r/victoria3 • u/jujusib • 4h ago
Screenshot Cursed CCP moment
Had an event about refugees streaming in from the "people's republic of China" Screenshots say it all.
r/victoria3 • u/commissarroach • Mar 12 '26
Forum post link: HERE

Exultant Thursday! It is I, High Naval Commissioner Martin, bringing you the latest tidings from the admirals under my command. We’re about to embark on a year-long journey of updates and content that we have dubbed ‘Volume 3’ (or ‘Expansion Pass 3’ as some of the more uncouth captains would have called it back in less civilized times).
As you have no doubt inferred from the opening paragraph (and the many, many loud foghorns preceding it), Volume 3’s flagship is the Navy, accompanied by its sister ship Global Imperialism. In this development diary we take a ‘big-picture’ look at the content on offer in Volume 3, along with some of the notes we plan to hit in the accompanying free updates. As always, more detailed development diaries will follow on both paid and free features as we get closer to each separate release.
With all that said, it’s time to set sail towards our first topic.

Welcome to The Great Wave, sailors, the upcoming expansion for Victoria 3.
Focused on exploring the new oceans of expanded navy mechanics, central to which is the Ship Designer, offering strategic naval choice-making aplenty! Then, navigating the dangerous currents of Japan during the turmoil of the late Edo period, with its political and social turmoil caused by the changing of times.
Use the power of your navy in order to dominate local rivals and keep foreign threats at bay.
Guide Japan through the last days of the Shogunate, as you forge a modern power ready to challenge the greatest empires of the day.
Now, what is included in The Great Wave?

Alongside The Great Wave, we will be releasing free Update 1.13 that will focus on some of the areas shown in the Dev Diary 173, namely:
This is not an exhaustive list, but we will go into more detail for both The Great Wave and Update 1.13 in future dev diaries starting next Thursday.
The Great Wave alongside Update 1.13, will release on April 28th 2026, and the expansion can be wishlisted now on Steam here. As well as screenshots of some of the content.
Now, let us move our spyglass over to Volume 3.

Welcome to Volume 3, it is early spring and as we said time to elucidate you on its contents!
Volume 3 includes:
You can see more information about each pack later in the diary, aside from The Great Wave which you’ve already read about first.
By picking up Volume 3 you will save -20% compared to picking each item up separately, and you will also receive the Warships Pack immediately upon purchasing Volume 3.
The whole package is available now for $47.97. More information about each DLC can be found on the Volume 3 Steam Page here. Or read about in the following sections.

First up, for those of you who want to embark on nautical horizons already by getting Volume 3 today. The Warships Bonus Pack includes three new ship designs for the on-map representation of battleships, available right now as an instant unlock for owners of Volume 3.
These show up now for owners of the Warships bonus pack appearing in place of dreadnoughts* when in use in navies (Specifically, the Mikasa appears for countries with Japanese primary culture, the Dingyuan appears for countries with Han or Manchu primary culture, and the Borodino appears for countries with Russian primary culture).
* While these ships were not actually dreadnoughts, it’s the best fit available in 1.12, and they will be used in more suitable roles come 1.13!



Sweeping currents now bring us onwards to the frozen shores of Russia, where it is time for…

In the first Immersion Pack coming in Volume 3, steer the vast Russian Empire through an age of autocracy, revolution, and rebirth. Guide the Tsar’s ambitions, while dealing with the legacy of their predecessors.
Then confront the oncoming ghost of the epoch-defining civil war, and impose your post-revolutionary dreams in the aftermath.
Releasing Q4, 2026.
State and Revolution includes new content related to:
From Russia we move onwards to the shores of East Asia, where one of the greatest dramas of the 19th century is playing out in a…

Shape a bright future for China by advancing wise reforms, strengthening governance, and utilizing the vast potential of the nation to resist western encroachment and avoid the Century of Humiliation.
Releasing Q1, 2027.
Century of Strife includes the following:
We have this infographic below to give a quick overview on when each pack comes out and it looks delightful as well!

We hope you enjoyed the reveals today, and look forward to what we have coming next. Be prepared for so, so many nautical puns over the upcoming month.
Our next dev diary will be next week, and will be an overview of free Update 1.13’s contents hosted by Admiral Lino.
r/victoria3 • u/_Mercy02 • Apr 28 '26

Hoist sails Victorians!
The Great Wave and Update 1.13, ‘Matcha’, are now live! With checksum: 3c23.
Command the waves in a time of ambition and upheaval. Design mighty warships, guard the world’s straits, and employ gunboat diplomacy to bend lesser powers to your will.
Use the power of your navy in order to dominate local rivals and keep foreign threats at bay.
Guide Japan through the last days of the Shogunate, navigating turmoil at home and pressure from abroad as you forge a modern power ready to challenge the greatest empires of the day.
You can pick up The Great Wave right now, on Steam, on the Paradox Store or as part of Volume 3.
Enjoy the release trailer below:
And yesterday we released an overview of Update 1.13:
If you can’t get enough videos, we released a couple of videos covering the narrative and mechanics of the expansion to bring you up to speed.
Of course, if videos are not your speed this handy infographic summarizing what is in The Great Wave:

And, before we get into the patchnotes, we have another infographic giving an overview of the update:

Moving on, before you try to load up old saves from previous updates, we want to remind you of two things; non-updated mods most likely will not work & old saves will not work due to map/mechanical changes.
And so, we have the patchnotes below updated with any that we missed!
The Great Wave Features
With that we are at the end of the patchnotes, remember that your save game will not be compatible with the new update, so please back up your save if you want to continue it by backpatching to the previous patch (1.12.5)!
If you encounter any issues after today's update, please first disable all mods and ensure you're playing on a fresh save file. Mods will not work until they are revised for the new Update!
Once again the modding digest, containing all the changes and documentation needed for modding Update 1.13, has been updated for Update 1.13, thanks to u/Bahmut999.
This post contains Known Issues in 1.13, which we will update with subsequent patches. As always, please report any issues or bugs to our official bug reporting forum where we are better placed to help you out.
r/victoria3 • u/jujusib • 4h ago
Had an event about refugees streaming in from the "people's republic of China" Screenshots say it all.
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r/victoria3 • u/khatharsis42 • 13h ago
I've been wondering this for a while. Ever since Charters of Commerce, there's no longer a war reparation War Goal, but there is a money transfer treaty, that cost infamy. Why tho? Infamy is already such a bad mechanic, why add that? An I missing something?
r/victoria3 • u/PerroPl • 15h ago
I don't really see any benefit in developing the Amazon compered to Exploiting it
r/victoria3 • u/tolkienguy • 1h ago
The wiki has this long section on how you can form a Hindu Bengal with Cooch Behar, but Cooch Behar is so tiny that I don't see how its possible even if the devs spent time programming it, and I can't find any record of anyone doing so on the internet. Has anyone actually managed this?
r/victoria3 • u/CSDragon • 5h ago
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The AI is constantly shuffling tons of tiny armies around, likely severely impacting performance.
Shoutout to Spain who's as bad as me at naval transport.
r/victoria3 • u/blindseersarasti • 1d ago
Play the Realms of Exether for lines like this (fantastic fantasy total conversion)
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r/victoria3 • u/a_saddler • 1d ago
Now I know, basic food is the best. But I'm tired of always picking that company. And in my current Qing run, it's not like I need more pops.
I'm just surprised how much profit I'm making from the Paper company. As you can see, I've established it just 2 years ago and it's already making 'East India Company' levels of profit. I've picked it because Bureaucracy and Taxing capacity is your number one problem as Qing, and the Paper company essentially gives you 30%, 10% from the prosperity bonus and 20% from the prestige good.
I think this might be even better than tools, or at least for Qing it is. I did make 200k+ on my Japan run too before I replaced it with Mitsubishi when I finally unlocked Ironclads.
r/victoria3 • u/welok31 • 1d ago
I was in defaut very unhappy that I let that situation happen... I was resigning inside when I looked that Germany offer me to take that they just take it for me to stop selling fish to the world.
I love them.
Sorry I didn't screen when I was actually in debt I was so shocked that I clicked immediately.
r/victoria3 • u/KALENHEIM • 6h ago
I am looking for the file with dynamic state names like when austria conquers a teritory it sometimes changes name. Where can i find it?
r/victoria3 • u/NerdlinGeeksly • 7h ago
Someone mentioned this was possible in another post but I can't figure out how to get it in game.
r/victoria3 • u/xxHamsterLoverxx • 8h ago
with the army update, they made the army UI even worse(imo), yet they still only allow a pool of 3 generals that you have to recruit, wait, then retire.
i pretty much only use pillage and rapid advance for my armies(cruel trait my beloved)
i frequently have a bunch of generals jerking off doing nothing cuz theyre fucken useless.
its especially annoying with big countries where i build multiple armies at the same time like USA, Russia, Prussia, Qing, etc.
r/victoria3 • u/LukaGamesr • 8h ago
I have an Asus Vivobook, and I want to play the game, my Vivobook is an i5-13th U version, 8gb ram (2x4) SSD Nvme 512gb and it uses the IrisXe, I know, it's a weak Pc, but I don't even opens the game, it loads and them crashes.
And I also noticed that in my main Pc the situation gets really strange, I have an Ryzen 7 5800X3D, 32gb ram 3200mhz (4x8), RTX 5060ti, SSD Nvme 7000mbps, and the games make my CPU scream.
Brother, I can literally run an big AI model in my PC, but it struggles to run a 2D map with some POM effect and some imaginary vehicles?
r/victoria3 • u/Other-Art8925 • 3h ago