Reforms (TW3K)

Reforms are the technology tree learning system for Total War: Three Kingdoms, players are able to learn a new reform every five turns. Below is the full list of reforms for the base Three Kingdoms game.

The Unlocked Buildings shown are from the common building trees, leaders with custom building trees may have different options available.

* The number shown is the number of previous reforms required.

Icon	Reform	No*	Previous Reforms Required	Effect Faction	Effect Character	Unlocked Units	Unlocked Buildings	Required Buildings
	Private Tutors	0	~	~	Character Experience +10%	Archers	~	County School (Schools level 1)
	Market Administration	1	Private Tutors	Income from Commerce +30%	~	~	Salt Shaft Mine Jade Trading Village Merchant Warehouses Dock Warehouse	~
	Annual Proficiency Reports	1	Private Tutors	~	Character Salary -10%	~	Academy Complex	~
	Handbook of Excellence	2	Private Tutors Annual Proficiency Reports	~	Character Salary -10% Satisfaction Strategists +8	~	Grand Academy	~
	Economic Stimulation	4	Private Tutors Annual Proficiency Reports Market Administration Handbook of Excellence	Trade Influence +50%	~	~	Jade Trading Town Port Trading Association Salt Mining Town Bureau of Trading Associations	~
	Liu Bo	0	~	Trade Influence +25%	~	Repeating Crossbowmen	Guest House Tea House	Horse Exchange (Inn level 1)
	Weiqi	3	Liu Bo Private Tutors Market Administration	Trade Influence +25%	Satisfaction Strategists +12	Heavy Repeating Crossbowmen	~	~
	Treatise on Human Beings	3	Private Tutors Annual Proficiency Reports Handbook of Excellence	Assignments Available +1	Character Experience +10%	~	~	~
	Masterful Disguise Techniques	1	Private Tutors	Spy Positions Available +1 Enemy Spies Cover Cost +4 Enemy Spies Network Cost +2	~	~	Market Officer Port Officer	~
	Dedicated Spy Network	3	Private Tutors Masterful Disguise Techniques Annual Proficiency Reports	Spy Positions Available +1 New Spies Upkeep Cost -10% Enemy Spies Network Cost +5	~	~	Drum & Bell Tower Port Inspector	~
	Divine Manipulation of Threads	4	Private Tutors Masterful Disguise Techniques Annual Proficiency Reports Dedicated Spy Network	Spy Positions Available +1 New Spies Upkeep Cost -15% Enemy Spies Network Cost +5	~	~	~	~
	Diplomatic Missions	1	Private Tutors	Trade Influence +25%	~	~	Silk Road Market Spice Route Market	~
	Way of Great Peace	4	Private Tutors Annual Proficiency Reports Diplomatic Missions Handbook of Excellence	Diplomatic Relations with all Factions +10	Satisfaction All +10%	~	~	~
	Foreign Envoys	0	~	Trade Agreements Available +1	~	~	Trading Port Fishing Port Coastal Trading Village	~
	Sino-Roman Embassy	1	Foreign Envoys	Trade Agreements Available +1	~	~	Silk Expedition Trading Post Grand Fishing Port Spice Trading Port Grand Trading Port	~
	Silk Road Expeditions	6	Private Tutors Foreign Envoys Currency-Based Economy Diplomatic Missions Sino-Roman Embassy Mercantile Regulation	Trade Agreements Available +1 Income from Silk +40% Income from Spice +40%	~	Onyx Dragons	Industrial Cargo Trade Port Industrial Grand Silk Road Market Spice Trading Port City Industrial Grand Spice Market Coastal Trading Town	~
	Pottery Bricks	0	~	Building Upkeep -25%	~	~	~	State Workshops (State Workshops level 1)
	Rammed Earth	1	Pottery Bricks	Building Upkeep -25%	~	~	~	~
	Currency-Based Economy	0	~	Income from Commerce +10%	~	~	Currency Inspector Office Government Workshops Craftsmen Workshops	~
	Mercantile Regulation	1	Currency-Based Economy	Income from Commerce +15%	~	~	Artisan Workshops	~
	Government Enterprises	1	Currency-Based Economy	Income from Industry +10%	~	~	Industrial Tool Depot Artisan Tool Depot	~
	Trade Associations	2	Currency-Based Economy Mercantile Regulation	Income from Commerce +20%	~	~	Master Lacquerware Artisans Master Artisans	~
	Office of Arts & Crafts	2	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises	~	Satisfaction Sentinels +8	Sabre Infantry	Grand Treasury Mint Government Provincial Workshops Permanent Labour Housing Coin Maker	~
	Guide to Estate Management	2	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises	Income from Commerce +10% Income from Industry +10%	~	~	Artisan Tool Manufacturer Industrial Tool Manufacturer	~
	Corvee Labour	3	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises Guide to Estate Management	Construction Time -1 DISABLES REFORM: Tax Commutation	~	~	~	~
	Tax Commutation	3	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises Guide to Estate Management	Income from Industry +10% DISABLES REFORM: Corvee Labour	~	~	~	~
	Horse Magnates	3	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises Guide to Estate Management	Population Growth +4K Trade Influence +20%	~	~	~	~
	Shaft Mining	0	~	Construction Cost (mines) -20%	~	~	Jade Artisans Bureau of Mining Subsidiaries Iron Craftwork Village Copper Mining Village	Open Iron Veins (Iron Mine level 1)
	Slave Mobilisation	0	~	Construction Time -1	~	Axe Band	~	Labourer Conscription Housing (Labour level 3)
	Convict Workforce	2	Shaft Mining Slave Mobilisation	Income from Industry +20%	~	~	~	~
	Carburettor Chambers	3	Shaft Mining Slave Mobilisation Convict Workforce	Income from Industry +25%	~	~	Bureau of State Mining Expeditions Jade Master Artisans Iron Craftwork Town Copper Mining Town	~
	State Monopolies	6	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises Office of Arts & Crafts Register of Land & Population Civil Service Recommendations Iron & Salt Agencies	Income +15% (all sources)	~	~	Grand State Workshops Office of Works	~
	State Blast Furnaces	7	Currency-Based Economy Government Enterprises Office of Arts & Crafts Register of Land & Population Civil Service Recommendations Iron & Salt Agencies State Monopolies	Income from Industry +15%	Satisfaction Sentinels +12	Pearl Dragons	~	~
	Register of Land & Population	0	~	Income from Peasantry +15%	~	~	~	~
	Civil Service Recommendations	1	Register of Land & Population	Income +10% (all sources)	~	~	~	~
	Iron & Salt Agencies	2	Register of Land & Population Civil Service Recommendations	Income from Industry +15%	~	~	~	~
	Merchant Tax Exemption	3	Register of Land & Population Civil Service Recommendations Iron & Salt Agencies	Income from Industry +15% Income from Silk +40% Income from Spice +40%	~	~	~	~
	Coin Minting	3	Register of Land & Population Civil Service Recommendations Iron & Salt Agencies	Corrruption -8%	~	~	Copper Coin Mint	~
	Mastery of Ceremonies	0	~	Public Order +3	~	~	~	Confucian Temple (Confucian Temples level 2)
	Principles of Wu Wei	1	Mastery of Ceremonies	~	Satisfaction Commanders +8 Character Salary -20%	~	Grand Temple of Confucius	~
	Eunuch Secretaries	0	~	Administrator Positions +1	~	~	Court	Small City (Settlement Administration level 4)
	Regular Palace Attendants	1	Eunuch Secretaries	~	~	Sabre Cavalry	Judiciary Directorate of the Commandery	~
	Eunuch Regional Inspectors	2	Eunuch Secretaries Regular Palace Attendants	Assignments Available +1	~	~	~	~
	Metropolitan Superintendents	2	Eunuch Secretaries Regular Palace Attendants	Construction Cost (settlement administration) -10%	~	~	~	~
	Selling of Titles	3	Eunuch Secretaries Regular Palace Attendants Eunuch Regional Inspectors	Corruption +5%	Satisfaction All -5 Character Salary -25%	~	~	~
	Bureau of Banditry	0	~	Public Order +2	~	~	Rural County Administration	Rural Tax Collector (Tax Collection level 1)
	The Five Punishments	1	Bureau of Banditry	Corruption -5%	~	~	Rural Commandery Administration	~
	Commissioners of Passage	2	Bureau of Banditry The Five Punishments	Public Order +3	~	~	Rural Province Administration	~
	Officer Relocation	3	Bureau of Banditry The Five Punishments Commissioners of Passage	Corruption -6%	~	~	~	~
	Six Bureaus of Bureaucracy	6	Eunuch Secretaries Regular Palace Attendants Metropolitan Superintendents Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies	Administrator Positions +1	Satisfaction Commanders +12	~	Grand Judiciary Office for Archives and Seals	~
	Mandate of Heaven	13	Register of Land & Population Civil Service Recommendations Iron & Salt Agencies Coin Minting Mastery of Ceremonies Principles of Wu Wei Eunuch Secretaries Regular Palace Attendants Metropolitan Superintendents Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies Six Bureaus of Bureaucracy	~	Satisfaction All +10	Yellow Dragons	Palace	~
	Regional Commissioners	0	~	Recruitment Cost -8%	~	~	~	~
	Military Markets	1	Regional Commissioners	Military Supplies +8	~	~	~	~
	Garrison Conscripts	1	Regional Commissioners	Construction Cost (Military) -25%	~	~	Training Camp	~
	Provincial Military Forces	2	Regional Commissioners Military Markets	Seasonal Retinue Deployments +1 Redeployment Cost -20%	~	~	Military Forge Military Supply Village	~
	Supply Canals	2	Regional Commissioners Military Markets	Armies Available +1 Seasonal Retinue Deployments +2	~	~	Watchtower Garrisons Police Headquarters	~
	Retainer Armies	2	Regional Commissioners Military Markets	Recruitment Cost Melee Infantry -8%	Satisfaction Vanguards +8	~	~	~
	Convict Drafts	2	Regional Commissioners Garrison Conscripts	Mustering Turns -2 Starting Rank Peasant Recruits +2	~	Peasant Raiders	~	~
	Green Dragon Supply Ships	4	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Provincial Military Forces Supply Canals	Armies Available +1 Redeployment Cost -20%	Campaign Movement Range (starting in friendly sea regions) +25%	~	Military Armourer Military Supply Town Military Bow-Makers Military Weaponsmith	~
	Strategic Fortresses	3	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Supply Canals	Military Supplies +8	Satisfaction Vanguards +12	~	Strategic Fortress Fortified Garrison	~
	Swiftness is the Key	4	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Supply Canals Strategic Fortresses	~	Campaign Map Movement Range +15%	Mounted Archers	White Horse Fellows Raiding Parties	~
	Shock Warfare	3	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies	~	~	Lance Cavalry	Tribal Horse Herders	~
	Hereditary Buqu	3	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies	Mustering Turns -2 Starting Rank Melee Cavalry +1	~	~	~	~
	Barded Mounts	4	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies Shock Warfare	Recruitment Cost Cavalry -8% Starting Rank Shock Cavalry +1	~	~	Tribal Horse Post	~
	Regional Levy	5	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies Garrison Conscripts Convict Drafts	Replenishment +10%	~	~	~	~
	Extended Conscription Period	6	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies Garrison Conscripts Convict Drafts Regional Levy	Recruitment Cost Spear Infantry -8% Starting Rank Melee Infantry +1	~	~	~	~
	Hierarchical Enfeoffments	8	Regional Commissioners Military Markets Retainer Armies Hereditary Buqu Provincial Iron Tool Forges Disaster Relief Systems Ever-Level Granaries Agricultural Garrisons	Armies Available +1 Retinue Upkeep -10%	~	Jade Dragons	~	~
	Permission to Forage	0	~	Military Supplies +4	~	~	~	Patrols (Military Infrastructure level 1)
	Ever-Level Granaries	0	~	Military Supplies +4	~	Ji Infantry	Granary	Grain Silo (Grain Storage level 2)
	Provincial Iron Tool Forges	0	~	~	~	~	Farm Tool Distribution	Farm Labourer Camp (Government Support level 2)
	Disaster Relief Systems	1	Provincial Iron Tool Forges	Replenishment +2%	~	~	~	~
	Agricultural Garrisons	3	Ever-Level Granaries Provincial Iron Tool Forges Disaster Relief Systems	~	Satisfaction Champions +12	Heavy Ji Infantry	Grand Granary	~
	Transverse Bulkheads	1	Provincial Iron Tool Forges	Food from Fishing +50%	~	~	Fishing Fleet Wharf	~
	Junks	2	Provincial Iron Tool Forges Transverse Bulkheads	Food from Fishing +50%	~	~	Grand Fishing Expedition Shipyard Grand Fishing Wharf	~
	Winnowing Machines	1	Provincial Iron Tool Forges	Food Production +25%	~	~	Winnowing Machine Workshop	~
	Irrigation Systems	2	Provincial Iron Tool Forges Winnowing Machines	Income from Peasantry +15%	~	~	Commandery Irrigation Works	~
	Treatise of Agriculture	2	Provincial Iron Tool Forges Winnowing Machines	Food from Farming +25%	~	~	Tea Garden Food Market Tea Plantation	~
	Intensive Cultivation Techniques	4	Provincial Iron Tool Forges Winnowing Machines Treatise of Agriculture	Construction Cost (agriculture) -10%	~	~	Grand Tea Plantation Grand Tea Garden Livestock Market of the Commandery Capital Grand Food Market Grand Irrigation Canals	~
	Government Tool Distribution	1	Provincial Iron Tool Forges	~	Satisfaction Champions +8	Spear Warriors	Bamboo Timber Storehouse	~
	Resettlement Incentives	0	~	Population Growth +3K	~	~	Livestock Estate	~
	Agricultural Tax Relief	1	Resettlement Incentives	~	~	Peasant Band	Irrigated Paddy Fields Grain Estates	~
	Sharecropping	4	Provincial Iron Tool Forges Government Tool Distribution Resettlement Incentives Agricultural Tax Relief	Population Growth +6K	~	~	Pine Trader Camp Bamboo Timber Warehouse Composite Wood Maker Camp Farming Estates	~
	Feudal Magnates	5	Provincial Iron Tool Forges Government Tool Distribution Resettlement Incentives Agricultural Tax Relief Sharecropping	Income from Peasantry +15%	~	Azure Dragons	Grand Rice Paddies Grand Livestock Estate Livestock Farmstead Magnate Estates Grand Grain Estates	~
Icon	Reform	No*	Previous Reforms Required	Effect Faction	Effect Character	Unlocked Units	Unlocked Buildings	Required Buildings

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