Michael Brooks
In Europa Universalis IV, players can switch their nation's religion, which confers specific benefits, enables different mechanics, and affects diplomatic actions. One way to convert from Catholicism to Orthodox is by getting Orthodox rebels. This can be done by placing a missionary in an Orthodox province and reducing their maintenance to zero. Once the rebels spawn, players can let them occupy as many provinces as possible, which will auto-convert the provinces to Orthodoxy. When the rebels have occupied enough land, players can accept their demands and convert to Orthodoxy. Alternatively, players can get an Orthodox human ally to force-convert a neighbouring province, which can then be annexed to spawn religious rebels and convert the country.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Game | Europa Universalis IV |
| Conversion method | Spawning Orthodox rebels |
| Steps | Place a missionary in an Orthodox province, wait for rebels to spawn, let them take over provinces, accept rebel demands |
| % of provinces needed | 50% |
| Alternative method | Get an Orthodox human ally to force convert a neighbouring province, transfer control to the ally, re-siege and annex the province, spawn religious rebels to convert the country |
| Alternative method 2 | Get to 100% war score against an AI enemy, offer to be converted to their religion |
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What You'll Learn
Spawning Orthodox rebels
To spawn Orthodox rebels in Europa Universalis IV, you must have at least one Orthodox province. Send a missionary to this province and reduce missionary maintenance to 0 in the economy, increasing revolt risk. This will cause Orthodox zealot unrest to start ticking up until a revolt starts.
Once the Orthodox rebels spawn, you can either wait for them to occupy enough provinces or your capital, or you can immediately accept their demands if Orthodox is at least 50% of your provinces.
It is important to note that this method may result in the loss of some land. Additionally, this tactic may not always work, as there are other factors that influence the type of rebels that spawn, such as the highest unrest source in the province.
This method of converting to Orthodoxy is often used with nations like Poland and the Ottomans, who have some Orthodox provinces but are primarily Catholic. By spawning Orthodox rebels and allowing them to siege a province, these nations can change their primary religion to Orthodoxy.
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Using missionaries
Missionaries are envoys that can convert a province to a nation's official religion. They are the most common way to convert provinces. Each country has one missionary by default. Missionaries slowly convert provinces over time: each month, the effective missionary strength in that province is added as ongoing progress, and when it reaches 100% the province is converted. If the strength is insufficient (less than 0%), the province will never convert (although the missionary will not lose progress). An active missionary in a province will increase the unrest there by +6%.
To convert from Catholic to Orthodox, you can place a missionary in one of your Orthodox provinces. If Orthodox is at least 50% of your provinces, then you can just click the 'Accept rebel demands' button to flip to Orthodox. If they aren't, you need to wait for the rebels to spawn. For this to happen, you must keep the missionary in the province and drop their maintenance to nothing. Once they do, let them take over as many provinces as you can. When a religious rebel takes over a province, this auto-converts that province. Once your rebels have taken enough land, then you accept their demands.
Alternatively, you can have a Catholic vassal and start to convert them to orthodoxy. Then, you can slide the missionary maintenance to nothing and let the revolts start coming. Control the rebels that pop up and let them complete the siege. You'll get some negative effects to that province and the one thing you want to happen—that land switching to Catholicism. This is to get all of your lands to be Catholic when the switch comes. Now comes the part where, instead of manually switching in the religious tab, you must yield to the rebels by accepting their demands or allowing them to enforce.
Another method is to turn off all your forts, so the orthodox rebels (once they spawn) will have most of your country converted in no time. You can also just go Protestant once it's enabled.
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Accepting rebel demands
To convert from Catholic to Orthodox in Europa Universalis IV, one method is to accept rebel demands. This involves getting Orthodox rebels to spawn and then allowing them to occupy your provinces. Each province occupied by the rebels will automatically be converted to Orthodoxy. Once the rebels have occupied enough land, you can accept their demands, which will change your state religion to Orthodox.
To spawn Orthodox rebels, you can place a missionary in one of your Orthodox provinces. If Orthodoxy makes up at least 50% of your provinces, you can then immediately accept the rebel demands to convert to Orthodoxy. If not, you will need to wait for the rebels to spawn naturally. To encourage the spawning of rebels, keep the missionary in the province and drop their maintenance to zero, which will increase the revolt risk.
It is important to note that this method may result in the loss of some land. Additionally, it is not applicable to pagan religions, including Animist and Norse. For these religions, the rebels must "break the country" by occupying more than 50% of the territory and having a majority of provinces follow their religion.
Another strategy to convert to Orthodoxy is to ally with an Orthodox nation and jointly go to war with a Catholic One Province Minor (OPM) within Europe. After sieging the capital of the OPM, transfer control of that province to your ally, who can then force-convert them to Orthodoxy. By re-sieging and annexing the province, you will gain an Orthodox province from which you can spawn religious rebels to convert your own country.
It is worth mentioning that the ability to convert religions in Europa Universalis IV is influenced by historical accuracy. For example, converting from Catholicism to Orthodoxy as Poland is challenging due to the significant difference between these religions, and such a conversion did not frequently occur in history.
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Conquering more Orthodox territory
To convert from Catholic to Orthodox in Europa Universalis IV, you must get Orthodox rebels. This can be done by placing a missionary in an Orthodox province and reducing their maintenance to zero. Once the rebels spawn, let them occupy your territory. Every province they occupy will be automatically converted to Orthodox.
To convert your entire nation to Orthodox, the rebels must occupy provinces that make up 50% of your total development. Their demands will then change to making Orthodoxy the new state religion, which you can then accept.
Another strategy is to simply conquer more Balkan territory until you have more Orthodox land than Catholic land. At this point, you can accept the rebels' demands and convert your nation to Orthodox.
It is important to note that converting a nation's religion through rebels is easier earlier in the game. The smaller the nation, both in the number of provinces and development, the easier it will be. It is also recommended to have a plan for your national religion from the start of the game, rather than shifting streams in the middle of the game.
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Force converting through war
One way to convert from Catholic to Orthodox in EU4 is through war. Here are the steps you can follow:
Firstly, you need to get Orthodox rebels. This can be done by having at least one Orthodox province in your country. You can get an Orthodox province by taking it from a neighbouring Orthodox country or by having a Catholic vassal, converting them to Orthodoxy, and then integrating them. Once you have an Orthodox province, send a missionary there and reduce missionary maintenance to zero, which will create unrest from religious zealots.
Next, you want these rebels to rise up and siege your provinces. You can encourage this by mothballing your forts and keeping your armies away from the rebels. Once the rebels occupy a province, it will automatically convert to their religion, i.e. Orthodox. Let the rebels occupy as many provinces as possible.
Finally, once the majority of your country is following the Orthodox faith, you can accept the rebel demands or enforce them. This will convert your country to the Orthodox faith. Alternatively, you can wait until the rebels enforce their demands themselves, but this will result in a hit to stability and prestige.
Another method of force-converting through war involves fighting a war with a neighbouring one-province minor (OPM) country that is of a different religion. To do this, you will need an Orthodox human ally. Both you and your ally must fight together in the war with the OPM. Once you have sieged the capital of the OPM, transfer control of that province to your ally. Your ally can then separate peace the OPM and force convert them to Orthodoxy. After this, you can re-siege the OPM and annex them, giving you an Orthodox province from which you can spawn religious rebels to convert your country.
It is important to note that force-converting through war can result in negative consequences, such as losing stability, prestige, and even territory. It may also take a significant amount of time and effort to execute these strategies successfully.
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Frequently asked questions
Get Orthodox rebels by placing a missionary in one of your Orthodox provinces. If more than 50% of your provinces are Orthodox, you can accept rebel demands to convert. If not, wait for the rebels to spawn and let them take over your provinces. Once they occupy enough land, accept their demands.
Place a missionary in a province with peasants and set the missionary maintenance to 0. Once the rebels spawn, turn off your forts so they can take over your provinces.
Conquer more land with Orthodox provinces or get an Orthodox ally to force convert a neighbouring province.
You can only switch religions within the same religious group. Orthodox Christianity cannot be converted to another type of Christianity.
