spooky – we’re celebrating Halloween! Set out your pumpkins and get ready to enjoy this month’s event!

  • Unlock a Decoration for the Town Center!
  • Unlock three new Halloween-themed profile icons!
  • Unlock a knight with a Halloween style pumpkin head!

 

New Rewards!

Now through October 31 complete the in-game tasks within the time limit to unlock exclusive rewards!

Don’t forget, the first challenge unlocks a new profile icon and is required to save all of your unlocks:

Day ~ ๐ŸŽฏ Sign in to Xbox Live.
๐Ÿ† Unlocks the carved and glowing pumpkin profile icon.
๐Ÿ’พ *Required* to save any rewards unlocked during the event!

Each of the following challenges must be unlocked in order and on separate days:

Day 1 ๐Ÿ”’ Research the Crop Rotation technology in the Mill.
๐Ÿงฑ Farm graphics replaced with Pumpkin patch farms.
Day 2 ๐Ÿ”’ Research the Paladin technology in the Stable.
๐Ÿ† Unlocks a menacing and evil-looking Boar profile icon.
Day 3 ๐Ÿ”’ Train 100 units in a single match.
๐Ÿงฑ Unlocks the Town Center Scarecrow decoration.
Day 4 ๐Ÿ”’ Slay two boars in a single match.
๐Ÿ† Unlocks the Gravestone profile icon. (text: RIP)
Day 5 ๐Ÿ”’ Kill 500 units in any amount of matches.
๐Ÿ† Unlocks the Knight with Halloween style pumpkin head.

Keep It All (Forever)!

Remember: if you sign in to Xbox Live during the event, youโ€™ll get to keep all of the mods and profile icons youโ€™ve achieved! Sign in, earn your rewards, and enjoy!

We hope you enjoy the October Event!

โ€”The Age of Empires Team

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