Civilizations (commonly abbrieviated as Civs) are playable factions in Age of Empires Online. There are currently six available civilizations, three Pro and three Free-to-Play.

Types Edit

There are two classes of civilization. Free-to-Play/Premium civilizations start at level one while Pro civilizations start at level twenty (not anymore). Though Pro civilizations lack a unique main campaign, they gain immediate access to Argos, Northern Hold,(If bought) and Fertile Crescent(if bought).

Free vs. Premium/Pro Edit

Feature	Free	Premium/Pro
Rare & Epic Gear	Acquire	Acquire, Use & Craft
Empire Points	Acquire & Spend	Acquire & Spend
PvP	Unranked	Ranked & Unranked
Custom PvP	Play	Play & Host
Star Techs	No	Yes
Advisors	No	Yes
Earn Coins from Capital City Stores by 5% sale comission	No	Yes
Inventory Buildings Limit	2	5
Workshops Limit	2	10
Craft Halls Limit	1	2

Civilizations Edit

• Greek
• Egyptian
• Persian
• Celtic
• Babylonian
• Norse

The Celtic and Persian Civilizations were officially announced on July 20th, 2011^[1]. The Celts already existed in the game files by the end of the beta testing phase.^[2]

The Babylonian civilization was officially announced on August 10th, 2012 through Euro.

Factions Edit

There are some factions within the civilization which are not playable but can be found in the game files:

• Followers of Autolycus
• Mycenaean
• Sea People
• Badari
• Nubian

References Edit