QUICK and COMPLETE beginner's tutorial for Europa Universalis 4 (EU4)
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EU4 is a game with a steep learning curve, so I decided to make a quick tutorial that covers all important aspects of the game.
0:00 Why I made this video
0:33 Introduction
4:09 Politics
7:54 Important buttons
8:05 Money
8:59 Building an army
10:25 Waging war
14:43 Technology
16:30 Events
List of recommended DLC: / which_dlcs_are_importa...
Answering your questions about this game: • RESPONDING TO YOUR COM...
𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐑:
/ discord
𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇: / gamestach
𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐎𝐍: / gamestach
𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑: / game_stach
𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊: / gamestach
"...and most importantly, it's not a role-playing game." Ah yes, the most essential and critical point to note about EU4.
It's a good thing we now know that it is indeed NOT a role-playing game!
that should be one of its tags on steam "not a roleplaying game"
@@scorchinggoat9589 You know what, somebody should get on it.
It's a shooting game right? I don't think that was very clearly conveyed in this video :/
CK4 is a role-playing game
this video should be top on recommendation not these 8 part videos with 30 mins of nothing and boring stuff thanks for great tutorial!
Thank you! That really means a lot to me :D Maybe some day it will :)
Damn this video was made about year ago and he still replies.. what a legend :)
Hanger quill18’s guide I actually liked.
flowerz ye but it’s really only good if eu4 is your first paradox game
Its nearing the top
The main problem with all these 30 mins tutorials is that those plebs don't even plan out how to teach the game they just click start recording and improvise. Gj gamestach.
Thanks! :)
Thats the worst lol. "This is how you do this, but I cant show you right now bc I didnt set it up" gee, thanks... and thats why theyre 3 times longer than needed because they just ramble without direction.
Clear and concrete, just as all tutorials should be. Great job mate.
Thanks! That was precisely the reason I made this video. :) Hope it helped!
@Wraith I learned watching this video first for the basics and then i searched the little things i didn't know in reddit, steam or paradox forums.
"Balanced, just as all life should be"
@@GameStach respect guys. Respect to this man
@@GameStach If it's not too much, could you do a quick tutorial on Heart's of Iron 4?
Now i can play eu4 instead of studying and say that i'm studying history
I think I have learnt more from EU4 than from history lessons
@@GameStach agreed
@@GameStach same
The problem is not history lesson the problem is you who don't listen well to history lessons
Yes
What's this?! An EU4 tutorial where the first 20 minutes aren't about how to click the Single Player button?! Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?!
This is the prime example of what a tutorial should be. I am not asking to have every aspect of the game spoon-fed to me and how I should handle any and all situations. Give me the barebones of how things work and let me figure out the rest. Thank you for making this wonderful tutorial!
Glad to see that we're on the same page about that! Thank you for your compliment! Hope you'll enjoy Eu4 :)
thats why i only watch tutorials on paradox games to see how the game is before i get it or for a small thing i want to know
Half of playing a paradox game is learning how it works. CKIII is my game of choice, and despite playing hundreds of hours I still discover new little mechanics and stuff about the game every now and then. This tutorial is great because you want to prod the player to the point where they can figure out the game while playing it. Certainly that's how CKIII has been for me - the most fun is had when you're experimenting.
This is hands down the best beginners guide for any game on KZhead. I was so overwhelmed when I first opened the game. After watching this... I have put 50 hours into this game in the first week playing. RIP me.
Thank you for the compliment! Yeah, EU4 is one of the worst games to learn by yourself ... Glad to hear you're having fun! :D
Oh my gosh I just bought this game and was looking for a simple tutorial and you my man have done it. Straight to the point and no deviation. You are awesome just because of this video I am subbed and man keep going. I like your voice it doesn’t sound like a high pitched teenager who rambles endlessly. 😄
Wow, thank you! That is so nice of you to say :D And about those teenagers: those "WHAAAAAAAAAAT IS UP GUYS MY NAAME IS BLABLA AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S VIDEO HEHEHEHEHE" KZheadrs really piss me off. I'm actually considering doing a sarcastic video on them. But that is probably something for a later point in the year. Anyway, thanks for subscribing! Welcome! :)
Yeah you are right they do start like that. I’m usually like come on come on I don’t have 12 hours on my hand to watch this. Also can’t believe you responded but thx. Good intro too.
@@GameStach "Heyyyyy guys, if you could stick a like and subscribe, comment down beloooooooww, it really helps the channel...etc etc etc"
"You can colonize the New World and kill all the natives." SOLD.
Isn't that secretly what we all want to do?
@@GameStach shh we don’t talk about that.
@@abdughar911 LMFAO as a native american I'm terrified of the comments lmfao
@@bradleymianscum939 you won't be terrified long because we are coming soon to you 😘
@@GameStach ..or not so secretly
I would like to award you some Legitimacy Points now that I know what they are. Great video!
What an honour! You've just gained 20 Prestige! :D
@@GameStach doing such a great video gave you +3 stability!!
Just starting out with EU 4, and I just wanna say this video is really helpful! Thank you for making such a neat and to-the-point guide. :)
Glad I could help! If you have any questions, feel free to leave another comment :)
Jel bio težak početak, isplati li se kupovati?
@@adookahsa bogami, isplati se
1. Dan godisnjeg , jesam li najebao s instaliranjem igre ? :D
Imagine actually learning to play the game This post was made by 5000 hour long guide gang
That's what i call a great tutorial ! Simple, clear and compact. Kudos sir, this need far more view !
StupidityKiller - Thank you! Really happy to hear you liked it :D
you deserve more than 200 views
Thank you! That's really kind of you to say :)
Now he has more,
@@howie3750 only a few more
@@brandon0_091a lot more now
As someone who already vaguely understands the game (~2500h), all i can say is that it was very clear tutorial, I'm definitely going to use it teaching a friend of mine today.
Much appreciated! Thank you! :)
"Vaguely understands the game" after 2500 hours lmao... thats encouraging ;)
Ayo wait what? You have 2500H and still vaguely understand it? I was hoping to know this game by 100-200 hours 😭
@@jamiefowler7722 I alredy understand Victoria 2 and havent even played for 100 hours, so dont worry everyone learns at a different pace
I just bought EU4 today and I was initially very confused on how complex it looked. This guide was very fast and very informative! Thank you so much for making this tutorial you did a great job!
Hey, thanks for your comment! Glad to hear it helped! If you have any more questions, just let me know :)
He taking shots with that intro lmao. Man woke up and chose violence.
YOLO
Despite having watched a great many tutorials on youtube in the last year or so since i bought this game. ive still only managed about 5 hours of game play so far. and yet this is exactly the sort of game i enjoy playing. this is the one of the few tutorials ive seen which is concise and to the point. thank you.
Thank you! I also find it hard to start playing EU4 sometimes. I come up with a whole of reasons not to play, but when I finally DO play it, it's fun. So I would suggest: Just try it again :)
Wow this is really good! Finally a tutorial that does not make me run away from the game!
Thank you! That's great to hear! Have you tried it in a game already? How's it going so far?
@@GameStach It's doing well thanks!
EDIT: I made follow-up video where I answer your most asked questions! kzhead.info/sun/YMeRYNGeg2mfZHA/bejne.html I feel humbled that so many of you have watched this video and found it useful! Thank you for watching! If you found this video useful, please SUBSCRIBE to my channel. That really helps me out a lot :) If you still have questions after watching this video, please don't hold back and join our 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 server: discord.gg/UU3fJEP Here, all your questions will be answered by either me or other like-minded gamers in a beginner-friendly environment. Hope to see you there :)
Amazing tutorial! Just one more thing, when and where should i invest in development? Should i wait till iam ahead of tech and at peace? Should i invest primarly in my capital or everywhere?
That is a good question! I don't have a definitive answer to that, unfortunately. However, I'll tell you what I usually do: Investing in development is primarily used to increased the stats of your provinces. It will gain you most to: - Increase Admin Dev. in your capital (however, that is expensive) - Increase Diplo Dev. in provinces with high value trade goods (this depends on the period your in, but Gold is always highly profitable) Secondly, you can use development to help the spread of institution. For example, let's say you are very unlucky and "Global Trade" spawns in China and you're somewhere in Europe. It is not smart to wait until it all spreads to Europe. Instead, you can increase development, which will help the growth of that institution. (Just try this out in a game and you'll get what I mean). My rule of thumb of when to invest is generally: - I need the institution (as explained above), or; - I have an excess of power points and I have nowhere else to spend them on. Hope this helps :)
@@GameStach great! Thanks a lot, i feel like you though me everything i need to properly play eu4 now
@GameStach thx for tutorial. Do you know, if I started the basic game without dlcs and afterwards I would buy a dlc, will I able to continoue my save game with dlc ? Which dlc gives me the right and chance to give some occupied region to my ally at peace? Cosscks maybe? Thx in advance
@@roninodikai If you start the game without dlc, and then buy ones, you can no longer play that save game sadly :( I have had this lots of times. I believe that transfering occupation is not part of a DLC anymore. You have to click the province, and that is where you can transfer occupation. If you want to give the province to you ally in the peace deal, simply select it there. It should now show up in the summary of the deal :)
I just got EU4 and this tutorial helped me so much. I will recommend it to any new players in the future! Thanks GameStach!
You, my sir, are a legend!
What an honour! Thank you :)
Vassals cannot improve relations.
Watched a multipart tutorial and barely understood the game afterwards and put it down for like 6 months. Found your video on a fluke and now i am 20 hours into a playthrough and feeling confident. All hail my Sicilian Empire. Thank you for the concise tutorial.
Old video and still relevant, have played eu4 for some time now and this is by far the best tutorial I have seen for the game. The quality comes from the intention, "quick guide, so you can start to learn from playing yourself"
Thank you for the compliment! Glad to see you can appreciate my intention here :)
This is the only tutorial of this game that I truly appreciate. Can’t wait to play. Good job!
Thank you! That's very nice of you to say :D
Great tutorial! I watched a different one not too long ago, but the tutorial itself was 4 years old.. I hadn’t realized how much had changed, so this rocks!
Yeah, it's crazy how much stuff gets added, right?
It seems I watch a tutorial and maybe pick up a thing or two, playing Castile, usually go incredibly into debt, get attacked and then not sure what to do. The basic functions I know how to do. It’s things like should I go into debt to get the best councilors, combing regiments into an army, the nobility and making peace. Most tutorials talk too fast, they show things way to fast without zooming in or like yours is too blurred to often read. It’s nice that yours is easy to skim through and maybe I will pick up something that will help or I can build upon.
This game can be really tough. I also struggle to not get into debt with Castille. It is a deceptively difficult nation in my opinion (even though it is listed among the "recommended nations"). I personally prefer Aragon over Castille when it comes to playing in Spain. Good luck! :)
Thanks for using the generally accepted English spelling of Castile. One of my pet peeves of Paradox's EU and CK games is that they spell Castile with two Ls. And don't get me started on Victoria giving the names of German provinces in German when so many other countries have their provinces in the English equivalent.
My god, I was looking for a simple straight to the point tutorial for the game, and gosh it was hard to find one. Your tutorial should be much more visible on KZhead! I started some of those 8 hours long tutorials and I almost gave up buying the game because everything seemed so hard to understand and confused, I'm happy I found this one.
Thanks! Great to hear! Hope you're enjoying EU4 :)
Seriously, this is what a tutorial video should be like. I don't need to know 100% of what things are or how to maximize them. I just want to know how to PLAY.
Very very good tutorial. I have experience with CK2 so this was presented nice and quickly and cleanly in a way that I can understand.
Thank you. I have seen many many many tutorials and I have never actually managed to understand the game until this one. You’re awesome.
Thank you, Gustavo! :D
Thanks man! I really wanted to get some friends into eu4, but the barrier to entry was too high, but this video has certainly lowered the bar for them! Thanks!
Great to hear that! I hope you'll enjoy the game =)
Thank you for one of the most useful guides around, I bought this game on sale and was very confused before this on certain things in the game
You're welcome! If you have any question, feel free to ask :)
great and short tutorial! clears many of my questions up!
Tutorial was simple and easy to follow, he even read my mind! Definitely will recommend.
Great to hear! Thank you very much :)
After playing with my buddy for 3 hours for the first time today, having no idea how to play, clapping him in war, and finally watching him take over 25 bank loans to get out of debt i think its time that i learn how to play this for real lol. thanks, great vid
Haha, I have been there 😅 Thank you! I hope you'll keep enjoying EU4!
Thank you very much! Answered some questions and was even entertaining to watch! I'll watch your videos where you will be playing as well, as I'm sure it will give me allot of insight in navy, trade/merchants, battles, and a whole lot of other stuff I didn't even get the chance to fuck up yet
Thank you! That is very nice to hear! :D I also have a few tutorial series that could be helpful. You could check out the Ottomans if you're interested in playing them or if you want to learn more about the basics of the game (kzhead.info/channel/PLneeyHrEgpDiiy0SotgFuOBHW7BJYaRsA.html). In case you're a bit more experienced, then the Castille series could be useful (kzhead.info/channel/PLneeyHrEgpDhPqih5ksxf1MXikUeaOYvx.html). That one introduces colonization and colonial nations. (And new videos are of course on the way :) )
Just got the game and had trouble playing with friends. Your tutorial was very good and very well made. Fantastic work
Thanks mate, really happy to hear that! Enjoy playing with friends; my friends all hate EU4 :(
I just got the game a few days ago and i was struggling to learn about it before this video. I really want to thank you for this amazing work! Its helped me understand the game a lot more and I'm finding it super fun now.
Dom Graves Great to hear! It was a real headache for myself when I just started out, so I’m glad you’re already enjoying it! What nation did you try first?
@@GameStach I've really liked England so far. I love the idea of unifying a geographic area with clear borders and islands are as clear as they get
Yes, that is nice indeed! Preventing map gore and such, haha! I had some real trouble with England when I just started out because of France. Nice that it is going well!
Thanks for your help :D I'm starting with eu4 rn and this tutorial is really helpful. I liked your video and subscribed
Awesome! Thank you! I hope you'll enjoy the game. It can be reaaally frustrating at times, but if you give it some time, you'll waste more hours on it than you'd like :D
omg thx so much i just bought the game and trying to play it, you hav the only tutorial thats actually useful. thanks so much!!!
Glad I could help! I hope you'll enjoy the game!
Very good tutorial! I didn,t even know about diplomacy before!
this helped me understand the basics thank you sir
Fantastic video, I feel I can dive right in! Thanks :)
Great to hear! Let me know how your first game went :D
Best EU4 guide out there, Got EU4 on sale and this is by far the best one out there for a beginner
Thank you, that's wonderful to hear! I hope you're enjoying the game!
A very tidy and useful video - thanks!
Thank you! Nice to hear it was helpful :)
This tutorial was very easy to understand, thanks!
Thank you this is the only tutorial I could bear to watch
Thank you! :)
this guy is the best tutorial maker he makes the tutorials short but good unlike other tutorials
Just getting into the game in the game the hours of reading. thank you!
Thank you! I was searching for a good tutorial on EU4 and finally found it
Glad I could help!
Liked and subbed. Sounds exactly like what I'm after!
THANK YOU. You helped so much. All the other tutorials are 2 hour long 17 part videos that make no sense. I can actually play the game now. Thanks!
Thanks! That's wonderful to hear! I hope you're enjoying the game :)
It's rare to find a good tutorial like this
Thank you mateee for this. I wanted to try this game out and i am kinda new to those types of games. Only played age of civilzation but that game was way too easy. Anyway thank you for this 😊
extremely concise and practical video, a ton better than watching 8 episodes of 20-40 min (naming no names :^))
Thank you! Happy to hear I could help :)
Thank you. Now time to binge watch people forming cursed nations
Finally a good one. Spent 3 hours on the game and declaring war, attacking, etc. is just impossible. Money? Tax? how complicated does this get?!
I just want to say that this is one of the best tutorials I've seen about a game EVER. I'm new to Eu4 and I stopped playing it for a while but lately I've been getting back into it and I'm trying to learn the game because I really love it and I love how realistic it can be. Don't get me wrong I also love Hoi4 and other paradox games but lately I've taken a keen interest in EU4 and it's starting to become one of my favorite games. One reason that I would prefer EU4 over Hoi4 is that EU4 is in it's own way really realistic becasue of the complexity which for some reason most people don't understand or even try to understand. I'm planning on doing a lot more EU4 in the coming Thanksgiving break and I really cannot wait until I actually get good at the game. I just want to say that this tutorial has definetly helpled a 70 hour noob like me. And I can say for a fact that this tutorial is going to make me enjoy the game evem better. Thank you so much and stay safe. Just earned a sub btw
Thank you man! I'm really happy you say that! :D If you ever want to play game or ask questions, feel free to join the discord server: discord.com/invite/UU3fJEP Hope to see you there!
I’ve watched so many tutorials for this game and the information here is ALL WAFFLE FREE and says exactly what a new player needs. Thank you so much for creating this video.
And thank you for your nice compliment! :D
Thx you so much i subbed with bells and like the video for this amazing video and i am gonna watch your other amazing videos :D
Edwin Zell Amazing! Thanks :D I hope you’ll enjoy them!
Spicy and right to the point. Thank you.
The only decent tutorial I’ve seen on this game. I’m starting my first game soon wish me luck. 👍
Thank you and good luck! Which nation are you starting with? :)
Man i wish there were good Stellaris / HOI4 videos out there like yours; your intro was 100% correct in that most Paradox tutorial content on YT tends to be meandering, unscripted and full of unhelpful info or too overly technical for a beginner tutorial. You make very good use of the phrase "worry about that later."
Wow, thank you for your amazing compliment :) I have a degree as a teacher, so I know that most people (myself included) don't have an extremely long attention span; so I try not to tell non-essential information. Before making this video, I obviously watched what other tutorials were like, and most of them start by going over the icons in the top bar. That sometimes takes them an entire episode of 20 minutes. I did that in under a minute, because I think people can read a tooltip themselves - they don't need me to do that for them. But anyway, if people know enough to play the game comfortably after my video, my goal is achieved :)
man, I feel you, I bought stellaris like 2 years ago and I just gave up because the games tutorial is so hard to grasp and to watch tutorials with 40 mins about 1 single thing is just ridiculous
This is a very informative and good video. Thank you!
Thank you! You're very welcome! :)
Bro, best introduction to this game even after having done the in tutorial. I feel Like I can play this game now lol. Ty!
Wonderful to hear! Thank you! Enjoy the game :)
This intro bought me, 100% what i was thinking
Awesome! Wonderful to hear! Thanks for the sub :)
Thank you so much! Your video was amazing!
Thank you!! Wonderful to hear :) Glad to know it helped!
Gotta love that he’s still answering questions after TWO YEARS.
Thanks for making a tutorial based entirely off things that you'll need to worry about within the first hour instead of mixing it with random lategame stuff that only comes up in niche situations and involves DLC that someone looking to try the game wouldn't have anyways
Clear and to the point. Doesn't waste our time on useless stuff. Thank you so much
And thank you for your nice comment! Have fun playing :D
@@GameStach Thanks, have a nice day
Amen for the opening sentence of this video. I just stumbled on an EU4 tutorial for Castille that looked pretty popular, but it was boring as F### telling me all minutiae that didn't tell me ZIP about the game and what's the point of it. Already I can tell this video is the video for me (a newb wanting to know what this game is all about). Thank you!
This seems like a very good video that gets to the point with it's tutorial. I liked how it just flowed between topics and gave you a guide that is under 20 minutes that goes through everything important. I did see that video that was mentioned at the start. I do disagree with that video, If someone wants to play EU4 as a role-playing game, it's perfectly fine to. People should play games how they want to.
Thanks, i'll use this later mate
Finally , straight to the point tutorial
Oh hell, finally, an explanation of how to play this game that isn't a 7 hour long boredom festival. Thanks!
you answered all of my question!
Best tutorial for beginners. Showed this to a few people already. They understand the basics now, I think. lol
Really good informative video.
Thanks a lot!
I like how you described vassals
Very helpful. Thank you!
Glad to hear it! You're very welcome :)
You know it's a complex game when even the most concise tutorial is nearly 20 minutes
This game is very different than ck2, thanks for the guide, I've watched like 10 guides and this is the only one that actually helped me lol.
It sure is! CK2 is, in my opinion, more about the characters and not so much about conquering (although you can still do this of course). I'm more of an "I want to conquer everthing" kind of guy, so that's why I enjoy EU4 a bit more than CK2. How about you? Anyway, thank you for your compliment! Glad to hear it helped!
@@GameStach I like both lol, the characters are very interesting in ck2, I would never have come up the idea of a dwarf immortal Augustus of rome by myself but eu4 looks like alot of fun so again, I thank you for making the transition easier :D
You're welcome! :D (Sorry for the late response. I don't get notifications if someone responds to my response haha)
I'm pretty sure this will become very useful for the new wave that's gonna come
I hope so too!
holy shit this is prob the best tutorial ever made for eu4, sorry 8 part videos 30 mins long with useless things
Part 1: "EU4 is not ..." Part 3: "How to launch the game"
I wish I find this guy earlier.Short, straight and clear - that's what I need.
Thank you! That makes my day :) Hope you'll enjoy playing EU4! (and my videos)
Thanks for the tutorial!
Always happy to help a member of the Crimson Demon Clan :)
Thanks man great Tutorial :)
Glad you liked it!
finally a paradox tutorial under 20 mins!
i've had EUIV for a long time now (from Epic) but never tried it because i found it overwhelming, but with this tutorial i can play it. I find strategy games comforting when i'm fed up with shooters and RPGs :D
Good luck! You can do it :)
Thanks bro this helped
3:37 "Read the tooltip"...well, I'm expecting a lot of reading now. 😂🤣 So, I didn't do the tutorial like an idiot. Loaded up an SP match. Was lost in 5 minutes and quit. You've clarified so much for me within 10 mins.
Great Video seems like it will help a lot
Thanks!
GameStach: Never fall behind on Military tech, because that means you can loose a war, even if you have more troops. Soviet Union in WW2: Am i joke to you?
Hahaha, that is of course the exception! :D
Great tutorial man. You made me realize that this game is not for me 😂
This tutorial was great! Now i can play EU4 easily :) ( sorry for my bad english)
Thats great man
thanks dude i liked simple tutorials ive watched hours of hoi4 ones and just got this game on epic
You're welcome! I hope you'll enjoy the game :)
"its not a war game" HOLD MY BEER