Firstly, we'd like to officially unveil our latest series over on YouTube. Our very own up to date EU4 Modding Guide.
Whether you're crafting custom nations, designing unique religions, or scripting dynamic missions, we hope this tutorial series gives you everything needed to bring your grand strategy visions to life.
Course Curriculum:
✅ Module 1: Modding Basics – Setup, tools, and your first mod
✅ Module 2: Nation Creation – Cultures, flags, and historical authenticity
✅ Module 3: Creating Custom Event Chains
✅ Module 4: Custom Religions & Mechanics – Modifiers, events, and balancing
✅ Module 5: Mission Trees – Branches, triggers, and rewards
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- Tools You’ll Learn: Paradox Modding LanguageLocalization & File ManagementDebugging & Testing Best Practices
A link to our full guide can be found here
If you are reading this as it's released. Module 1 is out now, with the next 4 being released very swiftly!
We hope these guides will help beginners on their modding journey.
With that out of the way, lets have a look at the creations that were cooked up for Season 4 of the EU4 Modathon. Most of you are probably familiar with the community run Modathon series by now.
Incase you are not, Modathon is The biggest Europa Universalis IV modding event where people of all experience levels come together and make mods over a short 2 week period. Think a Game Jam, but for EU4 mods. The best part of these events is that, Anyone can participate, whether you're a veteran modder or trying it out for the first time.
Below are the Category winners for this Season, and the mods we'll be covering today, as voted on by participants and observers:
For this steam post we're going to just give a brief overview. You can find our full Mod Spotlight with more words from the Authors directly over on our forums.
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EU4 Chess
As the name suggests, EU4 Chess combines the classic game of chess with your normal game of Europa Universalis IV. This mod allows players to engage in actual chess matches, either against another player or the AI, enhanced by a unique chess engine developed specifically for the mod using purely in-game modding resources. This idea was created and directed by the mastermind Sol_InvictusXLII, who has initiated and brought this concept to life.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453257508
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Albania Universalis
For some reason Albania exploded and returned to the middle ages, don't overthink it
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3449904081
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Post Finem Shattered Pages
Shattered Pages is an alt-alt-history submod for the highly acclaimed alt-history mod Post Finem. Its main goal is to present and bring to life unhistorical scenarios that are perhaps (definitely) too out of the ordinary for the main mod, while providing a rich and full experience. It leans on myths, legends, and tall tales for its inspiration and seeks to shape them into plausible, though not necessarily likely, stories. It dares itself to explore the unorthodox and perhaps even dabble in the supernatural.
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3453267157
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Italian Wars
Fight for dominance of Italy in this mod which seeks to represent the infamous Italian Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries! With 4 unique factions, decade-spanning wars rivaling the scale of the reformation's League war, and a unique GUI
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3453280971
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A big thank you to all the authors who participated in this season of the EU4 Modathon, and to those who shared their work with all of us here. We hope perhaps you've been inspired enough to make your own mods. Remember to check out our newly released modding guide series over on YouTube.
Thank you all, I give you the encouragement to keep up the amazing work modding EU4! Until next time.
