Age of Wonders 4 The Silver Seas Wiki

Install The Silver Seas expansion for Age of Wonders 4 and start a new realm with the Mercantile culture.

Choose Cartel for smuggling, information manipulation, and Leverage, or Barony for mercenary armies, expanded trade, and Bounties.

Establish settlements on land and at sea. Mercantile cities can expand into ocean provinces and develop floating maritime strongholds.

Establish Trade Routes connecting your cities with Outposts and eligible Free Cities to strengthen your economy.

Explore Ocean Happenings, discover pirate dwellings, and research new Tomes of Magic to expand your military and economic options.

A new maritime culture capable of founding cities on both land and ocean provinces, establishing Trade Routes, and using economic advantages in warfare.

A Shadow and Chaos organization specializing in camouflaged Smuggling Routes, information manipulation, and Leverage that strengthens flanking attacks.

A Shadow and Materium organization with wealthy trade princes, mercenary armies, larger Outposts, additional Trade Routes per Vassal, and a Bounty system.

Organization-specific unit lineups include Informant and Envoy scouts alongside specialized combatants such as Mageslayer and Silvershot.

Manipulate water and enemy positioning, accelerate allied forces, and expose enemies to lightning and frost damage.

Apply Ghostfire to enemies and use its supernatural effects to summon Accursed Wisps.

Field mobile skirmishers, use explosive Ember Dust, and exploit plundering and pillaging tactics.

Unlock powerful frost magic capable of freezing the ocean itself. This special Tome must be earned through gameplay.

Combine the Cartel organization with camouflaged Smuggling Routes, Leverage, and flanking attacks to emphasize covert economic expansion and tactical combat.

Use the Barony organization to develop larger Outposts, additional Vassal Trade Routes, mercenary armies, and Bounties.

Explore the combination of Tome of Hydromancy's vulnerability effects with Tome of Eternal Ice's powerful frost magic.

Build around the Tome of Piracy, mobile skirmishers, Ember Dust explosives, and the expansion's maritime raiding mechanics.

A monstrous aquatic humanoid Form with shark-like features and a powerful martial appearance.

An elegant, near-human aquatic Form with otherworldly features inspired by the mysteries of the sea.

A new society trait that allows players to transform their people into Merfolk.

A powerful frost-themed aquatic creature introduced among the expansion's new marine wildlife.

Lightning and Storm Rune Crabs are electrically charged marine creatures associated with powerful storm effects.

A dangerous collective sea creature encountered among the expansion's new ocean wildlife.

A supernatural creature associated with the new Ghostfire mechanics and Tome of the Damned.

A new pirate dwelling featuring one of three possible captains with different personalities, ambitions, and opportunities for alliances or conflict.

Develop a relationship with a pirate captain to unlock access to exclusive shops, special units, stolen technologies, and treasures.

A storm-powered ocean landmark where Rune Crabs can propel armies across the sea.

A new maritime landmark containing wreckage and sunken riches.

A new Ancient Wonder offering valuable empire bonuses.

An Ancient Wonder that offers economic and magical rewards, including access to Pearltide Bombs.

A new ocean Infestation containing dangerous symbiotic marine creatures.

A new ghostfire-infused coastal Magic Material that can support your empire's development.

A new economic system connecting Cities to Outposts, Free Cities, and other Empires through trade relationships.

Outposts can now be founded on eligible water provinces. Mercantile culture can convert suitable ocean Outposts into Cities.

Embarking now has a flat movement cost of 20 Movement Points instead of consuming all remaining movement under the previous rules.

Embarked units gain updated movement and positioning rules, while summons, teleportation, and resurrection abilities receive broader support in water battles.

The new Chilled status effect can stack up to five times before freezing its target.

A new Magic Fighter weapon option provides Magic Strike and Dart attacks, with associated updates for Spellblade and Death Knight.

The Silver Seas launch announcement identifies the Manta Update game version as 1.017.001.126767.

The Silver Seas officially launched on November 3, 2026.

The Silver Seas standalone expansion launched with a suggested retail price of $24.99 USD.

Available for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

The $49.99 USD expansion pass includes Singer of Storms, The Silver Seas, Court of the Archfey, and Forge of the Firstborn.

An Expansion Pass 4 instant unlock featuring Mael, Storm Seamare, Tempest Orb, Tidecallers, and additional ruler customization.

A future Expansion Pass 4 expansion scheduled for Q1 2027, featuring fey magic, a new ruler type, new forms, and story realms.

A future Expansion Pass 4 expansion scheduled for Q2 2027, featuring dwarven forging, customizable units, living golems, and new tomes.