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Pike and Shot

pike_and_shot_advance

A new type of warfare has emerged on the battlefield: Pikemen form a defensive square, while arquebusiers fan out to the sides and front, retreating behind or inside the square in case the formation enters close combat.

Allow

Exact conditions

Advance tree

It has no requires, so the game files don’t say where this goes. When the game builds the Discovery tree, it adds this at the end of a branch with room for it, in the same spot in every campaign.

Pike and Shot
Early Hunting Guns then 85 more
Naval Supplies Workshop
Army Depots then 39 more
Matchlock Levy
Weapon Workshop
Knights of the Peloponnese Only some countries
The Sacred Oath Only some countries
The Gibraltar of the Levant Only some countries
The Alpine Skirmishers Only some countries
Dahomey Amazons Only some countries
The Soldato Dalmantine Only some countries
Arvanite Communities Only some countries

Army Morale+0.25

Requires 1

Pike and ShotAllow

Belongs to 1

DiscoveryAge

Required by 26

Events

Equipment Inferiority ComplexOption 1

Parliament Issues

Promote Pike and Shot TacticsAllow

Advances

Knights of the PeloponneseDiscoveryRequires
The Sacred OathDiscoveryRequires
The Gibraltar of the LevantDiscoveryRequires
The Alpine SkirmishersDiscoveryRequires
Dahomey AmazonsDiscoveryRequires
The Soldato DalmantineDiscoveryRequires
Arvanite CommunitiesDiscoveryRequires
Florentine Citizen MilitiaDiscoveryRequires

Members 1

Matchlock LevyDiscoveryIn tree of

age = age_3_discovery

icon = pike_and_shot_advance

land_morale = 0.25

depth = 0

ai_weight = {

add = 100

}

allow = {

has_embraced_institution = institution:pike_and_shot

}