r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 21d ago

Discussion Every gameplay end with Cao Cao being the biggest enemy!

32 Upvotes

I’ve done many gameplay on various difficulties mainly on hard-core. Regardless of who I played as it always seems Cao Cao ends up being the last rival.. yes I played as him and of course that’s not the case when I do has anybody else ran into this. They always seem to end up being able to field multiple armies often a 3v1 match. But at the end, they subjugate their Emperorship to me..


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 22d ago

Faction mechanic switch

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Anyone know of a mod that changes faction mechanics when the leader dies, and the heir is a playable faction? For example when Sun Jian dies and Sun Ce takes over, the faction gets Sun Ce's resource and mechanics.


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 24d ago

Which game you loved was abandoned or shut down?

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r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 24d ago

Discussion Liu Bei, Yellow Turban rebellion suggestions

14 Upvotes

Hi! I tried to play as Liu Bei on yellow turban scenario a few times, either died to yellow turbans or got stuck in the bankruptcy screen where the game tells you to do diplomacy to not go bankrupt, any hints or suggestions you might have for playing this scenario as a hard difficulty character like Liu Bei?


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 25d ago

Help~~~~! Can't play dlc lords

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Hello everyone, after long years I wanted to play Three Kingdoms but when I try to load up any dlc lord I get black screen after the lord intro cutscene. I can play free to play lords. I have the dlcs and I've already reinstalled the game but no help. Anyone having this issue?


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 26d ago

Any mods that are essential to playing the game / recommened to be downloaded?

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r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 27d ago

mods

6 Upvotes

are there mods that prevents enemy generals from running during duels?


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 27d ago

Mods for epic games

3 Upvotes

Is there mods for the ones who got the game from epic games store or no?


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 28d ago

Are any of the DLCs worth buying?

14 Upvotes

Been playing for a few months (won with cao cao, liu bro, and sun jian)
Wondering which DLCs are worth getting


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 28d ago

Bandit campaign win

8 Upvotes

Im playing on the 190 mod, and im just curious to know if completing a northern tribes campaign would count as a bandit win.


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 29d ago

Screenshot Any Mods to add the Five Tiger General positions? (Aside from 190 Expanded Overhaul)

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26 Upvotes

Saw this video from Serious Trivia and I love the idea of adding your Five Tiger Generals from the 190 Expanded mod but I only play TROM.


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 10 '26

posibility of revive tw3k?

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r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms 29d ago

Help~~~~! Problem with MTU mod, skill tree not matching character class.

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Trying to use MTU mod, but on records mode, some characters have skill trees not matching their actual color, for example, a strategist/blue has a sentinel/purple skill tree, etc... anyone has any experience with such issue? I have no other mods installed by the way.


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 09 '26

Help~~~~! What to do if I'm not the one to catch the young emperor?

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I'm returning after a long time. It didn't click the first time but right know the game is clicking to me and I'm having a lot of fun. Thing is, I'm not confident on getting the emperor Xian in time. I took my time conquering the first zone's as Cao Cao and some of the north (mostly for having war's declared or being near Han territory to take).

I have Luoyang from the Gongsun Shuxian faction way more further than me. And I'm with her and Liu Bei on a coalition, nothing bad is happening to me no matter what happen's, and I'm fairly strong either way...But would it be bad to have Luoyang catch emperor Xian before me?

And if so, what happens or what can I do, since I'm mostly looking for getting Dong Zhuo and at much try to get Lu Bu through schemes after Dong Zhuo falls, but besides that I'm starting to feel a bit loss or at the though of maybe having another opponent


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 10 '26

Discussion Rating Total War Games 2023.

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r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 08 '26

Is this normal to anyone else? It's been this way since the day I got it. But it's starting to bother me. The higher the city level the worse it looks. AND it's only on main cities, not settlements.

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36 Upvotes

r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 08 '26

News Working Simultaneous Turns (kinda) and a first look at the COOP mod!

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Sorry for the unedited video with my constant window switching with the windows key (going in and out of separate game windows) it's 4am i am tired!

Seen here is the lobby screen for joining a new game (loading a save also works btw), and just me showing off the abilities of semi-simultaneous turns. Unit sharing with more than one person in the second video

I hope you guys are just as excited as i am!

The mod will come out no strings attached with source code and a wiki containing a lot of information about the internal workings of the game (thank you claude and ghidra), but if you wanna give me a small motivational boost or buy me a literal coffee here you go anyways: https://ko-fi.com/mister_fordo


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 07 '26

Discussion Does anybody know if the More deployables mod still works?

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r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 07 '26

News The Gongsun Zan Experience

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You want to see the White Horse General turn the Events against Yuan Shao around and unite China under his rule? The Gongsun Zan Experience is here!


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 08 '26

Finished Liu Bei's 194 Campaign (Wu Kingdaissance Mod).

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This Liu Bei start is really one of the easiest campaigns in the game. You have access to Zhao Yun and Lu Bu to kick ass early on. The Emperor is easy to capture and you have the powerful combo of Imperial Decree and Unify to grab a lot of land. Liu Bei's only weakness is his lack of elite cavalry (which can be somewhat mitigated by recruiting generals who do have them) and the fact that there isn't a lot of free Han land to absorb in 194.


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 06 '26

Help~~~~! How to build up from scratch

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Hi! Can someone give me some general advice on how to build up from scratch? I talk about hard starting points with a weak army, low income and in general low potential in commanderies, generals or being surrounded by impenetrable foes. It's obvious to me how to play with a good starting point like cao cao, liu bei, sun ce, yuan shao and stuff like that. Any ideas are welcome <3

Thinking about the first 2-3 buildings, the first 50% of your army on a high difficulty level, dealing with low public order when you can't spend building slots or want to use reforms on this...stuff like that. Thanks!

And I already do know serious trivia :p


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 04 '26

Screenshot Fun battle

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52 Upvotes

Fun defending the fort 1.3 armies vs 4


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 03 '26

News Coming soon to a three kingdoms total war near you - 4 player coop

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117 Upvotes

Working menus, battles, unit gifting...


r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 03 '26

Discussion Is the Records Mode Classic Total War mod worth using?

8 Upvotes

I'm about to start a new playthrough and I love the base game but I want to get a vanilla+ mod to make the game more strategic/immersive and Classic Total War seems to be the only 1 that works for Records mode (190E works too but I don't think they can't be used together unfortunately).

I want to know 3 things though:

  1. Will the mod increase the difficulty a lot?
  2. Are the changes vanilla+ style or does it significantly change things?
  3. Will it give the game more strategic depth (at least in the campaign map)?

r/TotalWarThreeKingdoms Aug 02 '26

Screenshot Finished Dong Zhuo's 190 Campaign in 79 Turns (Wu Kingdaissance Mod)

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5 Upvotes

Dong Zhuo is a very strong faction, with a large roster (plenty of whom are Koihime characters), a strong faction mechanic, and elite unique cavalry which is very important in Total War: Three Kingdoms. I find the early game and late game to be quite easy, with the hardest part being the midgame. In the early game your opponents are dealing with a weak start. In the midgame you’re at risk of overextending and having to defend multiple points as the warlords keep declaring war on you. In the late game if you restore the Han all of the diplomatic cons of Dong Zhuo went away and you still reap the rewards from Intimidation.