Movement speed

For the movement speed of fleets, see Naval units#Movement speed.

Movement speed is a measure of how quickly an army can move between different provinces. Movement speed of a particular army is affected by local and global movement speed modifiers, as well as by the general leading it.

Country-wide modifiers

There are several factors that increase the movement speed for all armies of a country.

	Conditions
+20.0%	with ‘Steppe Nomads’ government reform (tier 1 tribal government) with ‘Great Mongol State’ government reform (tier 1 tribal government) with ‘Holy Horde’ government reform (tier 1 theocracy)
+10.0%	as ‘Mughal Diwan’ government reform (tier 1 monarchy) with assimilated Sahelian culture group as ‘Sich Rada’ government reform (tier 1 republic) with activated ‘Organise Raiding Parties’ government interaction
+0.1%	as military hegemon per percentage point of power

From national ideas and policies:

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
+15%	Air traditions Kaffan traditions Najdi traditions	Cornish idea 6: The Gear Rout Great Yuan idea 5: A Thousand Miles as if at Home Ilkhanid idea 4: The Yam Isshiki idea 6: Upgrade the Road Network Kitabatake idea 7: March of Kitabatake Akiie Mahri idea 5: Mahra Camels Saluzzo idea 4: Alpine Engineering Sonoran idea 7: Taking the Fight South Texan idea 4: Vaqueros Toki idea 1: Genji of Mino	—	—
+10%	—	Aboriginal idea 3: Walkabout Mongolian idea 6: Mongolian Mobility Plains Native idea 7: Horse Riders Rajput idea 3: Marwari Horses Rajputana idea 3: Marwari Horses	—	Indigenous-Espionage: Indirect Approach Offensive-Trade: Public Road Act
+5%	—	Evenk idea 1: Family Brigades	—	—

Local modifiers

Local movement speed modifiers only affect movement into the affected province; movement out of the province is unchanged. The local modifiers of movement speed are divided into those for friendly armies and those for hostile armies.

Friendly movement speed

	Conditions
+10%.00	part of the Holy Roman Empire after enacting the reform ‘Expand the Gemeiner Pfennig’ producing wool
−0.25%	per percentage point of devastation
−25%.00	during mild monsoon
−25%.00	during normal monsoon
−50%.00	during severe monsoon

Hostile movement speed

	Conditions
−0.25%	per percentage point of devastation
−25%.00	during mild monsoon
−25%.00	during normal monsoon
−50%.00	during severe monsoon after ‘Scorched Earth’ army interaction

Army-specific modifiers

Scaling up to 100, average of subunits drill for entire army gives:

+20%

Movement speed

Leader-based modifiers

A general or conquistador increases the movement speed of the army they are attached to by +5% for each point maneuver skill.

Leader traits

The “Goal Oriented” trait for land leaders gives +10% movement speed to the army which the leader commands.