# Victoria 3 Hotfix 1.12.3 is now LIVE! - Not for Problem Reports!

- Product: Victoria 3 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/victoria-3)
- Vendor: Paradox Development Studio
- Date: 2026-01-20
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/529340/view/506225182828924493
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/victoria-3/releases/2026-01-20-hotfix-1.12.3-is-now-live-not-for-problem-reports

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- **changed** — Upon researching Corporatism, the stances of the Carlist and Miguelist ideologies will change to support Agrarianism and Interventionism, and less intensely disapprove of non-Autocracy distribution of power laws
- **changed** — The Two Spains Journal Entry may now be retained after forming Iberia as Spain
- **changed** — Carlist, Miguelist, Legitimist, Catholic Fundamentalist, and Catholic Rights movements will now experience increased Activism if their owner country has poor relations with the Papal States
- **added** — Reinstating the Basque Fueros as the Carlists will now add a Basque primary culture to Spain, and revoking this amendment will remove the primary culture
- **changed** — The Ausgleich event for Austria will no longer annex a player Transylvania without warning but rather make Transylvania into a Hungarian subject
- **changed** — The Spanish State Religion law at game start now has the State Anti-Clericalism amendment
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes not deploy garrisons to fronts in adjacent HQs
- **changed** — AI Liberal Spain will be much less willing to pursue the Reconquista
- **changed** — The Claim Greater Khorasan button for Persia will now add claims on Turkmenia and Merz
- **changed** — Interest Groups will no longer leave a party instantly when they want to leave but rather at the start of the next election, except when their membership is no longer valid
- **changed** — The traits of Interest Groups whose clout would make them marginalized will now only have half the effect if they remain Influential for non-clout reasons
- **changed** — Interest Groups that are supported by less than 2% of the population and whose clout would make them marginal will now leave any party they are part of
- **changed** — The Good Mother event for Portugal now typically fires in November of 1853 rather than January
- **changed** — Moved the point at which Carlists and Miguelists become willing to participate in electoral politics from Political Agitation to Corporatism
- **removed** — Removed negative tax revenue modifier from the Individual Redemption Payments amendment
- **changed** — Pursuing the Reconquista of the New World as liberal Spain will now cost more infamy
- **added** — Added a new event and wargoal for Portugal to restore the Union with Brazil in the case of a Republican coup
- **changed** — After completion of the Carlist War Journal Entry, the market capital is now moved to Madrid
- **added** — Added Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada as a starting Intelligentsia leader for Brazil
- **changed** — Goods expenses for construction is now split into private and government construction

Happy New Year Victorians!

Welcome to 2026! We have a hotfix fresh out of the developer forge today, featuring the contents of 1.12.3’s Opt in Beta and a variety of other fixes, improvements and other balance changes.

Also, as we said in the last dev diary of 2025, we will have our first dev diary of 2026 at the end of this month, written by Martin - the subject will be revealed with the diary itself.

This is our final planned hotfix for 1.12 as we shift over to future content, which we will share with you in Q1 of this year.

Check out the full patchnotes below. Checksum is `8825`.

As always, please report any bugs on [our bug reporting forums](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/victoria-3-bug-reports.1114/)! We have also updated the [Known Issues post for 1.12](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/known-issues-update-1-12.1887039/) with any fixed issues!

**If you are on the 1.12.3 Opt in Beta and want to use this new hotfix, please remember to change your beta setting to 'none' in the Steam Beta section!**

The following changes have been made to the game compared to 1.12.2:

##### Improvements​

- Upon researching Corporatism, the stances of the Carlist and Miguelist ideologies will change to support Agrarianism and Interventionism, and less intensely disapprove of non-Autocracy distribution of power laws

- The Two Spains Journal Entry may now be retained after forming Iberia as Spain

- Carlist, Miguelist, Legitimist, Catholic Fundamentalist, and Catholic Rights movements will now experienced increased Activism if their owner country has poor relations with the Papal States

- Reinstating the Basque Fueros as the Carlists will now add a Basque primary culture to Spain. Revoking this amendment will remove the primary culture.

- The "Ausgleich" event for Austria will no longer annex a player Transylvania without warning; rather, it will make Transylvania into a Hungarian subject

- The Spanish State Religion law at game start now has the State Anti-Clericalism amendment

##### AI​

- Fixed an issue where the AI would sometimes not deploy garrisons to fronts in adjacent HQs, even if failing to do so threatens the overall theater they are stationed in

- AI Liberal Spain will be now be much less willing to pursue the Reconquista

##### Balance​

- The Claim Greater Khorasan button for Persia will now add claims on Turkmenia and Merz

- When Interest Groups want to leave a party, they will no longer do so instantly but rather at the start of the next election, except in cases where their membership is no longer valid (for instance due to law restrictions)

- The traits of Interest Groups whose clout would make them marginalized will now only have half the effect if they remain Influential for non-clout reasons (such as being in a party)

- Interest Groups that are supported by less than 2% of the population and whose clout would make them marginal will now leave any party they are part of (and thus become properly marginal)

- The "The Good Mother" event for Portugal now typically fires in November of 1853, rather than January

- Moved the point at which Carlists and Miguelists become willing to participate in electoral politics from Political Agitation to Corporatism

- Removed negative tax revenue modifier from the Individual Redemption Payments amendment

- Pursuing the Reconquista of the New World as liberal Spain will now cost more infamy

##### Content​

- Added a new event and wargoal for Portugal to restore the Union with Brazil in the case of a Republican coup

- After completion of the Carlist War Journal Entry, we now also move the market capital to Madrid

- Added Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada as a starting Intelligentsia leader for Brazil

##### Interface​

- Goods expenses for construction is now split into private and government construction

- Fixed issue where UI was lying that goods from modifier (like the Carlist small arms) were available in market even though market access of sta

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