Humankind Patch Released Alongside Dia De Los Muertos Event

Written by Brandon Hofer on November 03, 2021

News: A new patch is now available that gives you some more options on how you want to play Humankind alongside a limited time event.

Humankind was released back in August, and now the 4th big patch is available.! The much awaited "Fabius Maximus" patch for PC is live now. They are also launching their very first live event (of many to come!). For the Dia de los Muertos event, players can complete challenges and earn special symbols, decorations, and the Catrina avatar preset for their collection.

”Fabius Maximus” Patch

Game Settings

Resource abundance: New map settings are being added for resource abundance. Players can control the amount of luxury and strategic resources placed on the map. This should allow you to customize the level of conflict or cooperation required for success to your liking.

Avatar and persona system: They have added a "random persona" option when picking your opponents, so if you prefer to be surprised during your match, you can now face an unknown enemy. They are also adding a button on the persona screen to upload it to Games2Gether or download it if you are playing on a different PC than usual.

Color picker settings: There is a new color picker to the game settings that allows you to adjust the color of the subtitles and the available empire colors, including presets for common forms of color blindness.

Pacing and Balancing

Neolithic era: Changes to the Neolithic era to slow down growth and limit the early power spike gained from delaying the Ancient era (less food gained from Sanctuaries, stronger mammoths).

Late game: Bringing the cost of technologies and constructions in line with the resource yields achieved by our players, as well as stability impact of districts and wondrous luxury resources making it hard to maintain very high stability in the late game.

Cultures: We are rebalancing some cultures, particularly those most often brought up as too strong or too weak. We have also re-examined combat strength and cost of units both emblematic and general.

Civics: They have revised the effect of several civics including Nuclear Disarmament.

Affinities: They have also rebalanced the expansionist affinity to make it more appealing.

Modding and Support

Modding tools: They have integrated mod.io in the game now, so you can simply log into your account through the game and let it download any maps and mods you subscribed to on the Humankind mod.io page. The first version of the Humankind mod tools will also soon be available on Steam, allowing you to create your own content for the game.

The next patch for Humankind should be available later this month and will add new settings for end game conditions other than the 300-turn limit.

Dia De Los Muertos Event

Pay homage to the departed and celebrate the Dia de los Muertos in the first Humankind Seasonal Event from November 3rd – 30th!

Although marked throughout Latin America, Dia de los Muertos is strongly associated with Mexico, where the tradition originated from a blend of Mesoamerican, European, and Catholic customs.

During this time of the year, the border between the spirit world and the living world dissolves, and the souls of the dead may return to feast, drink, dance, and play music with their loved ones.

Time to join calacas y calaveras and complete all the Chapter challenges before November 30th to earn new Symbols, Decorations, and the Catrina avatar preset for your collection.

Are you going to play Humankind with this new update? Will you participate in the Dia De Los Muertos event? Tell us what you think below.