In the Warpath, your units still standing after a victory who made a kill join your warband as named veterans, up to six

Veterans hold your gate at the start of every battle: press G, or the new button beside your specials, to sound the charge, and again to fall back and mend

Veterans earn valor and rise from Recruit to Legend, and at Veteran and Hero you choose one of three gifts for them, from Heavy Hand to Last Stand

A veteran who falls is gone for good, and an Elite earns a title from their first gift

The Hall of Legends remembers every veteran who reached Elite, and you can recall one to march with you from the first battle of your next run

Every battle earns renown, win or lose: for time fought, enemies defeated, victories, stars, Endless waves, daily runs, beating the Warlord and your first win of the day

Renown raises your War Rank from Recruit to Grand Marshal and on to Legend of the Ages, each title with its own insignia

Every rank brings a relic, and every fifth rank two more

Saves from before this update get back pay for the battles they have already fought and won

The main menu shows your rank, today's orders and your medals

Three new orders every day, such as winning 2 battles, building 4 turrets or winning inside 10 minutes, each worth renown

Finish all three for a bonus and a relic, and keep a daily streak going for more; you can swap one order a day

32 deeds in five groups, each with bronze, silver and gold medals that pay renown, and a relic for gold

A new Deeds tab in the War Room shows your rank, the titles ahead, today's orders, your service record and every deed

The results card shows the renown each battle earned, line by line, with your rank filling up and today's orders

Kill several enemies in quick succession for a rout, called out on the battlefield from 4 kills

After a defeat, the results card says how close you came and which of your units counters the enemy that hurt you most

War drums sound when an enemy war party marches on you

Special attacks whoosh in before they strike, catapults whoosh as they throw, and arrows whoosh as they fly

Mortar and howitzer shells, rockets, grenades and explosive specials now burst with a real explosion, and so do bases when they fall

Each age's skies have fliers crossing them, from birds and a pterosaur to airships, a witch on her broomstick, jets and drones

Undug mine seams show things buried in each era's rock, from fossils to power cells

The Relic Tree is drawn as a tree with links between relics, and a reliquary below lists every bonus your relics give

The Endless Siege tab shows the enemy's march through the ages and an illustration of the siege

The results card has a victory banner with confetti, or smoke and a torn banner after a defeat

The tutorial now teaches age upgrades, mine traps and guards, and raiding the enemy's mines; if you finished it before, you see just the new steps once