Game Pass' Age of Mythology: Retold adds new Xbox achievements with free update

Age of Mythology: Retold gets 12 new achievements today with its new free Arena of the Gods update, giving us a great reason to play all weekend.

Heidi Nicholas

Published 08 Nov 2024

Whether or not you've finished up with the Age of Mythology: Retold achievements, you now have more to grapple with: the Arena of the Gods achievements have now been revealed as part of Age of Mythology's new free update, out now. The original Age of Mythology was such an amazing game, and with more updates like this, we'll hopefully see Retold move onto the list of the best Game Pass games.

The free Arena of the Gods update adds a mode with 35 skirmish missions that you can play solo or together with your friends. Blessings and World Twists play a big part. Blessings are abilities which can affect combat or help in other ways, such as recharging God Powers more quickly. World Twists, meanwhile, are just as they sound; rapidly-changing twists which the Age of Empires team says "constantly redefine the battlefield." For instance, Gaia’s Remnants of Atlantis means that "Clusters of units are spawned across the map for the player(s) to collect once they accomplish certain objectives," while Freyja’s World Twist makes cavalry more expensive to train with the twist that they'll become infantry after dying.

The update comes alongside a range of fixes, which you can read in full in the extensive patch notes, but one of the main points is the addition of those new achievements. While you can play the Arena of the Gods missions solo, you'll need to win one mission in co-op to complete the new list, as well as complete "Gateways" under a number of conditions, and bestow some Blessings on your Legend. You can check out the full list below: there are 12 achievements worth a total of 105 Gamerscore, none of which are secret.

Age of Mythology: Retold Arena of the Gods Xbox achievements revealed

Name	Description	Gamerscore
Blessed be the Legend	Bestow your first Blessing upon your Legend.	5
Chosen by the gods	Bestow 3 Blessings upon your Legend simultaneously.	5
God's Favorite	Bestow 3 divine and/or eternal Blessings upon your Legend simultaneously.	10
Slayer	Allow your Legend to deal the final blow on 50 enemies.	5
Deicide	Complete a Large Gateway.	5
Traveler	Complete the final Gateway of a page.	5
Nomad	Complete the final Gateway of an episode.	10
Underdog	Complete a Large Gateway without any Blessing.	10
Ironside	Complete 10 Gateways in a row without losing.	10
Veteran	Complete every Gateway in an episode.	15
War Hero	Complete every Gateway in an episode on Hard.	20
Through Thick and Thin	Win an Arena of the Gods mission in coop.	5

More content is planned for Age of Mythology: Retold, with new expansions and pantheons, but for now we've got this new free update to dive into. If you're after more Game Pass goodness, don't forget to check our list of all the upcoming Game Pass games to see what else is on the way!

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Written by Heidi Nicholas

Heidi tends to lean towards indie games, RPGs, and open-world games on Xbox, and when not playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, happily installs every new wholesome game that appears on Xbox Game Pass, before diving back into favorites like The Witcher 3. She's looking forward to Age of Mythology Retold, Everwild, Fable, and Avowed on the Xbox horizon. Heidi graduated with an MA in English Literature before joining the TrueAchievements team.