Do you want to know how to earn money from trade and colonies in Europa Universalis IV? If you want to find the answer, then you just need to follow our steps.

How to Make Money in Europa Universalis 4 from colonies?

While Colonial Nations pay tarrifs unfortunately the AI is so stupid that you will need an army and navy in the new world constantly to bail them out, when they again lose against a tribe with half their troops and 10 mil tech disadvantage, this commitment usually costs more than the CNs pay you (depending on the game some of these tribes have such huge amounts of gold in their treasury that it is worth it) . African and Asian colonies usually work, both by adding to your trade power or just plain old gold provinces.

How to Make Money in Europa Universalis 4 from trade?

Keep in mind that collecting money with a merchant reduces your trade power by 50%, whereas your main trade city gives you an extra +5 trade power. If you're earning more from a trade node, consider moving your main trade city there if possible for 200 diplomatic power.

Secondly, you can ‘transfer trade’. That’s the first pie chart on the image - how much money stays in the node. If you choose, you can use a merchant to move your share of the trade power on to another trade node. Looking at the trade map, there are arrows going from one trade to another - for example, from the North Sea to the English Channel. You, and any other country doing the same, can put a merchant in the North Sea and move trade to the English Channel.

Some basic rules of trade:

·Build marketplaces in trade centers.

·Give trade centers to merchant guilds if you're comfortable with estates. They boost the trading power of a province by something like 50%.

·Steering trade is usually better than collecting.

·If you have a significant portion of trade in a node downstream, move your trading port to that node (e.g. if you, as the Knights, end up controlling Constantinople, Ragusa, and Venice, move to ·Venice and watch the ducats roll in by steering downstream)

·Steering trade through nodes increases its value

·Build manufactories in high value trade good provinces. This increases both the production ducats AND the trade value of the node.

·Patrol your nodes!

Above are some Europa universalis 4 trade strategies you should grasp, hope these tips can help you earn a lot of money in EU4.