The “Quest for the New World” idea, the first idea in the Exploration idea group, is required to hire explorers and conquistadors.These are special military leaders that are given pips as though the country had 80% as much tradition as it really does, in exchange for being able to explore. A conquistador is required to explore on land (unless the country is at war see below), and an explorer is required to explore at sea.
That said, the following factors are true regardless of DLC: How a nation goes about exploring depends on whether El Dorado is enabled or not. Discovering these areas is essential to finding provinces to colonize. It was last verified for version 1.27.Īlthough some uncolonized provinces may be visible at the beginning of the game, much of both land and water is covered by terra incognita. Please help with verifying or updating this section. a means of pacifying the natives (troops to guard it, or policies to lower their aggressiveness).Ducats to cover maintenance of the colony (which rises quadratically if the number of colonies exceeds the number of colonists).
9 Seven Cities of Gold and the Fountain of Youth.4.3.5 “Natives Encountering our Colonies”.4.3 Important modifiers to colony growth.