From Press Release:
STOCKHOLM – 28 October 2026 – Only the southern edge of the Iberian peninsula remains out of the grasp of the throne of Castile. Centuries of war have reduced the Moroccan Marinid and Granadan holdings in Europe to a fraction of their former majesty. In Europa Universalis V: Across the Pillars you will decide the fate of this region and the strategic waterway at the western end of the Mediterranean.
Across the Pillars is a new Chronicle Pack for Europa Universalis V available today. This pack adds more historical flavor and strategic challenges to Castile/Spain, Morocco, and Granada. Players can engage with new historical Situations and decisions in Paradox Interactive’s flagship historical grand strategy game. Immerse yourself in a deeply researched late medieval and early modern world, now with added regional detail in the Across the Pillars Chronicle Pack.
Features of Europa Universalis V: Across the Pillars include:
- The Battle of the Strait: A new historical Situation focused on the conflict between Castile, Marinid Morocco and Granada over the remnants of Muslim rule in Iberia.
- New decisions, cabinet actions and country interactions themed around this contest.
- New events and special actions related to the struggle over the Strait of Gibraltar.
- The winner of the Battle of the Strait proceeds to the Golden Century Situation, allowing the victor to continue to project power beyond the region.
- More historical flavor.
- The Golden Century: A new historical Situation for the winter of the Battle of the Strait
- Unique paths for Castile and Morocco.
- Influence or Contest expansion, potentially projecting power over multiple region
- Track European Dominance, Colonial Dominance and the Flashpoints in the region
- Dozens of new events, the Crown of Al-Andalus Government Reform and the Decision to Restore Cordoba
- Unique Expeditions: Special Expedition content available only in Across the Pillars, including unique explorations, gold caravans and treasure fleets.
- Religious Orders: New unique military orders for Iberian nations.
- Iberian Union: Choose the path of a centralized Iberian monarchy or a federalized Iberian state in a reworked Iberian Wedding scenario. Unite the thrones of the peninsula through new laws and policies.
- Iberian Bureaucracies: 12 new bureaucracy options drawn from Spanish and Portuguese history.
- Maghrebi Bureaucracies: 8 new bureaucracy options drawn from North African history.
- New Iberian Historical Events: Many new historical events for the region, including general Iberian content as well as unique dynamic events for Castile/Spain, Portugal, Aragon and Navarre.
- New Maghrebi Historical Events: Many new historical events for the region, including general Maghrebi content as well as unique dynamic events for Morocco, Granada and other nations in the region.
- New Technological Advances: Dozens of new advances to research, unique to Iberian or Maghrebi nations.
- New Cosmetic Flavor: New unit and ship models, portrait assets, event illustrations, monuments and Works of Art are available for Iberian and Maghrebi nations.
- New Music: Six new Castilian-themed songs, played on baroque instruments and sung in medieval Spanish, plus three new Moroccan-themed songs inspired by 16th-century call-and-response songs and played on the guembri and qraqeb.
Europa Universalis V: Across the Pillars is being released alongside the free 1.4 ‘Rio Salado’’ update for the base game. This major update to Europa Universalis V is a significant part of Paradox Tinto’s “Grand Voyage” to add free new game features, systems and flavor to the game. Over the first year, the team has been making changes, big and small, to the game, and ‘Rio Salado’ is the biggest update yet, adding Expeditions (character led missions to distant lands), making changes to Catholicism (reworked religious orders and changes to how cardinals are managed), improving dynastic gameplay, major changes to trade and more.
Europa Universalis V: Across the Pillars is now available for the suggested retail price of $19.99/£16.99/€19.99. This Chronicle Pack is also available as a part of the Europa Universalis V: Premium Edition.
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