Europa Universalis IV
Release Date: 13 Aug, 2013
About the Game
Fulfill Your Quest For Global Domination
Paradox Development Studio is back with the fourth installment of the award-winning Europa Universalis series. The empire building game Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to guide through the years in order to create a dominant global empire. Rule your nation through the centuries, with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. True exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy will be brought to life in this epic title rife with rich strategic and tactical depth.
Main Features
- Make your own decisions: Nation building is completely flexible and the possibilities are endless.
- Use your Monarch Power: Experience the new system of monarch power where your choices are influenced by the caliber of the man or woman you have at the top and will direct the ebb and flow of gameplay.
- Experience history coming to life: The great personalities of the past are on hand to support you as you make your mark on thousands of historical events.
- Turn the world into your playground: Enjoy hundreds of years of gameplay in a lush topographical map complete with dynamic seasonal effects.
- Experience the all new trade system: The trade system adds a new dimension to the great trade empires of the period. Gain control of vital trade routes and make the wealth of the world flow to your coffers.
- Bring out your negotiating skills in a deeper diplomatic system: Use coalitions, royal marriages and support for rebels and explore the possibilities of the new unilateral opinion system.
- Engage in Cross-platform Multiplayer: Battle against your friends or try the co-operative multiplayer mode that allows several players to work together to control a single nation with up to 32 players. Featuring improved chat and new matchmaking servers.
- Create your own history & customize your game: Europa Universalis IV gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything your heart may desire and uses Steam Workshop.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
Minimum:
- OS:Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
- Processor:Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz eller AMD 3500+
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb video memory required
- DirectX®:9.0c
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
- Sound:Direct X- compatible soundcard
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
Recommended:
- OS:Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
- Processor:Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 1024mb video memory recommended
- DirectX®:9.0c
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
- Sound:Direct X-compatible soundcard
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
Mac OS X
Minimum:
- OS:Mac OS X 10.6.8 or better
- Processor:Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
Recommended:
- OS:Mac OS X 10.6.8 or better
- Processor:Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
SteamOS + Linux
Minimum:
- OS:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Processor:Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
Recommended:
- OS:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Processor:Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
- Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:GLSL 1.3, OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
Until death do us apart
Secure a Royal Marriage with another country.
Victorious!
Win a war.
That is mine!
Conquer a province.
That's a Grand Army
Build up your army to your country's maximum army forcelimit.
Brothers in Arms
Win a war as a secondary participant.
Seriously?!
Kill 10,000 men in one battle.
That's a Grand Navy
Build up your navy to your country's maximum navy forcelimit.
For the Glory
Diplo-annex a vassal.
Cold War
Win a war without fighting a single battle.
True Catholic
Control three Cardinals.
It's all about the money
Accumulate 3000 gold.
Defender of the Faith
Become Defender of the Faith.
It's all about luck
Win a battle against a great leader, without a leader.
Respected
Have 100 prestige, 100 legitimacy and three stability.
Truly Divine Ruler
Get a 5/5/5 Ruler.
My armies are invincible!
Gain at least 7.0 land morale.
Blockader
Blockade at least 10 ports of one enemy.
Azur semé de lis or
Get all the French Cores as France.
Double the Love
Start with no unions and get two at the same time.
Royal Authority
Install an union through a succession war.
Down Under
Have a colony in Australia.
Agressive Expander
Own 200 provinces.
Total Control
Own 100 or more provinces with no local autonomy or unrest.
The Emperors new clothes
Overthrow Austria and become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Isn't this the way to India?
Discover the Americas as Castile or Spain.
This navy can take it all
Gain at least 7.0 naval morale.
The Five Colonies
Have five colonial nations.
This is My Faith
Convert to Protestantism and unlock 3 Aspects of Faith.
Combined Arms
Have both an Admiral and a General with a trait.
Just a Little Patience
Play a campaign from 1444 until 1820.
All belongs to Mother Russia
Start as a country of Russian culture and form Russia.
Queen of Conquest
Conquer land while in a Queen Regency.
Gentle Persuasion
Have a Siege Specialist general win a siege in a province with a fort.
All That's Thine Shall Be Mine
As a Greedy ruler, take all of a nation’s ducats in a peace deal.
Market Control
Be trade leader of seven different goods.
At every continent
Own one province on each continent.
The Continuation of Diplomacy
Successfully use Threaten War to gain a province from another nation.
Vasa or Wettin?
Get a ruler of your dynasty on the throne of Poland or the Commonwealth while they are an elective monarchy.
Time Bandit
Successfully steal a map from another nation.
City of Cities
Own a core province with at least 60 development.
Italian Ambition
Form Italy.
Viva la Revolución!
Have rebels you support in another country enforce their demands.
Magellan’s Voyage
Make the first circumnavigation.
One Night in Paris
Start as England, own and have a core on Paris (do not form another country unless it's Great Britain).
Ruina Imperii
Dismantle the Holy Roman Empire.
An early Reich
Form Germany.
Not so sad a state...
As Portugal, have a colony in Brazil and in Africa.
In the Name of the Father
As an Orthodox country, have 100 Patriarch Authority.
Die Please Die
Have a ruler with 1 or lower in all three categories who is over the age of 70.
No Pirates in my Caribbean
Own or have a subject own the entire Caribbean.
World Discoverer
Discover all non-wasteland land provinces.
Grand Coalition
Join a coalition of more than 5 nations.
A Golden Empire
Enact a Golden Age as an Empire.
Factionalism
Have 3 different estates in your country with at least 70% influence each.
Je maintiendrai
Form the Netherlands as a minor nation starting with Dutch culture.
The Chrysanthemum Throne
Unite Japan as a Daimyo.
A Pile of Gold
Own 10 provinces which produce gold.
All Your Trade Are Belong to Us
Have the highest trade power in Genoa, Venice and English Channel while having an income of at least 300 ducats per month.
Grand Duchy
Starting as a Duchy, have 1000 development without upgrading your government rank.
Full House
Have 3 Vassals and 2 Marches at the same time.
Center of Attention
Own both a Protestant and a Reformed Center of Reformation.
A Fine Goosestep
Form Prussia and have at least 125% Discipline.
A Kaiser not just in name
Enact all reforms in the Holy Roman Empire.
Bleed Them Dry
Have 10 different War Reparations being paid to you at the same time.
Liberty or Death
Start as USA in 1776 bookmark and own all your cores while being at peace.
Marshy March
Have a march with at least two marsh provinces.
AAA Credit
As a Great Power, take on over 1,000 ducats of another nation’s debt.
One Family to Rule them All
Have your dynasty on 8 thrones at the same time. Client states do not count.
Voting Streak
Successfully pass 11 issues in a row in Parliament.
Four For Trade
Form four Trade Companies and get bonus merchants from all of them.
Electable!
Become an elector in the HRE as a country which does not start as elector.
Definitely the Sultan of Rum
Own and have cores on Rome, Moscow and Istanbul as Ottomans or Rum.
Three Trivial Tributary Tribes
Have 3 Tribal States as Tributaries.
Imperio español
As Spain have Mexico, Panama, Havana, Cuzco in colonial Nations under you.
Basileus
As Byzantium, restore the Roman Empire.
One King to Rule!
As Poland, become an absolutist monarchy, abolishing the Sejm.
Colonial Management
Have 3 colonial governors that were directly appointed by you at the same time.
Just Resting In My Account
Corrupt the officials in a Rival country.
My True Friend
Go to war in support of a rebel faction and win, enforcing their demands.
The Spice Must Flow
Form the nation of Malaya.
The Rising Sun
Own and have cores on all of Japan as a European nation.
Winged Hussars
Have Winged Hussars as your active unit with more than +50% cavalry combat ability.
The Grand Armada
Have 500 heavy ships and no loans.
Nobody wants to die
Own Timbuktu as Songhai
The pen is mightier than the sword
Have three unions at the same time as Austria.
Master of India
Own and have cores on all of India as a European nation.
Tear Down This Wall
Use artillery Barrage on Berlin.
Subsidize my Love
Subsidize 3 different allies at least 50% of their monthly income without running a deficit.
Traditional Player
More than 90 percent Naval and Army Tradition.
A Protected Market
Have 100% Mercantilism.
Trade Hegemon
Starting as any European country, conquer and have cores on Aden, Hormoz and Malacca.
A Manchurian Candidate
Start as one of the Jurchen tribes and form Qing.
Sweden is not overpowered!
Own and have cores on the entire Baltic coastline as Sweden.
Poland can into space
As Poland, reach the maximum level in all technologies (32).
A Decent Reserve
Have a maximum manpower of at least 1 million.
An Industrial Evolution
As Great Britain, own all of England as core provinces and have at least 25 development in each province there.
Shahanshah
Start as Ardabil and form Persia.
Live Long and Prosper
Have 30 states with prosperity at the same time as you have a 70 year old ruler.
Networking
Have 100 point spy networks in 3 Rival nations.
A tale of two Families
Starting as Vijayanagar or Bahmanis conquer the other’s capital and have them not exist.
Spain is the Emperor
Become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Spain.
Guarantor of Peace
Guarantee the Independence of France, The Ottoman Empire and Russia.
Arabian Coffee
Form Arabia and be the nation producing the most coffee in the world.
Georgia on my Mind
Fully own all three Georgias.
Mare Nostrum
Restore the Roman Empire and own the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea coast lines.
Absolutely
Gain 100 Absolutism.
Turning the Tide
Start as a Steppe Horde in 1444 and embrace all institutions.
Pyramid of Skulls
As a Steppe Horde, raze a province with at least 30 development.
A Blessed Nation
As a Coptic Nation, gain all 5 Blessings.
Luck of the Irish
Own and have cores on the British Isles as an Irish nation.
Dar al-Islam
Unify Islam under your rule.
Fanatic Collectivist
Own all Institution Origin provinces.
That's a Silk Road
Own or have a subject own all provinces in the world producing silk.
Over a Thousand!
Own 1001 provinces directly.
Better than Napoleon
As France, own Vienna, Berlin and Moscow as core provinces.
Early-Modern Warfare
Have 100 regiments at 100% Army Drill.
Not just Pizza
Become a Great Power as Naples.
This Revolution Was Crushed
In a war against the target of the Revolution, control their capital and have at least 99% war score.
Lion of the North
Start as Sweden and lead the Protestant League to victory against the Emperor.
The Iron Price
Restore the Danelaw region to Danish rule, and make it Danish culture.
Narcissism
Name a general after yourself and lead your army to victory.
Sinaasappel!
Get Orangists in power with 100% Republican Tradition, and owning a province in China.
Multiculturalism
Have 4 different Cultures and 4 different religions represented in your court.
King of Jerusalem
Form the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Cyprus or The Knights.
The Six Nations
Form a Federation of at least six nations as the Iroquois.
Bengal Tiger
Start as Bengal and own Samarkand as a core province.
Prester John
Own and have cores on Alexandria, Antioch and Constantinople as Coptic Ethiopia.
A Sun God
Form Inca, embrace all Institutions and own all of South America as core provinces.
Kow-Tow
As Ming, have a subject from each religion group.
World Conqueror
Own or have a subject own the entire world.
Even Better than Piet Heyn
Gain over 100 gold from privateering a single treasure fleet.
Kirishitan Japan
Start as a Japanese Daimyo, convert yourself and all of Japan to Christianity.
Barbarossa
As a Maghrebi nation, have 500 light ships privateering at the same time.
Switzerlake
Own 99 provinces as Switzerland while owning no ports.
Baltic Crusader
As Teutonic Order or Livonian Order, own all of Russia as core provinces and convert it to Catholic.
Sons of Carthage
As Tunisia, own and have cores on Sicily, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, the coast of Algiers and the southern coast of Spain.
No Trail of Tears
Own and have cores on the Thirteen Colonies as Cherokee with all institutions embraced.
Land of Eastern Jade
Own a core province in Central America as a Buddhist country.
This is Persia!
Form Persia and own Egypt, Anatolia and Greece as core provinces.
Krabater
Form the nation of Croatia and station a unit of cavalry in Stockholm.
The Re-Reconquista
As Granada, form Andalusia and reconquer all of Iberia.
Cowardly Tactics
Have a fort and a supply depot in a mountainous province producing livestock.
African Power
Own and have cores on all provinces in Africa as Kongo.
Trustworthy
Have five allies with 100 trust towards you each.
Holy Trinity
As the Papacy, own Jerusalem and have Livonian Order, Teutonic Order and The Knights as Marches.
Big Blue Blob
As France, hold 100 European core provinces before 1500.
Queen of Mercury
As Kilwa, own and have cores on Zanzibar and Bombay (North Konkan).
Take that, von Habsburgs!
As Hungary, own all of Austria as core provinces.
Turn the Table
As a colony, break free and vassalize your former overlord without forming any other nation.
The White Elephant
As Ayutthaya, own all of Indochina and Burma as core provinces.
The Great Khan
Starting as Mongolia or Great Horde, own or have a subject own the Chinese, Russian and Persian regions.
Hessian Mercenaries
As Hesse, have at least 50 regiments of mercenaries and no loans.
The Sun Never Sets on the Indian Empire
Form Hindustan or Bharat and own or have a subject own Cape, London, Hong Kong (Canton) and Ottawa (Kichesipi).
On the Edge of Madness
As Aztecs, reach 95 Doom, then go 20 years without Doom hitting 100.
Albania or Iberia
As Albania, own or have a subject own Iberia and the Caucasus.
Consulate of the Sea
As Aragon conquer all Mediterranean Centers of Trade.
Dracula's Revenge
Start as Wallachia or Moldavia, form Romania and own or have a subject own all of the Balkans.
Sunset Invasion
Own and have cores on Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Rome as the Aztecs.
We bled for this
Win a war with at least one million dead on both sides.
Jihad
As Najd, own 500 Sunni provinces.
Cities of Cibola
As Pueblo, own at least seven provinces with 10 development each.
The Bohemians
As Bohemia, own Dublin as a core province.
Qing of China
Become Chinese Emperor as Qing.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
As Qara Qoyunlu become the leading producer of wool.
Relentless Push East
Starting as a Russian nation, By 1600 own the East Siberian Coastline
From Humble Origins
Starting as a custom nation with no more than 50 points, have at least 2000 total development.
The Uncommonwealth
As Lithuania, become The Commonwealth.
The Burgundian Conquest
As Burgundy, own the Low Countries region as core provinces and have France and Austria as your subjects.
Auld Alliance Reversed
As Scotland, have France as a vassal (do not form Great Britain).
Laughingstock
Own the provinces of Haha, Hehe and Lolland
Made in Japan
Embrace "manufactories" institution as Japan by 1655.
Rozwi Empire
Starting as Butua, conquer Mutapa (Zimbabwe and Lower Zambezi areas).
Neither Holy, Nor German
Have 7 Free Cities in the Empire, none of which is of a Germanic culture.
Venetian Sea
Have a 75% Trade share in both the Alexandria and Constantinople nodes as Venice, owning less than 10 cities.
The Three Mountains
Own or have a subject own the entire world as Ryukyu.
Back to the Piast
As Mazovia or Silesia, form the nation of Poland.
Gothic Invasion
Start as Theodoro and conquer all Germanic culture provinces in Europe.
Rekindling the Flames
Starting as a Zoroastrian custom nation with no more than 200 points and a maximum of 5 provinces, rekindle the royal fires.
The White Company
Join a war on the other side of someone to whom you have rented condottieri.
Blood for the Sky God!
As a Tengri nation, have Nahuatl as your syncretic faith.
The Navigator
As Portugal, get owned provinces in Africa, India and Indonesia before 1500.
Sweet Harmony
Harmonize 7 religions as Confucian.
