What is the best way to get the achievement "World Conqueror"?

[henny99h]

My bf is currently trying to get all the achievement in EU4, he is really good btw. But we are not sure which is the best country for the world conqueror achievement. And also how to manage it while playing it. Maybe some of u already have the achievement and can help us out :)

[tonypa]

To start with, which DLCs you have? All of them?

[Southern Rebel]

Ottomans is always the best answer. If ur bf is good as ur saying, then he shud know what to do from that. Don't give up is the best 'word of advice' u can get.

[bri]

Ottomans, grab all the tc land early then fill in the rest. Using some big vassals for the garbage areas such as the horde lands will help a lot in dealing with the corruption penalty for too many territories. Don't freak out about possibly being behind at certain points, you can take stupid amounts of land quickly in the later stages with absolutism and admin efficiency.

Take no-doze or similar because the last few decades are going to be deathly dull.

[henny99h]

And yes he has all DLCs :)

[salatrin]

With Dharma and Mandate DLC's, Ryukyu is actually one of the easier options now for WC plus you get the three mountain achievement at the same time.

It might require a few restarts at the start cuz the starting steps for this strategy are tough but if all works out, by 1460, your well on your way to a easy WC.

Basically, the general idea is to improve relations with all of Hosokawa of Japans rivals to 100 so that when he attacks one of those rivals, you can enforce peace to join the fight against Hosokawa. then the tricky part of getting your tiny army and navy into mainland Japan and sieging down Settsu and then taking a seperate peace deal to get Settsu.

Then using Dharma's reform mechanics to switch to Independant Daimyo Reform(taking the 10 corruption hit) and doing all you can to force the Ashikaga to attack you in a conquest war for Settsu.

Then you simply just try to survive long enough for your Big bad bodyguard Ming to join in on your side(With MoH you start as Mings Tributary) then the final tricky part of ensuring Mings Navy can survive long enough to start sending all their troops to Japan and once they do, you just stand by and cheer him on while he wins you Kyoto and the title of Shogun of Japan

If all goes well, you'll be Shogun of Japan with your Mighty Vassal swarm by 1460 and can then just start conquering as much of oceania as you can for yourself and vassalizing anyone you can on the Mainland( and since your shogun, none of your vassals will use up diplo slots) and once you grow large enough you can then just start waging one war after another and let your huge vassal swarm do all the work while you sit on the beach of your small Island celebrating with the alcoholic beverage of choice.

And even though your Daimyo vassals will wage war on one another, as long as they are always on the same side as you in one of your wars, they cant attack each other.

This would also work as Ashikaga himself since he is already Shogun at game start of course.

[Yaldabaoth]

Do it as Ryukyu. If going for 100% it has to be done eventually. Slight warning. It nearly broke my body a few years ago. Had to do 4 runs. 3 times I only lost by a few years. Didn't play the game for 2 years after that.

[the_panther]

Ottomans is easiest.

1. Go for India with top priority.
2. Gather as much Trade Company lands as you can. This should prevent the corruption penalty from too many territories.
3. Make vassals in Arabia and Caucasus (hopefully the Crimea event will give you a free vassal) to soak up low development lands.
4. Get a border with Ming and his mandate will start dropping.

Get Humanism, Influence, and Offense as the first three ideas.

[the_panther]

I forgot to mention. If also going for one faith as Ottomans, you will need religious instead of humanism.

[tonypa]

I would say with Dharma DLC best country is Mughals. With The Cossacks DLC any of the Hordes.

The corruption from too many territories sounds worse then it actually is, you will be able to pay it off with money and it is capped at 0.8%. If you manage your economy while expanding and do not hire every single mercenary there are no problems paying it off.

Reached corruption cap long time ago, still making more money every month (balance of 165 atm):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1793574884
Probably not going to reach WC as it is soooo extremely boring already.

[bri]

Originally posted by tonypa:

I would say with Dharma DLC best country is Mughals. With The Cossacks DLC any of the Hordes.

The corruption from too many territories sounds worse then it actually is, you will be able to pay it off with money and it is capped at 0.8%. If you manage your economy while expanding and do not hire every single mercenary there are no problems paying it off.

Reached corruption cap long time ago, still making more money every month (balance of 165 atm):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1793574884
Probably not going to reach WC as it is soooo extremely boring already.

Nah, Mughals are in Asia so no TC spam. Starting in Europe is a big advantage now, starting in Europe with a powerhouse that has easy access to the tc areas (aka Ottoblob) puts you in the best position. Starting with a godly ruler certainly doesn't hurt either...

[ancistrus]

Originally posted by bri:

Ottomans, grab all the tc land early then fill in the rest. Using some big vassals for the garbage areas such as the horde lands will help a lot in dealing with the corruption penalty for too many territories. Don't freak out about possibly being behind at certain points, you can take stupid amounts of land quickly in the later stages with absolutism and admin efficiency.

Take no-doze or similar because the last few decades are going to be deathly dull.

If you dont have the dlc that allows trade companies, is that a big disadvantage? I found wc with ottomans too difficult and I am wondering if it is because of the dlcs i am missing

[the_panther]

Originally posted by ancistrus:

If you dont have the dlc that allows trade companies, is that a big disadvantage? I found wc with ottomans too difficult and I am wondering if it is because of the dlcs i am missing

Oh, it can be done without DLCs, but it is much harder. In that case, I would recommend Timurids/Mughals instead. Even Austria would be a lot harder without DLCs.

For anyone's first WC attempt (assuming they are not a high expert), they really need either Wealth of Nations OR Dharma to unlock Trade Companies. Dharma is the superior of the two because you can improve your TCs with that one.

This is my recent Timurids run:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1664501048

I stopped here because of the achievement, but I had already won 2 wars against Ming. Their mandate was heading to zero at that point and Ming collapse was going to happen within the next 50 years or so.

And if Mughals been allowed to form Trade Companies without shifting the capitol to Europe (about 7-8 months ago, they could), I could have easily finished the WC by the early 1700s. Without that, it would be late 1700s or early 1800s. That is just how much TCs are overpowered. The difference in income is enormous.

[Exarch_Alpha]

What about ideas nowadays? Is Administrative as usual good?

[tonypa]

Originally posted by the_panther:

Originally posted by ancistrus:

If you dont have the dlc that allows trade companies, is that a big disadvantage? I found wc with ottomans too difficult and I am wondering if it is because of the dlcs i am missing

Oh, it can be done without DLCs, but it is much harder. In that case, I would recommend Timurids/Mughals instead. Even Austria would be a lot harder without DLCs.

Even for Mughals I would recommend Dharma just for the 40+ unique boosts you unlock while expanding:
https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Mughals#Diwan

In general, yes, you want ALL the DLCs for WC to make it faster. Ottomans benefit from many DLCs directly or because most boost largest countries.

[Mr.M]

Originally posted by bri:

Nah, Mughals are in Asia so no TC spam. Starting in Europe is a big advantage now, starting in Europe with a powerhouse that has easy access to the tc areas (aka Ottoblob) puts you in the best position. Starting with a godly ruler certainly doesn't hurt either...

Mughals get a whole bunch of extras with Dharma, -10% warscore cost alone once you sit in eastern europe is pretty huge.

Add the bonus 10% admin efficiency and the automatic assimilation of cultures they are getting and you are good to go for an easy WC.

And being able to easily switch to Hindu somewhat makes up for Trade Companies economy wise (with the neat side effect of better bonus, unique ruler boosts AND Religious CB for anyone outside India)