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Steam News20 December 20256mo ago

Chinese Garden

We’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden. You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level. Garden Expansion The main building can be upgraded by adding extensions.

In this update3

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Full Celestial Empire update

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What changed

2 fixes2 additions9 changes2 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Maps
  • Balance
  • Fixes
  • UI and audio
changedWe’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden . You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.Garden Expansion
addedWe’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden . You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.The main building can be upgraded by adding extensions. There are over a dozen types available, which can be obtained:
changedWe’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden . You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.through trade,
changedWe’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden . You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.via events,
changedWe’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden . You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.by finding blueprints on the map.
changedWe’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden . You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.Extensions increase the capacity and the income generated by Gardens. Each extension has a rarity that affects its stats.

Celestial Empire changes

changedGarden Expansion
addedThe main building can be upgraded by adding extensions. There are over a dozen types available, which can be obtained:
changedthrough trade,
changedvia events,
changedby finding blueprints on the map.

We’ve added a new building: Chinese Garden. You can unlock it in the Technology Tree after reaching the “Elite” city development level.

Garden Expansion

The main building can be upgraded by adding extensions. There are over a dozen types available, which can be obtained:

  • through trade,

  • via events,

  • by finding blueprints on the map.

Extensions increase the capacity and the income generated by Gardens. Each extension has a rarity that affects its stats.

⚠️ Important balance changes

In this update, we adjusted the balance of city income and expenses.

  • After loading an older save, taxes for individual social groups may be set differently than before.

  • We also removed the ability to trade certain resources — mainly advanced ones available at higher city development levels.

v0.9.326 — Patch Notes

  • Improved visuals of rice field terraces

  • Tax modifiers no longer increase losses when taxes are negative

  • Fixed the display of the red border

  • You can disable a building pause by clicking the warning above the building

  • Fixed odd behavior when switching to the next building (TAB)

  • Fixes to extension blueprints (e.g., compost, warehouses)

  • Sound on character revert in FPS mode

  • Added missing translations

Source

Steam News / 20 December 2025

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