[EU4] An in depth guide to trade

[@chamarawijepala2021]

This helped me get from 50-55 ducats a month to 70-80 ducats a month. Thank you very much.

[@yamach8819]

I can't find out if it's sarcastic or honest..

[@gaiuslucius9380]

@@yamach8819 same xD

[@abhishekab1]

I think he meant in the same month 🙂

[@TimoRutanen]

50% increase, can't be too sarcastic!

[@chamarawijepala2021]

I wasn't being sarcastic lol, this video really helped me out.

[@maxaranyos7609]

Dear god you get 2000 from a trade node, I felt proud about getting 90 gold

[@oguzoflaz270]

MerryWeatherGaming Saaaaaaaaaaammeeeeeeee

[@MrTimebomb12]

I felt good when I got 5 for Christ's sake

[@samstanton8655]

I was happy with 20 hahaha I can definitely relate to this!

[@jotender6034]

And I felt like i'm rich when I collected 300 as ottoblob :(

[@TheSpanishDon1]

Saaaame i made a Spanish empire took over the Genoa node and had 150 duckets incoming and I thought I was cool but now I see him making 2k from trade wtf

[@lithunoisan]

Is this how I get a Ph.D. In economics

[@amethystgamer852]

Ph.D. in EUconomics

[@amethystgamer852]

I mean 27 ducats from trade as england, 20 years into the game isnt that bad is it

[@MuhammadRafy]

Interviewer: So what makes you fit for that job? OP: I had 2000 income from a trade node

[@ghostmcdoom]

No thats how you use your phd of economics

[@davids736]

LOL!! Good one.....

[@RedBaronFlyer]

0:00 - Opening 1:12 Trade in Europa Universalis IV 1:50 Trade Nodes 2:58 Trade Value 4:35 Trade Power 6:22 Merchants 10:16 Modifiers 14:00 Other Trade-Based Gameplay Mechanics 15:38 Strategies 21:23 Closing

[@tobiasbengtsson2112]

Some Guy Who Makes Videos bless you

[@ethanwmonster9075]

fun fact after hungary patch venice can join hre after the formula was changed without giving up any dev hilarious you no long need to wait for shadow kingdom.

[@ethpling165]

Some Guy Who Makes Videos a true hero

[@TheArdRanger]

Some Guy Who {doesn't} Makes Videos i

[@nadontcare9684]

With the new labels on the Timeline, it's verbatim what you've written... I'm not sure if Reman's copying you, or some algorithm of youtube, but good labeling either way?

[@dialaskisel5929]

"it's actually pretty simple" **Speaks in tongues and maths for 20 minutes** If you say so...

[@jackoakes1328]

@Preacher huh, no replies for 3 months

[@i.t.2238]

@@jackoakes1328 huh no replies for 3 days

[@baconhairbacana1964]

@@i.t.2238 huh, no replies for 3 weeks

[@i.t.2238]

@@baconhairbacana1964 huh, no replies for 3 hours

[@bcthegamer3039]

@@i.t.2238 huh no replies for 3 weeks

[@harrisonhurst]

Excellent guide. Over a thousand hours in and this is the best I've understood trading yet.

[@Golradir]

@ChildofSevilla I know it's a late reply but fuck off.

[@DJSbros]

@ChildofSevilla If they enjoyed that time spent of THEIR LIFE I dont see a problem.

[@Siterus]

@ChildofSevilla I know it's a late reply but fuck off.

[@judecook3691]

@ChildofSevilla I know it's a late reply but fuck off.

[@wopperconpalta5356]

@ChildofSevilla If you dont play a 1000+ hours of EU4, you havnt played EU4. So yes, fuck off!

[@Jouzou87]

Privateering has its uses if you're a small country, your home node is poor and there's a much better one nearby. Case in point: When I was plaing as a Japanese Daimyo, for some time it was more profitable to privateer in Beijing than to protect in Nippon.

[@RagingAura]

This is an example of good design, as in real life the Japanese wokou pirates found it much more lucrative to rob ships and coasts of Korea and China as opposed to normal trade in Japan. There are simply much more goods produced in China and Korea in this time period to steal!

[@TheSpanishDon1]

My Mongol pirates ravaged the English Channel, Venice , and Genoa. I didn’t focus on protecting trade because as Mongolia u don’t have enough merchants to actually transfer trade to Yumen and Russian nodes the best way was to collect in Beijing and just transfer to Beijing in nodes where I already had 100%

[@calebpittman2345]

The ottomans has over 130 ducats inn their trade node and I wanted to kneecap them, so I built 130 light ships and started privateering the Constantinople node, my pirates owned 70% of the trade node and the ottomans never stood up to me again

[@Robi2009]

Found one more thing, a minor but sometimes it can help: if you put an admiral commanding trade protecting fleet, for every Manouver pip, it ads ca. 5 % to fleets trade power bonus.

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

Yeah admirals are extremely powerfull because of their peacetime uses Just smash that estate admiral whenever you can afford it and park him on the ships

[@RagafragaMuffin]

@@MrDwarfpitcher rest in peace estate admiral spam in 1.30

[@Spacemarine658]

as a long time player this is still really helpful you good sir have earned my sub

[@milisavradovanovic9747]

GUARDSMAN WHY ARE YOU TAKING UPON YOURSELF THE TITLE OF SPACE MARINE

[@Spacemarine658]

Gabriel Angelos YOU DARE QUESTION THE TITLE THE EMPEROR HIMSELF GAVE ME?!? HERESY!!!

[@Bluemilk92]

I just thought of something that made me chuckle a bit. The Death Korps of Creed

[@LFGRETIRED]

As somebody extremely new to EUIV, this tutorial helped massively! Thank you! : D

[@azmanabdula]

Imagine how hard it would be to learn this game without the internet : S Im old arent I.....

[@LFGRETIRED]

I'm now 100 years into a Savoy game. I have by far the most control in my home node (Genoa). I formed Sardinia-Piedmont Militarily I'm stronger than France and Spain, I'm allied with the latter and eating the former. Also I have England under a PU.

[@InsanityAtNight]

If you're new, as weird as it sounds, really try to do a Japan game. Great for learning almost every game mechanic, also so damn fun. Play as a Daiymo (Hosokawa is my favorite) and unite Japan~

[@LFGRETIRED]

Duskblade of Draktharr Sounds like a nice idea, I'll get round to that on the next game I play.

[@Hilja1suus]

I'd recommend uesugi instead, as hosokowa has an antisocial problem, like burgundy

[@Astragoth2]

six years later, still the best trade guide on the interwebs

[@PowerAnjohn]

This guy is insane, even in 2021. Those tutorials are just great.

[@clif9710]

I have to sit down and catch my breath after watching this incredible video. If everyone making a KZbin tutorial would ape this one we learners would be in heaven. Low and unobtrusive BG audio is a must and Reman doesn't waste a single word. Graphics appear as needed and make excellent screengrabs. All of his videos are like this. I'm awed.

[@UltimatePotato]

Excellent video, you even backed it up with examples, charts and doodles. I hope this gets the recognition it deserves, it would translate into more new EU4 players and happier older ones.

[@alexsmith2745]

"I've never whipped out a calculator in a game just to see if I could squeeze out a litter more income" ........ Arumba

[@dukedase7]

Yeah, but Arumba is extreme cringe. He plays so fucking slow it's intolerable. It takes him about 100 videos to get to 1550. Sometimes he'll be in 1444 for an hour. A FUCKING HOUR.

[@M-Soares]

@@dukedase7 I get him, I had my phase when I would play with many excel spreadsheets open, I don't have the patience to play like that anymore, but if that's what he enjoys, more power to him. I do have to concede that it is pretty dumb that he plays this way and complains that the game is too easy, of course it's too easy, dude, you put more effort into this game than I do at my job lol

[@maestro9765]

​@@dukedase7 ADHD kid

[@maestro9765]

@@dukedase7 Have you ever seen marco play?

[@mateuszgrzesiak3948]

I have almost 900 hours on EU IV and I still learnt a lot! You've earned a sub

[@tsarcastic3722]

I'm a CK2 transfer to EUIV and I've been watching different videos from different creators to try and understand the game. This is exactly what I've been looking for. You taking the time to make a custom map with 4 custom nations to explain the trade makes an enormous difference. Thanks for the help, dog.

[@swadow1497]

0:20 "it's actually pretty simple" *20 minutes later* YOU LIED!!!!!!!

[@oguzoflaz270]

swadow true haha

[@user-zh7yi5yr5s]

😂😂😂

[@Terrex123]

Well you don't need to know every detail of how ever calculation is made behind the scenes to become good at managing/manipulating trade in-game. It's nice to know, but not 100% necessary. As long as you understand how to collect and steer trade and raise your trade power/efficiency your good to go.

[@thepurplepanda4]

swadow 20 SIMPLE minutes....??

[@OmarJoseph]

more like 6 min later, shits harder than my calc classes

[@ThanhVu-oo5nv]

Reman: "The effort is too great considering the reward" Me, trying to get "The frozen asset" achievement: Nope, it worth it

[@blanjipan4484]

Finally the one system I had no clue on what to do is now understandable! Subscribed.

[@Odinakos]

While i knew almost all of what you described, i could not imagine such a simple and informative way to teach about trade. It's really an awesome video and would recommend it for anyone that wants to learn about it.

[@marxussy]

Damn, you should be a teacher, finally someone who explained me this. I couldn't understand this for such a long time, thanks.

[@ZaphyrVonGenevese]

Your guides are the best. Breaking down problems to easily solvable chunks, omitting modifiers and using clever examples. I love it.

[@metralla]

I recommend speed 0.75 for those with normal human brains.

[@ThorbenTK]

watched it on 0,50

[@Delacroix0402]

I watch at 2.00x speed 😎

[@harryrichardson7028]

Thank you lol

[@Septimus_ii]

I played it like a true grand strategy game - 2x speed but with lots of pausing to study stuff

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Trade is always a big part of paradox games, so good to have a guide like this cover how it all works.

[@Warren_L.]

I'm a complete noob. I've watched more than an hour of different Trade videos, and am overwhelmed and confused. Then I found yours. Now I think I understand -- thank you!!!

[@Singeslayer1]

You've earned a sub. Excellent guide

[@Wheedlinglemur]

Likewise. Quality breakdown of the trade system

[@FranciscoCostaRamos]

Indeed, this is really good!

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

I found a super helpful tooltip in the trade node menu. Most of you know this, but this can help new players a lot. You don't need to look at the arrows to decide where to expand or colonize. Go to your home node. Hover over "incoming" this will show you all the nodes immediately upstream (1 node up) of your home node, or any node for that matter. The top left tabs will also show this information too. Sevilla: -Safi -Tunis -Carribean -Ivory Coast This will help narrow down your focus for colonizing and expanding, if your goal is to trade effectively.

[@Elsprichts]

Very good and thorough guide! You have a great voice for such stuff. Please make more guides!

[@СтрахињаЈовановић-п8ъ]

I've been playing this game for 4 years now and I've only just figured out how trade works thanks to this video! Subbed.

[@male272]

Collect @ home node, transfer to home node, if possible change your home node to a more trafficked province, stack your transfers along routes to increase value, only embargo rivals, light ships are the best modifiers for trade power either through protection (of routes you trade on) or privateering (in routes you do not trade on), use production modifiers (buildings) in provinces prioritized by goods value, and don't worry about the math, most of the indicators are visually significant in the Trade Map. There ya go.

[@shronkler1994]

bless you

[@male272]

@@shronkler1994 When negotiating Peace deals, choose 'Steer Trade' from nations that feed into your Home node. Choose Transfer Trade Power from nations with whom you share Trade regions. Don't waste either Demand on nations where those two elements are not relevant.

[@pic4315]

15:38 for those who are not Harvard students

[@sansonefabio8177]

Best comment

[@doopmeister8676]

@@sansonefabio8177 Fr, too underrated lol

[@TheRealZeaga]

This is surprisingly simple.. I can't believe it took me 6 years to learn this properly.

[@dahellish]

One of the most helpful guides for EUIV! Thank you!

[@Astroman10]

This was a wonderful video. Thank you for the very clear, concise, and accurate information!

[@nodasvasilikos6579]

An excellent video. Have invested hundrends of hours in this game, still explained a few mecchanics I never was capable to understand. Thank you. Keep on making videos.

[@DafyddWillz]

Even with 631 hours in EUIV I was still clueless when it came to trade. This video has enlightened me, and makes me want to do a trade-centric campaign next. Thank you for making it!

[@kazeshinin]

Clear, concise, informative and very well presented. This must be the best trade guide I've seen so far for EUIV. You just got one more subscriber.

[@benwhelan3820]

great video, ive played about a 1000 hours and the full picture of how trade works is only clear now after watching this

[@MrBoondaba]

Awesome info for my new playthrough. Only one critique (because my family's from near there): it's pronounced GENoa / JEN-oh-uh, accent on the first syllable. Chapter layout too - really good guide thanks.

[@FindTheFun]

"Aaand that is the trade system in EU4." *10mins left of video*

[@brantcasavant]

Amazing guide. Paradox should pay you to do a whole series of these. I have 800 hours in the game and I still don't understand how some of the game's mechanics work. This was really enlightening.

[@siddhantsharma7728]

You are great, Paradox should employ you to make tutorial videos. You have earned an uplike and Sub

[@nenad7653]

I think that this is the developer of the game

[@janknoblich4129]

@@nenad7653 He isn't

[@monteniggrianCRUSHER]

U p l i k e

[@MrTradeTradeTrade]

Reman thank for you patience to understand and share the mechanics. Paradox was always very bad at explaining this.

[@mmaclipsuknow]

Watched this video, made adjustements, lost half my trade income, realised I understand all of this even worse than I did before (which was little)

[@timelesscr]

KEKW

[@sci_ln3376]

This is by far the best guide I've seen about trading. Thanks a lot.

[@VentingGragory]

Finally, first true "Millionaire shares a secret to wealth" video I've seen!

[@Dazz3rz450]

I’ve honestly gotten lost about 13 minutes in, but I still understand more now than I did before

[@C4Shop]

Love this summary!

[@HenrikML]

I can't even begin too explain how much this helped me, thank you so much

[@jim-bob87]

Fantastic Video - I have 100s (thousands?) hours played and still understand trading better after watching this

[@juancasillas9877]

Best video regarding trade in EU4 I've seen today. This is the tenth video I've watched today, btw.

[@fionn5325]

Thank you for this guide on as you call it, chrade.

[@lordg13m]

You deserve way more subs for these well made vids!

[@antonio5478]

Woa dude, this guide is awesome, 300hrs in eu4, which I know is very little, and this helped me out a lot

[@andrewwilson3765]

This video saved me. I had no idea how trade worked

[@fish4198]

Brilliant video, I've never been able to quite wrap my head around trade in EU4. I think I mostly get it now.

[@LordVlader]

This is by far the best trade tutorial out there.

[@Madmagnito]

Great explanation, calming voice, to the point. Amazing guide.

[@iamtheonewhotrulyasked]

While watching this I had 2 of my merchants collecting in Venice and English Channel, while my home node was Genoa. I thought that since all 3 were end nodes, that'd maximize my trade income. The moment I recalled my merchants from Venice and English channel, my trade income went from 97 to 110! I never realized collecting outside your home node hurt so much!

[@gekkenhuisje]

This tutorial and Darkfireslide's tutorial on trade have set me on the right foot for trade.

[@Orcimedes]

at 14:31 there is a potentially key detail omitted: vassals, marches (and probably client states) of Merchant REpublics also transfer trade power automatically. Since merchant republics are limited in the amount of state core provinces they can have, this makes for quite the difference.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

I must say, one of the most powerful trade games I've had so far is abusing a bro of a Castile AI. I was playing Portugal and secured Treaty of Tordesillas in Brazil, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Peru. Castile just colonized La Plata, and Flanders got Colombia. Not only did Castile not intrude on the high value trade from the Caribbean but do all the work for me sending wealth to the Ivory Coast node and helping move it to Sevilla, but they actually made their main trade city in the Genoa node after integrating Aragon, making me the dominant force of Sevilla. Pile on my switch to a merchant republic and the treasure ships from Mexico and Peru, and I was making real bank. I can only imagine how insane the value will get as I pull more and more trade from the east. I currently have the "trading in" modifier with 4 goods and am at 18% for another. Thanks to this guide I will be able to manipulate it even further now that I understand the transfer from downstream mechanic that was confusing me a bit.

[@thepunisher4356]

Before watching this I felt as thou I had a good grasp on trade, but you have just tripled my overall knowledge with some simple math aspects that I've never had explained out so easily before(seems paradox like multiplying by .02 a lot). I can't wait to use this in my next/current game.

[@_CapnYesterday_]

A little late to the party, but I just had to tell you how well you explained this system. Subscribed. Cheers:)

[@sketch-bag7584]

THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!! Thank you, you magnificent man

[@cedricl.marquard6273]

I do have to say, your tutorials are really good and understandable

[@markwhitmore4547]

Amazing video!!! Thanks for your effort and the systematic way in which you present topics like these!

[@richardm.4227]

Finally! A trade video worth watching. Great stuff, very clear explanatikn.

[@darthsavage4025]

"I know plenty of people who have dozens of hours in EU4 who only have a rough idea of how [trade] works..." - I didn't have a decent idea of how trade worked until I had a couple hundred hours

[@danielthirtle666]

I used this guide to help me get 100% of trade value staying in constantinople, its basically an end node now

[@skykid]

This is great man! Trading really seemed to click for me after watching this and made the game more fun! Would love to see more in depth guides on some of the other game concepts :)

[@ciarankenny9714]

Brilliant guide! EU4 might be the most complicated thing in the universe

[@alvintheng8501]

2019, thank you man for helping us out. Your video is simply brilliant!

[@bbelitz]

13:31 "White separatists"... n-nice

[@drunkenbarbarian8211]

lol

[@isaotogashi7415]

And yellow peasants... oh god.

[@nicodemus7774]

Isao Togashi an early Yellow Peril.

[@quincy8093]

Username checks out

[@franciscopizarro8642]

@@isaotogashi7415 *Vietnam flashbacks intensify*

[@teekinred1345]

Absolutely fantastic. So many mysteries solved! Thank you!

[@ZeSkillz]

As a long time player, I found this still very usefull, thanks for your great explanations

[@Eric-62]

A really great video. Good for beginners and for more experimented players. Thank you very much ! A little mistake maybe in the formula at Stage 2 for transferring : it should be (a nation's trade power (if merchant present))/(sum of trade power of all nations TRANSFERRING (with merchants presents))

[@TtheHF]

This is the best. Probs 2k hrs and this has never made this much sense ^5

[@Ankhar2332]

great guide, thank you

[@tyrion5131]

So much work in this video,nice job dude.

[@Zygmunt-Zen]

Great video, might have to watch again after my next game as a refresher course. Love the embargo tip on your rival. I guess Diplomats can wield monetary power!

[@ElphieCoyle]

One of the best vids I've ever come across... Thank you! :D

[@ec5897]

Great video for noobs like me! You are very clear and very succinct. 5 million thumbs up. Thx. :)

[@Deliverant]

10/10 Guide, just one quick question .... why don't u start a series of EUIV on this channel? would be AMAZING

[@siluraco341]

Totally agree.

[@LoydAvenheart]

Playing as a custom Irish nation, and I'm raking in so much gold. I'm pretty new but understanding the trading system helped me massively.

[@monteniggrianCRUSHER]

Fr? Can u explain rlly quick my english bad

[@StepBackHistory]

This channel looks really good.

[@lord6617]

17:30 The "helpful indicator" for light ship trade protection frequently lies. I believe it assumes power the ships are already applying if they are already on a trade mission, and is just in general unreliable. When setting your trade protection missions, use your understanding of the trade system. If you have poor control of your collection node, protect there. Otherwise, find key branches upstream of your collection node and protect there with a merchant to direct to you. A good example is mid game in the malacca trade node. If collecting there, with good trade control of the whole southeast asia region, light ship missions might suggest the phillipines or moluccas (upstream nodes) to protect for maximum profit. But the reality is that the Hangzou node upstream which is a major split in trade is 99% of the time the best place to focus your light ship power as forcing the trade from china and northeast asia towards Malacca rather than inland has huge downstream ramifications for trade value.

[@FatheredPuma81]

Tip for those not in Europe. You can make an effective end node via owning all the provinces that your node flow into. Really only useful in certain situations such as if you're playing in East Africa as the Kilwa trade node is one of the easiest to make into an effective end node via owning the Cape node.

[@balkanharry1755]

Man i miss your vids. So high quality.

[@muradkzlay7854]

Sometimes it is quite helpful to embargo non-rivals. If your collecting node is not an end node and they're steering tons of money from that node for instance.

[@slawko553]

Man thats the best trade giude i found in KZbin...!! THX MAN!!

[@-AytaL-]

It's an old video but still worth it to watch it. It's fully understandable then thanks for this help.

[@piotrprzedwojski2160]

great thanks - that was a really deep helpful guide !

[@signorcase5750]

Yeah. It's not really that complicated, even with all the math, but counterintuitive af. Nice video. Helped a lot.

[@kryndude]

tip6: sometimes you don't want to place a merchant in your home node because then you don't recieve 10% bonus to home node trade power (or was it domestic nodes?) per merchant steering elsewhere. It's doesn't matter if you own most of the provinces of your home node, although I still prefer to use the merchant to steer from upstream.

[@Tanuvein]

Great video, I appreciate you showing the actual math.

[@jayb4431]

Hearts of iron 4 game was pretty good and gave me an unforgettable feeling of an absolute ruling entity. My knowledge has expanded beyond the boundaries of the Universe. I must continue my journey with console commands in Cheat Land.

[@williamwilson2020]

Very clear, complete and informative! You have my thanks and thumbs up! :-)

[@edsonjr6972]

your teaching is VERY good. Congratulations