What changed in Europa Universalis IV in 2015

Set policies for interactions with natives, focusing on subjugation, peaceful growth, or trade.

Nomadic nations must manage horde unity, which can be maintained through pillaging.

Players can allocate lands to clergy, nobles, and merchants to balance power in their Renaissance state.

Set policies for interactions with natives focusing on subjugation, growth, or trade.

Track performance against personal history and other players in Ironman mode.

The Cossacks, the next expansion for Europa Universalis IV, will be available on December 1, 2015.

New spy actions allow players to study technology of advanced countries and influence rivals' subjects.

Allocate lands to clergy, nobles, and merchants to balance powers in your Renaissance state.

A free major content update will accompany the release of The Cossacks for all players.

Players can allocate lands to clergy, nobles, and merchants to balance powers in their Renaissance state.

New spy actions allow players to study advanced technology and influence rivals' subjects.

Nomadic nations must manage horde unity, which can only be maintained through pillaging.

Ability to restore a previous culture to a converted province or convert to a different culture.

New options to threaten war, trade favors, and declare strategic provinces.

Tengri is now a Syncretic faith, allowing tolerance of a secondary religion as a national faith.

New options include threatening war, trading favors, and designating strategic provinces.

Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks has arrived on digital storefronts, introducing new features and mechanics.

A free major content update will accompany the release of The Cossacks for all players.

Tengri can now tolerate a secondary religion as if it were a national faith.

A new diplomatic system allows players to highlight provinces for expansion and earn trust from allies.

Players can restore a previous culture to a converted province or convert a province to a different culture.

Players can designate neighboring provinces as 'places of interest' to build trust and entice allies.

Players can restore a previous culture to a converted province or convert a province to a different culture.

Nomadic nations must manage horde unity, maintained through pillaging.

The Cossacks DLC introduces new features, mechanics, and improvements to Europa Universalis IV.

A new diplomatic system allows players to highlight provinces for expansion and earn trust from allies.

New spy actions allow players to study advanced technology and influence rivals' subjects towards independence.

The Cossacks, the next expansion for Europa Universalis IV, will be available on December 1, 2015.

Track performance against personal history and other players in Ironman mode.

Players can allocate lands to clergy, nobles, and merchants to balance power in their Renaissance state.

Tengri is now a Syncretic faith, allowing tolerance of a secondary religion as a national faith.

Players can set policies for colonial encounters with natives, focusing on subjugation, growth, or trade.

New spy actions to study technology and influence rivals' subjects.

Tengri now allows tolerance of a secondary religion as if it were a national faith.

Players can restore a previous culture to a converted province or convert a province to a different culture.

Players can set policies for colonial encounters with natives, focusing on subjugation, growth, or trade.

Nomadic nations must manage horde unity, which can be maintained through pillaging.

Players can designate neighboring provinces as 'places of interest' to build trust and entice allies.

The Cossacks expansion introduces new features enhancing the diplomatic game and peacetime management.

Nomadic nations must manage horde unity, which can be maintained through pillaging.

Players can set a public attitude towards foreign powers.

Players can mark neighboring provinces to build trust and entice allies.

Tengri now allows tolerance of a secondary religion as if it were a national faith.

Players can set a public attitude towards foreign powers to influence diplomatic relations.

New spy actions allow players to study technology of advanced countries and influence rivals' subjects.

Players can restore a previous culture to a converted province or convert a province to a different culture.

Players can set policies for colonial encounters with natives focusing on subjugation, growth, or trade.

New spy actions allow players to study technology of advanced countries and influence rivals' subjects.

Players can set policies for colonial encounters with natives, focusing on subjugation, growth, or trade.

Nomadic nations must manage horde unity through pillaging.

Players can assign control of provinces to local factions, affecting income and unrest.

Players can assign control of provinces to local factions, affecting income, unrest, manpower, and cavalry costs.

A free major content update will accompany the release of The Cossacks for all players.

Players can restore a previous culture to a converted province or convert to a different culture.

Tengri can now tolerate a secondary religion as if it were a national faith.

Players can designate neighboring provinces as places of interest to build trust and entice allies.

The Cossacks expansion introduces new features enhancing the diplomatic game and peacetime management.

A free major content update will be released alongside The Cossacks expansion for all players.

The next expansion for Europa Universalis IV is called 'Common Sense' and will be released on June 9th, 2015.

The map and diplomatic situation in the 1444 start date have been shaken up.

New constitutional systems of government allow for the power of the people's representatives to be utilized.

Players can now create national churches as part of the gameplay.

Provinces can now be improved based on tax, trade, and military power, allowing for more strategic focus.

New constitutional systems of government allow for the power of people's representatives to be utilized.

A new karma system has been introduced for rulers of the Buddhist faith.

The role of forts in battle has been modified to enhance gameplay.

Enhancements made to the Protestant religion within the game.

The Common Sense expansion to Europa Universalis IV is now available, introducing major changes to the core game.

The next expansion for Europa Universalis IV, titled 'Common Sense', will be released on June 9th, 2015.

The Common Sense expansion to Europa Universalis IV is available, introducing major changes to the core game.

Players can now create national churches as part of the new religious mechanics.

Significant changes have been made to the map and diplomatic situation in the 1444 start date.

Provinces can now be improved based on tax, trade, and military power, allowing for more strategic development.

A new karma system has been introduced for Buddhist rulers.

The role of forts in battle has been modified, impacting gameplay strategies.

Enhancements made to the Protestant religion mechanics within the game.

Players will have new strategies to deal with electors in the Holy Roman Empire.

Players will have new strategies to deal with electors in the Holy Roman Empire.

New gameplay feature allowing the establishment of Free Cities.

New gameplay feature allowing the establishment of Free Cities.

Fixed CTD when creating client states from Custom or Dynamic Nations.

Custom nation ships should no longer have rebel flags.

Fixed various minor issues with dynasties, triggers and duplicate characters in the Women in History events.

Fixed an issue where religious AI would 'freeze', ceasing all conversions until save was reloaded.

Fixed another case where occupying just the coalition leader could lead to 100% warscore.

remove_opinion and reverse_remove_opinion effects now work again.

Doubled horde gold & tradition gain from looting.

More fixes to dynasties for Women in History events.

Random New World no longer crashes on start.

Another fix to try and force clients who could not see Women in History to download the files.

Fixed assigning merchant to main trading port removes caravan trade power.

Fixed a bug where female advisors would not be correctly saved as female on saving & reloading.

Fixed Dynamic nations losing all flag colors after save (colors will be randomized if loading a save created before the fix).

Fixed CTD when creating client states from Custom or Dynamic Nations.

Fixed male heirs sometimes getting female names in Custom Nations.

Fixed bug where date could be changed after loading a save game.

Fixed CTD in rebel factions caused by loading several saves after each other.

Fixed a bug that was preventing the AI from exploring ocean provinces.

Fixed CTD occurring on integration caused by integrated country having 'empty' armies and navies.

Tweaked army tradition gain so that you gain some tradition even from crushing victories.

AI now picks exploration ideas more frequently in random setup.

Another fix to try and force clients who could not see Women in History to download the files.

Nations supporting independence now only increases liberty desire for vassals they are supporting and their allies.

Ships no longer show manpower needed in reinforcement tooltip when not modded to cost manpower.

Added missing localization for colonial nation names.

Fixed an issue where users without El Dorado would constantly receive messages about treasure fleets arriving with 0 gold.

Fixed meso/south american theologians having Western portraits.

Added missing localization for colonial nation names.

Fixed various minor issues with dynasties, triggers and duplicate characters in the Women in History events.

Doubled horde gold & tradition gain from looting.

Fixed an issue where the AI would make suicidal declarations of war due to miscalculating on whether enemy allies would join.

Fixed a bug where you would be counted as being an ally in war with another country despite not being at war at all.

Coalition leader no longer gets increased War Enthusiasm if enemy warscore is 50% or more.

Addressed reported performance issues with major optimization work.

Random New World no longer crashes on start.

Fixed wrong custom colors for units after loading save game.

remove_opinion and reverse_remove_opinion effects now work again.

Fixed a bug where explorers would get stuck after reloading an ironman save while they were on an exploration mission.

Marches now count less towards total power of vassals for the purpose of calculating Liberty Desire.

Optimization aimed at addressing reported performance issues.

Ships no longer show manpower needed in reinforcement tooltip when not modded to cost manpower.

Fixed Colonial nations of custom nations ruled by a succession of regency councils.

Custom nation ships should no longer have rebel flags.

The Women in History DLC should now show up correctly in the launcher for everyone.

Naval exploration slowed down. There's a new define SEA_EXPLORE_SPEED to control this.

It is no longer possible to add Custom Nations to Ironman save games.

Treasure fleet tooltip will be immediately updated on tag change rather than at month's end, to prevent confusion.

Fixed CTD in rebel factions caused by loading several saves after each other.

Fixed an issue where users without El Dorado would constantly receive messages about treasure fleets arriving with 0 gold.

Fixed bug where date could be changed after loading a save game.

Fixed some cases where liberty desire still did not show on topbar for subjects.

More fixes to dynasties for Women in History events.

Fixed Detach Siege can remove general if detaching army was too small.

Fixed a bug where female advisors would not be correctly saved as female on saving & reloading.

Fixed an issue where religious AI would 'freeze', ceasing all conversions until save was reloaded.

Natives can no longer rise up in uncolonized provinces taken by custom nation.

Tweaked army tradition gain so that you gain some tradition even from crushing victories.

Fixed wrong custom colors for units after loading save game.

Being defeated by rebels no longer always gives +5 army tradition.

Fixed meso/south american theologians having Western portraits.

Fixed Quivira ultimate end event not working correctly due to bad scope scripting.

Treasure fleet tooltip will be immediately updated on tag change rather than at month's end, to prevent confusion.

Fixed revolutionary tricolors being all-white.

Fixed CTD occurring on integration caused by integrated country having 'empty' armies and navies.

Naval exploration slowed down with a new define SEA_EXPLORE_SPEED to control this.

Nations supporting independence now only increases liberty desire for vassals they are supporting and their allies.

The Women in History DLC should now show up correctly in the launcher for everyone.

Fixed Detach Siege can remove general if detaching army was too small.

Maya collapsing should no longer release UPCA under ANY circumstances.

Fixed Colonial nations of custom nations ruled by a succession of regency councils.

Being defeated by rebels no longer always gives +5 army tradition.

Fixed another case where occupying just the coalition leader could lead to 100% warscore.

Fixed a bug where explorers would get stuck after reloading an ironman save while they were on an exploration mission.

Natives can no longer rise up in uncolonized provinces taken by custom nation.

Fixed Quivira ultimate end event not working correctly due to bad scope scripting.

Fixed assigning merchant to main trading port removes caravan trade power.

Maya collapsing should no longer release UPCA under ANY circumstances.

Fixed male heirs sometimes getting female names in Custom Nations.

Fixed a bug where you would be counted as being an ally in war with another country despite not being at war.

Terrain modifiers for fort defense now work correctly.

Fixed a bug that was preventing the AI from exploring ocean provinces.

Terrain modifiers for fort defense now work correctly.

Coalition leader no longer gets increased War Enthusiasm if enemy warscore is 50% or more.

Fixed some missing localisations for colonial nations.

Marches now count less towards total power of vassals for the purpose of calculating Liberty Desire.

AI now picks exploration ideas more frequently in random setup.

Splitting off a siege stack no longer puts general in the wrong stack.

Fixed Dynamic nations losing all flag colors after save (colors will be randomized if loading a save created before the fix).

Fixed some missing localisations for colonial nations.

Fixed some cases where liberty desire still did not show on topbar for subjects.

It is no longer possible to add Custom Nations to Ironman save games.

Fixed revolutionary tricolors being all-white.

Fixed an issue where the AI would make suicidal declarations of war due to miscalculating on whether enemy allies would join.

Splitting off a siege stack no longer puts general in the wrong stack.

Introduction of female portraits for all 22 advisor types in the game.

A free update adding 100 great women of history to the game, releasing on March 8th, 2015.

Female advisors can now appear at your court in place of their male counterparts.

Female portraits added for all 22 advisor types in the game.

Female advisors can now appear at your court in place of male counterparts.

Introduction of 100 new events for important women in history such as Queen Elizabeth I and Caterina Sforza.

New events for important women in history such as Queen Elizabeth I, Caterina Sforza, and Sophie Germain.

Free update adding 100 great women of history to the game, available on March 8th, 2015.

Europe will now properly get tradegoods in Custom Setup.

Manual exploration is now enabled for everyone.

AI now gets the correct amount of attrition.

Consolidate Regiments button will correctly enable to let you maximize the number of full strength regiments (as it was before).

Disabled most nation forming decisions for Custom Nations to prevent player-made AI nations from tag switching.

Japanese Daimyos no longer start at high liberty desire in 1444.

Fixed some inconsistencies in Aggressive Expansion between tooltip and actual effect.

After Privilegia is revoked, Imperial vassals will no longer have hundreds of liberty desire from relative power to liege.

AI now gets the correct amount of attrition.

Fixed a bug that was causing countries warning you to be called in even when not declaring war on their neighbours.

Japanese Daimyos no longer start at high liberty desire in 1444.

Europe will now properly get tradegoods in Custom Setup.

Manual exploration is now enabled for everyone.

Disabled most nation forming decisions for Custom Nations to prevent player-made AI nations from tag switching.

After Privilegia is revoked, Imperial vassals will no longer have hundreds of liberty desire from relative power to liege.

Fixed some inconsistencies in Aggressive Expansion between tooltip and actual effect.

Fixed a bug that was causing countries warning you to be called in even when not declaring war on their neighbours.

Consolidate Regiments button will correctly enable to let you maximize the number of full strength regiments (as it was before).

A new exploration system allows players to send fleets on specific missions and task conquistadors with quests.

Three new major Native American faiths introduced: Nahuatl for Aztecs, Mayan for Yucatan natives, and Inti for Inca.

New system to automate exploration at sea and on land, introducing new events and decisions.

New limitations and effects on the loyalty of vassal and subject nations have been implemented.

New limitations and effects on the loyalty of vassal and subject nations have been implemented.

The newest expansion for Europa Universalis IV, focusing on South and Central America, is now available.

New religions and mechanics for Aztec, Mesoamerican, and Incan cultures to prepare for foreign invasions.

New features related to treasure fleets and changes in vassal management.

Players can send conquistadors on a quest to find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold.

El Dorado expansion for Europa Universalis IV to release on February 26, adding new content and features.

Three new major Native American faiths introduced: Nahuatl for Aztecs, Mayan for Yucatan natives, and Inti for Inca.

A revamped exploration system allows players to send fleets on specific missions.

New missions to intercept treasure fleets have been added.

Players can create their own kingdoms with the new Nation Designer, customizing provinces, national ideas, and rulers.

New system to automate exploration at sea and on land with new events and decisions.

Conquistadors can embark on a quest to find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold.

El Dorado expansion to be released on February 26, adding depth to New World exploration.

New treasure fleets feature added to the game.

Various minor changes and free content included with the expansion.

The newest expansion for Europa Universalis IV, El Dorado, has been released, focusing on South and Central American empires.

New treasure fleets introduced along with missions to intercept them.

Players can create custom nations with the new Nation Designer, allowing for up to 32 user-designed creations.

Introduces new religions and mechanics for Aztec, Mesoamerican, and Incan cultures.

Players can create custom challenges with randomized nations and user-designed creations.

The expansion includes dozens of new events for players to experience.

The expansion includes many new events for players to experience.

Improvements and changes made to vassal management mechanics.

Players can create their own kingdoms with the new Nation Designer, customizing starting provinces, national ideas, and rulers.

Introduction of alternate starting maps for gameplay.

Addition of three new religions that will challenge players.

Players will have access to alternate starting maps for the first time.

Introduction of new mechanics that will affect gameplay for native states in Central and South America.

First-time availability of the Nation Designer for customizing nations.

First-time introduction of the Nation Designer allowing players to create custom nations.

Introduction of new mechanics that affect gameplay for native states in Central and South America.

Addition of three new religions that will challenge players.

Experience new religions with unique mechanics such as blood sacrifices and Sun Worship.

Maintaining good relations with the Pope allows players to secure territory in the New World through the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Players can use trade fleets to hunt dangerous pirates.

Maintain good relations with the Pope to secure territory in the New World.

Gold Fleets can transport New World wealth back to Europe and can be targeted by privateer fleets.

Use trade fleets to hunt dangerous pirates in the New World.

Players can send conquistadors to hunt for the Seven Cities of Gold and explorers on missions around the world.

Customize your starting nation in a campaign with new options for capital, provinces, culture, and leader.

Players can experience new religions with unique mechanics such as blood sacrifices and Sun Worship.

New mechanics for Gold Fleets to transport wealth and be targeted by privateers.

A tool that lets players customize their starting nation in a campaign, including capital, provinces, culture, and leader.

Send conquistadors to hunt for the Seven Cities of Gold and explore the world.