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Evony 4.97 Patch Notes

On the 18th of April, 2025, Evony updated to version 4.97, and with it came some key changes to the game, as well as two new generals – James Cook and Roger II.

Updates

  • City of Throne Improvement – Fixed display issue in Award Logs, and fixed UI errors that occurred when viewing City of Throne buildings on enemy server during SVS
  • Adv Royal Waybill Update – Added a batch attach option, allowing you to add multiple items as attachments with one tap. A much needed update, especially for those of you running alt accounts and needing to send mass amounts of stamina across!
  • Academy Research Feature Optimization – Allows you to select a level, and automatically research to that level at once. UI has changed for progression indication – there is now an overall progress percentage for each tech category
  • Rally Monthly Card Early Renewal – You can now renew the rally card before it runs out, extending the card by a further 30 days

Events

On the whole, no new events came with this update, just a refresh of the older ones. One notable addition however, was the introduction of “Duneyrr” – the latest Spiritual Beast to be added to Evony.

New Spiritual Beast – Duneyrr

To unlock the Duneyrr, you must redeem the “Life Dewdrop” in the Forest Deer Event. This can be gained at a cost of 800 Spiritual Beast scales.

Spiritual Beast event Forest Deer with redeem option for new Spiritual Beast costing 800 Spiritual Beast scales

At level 20, the Duneyrr Spiritual Beast has the following attributes:

  • Mounted Troop Attack +104%
  • Ground Troop HP +104%
  • Enemy Mounted Troop HP -52%
  • When defending the Main City, Enemy Ground Troop HP -104%

New Generals – James Cook & Roger II

With Evony 4.97, two new generals were added to the game – Ranged general James Cook, and Workshop Duty general Roger II.

James Cook

General Portrait of Evony General James Cook

James Cook is a European Ranged general. This new general is not compatible with a ranged attack book, and is honestly a bit underwhelming. The real potential for James Cook though comes in as an assistant general, due to his massive march size increase (18%) when an assistant. For combination pairings, and a detailed breakdown in stats, check out our ranged general ranking list: https://theriagames.com/guide/evony-ranged-generals-guide/

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Roger II

General Portrait of Evony General Roger II

Roger II is a European Workshop Duty General. This general both increases siege machines attack and defense when in rally, whilst also reducing enemy ranged troops defense, and siege machines attack and HP.

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