Age of Wonders 4: Giant Kings is an exciting expansion for Age of Wonders 4, the fantasy strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. Released on April 1, 2025, this expansion introduces new challenges and features that enrich the gaming experience. Let us dive into what this expansion has to offer.
A New Type of Ruler
With Giant Kings, you can now embody a mighty Giant King, dominating mortals with unmatched power. Giant Kings possess unique terraforming abilities and can use the Item Forge right from the start of the game. Call ancient weapons to fight by your side and unlock powerful runes to forge unique equipment. Choose among four fearsome clans and transform the world around you: flatten mountains, raise peaks, shape lava and freeze the lands!
Unique Abilities
- Terraforming: modify the terrain at will to create strategic advantages.
- Item Forge: create powerful equipment to strengthen your armies.
- Ancient Weapons: summon legendary weapons to fight by your side.
A New Crystal Dwelling
The expansion introduces a new imposing structure, the Crystal Dwelling, which houses the souls of ancient Giants embedded in crystalline matrices. Win the favor of the Speaker of the Council, improve your relations and access a unique shop offering exclusive skills, magical equipment and artifacts.
Dwelling Features
- Unique shop: access rare and powerful items to strengthen your armies.
- Exclusive skills: unlock unique abilities for your heroes and units.
Crafting Regions
The world of the Astral Seas has been enriched with the addition of 38 carefully designed decorative regions, harmoniously integrated into existing environments. These regions offer new exploration and conquest opportunities.
Exploration and Conquest
- Unique regions: discover varied landscapes and unprecedented challenges.
- Quests and rewards: complete quests to obtain legendary artifacts.
Destined Region Event System
A new realm trait, Legends of Myrrida, introduces nine unique regions with captivating stories tied to the forgotten history of the Giants. Embark on a journey to unveil the mysteries of each region and complete their quests to obtain legendary artifacts offering powerful economic bonuses.
Quests and Rewards
- Legendary artifacts: collect three artifacts to trigger a special endgame event with a unique reward.
- Economic bonuses: improve your economy thanks to the bonuses offered by the artifacts.
New Units and Wildlife
Face new fearsome creatures roaming the lands:
- Lithorine Units: enigmatic beings forged of crystal, guarding the depths.
- Primordial Units: colossal tier-5 beasts, ready to challenge players in Ancient Wonders.
New Tomes
The expansion also includes new powerful tomes:
- Dungeon Depths Tome: build a vast underground empire and defend it at all costs. Transform your provinces into a new dungeon theme with economic bonuses and four special province upgrades.
- Geomancy Tome: transform your units into geomancer crystal beings, attuned to the earth’s energies to amplify their damage and resistances. Recruit Geomancer units to harness the powers of the earth and arm your forces with resonant, cutting weapons.
Additional Content
- Realm traits and model: 3 new realm traits and a new realm model.
- Ancient Wonders: 2 new ancient wonders to discover.
- Music and interface: 4 new music tracks composed by Michiel van den Bos and a new interface for total immersion in the underground aesthetic.
Age of Wonders 4: Giant Kings is much more than a simple expansion: it is an invitation to rediscover the world of Age of Wonders 4 with new perspectives and challenges. Get ready to dominate the Astral Seas like never before from April 1, 2025!