What changed in Victoria 3 in 2026

The AI now scores labor-saving methods higher in states with a lack of workforce.

The outliner journal entry header no longer overlaps its counter in longer languages.

The Synod of Polotsk event now properly applies the Crypto-Uniate Communities modifier.

Regime Change is no longer available against countries where no law change would take place.

The goods panel tabs now show a prestige good's own orders, producers and prices instead of its base good's.

Subjects will now follow the overlord to become 'on the fence' in diplomatic plays.

The AI now correctly counts the wages of new jobs as a cost when picking production methods.

Fixed a bug where a fleet attempting to merge with another fleet it cannot reach would make the fleet stuck trying to merge forever.

Fixed an issue that caused paused construction sectors to still be included in some private investment considerations.

Fixed a bug where Interest Groups disappeared completely from the Government panel after changing laws to Autocracy until an in-game week passed.

Capitalists are now drawn to the Armed Forces when their Financial District or Company Headquarters owns military industry.

Congress Poland can no longer side with Polish Secessions via the regular diplomatic play mechanics if the Whites are dominant.

Fixed a bug where wars could end early when its Conquer State war goal's holder gained a claim on that state.

The AI will no longer subsidize profitable buildings or buildings that it does not consider as genuinely necessary for its economy.

The historical outcome marker in journal entries no longer covers the outcome text.

Enforced treaty binding periods no longer run out of their frame while the war goes on.

Subjects can now properly join a same-culture secession against their overlord under the same conditions that they can normally rebel.

Modifiers applied via Ukases are now properly removed when the Emperor and Autocrat Journal Entry fails.

The AI now makes use of the anchorage PM for ports when it has no need of Merchant Marine.

Fixed an issue with British and Russian AI weights in Persia applying in an incorrect way.

Added missing localization for toast about war breaking out.

Children no longer clip through their clothes when they would otherwise be overweight.

Communist flag for United Baltic Governorates when formed from Estonia now appears as intended.

Fixed a bug where tooltips and panels for Fronts connected to an invasion could count defending armies twice.

Law commitments in treaties can now be clicked to open the law.

The AI now budgets for mobilization options according to the severity of the war.

Made a pass over Copper availability. It's now more available and also less consumed by industries.

The AI now properly considers goods output and input multipliers when comparing production methods.

Fixed 'Acquire Land in Panama' not handing over enough land to build the Panama Canal.

Added a grace period and an alert before the AI withdraws from a treaty with the player.

Fixed a bug where a decree in subjects lands would remain after losing Vassalization III principle.

The AI now puts more priority on advanced industrial goods such as radios, telephones and oil when it makes sense to do so.

A revolutionary movement no longer turns into a secession when another movement overtakes its revolution by default.

The AI's minimum mobilization target is now capped by the amount of military power the enemy can potentially bring to bear.

Raise conscripts and mobilize labels no longer overlap their icons in longer languages.

Fixed a bug where exiled armies were not allowed to move to a port to be transported if they were not in a province with a port.

Added a World Market Hub filter to the market panel's Trade tab.

Fixed a bug where you could get prestige below 0.

Fixed a bug where the Conscript number overlaps the other Military stats on the Mobilization tab in the Military and Army panels.

The outliner now shows when a fleet is being repaired or is defeated.

The market access tooltip shows the market owner's flag and no longer repeats its value.

Added State and Revolution badges in the UI to Great Game content now that multi-DLC badges are supported.

Fixed a bug where tooltips and panels for Fronts displayed different number of units present due to sometimes including units without any manpower.

Added a toast notifying players when a nationality creates an autonomous state in Russia during the Provisional Government.

Production method change tooltips now include goods output and input multipliers in their predicted production and consumption.

Cossack Hosts are less effective at pulling migrants into their states.

Fixed a bug that made the AI avoid production methods that move jobs to more skilled workers even when it had qualified pops to fill the new jobs.

New map interaction allowing the establishment of Cossack Hosts, providing various benefits and challenges.

Upcoming Immersion Pack focused on Russia, states, and revolutions, releasing on October 22nd.

Revisions to the representation of Congress Poland's historical status and autonomy.

Exploration of the development of national identities in the Russian Empire.

Tsars can appoint favorites who influence government shape and laws.

Clarification that the AI update will be rolled into the 1.15 update upon public release.

New Cold system affecting ship movement and trade capacity based on seasonal cold impacts.

Each Tsar of Russia will have unique agendas based on their ideologies and historical personalities.

New mechanics for the development of socialist politics in Russia.

Content related to the January Uprising and Polish autonomy within the Russian Empire.

Copper is now a resource used in various production chains, including military and electrical production.

New gameplay mechanics related to the buildup and reaction to the Russian Revolution.

Refinements in cultural groups and state layout in the Russian Empire, enhancing cultural diversity.

Congress Poland is now a playable nation with new constraints and options for autonomy.

New International Situations Journal Entries for Ukrainian and Belarusian Cultural Renaissances reflecting ambitions for independence.

A new Journal Entry titled 'Whites and Reds' introduces factions in Congress Poland with different paths to autonomy.

The Great Game is no longer a separate Objective and is now available from game start for specific nations.

The release of the Immersion Pack has been delayed by two weeks to November 5th for additional polish and bug fixing.

Made regional stances more important in driving AI behavior and goals.

AI now engages more effectively in ship transfer treaties and sales.

Reworked war support and goal flipping mechanics, with adjustments based on feedback.

Changed Release Country war goal to require a minority movement with at least 50% activism.

Added the ability for a Market Area to trade through multiple World Market Hubs.

Fixed various issues with naval transport missions and troop regrouping.

Enhanced AI's management of straits, including diplomatic considerations.

Significant balance adjustments to naval combat mechanics and ship classes.

Added a new war goal that turns the released country into the holder's autonomous subject.

Introduced a new ship class for transporting troops in the era of sail.

Improved AI's organization and purpose in building and fielding fleets.

Improved various naval interfaces for better usability and information.

Reworked naval power projection mechanics to allow smaller squadrons to generate interest.

Various enhancements to AI economic performance and management.

Modified trade flow between world market hubs for more realistic routes.

Rebuilt army and fleet pathfinding for improved consistency and accuracy.

Overhauled infamy costs of war goals based on state GDP and population.

Subjects can now backstab their overlords if it serves their interests.

Implemented the ability to station armies and fleets in subjects during peace.

Refined AI's target of conquest to reduce overly aggressive behavior.

AI strait controllers now weigh toll income against the harm and anger a restriction causes, and affected countries push back more often.

The AI values states more for scarce resources and incorporates more of what it takes, no longer starting diplomatic plays over unwanted war goals.

Obsolete ships can no longer fully exploit unscreened fleets, and navy prestige is back in line with fleet strength.

Armies can be stationed in your subjects' states, and mid-war changes of allegiance no longer cause unexpected outcomes.

A large number of journal entries were adjusted to account for the new war goal flipping system.

Further improvements to the naval transport management system, now in a stable and reliable state.

In wars lasting over 2 years, war goals that stay uncontested for 12 months are dropped. AI countries now capitulate when clearly defeated.

Infamy was rebalanced: large, rich states and reunification wars cost less, claims and Psychology technologies reduce it further.

New mechanics for revolutions, focusing on the historical context of the 1917 Russian Revolution.

New Journal Entry for the ambitions of Russia’s tsars, allowing them to issue powerful Ukases.

Russia starts with specific law variants that shape its nature as a Tsardom, centralizing power within the imperial government.

New gameplay mechanic allowing the exile of dissidents to Siberia as a method of dealing with opposition.

New policies aimed at promoting Russian identity within the multiethnic empire to prevent separatism.

Improvements to AI fleet organization, allowing for larger and better composed battle fleets and smaller power projection/raiding fleets.

Planned enhancements for AI to evaluate trade capabilities and manage production effectively.

Fixed a bug that could prevent ships from retreating, making naval combat less lethal.

Planned improvements for AI to better balance its budget and mobilize armies effectively.

AI now sets objectives on regions where it has a stance, enhancing its influence expansion strategy.

Planned improvements for AI understanding of straits and diplomatic reactions to player strait closures.

Naval power projection now requires smaller fleets with a lower involvement cap, aimed at using light ship squadrons instead of main battle fleets.

New Early Troopships are available from the start, with countries having significant naval forces starting with some in their fleets.

Numerous bug fixes related to the new war goal flipping and war support systems.

Major changes to naval combat balance and ship classes, including reworked screening mechanics and a bug fix for ship retreating.

Complete rework of how infamy from wargoals is calculated based on a state’s share of global GDP and population.

Addressed issues with state valuation and broadened state values in preparation for future updates.

Individuals radicalized by conquest are now de-radicalized when the state is taken back during a war.

First set of changes to the diplomatic AI regarding war goal and treaty article selection, with increased impact from AI strategies.

Communist and Vanguardist ideologies reworked to better reflect historical contexts.

Trade Unions must be mobilized by a revolutionary movement to support socialism.

Generic Social Democratic Party redesignated as 'Socialist' with new logo and colors.

Establishing a Council Republic is now more difficult but offers a richer gameplay experience.

Four new laws added: Labour Suffrage, Extraordinary Commission, Communal Administration, and Revolutionary Guard.

New method requires Factory Councils amendment and radicalized Trade Unions to enact Council Republic.

Enhanced representation of socialism's historical evolution and challenges.

Destroys political power of Armed Forces, replacing them with militia commanders.

Reduces Bureaucrats' power and increases Clerks' attraction to Trade Unions.

Extraordinary Commission law decreases political strength of opposing pops and increases mortality.

Resolved an issue where buildings would lower their hiring rate despite being able to hire employees.

AI is now more likely to threaten naval hostilities when appropriate.

Various fixes to the war support rework and war goal flipping system, including diplomatic demands functionality.

First iteration of improvements to AI state/subject values, addressing issues like Lucca subjugation.

Improvements to the naval transportation system for better reliability and UI enhancements.

System of war goal back-and-forth flipping implemented.

Major improvements to the naval UI, particularly in displaying crewing/sailors.

Proper logic for which states the AI will incorporate.

Improvements to the AI logic for construction targets.

AI will now offer to sell obsolete ships for money via bespoke treaties.

Exposing the logic for which states the AI values.

Complete overhaul to the War Support system.

Changed default multiplayer backend from Nakama to Steam.

Complete backend rewrite of the game’s pathfinding system.

Logic and UI improvements to building hiring and wage setting.

Removed 5 Fruit from the base and added 5 to the automated PM, as it was intended.

Resolved a crash that occurred when sway offers were pending in a diplomatic play at the turn of the month.

Adjusted the outcome options for the event so that both, first and second, are more equally feasible.

Fixed armies being destroyed and their general killed when their transport fleet re-routed while the troops were traveling to embark for a naval invasion.

Fixed severe framerate drops when hovering or selecting fleets with very large numbers of ships.

Added an alert that warns when a ship under construction is assigned to a target fleet it will not be able to reach, listing the affected fleet(s).

Fixed a bug where unraised conscripts would not upgrade when you pressed the upgrade all button.

Improved hiring & wage tooltips for buildings as part of the upcoming AI update.

Fixed being able to sign multiple treaties with identical terms with the same country, which allowed stacking leverage.

Fixed invasions getting stuck at 99% advancement due to states being left under the control of a country that no longer occupied them; affected saves are repaired on load.

The AI now decommissions excess Supply Ships it no longer needs.

Fixed crash after loading a save with pops missing their social class.

Updated tooltips for sea nodes, Headquarters, and states to show target involvement changes when redeploying/stationing fleets and armies.

Fixed crash when a country going bankrupt removes an unbuilt canal.

Reduced memory usage by around 7-10% and total allocations by 15%

Added search bars in various places, including the Tech tree, to look for specific unlocks.

Fixed a bug where the AI would calculate the predicted construction sectors in their construction queue with the full cost of their input goods, leading to spontaneous and overzealous budgetary cuts in other spending areas

Added new visual effects for the Port Bombardment interaction (Requires The Great Wave)

Reduced output of Fruit Plantations by a fair bit, especially using slaves. We will keep an eye on the situation to see if we need to tweak this more.

Reworked Command Limit so that regulars or raised conscripts, whichever is higher, is compared against command limit rather than being added together.

Prevented the AI from overflowing transport capacity during naval invasions

Updated supply information on the army panel to better showcase when there is a supply or goods shortage

Added a new character role type 'other' that groups special characters together in the outliner

Fixed a bug where naval battles did not spawn during naval invasions unless there was an explicit interception mission.

Fixed the pink placeholder face being shown as a mapmode icon in a building details screen.

Made it so fleets are not always shown as 'too weak to fight' during naval invasions.

Fixed a bug where the AI could be blocked from conducting naval invasions related to the issues above.

Fixed a bug where a fleet would drop an army in the sea and go back to port during naval invasion.

Fixed a bug where a naval invasion would get cancelled if an enemy fleet was blocking the sea node.

The AI now composes fleets according to desired roles and improves fleet mission handling.

The selected mapmode is now remembered and can be locked to stay selected.

Fixed a bug where the AI was unable to downsize barracks due to incorrect spending priorities.

Fixed a bug where World Market Hubs were not fully deregistered upon destruction.

Landlocked countries can now negotiate treaties with countries they cannot 'reach'.

Anarchist movements are now less fanatic about seceding and more inclined towards outright revolution.

Merchant Marine cost for port connections and goods transfer treaties has been reduced to more reasonable levels.

The event now uses more efficient triggers and effects.

Fixed an issue where tolls were only looking at trade going to a world market hub state and not to other trade centers in the market area

Fixed Interest Group leaders disappearing on change of government

Prestige goods bonuses now apply to units in combat

Ships gain experience while on missions, affecting accuracy and critical hit chance.

AI is now less aggressive in building supply ships, preventing economic ruin.

Public Schools now grant literacy growth per level of institution.

Market Access Price Impact (MAPI) now updates correctly with state changes.

Multiple changes to character ideologies and interest groups in Japan.

Increased the Movement Activism effect of Political Concessions.

Multiple fixes to AI behavior and decision-making.

New scopes added to can_join_side_in_diplomatic_play and can_start_diplomatic_plays_against.

Political Concessions amendment will now cost Authority proportional to its strength.

Iron-reinforced Hull now consumes some Iron instead of purely Hardwood.

Improved performance related to supply calculations.

Base literacy growth reduced from 0.1% to 0.05%.

The Company panel has received an update with added filters.

Requires at least 25% Revolution progress.

Balance issues from the 1.13 update are being reviewed and adjusted.

Displays more information about units at a glance.

Significant issues in terms of bugs have been addressed.

A new free AI Update will focus on improving AI functionality and addressing longstanding issues.

Requires at least 25% progress before failing.

Focuses on insurrectionary Interest Groups and high Turmoil.

Several quality of life features have been introduced.

Fixes trade issues through Suez and alleviates Merchant Marine demand.

Now set to 20 to better handle multi-trip transport.

Makes them less susceptible to supply fluctuations.

While active, it progresses faster.

Now set to 25%, previously 50%.

Improvements to the user interface are part of the ongoing hotfix process.

Kameoka (Kyoto mining hub) is now properly placed, connected and localized.

Getting a toll exemption treaty now only affects the target country rather than all.

Fixed an issue where supply ships being raided would permanently join the raided fleet if the battle ended abnormally.

Military maintenance will now always be deducted before any other naval construction can happen, including supply ships.

Supply ships should no longer count as military ships of a fleet while engaged in a battle.

Fixed a softlock in the Honourable Restoration Journal Entry caused by a non-Tokugawa shogun.

Fixed an issue where exiling an agitator would not remove them as commander.

The AI is no longer willing to just give away states that grant control over a strait.

Hid ship modifications tech unlocks without DLC enabled.

You can no longer set strait access restrictions when you have the strait open to everybody.

Ordering a fleet with insufficient capacity will now make multiple trips to transport an entire army.

Fixed an issue causing the game to not tell the player why they or another country can't join a diplomatic play.

Power bloc members now generate involvement the same way subjects do.

Fixed an issue that prevented opium_wars.4 from ever firing.

Moved Reinforced Fortification Production Method unlock for Naval Fortifications to Breech-Loading Artillery.

Fixed several more cases where the AI could get blocked from launching naval invasions.

Fixed an issue where the AI was not merging small Marine units formations that were deployed in the same land location.

The Emperor abdicating will no longer break the Honourable Restoration Journal Entry.

Restructured the layout of the action buttons for Formations and what goes in the context menu and what goes outside of it.

The infamy cost for Threatening Naval Hostilities has been cut in half.

More historical Japanese characters have had their specific character DNA for their appearances added.

Fixed a bug where fleets could return to their home HQ when stationed in other HQs or states.

Increased the threshold for the Hungry Forties Journal Entry to fire.

Significantly increased AI performance for handling diplomatic plays.

Added info to missing crew alert indicating ships need to go to port for new crew.

Fixed an issue where buildings employing very small pops would ignore them and dump wages.

Made the Strait map marker show up less frequently in the Default map mode.

Removed deprecated Man-o-War good from the USA-Texas starting treaty.

Reverted changes to several Land Reform laws like Tenant Farmers regarding minimum subsistence employment.

Improved AI performance for handling armies.

Fixed Sweden owning Livestock Ranches in Kyoto.

Removed broken commander buttons from the Naval Invasion planner.

Fixed a number of localization issues.

Fixed issues with AI creating tiny fleets and armies, improved handling of obsolete ships.

Fixed stranding of armies due to fleets forgetting they were transporting them.

Reduced movement radicalism gain from Geheime Staatskonferenz for Austria and Divided Monarchists Journal Entry for France.

Fixed 'Abandon Piracy' treaty not preventing 'Piracy' missions from occurring.

Fixed an issue that could print errors when hovering characters in the 'Honorable Restoration' Journal Entry.

Fixed issue allowing countries to start or join diplomatic plays without necessary interest tier.

Two textile mills added at game start to discourage French uprisings.

Literacy growth reduced from 0.5% per week to 0.1% per week.

Stopped drowning marines when merging fleets, allowing them to attach as intended.

Changed Coup Strength calculation to be based on commander's rank instead of number of units commanded.

Fixed a bug where unraised irregular infantry could not gain supplies.

Potentially fixed a rare bug that would cancel construction of naval administration buildings.

Removed the Armstrong Ironclad Prestige Good as it can no longer be produced.

Reduced armor values of late game Capital Ships and increased damage of late game Cruisers.

Streamlined map revisions for Australia, including the elimination of Canberra.

Reworked sea zone setup to enhance strategic gameplay and interaction.

Introduction of new narrative content focusing on Japan's political situation and modernization challenges.

Ryukyu is back with reduced power and increased sugar production.

Significant changes to Japan's state setup, including the splitting of Chūbu and Kansai into new states.

New Journal Entry covering Japan's political movements during the Bakumatsu period.

Revised resource potentials and arable land allocations for Japan.

Introduction of a new system allowing modders to create custom GUI elements for Journal Entries.

Merging of Kuril islands into Sakhalin state region and representation changes for Ezo.

Reduction of the number of commanders per country to one per formation, increasing the importance of each commander.

New roles such as Magnate and adjustments to existing roles to enhance character dynamics and influence.

Introduction of a new character stat, Prominence, and a split between Popularity and Prominence to better reflect character influence.

Child characters will no longer have an Ideology or Interest Group until they turn 16, preventing politically radicalized toddlers.

A new system where all characters in the country are kept, allowing characters without jobs to exist and wait for roles.

Leader ideology selection is now based on a single weighted pool, improving the selection process for Interest Group leaders.

Fleets now require Supply Ships to maintain supply levels, with a new system for assigning them.

Naval Administration buildings replace Naval Bases, allowing for a more flexible crew assignment system.

A new panel for individual ships provides detailed information and a 3D model view.

Shipyards now provide ship construction points per week, allowing for parallel ship construction.

The game now features 20 different ship types, enhancing historical depth and gameplay progression.

New ship models and sound effects improve the audiovisual experience of naval gameplay.

Construction times for larger ships have been increased to reflect historical accuracy.

Ships are now treated as actual units with health, attributes, and can be damaged, repaired, or sunk.

Supply Ships replace Convoys for military operations, requiring dedicated construction and management.

Resolved an issue where infamy from war goals was refunded twice under certain conditions when capitulating.

Ensure that supply is an important and meaningful part of the military system that can win or lose you wars.

Improve naval combat and make it mechanically distinct from land combat.

Rework the War Exhaustion system to make war goal control and war outcomes more dynamic and interesting.

Infamy discount modifiers for diplomatic plays against unrecognized countries no longer apply for countries that are unrecognized themselves.

Make navies more important for projecting global power and securing control of coasts.

Turn individual ships into proper pieces of military hardware that can be built, sunk and repaired rather than just being manpower packages.

Resolved a crash that could occur when trying to show invalid revolution map objects, preventing potential save file corruption.

Make generals/admirals into more meaningful and noticeable actors in countries and reduce the micromanagement of large numbers of commanders.

Make declaring and holding onto diplomatic Interests a more rewarding and challenging aspect of global empire-building.

Improve the way we simulate important historical conflicts such as the Opium Wars to make them play out closer to the way they did historically.

The ability for Iberia to inherit the 'The Old Empire' Journal Entry has been reverted due to the need for substantial changes.

Fixed an issue where a war goal targeting a country would not be removed when that country switched sides in a diplomatic play.

Addressed an issue where Windows 'Smart App Control' was blocking the game executable.

Turn legitimacy into a more interesting mechanic, where the strength of a government depends on their successes and failures.

Make Qualifications into a more impactful system and improve the logic & UI for building hiring/firing to be more consistent and transparent.

Resolved a bug where some commanders didn't count their units towards the Two Spains Journal Entry Liberal/Conservative progress.

Carlist, Miguelist, and other movements will experience increased Activism with poor relations with the Papal States.

Fixed a bug where Treaty Port status would not get cleared correctly when annexed.

Goods expenses for construction are now split into private and government construction.

Fixed various localization issues including missing trigger localization.

Fixed a bug when battles could be unable to start.

Infamy values for Regime Change were calculated incorrectly, resulting in too low values.

Added Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada as a starting Intelligentsia leader for Brazil.

Fixed an issue with infamy reduction for transfer money article enforcement.

Fixed several events that couldn't fire due to incorrect trigger scopes.

Reinstating the Basque Fueros will add a Basque primary culture to Spain.

The Two Spains Journal Entry may now be retained after forming Iberia as Spain.

Interest Groups will now leave a party at the start of the next election instead of instantly.

The Unstable Raj timer will now update correctly upon Presidency Stability decline.

Pursuing the Reconquista of the New World will now cost more infamy.

Added an event and wargoal for Portugal to restore the Union with Brazil in case of a Republican coup.

Characters will no longer launch coups against law enactments that they support.

The event will now make Transylvania into a Hungarian subject instead of annexing it.

Fixed an issue where a coupist general could create a government with no Interest Groups.

Traits of marginalized Interest Groups will have half the effect if they remain influential for non-clout reasons.

The button will now add claims on Turkmenia and Merz for Persia.