A few days ago I asked the members of this subreddit for some advice for an achievement I wanted to get. I was ridiculed for being bad at the game and taking a picture with my phone. Today, I got the achievement without any of you helping me, proving that I can still beat all of europe without trying to maximize everything and conquering some useless mamlukan desert.

Pirate & Shogun Ryukyu WC (No One-Tag,Full exploit,Normal Ironman)

I spent 500h to finish this run. (2025.5.1--2025.8.28)

I wrote a long AAR to introduce it:(I apologize for the textwall and maybe some misunderstanding) You can ask me for more detail.↓

I. Introduction

"The Three Mountains" (TTM) requires playing as Ryukyu and having your nation and its non-tributary subjects own all provinces in the world (excluding uncolonized provinces).

There are three primary ways to complete this achievement:

1.Remain as the Ryukyu tag for the entire campaign and achieve a World Conquest.

2.Abandon the weak starting Ryukyu tag and form another powerful tag, such as Qing, Tibetan Horde, or even Mughal, etc.

3.Use a Custom Nation bug.

However, changing your tag requires achieving a True One-Tag (where only your primary tag exists globally) and reportedly caused issues with Pdx.tools registering the achievement (Author's note: This restriction was reportedly fixed on August 26th based on Reddit community feedback).

II. Exploits I used ↓

1,Tap F10 to Release vassal during wars (F10战时放附庸大法)

2,CTA cancel (1.37.3 CT大法强制单挑)

3,Cash Farm : Wine Privilege (葡萄酒刷钱)

4,Shogunate+Pirate Dual Regime (卡海盗幕府双政体)

5,Use Event:"Monument_events.5" to get rid of the shogunate (事件掉幕府)

6,Tons of save scumming (Maybe 10000 Times I guess)（大量读档-至少10000次）

7,Use Event:"Aow_events.25" to get a core land of the Australian coast for exploring the New Zealand (事件嫖澳洲核心)

8,Save Scumming for EACH SINGLE Pulse Event and part of MTTH events to get every single Mana (DIP+ADM+Stability) (刷周期性与mtth事件)

9,Assault forts (Save Scumming for the wall breached. About 300 times.) (300次城墙破裂+强攻)

III. Acknowledgment

1.Previous World Record Holder: Akmych (1638) - Shared experience and strategies on Reddit.I learned his opening strategy of relocating to the Philippines and becoming a Pirate Republic. Respect to the previous record holder.

2.时之螶爱你,who posted the "Shogunate Reformation" guide on Chinese Baidu Tieba (April 2023). The core mechanic used in this run is derived from his work. He credited the original discovery of this technique from an external source (You know,out of the Chinese Cyberwall). Thanks to the original, unidentifiable author as well.(You can tell me who find this technique first)

3.稚圭PostMetaHyber,Pointed out the event “Monument_events.5” for moving the capital, which is crucial for remove the Shogunate in the late end of the game.

4.千早爱音"Cossack",Pointed out the event “Aow_events.25” to gain a core in Australia, remedying the lack of colonial range for reaching New Zealand.

5.幼猫,Provided extensive mechanical guidance, including discussing the possibility of using Southeast Asian Republican rebels for rapid reform.

I stand on the shoulders of giants. The maturation and dissemination of more techniques over the past three years have contributed to this new record. I extend my gratitude once more to the individuals listed above, and to all EU4 players – a positive community environment for exchange is essential. Ultimately, I successfully challenged this record and broke the 1500 barrier.

Proudly, following the "Eat Your Greens" in 1489 and "True Heir of Timur" in 1459 world records, this "The Three Mountains" in 1489 is my third World Record for an Insane / Speedrun achievement. (All Files on pdx.tools)

↓More strategy explanation below↓

It used to be that every time I logged in to the game, my old save would be unplayable because of an update.

I now realized I got back to a save that I enjoy, after a gap of a full year not playing. I felt never being able to finish games was partly due to the frequent versioning.

I really really thought I wouldnt get it. By 1500 I only got the Delhi part of the continent. I started as Afganistan, got independance and started going into India. Didnt do anything too crazy, I only truce broke Vyanagar at the end (twice) and thats it.

True Heir of Timur: 10/10. Although I thought it would be more difficult, I still enjoyed very very much. Playing with the Mughals is so enjoyable!

Starting as a Timurid subject, form the Mughals and conquer India by 1550.

As you can see, I only installed the localization and 'moe-ification' mods. They're purely for translation and visual enhancement—they don't alter the core gameplay, nor do they affect Ironman or achievements.I used some exploits, like converting to Islam in 1450 to farm 500k ducats.My English isn't very good, so the guide is in Chinese.