Hello from our Victoria 3 1.5 Beta Hidden Unit Combat Modifiers guide. This guide simply lists what the combat modifiers are for each unit so as to make up for the missing tool tips. Note that with any beta update, these combat modifiers may be changed and may cause this guide to become outdated.
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Victoria 3 1.5 Beta Hidden Unit Combat Modifiers
Welcome to our Victoria 3 1.5 Beta Hidden Unit Combat Modifiers guide. Beta 1.5 brought three new unit type groups for armies: infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Due to being in beta, tool tips for these units have not yet been implemented into the game, but each unit already does have its own unique battle modifiers in effect. This makes your army composition important in 1.5.
Infantry Unit Types
| Unit | Upkeep goods | Offence | Defence | Morale loss | Technology | Can upgrade? |
| Irregular infantry | Small arms: 0.1 | 10 | 15 | 15 | Standing Army | Yes |
| Line infantry | Small arms: 1 | 20 | 30 | 10 | Line Infantry | Yes |
| Skirmish infantry | Small arms: 1 Ammunition: 1 | 30 | 35 | 10 | General Staff | Yes |
| Trench infantry | Small arms: 1 Ammunition: 2 | 40 | 60 | 8 | Trench Works | Yes |
| Squad infantry | Small arms: 1 Ammunition: 2 Radios: 1 | 55 | 65 | 6 | NCO Training | Yes |
| Mechanized infantry | Small arms: 1 Ammunition: 3 Oil: 1 Radios: 1 Tanks: 1 | 75 | 75 | 4 | Mobile Armor | No |
Artillery Unit Types
| Unit | Upkeep goods | Offence | Defence | Morale loss | Technology | Kill rate | Can upgrade? |
| Cannon artillery | Artillery: 0.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Artillery | 0.1 | Yes |
| Mobile artillery | Artillery: 1 | 15 | 15 | 10 | Napoleonic Warfare | 0.1 | Yes |
| Shrapnel artillery | Artillery: 1 Ammunition: 1 | 30 | 30 | 10* | Breech-Loading Artillery | 0.3* | Yes |
| Siege Artillery | Artillery: 1 Ammunition: 3 | 40 | 30 | 8 | Wargaming | 0.25 | Yes |
| Heavy Tank | Tanks: 1 Ammunition: 3 | 50 | 50 | 4 | Mobile Armor | 0.25 | No *The morale loss and kill rate combat modifiers for shrapnel artillery oddly are listed in the script under the “upkeep_modifier” modifier instead of the “battle_modifier” modifier. I’ve not tested to confirm, but because “unit_morale_loss_add” and “unit_kill_rate_add” are unlikely to be valid when used under “upkeep_modifier”, it’s inversely likely that shrapnel artillery will not have a value for morale loss and kill rate in combat. Be wary of this as this may adversely impact army compositions using shrapnel artillery. |
Cavalry Unit Types
| Unit | Upkeep goods | Offence | Defence | Morale loss | Technology | Can upgrade? |
| Hussars | Grain: 1 Small arms: 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Military Drill | Yes |
| Dragoons | Grain: 2 Small arms: 2 | 20 | 20 | 10 | Napoleonic Warfare | Yes |
| Cuirassiers | Grain: 3 Small arms: 2 Iron: 1 | 25 | 25 | 10 | General Staff | Yes |
| Lancers | Grain: 4 Small arms: 3 Iron: 1 | 30 | 30 | 10 | Wargaming | No |
| Light Tanks | Tanks: 3 Small arms: 2 Radios: 1 | 40 | 40 | 6 | Mobile Armor | No |
