Factions (M2TW)

Overview

There are twenty two different factions in Medieval II: Total War, twenty one that have 'national' identities and one rebel faction. Information on unlocking factions is available here: Unlock factions:All.

[England_(M2TW_Faction)|England]], France, Holy Roman Empire, Venice, and Spain are playable from the beginning of the game. The rest of the playable factions can be unlocked either by finishing the short or long campaign with any of the originally playable factions or by editing descr_strat.txt in your Medieval II: Total War directory (more information on which can be found on this page). It is also possible to unlock the factions that aren't considered 'playable' by the game through the manipulation of the same text file. It should also be noted that destroying any 'playable' faction in the Grand Campaign that currently isn't unlocked will result in it being unlocked. Factions can be destroyed by totally conquering them or by killing all of their family members, whether it be in battle or through assassination.

-For factions in the Kingdoms expansion, see M2TW Kingdoms Factions