Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Release Date: 2 May, 2018
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About the Game
A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
The year is 878 AD, the embattled English king Alfred the Great has mounted a heroic defence at the battle of Edington, and blunted the Viking invasion. Chastened – but not yet broken – the Norse warlords have settled across Britain. For the first time in nearly 80 years, the land is in a fragile state of peace.

Throughout this sceptred isle, the kings of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales sense a time of change approaching; a time of opportunity. There will be treaties. There will be war. There will be turns of fortune that become the stuff of legend, in a saga that charts the ascent of one of history’s greatest nations.
Kings will rise. One will rule.
Thrones of Britannia is a standalone Total War game which will challenge you to re-write a critical moment in history, one that will come to define the future of modern Britain. With ten playable factions, you must build and defend a kingdom to the glory of Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans, Welsh tribes or Viking settlers. Forge alliances, manage burgeoning settlements, raise armies and embark on campaigns of conquest across the most detailed Total War map to date.

Choose your strategy
The Grand Campaign offers multiple routes to a glorious Victory; aggressively expand your territory through force of arms, acquire renown through construction, advanced technology and influence, or complete a series of unique objectives based on your chosen faction’s history. Once completed, steady yourself for a significant late-game challenge and the final, Ultimate victory condition.
Explore and conquer the British Isles
From the snowy highlands of Scotland to the orchards and meadows of Kent, push back the fog-of-war and unveil the extent of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Varied towns, cities and rural settings inspire a host of different battlefield environments. Experiment with the strategic opportunities afforded by newly capturable minor settlements. Throttle your enemies’ trade routes and coax them out of strong, defensible positions.
Viking warlord or Anglo-Saxon king, define their legend
Each faction will face a series of unique events and branching dilemmas, often based on authentic historical events and issues of the time. Embark on Viking expeditions, manage the Anglo-Saxon peasant economy, each faction feels and plays differently. Carve out unique roles for your King and Nobles, customise their impact by making meaningful choices about their development and determine how their story will unfold.
‘Classic’ Total War gameplay refined
Includes many updates to core Total War mechanics - such as provinces, politics, technologies, recruitment, dilemmas and much more - designed to make your experience more immersive and more meaningful.
Playable factions, cultures and kings:
Thrones of Britannia will include ten playable factions, from five cultures, with a summary below.
Anglo Saxon Kingdoms
When Roman rule in England concluded, new kingdoms of Germanic stock coalesced in the counties now known as Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex, East Anglia and Kent. The peoples of these regions came collectively to be known as the Anglo Saxons – a term which came into common usage in the 8th century in order to distinguish the English Saxons from the Old Saxons, or Ealdseaxe, of the European continent.
Broadly speaking, the Anglo Saxons existed between the collapse of Roman rule in the 5th century until the Norman invasion in the 11th century; the early Medieval period. Thrones of Britannia depicts the sweep of the British Isles from 878 AD onwards, when the Anglo Saxons were at their height.

Cultural Trait: Fyrd
In Anglo Saxon times, the Fyrd was a form of conscripted army composed of self-armed and armoured freemen, called upon to defend their lands when the need arose. One of Alfred the Great’s many reforms was to better formalise the system, ensuring wealthy landowners contributed men and materiel.
To reflect the Fyrd system, the English Kingdoms in Thrones of Britannia may recruit additional levy units based upon the number of settlements they own. Over-reliance on levy troops carries penalties however – if too many are fielded, the populace will rail against excessive conscription and public order issues will arise.
West Seaxe Faction, led by King Alfred
West Seaxe – or Wessex in modern English – was the seat of King Alfred’s rule. After the Viking invasion in 871 AD, Alfred was forced to relocate to Somerset, but his stunning victory at the Battle of Edington saw him return triumphant. His subsequent reign saw a great many reforms and unifying improvements instated.
West Seaxe Faction trait: Witan
The Witan is an assembly of governors which meets to discuss the future prospects of West Seaxe. Its recommendations are periodically presented to the player as a series of proposals. Each option carries positive and negative campaign effects, and can affect the faction’s use of Fyrd levy units.
Mierce Faction, led by King Ceowulf
From its capital city of Tamworth, Mercia’s kings ruled the area now known as the Midlands. At its height, Mierce stretched from Northumbria in the north of England to Kent, Sussex and Wessex to the south. In 877 AD, the Great Heathen Army seized the eastern part of the kingdom to form the Danelaw, or East Engle.
Faction trait: Hoards
When an excess of gold languishes in the treasury, a Mierce player is given the option to share out a portion of the wealth. It may be given to the army for reduced upkeep and increased replenishment, to the nobles for increased loyalty and greater income from markets, to the people for increased public order and income from farms, or players may keep it for themselves, incurring penalties to army upkeep and public order.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 7 64Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
- Memory: 5 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB | Intel HD4000 @720p
- Storage: 30 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10 64Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB | AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB @1080p
- Storage: 30 GB available space
Loyalty Without Question

Playing as any faction, ensure that every characters loyalty remains above 1 for the entire campaign.
Home Is Where the Hearth Is

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign whilst maintaining ownership of your starting regions.
A Taste for War

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign without reaching -12 war fervour.
Hegemony of Wessex

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
No Peace for the Wicked

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign without negotiating peace with any other faction.
Traitor's Fate

Playing as any faction, destroy another faction after they break your alliance.
Seaxe Education

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Kneel Before Bardr

Playing as the Viking Sea Kings, reach the maximum possible tribute level.
Count to Fief

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
A Land Fit for Heroes

Playing as any of the Welsh kingdoms, complete the main campaign while keeping heroism over 10 and never falling beneath 10.
The Short Toil

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving a Short victory on Hard difficulty.
Lord of the Dáil Éireann

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Baile Atha Cliath

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign, maintaining ownership of Dyflin throughout.
By Hook or By Crook

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Every Port in a Storm

Playing as any faction, own all Longphort and Viking Port buildings on the campaign map.
Balance of Power

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign and reach max war fervour.
Mide Your Own Business

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Green & Peasant Land

Playing as any of the English kingdoms, complete the main campaign without exceeding the Fyrd’s limit for raised levy units.
A Gwiner Is You!

Playing as Gwined, conquer all Welsh regions.
Eire & Back Again

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
Mide? I Hardly Knew Her!

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Small But Mighty

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
A Swift Struggle

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving a Short victory on Very Hard difficulty.
Who Tells Your Story?

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Your Seaxe Is On Fire

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
Great Scots

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Strat-egic Genius

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Flicker into Fame

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Victory Before Long

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Mann Alive!

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Umber & Over & Out

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
Obtuse Engle

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
King of the Britons

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
Fortress Citadels

Playing as any faction, own the Rock of Caisil, Mountain Hall, and Offa's Hall buildings on the campaign map.
Dublin Down

Playing as Dyflin, conquer all Irish regions.
Hard Fought, Hard Won

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving a Long victory on Hard difficulty.
The Old North

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
The Mide Touch

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
King of the Anglo-Saxons

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Historia Brittonum

Playing as any faction, conquer all the cities on Nennius' list.
Those Chosen By the Waves

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
Infamy, Infamy!

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
Balance of Probabilities

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, fighting all battles and without losing more than 10 times.
Asking for Trouble

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving a Short victory on Legendary difficulty.
My Ireland

Playing as Mide, conquer all Irish regions.
Tactician

Playing as any faction, achieve a Short victory by fighting and winning every battle.
The Only Way is Wessex

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Victory at any Cost

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving any of their victory conditions.
East Engle Rice

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
The Saxon Scourge

Playing as West Seaxe, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
Gwinning

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
Straight Up the Mide

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
Quick & Dirty

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Go the Distance

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving a Long victory on Very Hard difficulty.
Cruthin for a Bruisin'

Playing as Circenn, conquer all Scottish regions.
Against All Odds

Playing as any faction, play and win a battle whilst heavily outnumbered.
The Lord of the Umber

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
High King of Ireland

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
Duan Albanach

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
Short But Sweet

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
A Hard Road

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving an Ultimate victory on Hard difficulty.
The Terror From the West

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
Acute Engle

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
The Feast of All Saints

Playing as any faction, own all of the Saints' buildings on the campaign map.
Twice as Bright

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Fame victory.
The Knife in the Back

Playing as any faction, marry a rival king's daughter and then destroy his faction through conquest.
Into the Valley

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
There & Back Again

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
The Slow Burn

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
A United England

Playing as West Seaxe, conquer all English regions.
Cast a Long Shadow

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving a Long victory on Legendary difficulty.
Speedy Subjugation

Playing as any faction, conquer all regions on the campaign map in less than 200 turns.
Men of the Mainland

Playing as Sudreyar, conquer all Scottish regions.
A United Front

Playing as any of the Gaelic kingdoms, annex all surviving Gaelic factions.
High King of Ireland

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
Taoiseach

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
King of the Britons

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
The Emerald Isle

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
The Fabled Isles

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
The Scottish Prey

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
Hardy Northfolk

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
King of the English

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Monarch of the Northern Marches

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
King of the Isles

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Roar of the North

Playing as Northymbre, conquer all Scottish regions.
King of the Britons

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
In Majesty

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
The Wyvern Terror

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
Here Be Dragons

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Ultimate Conqueror

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving an Ultimate victory on Legendary difficulty.
Uphill Struggle

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign, achieving an Ultimate victory on Very Hard difficulty.
King of the Valleys

Playing as Strat Clut, conquer all Welsh regions.
King of the Britons

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
World's Gonna Know Your Name

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
King of the Britons

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
Pict Your Battles

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
Grooving with the Picts

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
King of the Britons

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
King of the Britons

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving an Ultimate victory.
Show No Mierce

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Fame victory.
Legendary Attacker

Playing as any faction, gain a Legendary attacker.
Azure, a Saltire Or

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
King of Mide

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
King of the Picts

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Legendary General

Playing as any faction, gain a Legendary general.
Legendary Governor

Playing as any faction, gain a Legendary governor.
Legendary Leader

Playing as any faction, gain a Legendary military leader.
King of the Britons

Playing as Gwined, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Legendary Defender

Playing as any faction, gain a Legendary defender.
King of Alt Clut

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Under the Thumb

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign without any rebellions or usurpers challenging your rule.
Keep Your Enemies Closer

Playing as any faction, complete the main campaign having turned all your enemies into vassal kingdoms.
Master Tactician

Playing as any faction, achieve a Long victory by fighting and winning every battle.
Mycel Haeben Here

Playing as the Great Viking Army, complete the main campaign while keeping both the English and the Army happy at all times.
King of the Mercians

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Kingdom victory.
Western Alliance

Playing as Strat Clut, liberate or ally with all Welsh factions.
A United Kingdom

Playing as East Engle, conquer all English regions.
Offa's Hike

Playing as Mierce, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
King of the Five Provinces

Playing as Mide, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Those Impossible Engles

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
Swift Fire

Playing as Strat Clut, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
The Lost Eagle

Defeat someone who already has this achievement in any multiplayer battle.
Black Pool Rising

Playing as Dyflin, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Bretwalda

Playing as Northymbre, conquer all English regions.
Time Enough To Rule

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Kingdom victory.
Rex Plurimarum Insularum

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Monarch of the Fen

Playing as Northymbre, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Regnum Orientalium Anglorum

Playing as East Engle, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
The Mercian Supremacy

Playing as Mierce, conquer all English regions.
Ultimate Unconquered

Playing as any faction, achieve an Ultimate victory by fighting and winning every battle.
Lord of the Frightful Seas

Playing as Sudreyar, complete the main campaign by achieving a Short Conquest victory.
Circenn My Regards

Playing as Circenn, complete the main campaign by achieving a Long Conquest victory.
Axe man

Cavalry

Charge

Coastal Assault

Kings

Long Bow

Naval Assault

Port Assault

Siege

Snow Siege

Surveying The Battlefield

Swordsman

Warhounds
