The only trustworthy people are your subjects and high-loyalty generals.īasically what they said but with a few caveats. Convert to the worship of the Abrahamic God if you wish, but understand the consequences of doing so.
The Buddist faith brings public order and Monk units, the Catholic faith brings guns and superior ships, but is hindered by public disorder from a heavily buddist Japan. If you can, get a region with a bowyer, and a region with a blacksmith, so that you may train the best archers in the former and the best infantry (and perhaps cavalry) in the latter. Low taxes brings in less money, but creates higher economical growth, thus bringing in more money over time.Ģ-3 doomstacks are preferable for the evetual conquest of Japan. High taxes bring more money, but lower economical growth. Realm Divide occurs when your clan gathers to much fame for the Shogun to ignore.įame accumulates through winning battles (heroic battles win more), capturing settlements from other clans, and building legendary buildings.īefore Realm Divide hits, stop all conquests and just focus on internal growth, research, and stockpiling a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of money and troops. He also has overviews on each clan, with their strengths and weaknesses and suchĪ tip, if playing Shogun 2 unmodded, know that any allies and vassals made in-game will evetually turn on you once Realm Divide hits. This guy is quite good at the game, and has a complete playthrough on Legendary difficulty for every clan in the game, as well as some neat challenge series: Build an upgraded Buddhist temple wherever you're training your archers (with a fletcher) because the Bow Warrior Monks are the best archers in the game Don't neglect your navy.ĭon't switch to Christianity until you know what you're doing, try to stomp out other religions as soon as possible so you don't have to worry about them causing rebellions in you territory. They give you resources that are valuable for trading with other factions, and they make you lots of money at your trade ports. Use ships and capture the trade nodes as soon as possible.
#TOTAL WAR SHOGUN 2 TIPS FOR BEGINNERS UPGRADE#
Don't upgrade your markets in any town other than those 5 rich ones, it's generally not worth it for the food cost. They'll automatically increase the money made there by a significant amount. To maximize your money making, build markets in your especially rich towns and order a Metsuke agent to sit in the town. Certain buildings also consume food so be careful. Research the encampment and upgrade that in those cities so you can upgrade their armor/attack, ranged accuracy, or charge even more.ĭon't neglect your food resource, each town has farm that will give you one more food for each upgrade, and upgrading your cities so you can build more buildings consumes that food. Train your cavalry somewhere with stables so they have an extra charge bonus.
Train your ranged units somewhere with a fletcher so you can upgrade their accuracy. Train your elite melee troops somewhere with a blacksmith so you can upgrade with their armor or attack depending on your preference. Train samurai units once you've gotten more money and territory.ĭifferent areas have different specialties. Use lots of Yari Ashigaru early, make sure you put them into their Yari Wall formation, they're very strong then. Both areas are very defensible, so you can worry about the rest after that. As the Shimazu, take over Kyushu and go for Shikoku next. As Chosokabe, take over your starting island of Shikoku and take over Kyushu next, you'll basically have every specialty resource at that point. The easiest starting clans for a newbie are the Chosokabe and the Shimazu.