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Military traditions location
Army tradition and navy tradition (collectively military tradition) are long term, floating measures of the pool of experience of a nation's military forces on land and sea. They give bonuses depending on their strength, are gained through actions of the appropriate forces and decay over time if not increased. Army tradition provides higher morale and quicker manpower recovery, and naval tradition provides higher morale and better trade steering. High tradition significantly improves the skill of recruited military leaders.
Apart from increasing the chances of getting better generals (Military Leader), army tradition gives the following bonuses, scaling up to 100% maximum as below:[1]
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+10%.00 |
Recover army morale speed
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+25%.00 |
Morale of armies
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+10%.00 |
Manpower recovery speed
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+5%.00 |
Siege ability
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+0.10% |
Commanderies faction influence
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+0.10% |
The aristocrats influence
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+0.10% |
Girondists influence
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+0.10% |
Militarization of state
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+5%.00 |
Nobility loyalty equilibrium
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+5%.00 |
Marathas loyalty equilibrium
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+5%.00 |
Rajputs loyalty equilibrium
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- Battles are the primary source of army tradition for small and medium-sized nations. You can view how much you gained in any particular battle on the battle result screen. The exact formula for tradition gain is not currently known, but you get more tradition the more losses you suffer, relative to your total force limit. Losing a battle will cause you to gain more tradition than winning.
- Certain ideas increase the amount of military tradition gained from battles:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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+100%
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- Defensive idea 1: Battlefield Commissions
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—
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—
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+50%
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- Dhundhari idea 5: Battles in Foreign Lands
- Mapuche idea 3: Mapuche Tactics
- Miao idea 7: Legacy of the Miao Rebellions
- Montferrat idea 5: Apennine Campaigns
- Thomondian idea 6: Thomond's Army Reform
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Certain Monuments also increase army tradition from battles:
Name |
Province |
Noteworthy level |
Significant level |
Magnificent level
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Brandenburg Gate |
Berlin (50) |
N/A |
+25% Army tradition from battles |
+50% Army tradition from battles
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- Each successful siege grants +2 army tradition, based on the fort's level versus the max fort level for the sieging army. For example, if the max fort level is 4 and you siege a level 4 fort, you will get 2 army tradition. If the max fort level is 4 and you siege down a level 2 fort, you will get 1 tradition. Successfully sieging forts is the primary source of army tradition for larger nations.
- Some events can affect tradition.
- Several ideas contribute to tradition:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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+1.00
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—
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- PLC idea 3: Obrona Potoczna
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—
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—
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+0.50
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- Afghan traditions
- Bahmani traditions
- Karamanid traditions
- Prussian traditions
- Songhai traditions
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- Quality idea 2: Quality Education
- Armenian idea 6: Nakharar Titles
- Baluch idea 7: Baluchi Leadership
- Bavarian idea 7: Found the Royal Order of Saint George for the Defense of the Immaculate Conception
- Bayreuther idea 5: Ordre de la Sincérité
- Beloozero idea 5: Officers of Beloozero
- Bengal Sultanate idea 2: Promote Habshi Generals
- Burmese idea 4: Chakravartin
- Caucasian idea 6: Eastern Influence
- Central Algonquian idea 6: Copper Weaponry
- Cossack idea 5: Military Society
- Cypriot idea 2: Frankish Crusaders
- Delhian idea 1: Afghan Nobility
- Ethiopian idea 7: Reformed Armies
- Fijian idea 5: Fijian Warlords
- Imperial German idea 5: German Junkers
- K'iche idea 2: Ilo'kab traditions
- Khorasani idea 2: Rein in the Turko-Mongol Emirs
- Knights Hospitaller idea 7: Crusader Tradition
- Leonese idea 1: Heritage of the Reconquista
- Muiscan idea 3: Gueches Wrestling
- Muscovite idea 2: Legacy of Dmitriy Donskoi
- Muskogean Federation idea 6: Red and White Towns
- Nagpuri idea 4: Invite Maratha Warriors
- Najdi idea 1: Bedouin Poets
- Naxian idea 4: Legacy Of Crusaders
- Nepali idea 4: Rajput Refugees
- Ogasawara idea 5: Ogasawara-ryu
- Satake idea 1: Hitachi Genji
- Sistani idea 4: Loyal Service
- Takeda idea 7: Koyo Gunkan
- Telugu idea 2: Telugu Warrior Aristocrats
- Trierian idea 1: Crusader Past
- Uesugi idea 2: Yamanouchi and Ogigayatsu Branches
- Yaroslavlyian idea 5: Cult of Generals
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- Anatolian ambition
- Ashikaga ambition
- Daimyo ambition
- Oyo ambition
- Ulmer ambition
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- Horde-Expansion: War Horses
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+0.25
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- Russian idea 6: The Table of Ranks
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—
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The base tradition decays at 5% of the current tradition annually. (This is not a flat –5; thus 20 tradition decays by 5% and will reduce 1 to 19.)
Ideas and policies that reduce yearly army tradition decay are:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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−1.0%
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- Couronian traditions
- Shimazu traditions
- Traditions of Theodoro
- Uesugi traditions
- Utsunomiya traditions
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- Aristocratic idea 5: Noble Officers
- Amago idea 1: Omi-Genji
- Castilian idea 1: The Reconquista
- East Frisian idea 2: The Saxon Feud
- Eastern Algonquian idea 6: White-Tialed Deer
- Mewari idea 1: Rajput Heartland
- Prussian idea 2: The Soldier-King of Prussia
- Shoni idea 6: Hagakure
- Tapuian idea 4: Land of Mythology
- Texan idea 5: Frontier Nation
- Tupi idea 6: Head Hunters
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- Albanian ambition
- North Western Native ambition
- Québécois ambition
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—
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−0.5%
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—
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—
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—
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- Espionage-Quality: The Deserter Act
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Other modifiers:
Note it is still possible to maintain 100% army tradition with the hussite faith and various other modifiers static and non static.
100 navy tradition gives 100% of the following bonuses:[3]
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+10%.00 |
Recover navy morale speed
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+25%.00 |
Morale of navies
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+100%.00 |
Trade steering
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+25%.00 |
Privateer efficiency
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+100%.00 |
Blockade efficiency
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+0.10% |
Trade faction influence
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+0.10% |
The traders influence
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+20%.00 |
Sailor recovery speed
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+5%.00 |
Burghers loyalty equilibrium
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+5%.00 |
Vaishyas loyalty equilibrium
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- Some events directly affect navy tradition.
- Battles are the primary source of navy tradition. You can view how much you gained in any particular battle on the battle result screen. The amount of tradition gained in battle is directly proportional to the casualties inflicted on the enemy, as well as the relative strength of the nations involved. Small weak nations will gain considerably more tradition when fighting large strong nations. The number of ships that you send into battle, the losses that you suffer, and the quality of your leader have no observable effect on your naval tradition gain.
- Some ideas increase the naval tradition gain from battles:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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+50%
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—
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- Fijian idea 4: Waqa Drua
- Tiwi idea 4: Purrukapali
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- Malayan Sultanate ambition
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- Divine-Maritime: Maritime Scribes
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- Light ships that are protecting trade or privateering grant +2 naval tradition per year for every 100% of your naval force limits utilized in this manner. The formula is

- Some ideas increase the naval tradition from protecting trade:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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+100%
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—
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- Maritime idea 1: Merchant Traditions
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—
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—
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- Ships blockading ports grant naval tradition.
- Each terra incognita sea zone revealed through naval exploration grants +1 naval tradition.
- Several national ideas contribute to tradition:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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+1.00
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- Breton traditions
- Central Algonquian traditions
- Cham traditions
- Danish traditions
- Eastern Algonquian traditions
- Galician traditions
- Hadramhi traditions
- Kono traditions
- Luzon traditions
- Mahri traditions
- Mogadishan traditions
- Mori traditions
- Piratical traditions
- Sulu traditions
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- Naval idea 4: Naval Glory
- Al-Haasa idea 7: Legacy of Rahmah ibn Jabir
- Berber idea 4: Corsairs
- Canadian idea 4: The Maritimes
- Catalan idea 1: Consulate of the Sea
- Cebu idea 3: Protect against the Magalos
- Greek idea 2: Maritime Heritage
- Khmer idea 3: Cham Migration
- Majapahit idea 6: The Majapahit Armada
- Malabari idea 6: Mapilla Sailors
- Montenegrin idea 5: The Call Of The Sea
- Munster idea 6: Pirate Haven
- Novgorod idea 6: Funding the Ushkuiniks
- Sicilian idea 3: Noble Admirals
- Siddi idea 2: Siddi Seamanship
- Tunisian idea 3: Corsairs
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- British ambition
- East Frisian ambition
- So ambition
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- Administrative-Maritime: The Naval School Act
- Horde-Maritime: Riverine Navy
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+0.50
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- Quality idea 2: Quality Education
- Malian idea 5: Lost Fleet of Abubakari II
- Ragusan idea 1: Ordo Marinaritiae
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+0.25
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- English idea 1: A Royal Navy
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The base tradition decays are 5% of the current tradition annually. (This means –5% of the current tradition, not a flat –5; so if you have 20 tradition then decay will change it by -1 annually.)
Ideas and policies that reduce yearly navy tradition decay are:
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Traditions
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Ideas
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Bonuses
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Policies
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−1%
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- Aristocratic idea 5: Noble Officers
- Luzon idea 5: Luzon Sailors
- Mahri idea 6: Book of Navigation
- So idea 2: Wakou Tradition
- Sulawesi idea 2: The Bajau
- Utsunomiya idea 4: Cadet Branches in Western Japan
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- Candarid ambition
- Sulu ambition
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- Aristocratic-Maritime: Noble Naval Traditions
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Note: Battles lost will not reduce tradition. It is gained regardless of victory or defeat.
In addition Innovativeness reduces navy tradition decay up to -1% at 100 innovativeness.
Furthermore, each level 3 Coastal Center of Trade will provide a -0.2% reduction to the decay rate. For example, having 10 level 3 Coastal Centers of Trade (regardless of location) changes decay rate by -2%.
- Main article: Military leader#Formulas for point distribution
Tradition also improves the skill of military leaders. 100
army tradition gives, on average:
- +3.6 to
fire,
shock, and
maneuver
- +1.2 to
siege
skill of a
general.
- ↑ See in /Europa Universalis IV/common/static_modifiers/00_static_modifiers.txt (Static modifiers#Army tradition).
- ↑ this is rounded to +0.03 Yearly army tradition when displaying the effect of one township in the game. But when calculating the total yearly army tradition, the real value +0.025 is used.
- ↑ See in /Europa Universalis IV/common/static_modifiers/00_static_modifiers.txt (Static modifiers#Navy tradition).