Achievements

For tips & tricks on how to complete an achievement, see the achievements category.

EU4 has 295 different achievements, all using the Steam achievements mechanics. Achievements have no in-game effects; the achievement just pops up in-game and then added to the player's Steam profile. It is possible to see the achievements sorted by the percentage of users that managed to complete each achievement by going to the game's global achievements at Steam (for more accurate numbers one can use the Steam web API).

The difficulty of each achievement varies; some achievements are very easy (e.g. signing a royal marriage with another country), while some are extremely difficult (e.g taking all of Asia's grassland before the age of absolutism). The below list groups the various achievements by a difficulty level as assessed by the wiki editors (uncategorized - UC - achievements haven't been assessed yet).

Achievements, for the most part, can only be gained in single-player Ironman games, on Normal or higher difficulty, with historical nations started at 11 November 1444. Some will require that you play as a released nation. Some achievements can also be earned while playing a custom nation. Six allow some custom game setup options. Four do not require the 1444 start date. All of this is noted in the table.

Achievements can be earned while playing older versions of the game (1.6 and above) as long as the given achievement was present in that version. E.g., Azur semé de lis or can be earned in 1.11, but Big Blue Blob cannot, since it was only added in 1.12.

List of achievements

The "Notes" column lists helpful short tips/strategies.

The column denotes achievements which can't be completed without the use of DLC mechanics (currently 84 out of 295). The icon means it can also be achieved with custom nations; those without this icon can't be achieved if any custom nations exist, even if played by AI.

The "Ver" column indicates in which version a certain achievement was added. Achievements cannot be earned prior to the version they were added in (and no lower than 1.6).

The "DI" column is for difficulty as assessed by wiki editors. VE = Very Easy, E = Easy, M = Medium, H = Hard, VH = Very Hard, I = Insane, UC = Uncategorized.

Achievement	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		Ver	DI
A Golden Empire Enact a Golden Age as an Empire.		Is in a golden era Is an empire	The golden era can be started on the first day of the next month after completing 3 objectives. Easily done as Ming. You begin as an empire, already have a 30-development capital, and have more than five centres of trade at the beginning, you just need to release five vassals and you can begin your golden era.		1.20	VE
AAA Credit As a Great Power, take on over 1,000 ducats of another nation's debt.		Is a Great power Has taken on 1000 ducats of another country's debt.	Must be done in a single action.		1.18	VE
All That's Thine Shall Be Mine As a Greedy ruler, take all of a nation's ducats in a peace deal.		Took all of an enemy nation's ducats in a peace deal, during the reign of a Greedy Ruler.	Can be achieved without being the warleader by having a Greedy ruler and the warleader taking all of a nation's ducats in a peace deal. The Ruler of Cleves is greedy at the start of the game.		1.18	VE
Cold War Win a war without fighting a single battle.		Won one war without fighting a single battle.	Start as a neighbor of an OPM. Go to a total war with them and sign peace (break their alliances if needed and take all their money). Soon after declare another war (breaking the truce) and capture their undefended capital.		1.1	VE
Combined Arms Have both an Admiral and a General with a trait.	No restriction of the start date	Have an Admiral with a trait Have a General with a trait	Conquistadors and explorers do not count. Leaders gain traits at the end of battles with a chance based on the military tradition gain from that battle, which is based (in part) on the number of losses inflicted on the enemy. The Ottomans start with a general with a trait in 1444.		1.18	VE
Cowardly Tactics Have a fort and a supply depot in a mountainous province producing livestock.		Own and control a livestock-producing mountain province with a fort building and a supply depot	Possible to achieve in Custom Setup and Random Setup nation modes. Very easy to do with Mamluks, who start with a fort on a livestock province. Easily done as Switzerland, who has a livestock producing mountain province with a fort at the start.		1.23	VE
Defender of the Faith Become Defender of the Faith.	Is not defender of the faith	Is defender of the faith	Can be done immediately as Ottomans, just take out a few loans and claim the title.		1.1	VE
Factionalism Have 3 different estates in your country with at least 70% influence each.		Have 3 estates with 70% influence	Easily done as France by giving all provinces to estates at start and pushing all the interaction buttons.		1.14	VE
For the Glory Diplo-annex a vassal.		Have diplomatically annexed a vassal.	Start as Ayutthaya, then annex either of their vassals after 10 years.		1.1	VE
Foul Mouthed Scornfully insult 10 nations that border you.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points	At least 10 neighbouring countries have the “Scornfully Insulted” opinion modifier towards you	The 10 countries must all have the opinion modifier at the same time. Lithuania borders 11 nations at the start of game.		1.26	VE
Full House Have 3 Vassals and 2 Marches at the same time.		Have 3 vassals Have 2 marches	Easily done as England, Muscovy, Lithuania or Timurids at the start of the campaign.		1.12	VE
Gentle Persuasion Have a Siege Specialist general win a siege in a province with a fort.	No restriction of the start date	Won a siege against a fort using a General with the Siege Specialist trait.	Easily done as France as they begin with a siege specialist general.		1.18	VE
It's all about the money Accumulate 3000 gold.		Have 3,000 ducats in the treasury	Easily done as a big nation by taking loans until reaching the target.		1.1	VE
Liberty or Death Start as United States in 1776 bookmark and own all your cores while being at peace.	Start on 4 July 1776 Playing as United States Not using a random New World.	Not at war Own all core provinces	Can be done easily by signing a peace treaty and accepting any demands. Then revoke all the cores of the provinces given away. The last step requires the Art of War DLC.		1.3	VE
Marshy March Have a march with at least two marsh provinces.		Have a march with at least two marsh provinces	Easily done as Mushasha, simply release Basra.		1.8	VE
My True Friend Go to war in support of a rebel faction and win, enforcing their demands.		Help a rebel faction win a war against another country			1.8	VE
Narcissism Name a general after yourself and lead your army to victory.		Either An army is led by a general with the player's Steam name Win a battle with a general with the player's Steam name or Has a leader named after one of the following VIPs - “DDRJake”, “Duplo”, “neondt”, “StarNaN”, “The French Paradox”, “Bus”, “Groogy”, “mikesc”, “PDJR_Alastorn”, “Ofaloaf”, “Caligula Caesar”, “Imse”, “KaiserJohan” or “Hawky”.	Possible to achieve in Custom Setup and Random Setup nation modes. Can be done without Cradle of Civilization by editing the player's Steam name to match the name of a general or by creating monarch in Custom Setup with exact name as player's Steam name and assign as general.		1.23	VE
Not so sad a state... As Portugal, have a colony in Brazil and in Africa.	Playing as Portugal Not using a random New World	Have a colony in both Brazil and in the continent of Africa	Establish two colonies in Brazil and in Africa. Keep in mind the colonies need to be established, not finished, so this can be done extremely quickly after unlocking the first two exploration ideas. The name is a reference to a since deleted thread announcing the cancellation of the EU3 spin-off game "Magna Mundi", which was being developed by a Portuguese company.		1.1	VE
Populists in Government Switch government type through government reforms.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points	Has switched government type via a government reform	Fastest as a tribal nation, as only 5 reforms are needed to change government type.		1.26	VE
Pyramid of Skulls As a Steppe Horde, raze a province with at least 30 development.	Government type is Steppe Nomads	Is steppe nomad Razed a province of at least 30 development.	The eligible provinces in 1444 are Milan (30), Nanjing (33), Beijing (33) and Constantinople after Ottoman conquest (34), although it is much easier to conquer a good province from a minor, develop it to 30, give it back, conquer again and finally raze it.		1.14	VE
Queen of Conquest Conquer land while in a Queen Regency.		Have a consort regency with a female consort Conquered land	The achievement won't be given if the player full-annexes a country due to a bug.[1]		1.18	VE
Seriously?! Kill 10,000 men in one battle.		Have killed 10 000 men in one battle.			1.1	VE
Subsidize my Love Subsidize 3 different allies at least 50% of their monthly income without running a deficit.		Does not have negative monthly income Have 3 allies that are subsidized at least 50%.	Easily done as England with the Irish minors or as Austria with HRE OPMs.		1.12	VE
Tear Down This Wall Use artillery Barrage on Berlin.		Has used artillery barrage on Berlin.			1.20	VE
That is mine! Conquer a province.		Have conquered one new province.			1.1	VE
That's a Grand Army Build up your army to your country's maximum army forcelimit.	Army size isn't 99% of maximum force limit	Have an army size that is 99% of maximum force limit	This achievement is not awarded if the player plays a nation that already is at or is over its maximum force limit.		1.1	VE
That's a Grand Navy Build up your navy to your country's maximum navy forcelimit.	Navy size isn't 99% of maximum force limit	Have a navy size that is 99% of maximum force limit			1.1	VE
The Continuation of Diplomacy Successfully use Threaten War to gain a province from another nation.		Have acquired a province through threatening war.	Easily done as Ming after fabricating a claim on either Kham or Korchin.		1.14	VE
This is My Faith Convert to Protestantism and unlock 3 Aspects of Faith.		Is Protestant Have 3 aspects of faith	Bohemia, the nations in the British Isles and those in Scandinavia start in a great position for this achievement.		1.12	VE
Three Trivial Tributary Tribes Have 3 Tribal States as Tributaries.	Religious group is Eastern or government type is Steppe Nomads.	Has 3 Tributary States with government type Steppe Nomads, Tribal Despotism, Tribal Monarchy, Tribal Federation, Tribal Democracy, Native Council, or Siberian Clan Council.	Easily done as Ming at the start of the campaign.		1.20	VE
Time Bandit Successfully steal a map from another nation.		Stole a map from another country.			1.16	VE
Truly Divine Ruler Get a 5/5/5 Ruler.	Starting ruler has less than 5 skill in any category	Have a ruler that has at least 5 skill in every category	Easiest way to obtain this achievement is starting with Poland and appoint a local noble ruler for the event. In contrary to the achievement text getting a better ruler than 5/5/5 also counts.		1.1	VE
Until death do us apart Secure a Royal Marriage with another country.	Is not in a royal marriage	Have a royal marriage	Note that it won't trigger if the player already has one or more royal marriages at game start.		1.1	VE
Victorious! Win a war.		Has won a war.	Win a war as the main participant.		1.1	VE
Viva la Revolución! Have rebels you support in another country enforce their demands.		Have supported rebels in another country that enforced their demands.			1.1	VE
A Pile of Gold Own 10 provinces which produce gold.		Own 10 Gold provinces	In 1444, the Niger region has 3, the South Africa and East Africa regions have 5, the Peru and Upper Peru regions have 6, and the Mexico region has 5. Does not require provinces to be cored. Provinces owned by colonial nations do not count (playing as released colonial nation counts to achieve pile of gold). All pre-determined gold provinces		1.6	E
A Protected Market Have 100% Mercantilism.		Have 100% mercantilism	Only easy with DLC. Can be easily attained by playing an isolated country such as Ternate or Tidore, eliminating nearby threats, and then ignoring technology and just pressing the "promote mercantilism" button until you get the achievement. Without Mare Nostrum, it is easiest to do as England, who start with 25% mercantilism and have a unique decision which gives a 10% boost.		1.6	E
Absolutely Gain 100 Absolutism.		Have 100 absolutism	Possible to achieve in Custom Setup and Random Setup nation modes. Sweden and Prussia have events to increase their maximum absolutism. France, Portugal, Sweden, and Russia have events, decisions, or ideas that give yearly absolutism gain.		1.20	E
Abu Bakr II’s Ambition Start as Mali and have 4 Colonial Subjects in South America.	Playing as Mali	Have 4 colonial nations based in the continent of South America	All 4 colonies must have their capital on the South American continent. Possible with Colombia when not colonizing Panama or further north. Might be possible with Caribbeans based of Trinidad.		1.18	E
Aggressive Expander Own 200 provinces.		Own 200 provinces.	Easiest to do as Ming. Mispelled as "Agressive Expander" on Steam.		1.1	E
All belongs to Mother Russia Start as a country of Russian culture and form Russia.	Primary culture is either Muscovite, Ryazanian or Novgorodian	Is Russia	Easiest to do as Muscovy.		1.1	E
An Industrial Evolution As Great Britain, own all of England as core provinces and have at least 25 development in each province there.		Not as a released vassal. Form Great Britain Own and have cores on the London, East Midlands, West Midlands, East Anglia, Wessex, and Yorkshire areas with each province having at least 25 development. (Cumbria and Northumberland aren't needed.)			1.12	E
At every continent Own one province on each continent.	Not using a random New World.	Own a province in each of the 6 continents.	The continents are: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. Most easily done as Spain or Portugal, as they can colonize faster. NOTE Colonial Nations do not count, you must own the provinces directly.		1.1	E
Azur semé de lis or Get all the French Cores as France.	Playing as France	All cored provinces are owned by France	Aside from reconquest, can also be done by revoking the cores from non-owned provinces.		1.1	E
Baa Baa Black Sheep As Qara Qoyunlu become the leading producer of wool.	Playing as Qara Qoyunlu	Be production leader of wool	You start with 5 wool-producing provinces. Focus solely on accumulating diplomatic points to develop them. Can be done before 1450. Alternatively, annexing Bitlis with 3 additional provinces will reduce the amount of developing needed (note that annexation can start as early as 1445 in this case). Annexing neighbouring OPM Hisn Kayfa also helps, as they produce wool.		1.18	E
Black Jack Have at least 21 different subjects with 5 cities each and without any subject having 50% or more Liberty Desire. Trade Companies do not count.		Has 21 different subjects with more than 5 cities and less than 50% liberty desire	Can be easily achieved with Tributary states as the Chinese Emperor with the Mandate of Heaven DLC or Ashikaga with its daimyos. Can also be achieved by conquering swathes of low-development land and releasing client states.		1.12	E
Blockader Blockade at least 10 ports of one enemy.		Blockade at least 10 enemy ports at the same time.	Easily done as the Ottomans with the Mamluks at the start of the campaign.		1.10	E
Blood for the Sky God! As a Tengri nation, have Nahuatl as your syncretic faith.		Is Tengri Syncretic faith is Nahuatl	Start as a Jurchen tribe and choose Exploration ideas first. Conquer Eastern Siberia for colonial range to North America and colony-hop to Mesoamerica. Do not form Qing.		1.14	E
Bright Spark Have 50 Innovativeness.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Have 50 Innovativeness	Starting as Florence, only focus on technology and doctrines, accept all events that give innovativeness and always choose the same leader during election, can be done before 1550.		1.25	E
Brothers in Arms Win a war as a secondary participant.		Won a war without being the war leader.			1.1	E
Center of Attention Own both a Protestant and a Reformed Center of Reformation.		Not playing as a released vassal Own a Protestant center of reformation Own a Reformed center of reformation	A random event creates the first Center of Reformation for each denomination. After that, the next two nations in Europe to convert have a random province designated as a Center of Reformation.		1.8	E
Chop Chop With only one Monarch, have six different Consorts.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Have six different consorts	As an Anglican nation, (a)Divorce Consort every 100 church power, then wait for a new consort; (b)royal marriage with another nation or (c) press "Marry a local Noblewoman" button in religious panel. Cycle through the options five times. Kill the heir if necessary. Easily doable if the ruler is young.		1.25	E
Cities of Cibola As Pueblo, own at least seven provinces with 10 development each.	Playing as Pueblo	Own 7 provinces with at least 10 development each	Easily achieved by declaring no-CB wars on adjacent starting nations and manually developing provinces.		1.18	E
City of Cities Own a core province with at least 60 development.		Own and have core a city with at least 60 development	Easiest to do as the Ottomans with Constantinople.		1.12	E
Colonial Management Have 3 colonial governors that were directly appointed by you at the same time.		Appoint 3 colonial governors holding office in your colonies at the same time	"Appoint Colonial Governor" is a subject action you may perform on your colonial subjects.		1.12	E
David the Builder As Imereti, form Georgia and have no free building slots.	Playing as Imereti	Is Georgia No owned provinces have a free building slot	Can be done by filling the capital with buildings and then giving all other provinces to vassals.		1.23	E
Die Please Die Have a ruler with 1 or lower in all three categories who is over the age of 70.		Is not in a regency Have a ruler that: Has less than 2 in every Monarch power Has reached the age of 70 years	Mali's ruler is eligible. Castile's starting heir is eligible. Very easy in 1.22 or earlier with Timurids' 67 year old ruler.		1.8	E
Disciples of Enlightenment Starting as Dai Viet, have 10 nations follow the Mahayana Faith by 1500.	Playing as Dai Viet	The year is before 1500 10 other nations follow the Mahayana faith	Note that the player's country itself does not count. Pangasinan already starts as Mahayana, effectively bringing down the requirement to 9, and the Philippine islands are an excellent place to start forcing conversions.		1.20	E
Double the Love Start with no unions and get two at the same time.	Has no personal unions	Have 2 or more personal unions	Obtainable as Castile if the union with Aragon occurs whilst they maintain their union with Naples, or as Muscovy by claiming Tver and Ryazan thrones. It does not mean inheriting two personal unions simultaneously, only that a country starting with no personal unions eventually holds two at the same time. These unions can occur independently. Poland is good option as well, because it can easily get union with Bohemia and Lithuania.		1.3	E
Down Under Have a colony in Australia.		Have a colony in Australia.	Easily done as one of the nations located in proximity to the region. Establish a colony on any province of the Australian coastline (no need to finish the colony). Taking someone's colony in Australia when signing peace won't earn the achievement.		1.1	E
Dude, Where's my Boat? Capture 20 boats with the Boarding Naval Doctrine.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Capture 20 boats Have the Boarding naval doctrine			1.25	E
Early-Modern Warfare Have 100 regiments at 100% Army Drill.		Have 100 regiments at 100% Army Drill	Possible to achieve in Custom Setup and Random Setup nation modes. Easy as Ming; just go slightly over force limit and drill for ten years.		1.23	E
Electable! Become an elector in the HRE as a country which does not start as elector.	Does not start as an elector of the Holy Roman Empire	Not playing as a released vassal Become an elector of the Holy Roman Empire	Easily done by annexing an elector (e.g. Mainz) while having good relations with the Emperor. Other possibility is to inherit an elector, e.g. as Austria if you inherit Bohemia (not integrate) the electorate will pass to you.		1.6	E
Forgive me, for I have Sindh Become Christian as Sindh.	Playing as Sindh	Is Sindh Religion is in Christian group	Socotra is the nearest Christian province and can be easily conquered. Provoke the rebel zealots and let them enforce their demands.		1.26	E
Four For Trade Form four Trade Companies and get bonus merchants from all of them.		Control 4 strong trade companies	A trade company must control at least 51% of the trade power in its node for it to be a "strong" company and give you an extra merchant. Also, since nations may not form trade companies on the continent of their capital, this achievement cannot be obtained with capital in Asia (as Africa has only 3 trade company regions).		1.6	E
Grand Coalition Join a coalition of more than 5 nations.		Be a part of a coalition with 6 or more members	Way easier with the more aggressive AI from 1.20 onwards.		1.2	E
Grand Duchy Starting as a Duchy, have 1000 development without upgrading your government rank.	Government rank is Duchy	Government rank is Duchy Has at least 1000 development	Muscovy is the largest duchy in 1444, though Lithuania and Austria could also work well. The most important thing is to remember not to upgrade or form a nation (like Russia or Commonwealth) that gives a higher government rank as you'll become ineligible for the achievement. If you think you'll forget that, you might want to play Austria. As long as you stay in the Holy Roman Empire or do not form it, you cannot upgrade your rank unless you are an elector.		1.14	E
Hard Bargaining As Defender of a Muslim Faith, propagate your religion in The Moluccas through trade to convert 5 provinces.		Is in the Muslim religious group Is defender of the faith Propagated Religion in 5 provinces in the Mollucas trade node.	Possible to achieve in Custom Setup or Random Setup nation modes. You are not required to be Defender of the Faith when the provinces are converted. Converting 5 provinces and then becoming Defender of the Faith will work.		1.23	E
Imperio español As Spain have Mexico, Panama, Havana, Cuzco in colonial Nations under you.	Not using a random New World.	Not playing as a released vassal Form Spain Have colonial nations in Mexico, Panama, Havana, and Cuzco.			1.10	E
In the Name of the Father As an Orthodox country, have 100 Patriarch Authority.		Have Patriarch Authority of 100%			1.4	E
Isn't this the way to India? Discover the Americas as Castile or Spain.	Playing as Castile Not using a random New World. Has not discovered both North America and South America	Has discovered North America and South America	Remove the terra incognita of 1 province in the continent of South America and 1 province in the continent of North America.		1.1	E
It's all about luck Win a battle against a great leader, without a leader.		Defeated an enemy leader with 3 stars.	Easily done as the Ottomans attacking Albania at the start of the campaign.		1.1	E
Just a Little Patience Play a campaign from 1444 until 1820.		Is year 1820			1.3	E
Just Resting In My Account Corrupt the officials in a rival country		Corrupted officials in a rival country.			1.16	E
Kow-Tow As Ming, have a subject from each religion group.	Playing as Ming	Not playing as a released vassal Have a subject nation in each of the 5 religious groups (Christian, Muslim, Eastern, Dharmic, Pagan)	No CB War against Mihhlaf in Arabia, vassalise them in the peace deal. Ally a neighbour (Yemen is a good choice), ask for maps of the horn of Africa and then establish one of the Coptic minors as a tributary. Done by 1447.		1.9	E
Krabater Form the nation of Croatia and station a unit of cavalry in Stockholm.		Not playing as a released vassal Form Croatia Station a unit of cavalry in Stockholm.	Only nations with Croatian culture can form Croatia, so you need to either start with Ragusa, or change your culture to Croatian. Easily done with Hungary.		1.9	E
Land of Eastern Jade Own a core province in Central America as a Buddhist country.	Not using a random New World.	Be Theravada, Vajrayana, or Mahayana. Own a core province in Mexico.			1.8	E
Made in Japan Embrace "manufacturies" institution as Japan by 1655.	Culture group is Japanese	The year is before 1655 Is Japan Has embraced the Manufactories institution			1.20	E
Magellan’s Voyage Make the first circumnavigation.		Not playing as a released vassal Is the first to circumnavigate the World.	Colonize along the route as much as possible, or get fleet basing rights. Fully-repaired ships can be stationed along the way to join the explorer's fleet before he moves to the next sea tile. If the fleet stops to repair, ships can also be sent to augment it while it is in port. How long the AI takes to circumnavigate varies from game to game.		1.10	E
Maharana Pratap Start as Mewar and field an army of 20 Rajput regiments.	Playing as Mewar	Has at least 20 Rajput regiments			1.26	E
Multiculturalism Have 4 different Cultures and 4 different religions represented in your court.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Four different religions in court Four different cultures in court	Possible to achieve in Custom Setup nation mode. Spawned advisors take the culture and religion of a random held province. Easy as Ming: dismiss advisors until you have one Theravada, one Animist, and one Vajrayana advisor. Release nations to increase the proportion of your provinces which have one of the remaining religions.		1.23	E
Networking Have 100 point spy networks in 3 rival nations.		Have 100 point spy networks in 3 rival nations			1.16	E
Nobody wants to die Own Timbuktu as Songhai	Playing as Songhai	Own and core the province of Timbuktu	Can be done swiftly by declaring a no-Casus Belli war a month from the start of the game, before any alliances are made. Hiring a handful of mercenaries will help with the conquest, whereas hiring an administrative advisor and changing the National Focus to administrative will help to core the province sooner.		1.3	E
Not just Pizza Become a Great Power as Naples.	Playing as Naples	Is a Great power			1.18	E
On the Edge of Madness As Aztecs, reach 95 Doom, then go 20 years without Doom hitting 100.	Playing as Aztec Not using a random New World	Not playing as a released vassal Reach 95 Doom for 20 years without hitting 100 Doom. Had the flag doom_reached_95 for 20 years and do not have flag doom_reached_100	It is not required to keep Doom between 95 and 100 for 20 years. Doom may drop below 95 at any time. Passing Religious Reforms (except the Reform Religion button) will also not prevent the achievement.		1.10	E
One Family to Rule them All Have your dynasty on 8 thrones at the same time. Client states do not count.		Is monarchy Have the same dynasty as 7 other non-client state nations	Can be done after passing Revoke the Privilegia (as HRE emperor), and put your dynasty on the throne whenever a vassal has a regency, through the subject interaction screen. Or just start as France and release 6 OPM vassals and give them your dynasty through the vassal interaction. For the latter way you need Common Sense though.		1.12	E
One King to Rule! As Poland, become an absolutist monarchy, abolishing the Sejm.	Playing as Poland	Not playing as a released vassal Government type is not Elective Monarchy Have 50 absolutism	Available by event starting in 1600. Forming the Commonwealth will not prevent the achievement.		1.7	E
One Night in Paris Start as England, own and have a core on Paris (do not form another country unless it's Great Britain).	Playing as England	Is England or Great Britain Own and core Paris			1.1	E
Pirate Bay of Janjira Have more than 50% Privateering power in the Gujarat trade node.		Has at least 50% trade power from privateers in the Gujarat trade node		or	1.26	E
Queen of Mercury As Kilwa, own and have cores on Zanzibar and Bombay (Thana).	Playing as Kilwa	Own and core Zanzibar and Thana.	Since Kilwa starts with Zanzibar, essentially the goal is to expand to Thana on the west coast of India. If you form any nation, you will be ineligible for the achievement. Much easier with the Dharma expansion, as you can simply charter Thana off its owner. Freddie Mercury of Queen fame was born in Zanzibar and was raised in Zanzibar and Bombay. Fun fact: Freddie Mercury and his family were Zoroastrian.		1.6	E
Relentless Push East Starting as a Russian nation, By 1600 own the East Siberian Coastline.	Culture group is East Slavic	Year is before 1601 Own all port provinces in the East Siberia region These provinces are Kamchatka, Penzhina, Kagyrgyn, Gizhiga, Tauisk, Okhotsk and Jugjur.	This achievement is pretty easy to reach as Muscovy and you can finish it 40 to 50 years before the deadline. It is recommended to form Russia and take advantage of their Siberian Frontier idea. This allows you to colonise Siberia faster than taking exploration ideas at a cost of diplomatic points. Another idea group can be taken instead of exploration to help with your wars in Europe. If one chooses not to form Russia, exploration idea group is mandatory.		1.22	E
Respected Have 100 prestige, 100 legitimacy and three stability.		Have 100 prestige Have 100 legitimacy Have +3 stability	Fight battles and explore terra incognita to increase prestige; Maintain positive stability, have heirs with strong claim and control the amount of royal marriages to increase legitimacy; Wait for stability improving events and invest administrative points to increase stability. Easy to achieve as Russia. The decision "Make St. Petersburg the Capital" gives the player 100 prestige, which fulfills the most difficult requirement if the player had non-negative prestige. Having a level 3 advisor or higher will eventually cause an event to trigger that will let the player choose to gain 50 prestige.		1.1	E
Royal Authority Install a union through a succession war.		Have installed a union in a succession war.	Win a war with the "Claim on Throne" or "Restore Union" casus belli. The former is used in succession wars. Only requires winning a war with the right CB; the peace deal does not actually need to force a union. Easily done as Muscovy against Ryazan, or against Tver with a claim on throne.		1.1	E
Rozwi Empire Starting as Butua, conquer Mutapa (Zimbabwe and Lower Zambezi areas).	Playing as Butua	Own all provinces in the following areas: Butua Lower Zambezi Zimbabwe	Easy only with or DLC. Starting in 1444 you can always get Kilwa (and at least one of these: Tumbuka, Maravi, Makua) to support your independence. Declare war ASAP and boost your gold production. Without either of these DLCs, you're on your own. Save up money and build an army when Mutapa has started integrating you.		1.18	E
Sikh Pun Convert to Sikhism and form the nation of Punjab.	Not playing as any end-game nation	Is Punjab Religion is Sikh	Aside from forming Punjab, releasing Punjab as a vassal and playing it and converting to Sikh is also possible.		1.26	E
Strait Talk As Hormuz, have at least 10 diplomatic reputation.	Playing as Hormuz	Not playing as a released vassal Is Hormuz Has at least 10 diplomatic reputation	Diplomatic reputation is gained from Hormuz ideas and completing missions. Easier in 1.24 since one of Islam's taxation policies gives +1 Diplomatic reputation.		1.14	E
Sweet Home Qaraqorum As the Mughals assimilate Mongolian culture.	Not playing as an end-game tag other than Mughals	Is Mughals Has the Mughal Government reform Have Mongol as accepted culture			1.26	E
The Coin is Stronger than the Sword Charter Company from an Indian nation.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points	Has successfully used the Charter Trade Company diplomatic interaction with an Indian country.			1.26	E
The Emperors new clothes Overthrow Austria and become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.	Not playing as Austria	Is emperor of the Holy Roman Empire	Become emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Austrian players already start as the emperor so they won't get the achievement. Easiest to do as Bohemia.		1.1	E
The Five Colonies Have five colonial nations.		have 5 colonial nations	Is an Age Objective in the Age of Reformation.		1.4	E
The Princess is in this Castle As a country that does not start with a female heir, have a female heir while having a Castle in your capital (more advanced fort buildings do not count).	Does not have a female heir	Not playing as a released vassal Capital has Castle Have a female heir	Easily done as Castile by waiting for the Iberian wedding event while not upgrading or deleting the capital fort. Note that Muslim countries cannot get female heirs.		1.6	E
The Six Nations Form a Federation of at least six nations as the Iroquois.	Playing as Iroquois	Not playing as a released vassal Is Iroquois Is leader of a federation with six nations in it			1.12	E
The Spice Must Flow Form the nation of Malaya.		Not playing as a released vassal Form Malaya			1.9	E
The White Company Join a war on the other side of someone to whom you have rented condottieri.		Join a war against a nation that you hire out condottieri to. Have the country flag white_company			1.16	E
Trade Hegemon Starting as any European country, conquer and have cores on Aden, Hormoz and Malacca.	Capital is in Europe	Own and core the provinces of Aden, Hormuz and Malacca			1.2	E
True Catholic Control three Cardinals.	Have less than 2 controlled cardinals	Have 3 or more controlled cardinals	The achievement only triggers if the number of player controlled cardinals is greater than or equal to (≥) 3. If the player starts with 2 or more cardinals the achievement will not be awarded. Easily done as Spain.		1.1	E
Turn the Table As a colony, break free and vassalize your former overlord without forming any other nation.		Playing as a former colonial nation Vassalize the former owner of the colonial nation	Easily done as Ternate. Colonize Australia to the point where a colonial nation forms. Release them and select 'Play As', then vassalize your former overlord. Do not form Australia from the colonial nation before vassalization.		1.4	E
Turning the Tide Start as a Steppe Horde in 1444 and embrace all institutions.	Government type is Steppe Nomads	Not playing as a released vassal Have embraced all Institutions	This requires a Steppe Horde to embrace all Institutions. Much faster in pre-1.17 patches, where the requirement is westernizing, which can be done by around 1520 instead of waiting until 1700 for all institutions to appear.		1.3	E
Vasa or Wettin? Get a ruler of your dynasty on the throne of Poland or the Commonwealth while they are an elective monarchy.	Not playing as Poland	Not playing as a released vassal Poland or the Commonwealth has a ruler that is of your dynasty.			1.7	E
Voting Streak Successfully pass 11 issues in a row in Parliament.		Pass 11 parliament issues in a row	England is the only nation with a parliament in 1444.		1.12	E
Where am I? As a New World native with Random New World active, explore the entire New World.	Government type is Native Council Capital is in the New World Is using a random New World No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Has discovered all provinces in the New World.	sometimes a random world is generated where all of the land is already discovered by most native nations, one only needs to unpause in order to get the achievement		1.28	E
Winged Hussars Have Winged Hussars as your active unit with more than +50% cavalry combat ability.		Have Winged Hussars as your primary cavalry unit Have a cavalry combat ability of at least 50%	Winged Hussars cavalry unit is part of the eastern technology group (military tech level 22). For details on cavalry combat ability see the article on Land units. Poland is the easiest nation to play for this achievement due to the cavalry combat ability in their national ideas. Taking Aristocratic and Quality ideas will give Poland enough combat ability to satisfy this achievement.		1.2	E
World Discoverer Discover all non-wasteland land provinces.		Discover all terra incognita.	You do not have to discover all Terra Incognita yourself, as TI can be automatically uncovered via spread of discovery. The condition is simply that no TI exists in the world for you, not including sea zones. Wastelands are not needed. Easiest in Europe. With Mare Nostrum DLC, a good way to find the last few is to check the Request to share maps diplo action on colonizers or anybody else.		1.1	E
You Get a New Home, and You Get a New Home Expel 5 different minorities to your colonies.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Has expelled 5 different minorities to colonial provinces.			1.28	E
A Fine Goosestep Form Prussia and have at least 125% Discipline.		Not playing as a released vassal Form Prussia Have 125% discipline	The following actions can increase Prussian Discipline: Increasing Militarization of Country (maximum +10%) Increasing Absolutism (maximum +5%) Completing Quality Ideas (+5%) Unlocking 'Esprit de Corps' in Offensive Ideas (+5%) Unlocking the Prussian Ambition (+5%) Having a Commandant Advisor (+5%) Having a ruler with the 'Strict' personality (+5%) Converting to Protestantism and obtaining the Aspect of Faith 'Holy Sacraments' (+2.5%)		1.12	M
A tale of two Families Starting as Vijayanagar or Bahmanis conquer the other's capital and have them not exist.	Playing as either: Bahmanis Vijayanagar	Is either: Bahmanis and Vijayanagar doesn't exist Vijayanagar and Bahmanis doesn't exist Own and core the provinces Bidar (1948) and Vijayanagar (541)	Forming Bharat or Hindustan will prevent the achievement.		1.18	M
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.		Highest Trade power in Genoa, Venice, and English Channel Have 300 income	Easily done as England or Netherlands by controlling the English Channel via provincial trade power and sending light ships to the Venice and Genoa trade nodes.		1.12	M
Arabian Coffee Form Arabia and be the nation producing the most coffee in the world.		Not playing as a released vassal Form Arabia Be production leader of coffee	Coffee is common in the area around Ethiopia and Mali. If you are not the leading producer after conquering these areas, build manufactories or conquer Mesoamerica. Forming Arabia is easiest as The Mamluks		1.10	M
Barbarossa As a Maghrebi nation, have 500 light ships privateering at the same time.	Culture group is Maghrebi	has at least 500 ships privateering			1.9	M
Bengal Tiger Start as Bengal and own Samarkand as a core province.	Playing as Bengal	Own and core Samarkand.	Forming Hindustan will not prevent the achievement		1.9	M
Bleed Them Dry Have 10 different War Reparations being paid to you at the same time.		Have 10 War Reparations at the same time	Can be done more easily as Austria or current Holy Roman Emperor.		1.12	M
Breaking the Yoke As Ryazan, own Saratov, Crimea and Kazan while being independent.	Playing as Ryazan	Is not a subject nation Own the provinces of Crimea (284), Kazan (1082) and Saratov (303)			1.22	M
Carthago Delenda Est As an Italian culture nation, make sure entire Tunis Area is at 100 devastation.	Culture group is Latin	Culture group is Latin All provinces in the Tunisia area have 100 Devastation	Culture must be Latin at game start AND when Tunisia is devastated. Naples is by far the strongest and closest Latin nation in 1444. Fabricate on Djerba and declare a Conquest war for it before Tunis allies the Ottomans. Occupy everything but the war goal to prevent call for peace, and repeatedly loot the Tunisia area, moving armies away to let the loot replenish faster.		1.20	M
Cherrypicking Conscript a 3 star general from a Daimyo Subject.	Culture group is Japanese	Conscript a 3-star general from a Daimyo subject	As the shogun, keep going to war to release annexed daimyos (alternatively ensure there are no wars by ensuring remaining daimyos do not border each other). Eventually, one will get a 3-star general via a rare event. It is worth it to prioritize keeping daimyo with national ideas giving additional leader pips ( Chiba, Hatakeyama, Oda, Shoni, Utsunomiya, Yamana at game start).		1.20	M
Core-fu Force a nation to revoke 5 cores in one peace deal as Corfu.	Playing as Corfu	Forced a country to revoke 5 cores in one peace deal			1.18	M
Definitely the Sultan of Rum Own and have cores on Rome, Moscow and Istanbul as Ottomans or Rum.		Is Ottomans or Rûm Own and core Moskva, Constantinople, and Roma.	Make sure to attack Muscovy ASAP to remove a future potential threat.		1.1	M
Even Better than Piet Heyn Gain over 100 gold from privateering a single treasure fleet.		Gained over 100 gold by plundering a treasure fleet.			1.10	M
Fine Financials Own Eight level 3 Centres of Trade.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points	Own 8 provinces that have a level 3 center of trade.			1.26	M
For Odin! Starting as a Norse custom nation with no more than 200 points and a maximum of 5 provinces, own & core Scandinavia and the British Isles and convert it all to Norse.	Playing as a custom nation Only 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points No more than 5 provinces Religion is Norse	Not playing as a released vassal Religion is Norse Own and core all provinces in Britain and Scandinavia. All provinces in Britain and Scandinavia have Norse religion. Britain and Scandinavia			1.14	M
Ganges Khan Start as Tribal nation in India and become a Steppe Horde.	Government type is Tribal Capital is in India superregion	Has the Steppe Nomads government reform	Eligible countries are: Bastar Bishnupur Chanda Garha Garjat Jangladesh Jeypore Jhalavad Jharkhand Junagarh Kachar Kalahandi Keonhjar Kutch Ladakh Manipur Patna Parlakhimidi Porbandar Ratanpur Sadiya Tripura		1.26	M
Georgia on my Mind Fully own all three Georgias.	Not using a random New World.	Own or have a non-tributary subject own all provinces in the areas: Kartli-Kakheti, Samtskhe, Imereti, Georgia, Upper Georgia Own or have a non-tributary subject own the province of South Georgia (2025)	Easiest to do as a coloniser such as France, Spain or Great Britain since you can easily acquire the required provinces in North America and the South Atlantic. Remaining provinces can be obtained by declaring no-CB wars on nations in Caucasia to vassalise them early before they're conquered by Russia or the Ottomans.		1.9	M
Gold Rush Reform the Golden Horde before 1500.	Government type is Steppe Nomads Culture group is Tatar	The year is before 1500 Is Golden Horde			1.20	M
Golden Horn As a Somali nation, fully own the Horn of Africa region and have a monthly gold income of at least 10 ducats.	Culture is Somali	All provinces of the Horn of Africa region are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects. Have 10 income from gold	Note that the provinces of Fazughli, Afder and Ogaden have to be colonized for the achievement, but the colonies do not need to be complete. You can just send your colonist to all 3 provinces at once as soon as you have the other land. Start as Adal or Ajuuraan, and set the National Focus to administrative, then swiftly conquer all adjacent nations in the region that are smaller than you. Aggressive Expansion will not be an issue due to the nations belonging to different religious groups. To attain the gold income, improve production development in Kaffa. Save a promoted culture slot for Sidamo, the culture in Kaffa, which will make your income in the province higher, requiring less development.		1.16	M
Great Moravia Restore the Great Moravian borders as Nitra or Moravia.		Is Nitra or Moravia Own and core the following provinces:	Nitra's cores don't expire except by culture conversion. Requires all the territory of Bohemia and Silesia, Wien and Ostmark from Austria, Kraków and Nowy Sącz from Poland, and the Slovakia and Transdanubia areas from Hungary.		1.23	M
Hessian Mercenaries As Hesse, have at least 50 regiments of mercenaries and no loans.	Playing as Hesse	Not playing as a released vassal is Hesse Have 50 regiments of mercenaries Have no loans			1.10	M
Hoarder As a Fetishist nation, have 13 available Cults.	Religion is Fetishist No restriction of the start date	Is Fetishist Have unlocked 13 Fetishist cults			1.18	M
Home and Away As Wales, hold Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome, Paris and London.		Is Wales Own Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome, Paris and London	It is not needed to core the required provinces.		1.25	M
Ideas Guy Starting as a custom nation with the full 800 points but no more than 3 total development, have a monthly income of at least 500 ducats.	Playing as a custom nation Only 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 801 nation designer points No more than 3 total development	Not playing as a released vassal Has at least 500 ducats in income	Despite description, can be done with fewer than 800 points - below 200 will allow eligibility for other custom nation achievements. Spoils of war do not count towards the income; you must make 500 ducats not including them. It became very easy after Third Rome, due to Siberian frontier ability: Start a nation in Americas with Siberian Frontier as a tradition, it will allow to expand in uncolonized regions rapidly.		1.14	M
Industrial Powerhouse Have 10 furnaces built in your nation.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Have 10 furnaces			1.25	M
Italian Ambition Form Italy.		Is Italy	Become Italy. The primary culture of the country you start with should be in the Latin culture group (the achievement won't be visible in game unless you are Latin) but you can also get the achievement via culture shift. The Papal State and The Holy Roman Empire can't form Italy.		1.1	M
Je maintiendrai Form the Netherlands as a minor nation starting with Dutch culture.	Culture is Dutch	Form the Netherlands	Possible starts are Holland, Utrecht, Gelre, and Friesland. Easily done as Holland by seeking independence support from Burgundy's enemies and then carefully eating the other Dutch minors.		1.6	M
Kirishitan Japan Start as a Japanese Daimyo, convert yourself and all of Japan to Christianity.	Government type is Daimyo	Is Japan In Christian religious group All provinces in Japanese region are in Christian religious group.	You must start as a Daimyo vassal to Ashikaga. Forming Japan does not prevent the achievement. The Japan region includes Okinawa, Hokkaido, and the Kuril Islands. Uncolonized provinces are not required. Best done with Otomo, who receive an extra missionary in addition to increased papal influence. Wait for the Spread of Christianity incident, which usually pops up around 1600 or so. Always take the most "Open" or pro-Christian options in events. A few years after the incident ends, an event to convert to Catholic will pop up. If Mandate of Heaven is disabled: don't take the decision to enforce Sakoku, wait for events to convert your provinces and spawn Catholic rebels, and let them convert at least half your provinces. Harder if you have too many disconnected provinces outside the Japan region.		1.10	M
Kuban Cigars As Kuba, own or have a subject own Havana and be the world's leading producer of Tobacco.	Playing as Kuba	Own or have a non-tributary subject own the province Havana (484) The leading producer of Tobacco is either this country or a subject of this country	Not possible with Random New World. Making the leading Tobacco producer a tributary would count.		1.16	M
Kushite Restoration As a Nubian culture nation, own the entire Egyptian region as core provinces.	Primary culture is Nubian	All provinces in the Egypt region are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects.	Possible starts are Dongola, Alodia, and Makuria. Contrary to the Steam description, directly owning or coring the provinces is not necessary.		1.16	M
Laughingstock Own the provinces of Haha, Hehe and Lolland.		Own the provinces of Lolland (1983), Haha (2470), and Hehe (4073)	Lolland begins held by Denmark, Haha held by Morocco, and Hehe uncolonized in Central Africa.		1.22	M
Lessons of Hemmingstedt As Dithmarschen, hold the provinces of Sjaelland and Holland while Denmark do not exist.	Playing as Dithmarschen	Denmark does not exist Own the provinces of Sjaelland (12) and Holland (97)			1.22	M
Lion of the North Start as Sweden and lead the Protestant League to victory against the Emperor.	Playing as Sweden	Is Protestant Lead and win League War	Has to be protestant and lead the League. Forming Scandinavia does not prevent the player from getting the achievement.		1.9	M
Live Long and Prosper Have 30 states with prosperity at the same time as you have a 70 year old ruler.		30 states have Prosperity Current ruler is at least 70 years old			1.20	M
Market Control Be trade leader of seven different goods.		Be trade leader in 7 different trade goods	You will need seven different "Trading in X" modifiers at the same time.		1.1	M
My armies are invincible! Gain at least 7.0 land morale.		Have 7 Morale of armies	Research military techs, invest in ideas that improve morale, maintain high prestige and army tradition. Finally hire an Army Reformer. Easiest as France, with their national idea "Élan!" that gives +20% morale.		1.1	M
Neither Holy, Nor German Have 7 Free Cities in the Empire, none of which is of a Germanic culture.		Is emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 7 Free Cities in Holy Roman Empire No free cities are of Germanic culture group			1.12	M
No Pirates in my Caribbean Own or have a subject own the entire Caribbean.	Not using a random New World.	Owns or has a non-tributary subject own all provinces of the Caribbean region. Not a pirate republic	The required provinces are the geographical region of the Caribbean, not the colonial region. Don't forget Bermuda. Portugal is a good nation to try for this achievement. Simply make sure to block Spain from colonizing any provinces in Africa or in any of the islands in the Atlantic Ocean. This strategy should give enough time to colonize all of the Caribbean. With Mandate of Heaven, the "Portuguese Colonial Growth" splendor ability can give Portugal a huge head start. Annexing Portugal with Castile in the early game is also a working method for being the first in the Caribbean. It is enough to start colonizing the province, for it to count towards the achievement.		1.1	M
No Trail of Tears Own and have cores on the Thirteen Colonies as Cherokee with all institutions embraced.	Playing as Cherokee Not using a random New World.	Have all 7 institutions. Own and core all provinces in the areas: Westsylvania, Delaware Valley, Hudson Valley, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, Great Valley, Piedmont, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vandalia and Overmountain. Own and core the provinces: Guale, Penobscott, Shatteras, Mocama, Coweta, Sokoki, Kennebec, Passamaquoddy.			1.1	M
Parisian Pasha Assign Pasha to Paris.		Government type is Ottoman Government Paris has a pasha	Can be done as either Ottomans or Rûm		1.23	M
Poland can into space As Poland, reach the maximum level in all technologies (32).	Playing as Poland	Administrative technology is 32 Diplomatic technology is 32 Military technology is 32	It is only required to start the game as Poland. Forming the Commonwealth will not prevent the achievement. Researching level 32 loses the ahead-of-time penalty in 1820.		1.1	M
Redecorating Starting as an Orthodox Nation, Consecrate Metropolitan in Roma.	Is Orthodox	Own and core Roma Activated consecrate metropolitan in the stated area of Lazio-Campania	Easiest to do as Muscovy.		1.22	M
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 (aka take the decision).	Playing as a custom nation Only 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points No more than 5 provinces Is Zoroastrian	Not playing as a released vassal Is Zoroastrian Has country modifier Royal Fires			1.14	M
Rise of the White Sheep As Aq Qoyunlu, own Tabriz and have Qara Qoyunlu not exist by 1478.	Playing as Aq Qoyunlu	The year is before 1478 Qara Qoyunlu does not exist Owns Tabriz			1.20	M
Ruina Imperii Dismantle the Holy Roman Empire.		There are no countries in the Holy Roman Empire Holy Roman Empire does not exist	Dismantling the Holy Roman Empire requires allying electors or controlling their capital as well as controlling the emperor's capital. Note that the HRE disbanding itself due to lack of an eligible emperor and another nation disbanding HRE both counts for the achievement.		1.1	M
Sakoku Law Go full isolationist in 6 Incidents.	Religion is Shinto	Isolationism achievement counter is 6	By "going full isolationist" the game is NOT referring to the level of isolationism in your country. Rather, it's referring to the fact that each incident has an outcome of either open, neutral, or isolationist. To get the achievement you must get the isolationist outcome of 6 incidents.		1.20	M
Sinaasappel! Get Orangists in power with 100% Republican Tradition, and owning a province in China.		Not playing as a released vassal Orangists are in power 99% Republican tradition Own and core at least one province in the China sub-continent.	Orangist-Statist mechanics require the Dutch Republic government, which is only available for the Netherlands. Colonizing Taiwan counts for the achievement; no need to wait for a Mingplosion.		1.7	M
Sleepless in Seattle Own 10 Coffee producing provinces, and have your capital in Salish.		Capital is Salish(874) Own 10 Coffee producing provinces			1.25	M
Sweden is not overpowered! Own and have cores on the entire Baltic coastline as Sweden.	Playing as Sweden	Own and core the following provinces:	Forming Scandinavia won't prevent getting the achievement.		1.1	M
Sweet Harmony Harmonize 7 religions as Confucian.		Is Confucian Have 7 harmonized religions	Harmonization takes 33.3 years, but events can speed it up marginally. Ming and Korea start with Mahayana already harmonized. Easiest as Ming, conquering some Hindu, Sunni, and Shinto land. It is also good option to start as Korea, form Japan, then conquer Philippines, Indonesia to achieve this achievement. Harmonization requires owning 20 development of the target religion or religious group. Might be quicker and more fun to create a custom nation with harmonizing ideas.		1.20	M
Switzerlake Own 99 provinces as Switzerland while owning no ports.	Playing as Switzerland	Not playing as a released vassal Own 99 provinces Own no ports	Can be achieved as part of a normal game and then giving away all the coastal provinces. Avoid expanding into the Holy Roman Empire to prevent high aggressive expansion.		1.9	M
Take that, von Habsburgs! As Hungary, own all of Austria as core provinces.	Playing as Hungary	Not playing as a released vassal Is Hungary Own and core all of the Inner Austria, Austria Proper, Carniola and Tirol areas.	Besides provinces from Austria, also requires taking Istria from Venice. Does not require Sundgau or anything else Austria may have expanded into.		1.12	M
Tatarstan As Kazan or Nogai, own all Tatar culture group lands.	Playing as either: Kazan Nogai	Not playing as a released vassal Is Kazan or Nogai No Tatar culture group province is owned by another country			1.14	M
The Bohemians As Bohemia, own Dublin as a core province.	Playing as Bohemia	Not playing as a released vassal Is Bohemia Own and core Pale			1.12	M
The Burgundian Conquest As Burgundy, own the Low Countries region as core provinces and have France and Austria as your subjects.	Playing as Burgundy	Not playing as a released vassal Is Burgundy Has Austria and France as subjects Own and core all provinces in the Low Countries region.			1.14	M
The Iron Price Restore the Danelaw region to Danish rule, and make it Danish culture.	Playing as Denmark	Own and core Northumberland and the Yorkshire, East Midlands, and East Anglia areas. All these provinces have Danish culture.	Forming Scandinavia will not prevent the achievement.		1.7	M
The League of Mayapan Starting as Huastec, form Maya.	Playing as Huastec	Form Maya			1.28	M
The Levant Turnabout As the Mamluks, have 100 Army Professionalism and annex the Ottomans.	Is Mamluks	Have 100 Army Professionalism Ottomans does not exist Own and core Edirne (149), Constantinople (151), Hüdavendigar (317), and Ankara (326)			1.23	M
The Navigator As Portugal, get owned provinces in Africa, India and Indonesia before 1500.	Playing as Portugal	The year is before 1500 Owns a province in the continent of Africa and the super-regions of India and East Indies.	It's enough to just start a colony. It doesn't need to be finished. Portugal gets an event to instantly annex Goa if the appropriate mission is completed. The islands of Hollhavai and the Maldives are considered part of the East Indies despite being closer to India.		1.20	M
The Ostenders As Austria have the District and Military Administration investments in the West Bengal area.	Playing as Austria No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points	Owns a province in West Bengal area with the District trade company investment Owns a province in West Bengal area with the Military Administration trade company investment			1.26	M
The Prince of Egypt Starting as Florence, form Egypt.	Playing as Florence	Is Egypt	Forming Tuscany or another country before Egypt will not prevent this achievement. As of 1.26 Italy is an end game tag, and if you form it you won't be able to form Egypt.		1.23	M
The Rising Sun Own and have cores on all of Japan as a European nation.	Capital is in Europe	Own and core all provinces in the Japan region	The Japan region includes Okinawa, Hokkaido, and the Kuril Islands. One possible and relatively easy way to do this is with Spain. After you can reach the East Sibirian Coastline after getting some colonies in North or South America, get a colony there and start wars with Japan afterwards. Due to their lacking of good military forces and technology those wars are pretty easy to win.		1.4	M
The Sudanese Expedition Starting as Morocco, conquer the Niger and Sahel Regions.	Playing as Morocco	Own all of the Niger and Sahel regions	For the event see: The Sudanese Expedition. Forming Andalusia will not prevent the achievement.		1.18	M
The Uncommonwealth As Lithuania, become The Commonwealth.	Playing as Lithuania	Not playing as a released vassal Is Commonwealth	Lithuanias missions will give a restoration of Union casus belli against Poland, if Lithuania are independent after 1450, rival Poland and have annexed all of Livonian Order and Riga		1.14	M
The White Elephant As Ayutthaya, own all of Indochina and Burma as core provinces.	Playing as Ayutthaya	Not playing as a released vassal Is Ayutthaya Own and core all of the Indochina and Burma regions			1.12	M
This navy can take it all Gain at least 7.0 naval morale.		Have 7 Morale of navies	Research diplomatic techs, invest in ideas that improve naval morale, maintain high prestige and navy tradition. Finally hire a Naval Reformer.		1.1	M
This Revolution Was Crushed In a war against the target of the Revolution, control their capital and have at least 99% war score.		Is at war with a revolution target Control the capital of the revolution target Have greater than 98% warscore against the revolution target	The Revolution disaster (and the French Revolution variant) is announced in a major event: 'Revolution in $COUNTRY$' (or 'The General Estates'). A country will become the revolution target, with "Revolutionary" in its name, if its capital is occupied by rebels while this disaster is active. The disaster spawns a stack of rebels, adds +10 national unrest, removes 3 stability, and can only be ended by having +3 stability while being a monarchy, or by becoming the revolution target. It is feasible both to wait for (or encourage) an AI revolution target, or to become the revolutionary target oneself before releasing (and playing as) a powerful vassal or colonial nation. The player can check if the disaster is still active for a country by looking for the +10 unrest modifier on its provinces.		1.8	M
Total Control Own 100 or more provinces with no local autonomy or unrest.		Own 100 provinces that have 0% unrest and autonomy			1.8	M
Traditional Player More than 90 percent Naval and Army Tradition.		Have 90 army tradition Have 90 navy tradition	Easiest to do with Utsunomiya as they get -1 decay to each respectively from their traditions and ideas. See the page Military tradition for other ways of gaining tradition.		1.1	M
Trophy Hunter Capture an enemy flagship.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Capture a flagship			1.28	M
Trustworthy Have five allies with 100 trust towards you each.		Have 5 allies with 100 trust	Can be done as Ming by releasing 5 OPMs (not bordering each other), allying them and waiting for the trust to tick up. Can be sped up with Rights of Man by using the Influence nation interaction as a great power. Can be sped up with The Cossacks by using the Increase trust interaction.		1.14	M
Turtles all the way down As Korea get 135% Ship Durability.	Playing as Korea	Ship durability is at least 135%.	Either stack multiple policy bonuses, or become Emperor of China, which has a +20% durability decree. One could form Japan and change the NI. Japan has a NI for the ship durability (Maritime Legacy, +10%) better than Korean one (Geobukseon, +5%)		1.20	M
Victorian Three As Busoga, Buganda or Karagwe, reach administrative, diplomatic and military technology level 32.	Playing as either: Buganda Busoga Karagwe	Administration technology is 32 Diplomatic technology is 32 Military technology is 32	Most easily accomplished by manually spawning Renaissance, Colonialism and Printing Press, and not expanding too much. To get the other institutions, build manufactories and universities. Researching level 32 loses the ahead-of-time penalty in 1820.		1.16	M
Voltaire's Nightmare Have at least 75 countries in the HRE.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	At least 75 countries are members of the Holy Roman Empire	Possible to achieve in Random or Flat province tax and manpower modes. Possible as France: Become HRE Emperor, inherit Burgundy, add provinces to HRE, and release French and Dutch minors. Once client states are available, you can conquer some low-developpement provinces, add them to the Empire, and create a one-province clients from each. Break vassalage as necessary.		1.23	M
A Blessed Nation As a Coptic Nation, gain all 5 Blessings.		Is Coptic Have 5 active blessings	Player can start as Muslim nation (such as The Ottomans) and switch religion by rebels.		1.18	H
A Decent Reserve Have a maximum manpower of at least 1 million.		Have max manpower of more than 1 million	Although the achievement specifically says "maximum manpower" you actually need to have more than a million saved up. Easiest done as Ottomans or Muscovy or Ming; the latter can demand manpower from its tributaries. Becoming Revolutionary Empire grants extra +25% national manpower modifier Another way to get this achievement is to slacken recruiting standarts, until the point you reach 1 million manpower.		1.12	H
A Hero’s Welcome Starting as Karaman, form the Sultanate of Rum.	Playing as Karaman	Is Rûm			1.23	H
A Kaiser not just in name Enact all reforms in the Holy Roman Empire.		Form Holy Roman Empire			1.1	H
A Manchurian Candidate Start as one of the Jurchen tribes and form Qing.	Primary culture is Jurchen.	Formed Qing	Need to form Manchu first.		1.8	H
An early Reich Form Germany.		Is Germany			1.1	H
Anglophile Complete all English and British missions.	Not using a random New World Has a culture out of the British group.	Complete all English and British missions.	Provided you are able to force France into a PU, the missions are fairly easy to complete apart from being elected Emperor of the HRE - you will either need to convert to Protestant and win the league wars, or convert to Anglican or Reformed and hope the Peace of Westphalia occurs - which can be very difficult. You may want to stay out of the league wars and rent out your troops to the losing side so you can keep the war going. Alternatively, you can just disband the HRE while remaining any religion.		1.25	H
Auld Alliance Reversed As Scotland, have France as a vassal (do not form Great Britain).	Playing as Scotland.	Not playing as a released vassal. France is a vassal of Scotland.			1.9	H
Back in Control Form Yuan and be the only nation holding land in China.		Is Yuan All colonized provinces in the China super-region owned by Yuan.	Taiwan is only required if it is colonized.		1.22	H
Back to the Piast As Mazovia or Silesia, form the nation of Poland.	Playing as either: Mazovia Silesia	Not playing as a released vassal Is Poland			1.14	H
Baltic Crusader As Teutonic Order or Livonian Order, own all of Russia as core provinces and convert it to Catholic.	Playing as either: Livonian Order Teutonic Order	Not playing as a released vassal Is Livonian Order or Teutonic Order Own and core all provinces in the Pontic Steppe, Russia, and Ural regions. The Russia, Ural, and Pontic Steppe regions are Catholic	Easiest as Teutonic Order; ally Muscovy, Austria and Bohemia and DOW Poland ASAP, or else Poland will form a PU with Lithuania. Restarting until Poland declines the PU is also a viable strategy.		1.12	H
Better than Napoleon As France, own Vienna, Berlin and Moscow as core provinces.	Playing as France	Not playing as a released vassal Is France Own and core Moskva, Berlin, and Wien.			1.12	H
Bunte Kuh As Hamburg, trade in both Gems and Livestock.	Playing as Hamburg	Has country modifier Trading in Livestock Has country modifier Trading in Gems	The Bunte Kuh was a ship of Lübeck that, according to legend, captured the notorious pirate Klaus Störtebeker in 1401.		1.23	H
Consulate of the Sea As Aragon conquer all Mediterranean Centers of Trade.	Playing as Aragon	Own the following provinces:	For the event see: Consulate of the Sea. The requirements do not match the actual Centers of Trade.		1.18	H
Dar al-Islam Unify Islam under your rule.		Is in the Muslim religious group. Has country modifier A United Islam Enact the "Unify Islam" decision. Requires the following provinces:	Requires Star and Crescent DLC. Easiest to do as Ottomans.		1.14	H
Dovmont's Own Starting as Pskov, have 100 standing Streltsy units.	Playing as Pskov	Has at least 100 Streltsy units			1.22	H
Dracula's Revenge Start as Wallachia or Moldavia, form Romania and own or have a subject own all of the Balkans.	Primary culture is Romanian	Form Romania Not playing as a released vassal All provinces in the Balkans region are owned by Romania or its non-tributary subjects.	Possible starts are Moldavia and Wallachia		1.9	H
Emperor of Hindustan Starting as Delhi, Restore their Empire's borders.	Playing as Delhi	Owns the following provinces:	Avoid the event at the start of the game that attempts to free Sirhind by using the 'place relative on throne' subject interaction right away. To make them loyal you can do development in their land, remember that it costs 0 dip to integrate them as you already start with cores. Focus on expanding south and northwest to begin the game. Provinces owned by vassals and other non-tributary subjects of the player's country will count for the achievement.		1.26	H
Fanatic Collectivist Own all Institution Origin provinces.		Own all 6 institution origin provinces			1.18	H
Forever Golden Complete the Spanish Mission Tree.	Not using a random New World	Complete all Spanish missions.	You don't get the Spanish missions if your culture is Aragonese or Catalan when you form Spain. If you start as Aragon you need to culture convert before forming Spain to complete this achievement, otherwise you retain the Aragonese missions (culture converting after formation does not change your missions).		1.28	H
From Humble Origins Starting as a custom nation with no more than 50 points, have at least 2000 total development.	Playing as a custom nation Only 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 51 nation designer points	Not playing as a released vassal Has at least 2000 total development			1.14	H
Good King René Start as Provence, form the Kingdom of Jerusalem.	Playing as Provence	Is Jerusalem	Note that the Kingdom of Jerusalem cannot be formed after Age of Reformation ends.		1.23	H
Guarantor of Peace Guarantee the Independence of France, The Ottoman Empire and Russia.		Guarantee the independence of: France Ottomans Russia	You can only guarantee a country if you are larger than it. Can be achieved easily after unifying the HRE.		1.9	H
Holy Trinity As the Papacy, own Jerusalem and have Livonian Order, Teutonic Order and The Knights as Marches.	Playing as The Papal State	is The Papal State Own and core Jerusalem. Have Livonian Order, Teutonic Order and The Knights as marches.	If Teutonic Order reforms to Prussia or Livonian Order to Kurland, there won't be any remaining core of the former nation, so the achievement must be done BEFORE that happens.		1.9	H
It's All Greek To Me Form Greece and own and have cores on Zeta, Thatta, Lamba, and Roh.		Is Greece Own the provinces of Zeta (138), Thatta (504), Roh (578), and Lamba (4104)	Forming Greece requires Greek primary culture. Zeta begins held by Serbia, Thatta held by Sindh, Roh held by Afghanistan, and Lamba uncolonized in Central Africa. Alternatively, you can conquer Byzantium and wait for Greek cores to form after the Greek Separatism event fires (requires Admin Tech 20). Release Greece as a vassal and feed him the required provinces. Once they are cored, diplomatically annex Greece and release them again, but chose to play as Greece this time. Note that since Thatta is in a Trade Company region you must own the province yourself to state and fully core it before giving it to Greece, otherwise they will lose their territorial core upon annexing.		1.22	H
King of Jerusalem Form the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Cyprus or The Knights.	Playing as either: Cyprus The Knights	Form Jerusalem	Note that this decision can only be taken during the first two ages, so the achievement has to be completed by the start of the 1600s.		1.9	H
Kinslayer As Tver, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Beloozero, Rostov or Odoyev, eliminate all other Rurikovich nations without changing your ruling dynasty.	Playing as either: Odoyev Ryazan Tver Yaroslavl Beloozero Rostov	Is the only nation with Rurikovich dynasty			1.16	H
Lazarus As Serbia, own the entire Balkans as core provinces.	Playing as Serbia	Not playing as a released vassal Is Serbia Own and core all provinces in the Balkans region			1.14	H
Luck of the Irish Own and have cores on the British Isles as an Irish nation.	Primary culture is Irish	Own and core all provinces of the Britain region.	Possible starts are Clanricarde, Desmond, Kildare, Leinster, Munster, Offaly, Ormond, Sligo, Thomond, Tyrconnell, Tyrone and Ulster. Desmond is a good choice due to early military ideas. Rushing to conquer the rest of the Irish OPMs and securing an alliance with Scotland can deter England until the time is right.		1.2	H
Lucky Lucca As Lucca, own Lucknow!	Playing as Lucca	Not playing as a released vassal Is Lucca Own and core Lucknow	Lucknow is in northern India, initially owned by Jaunpur.		1.12	H
Mare Nostrum Restore the Roman Empire and own the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea coast lines.	Not playing as The Papal State	Is Roman Empire Own the following provinces:	Easiest to do as the Ottomans after converting to Christianity. Durrës, Lezhë and Saruhan are not required. Alternatively, with Golden Century, this is relatively easy as Aragon as their mission tree gives you claims on most of the required territory.		1.16	H
Master of India Own and have cores on all of India as a European nation.	Capital is in Europe	Own and core all provinces in the Indian sub-continent (regions Deccan, Coromandel, Bengal, Hindustan and West India).	It's required for the player to properly own all provinces inside the Indian sub-continent (i.e. vassals don't count to trigger the achievement). The capital does not need to remain in Europe. Edirne is European, so the Ottomans are eligible and have the best shot at a quick land rush into India.		1.1	H
Mass Production Starting as Odoyev, own one of every manufactory.	Playing as Odoyev	Own at least one manufactory of each type	Building the manufactories isn't very hard. The hard part is surviving long enough to get to the required technology (Admin Tech 16) as well as getting provinces with the correct trade goods. (No Furnace necessary)		1.22	H
Mewar Never Changes Complete the Mewar Mission Tree.	Has Mewari missions Not using a random New World	Has completed all Mewari missions			1.26	H
Over a Thousand! Own 1001 provinces directly.		Own 1001 provinces	Colonial provinces taken in war from other nations do not add overextension. Colony won't be estabilished as long as at least 5 provinces aren't cored so don't core them them until you get the achievment.		1.9	H
Østindisk Kompagni Te As Denmark establish Trade company and have at least 10% Tea market share.	Playing as Denmark	Is Denmark Has at least one province assigned to a trade company Has 10% market share in Tea	Forming Scandinavia will prevent the achievement. Trade companies may only be formed with Wealth of Nations or Dharma.		1.26	H
Pandya Empire Starting as Madurai, conquer the Pandya Territories.	Playing as Madurai	Own all provinces in the region of Coromandel and the areas of Malabar, Mysore, and Rayalaseema			1.23	H
Philippine Tiger As Cebu, recreate the Chola Empire.		Is Cebu Own the following provinces:			1.25	H
Pick Your Poison As Kaffa, develop in Cafa while a subject of yours owns it.	Playing as Kaffa	Developed in Caffa (285). Any subject nation owns Caffa.			1.18	H
Prester John Own and have cores on Alexandria, Antioch and Constantinople as Coptic Ethiopia.	Playing as Ethiopia	Is Ethiopia Is Coptic Own and core Alexandria, Antioch and Constantinople.	If you form any nation, you will be ineligible for the achievement. Can be combined with 'A Blessed Nation'.		1.9	H
Protect the Secret As Yemen, prevent any European Nation from owning a Coffee-producing province in the Old World until 1700.	Not using a random New World	Culture is Yemeni Is year 1700 or later Is Yemen No coffee-producing provinces in the continents of Asia, Africa, or Oceania are held by a country with its capital in Europe.	Conditions may be fulfilled any time after 1699, and do not need to be fulfilled before that time. Yemen is reformable via culture shift, so this is very attainable playing as any country.		1.23	H
Qing of China Become Chinese Emperor as Qing.		Is Qing Is Emperor of China Own all provinces in the China super region.	Can be combined with the 'A Manchurian Candidate' achievement.		1.20	H
Sailor Mon As Pegu, have at least 100,000 sailors.	Playing as Pegu	Have at least 100,000 sailors			1.16	H
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.	Playing as Tunis	Own and core the following provinces:			1.6	H
Spain is the Emperor Become the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as Spain.	Not the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire	Is Spain Is the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire	Easiest to do as Aragon by allying Austria in 1444, abandoning your Personal Union with Naples, and returning 1-2 provinces in Sicily to get just below 200 development. This way, you can add your provinces to the HRE so becoming the Emperor is much easier. Once you get to Administrative Technology 10, and the Iberian Wedding event has happened, form Spain diplomatically. Wait until you're already Emperor or you'll leave the HRE and it's becomes much harder to do again.		1.1	H
Sun Invasion As the Madyas, own and have cores on Tepeacac, Mexico, Tullucan and Huastec.		Is Madyas Own and core the provinces of Tepeacac, Mexico, Tullucan and Tlapacoyan(formerly called Huastec).	You need to directly own and core the target provinces, and not through your colonial nation. For this you either need to move your capital city into the North America continent before a subject formed or to reintegrate them. Or you can vassalize a native, take land from some other native including the needed ones and core one coast piece to magically being able to core the other 4 and just give the 5th to your vassal to not form a colonial nation. Simply annexing a vassal in the region won't fire the achievement. You could also wait for the last age and use Unrestricted Conquest.		1.25	H
Sworn Fealty Starting as an Arabian Tribal Federation, unite Arabia and have Maximum tribal Allegiance.	Culture group is Levantine Culture is not Turkish Government type is Tribal Federation	Is Arabia Have 100 Tribal Allegiance			1.23	H
Terra Mariana As Riga, own the Baltic region as core provinces.	Playing as Riga	Not playing as a released vassal Is Riga Own and core all provinces in the Baltic region.			1.14	H
That's a Silk Road Own or have a subject own all provinces in the world producing silk.		All provinces with silk are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects.	Silk provinces stretch from Hüdavendigar to Kyoto, with concentrations in the Persia, India and South China regions. With Golden Century, Aragon has a mission that makes Valencia produce silk.		1.8	H
The 52 Garhs As Garhwal own and maintain 52 forts without going into debt.	Playing as Garhwal	Has no loans Own at least 52 forts (level 2)			1.22	H
The Animal Kingdom As Manipur, unite the Bengal region and convert it to Animism.	Playing as Manipur	All provinces in the Bengal region are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects. All provinces in the Bengal region are Animist			1.16	H
The Chrysanthemum Throne Unite Japan as a Daimyo.	Government type is Daimyo	Become Japan All provinces in Japan region must be either owned and cored by Japan or unowned.	You must start as a Daimyo vassal to the Ashikaga Shogunate. The Japan region includes Okinawa, Hokkaido, and the Kuril Islands.		1.1	H
The Grand Armada Have 500 heavy ships and no loans.		Have 500 heavy ships Have no loans	Best done with a high income nation with naval force limit and ship build cost bonuses. Netherlands, Venice, and Genoa are optimal but can easily be done with England, Spain or Malaya. With Rights of Man DLC, this can be done much more easily by debasing currency.		1.6	H
The pen is mightier than the sword Have three unions at the same time as Austria.	Playing as Austria	Is Austria Have 3 personal unions	Austrian missions can give Restore Union CBs on Bohemia and Hungary. Check the page for the exact requirements. Events can also lead to a Habsburg ruling in Spain, allowing Austria the opportunity to claim the throne of Castile, and possibly Aragon and Naples as well.		1.1	H
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).	Not using a random New World.	Not playing as a released vassal Form Hindustan or Bharat Own London, Cape, Canton and Kichesipi	Provinces owned by vassals and other non-tributary subjects of the player's country will count for the achievement.		1.9	H
These Banners need a Saga Have 100 regiments as Banners raised at the same time.	Started with culture Jurchen	Have 100 banner regiments	Make a custom Jurchen duchy holding all Jurchen provinces and the most developed states in East Asia. Set it up for high number of states, reduced culture conversion cost, and lots of diplomatic power. Start with at least 1200-1250 development, or face needing to develop or conquer more and wait for separatism to tick down. Form Manchu and then Qing, then make everyone nearby pay tribute in diplomatic power. Everything can be converted to Manchu before 1500, which is enough for 100 regiments and a few more. Admin tech 8 gives 3 more state slots but it is possible without them.		1.20	H
Tiger of Mysore Starting as Mysore, Conquer the Deccan and Coromandel Regions.	Playing as Mysore	All provinces in Deccan and Coromandel regions are owned by the country or a non-tributary subject	You need to ally Bahmanis to make it possible to defeat Vijayanagar If you cant then you might have to restart a few times or no-cb a country in southeast asia		1.26	H
Turkish Delight Start as Candar and own 20 Sugar provinces between you and your subjects.	Playing as Candar	Have 20 provinces of sugar owned by Candar and its non-tributary subjects	Tributary states do not count towards the achievement. Fleeing to the new world is recommended, if not required for this achievement.		1.18	H
Venetian Sea Have a 75% Trade share in both the Alexandria and Constantinople nodes as Venice, owning less than 10 cities.	Playing as Venice	Not playing as a released vassal Have less than 10 provinces Have at least 75% of the total trade power in the trade nodes Alexandria and Constantinople	Quickly vassalize Byzantium, feed them back their cores, ally austria/hungry to combat the Ottomans early game. Conquer all the centers of trade/Estuaries in the Constantinople trade node feed them to Byzantium. You can release Bulgaria and feed them as well so Byzantium does not have as high development. Repeat this by releasing Syria and feeding them back their cores and conquering/feeding Syria centers of trade in Alexandria node. Keep vassals happy by developing their provinces, placating and developing your own provinces to make yourself seem stronger. Plurocratic/Influence/Diplomatic/Innovative ideas help with keeping vassals loyal because of ideas, policies and dip rep. Take Trade Idea group. You can drop Crete, Corfu and Dalmacija and pick up Milan and Ragusa, Release Croatia to help control the Ragusa trade node to ensure your wealth.		1.7	H
With a little help.. As Ragusa, lead a Trade League of at least 5 nations and guarantee the Ottomans' independence.	Playing as Ragusa	Lead a Trade League of at least 5 nations Guarantee the independence of Ottomans	You can only guarantee a country if you are larger than it. Ironically, taking land from the ottomans for a vassal is probably the best way to do this.		1.16	H
Yarr Harr a Pirate's Life for Me Choose to play as New Providence and conquer all of Caribbeans.	No more than 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points if playing as a custom nation	Is New Providence Owns all provinces in the Caribbean region.	Bermuda is in the Caribbean region also. Pirate's republics can declare war on Colonial nations without their overlord being called as an ally, so it may be easier to allow a colonial nation to form before attempting to acquire provinces.		1.28	H
A Sun God Form Inca, embrace all Institutions and own all of South America as core provinces.	Not using a random New World.	Form Inca Not playing as a released vassal Have all 7 institutions. Own and core all provinces in the continent of South America.	Uncolonized provinces and unfinished colonies are excluded, and may be safely ignored. Keep in mind, that you also need the islands of the Falklands, South Georgia, Galapagos Islands, and Trinidad but not St. Helena or any of the Caribbean. The continent is equivalent to the regions of Brazil, La Plata, Colombia, Peru, and Upper Peru, except it does not include Panama or the two provinces west of it.		1.10	VH
Academical As Athens, own 50 universities.	Playing as Athens	Not playing as a released vassal Is Athens 50 owned provinces have Universities.	Start by getting support independence from the Ottomans and declare independence against Byzantium. Give land to the Ottoman in the peace deal if you want but get independence. Wait until tech 11. During this time, get exploration and expansion ideas as well as upgrading Athens so it is generating a profit of ducats as well as being able to afford level 1 advisors for admin and dip. Exiting and rejoining the game may result in the Ottoman deciding to give you subsidies as well. When you reach tech 11 you should have about 500 ducats and the 50% range bonus from exploration. You should try to reroll your dip advisor for the 20% colonizing range. From here you should save 220 dip so you can expel minority for your first colony in the Caribbean. It is recommended to only do 1 or 2 colonies until you can financially support all 3. After your first colony, try to prioritize colonizing the centers of trade and continue colonizing the Caribbean. You will want to make the Caribbean your center of trade. After all of the 8+ dev land is colonized start colonizing the US east coast. From here you are pretty much guaranteed to get the achievement, however if you wish to speed it up you can take Mexico / Peru to help speed up the process. Eventually, make the Chesapeake Bay your center for trade and transfer trade from other nodes to it.		1.14	VH
African Power Own and have cores on all provinces in Africa as Kongo.	Playing as Kongo	Own and core all provinces in the continent of Africa	Empty provinces and unfinished colonies are excluded, and may be safely ignored. The continent is the same as the Africa super-region, minus the Macaronesia area which is part of Europe. The isolated islands required are: Comoros, Mahe, Mauritius, Île Bourbon, Sao Tome, Fernando Po, St. Helena, Cape Verde and Djerba (but not the Canarias, Madeira, Maldives, Socotra, or any other in the Mediterranean).		1.1	VH
Albania or Iberia As Albania, own or have a subject own Iberia and the Caucasus.	Playing as Albania	Not playing as a released vassal All provinces in the Iberia and Caucasia regions are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects.			1.9	VH
An Unlikely Candidate Starting as Mzab, Touggourt or Djerid, reform Al-Andalus.	Playing as either: Mzab Touggourt Djerid	Form Andalusia	Forming Morocco, Tunis will not prevent the achievement.		1.28	VH
Around the World in 80 Years Starting as a Custom Nation of up to 400 points in the British Region, own New York, San Francisco, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong and Yokohama by 1524.11.11.	Playing as a custom nation Only 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 401 nation designer points Not using a random New World Own no provinces outside the Britain region	The date is before 12 November 1524 Own Manhattan (965), Salinan (869), Suez (2315), Thana (529), Bengal Delta (561), Canton (667), and Musashi (1028)	Requires Salinan instead of Miwok (San Francisco).		1.23	VH
Avar Khaganate Achieve Empire rank and conquer Hungary as Avaria.	Playing as Avaria	Is empire Avaria owns all provinces in the areas Alföld, Transdanubia, Slovakia, Northern Transylvania, and Southern Transylvania.			1.23	VH
Basileus As Byzantium, restore the Roman Empire.	Playing as Byzantium	is Byzantium Own and core the following provinces:			1.1	VH
Basque in Glory Starting as Navarra, ensure that most of Iberia is Basque culture before the Age of Absolutism.	Playing as Navarra	It is not the Age of Absolutism or the Age of Revolutions At least 32 provinces in Iberia have Basque culture			1.28	VH
Big Blue Blob As France, hold 100 European core provinces before 1500.	Playing as France	Not playing as a released vassal Is France Own and core 100 provinces in Europe The year is before 1500	Most used route is attacking Scandinavia or Balkans. Make sure to conquer low-development provinces to limit AE.		1.12	VH
Choson One As Korea, own or have a subject own all Shinto, Confucian and Buddhist provinces in the world.	Playing as Korea	All provinces following an Eastern religion are owned by Korea or its non-tributary subjects.	The Eastern religions are Theravada, Vajrayana, Mahayana, Confucian, and Shinto. Due to Ming's size and power it is best to become their tributary and go after all other nations around before attempting to attack them.		1.16	VH
Cotton Kandy As Kandy be production leader in Cotton.	Playing as Kandy	Be production leader of cotton	The Indian sub-continent already has the highest concentration of cotton-producing provinces in the game, so this achievement is best partnered with The Buddhists Strike Back.		1.26	VH
Empire of Mann As Mann, conquer all Islands in the world.		Is Mann Own all island provinces in the world.	Mann can't be selected as a country in 1444, you must release it as a vassal and choose the option to play as released vassal. As England release Mann at the very start of the game. After 10 years you can annex them again. As the annexation progresses grant them your provinces bit by bit before the process hits 100%. You can even move your capital to continental Europe and give London to Mann. Be careful about France as they will likely attack you once you are weakened. After annexation is finished spend all your monarch points to boost provinces that Mann considers as core. Now release Mann again and chose to play as released vassal. Do NOT form England again or any other country because it will prevent getting the achievement. Alternatively, sabotage England as much as possible, such as releasing all releasable nations, leaving Mann for last. Release and play as them, then ally all other released nations, plus a major like Castile. Take London, Sussex, and Kent in first war and you should be off to a great start.		1.25	VH
First Come, First Serve Starting as a Western technology custom nation in North America or South America with no more than 200 points, unite the two continents.	Playing as a custom nation Only 1 custom nation exists in the world Used no more than 201 nation designer points Not using a random New World. Is in western technology group Capital is on the North or South American continent.	Not playing as a released vassal Owns or has a core on all habitable land provinces in the continents of North and South America	Both Americas must be fully colonized. Let the Colonial Nations do most of the job; their overlords will not defend them in a war. Only native provinces give OE; this means you are able to annex the Colonial Nations in one war, but do the war before they break free.		1.14	VH
Foremost Servitor of Jagannath Start as Orissa and own or have a subject own all tropical wood provinces.	Playing as Orissa	All provinces with tropical wood are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects.			1.9	VH
Frozen Assets Start as Novgorod and control 90% of the trade power in the White Sea trade node while it is the highest valued trade node in the world.	Playing as Novgorod	Have 90% trade share in White Sea and it's the highest valued trade node in the world.	Forming other nations will not prevent this achievement. Note that "highest valued trade" means Total trade value minus outgoing trade.		1.14	VH
Gothic Invasion Start as Theodoro and conquer all Germanic culture provinces in Europe.	Playing as Theodoro	Not playing as a released vassal All provinces with Germanic culture group in Europe owned by Theodoro Culture is Gothic	Forming other nations will prevent this achievement.		1.9	VH
Great Perm As Perm, own or have a subject own the Russian, Siberian, Scandinavian, Canadian, Hudson Bay and Cascadian regions.	Playing as Perm	Not playing as a released vassal Is Perm Own all provinces in the Canada, Cascadia, Hudson Bay, East Siberia, West Siberia, Scandinavia, Russia and Ural regions.	Provinces owned by vassals and other non-tributary subjects of the player's country will count for the achievement.		1.14	VH
I'll graze my horse here.. And here... As a Horde, own over 200 provinces producing grain.	Government type is Steppe Nomads	Is steppe nomad 200 provinces produce grain or livestock	Since 1.23, livestock provinces also count.		1.20	VH
Jihad As Najd, own 500 Sunni provinces.	Playing as Najd Religion is Sunni	Own 500 provinces with Sunni religion Is Sunni	Easier to achieve as many new provinces were added to the game since release.		1.1	VH
Komnenoi Empire As Trebizond, have the Empire government rank.	Playing as Trebizond	Not playing as a released vassal Is Trebizond Is empire	Forming Byzantium or another country will prevent the achievement.		1.12	VH
Meissner Porcelain As Saxony, own or have a subject own all Chinaware provinces in the world.	Playing as Saxony	Not playing as a released vassal Is Saxony All provinces with chinaware are owned by Saxony or its non-tributary subjects.	Chinaware appears in China, Japan, Korea and the East Indies.		1.12	VH
Never say Nevers As Nevers, own the entire France region as core provinces.	Playing as Nevers	Is Nevers Own and have cores on every province in the France region.	Forming France or another country will prevent the achievement.		1.26	VH
Norwegian Wood Own or have a subject own all naval supplies provinces as Norway.	Playing as Norway	All provinces with naval supplies are owned by Norway or its direct subjects, but no tributary states.	Note that the achievement cannot be completed if you form any other nation.		1.1	VH
Rags and Riches Have the highest income in the world while neither owning nor starting with a province with a development level higher than 10.	No owned province has more than 10 development at the start of the game	No owned province has more than 10 development No other country has a higher income than this country			1.14	VH
Raja of the Rajput Reich Conquer all of Germany as Nagaur.	Playing as Nagaur	Not playing as a released vassal All provinces in North Germany and South Germany regions are owned by the player's country or its non-tributary subjects.	Forming other nations won't prevent getting the achievement, that includes Mughals, Hindustan, and Delhi.		1.9	VH
Saladin's Legacy Playing as Hisn Kayfa, reforge the Ayyubid Empire.	Playing as Hisn Kayfa	Own the following provinces:			1.23	VH
Shahanshah Start as Ardabil and form Persia.	Playing as Ardabil	Not playing as a released vassal Is Persia			1.8	VH
Spanish Fly Starting as Offaly, secure a Personal Union over an Iberian nation.	Playing as Offaly	Lead a personal union over a country whose capital is located in Iberia.	Forming Ireland or another country will prevent the achievement. Take a single Spanish province with a core of another tag and release that tag as a vassal. Place dynasty member on throne and annex the vassal. Return their core via the province screen to release them as an independent nation with your dynasty ruling. Claim their throne, immediately declare with restoration of union CB and enforce union for the achievement.		1.28	VH
Sunset Invasion Own and have cores on Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Rome as the Aztecs.	Playing as Aztec	Own and core the provinces of Lisboa, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Roma.			1.2	VH
The Buddhists Strike Back As Kotte or Kandy, own all of India and convert it to Theravada Buddhism.	Playing as either: Kotte Kandy	Not playing as a released vassal Own and core all of the provinces in the Indian sub-continent. All of the provinces in the Indian sub-continent are Theravada	Taking the province of Pataliputra will give an extra missionary		1.12	VH
The Fezzan Corridors As Fezzan, control at least 90% of the trade power in Tunis, Katsina, Safi and Timbuktu.	Playing as Fezzan	Have at least 90% trade power in Katsina, Safi, Timbuktu and Tunis trade nodes			1.16	VH
The First Toungoo Empire As Taungu, unite the Burman culture group by 1500.	Playing as Taungu	The year is before 1500 Is Taungu All provinces in the Burman culture group are owned by Taungu	Notice that it is required to control all of the Burman culture group, not only the Burman culture.		1.20	VH
The Great Khan Starting as Mongolia or Great Horde, own or have a subject own the Chinese, Russian and Persian regions.	Playing as either: Great Horde Mongolia	Own or vassalize all provinces in the China subcontinent, the Persia subcontinent, and the Pontic Steppe, Russia, and Ural regions.	Provinces owned by vassals and other non-tributary subjects of the player's country will count for the achievement. Forming Golden Horde, Mongol Empire, or Yuan does not prevent the player from getting the achievement.		1.6	VH
The Pheasant Strut As Gorkha form Nepal and defeat Prussia with at least 100,000 Prussian casualties in a war (both have to be primary targets of war).	Playing as Gorkha	Is Nepal Have at least 100,000 casualties from winning battles against Prussia with both as primary participants	Brandenburg or Teutonic Order can form Prussia even when subjects, though they'll still need to be Protestant or Reformed. If Prussia doesn't form naturally, you can create them by vassalizing one of the above tags and giving them the required provinces, helping them grow large enough to field a lot of troops and declaring war on them once they form Prussia.		1.26	VH
The Re-Reconquista As Granada, form Andalusia and reconquer all of Iberia.	Playing as Granada	Form Andalusia Own and core all provinces of Iberia			1.4	VH
The Third Way Start as an Ibadi nation and eliminate all rival schools of Islam (do not convert to another religion).	Religion is Ibadi	Not playing as a released vassal Is Ibadi No province is Sunni or Shiite.	Possible starts are Mzab, Oman, and Pate. Uncolonized provinces with Muslim religion (south of Morocco, Tunis and Ethiopia) must also be colonized and converted to Ibadi.		1.14	VH
This is Persia! Form Persia and own Egypt, Anatolia and Greece as core provinces.		Not playing as a released vassal Form Persia Own and core all provinces in the regions Anatolia and Egypt and the areas Morea, Northern Greece, and Macedonia.	Persia can be formed by a nation whose primary culture is in the Iranian culture group or by Aq Qoyunlu. Starting as Aq Qoyunlu, a player can ally the Mamluks and attack the Ottomans early on in the game to remove the greatest threat in the region and to expand west across Anatolia and into Greece. The Timurids will usually (although not always) implode leaving behind weaker Iranian nations opening the way for expansion east to get the provinces required to form Persia. Then all that remains is to break the alliance with the Mamluks and conquer Egypt.		1.10	VH
We bled for this Win a war with at least one million dead on both sides.		Won a war with over 1 million casualties on both sides.	Both sides each need to have at least 1 million casualties from battles (attrition does not count) in the war details screen when the war leader is peaced out. Allies and enemies that are peaced out before the war leader do not contribute their casualties. League Wars (requires ) can be a good time to get this achievement if you are the war leader. Protect your allies and don't separate peace countries. Alternatively, you can trigger a big war in the late 1700s after you get strong. Regardless, be prepared to buy down war exhaustion as the war will almost certainly last way longer than it should.		1.18	VH
Where the heart is As Dahomey, force all non-Fetishist nations out of Niger and Sahel by 1500.	Playing as Dahomey	The year is before 1500 All colonised provinces in the Niger and Sahel regions are owned by a Fetishist nation.	The owner must be Fetishist, not the province. Possible to do by feeding lots of land to a Sunni vassal and then enforcing religion.		1.20	VH
Why is the Rûm gone!? As Asturias, establish an Order in Rum.		Is Asturias Own and have a Holy Order established in the Rum area			1.28	VH
World Conqueror Own or have a subject own the entire world.	Not using a random New World.		The only existing countries are the player's country and its direct subjects, but no tributary states. Enacting the last imperial reform "Renovatio Imperii" makes you inherit all imperial princes. A country belongs to HRE if its capital does, so you can create 1 province client states on HRE lands and feed them with asian and african provinces. After enacting the last reform you will get those provinces for no monarch points.		1.1	VH
Eat your Greens Control all Grasslands in Asia as Kale before the age of Absolutism.	Playing as Kale	It is not the Age of Absolutism or the Age of Revolutions Every province in Asia with Grasslands terrain is owned by the country or a subject other than a tributary			1.26	I
One Faith! Have all non-wasteland land provinces in the world be of your religion.		No colonized non-wasteland province has a different religion than this country.	Using the random new world will drastically reduce the number of provinces, especially inland ones, making this easier than with the true new world. Uncolonized provinces may still be of a different religion.		1.14	I
The Three Mountains Own or have a subject own the entire world as Ryukyu.	Playing as Ryukyu Not using a random New World.	The only existing countries are: the player's country, Ryukyu and its subjects, but not tributary states.			1.1	I
True Heir of Timur Starting as a Timurid subject, form the Mughals and conquer India by 1550.	Playing as one of the following: Afghanistan Sistan Transoxiana Khorasan Fars	Is Mughals The year is before 1550 Every province in India superregion is owned by the country or a subject other than a tributary			1.26	I

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