Confederation Guide

Hello all I've been playing total war warhammer since day one, I usually play on very hard or legendary so I like to think that I'm decent at the game. This text post will be a guide to confederation across all factions, seeing as the general rules to confederate remain the same.

Ok so for you need a lot of gold to confederate someone. The fact is no matter who you are you will almost always have to buy someone out of their empire. When I say this I mean you will A need to be giving that person you wish to confederate with a large gift every couple turns, as well as when you offer them the confederation you will need to give them a sizable amount of gold, upwards of 10 000$.

Onto treaties, treaties is a relatively free way to boost relationships with factions and the bonus from treaties does not degrade over time like gifts so they are very important to have building up to confederations. However not every treaty is a good one to have if you plan on confederating. The AI operates on a threat assessment basis when deciding on a confederation, which means if you have a military alliance or defensive pact it will calculate you into its personal score of threat assessment. From a human standpoint to better understand, if somebody already told you they'll protect you if anyone comes after you, why would you need to take extra protection from them. So the Treaties you will want to go for with factions you are attempting to confederate is: military access, trade and non aggression pact.

Lastly I will talk a bout AI and some numbers. You need a positive relations score of 80 for a confederation to even be considered, The AI cannot feel safe to confederate so you cannot take any agreement that will guarantee their safety ( I.E defensive or military pact)

I) have lots of gold II) have higher strength rating III) have minor agreements without direct military actions ( no defensive of military pact ) IV) Give large gold gifts every turn leading up to confederation V) must have relation score of 80 or higher VI) do minor quest that boost relations VII) If the AI is losing a war they will have higher chance to confederate VIII) AI personality type does play a role in willingness to confederate IX) wood elves really only need the big tree to lvl 3 before they can confederate ppl easily