Update 3.0: changes to chains, consumption and stamps

Update 3.0 shipped on 5 November 2026 together with the Dawn of the Delta DLC, and everything in it except the Aegyptus province is free. For production planning, two changes matter: the Latium Grain Mill now works in 20 seconds, and new saves start on a higher consumption setting. The update also adds stamps for saving layouts.

Changes that alter production numbers

Change	Before	After	Consequence
Latium Grain Mill cycle	30 s	20 s	One mill now feeds three Bakeries: 3 Wheat Farm, 1 Grain Mill, 3 Bakery. The older 2 : 1 : 2 layout still works but leaves the mill a third idle.
Grain Mill upkeep and workforce	8 Denarii, 3 workers	12 Denarii, 4 workers	Fewer mills, each costlier.
Grain Mill storage	8 grain, 6 flour	12 grain, 9 flour
Default consumption for new saves	“easy”	“normal”	Higher goods consumption in new games; more starting money to compensate. Existing saves keep their setting.
New top consumption setting	–	“very high”	Ubisoft describes it as about 75% more consumption. The game data’s four settings multiply consumption by 1, 1.25, 1.5 and 1.75.
Liberti Bread from Amphitheatre Splendour	higher than Plebeians	same as Plebeians
Festival cost	fixed goods amounts; 50,000 Denarii late game	goods scaled by value; 25,000 Denarii late game	More low-value goods, fewer high-value ones.
City Status		penalties ramp more gradually around tiers 2 and 3	End-game values unchanged.
Aquila Dulcis, Curator Aquarum	+200% water supply	+100%
Ductuarius	+50% water supply	+25%

Albion keeps its 60-second Donkey Mill, so Albion bread stays at 1 Wheat Farm, 1 Donkey Mill, 1 Bakery. The production ratios page and the calculator use the 3.0 values.

Stamps

Stamp Mode extends the copy tool, whose icon is now a stamp. Select an area, then create a stamp from the menu on the right, either directly or after editing it, and file it in a folder. On PC, stamp files can be shared with other players. Players continuing an old save get a short introduction to stamps and notes.

Statistics and quality of life

• Statistics has a storage tab (stock over time, passive and active trades, storage changes per island) and a specialist tab that lists owned and unowned specialists and where to get them.
• Quests can be hidden from the quest log; the quest book can show them again.
• An “Auto-Accept festivals” option is under Options, Game.
• Festival governor decisions show your current stock of the goods they cost.

Other balance and fixes

• All shrines have a range of 22 tiles.
• The Sandarac Nursery counts as a plantation and can use aqueduct irrigation again.
• Aqueducts must cross rivers and cliffs in a straight line and cannot end on them; aqueducts already placed in old saves are kept.
• Grapes, Honeycombs and Wine appear again in the Trading Post, trade routes, ship trading and Statistics.

Earlier balance changes still in effect

Update 2.0 (20 August 2026) raised Bread consumption by about 50% and made the Bread need add 3 residents instead of 2, and cut the water mill from 30 to 20 seconds. Patch 1.5 (30 April 2026) made traders sell only their stock, carry less money in the mid-game and charge more; the old trade behaviour is an option in the game setup.