Total War: SHOGUN 2

Total War: SHOGUN 2

Fourstrider's Japan: Power & Influence
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fourstrider  [developer] Feb 10, 2022 @ 12:06pm
Additional Details
Unit Overview
General Adjustments
  • Ronin can be recruited by all factions
  • Ronin are the step between Ashigaru and Samurai
  • Added Katana Ashigaru as the least expensive unit
  • Reduced effectiveness of Yari Ashigaru
  • Increased relative cost of Yari Ashigaru
  • Matchlock range increased to match Yumi range
  • Matchlock overall accuracy reduced
  • Yari Samurai have been buffed and relative cost reduced
  • Siege units are much stronger
  • Siege units are now able to use expanded deployment
  • Hero units doubled in size and stats increased
  • Reduced overall unit movement speed in battle
  • Fire Arrows are much stronger
  • Added Katana Warrior Monk unit (event only)
Paragon Units
  • Identical stats to Hero units
  • Can only be obtained via Quest or Event
  • Will never get two of the same kind
  • Does not count against Hero cap
  • Has zero upkeep
New Hero Units
  • Added Kunoichi Heroine (Female Bow Ninja)
  • Kunoichi fires 2 arrows at a time
  • Kunoichi remains hidden while firing
  • Added Fire Rocket Hero
Bandits and Wako
  • Changed Hattori Bandits to Outlaws
  • Buffed Outlaws
  • Bandits can be recruited by all factions
  • Katana and Yumi Wako can be recruited by all factions
  • Katana Wako have fast wall climb
  • Yumi Wako only use fire arrows
  • Yumi Wako ignore armor
  • Yumi Wako are very inaccurate
New Unit Abilities

Cadence:
  • Main General can unlock for all Generals
  • Stays active around General for 60 seconds
  • Increased Accuracy, Attack, Morale & Reload
  • Similar to Stand & Fight but can move around
  • Stacks with Stand & Fight
  • Unlocked via Retainer, Trait or Skill
Blast Arrows:
  • Activates explosive tipped arrows
  • Deals significant damage
  • Blinds enemy for a short period of time
  • Cannot be activated while on a wall
  • Unlocked via Retainer, Trait or Skill
Eagle Eye:
  • Increases range for 45 seconds
  • Can be used by all Yumi and Matchlock units
  • Unlocked via Retainer or Trait
New Tower Abilities

Fusillade:
  • On level 2 castles or above
  • Fires a barrage of fire arrows for 45 seconds
  • Very strong
Nimble Shot:
  • On level 3 castles or above
  • Increases fire rate of tower
  • Use in conjunction with other abilities
Tower Bombs:
  • On level 4 castles or above
  • Drops fire bombs for 15 seconds
  • Enemy needs to be fairly close
Tower Rockets:
  • On level 5 castles or above
  • Fires rockets for 15 seconds
  • Can be activated at long ranges
Star Fort Cannons:
  • On level 6 castles or above
  • Auto fires cannons at the enemy



Building Overview
Farming Chains

Farm:
  • Generate large amounts of food
  • Generate very little money
Palace:
  • Generate large amounts of money
  • Create small amount of growth
Port chains

Trade:
  • Recruit trade ships
  • Create multiple trade routes
  • Generate large amounts of money
  • Generate small amount of growth
Fishing:
  • Generate large amounts of food
  • Generate very little money
Military:
  • Recruit war ships
  • Create a single trade route
  • Generate very little growth
Citadel Chains

City:
  • Tax revenue bonus
  • Reduced recruitment points
  • Reduced melee
  • Reduced happiness
Bastion:
  • Increased melee
  • Increased recruitment points
  • Increased repression
Encampment chains

Barracks:
  • Increase garrison unit count
  • Replenish bonus
  • Reduced recruitment costs
  • Minimal repression
Armory:
  • Armor bonus
  • Replenish bonus
Hunting Lodge:
  • Accuracy bonus
  • Replenish bonus
Jiujutsu Dojo:
  • Melee bonus
  • Replenish bonus
Proving Grounds:
  • Charge bonus
  • Replenish bonus
Doshin Residence:
  • Repression bonus
  • Tax revenue bonus
Shrine/Altar Chains

Temple/Chapel:
  • Recruit monks
  • Recruit warrior monks
  • Generate a lot of growth
Garden:
  • Is faction specific
  • Increased xp per turn for governor
  • Increased happiness
  • Spread faction influence to neighbors
Development chains

Food storage:
  • Generate large amounts of food
  • Generate very little growth
Mint:
  • Generate large amounts of money
Ship builder:
  • Reduce recruitment costs of all ships
  • Required to recruit top tier war and trade ships
  • Increase trade goods and tariff income
Market Chain
  • Generate large amounts of money
  • Generate significant growth
  • Recruit Metsuke
  • Recruit Wako units
Stealth Chain
  • Generate a little money
  • Give significant happiness
  • Recruit Ninja & Geisha
  • Recruit Battlefield Ninja, Bandits & Kunoichi
Roads
  • Region specific
  • Increased campaign movement
  • Generate growth
Spear Dojo chain
  • Recruit Yari and Naginata
Sword Dojo chain
  • Recruit Katana and No-dachi
Bow Dojo chain
  • Recruit Yumi
Cavalry Dojo chain
  • Recruit Cavalry
Workshop chain
  • Recruit Siege & Matchlock
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fourstrider  [developer] Feb 10, 2022 @ 12:07pm 
Power Level Breakdown
Each Province
+3 Power Level
Level 1 Castle
+1 Power Level
Level 2 Castle
+2 Power Level
Level 3 Castle
+3 Power Level
Level 4 Castle
+4 Power Level
Level 5 Castle
+5 Power Level
All 3 City tiers
+6 Power Level
Bastion of War
+7 Power Level
Major Faction Stronghold Specialty
+1, 2 & 3 Power Level
fourstrider  [developer] Feb 10, 2022 @ 12:08pm 
Quest Cheat Sheet (SPOILERS)

  • -235.6, -90.9, 4, "Hizen_Area" "North of the coastal village. I can see both pirates and merchants carrying cotton and silk."
  • -208.6, -112.9, 4, "Bungo_Area" "A dangerous shortcut to and from a not so dangerous merchant colony."
  • -186.0, -136.0, 2, "Bungo_Area2" "From these rocky shores. I can examine every ship in the channel."
  • -233.9, -144.1, 2, "Higo_Area" "From this small valley, come your horses of war."
  • -254.1, -167.5, 2, "Satsuma_Area" "Nowhere to go but north."
  • -252.9, -155.5, 2, "Satsuma_Area2" "Under two bridges and past the smith, I crash into the sea."
  • -228.9, -178.5, 3, "Osumi_Area" "I wait for you in the forest.. near the only port to the sea of Hyuga."
  • -230.9, -155.5, 2, "Hyuga_Area" "I close my eyes near the waterfall. I hear only hammers and horses."
  • -162.0, -151.0, 4, "Tosa_Area" "From the swing of an axe, to the shaft of an arrow."
  • -105.0, -144.0, 4, "Awa_Area" "Deep in the forest, I search for my island horse."
  • -78.0, -126.0, 2, "Awaji_Area" "On my island I reach. I can almost touch the mainland."
  • -103.0, -122.0, 3, "Sanuki_Area" "Hammering stone all day. I dream of an archipelago."
  • -148.5, -128.0, 2, "Iyo_Area" "Search for the source of water on this island."
  • -133.5, -87.0, 2, "Aki_Area" "Deep in the thicket, north of hallowed ground, I wait for you by the river."
  • -193.0, -79.0, 3, "Nagato_Area" "From the Kanmon Strait, concealing it's treasure, the mountain gawks."
  • -164.0, -106.0, 2, "Suo_Area" "We ride towards the swell, careful not to fall into the sea."
  • -134.5, -78.0, 2, "Iwami_Area" "A gleaming river, you're fated to find it's wealth."
  • -123.5, -108.0, 2, "Bingo_Area" "A modest grove near the sea, where ship builders always seem to be."
  • -110.0, -110.0, 2, "Bitchu_Area" "A meager river, in a meager province. It's headwater I call home."
  • -90.0, -105.0, 2, "Bizen_Area" "Waiting in ambush. I watch from all three directions."
  • -105.0, -87.0, 2, "Mimasaka_Area" "With no approach from the sea. The iron life is for me."
  • -114.0, -76.0, 2, "Izumo_Area" "From the mountains I hunt, the town between two lakes."
  • -122.0, -65.0, 2, "Izumo_Area2" "I gaze into the Oki Strait. Where all Gods meet every year, it's fate."
  • -109.0, -80.0, 2, "Hoki_Area" "With no port, I send my crafts down river."
  • -61.0, -87.0, 2, "Tajima_Area" "A wanderer, up and down the San'in coast."
  • -60.2, -104.0, 2, "Tamba_Area" "Through the valley to Kyoto. I await you in the forest."
  • -72.0, -109.0, 2, "Harima_Area" "I cross the plains from the inland sea to the mountains I flee."
  • -69.0, -137.0, 2, "Settsu_Area" "I'm supposed to be learning but I keep getting lost in the woods."
  • -70.0, -154.0, 2, "Kii_Area" "A proper ninja hideout."
  • -56.0, -165.0, 2, "Kii_Area2" "Far from any town, yet the center of them all. A tiresome journey. I find my beach. I find my serenity."
  • -26.5, -159.0, 2, "Ise_Area" "I stand on hallowed ground, guarding the entrance of both bays."
  • -56.5, -151.0, 2, "Yamato_Area" "Even in the land of ninja, I find time in the forest for more spiritual things."
  • -32.0, -114.0, 2, "Omi_Area" "A mighty lake, my eyes struggle, searching for the other side."
  • -14.0, -96.0, 2, "Echizen_Area" "While pirates raid the port for crafts, I seek refuge in the mountains."
  • 20.0, -81.4, 2, "Etchu_Area" "As a child I would play, in the backwoods of Toyama bay."
  • 25.0, -67.5, 2, "Noto_Area" "Toyama bay is deceptive in it's silence. Waiting for pirates is tedious work."
  • 18.0, -95.0, 2, "Hida_Area" "There's nothing like riding timber all the way into the bay."
  • -2.4, -133.4, 2, "Owari_Area" "I'll be waiting on the treeline in the land where the peasant holds power."
  • 8.4, -128.2, 2, "Mino_Area" "There is no road along the river with four crossings."
  • 14.4, -136.2, 2, "South_Area" "I've wandered into an area where the stone masons play. I run to the mountains for an easier day."
  • -4.0, -154.2, 2, "Mikawa_Area" "The best view of Mikawa bay."
  • 16.5, -164.2, 2, "Totomi_Area" "My cautious eyes are at play, my body pledged, standing sentry over Suruga bay."
  • 36.0, -150.4, 2, "Suruga_Area" "I rest in the shadow of Mt. Fuji. The sound of the river calms me."
  • 37.0, -176.2, 4, "Izu_Area" "The shimmer of the sea and the glimmer in my hand."
  • 48.0, -110.0, 2, "North_Area" "I fish on the river, wedged between a meadow and a mountain, fortune at last."
  • 78.0, -119.0, 2, "Kozuke_Area" "Famous for it's wisdom. I'm only interested in it's river."
  • 68.5, -132.0, 2, "Musashi_Area" "A forest trapped between two mighty rivers."
  • 79.5, -170.0, 2, "Kazusa_Area" "Where are they getting the silk?"
  • 104.0, -164.0, 2, "Shimosa_Area" "The last beach on the Kanto coast."
  • 107.5, -152.0, 2, "Hitachi_Area" "The drowning grove, smashed between an enormous lake and the never ending sea."
  • 110.5, -118.0, 2, "Shimotsuke_Area" "At a place of worship, I go north. Tucked myself into the woods. Hoping to never be found."
  • 143.5, -111.0, 5, "Fukushima_Area" "A majestic fight, between the mountain and sea, one is eternal, the other is me."
  • 123.5, -55.0, 2, "Echigo_Area" "In the north I roam. To and from the bridge with no road. Through the wooded valley I call home."
  • 130.5, -71.5, 2, "Uzen_Area" "In the valley I hide, with monks by my side, too troublesome to ride."
  • 167.5, -75.5, 2, "Miyagi_Area" "An iron river with a shade of red, fracturing into the deep blue sea."
  • 172.5, -24.5, 2, "Ugo_Area" "I plant food in my farm and harmony on my lake."
  • 176.5, -1.5, 2, "Ugo_Area2" "The river washes all away. Except for quarry dust.."
  • 198.5, 17.5, 2, "Iwate_Area" "My secluded view of Aomori bay, here I will forever stay."
  • 201.5, -20.5, 2, "Iwate_Area2" "When there's no more rivers to cross in the north. I'll be waiting for you in the forest."
  • 183.0, -50.5, 3, "Iwate_Area3" "An endless flow of banditry from the forest. The farms are left unprotected. Salvation is blocked by a river."
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