Hotfix 1.13.1 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports! — Victoria 3 Steam update #562409

Good day Victorians. We have a focused hotfix today addressing critical AI issues, performance, bugfixes and balance changes. We are also working on...

Steam App
Victoria 3 (529340)
Event type
patch note
Published
29 April 2026 - 12:09:11 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Good day Victorians. We have a focused hotfix today addressing critical AI issues, performance, bugfixes and balance changes. We are also working on more hotfixes with more issues being addressed. This hotfix should improve how the AI interacts with the new systems, a building employment issue and performance should be improved compared to 1.13.0, though we are still investigating improvements in performance and AI. Note from Martin:We have also seen an uptick in comments blaming QA for the issues in 1.13. There is a very common misconception that if a release has bugs, it’s QA’s fault for not catching them, but this is almost always just that - a misconception. We've made a lot of very large system changes in 1.13, with a lot of knock on effects, and they've had to constantly play catch up with our tinkering. Many of the issues that made it into the release were the result of late chang...

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