We know it; hunting successes on Steam can be an addiction for some of us. Like a challenge sentby the development team. And we love to accept those challenges. Yes, but sometimes these challenges look like the impossible Graal’s quest. It’s the case forEuropa Universalis IV. Paradox Interactive give us with this game an unlimited way to challenge ourselves. With 295 successes on steam, everyone is happy. But with some of them, players start to have big headaches. Le Blog Des Noobs suggests you today a Top10 of impossible (or closely impossible) successes on steam for Europa Universalis IV. Honestly, all those 10 successeswereso difficult, that it was hard for us to give each one of them a rank …

#10. Jihad: As Najd, own 500 Sunni Provinces (Success Rate on Steam: 0.6%). As Nadj, a little nation surrounded by the Mamluks, you have to take 500 provinces and convert them to the Sunnite religion. Not an easy deal, moreover when your main enemies are Mamluks during early-game and Ottoman Empire then. Not impossible but hard!

#9. Home and Away: As Wale, hold Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Rome, Paris and London (Success Rate on Steam: 0.3%). The biggest problem for this one is that you can’t start playing as Wales! Wales is a part of England at the start. So one possibility is to play England, go to bankrupt, release independent Wales and decide to play as Wales. And after that, you have to conquer Great Britain, France and the Papal states. It’s easier to finishthe “Home and Away” success with the Wales Rugby team during theSix Nations Championship!



#8. Raja of the Rajput Reich: Conquer all of Germany as Nagaur (Success Rate on Steam: 0.5%). Nagaur is a small nation, lost in the patchwork of Indian Nation at the start of the game. And you culture is Western Aryan, so that why this mission exists. But for this success, you “just” have to conquer the whole Holy Roman Empire, starting from nothing in India. It will not be a Blitzkrieg!

#7. The Third Way: Start as an Ibadi nation and eliminate all rival schools of Islam (do not convert to another religion) (Success Rate on Steam: 0.3%).How to say it? Ibadi religion is not really developed at the beginningof a game in Europa Universalis IV. In fact, you have only three nations starting with this religion: Oman in the Arabic gulf, Mzab in the North Africa and Pate in the East Africa. In other words, there arenot a lot of nations you can chosse when you have to defeat half of the world, especially Ottoman Empire, Mamluks, some Indian countries etc. Good luck and Inch Allah!



#6. Basque in Glory: Starting as Navarra, ensure that most of the Iberia is Basque culture before the Age of Absolutism (Success Rate on Steam: 0.2%). This success is the first of our list ‘You are a single province nation’! Navarra is a nation in the Pyrenees, between France, Spain and Aragon. And you just have to conquer the all Iberia and change the culture. Your only hope ofsuccess is toask for help to France!



#5. Empire of Mann: As Mann, conquer all islands in the world (Success Rate on Steam: 0.2%). In the list of ‘start with nothing and become the best’, Empire of Mann is a good one. You are a small single province nation, an island stuck between England and Irish countries. And your mission: just conquer all islands in the world. But your real first mission is to survive!



#4. The Pleasant Strut: As Gorkha form Nepal and defeat Prussia with at least 100.000 Prussian casualties in a war (both have to be primary targets of war) (Success Rate on Steam: 0.1%). That’s simple: I understood nothing about this mission. You start with an unknown nation lost in the middle of Asia, you have to establish Nepal (first time I heard it’s possible to establishNepal). And when it’s done, you have to fight Prussia (not really your neighbor) as a primary target (why not, but not easy to find war claims) and to kill 100k Prussian troops. Sounds like an old prophecy!

#3. Never say Nevers: As Nevers, own the entire France region as core provinces (Success Rate on Steam: 0.2%). Okay, we totally approve the wordplay of this success. But as the success’ title say, your mission looks impossible. Neversis a two provinces nation, stuckbetween Burgundy and France. Moreover you start as a dependence of Burgundy and a core nation of France. Future is not bright for you!

#2. Sunset Invasion: Own and have cores on Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Rome as the Aztecs (Success Rate on Steam: 0.6%). That’s my favorite! It’s already hard to play the Aztecs civilization and to protect your territory against European colonizers. But here, you have to resist, cross the Atlantic Ocean and take 6 of the most powerful capitals of European Countries (Portugal, Spain, France, England, Netherlands and the Papal States). A crazy bloody challenge!

#1. The Three Mountains: Own or have a subject own the entire world as Ryukyu (Success Rate on Steam: 0.5%). For the number one of this top10 we decided to put one of the most famous successes for EU4 – The Three Mountains. It’s the hardest challenge that every top players of EU4 try at least one time in his life. In this success we play for a world conquest … but with the Ruykyu Islands! Ruykyu Islands are the small islands in the south of Japan, lost in the middle of the South China Sea. A world conquest is not an easy thing in Europa Universalis IV, even with a big nation like France or the Ottoman Empire, so with a single province starting nation… Good luck to you if you want to try it!

If you succeeded in one of those missions, first congrats bro you’re a good one, second please leave a comment to explain your strategy, and third try to have a social life now 🙂