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EU5 Beginner's Guide to the Very Early Game: Automation, Capital Development, Territorial Expansion
A guide for Europa Universalis V (EU5) beginners on how to overcome common early-game hurdles. Master automation settings, capital development, and basic territorial expansion to progress smoothly through the game.
1. ⚙️ Initial Game Settings: Automation and Difficulty Adjustment
- ✅ Playing as Holland is recommended for beginners. Japan is more difficult.
- ✅ Automate difficult aspects like income, public order, and research to the AI.
- ✅ Gradually switch back to manual control as you become more familiar with infrastructure development. There are no downsides to automating research.
- ✅ You can lower the game's difficulty from the game rules screen.
00:01 - 01:52
1. ⚙️ Initial Game Settings: Automation and Difficulty Adjustment
- ✅ Playing as Holland is recommended for beginners. Japan is more difficult.
- ✅ Automate difficult aspects like income, public order, and research to the AI.
- ✅ Gradually switch back to manual control as you become more familiar with infrastructure development. There are no downsides to automating research.
- ✅ You can lower the game's difficulty from the game rules screen.
02:02 - 02:54
2. 💰 Concentrated Capital Development: Efficiently Increase Revenue and Population
- ✅ Right-click on the capital and construct new buildings from the current structures.
- ✅ Sort public goods in the production window's building tab by maximum profit.
- ✅ Connect roads to towns near the capital, and develop them as well if the capital's farmers decrease.
- ✅ Expanding food RGOs is also important. Lower food prices make it easier for the population to grow.
02:55 - 05:29
3. ⚔️ Holland's Fastest Expansion Route: A Strategy for Expanding Territory
- ✅ The Landdag parliament becomes available in 1340. Choose a location to broadcast from and convene the parliament.
- ✅ Select the agenda with the highest approval rating. Avoid granting privileges.
- ✅ Once the approval rating exceeds 50%, click 'Create Free Line'. Select Utrecht, east of Holland, and set the war goal.
- ✅ Return to the normal map, right-click on Utrecht, and declare war first. Click the icon to the left of 'Free War' and the war goal, and select 'Approve Weekly Claims Council' to start the war.
- ✅ Advance the days while keeping an eye on Amsterdam. Once soldiers are summoned, left-click on the stage and choose a commander.
- ✅ Right-click on Utrecht and update to automatically begin the siege.
- ✅ After capturing Utrecht, attack Zwolle and Meppel to the east.
- ✅ Right-click on enemy forces in your territory to attack.
- ✅ Once the percentage on the war alert icon is high enough, open the war screen, have the AI choose the conditions, and make demands.
05:40 - 07:28
4. 🤔 Questions from Beginners: Resident Satisfaction, Attack Allowance, Private Events
- ✅ The reason for the decline in resident satisfaction may be a shortage of essential pop items. It's okay to ignore satisfaction in the early game and prioritize other things.
- ✅ If the territory is small, it is not possible to secure enough markets, and the public interest allowance will not grow. It is important to expand the territory and create markets.
- ✅ You don't have to touch private events, it won't be a big problem.