Hotfix 1.12.1 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports!

✦AI summary2w

Hotfix 1.12.1 addresses critical bugs related to building hiring, welfare-driven wage dumping, and power bloc trade capacity.

▲Buffs1

Power BlocsFixed an issue where trade capacity modifiers within power blocs were not being applied.→Applied

▼Nerfs1

WelfareBuilding owners no longer dump wages to extreme levels when high welfare is present, reducing the government's financial burden.extreme→moderate

✚Bug fixes1

BuildingsFixed a bug where non-slave buildings would always hire even when losing money, correcting economic sustainability.

◆Other changes1

Cultural CommonwealthShared Canon:The Cultural Commonwealth and Shared Canon principle now only require ownership of the Iberian Twilight DLC.→Iberian Twilight

subjects affected (4)

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Buildings1 Welfare1 Power Blocs1 Cultural Commonwealth1

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Victoria 3 · Dec 12, 2025

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