How to Unlock Factions in Rome Total War
Defeat a faction in the campaign., Complete the campaign to unlock all factions., Use the hacking method for all remaining factions.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Defeat a faction in the campaign.
If there’s one specific faction you want to play, wipe out that faction in the campaign by killing every one of its family member (generals).
If this is your number one priority, try making a large number of assassins and send them to kill the family members directly.
This is not always a great strategy for winning, but it will unlock the faction more quickly than defeating it on the battlefield.
Without the hack described in the section below, you can only unlock The Greek Cities, Egypt, the Seleucid Empire, Carthage, Gaul, Germania, Britannia, and Parthia. -
Step 2: Complete the campaign to unlock all factions.
Once you beat a campaign as any faction, all remaining playable factions are unlocked.
Choose the short campaign to achieve this sooner.
Of the three starting factions, the Julii are probably the easiest to win with. , Certain factions are not intended to be playable, typically the smaller, less powerful ones.
If you're up for the challenge, use one of the methods below to unlock these.
In the Barbarian Invasion expansion, all playable factions start out unlocked.
Use the hack method below to make the remaining factions playable. -
Step 3: Use the hacking method for all remaining factions.
Detailed Guide
If there’s one specific faction you want to play, wipe out that faction in the campaign by killing every one of its family member (generals).
If this is your number one priority, try making a large number of assassins and send them to kill the family members directly.
This is not always a great strategy for winning, but it will unlock the faction more quickly than defeating it on the battlefield.
Without the hack described in the section below, you can only unlock The Greek Cities, Egypt, the Seleucid Empire, Carthage, Gaul, Germania, Britannia, and Parthia.
Once you beat a campaign as any faction, all remaining playable factions are unlocked.
Choose the short campaign to achieve this sooner.
Of the three starting factions, the Julii are probably the easiest to win with. , Certain factions are not intended to be playable, typically the smaller, less powerful ones.
If you're up for the challenge, use one of the methods below to unlock these.
In the Barbarian Invasion expansion, all playable factions start out unlocked.
Use the hack method below to make the remaining factions playable.
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