# Gajah Mada 1 - Can't ally with the Mongols **URL:** \ **Category:** II - Report a Bug\ **Created:** [September 4, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/gajah-mada-1-cant-ally-with-the-mongols/289264 "2026-09-04T20:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/kordon/32/215019_2.png) [@Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Kordon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/gajah-mada-1-cant-ally-with-the-mongols/289264/1 "2026-09-04T20:51:28Z")
### ▶ GAME INFORMATION - **GAME BUILD** #:180059 - **GAME PLATFORM:** Steam - **OPERATING SYSTEM:** Windows 10 ### ▶ ISSUE EXPERIENCED I’m playing through all campaigns on Hard and I’m currently on the Gajah Mada campaign. In the first scenario I get the message from the Mongols that they offer a temporary alliance but I can’t accept it. I’ve restarted the scenario 4 times and every time I’ve changed my diplomatic stance to ally with them it didn’t trigger the alliance. Tried changing it back to neutral and to enemy then back to ally but it didn’t help either. The countdown continued down to zero and they told me to suit myself and became my enemy. ### ▶ FREQUENCY OF ISSUE - **100%** of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS) ### ▶ REPRODUCTION STEPS Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue: 1. Play until you conquer 5 villages/get 35 military units so that the Mongols offer an alliance. 2. Go to the diplomacy screen and select alliance with the Mongols. 3. Click on Confirm button. ### ▶ EXPECTED RESULT ``` The mongols should become my ally until one of the other factions are destroyed. ``` ### ▶ IMAGE ![screenshot](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/2/72dcf47418e1123312a5a4919ed14efe171c3272.jpeg) ### ▶ GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING) - [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wUAdKCykPHrm3yagdo3Hn-OojeQBXZVr/view?usp=drive\_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wUAdKCykPHrm3yagdo3Hn-OojeQBXZVr/view?usp=drive_link) ---
**Author:** ![ChristheCo](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/christheco/32/28810_2.png) [@ChristheCo](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/ChristheCo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/gajah-mada-1-cant-ally-with-the-mongols/289264/2 "2026-09-17T07:20:57Z")
Hey, thanks for the report, this issue should be fixed in the next patch, if its not, please let me know ---
**Author:** ![Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/kordon/32/215019_2.png) [@Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Kordon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/gajah-mada-1-cant-ally-with-the-mongols/289264/3 "2026-09-23T12:35:44Z")
Looking at the patchnotes, the Gajah Mada campaign wasn’t touched at all regardless of the 3 bug reports. Personally I haven’t checked the second and last scenario but I can confirm that the Mongol alliance bug was not fixed with the release of the new DLC. ---
**Author:** ![Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/kordon/32/215019_2.png) [@Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Kordon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/gajah-mada-1-cant-ally-with-the-mongols/289264/4 "2026-09-30T16:37:04Z")
Soo, any update on this? ---
**Author:** ![Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/kordon/32/215019_2.png) [@Kordon](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/Kordon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/gajah-mada-1-cant-ally-with-the-mongols/289264/5 "2026-10-25T20:00:46Z")
No idea what changed, but I gave the scenario another try today and now I could ally with the Mongols.