Come one, come all! The Greatest Medieval Technologies Event is here to spotlight some of the most intimidating inventions in human history! From the evolution of siege technology to the advent of the crossbow, gunpowder, and the defensive gear used to protect against these new technologies, we’re taking a closer look at the instruments of war that helped define (and redefine) the battlefields of their time.
This month, you can play and complete challenges in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition to permanently unlock new icons, never before seen cheat codes, and cosmetics celebrating the greatest medieval technologies!
Today through May 13, complete the in-game tasks within the time limit, and you can score a trebuchet-package of rewards, including:
- Three new Profile Icons!
- Two new Cheat Codes!
- Three exclusive visual mods!
- New Medieval Menu Background during the event!
Here’s the full list of game tasks and exclusives you can unlock during the Greatest Medieval Technologies Event:
🎯 Sign into Xbox Live.
🏆 Unlocks the Crossbow profile icon.
🎯 Train three Arbalesters in a single game.
🏆 Unlocks the ‘Going Above and Beyond’ cheat code.
🎯 Research the Chain Mail technology.
🏆 Unlocks the Golden Bombard Cannon profile icon and the ‘larger Onagers projectiles’ mod.
🎯 Train three Fast Fire Ships in a single game.
🏆 Unlocks the ‘gold skin for Bombard Cannon’ mod.
🎯 Train three Bombard Cannons in a single game.
🏆 Unlocks the Hand Cannon profile icon and the ‘tracer effects for gunpowder units’ mod.
🎯 Destroy an enemy Castle with a Trebuchet.
🏆 Unlocks the ‘Tech Tech One Two Free’ cheat code.
On top of that, if you sign in to Xbox Live during the Event, you’ll get to keep all of the cheat codes, mods and profile icons you’ve unlocked!
Good luck sieging the castle!
—The Age of Empires Team
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