- v1.4.0.8
- New DLC map: Sahara Desert. Everyone can play this in multiplayer, if someone who owns it creates the game.
- Loading screen added to the game with tips to improve your play (in 9 languages).
- AI empires now make better decisions about when to build cities.
- Rebalanced costs of growing cities in different terrain (FAQ entry updated to match)
- Great Lighthouse requires fewer hexes to complete.
- Pyramids requires more city population to complete at most levels
- Some other wonder levels slightly tweaked.
- Improved DE translations from community member, Dunkelziffer.
- Swords To Ploughshares now gives 120 food instead of 100 and may be offered slightly earlier in games.
- Legendary General now requires you to threaten 8 hexes instead of 10.
- Catastrophe now requires you to have 8 threatened hexes instead of 10.
- Java (Indonesia) difficulty from Hard to Medium.
- Maya (Mesoamerica) difficulty from Medium to Easy.
- Zapotec (Mesoamerica) difficulty from Hard to Medium.
- Zhou (World) difficulty from Medium to Easy.
- Inca (World) difficulty from Medium to Hard.
- Minor updates in the credits.