Leviathan

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Type

Expansion

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Release date / Patch

2021-04-27 / 1.31

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Store: Expansion

Paradox / Steam

Leviathan is the 14th expansion for Europa Universalis IV. It was announced on 2021-02-09 and has been released alongside patch 1.31 on 2021-04-27.

Expansion features

Picture a capital city that shines like a gemstone, improved by the wealth drawn from the hinterland - decorated by riches demanded from vassals. A capital not of a mighty territorial empire, but of a compact and concentrated state that can still use gold and favors to influence neighbors and rivals. Picture it and then make it so in Europa Universalis IV: Leviathan.

Get new tools to centralize and accumulate power for your country. New diplomatic actions give you the means to go up against mightier counterparts and new economic tools will allow you to establish rich vassal empires that draw wealth and development to your monumental capital city. Leviathan also brings new improvements to other core areas of the game, such as colonies and regencies.

• Ask for Favors: Curry favors with other nations and use them to advance diplomatic goals.
• New Regency Options: Regency councils represent the interests of the most powerful estate, and can be extended to delay the ascension of an unfit monarch.
• Specialized Colonial Nations: Let your colonies focus on military help, trade power or self-government.
• Concentrate Development: You can now steal development from your vassals or territorial possessions to enhance the power of your capital city.
• Pillage Capital: Loot an enemy capital as a condition of peace, hauling development back to the capital metropolis.
• Expand Infrastructure: Provinces can expand their capacity to build new structures and manufactories, allowing smaller nations to create centers of wealth for a modest cost.
• Centralize State: Reduce the cost of government by spending unused Reform points.
• Totemism: Nations that follow the Totemist religion can revere a pantheon of past leaders, earning bonuses that reflect the skills they had in life.
• Monuments: Expand and establish great projects, adding new bonuses to your empire.
• New Unit Models: New army sprites for Southeast Asian nations, including Indochinese, Indonesian and Polynesian nations.
• And more: Including the ability to carpet siege enemy provinces, draft transports as a plutocratic nation, watch heirs gain legitimacy as they wait to inherit the throne and other changes.

Free features

The free major update includes:

• Rework of North American natives mechanics (reworked/expanded feature from Conquest of Paradise expansion).
• Rework to the Southeast Asian and Australasian maps.
• New nations, new cultures and new religions. This fascinating region of powerful monarchs and rich merchants takes on new color and offers new ways to play.
• New idea groups for Theocracy, Steppe Hordes and Natives.
• Huge naval rebalance
• Canal changes

Videos

Cinematic trailers

Europa Universalis IV: Leviathan story trailer. Not everything has to be brute force. Armies are necessary, of course, but there are other ways to succeed. Build a force of diplomats, for example, and use your flattery as a weapon against others. Or draw wealth and power from the remote regions of your realm to construct a metropolis to be the engine of your economy. Try many new routes to global power in Europa Universalis IV: Leviathan.

Europa Universalis IV: Leviathan announcement trailer. The expansion offers new tools that allow you to play "tall" with smaller and more focused realms with a few centers of power. It also has a host of other changes to well-established game features like regencies and colonies.

Dev diaries

Main article: Developer diaries

All developer diaries about the Leviathan expansion and patch 1.31 (aka Majapahit).

Patch 1.31 (Majapahit)

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
43	1.31.5 Majapahit is now LIVE!	1.31.5 changelog	2021-07-08
42	New Monuments Chosen for 1.31.5	6 new monuments and one replacement for users with Leviathan DLC	2021-06-08
41	1.31.4 Majapahit is now LIVE!	1.31.4 changelog	2021-06-03
40	PDXCON Q&A with Tinto - Transcript!	Q&A transcript from PDXCON	2021-05-27
39	New Monuments for 1.31.5	Candidates for new monuments	2021-05-24
38	1.31.3 Majapahit is now LIVE!	1.31.3 changelog	2021-05-12
37	1.31.2 Majapahit is now LIVE!	1.31.2 changelog	2021-05-03
36	1.31.1 Majapahit is now LIVE!	1.31.1 changelog	2021-04-28
35	1.31 Patch Notes & The Future of EU4	Bug fix discussion and patch notes	2021-04-20
34	War Canoes & Unit Renders	New ship type for tribes and primitives and unit renders for Southeast Asian countries	2021-04-06
33	Favors Part 2	Seven new favor mechanics and changes to two old favor mechanics	2021-03-30
32	Colonial Nations	Variations on colonial nations	2021-03-09
31	Centralize State	New "Centralize a State" mechanic	2021-03-02
30	Concentrate Development	New "Concentrate Development" mechanic	2021-02-23
29	Australia	An overview of the new missions, provinces, tags, national ideas in Australia, and new Alcheringa religion	2021-02-16
28	Monuments	Great monuments	2021-02-09
27	Draft Transports	New "Draft Transports" action; changes about Plutocracies	2021-02-02
26	North American Tags	New missions and events for North American tribes	2021-01-26
25	Regencies	Improved regencies	2021-01-19
24	Polynesia	An overview of the new tags, missions, mechanics, and events for Polynesia	2021-01-12
23	The Philippines	New missions for Tondo, Madyas, and Palembang	2020-12-15
22	Grandest LAN Post Mortem	Grandest LAN Event	2020-12-01
21	More Missions	Continuation on First Nation missions	2020-11-24
20	First Nation Missions	New missions for North American tribes	2020-11-17
19	Totemism	New mechanics for Totemism and details on Sikh Guru traits	2020-11-10
18	Survey Results	Survey analytics	2020-11-03
17	Governing Capacity & UI	Improved interface to identify provinces for courthouses/ statehouses and new "Expand infrastructure" mechanic	2020-10-27
16	Sikh & Zoroastrian	Zoroastrian and Sikh unique features	2020-10-20
15	Favors Part 1	New "curry favors" action and other flavor mechanic changes	2020-10-13
14	Naval Rebalance	Rebalance of sailors, ships, and naval combat	2020-10-06
13	Paradox Tinto	EU4 development moves to Barcelona; new Idea Groups for Hordes, Theocracies, and Indigenous	2020-09-29
12	Federations & The New World	Revamped tribal federations mechanic, map changes, new tags	2020-09-22
11	North American Government Reforms	Native government reforms and Native buildings	2020-09-15
10	North American Natives	A highlight of a new devastation and seasonal migration mechanic for North American tribes	2020-09-08
9	Lan Xang and Sunda	An overview of the new missions, estate privilege, and religion setup for Lan Xang, Sunda, and minor Maritime Southeast Asian countries	2020-09-01
8	Pegu and More	An overview of the new missions, events, and mechanics for countries in Burma region	2020-08-25
7	Vietnam	An overview of the new missions, disaster, and culture setup for Vietnam and Champa	2020-08-18
6	Brunei, Malacca, and Aceh	An overview of the new missions, estate privilege, and national ideas for countries in Maritime Southeast Asia	2020-08-11
5	Khmer Empire	An overview of the new missions, disaster, estate privileges, and events for Khmer	2020-08-04
4	Java	An overview of the new missions, disaster, and events for Majapahit	2020-07-28
3	Ayutthaya	An overview of the new missions, national ideas, and events for Ayutthaya	2020-07-21
2	Maritime Southeast Asia	A summary of the province, tag, and culture changes within the Indonesia region	2020-07-14
1	Mainland Southeast Asia	A summary of the province, tag, and culture changes with a new formable, Siam	2020-07-07