Late-game HUD: Age IV, three win conditions, ally alert

About this game

Developer: World's Edge / Relic Entertainment · Publisher: Xbox Game Studios · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI

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What to study

The same HUD at the other end of a match: Age IV, a triple objective stack (landmarks, wonder, sacred sites with the OR logic explicit), four-figure resource stockpiles, a 127/200 population count, and a minimap where the coloured territories read as a strategic map on their own. The 'Ally under attack!' banner shows the alert layer the early-game frame lacks, and the floating +30 tick shows income feedback in the world itself. Frame at about 0:43 in the Season 5 - Launch Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

objective-tracker resource-readout map-hud alert-banner

Components

Parts on screen.

Resource bar Minimap Quest tracker Toast

Screen inventory

• top-left objective stack: DESTROY ALL ENEMY LANDMARKS (0/9), OR BUILD A WONDER, OR CONTROL ALL SACRED SITES (0/1) with Site 1 checkbox
• top-centre Age IV medallion; top-right menu button
• right-side player tags: Zak | Age IV, Eric | Age IV; 'Ally under attack!' banner
• bottom-left resource panel: 127/200 population, food 1225, wood 4165, gold 2574, stone 3830, villager counts
• bottom-right diamond minimap with coloured territories, zoom and rotate controls; floating '+30' resource tick
• centre: forest, gold mine, Mongol-style town, red army at a stone outcrop

Top 3 colors

#444332 21%#a89164 18%#80714d 18%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© World's Edge / Relic Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition screenshot: Steam trailers (Season 3 - Launch Trailer, Season 5 - Launch Trailer) — Xbox Game Studios, shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Xbox Game Studios.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-04. verified 2026-11-04: scene-change candidate s5_0003.png at 42.8s in the refetched Season 5 - Launch Trailer (clean full decode, 109.2s), inspected visually at full resolution; objective stack, age medallion, resources, player tags, alert banner and minimap all settled and legible; no trailer caption in frame

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