Complete Guide to Age of Empires 4 Masteries and Rewards

Masteries in Age of Empires 4 are essentially in-game achievements to complete certain challenges for each of the eight civilizations. The rewards you receive for completing masteries include 1 XP, portraits, seals, monuments, other profile cosmetics, and short background facts. There are no additional new units, civilizations or campaigns to unlock.

You can see all the masteries in Age of Empires 4 by clicking on the crown and laurel icon to the right of the notifications icon at the bottom of the main screen. It's to the right of the chat message box. When the Masteries menu appears, you'll see tabs for each civilization and AoE 4 training modules.

Each nation has 15 masteries each, and there are five distinct ones for completing Art of War challenges or Norman campaign missions. When you click on a tab, you'll see all of the challenges associated with it, including the requirements and rewards for each challenge when you click on it.

It is important to note that you can only complete challenges in the order they are presented. For example, you can only complete the Assize of Arms challenge for the English after completing the Nice Try, Spy challenge.

Also, you can only complete one challenge per match. You can, however, complete them in Multiplayer or Skirmish mode, and for some challenges it doesn't matter if you're playing against an opponent, so you can play a custom Skirmish match alone if you prefer. You will see the masteries you have completed at the end of each match.

Below is a list of all the masteries for each civilization and the training/campaign tab, along with the rewards you will receive for completing them, as listed by Age of Empires 4. Click on the links below to access each civilization.

Training Masteries

All of these masteries require you to complete an Art of War challenge or a Norman campaign mission.

Learn by doing

learning tools

New ways of thinking

Training and transformation

war time

• Money bag sigil and training dummy monument

English proficiency

Nice Try, Spy – Kill an enemy scout in the Dark Ages.

• Portrait of English Farmer
• Historical fact of the Scorched Earth

Assizes of Arms – Produce 30 Council Chamber Longbowmen in the Feudal Era.

• Seal of the Royal Lion
• Fact on construction and control

Test of Strength I – Win a custom or 1v1 skirmish match against the easy AI

• Historical fact
• stone tool portrait

Rally the People — Build the King's Palace and produce 10 Castle Age villagers from it.

• Deer portrait
• The cost of the stone makes

Swift Harvest – Reach castle age with 16 Mills-influenced farms.

• Double stripe banner
• The fact of the assizes of arms

Muster Tower – Heal 10 Longbowmen with the Settlement Camp ability.

• Made of boom and bust
• Portrait of fish

Test of Strength II — Win against Intermediate AI

• Lumberjack Monument
• Fact about the fate of a traitor

Occupy Them – Produce 20 units from forts.

• The fact of the market
• Fire arrow portrait

Sound the Alarm — Defeat 50 enemy units while affected by the Castle Network.

• Deer head seal
• An act of death by indulgence

Hail of Arrows – Defeat 20 enemies with Lognbowmen affected by the Arrow Volley buff.

• Portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Made of projectile horrors

Test of Strength III — Win against the tough AI

• Made Magna Carta
• Monument to the archer

Reap what you sow – Collect 5 gold in paddocks.

• Nicola De La Haie portrait
• The fact of the longbows of Agincourt

For the Wyn — Produce 5 Wynguard armies from Wynguard Palace.

• The fact of the 70 year old knight
• jester portrait

From the Skies – Destroy 20 enemy units with Trebuchets affected by Shattering Projectiles technology.

• Portrait of William the Conqueror
• coin clipping

Test of Strength IV — Win against the toughest AI

• Monument to Eleanor of Castile
• Lawsuit by Ordeal made

French masters

Don't Waste - Build 4 Dark Ages resource depot buildings.

• portrait of french coin
• Cost of Rides

Wheels of Burden – Research Horticulture, Double Axe, and Specialist Pickaxe before reaching Castle Age.

• Sigil of the Sheaf of Wheat
• The fact of the Jacquerie revolt

Test of Strength I – Win a custom or 1v1 skirmish match against the easy AI

• The fact of the black plague
• Portrait of wolf

Ride — Build the cavalry school lair, then produce 20 cavalry units.

• Portrait of French horseman
• Protection money made

Smart Trade - Accumulate 2 Food, Wood, or Stone from Feudal Era Traders.

• Fleur-De-Lis banner
• black monday fact

In Shining Armor – Produce 40 Royal Knights from a stable under the influence of a nearby dungeon.

• French crossbow portrait
• A Fact of the Treaty War

Test of Strength II — Defeat Intermediate AI

• Fait Dash for Glory
• Shepherd's monument

Quick Bolts – Search for crossbow stirrups and defeat 20 enemy units with crossbows.

• Portrait of the French armored cavalry
• A Battle of Bows Fact

Paint It Red – Build the Red Palace monument and use it to kill 30 enemies.

• Fleur-De-Lis sigil
• The fact of champagne fairs

Master Craftsmen – Accumulate 2 Food, Lumber, Gold, or Stone from the Castle Age Guild Hall Monument.

• French Lancer Portrait
• Stay in the saddle done

Test of Strength III — Defeat Difficult AI

• Portrait of French blacksmith
• Made king of glass

Fellowship — Win the match with a surviving army of 25 horsemen.

• Blanche Of Castile Portrait
• The Pavois fact

Military Wharf – Kill 10 enemy units with Galleasses affected by armored hull technology.

• French Broker portrait
• The fact of the position of honor

With a Flourish – Achieve a stunning win while 20 traders are active.

• Joan of Arc portrait
• Office Brothers fact

Test of Strength IV — Defeat the toughest AI

• Sharp day banner
• The new trial of Joan of Arc makes

Masteries of the Holy Roman Empire

Bestirred – Gather 500 resources from villagers affected by Holy Inspiration in the Dark Ages.

• Scythe portrait
• Roman Empire Update

Safety in numbers — Construct 20 buildings within the radius of a city center.

• Seal of the Straight Swords
• A multitude of states

Test of Strength I – Win a Custom of Skirmish 1v1 match against the Easy AI

• The fact of Empress Mathilde
• Shield portrait of the Holy Roman Empire

Supply — Defeat 15 enemy units with Armsmen affected by Two-Handed Weapons technology.

• Portrait of a Citizen of the Holy Roman Empire
• A Scary Hedgehog Fact

Infantry Fleet – Research marching drills and produce a force of 30 infantry in Castle Age.

• Single stripe banner
• The Edict of Salerno makes

Ray of Hope – Research Herbal Medicine and produce 5 Castle Age Monastery Prelates.

• mass portrait
• The fact of the changing empire

Test of Strength II — Defeat Intermediate AI

• Made Emperor of Falconry
• Monument the Landsknecht

Safeguard – Build Regnitz Cathedral, place a relic there, and accumulate 3 gold from the relic.

• Portrait of champion of the Holy Roman Empire
• A fact of fair wages

Through a Landslide – Defeat 50 enemies with Landsknechte.

• sailboat sigil
• Made from Cologne Cathedral

Sacred Tithes – Accumulate 1 Gold from Relics placed in Monasteries, Dungeons, Docks, Stone Wall Towers, or Outposts.

• Portrait of beguine sister
• Made from relics of the Holy Roman Empire

Test of Strength III — Defeat Difficult AI

• Portrait of the Prelate of the Holy Roman Empire
• A Fact of the Court of Science and Art

Thou Shall Not Pass — Build Elzbach Palace, then build 3 forts under influence.

• Portrait of the relic
• The walk to Canossa

Preach to the Choir – Convert 10 enemies with a Prelate.

• Portrait de Landsknecht
• The Fact of the Crusades

Wonderful – Look for a strengthened defense, then score a stunning victory.

• Charles V portrait
• A Fighting Style Fact

Test of Strength IV — Defeat the toughest AI

• Fact of the end of the Empire
• diamond banner

Chinese masters

Building Blocks – Accumulates 1 resources and has a population of 500 pre-feudal age.

• Chinese scout portrait
• A unique architectural feature

State Revenue – Collect 250 Gold in Taxes with an Imperial Officer before Castle Age.

• sickle seal
• Made of paper money

Test of Strength I – Win a custom or 1v1 skirmish match against the easy AI

• Mu Guiying makes
• Zhuge Nu Repeating Crossbow Portrait

A Storm of Bolts – Produce 20 Zhuge Nu and use them to defeat 30 enemies.

• Chinese siege portrait
• Repeating crossbow made

Expansion Villages – Build 2 villages and reach a population of 100 before the castle age.

• Herringbone Banner
• Town planning fact

Imperial Oversight — Oversee the production of 340 military units with an official.

• Chinese Worker Portrait
• Made of scholars-officials

Test of Strength II — Defeat Intermediate AI

• The Fact of the Thirty-six Stratagems
• Vendor Monument

Shared Wealth – Generates 500 gold in taxes on buildings affected by the Imperial Academy tax revenue increase.

• Chinese pomegranate portrait
• A prized harvest fact

Path of the Spirit — Construct 6 buildings affected by the reduced unit costs of the Spirit Way Landmark Dynasty.

• recurve bow sigil
• A Legendary Lame Fact

Iron Cannons — Defeat 40 enemies with the Astronomical Clock Tower Siege Engines before losing 20 of your Clock Tower Siege Engines.

• Chinese firefighter portrait
• Astronomical clock fact

Test of Strength III — Defeat Difficult AI

• portrait of chinese gunpowder
• Live shot fact

Thunderous Assault — Kill 50 enemies with infantry or cavalry equipped with gunpowder weapons.

• Portrait of Empress Liu
• The fact of the first firearm

Seven Stories — Generate 1 of each resource…