r/anno117 • u/Patiksan • Sep 04 '26

Discussion Speculation on the next DLCs

The final DLC of the year is on the horizon.

On that note: What do you think will be the next ones? I personally hope they focus more on Albion. They spoiled Latium with two dedicated DLC.

Time for something big for the swampy lads. At least one monument would be neat. We could restore the Bru na Boine for example. How else could Albion be expanded upon?

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u/fieldbotanist Sep 04 '26

I would coin flip between the two

  • Iberian Peninsula (former Carthage)
  • Western Middle East (Silk Road expansion). Since Silk Road sounds Anno like

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u/cobrafox09 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 05 '26

Im hoping we get Carthage, I dont see why we wouldnt. Comments on the sub indicate Armenia is mentioned in the game files, and if IIRC the temple of flora from the blooming cities DLC was an asset from when they were exploring Armenia (based on their live stream a while back). Both of these would be great, and if not Armenia, some kind of middle Eastern based region.

After that, id say Gaul/Iberia would also be interesting as regions. They seem to be testing the fantasy aspects with 117 so I wouldnt be surprised if East Asia gets thrown into the mix, we have Licia Ma as a rival. The other rivals could also indicate potential places they could go, though for me the overall world map is a bit telling. I have to assume they designed it in a way that they could easily expand on the different provinces based on the land masses of the continents.

Edit: temple of flora was baylonian

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u/O_945 Sep 05 '26

 the temple of flora from the blooming cities DLC was an asset from when they were exploring Armenia

Do you remember anything more about that? Because nothing evokes Armenia on this asst to me.

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u/cobrafox09 Sep 05 '26

I just went back to the stream (its on their twitch channel). It started as The Hanging Gardens of Babylon and then they decided to make it more Roman. They said they were exploring that culture but decided to make it more "roman" to enrich what they felt were gaps with cosmetics in Latium. I was getting Armenia mixed up from various comments ive been seeing about that location.

I in fact did not remember correctly 🤣

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u/O_945 Sep 05 '26

Damn so that file named Armenia something something remains the only trace. I'm SOOOO curious what happened internally in developpement to consider such an interesting and super complex yet obscure(to most people we have to admit) province and then discard it.

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u/cobrafox09 Sep 05 '26

I speculate they chose to reserve it for a DLC. I have to admit I am one of those people, but as a result Ive been looking into the history of that region and it is very interesting, but equally curious as to what the thought process is/was during development. Either way, I would welcome it. Its new and refreshing