Movement speed

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

Global movement speed modifiers

Several national idea sets give increased global movement speed.

	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 Texan idea 4: Vaqueros Toki idea 1: Genji of Mino	—	—
+10%	—	Rajput idea 3: Marwari Horses Rajputana idea 3: Marwari Horses	—	Offensive-Trade: Public Road Act

Steppe nomads government bonus: +20% movement speed.

Army movement speed modifiers

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

+20%

Movement speed

Local movement speed modifiers

Several events from El Dorado can affect the local movement speed in a particular province. Each event adds a province modifier with the stated effect for a duration of one year. Multiple modifiers' effects stack. Local movement speed modifiers only affect movement into the affected province; movement out of the province is unchanged.

	Event
+33%	Faster, slowpokes!
+10%	Province produces wool
-50%	Lost in Mind and Space Poison Rock Abandoned Mounds

Scorched Earth gives:

−50%

Local hostile movement speed

Leader-based movement speed modifiers

Leader maneuver

Main article: Military_leader#Maneuver

Each pip in maneuver that a general or admiral has increases the movement speed of the army or navy they are attached to by +3%.

Leader traits

The “Goal Oriented” trait for land leaders and the “Accomplished Sailor” trait for naval leaders both give +10% movement speed to the army or navy the leader commands.