革新

Innovations represent technological legal and ideological advances that a Culture can make. Once an innovation is unlocked it can be used by any County and Character of the culture which unlocked it. Innovations are grouped into 3 unlock categories: Military and Civic, Cultural, and Regional.

• Military and Civic innovations have a small chance to progress towards being unlocked each month based on multiple factors, the most important being average Development in Counties of one Culture. The second most important factor is the number of neighbor Counties that belong to a Culture which already unlocked an innovation not shared.
• Regional innovations are unlocked when the Culture is present enough in a certain Region and remain unlocked even if said territory is lost.
• Cultural innovations are always active but require a certain Culture.

时代

Each Culture will be within one of 4 Eras which determine which innovations the Culture can unlock.

Once at least 50% of the innovations of an Era are unlocked and the required minimum year is reached the Culture will slowly progress to the next Era based on the average  Development in the Culture's Counties.

A culture cannot progress to another Era if its Cultural Head is Tribal.

Era	Minimum year	Description
Tribal	476	The Tribal Era of a Culture predates the emergence of codified laws and an institutionalized government. Rulers with Tribal Government can only make use of Tribal Era innovations.
Early Medieval	900	The Early Medieval Era sees the emergence of professional administrators and a number of important innovations, allowing a Culture to exit the Dark Ages.
High Medieval	1050	The High Medieval Era is a time of great technological and administrative progress, seeing towns grow into cities and the rise of the burgher class even as the aristocracy reigns supreme.
Late Medieval	1200	The Late Medieval Era marks the zenith of the feudal world. Bureaucrats, artisans, merchants and money lenders are starting to encroach on the power of the old privileged classes, except for the monarchs themselves.

革新列表

部落时期

Unlocking all Tribal innovations is required for the Adopt Feudal Ways and Adopt Clan Ways decision.

Civic innovation	Effect
Casus Belli	Can use De Jure County Casus Belli
City Planning	Unlocks Village Center Unlocks Shrine and Prayer Halls Unlocks Trading Outposts
Crop Rotation	Unlocks all Tribal Era Economic Buildings
Currency	+10% Monthly Development Growth
Gavelkind	Can enact the Confederate Partition Law
Ledger	+1 Domain Limit
Planned Assemblies	Unlocks Fortified Tribal Hold Can enact Limited Crown Authority Law
Public Works	Counties reach the maximum Existing Development penalty at 20 Development

Military innovation	Effect
Bannus	+15% Levy Reinforcement Rate
Barracks	Unlocks all Tribal Era Military Buildings
Mottes	Unlocks all Tribal Era Fortification Buildings
Mustering Grounds	+2 Size of Men-at-Arms Regiments +1 Max number of Men-at-Arms Regiments
Onager	Can recruit Onager Men-at-Arms
Quilted Armor	Can recruit Armored Footmen Men-at-Arms

Cultural innovation	Cultures	Effect
Bush Hunting	All Akan All Yoruba	Can recruit Bush Hunters Men-At-Arms
Chu-ko-nu	Han	Can recruit Chu-ko-nu Archers Men-At-Arms
Compound Bows	All Mongolic All Turkic Alan Mogyër	Can recruit Horse Archers Men-At-Arms
Defensive Tactics	All Israelite	Can recruit Shomer Men-At-Arms
Forest Wardens	All Balto-Finnic All Urgo-Permian All Volga-Finnic	Can recruit Metsänvartija Men-At-Arms
Konni Raids	All South Slavic Hungarian Polabian Polish Pommeranian	Can recruit Konni Men-At-Arms
Mountain Skirmishing	Afar Somali Welayta	Can recruit Horn Warriors Men-At-Arms
Mubarizun	Bedouin Butr Egyptian Levantine Nubian	Can recruit Mubarizun Men-At-Arms
Sahel Horsemen	All Sahelian All Senegambian All Central African Daju Zaghawa	Can recruit Sahel Horsemen Men-At-Arms
Table of Princes	Czech Slovien	Can enact the House Seniority Law and at any Crown Authority
Upland Skirmishing	All West African	Can recruit Guinean Uplanders Men-At-Arms
Visigothic Codes	Aragonese Basque Catalan Occitan	Can enact the High Partition Law Can enact the Equal Law and at any Crown Authority
Zbrojnosh	Czech Slovien	Can recruit Zbrojnosh Men-At-Arms

Regional innovation	Region	Effect
Elephantry	India or South East Asia	Can recruit War Elephants Men-at-Arms
Longships	Northern Europe	-75% Embarcation Cost +25% Naval Speed Unlocks the ability to sail in Major Rivers Unlocks the ability to Raid over seas if Raiding is allowed
War Camels	Middle East, North Africa or Persia	Can recruit Camel Riders Men-at-Arms
West African Canoes	West Africa	-25% Embarcation Cost +10% Raid Speed Unlocks the ability to sail in Major Rivers Unlocks the ability to Raid over seas if Raiding is allowed
Wootz Steel	Deccan India	+1 Prowess +2 Heavy Cavalry Damage +2 Heavy Infantry Damage

中世纪早期

Civic innovation	Effect
Armillary Sphere	+25% Naval Speed
Bailiffs	+1 Domain Limit
Chronicle Writing	Can use De Jure Duchy Casus Belli -10% Casus Belli Prestige Cost
Coinage	+10% Monthly Development Growth Unlocks the Coinage Rights Feudal Contract
Communal Government	Counties reach the maximum Existing Development penalty at 35 Development
Hereditary Rule	Can enact the Partition Law
Manorialism	-10% Building Construction Time Unlocks all Early Medieval Era Economic Buildings
Royal Prerogative	Can enact High Crown Authority Law Can enact Absolute Crown Authority Law

Military innovation	Effect
Arched Saddle	Can recruit Armored Horsemen Men-at-Arms
Battlements	-5% Men-at-Arms Maintenance Unlocks all Early Medieval Era Fortification Buildings Unlocks the Fortification Rights Feudal Contract
Burhs	+5%Levy Size Unlocks all Early Medieval Era Military Buildings Unlocks the March Feudal Contract
Household Soldiers	+3 Size of Men-at-Arms Regiments +1 Max number of Men-at-Arms Regiments
Horseshoes	+10% Movement Speed
Mangonels	Can recruit Mangonels Men-at-Arms

Cultural innovation	Cultures	Effect
Alpine Supremacy	All Quiangic All Tibetan	Can recruit Mountaineers Men-At-Arms
Caballeros	All Iberian Andalusian	Can recruit Caballeros Men-At-Arms
Cataphracts	All Byzantine except Alan	Can recruit Cataphracts Men-At-Arms
Desert Mountain Practices	Baranis Beja Maghrebi Yemeni	Can recruit Abudrar Men-At-Arms
Druzhina	All East Slavic	Can recruit Druzhina Men-At-Arms
Hirds	All North Germanic Anglo-Saxon Frisian Old Saxon	Can recruit Huscarls Men-At-Arms
Khandayats	All Dravidian All Indo-Aryan	Can recruit Khandayats Men-At-Arms
Royal Army Tradition	All Burman	+10% Heavy Cavalry Damage Can recruit Palace Guards Men-At-Arms

Regional innovation	Region	Effect
Ghilman	Arabia	-15% Men-at-Arms Maintenance
Reconquista	Iberia	-10% Casus Belli Cost +10% Monthly Piety
Stammesherzogtum	Western Germany	+5 Direct Vassal Opinion

中世纪盛期

Civic innovation	Effect
Banking	+10% Monthly Development Growth
Divine Right	Can press several Claims in a single war Unlocks the Palatinate Feudal Contract -10% Short Reign Duration -20% Title Creation Cost +10% Monthly Piety
Guilds	+1 Domain Limit
Heraldry	+5% Monthly Prestige Can enact the High Partition Law Can enact the House Seniority Law
Land Grants	-10% Casus Belli Prestige Cost +50%"Fabricate Claim on County" Councilor Task Speed
Scutage	+5% Republican Vassal Tax Contribution Unlocks the Scutage Feudal Contract
Urbanization	Counties reach the maximum Existing Development penalty at 55 Development
Windmills	+5% Domain Taxes Unlocks all High Medieval Era Economic Buildings

Military innovation	Effect
Advanced Bowmaking	+3 Damage for Archers Can recruit Crossbowmen Men-at-Arms
Castle Baileys	+15% Levy Reinforcement Rate Unlocks all High Medieval Era Military Building
Hoardings	Unlocks all High Medieval Era Fortification Buildings
Knighthood	+5 Direct Vassal Opinion +20% Knight Effectiveness
Men-at-Arms	+4 Size of Men-at-Arms Regiments +1 Max number of Men-at-Arms Regiments
Trebuchet	Can recruit Trebuchets as Men-at-Arms

Cultural innovation	Cultures	Effect
Desert Tactics	Outremer	Can recruit Chasseurs Men-At-Arms
Hobbies	All Brythonic Irish	Can recruit Hobelars Men-At-Arms
Pike Columns	All Latin	Can recruit Picchieri Men-At-Arms
Sarawit	Ethiopian	Can recruit Sarawit Men-At-Arms

Regional innovation	Region	Effect
Muladi	Northern Africa	+10 Different Culture Opinion +10% Monthly Development Growth
Ostsiedlung	Eastern Germany	-15% "Promote Culture" Councilor Task Speed +15% Monthly Development Growth
Peerage	Francia	+10% Vassal Tax Contribution +5 Direct Vassal Opinion -10 Fellow Vassal Opinion
Seigneurialism	Francia	+5% Domain Taxes

中世纪晚期

Civic innovation	Effect
Court Officials	+1 Domain Limit
Cranes	-15% Building Construction Time Unlocks all Late Medieval Era Economic Buildings
Ermine Cloaks	+10% Monthly Prestige
Noblesse Oblige	+5 Direct Vassal Opinion +5 Fellow Vassal Opinion
Primogeniture	Can enact the Primogeniture Law Can enact the Ultimogeniture Seniority Law
Promissory Notes	+10% Monthly Development Growth
Rennaisance Thought	Counties reach the maximum Existing Development penalty at 90 Development
Rightful Ownership	-10% Casus Belli Prestige Cost Can use De Jure Casus Belli Can press multiple Claims of another Character in a single war

Military innovation	Effect
Bombards	Can recruit Bombards Men-at-Arms
Machicolations	Unlocks all Late Medieval Era Fortification Buildings
Plate Armor	+3 Heavy Cavalry Toughness +3 Heavy Infantry Toughness
Royal Armory	+15% Levy Reinforcement Rate Unlocks all Late Medieval Era Military Building
Sappers	-10% Siege Phase Time
Standing Armies	+6 Size of Men-at-Arms Regiments +1 Max number of Men-at-Arms Regiments

Cultural innovation	Cultures	Effect
Adaptive Militia	Dutch	Can recruit Goedendag Militia Men-At-Arms
Legionnaires	Roman	Can recruit Palatini Men-At-Arms
Longbow	English Welsh	Can recruit Longbowmen Men-At-Arms
Rectilinear Schiltron	Gaelic Scots	Can recruit Schiltron Men-At-Arms
Valets	Breton French Norman Occitan	Can recruit Gendarmes Men-At-Arms
Zweihanders	All Central Germanic except the dutch	Can recruit Landsknechts Men-At-Arms

Regional innovation	Region	Effect
Condottieri	Italia	-25% Same Culture Mercenary Hire Cost +100% Number of Mercenary Companies
Deccan Unity	Deccan India	+5 Same Faith Opinion
Wierdijks	Netherlands	+1% Levy Size +10% Monthly Development Growth -10% City Holdings and Buildings Construction Time