Player lost stone when placing castle foundation

:play_button: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 20858544
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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Player lost stone when placing castle foundation. Not sure to explain what happend tbh

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • Less than 25% of the time / matches I play (RARELY)

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Place castle on a spot unaware of the TC and farms there

  2. Opponent work on the farm ( I guess)

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not prese nt?

The stone shouldnt have disappeared

:play_button: IMAGE

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MP Replay v101.103.31214.0 @2026.02.03 213703 (1).aoe2record (1.7 MB)

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I think the enemy deleted the farm, trying to put his own castle there, but changed his mind and placed in another place. Still a bug I’ve never seen before.

I also noticed that farm deletion is extremely bugged in other situations.

I’m trying to understand it before submitting the report.