What changed in Europa Universalis IV in 2021

The party will take place on December 11-12.

Now has a mean time to happen of 200 months instead of 1000 months.

Now gives +25% Local Manpower Modifier instead of 100%.

Will no longer add stability when the regency dies.

Will be hidden if you have the event 'The Third Temple' open.

Includes Afgooye, Bardera, and Gedo.

Now correctly checks if your subjects are vassals.

Properly checks that the country has a Muslim religion too.

Now gives +33% Sailor Modifier instead of 0.33 Sailors.

Now increases max absolutism instead of reducing it.

Now gives +100 ADM, +100 DIP, and +100 MIL.

Now highlights the area even if Majapahit is already dead.

Properly checks that the country has the Orthodox religion too.

Comes with 10 Tradition.

Now in the correct global modifiers scope.

Have learned to check if you can build manufactories before giving you the task.

No longer has the custom tooltip in the triggers.

Now in the correct global modifiers scope.

The achievement now asks for the entirety of Sardinia.

Now affects the Southern African culture group instead of the West African culture group.

Properly checks that the country has the Reformed religion too.

No longer requests you to be ahead in military tech compared to all other countries in the western tech group.

Now gives +2 Base Tax to Rome if the monument is already on Tier 3.

Does not reset if you switch your tag.

Now has a goto option.

Now checks if you actually own the provinces of Semien.

Now gives +0.1 Monthly Piety instead of +1.

Now gives normal missionary strength instead of missionary strength against Heretics.

Includes events like 'Growth of the business of <Province Name>', 'Stagnation and Drought in <Province Name>', and 'Mysore Revolts!'.

Now requires the owner to be Christian to access its modifiers.

This changes everything...

Can now be completed even after forming Aksum as Ethiopia.

Now also increases Global Settler Increase by +25.

Now properly checks for the victory of the Peasants' War.

Now has a duration of 50 years instead of 30 years.

Now counts provinces owned by your subjects too.

Now also affects syncretic and harmonized religions.

No longer tells you twice that you leave the HRE when forming Italy.

This changes everything...

Various updates to mission requirements and checks.

No longer gets removed and re-applied periodically.

Can now right click him on the outliner to cancel.

Various changes to decision requirements and visibility.

AI now considers terrain more effectively.

Fixed localizations for 'Wadai', 'Mayika', 'Sulaimaniyah', and 'Karabakh'.

Various fixes and updates to achievement requirements.

AI now prioritizes lowering inflation and prioritizing ideas higher.

Now removes old estates' privilege modifiers from provinces.

Improved great project UI to show GPs that can be built if all criteria are fulfilled other than cost.

Changed Brandenburg Gate monument Tier 3 Militarization of State to 0.05.

Being over the Governing Capacity now decreases Tribal Development Growth (-100% at 100% over the capacity).

The decision 'Build the Third Temple' now highlights Jerusalem if the conditions are not met to enact this decision.

The Kilwan mission 'The Uncharted South' and the Mutapan mission 'Uncover the South' have now an additional mission requirement.

The government reform 'Tribal Confederacy' is no longer available for other tribes unless they start with it.

Changed Fuerte del Morro monument Blockade force required modifier from country to provincial scope.

The Ethiopian mission 'Unite the Horn' no longer requires you to have the province Fazughli colonized.

Reduced AE gained from Personal Unions. Austria no longer gets coalition when enforcing PU with Bohemia.

The event 'Tribal Succession Crisis' will now give you an heir of your dynasty instead of one of your consort's dynasty.

Fixed crash for the Yearly Authority modifier.

The achievement 'Where are the Penguins?' will no longer try to highlight provinces in Iberia.

The achievement 'One nation to rule them all' does no longer require you to start as Saruhan.

The event 'The King of Kongo Converts!' now triggers properly for Kongo.

City of Prague vanished after taking province.

Changed Cartagena de Indias monument modifiers Blockade force required and Hostile fleet attrition from country to province scope.

Added Global ship trade power and Prestige from naval battles modifiers to Cartagena de Indias monument.

Assam has now the proper Indian unit types instead of the Chinese units.

Game will not crash when Mod is lacking icons for the unit tab; there will be an entry in error.log instead.

The modifier 'Crushed Local Authority' now gives +20 Max Absolutism instead of -20.

The estate rebel events of Mali's disaster now spawn as many rebels as the tooltip says.

The AI will now always choose +1 Stability from the event 'The Kingdom Semien'.

Registration closes on November 15th.

The idea 'Devoutness' now gives +0.1 Monthly Piety, +0.5 Yearly Patriarch Authority, +0.1 Yearly Karma Decay, +1 Yearly Doom Reduction and +0.15 Yearly Authority.

The achievement 'Knights of the Caribbean' does no longer require you to stay as the Knights to complete it.

Fixed Malta Forts Hostile disembark speed modifier scope, so now it's provincial instead of global.

The achievement 'Surfing USA' can now be achieved if your country moves the capital to the new world and forms the USA manually.

The achievement 'KHAAAAAAN' is no longer locked behind starting as one of three formables.

Imperial City of Hue only gives 1/1.5% karma decay.

Fixed crash when hovering over units integrated from a country with units in TI.

Removed Hampi and Ellora Caves monument requirements for Hindu country with Buddha as personal cult.

Army Tradition will no longer decrease Tribal Development Growth.

Added Devotion modifier to Malbork Castle monument.

The modifier 'Rome Reborn' now gives +1.5 more Prestige, 1 Diplomatic Upkeep, +0.25 Legitimacy, +1 Tolerance of the True Faith, +1% Global Missionary Strength and -25% Mercenary Cost.

United Hawai can now see the 'Form American Nation' decision if they have their capital in North or South America.

The Shogunate can no longer switch their primary culture.

The achievement 'Fugger Banking' has no longer a double negative check for the amount of provinces you own.

The policy 'Faith Advisors' now has a monthly piety bonus of +0.1 instead of +10.

Repair ships mission will choose province with maximum repair speed when faced with a choice of several that are the same number of days away.

Fixed bug of Kashi Vishwanath monument (changed 'Keep' trigger requirements to 'Can use' trigger).

The event 'The Papal State' will no longer trigger for the united Holy Roman Empire.

The idea 'Local Traditions' now increases Religious Harmonization Speed by +25%.

Changed Baiturrahman Grand Mosque Tier 3 Area Local unrest to -2.

Unrest caused by seizing from the estates does no longer stack for 10 years after the land has been seized.

The Ajuuraan mission 'Hydraulic Expertise' can now be completed if you drop the Ajuuraan ideas.

Fixed the issue with Aggressive Expansion from Personal Unions which was previously too high.

The event 'Tribal Succession Crisis' will now give you an heir of your dynasty instead of one of your consort's dynasty.

Assam now has the proper Indian unit types instead of the Chinese units.

Reduced AE gained from PU. Austria no longer gets coalition when enforcing PU with Bohemia.

The estate rebel events of Mali's disaster now spawn as many rebels as the tooltip says.

Improved great project UI to show GPs that can be built if all criteria are fulfilled other than cost.

Fixed crash when hovering over units integrated from a country with units in TI.

The government reform 'Tribal Confederacy' is no longer available for other tribes unless they start with it.

Game will not crash when Mod is lacking icons for the unit tab; an entry will be in error.log instead.

The event 'The King of Kongo Converts!' now triggers properly for Kongo and not for anyone else.

Fixed a bug where players without Conquest of Paradise saw an unnatural increase in development cost from Army Tradition.

Fixed issues with several achievements not triggering correctly.

Various achievements have been adjusted to remove unnecessary requirements.

Now costs 50 ADM, 50 DIP and 50 MIL

The Ethiopian Jews of Beta Israel are included, with nine religious characteristics for Jewish nations.

New African Coptic and African Fetishist missionary animations added.

Kongo gets missions to unite the peoples of the Congo River and confront European threats.

Develop provinces and claim the mantles of Mali and Timbuktu.

Missions to halt the decline of West Africa’s greatest medieval empire.

4 new army sprites for Congo, Great Lakes, Southern Africa, and Bantu nations.

African Coptic and African Fetishist missionary animations added.

Mossi, Hausa, Sokoto

Ethiopia's missions focus on ensuring religious unity and prestige while unifying the African Horn.

New missions for minor powers in Central, East, and West Africa, with new estate privileges.

Unite the peoples of the Congo River and confront European threats.

New missions for minor powers in Africa and new estate privileges.

Control Indian Ocean trade and improve desert provinces.

12 minutes of new West African themed music and 12 minutes of East African themed music.

New mission options for Jolof, Mossi, Hausa, Oyo, and Adal.

Ajuuraan receives missions to control Indian Ocean trade and improve desert provinces.

Kilwa's missions focus on naval economic power and establishing a colonial empire.

Allows nations to remain native instead of reforming into a monarchy or other governments

12 minutes of new West African themed music and 12 minutes of new East African themed music.

Israel, Aksumite Empire, Great Zimbabwe, Kitara, Nubia, Somalia and Rozwi

Ensure religious unity and prestige while unifying the nations of the African Horn.

Focus on naval economic power and establish a colonial empire.

New DLC featuring missions, events, and regional flavor for early modern Africa.

Mutapa gains missions to build on the legacy of Great Zimbabwe and dominate trade.

Includes reworks of Institution adoption by non-European nations and changes to Catholic Curia actions.

Build on the legacy of Great Zimbabwe and dominate trade.

New mission options for Jolof, Mossi, Hausa, Oyo, and Adal.

Europa Universalis IV: Origins Immersion Pack releases on November 11, 2021.

Various rebalancing changes made to existing game concepts.

Mali gains missions to halt its decline and reassert control over former vassals.

Ethiopian Jews of Beta Israel included with nine religious characteristics and new flavor events.

Reverted change from +5% to +10% for better military strength

Includes Jolof, Oyo, Adal, Kilwa, and generic for Horn of Africa countries

Development doesn't matter anymore; can declare on countries with a neighbour in the HRE

Now converts dev stolen to monarch points in the pillaged province

Four new army sprites for Congo, Great Lakes, Southern Africa, and Bantu nations.

Songhai receives missions to develop provinces and claim the mantles of Mali and Timbuktu.

Mali, Macina, Kongo and Ethiopia

Changed from -1 Tolerance of Heretics

Performance metrics have been enhanced, with better performance than in version 1.31.

The growth of Tribal Development will now decrease exponentially, making it harder to reach high development values.

A variety of new achievements have been added, including 'Imposter Syndrome', 'Ultimate Military', and 'Where are the penguins?'.

Bugs related to monuments identified and will be addressed in the first hotfix post-release.

Full set of male and female advisor portraits for these regions to enhance immersion.

A loading screen highlighting Nzingha Mbande, a queen from Angola, included in the 1.32 patch.

Introduction of 16 unit models and 2 missionaries representing sub-Saharan Africa.

Added minor mission trees for Jolof, Mossi, Hausa, Oyo, and Adal, focusing on regional dynamics.

Added 4 new regional mission trees for West Africa, Central Africa, Horn of Africa, and East Africa.

Macina is no longer a starting country, and the former Mossi tag is divided into three new tags.

Adal's missions focus on competing with Ethiopia and establishing relations with the Ottomans.

Judaism now has mechanics similar to Protestantism, including Torah Aspects and new flavor events.

Introduced a new tag for the Somali clans in the Horn of Africa with a mission tree focused on religious clashes.

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Registration starts on October 25th at 17:00 CEST.

Added new events triggered by Kilwa's mission to reconnect with Persia, affecting diplomatic relations.

Introduced several new formable countries in Africa, including Rozwi and Israel, each with unique ideas.

Added a mission tree for Mutapa aimed at restoring Zimbabwe and enhancing military and trade capabilities with unique ideas.

Introduced unique ideas for the Zulu, focusing on military strength and cultural aspects.

Introduced a new mission tree for Kilwa focused on trade and naval dominance, along with unique ideas enhancing trade and naval capabilities.

Introduced the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, enhancing gameplay for Ethiopia.

Almost doubled the number of monuments in the game, adding 52 new ones across various regions.

Added Hampi and new requirements for Buddhist Monuments to be used by Hindu countries.

Introduced a new loyalty equilibrium modifier for all existing estates in the country.

Added Qhapaq Ñam with a modifier for Yearly Inti Authority and Santa Maria del Fiore with a Monthly Splendor modifier.

Added Nan Madoll with modifiers for colonization and Yearly Navy Tradition.

Introduction of unique ideas for Adal to enhance gameplay.

Adjustment to Catholicism's tolerance to heretics.

A new generic idea set for the Horn of Africa region.

Missions focused on unifying the Kongolese culture group and expanding into Zambia and East Africa.

Adjustment of the climate in the Horn of Africa region.

Triggered when a European country discovers Kongo, affecting the mission tree and stability.

Missions that enhance relations with Europeans and provide permanent claims on European-held provinces in Africa.

Specific missions for Adal to improve survival against Ethiopia and expand into Somalia.

New unique ideas for the formable Somalia.

A compact mission tree for Kongo with three parts leading to two endgame missions with strong rewards.

New estate privileges for Ethiopia modifying the role of the Ç̌äwa unit.

Four provinces changed from steppes and savannas to farmlands.

Replacing Kongo's missions with Catholic missions upon inviting missionaries, affecting stability and prestige.

Missions focused on the Fetishist faith, with rewards tied to religious concerns.

New system where each technology has a fixed set of required institutions, increasing tech cost by 50% for each not embraced.

Rebalancing of native development growth to align with game realism.

Bless Ruler now gives +10% Land Morale, Indulgence for Sin gives +10% Improve Relations, and Send Papal Legate reduces annexation costs by 10%.

Concentrate Development now calls the horde 'raze' function with a 20% reduction of development, converting it into monarch points.

Curry favors now relies more on relative military power, making it harder for smaller nations to gain favors.

AI will now release vassals for being over the governing capacity at a much higher threshold.

AI will be more competent with armies and budgeting, keeping a significant army in peacetime and improving economic decisions.

Cooldowns for migration into non-owned lands added, with costs for adding tribal land scaling with owned provinces and development.

AI can now perform naval invasions effectively, enhancing European AIs' colonization efforts.

A reform added to slow down the path to becoming a duchy for settled tribes, with feudalism as a requirement.

Allows Ethiopia to switch unit types to Western Units.

Ethiopia's mission that requires reaching the 6th tier of government reforms or abandoning the starting reform.

Allows switching the country to Fulo.

Allows switching the country to Ashanti.

Ajuuraan must achieve 5% Trade Power in Indian trade nodes to trigger 'The Merchants of Ajuuraan' event.

New mission allows Ajuuraan to gain gold access through diplomatic means or by annexing Mogadishu.

Ethiopia can recruit Ç̌äwa regiments based on province development without heathen province restrictions.

A small event chain triggered by creating the Ethiopian Navy.

QoL changes to the Songhai mission tree, including reduced costs for a specific decision.

Ethiopia's capital can move, affecting provinces in the capital area with a special modifier.

Ajuuraan receives a new mission tree focusing on trade and military strength.

Ethiopia receives a new mission tree focusing on the Aksumite Empire and European contact.

Inviting a religious scholar becomes easier, allowing for permanent access to their benefits.

Mission requires being a stronger power than Mali to gain the Empire title and permanent claims on Mali's provinces.

Rebranding of missions and changes to requirements for rewards.

Gains first claims on Maghreb through mission progression.

New estate privilege for the Dhimmi estate, enhancing their autonomy.

Mission to convert all provinces in the Sahel, Niger, and Guinea regions.

A decision that boosts discipline and army professionalism at the cost of manpower recovery.

Rebalancing of Mali's privilege affecting Goods Produced.

New mechanics for the pilgrimage event, including donation choices and inflation adjustments.

Introduces a new mission tree focusing on militaristic advancement and conquest in West Africa.

A mission requiring a strong trade presence in Europe and a significant amount of wealth to unleash economic effects.

Introduction of a new mission tree for Mali focusing on reconquest, disaster management, and colonization.

Completing missions will remove disaster events and improve stability and loyalty of provinces.

The mission tree is divided into three parts: Reconquest, Disaster Management, and Colonization.

Completing the Gold and Ivory mission grants a new estate privilege and triggers a beneficial event for ivory province owners.

A mission that focuses on either converting land or tolerating traditions.

Missions revolve around the legendary journey of Abu Bakr, focusing on westward travel and founding a colony in South America.

A mission that allows investment into Mecca based on diplomatic relations with key provinces.

Enables a decision to purchase a province in Europe for 2000 Ducats.

Mali faces a series of events related to the Disaster Decline, impacting gameplay.

Balance changes are planned for the upcoming patch 1.32.

Coders will focus on quality of life improvements alongside bug fixes.

Next paid update will include new missions, graphics, and music.

Concentrate Development will be reworked in patch 1.32.

Total amount of open bugs has been reduced by 1083 since September 1st, with 2117 bugs fixed in that time period.

The mission 'Own a Center of Trade' will now properly upgrade an owned province's center of trade.

Aristocracy Ideas are no longer available to Republics.

Brandenburg and Prussian models now apply to Prussian culture group and Brandenburg tag.

Fixed an OOS related to random new world.

Decisions, which would result in the formation of a new country, will no longer ask you to change ideas if you already have the ideas of the country you are forming into.

Dalmatian culture now uses Venetian unit models.

Natives will no longer have flat +0.5 Monthly Reform Progress.

Bavaria tier 1 and 3 now apply to Bavarian culture and not just select tags.

The Siamese mission 'Divide Lan Xang' has now an alternative way of completion by either having Lao as your primary culture or no province has Lao as a culture.

The Dhimmi estate is no longer available for Muslim countries within the Western technology group.

Loyalty and Influence modifiers caused by the events for Estate Regencies will no longer last until the end of the game.

Fixed some script issues with AI building courthouses and town halls.

The event 'The Eyes Are Not Here' will now properly add the event effects on the province and its owner.

Fixed typo which made Portugal use Castile/Spain units.

Golden Horde units now work properly instead of being overridden by Kazani.

Karelian culture has higher priority for Novgorodian instead of Muscovite.

Glogow colours tweaked to look more distinctive from Poland.

Wurtemburg tier 1 and 3 now apply to Swabian culture and not just select tags.

The event 'Calvin Becomes Spiritual Leader of Geneva' can now trigger for Switzerland too as long Geneva is not controlled by a player.

Fixed an issue, which prevented players from picking the government reform 'Parliamentarism' when 'Res Publica' is not enabled.

Saxony tier 1 and 3 now apply to Saxon culture and not just select tags.

The government reforms 'Seasonal Travel', 'Settle Down' and 'War Band' now allow higher government ranks.

Bohemian models now apply to all Czechs and Sorbians.

The Federation Advancement 'Pax Americana' will now apply the +10% Goods Produced Modifier properly.

The mission 'Gain Mana' now requires only 1 Stability and 20 Prestige.

The Nobles Agenda 'Expand Military Infrastructure in <Province>' will no longer request you to build a Regimental Camp without alternatives if you don't have military tech 22.

The AI will no longer automatically revoke the Land Rights privileges when they fall below a certain percentage of used governing capacity.

Added a few more modifiers for the AI to be more likely to take the Land Rights privileges.

The event 'The Imperial Citadel' will now properly place a State House in the capital province.

Inca unit models now apply to countries in Maranon group such as Chachapoya.

The event 'Profiteering in <Province>' has now a goto button.

Dutch models no longer apply to Burgundian (French group).

The Portuguese 'Wine Monopolies' can now be completed by becoming the leading producer of wine.

Ruthenia unit pack is now the default for Ruthenian culture, instead of the Zaporozhie unit pack.

All Pommeranian models now apply properly to Pommeranian culture and not Prussians or specific tags.

Removed some unnecessary logging to improve performance.

Burgundy will no longer gain any legitimacy increase for their heir as long Charles I de Bourgogne is the current ruler.

Wurzburg tier 1 and 3 now apply to Franconian culture and not just select tags.

A new monument with global modifiers for monthly piety and missionary strength against heathens.

A new monument with province modifiers for local goods produced and global modifiers for interest reduction.

A new monument with global modifiers for yearly prestige and religious unity.

A new monument with global modifiers for yearly harmony increase and legitimacy.

A new monument with global modifiers for autonomy change, governing capacity, and global tariffs.

The Belém Tower will replace the Pena Palace in Lisbon, featuring new modifiers for trade power and manpower.

A new monument with area modifiers for local missionary strength and global modifiers for yearly prestige and missionary strength against heretics.

Fixed issue where 'Left the Empire' would not tick down over time.

Last federation advancement now inherits properly without auto-settling.

Various issues with CBs and war goals fixed.

The Maori mission 'Gain Mana' requirement has been nerfed to having 1 stability down from 3.

Fixed issue for pending events not loading properly if they do not have an end date set.

Conquering a province with a monument under construction now cancels construction.

The Maori mission 'Centralize the Realm' now gives monarch points if no longer tribal instead of trying to enact the Polynesian Kingdom.

The Maori mission 'Expand the Trade Routes' requirement is now consistent with itself regarding trade buildings needed.

Majapahit and Khmer national disasters will now trigger as expected.

The Ayutthayan mission 'Royal Absolutism' will now ask the player if they want to update their ideas while switching to Siam.

Fixed the monarch names of Fars.

Fixed issue with Palembang having duplicated missions.

Fixed a CTD related to building spy networks.

The define_heir effect can now allow random higher stats than given if fixed = yes isn't specified.

Fleet basing rights are now granted automatically by war allies.

The decision 'Flee to Brazil' will now properly set your capital to Brazil regardless of previous location.

Corrected ruler name in the Piracy in Palembang tooltip.

Declare War interface no longer falsely suggests that Emperor's allies are called to war.

Adjusted some mission icons for the Indonesian Mission Tree.

Can now stop building spy network via diplo menu of a country whose capital you took.

Fixed a CTD related to AI disbanding mercenaries.

Fixed issue with not being able to speed up progress on monuments construction after continuing save.

Fixed OOS related to naval modifiers.

Fixed a CTD in event window related to selecting an event picture to display.

Fixed some issues related to monument events.

Fixed issue where a hotjoin request would be duplicated if player cancels hotjoin and requests it again.

The Maori mission 'Riri Wars' will now give +100 ADM power and 0.15 years of Manpower if there is no rival left for getting a CB against.

The event 'The Completion of Borobudur' triggers for Sunda only when the mission 'Restore Borobudur' is fulfilled.

Foreign country becoming the Emperor of the HRE will add all European provinces connected to their capital to the Empire.

Added new line to tooltip explaining that it removes vassal princes from the diplomatic relations of the emperor.

Fixed OOS related to leader initialization.

Added new icon for 'Missionary Strength against Heathen'.

Non-active countries now have their revolutions crushed like everyone else.

The Samoan Idea 'Fa's Samoa' now grants +10% Governing Capacity instead of +5% Administrative Efficiency.

Fixed issue where tactics difference was displayed incorrectly in siege phase tooltip.

The Maori mission 'Own a Center of Trade' will now upgrade only ONE of your Centers of Trade instead of all.

Fixed issue for subjects not fabricating claims.

Fixed issue for events not showing up when playing coop in multiplayer.

The Maori mission 'Loyal Subjects' will now require every estate to have less than 40 influence and a loyalty of 65 or higher.

Forming Malaya will now ask the player if they want to update their ideas.

The event 'The Completion of Borobudur' now has additional modifiers increasing its chance for Sunda and Majapahit.

Fixed issue with custom nations overriding others in multiplayer.

All province modifiers granted by estate privileges will now properly affect newly conquered provinces.

Fixed a CTD when tooltipping siege in outliner.

The Grand Campaign is live now with EU4, part of a larger event leading to PDXCON.

Ability to carpet siege enemy provinces.

Loot an enemy capital as a condition of peace to gain development.

Establish great projects that add bonuses to your empire.

Steal development from vassals or territories to enhance the power of your capital city.

Cultivate relationships with neighbors, request gifts, military support, and provinces.

Includes map modifications and gameplay changes for North American First Nations.

Regency councils can be extended to delay the ascension of an unfit monarch.

Reduce government costs by spending unused Reform points.

New army sprites for Indochinese, Indonesian, and Polynesian nations.

Steal development from vassals to enhance the power of your capital city.

New nations added to the game representing Australian Aboriginal cultures.

New nations added in the free update.

Nations following Totemism can revere past leaders for bonuses reflecting their skills.

Colonies can focus on military help, trade power, or self-government.

Watch heirs gain legitimacy while waiting to inherit the throne.

The latest expansion adds new diplomatic and domestic options for players.

Provinces can expand capacity to build new structures and manufactories.

Nations following Totemism can revere past leaders for bonuses.

Reduce government costs by spending unused Reform points.

Colonies can focus on military help, trade power, or self-government.

Regency councils can delay the ascension of an unfit monarch.

New army sprites for Indochinese, Indonesian, and Polynesian nations.

Loot an enemy capital as a condition of peace to haul development back to your capital.

Expand and establish great projects to add bonuses to your empire.

Use diplomatic favors to gain benefits from other nations, including material aid and changes in alliances.

Free update includes map modifications for Southeast Asia and North America, with gameplay changes for North American First Nations.

Provinces can expand their capacity to build new structures and manufactories.

Europa Universalis IV: Leviathan expansion will be available on April 27, 2021.

The Europa Universalis IV segment of the Grand Campaign will take place on 28th April from 12:00 to 22:00 CEST.

Join the Paradox Community to influence the Grand Campaign across four games, including Europa Universalis IV.

Subscribers gain access to all 14 major expansions and the upcoming Leviathan expansion.

Includes 3 immersion packs adding new mechanics for Spain, Great Britain, and Russia.

Resolved an issue where new Nakama server IDs did not fit into the server ID field.

Players can now choose between the old Steam multiplayer backend and the new Nakama backend at startup.

9 content packs adding new unit designs, advisor portraits, and music for various nations.

The Nakama multiplayer backend is now live, allowing for improved game features and future cross-platform support.

Improvements made to reduce the number of times players need to log into their Paradox account for Nakama multiplayer.

A version check for save games is now implemented when using the continue button to prevent save corruption.

Fixed an issue where the Steam username is now used as the multiplayer nickname if the Paradox account doesn't have one.

Subscription service now available for all expansions and content for Europa Universalis IV.

A confirmation dialog will now appear when attempting to continue a savegame with a different version.

Three types of colonies introduced: Crown Colony, Private Enterprise, and Self-Governing Colony, each with unique benefits and liberty desire impacts.

New alerts for inactive merchants and coastal invasions, plus highlighted rebel locations in the stability view.

Private Enterprise type enhances trade power and production efficiency while affecting liberty desire and naval forcelimits.

Self-Governing Colony type increases development speed and has the highest liberty desire, with various autonomy options available.

Crown Colony type offers reduced global autonomy, increased army morale recovery speed, and various benefits affecting liberty desire and land forcelimits.

Over 500 bugs have been fixed in the game, improving overall stability and performance.

Players can now centralize a state, reducing administrative costs by up to 20 development points.

Updated canal mechanics to use new monument code, allowing upgrades and changing trade power benefits.

Added a checkbox in the province interface to prevent individual forts from mothballing.

Reform from certain missions that helps mitigate development loss when using Concentrate Development.

New interaction to reduce development in a territory and redistribute it to your country.

First tier reform that allows free development concentration and provides bonuses to vassal income and force limit.

New peace treaty that allows players to concentrate development on an enemy's capital state.

The developers apologized for the issues caused by the update and acknowledged the damage to player trust.

The recent update caused corruption in Ironman games and significantly affected multiplayer functionality.

Plans to conduct more extensive testing and explore the feasibility of a public beta before the next update.

The game has been reverted back to version 1.30.4 due to technical issues with the recent update.

Australia now has new states to enhance its strategic importance and province count.

Australian provinces have a high chance of gold and some provinces can produce gems and coal.

Provinces now feature both Aboriginal and colonial names based on ownership.

Aboriginal factions receive all new unit models for enhanced visual representation.

A set of generic ideas for Aboriginal nations to enhance gameplay diversity.

Australia is now entirely connected through colonisable provinces, improving gameplay and accuracy.

Aboriginal Australians gain access to the new Alcheringa religion, featuring distinct pantheons and stories.

New playable nations include the Larrakia Federation and Tiwi, each with unique national ideas.

Monuments have 4 tiers, requiring time and resources to upgrade, with permanent bonuses linked to each tier.

A new feature allowing players to build iconic buildings that grant permanent bonuses.

New expansion offering tools for playing 'tall' with smaller realms and changes to game features like Regencies and Colonies.

Each monument will have unique 2D art representing its highest state according to the time period.

New ways to quickly develop your capital by drawing resources and power from vassals or newly conquered territories.

Conquering a province with a monument resets its tier to 1, affecting its bonuses.

Certain conditions must be met to build or upgrade monuments, affecting bonuses.

Certain monuments will have 3D models displayed on the map, enhancing visual representation.

Major free update reworking maps with new nations, cultures, and religions.

Monuments can only be built in specific provinces and can be relocated under certain conditions.

Ability to build beyond your province’s construction limit for a price.

Certain missions will require monuments to be upgraded, providing bonuses for upgrades.

The Plutocratic Government Reform will now include all benefits and drawbacks of a merchant republic, enhancing trade capabilities.

New ability to quickly construct transports at a reduced cost and time, beneficial for smaller nations.

Added missions like 'White Government' and events such as 'Cherokee National Council' for the Cherokee people.

Introduced missions like 'Just Around the Riverbend' and events such as 'Tribal Trade' for the Powhatan nation.

Introduced missions like 'Place that Always Was' and events such as 'Po'pay's Rebellion' for Pueblo tribes.

Added 18 events to the Totemism faith, including new event chains related to Native myths.

Added missions including 'Camp Circles' and 'Seven Council Fires' for Dakota and Lakota nations.

No longer losing legitimacy over time during a regency; instead, it increases stability cost.

Introduction of new events that occur during a regency to enhance gameplay experience.

Heir legitimacy starts lower on average and increases over time, influenced by prestige and corruption.

Players can extend a regency by 5 years at the cost of 10 legitimacy.

Regency councils replaced by Estate Regencies, with a Regent generated from the most powerful estate.

Addition of more than 40 new events including general and specific country events.

Introduction of unique National Ideas for Fijian TAGs focusing on combat and shipbuilding.

Introduction of unique National Ideas for Maori TAGs focused on land combat.

Maori culture created, separate from the main Polynesian branch.

Introduction of a new technology group for Polynesian nations.

Most Estates renamed to their proper versions for increased flavor.

Addition of a new province in North Island, increasing the number of countries to seven.

Hawaiian Archipelago expanded from one province to four, each with its own country.

Fiji archipelago divided into three provinces: Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, and Lau.

Introduction of Polynesia as a new region with added provinces and countries.

Introduction of common and specific mission trees for Polynesian countries.