(Solved, but requesting dev attention) Malian “All That Glitters” Can’t be completed now with the changes made to the Farimba Garison

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  • Build Number: 15.2.7445.0

  • Platform: Steam

  • Operating System: Windows 11

Issue: Malian “All That Glitters” Can’t be completed now with the changes made to the Farimba Garison.

It states to, “Produce 20 Freeborn Warrior and 20 Mansa Musofadi Warrior Units from the Farimba Garison.” When I first tried it I had unlocked the Mansa Musofadi first and then the Freeborn Warriors. Next game, I tried training 20 Freeborn Warriors before the final Age Up, and then I trained the 20 Mansa Musofadi. This was all from the Farimba Garison (as the Mastery states). I then tried training them from the barracks after the upgrades went through, that didn’t work. Producing them from the barracks after the upgrade went through did not work either. I also tried producing them before and after each upgrade. People have been mentioning this bug for over a year now as well: Need help unlocking "All that Glitters" for the Mailian Mastery :: Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition General Discussions .

Update and Solution: The Link I posted from the Steam forum leads to the solution. I’m not sure if playing on “Hill and Dale” made the difference, or if I messed up when testing whether or not the upgrades mattered before on the other map. To safely and successfully unlock the mastery play on that map solo in skirmish and do not upgrade the units, I trained 25 of each to be sure it worked. I unlocked the Freeborn Warrior first and then the Mansa Musofadi Warriors. My suggestion for the developers for this would be to change the mastery so that it doesn’t matter if they are upgraded or not, and it doesn’t matter if they are trained from the barracks or or the Farimba Garison to avoid any confusion.

Steps to unlock the Mastery:

  1. Play Skirmish on Hill and Dale solo.
  2. Build the Farimba Garison and do not upgrade the units.
  3. Unlock the Freeborn Warriors first and build 25 of them from the Farimba Garison (likely only 20 are needed).
  4. After the Freeborn Warriors have been built Age Up, then unlock the Mansa Musofadi and build 25 of them from the Farimba Garison (also, likely only 20 are needed, but I made 25 of each as a failsafe).
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I ask to also have it not matter which unit type is unlocked first, or how many are built before the next Age up. I’m not sure if that does matter when unlocking the Mastery, but just in case it does.