This is a fairly in-depth explanation video for my 1472 True One Tag World Conquest run that I completed on March 26th, 2022 (almost a year prior to this video’s release) on patch 1.31.6.
Some info on strategies/exploits presented in this video that have changed:
1) CTA cancel still works to my knowledge, but AIs now “re-send” call to arms, so in practice, it’s not really useful to ignore alliances. It’s still however useful for one time call to arms, such as tributary, guarantee, HRE, etc.
2) The TC fast revoke does not work since 1.32. You can still add all of Africa/Asia to HRE afaik, but it’s far more complicated now.
3) Solon strategy does work, but keep in mind AI will unconditionally surrender now. So you have to 100% them before 1 year passes.
4) Natives are significantly different on 1.34. And I have some insider info that 1.35 natives will be significantly nicer to conquer.
5) Dynasty spread used to work on all religions in the same way as typical PU without the PU/inheriting bit. I think this was changed after 1.31, since I recall I tested this at some point and couldn’t do it. So I think getting Timurids dynasty now requires the Enthrone Timurids decision instead of an early RM with Timurids?
Vods of this run: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMXgNlIUqZShjRWF_R7Kkt4L5RkaeYNF
My save file (in pdx.tools): https://pdx.tools/eu4/saves/bXJXVHR2kxB82-v8jBkX2
Google drive with intermediate save files: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1jCGtBveQ-nrGLgKw2O0VuYJ3XfBrU5A4
Music:
Brahms First Symphony recording from MusOpen:
— 1st mov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4rViPSz22A
— 2nd mov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaNdqOp_VNE
— 3rd mov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxE8DvcYdA
— 4th mov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY3KfI0piG0
Brahms Wiegenlied “Lullaby” performed by me
Brahms First Symphony Piano Transcription by Singer performed/slightly arranged by me
Credits:
EU4 Wiki: https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Europa_Universalis_4_Wiki
Pdx Tools: https://pdx.tools
Bird Facts mod (achievement compatible): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2708273365
Jetpack image from https://openclipart.org/detail/288921/jetpack
Tarkus/Shurik/Elia for thumbnail help
Tarkus’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Tarkusarkusar
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00:00 – Introduction
02:35 – Phase One — Fast HRE Revoke
20:02 – Phase Two — Old World Conquest
33:53 – Phase Three/Finale — New World Conquest
40:38 – Parting Words and Timelapse
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I don't quite understand the second section – whenever I try to add provinces to the HRE it only allows provinces which are in Europe – you said you can do it with much of asia and africa? Is it some quirk if the game otherwise allows you to hit "join HRE" over "add provinces?"
Awesome run, and a lot of thanks for taking the effort of explaining it all so clearly! Learned so much, I'm definately going to try out ming banking soon:)
That was beautiful.
Masterfully done. This is pretty mindblowing.
Woah…
My gods. This isn't just breaking the game, this is bending it over backwards, dribbling it down and slam dunking it into the hoop only to kick it against a wall. I've honestly never seen someone use the mechanics of the game is such a beautiful, and yet horrific manner as this. Well done man
I think the best part is that you end in December, and can have the perfection of the new year fireworks and have everyone celebrate their independence with the new year as well. Even if the timing could be improved with like TAS or something, I think this is the pinnacle of what you can do unless you could optimize it again to be another perfect December finish, just for the aesthetic….
you are forever goated to have done a run like this with all that effort, i shall remember this run for the rest of my life
Well done lambda. By far my favorite EU4 world conquest, and an equally great video.
Nice hearing you play the piano!
lambdaxx is his own class of player
Some of the strats like the diplo idea cancelling are crazy! Meanwhile I play on speed 5 most nations even rough starts!
"Fast HRE Revoke" … "So we start as Oirat"
i lol'd
Congrats! When I hear you started to challenge my 1495 WC, I thought you might end up pre 1490, maybe 1485. It's really amazing to see you made 1472 WC finally. You clearly demonstrated the spirit of Speedrun!! This video is as great as your game. It's really a joy to watch it. The overview strategy, the detail break down, those tips and even the bgm rhythm are perfect. Great work and Congrats again. – Terry Yuan, former WR keeper😋
We are all playing wrong. This is incredible.
Holy shit what a power move. Big props!
I wonder what kind of nations it's become after converting to Stellaris…
The tenacity to do this run is frankly outstanding.
You are an absolute pillar for EU4. Killer video as well, was well worth my time to watch it.
so impressive. really cool video.
This is an awesome achievement capped by this perfect summary video. Respect!
ew declick your audio you got too much saliva noise
Do you ever take tech?
32:20 minor tags lol
What do you think would be the optimal time in the current patch? Also, how fast can a WC be optimized without all the savescumming and thet HRE-TCing strat?
That's impressive. Now do it without DLC's
This run is so interesting to watch. You did a good job explaining stuff, too. Was savescumming used in this?
This is nuts. Love it
Should've given the save to Zlewikk a few years before your nation collapsed to see if he could've fixed it
This video is a piece of art.
The EU4 Einstein lmao what the freaking hell
I don't have words to express how impressed I am with this achievement.
Here I am struggling a simple, normal WC with Spain or OE by 1750 and you do it by 1472. It does seem I don't try to color outside the lines often enough (always keeping OE below 100, except if I give stuff to vassals, etc) and not tagswitch/stack modifiers enough.
Would you do videos/Reddit guides/whatevs on more basic stuff like how to properly stack important modifiers and how to go on achieving them, what tagswitches are useful, etc? Or is that not challenging/fun? I already found your video on Absolutism which is a massive help 🙂
He did it
How do you count restarts and savescums using IGT?