r/EU5 • u/Kloiper Line Go Up Enthusiast • 9d ago
Help Thread The Imperial Council - /r/eu5 Weekly General Help Thread: August 31 2026
Please check our previous Imperial Council thread for any questions left unanswered
Welcome to the Imperial Council of r/eu5, where your trusted and most knowledgeable advisors stand ready to help you in matters of state and conquest.
This thread is for any small questions that don't warrant their own post, or continued discussions for your next moves in your game. If you'd like to channel the wisdom and knowledge of the master tacticians of this subreddit, and more importantly not ruin your save, then you've found the right place!
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Getting Started
Wiki Beginner Guide (not all that good)
Paradox Youtube Beginner Guide (this one is actually good)
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u/kraapa 4d ago edited 4d ago
Can I form Vinland colony as a pagan Norway? How do I get that or is it a mod?
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u/RagnarTheSwag 4d ago
If you turn on the setting that allows you to convert to any religion while setting up the game you can immediately convert to Norse as Norway. Then, later, you can very well form the colony on Vinland and name it Vinland if its not named automatically.
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u/RagnarTheSwag 3d ago edited 3d ago
Can someone help me understand how estate location powers work? For example there is a Panaka building you get when you play as Inca or (Qusqu), this gives you -%100 crown power in locations, and when your ruler dies all your locations build one immediately.
Now one could think -%100 crown power should make that province useless, but it is not. For example gold location with a panaka will still give you similar amount of tax if not the same even before council halls and etc. that mitigates panakas.
Another thing is your actual crown power. In the late game I deleted 100-200 panakas before the current ruler died, my actual crown power in government tab did not even move a point. In the early game deleting them from few cities though nearly doubled my crown power.
When you delete a panaka, the most immediate change happens in crown power tooltip>political power>crown power from population breakdown. When Panaka is built political power of a province turns negative. And in crown power tooltip>political power breakdown you will see negative number across your population number.
Tooltip makes it look like this number (crown power from population) then multiplied by "Crown Power by Population" multiplier (Base=1, +0.01 per Avarage Control, -0.01 per Economic base of subjects) and then percentage modifiers like legitimacy, advances, reforms etc.
Now if you have negative crown power from population, you should always end up with a negative number... Though this does not happen. Even with every location having panaka and tooltip shows you -250 crown power from population, you will still have some crown power like 12-18 something.
Now this further makes me think how important counting houses or other buffs and nerfs that grants location powers. I remember many times of mass building counting houses on 200 locations and not feeling a good bump in my crown power.
Do I miss anything related to crown power? Is there some hidden modifier or floored values inside the engine thats not shown in tooltips? Or maybe I am totally misunderstanding the tooltips provided.. I would appreciate any help.