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Military Logistics and Stockpiles

This mod adds features to the game for stockpiling and distributing strategic goods for your military. This allows you (and the AI) to improve economic stability during warfare, and plan your wars with a more strategic lens.


Build a military logistics center in a state to start gathering goods for your local strategic reserve. When war starts, distribution centers will open in states with a logistics center. These will distribute your reserve into the local market. When war ends, the distribution centers close.


The base game does not have a stockpiling mechanic. However, the storage of military goods was extremely (and increasingly) important during this time in history. The game's economic model is incomplete without this mod.

As I played Victoria 3, I realized that something seemed wrong. The autonomous construction queue never seemed to favor building military buildings during peacetime, but wartime was far too late to start building up military industrial buildings. I had to build it myself and subsidize it or it didn't exist.

Additionally, AI players, especially great powers, would have the same issue. Since I can't help them with building up their army, it made beating them in warfare fairly trivial. I would just need to stall for time and they typically go bankrupt due to not being able to scale up military industry fast enough to make military goods cheaper.

This is not realistic. It bothered me. For one thing, subsidizing my military industry during peacetime is fine, but all of the guns and ammunition that resulted from this just vanished. It was gone into thin air! It made no sense.

I made this mod because the lack of stockpiles really bothered me, and it's bothering you too, even if you don't realize it. With this mod, there is peacetime demand for military goods; the economic impact of war is more controlled; and the AI tends to go bankrupt a bit less when fielding large armies.


Logistics Centers are unlocked when you research Napoleonic Warfare. The pops in this building are responsible for managing your stockpiles. For each level of a Logistics Center, you can store 4,000 goods. Most military goods can be stored in your stockpile, the full list of stockpile goods is here:

* Small Arms
* Artillery
* Ammunition
* Grain
* Liquor
* Fabric
* Sugar
* Tobacco
* Opium
* Groceries
* Radios
* Tanks
* Oil
* Iron

You can change the production methods to adjust which goods are being stockpiled. I based those methods on the units that you can select for your military.

A good rule of thumb is to build one logistics center level per every 30 units. Build the logistics centers in states that have a barracks. For added effectiveness, build your military industry buildings in the same location as well.

The production methods that you select should have the same inputs that your units require. If your infantry are mechanized, then you want to select the mechanized version. If you have basic infantry, then select that option.

Logistics Centers provide bureaucracy, qualifications, and innovation (as long as you have the right technologies).

Distribution Centers automatically get created a few weeks after you go to war. They open up in every state that you have a logistics center. Each distribution center focuses on distributing a single good.

You can adjust the speed of the distribution by clicking into a distribution center and changing the production method. You can disable distribution (which stops draining the stockpile). You can also double the amount distributed by selecting the "High Volume" production method.


Disable specific stockpiles if your stockpiles are full or you just want to save some funds. If you want to avoid micromanagement, then you can toggle all of your stockpiles pretty easily from the buildings panel.

If you have a strong economy, there's nothing wrong with stockpiling a little bit extra. There's no penalty for sitting on a large stockpile.

You can always supplement your income during war by "dumping" your stockpiled goods out into the market. Just use the "high volume" production method. This is useful if you ever need to bail yourself out of a tight financial situation and you have no other options.

If you capture a state with an existing stockpile, the stockpile buildings are destroyed. However, you can still get a portion of the stockpile by building a logistics center in that state.


Yes, absolutely. You can trust me, I'm an impartial observer.


“Infantry wins battles, logistics wins wars.”
-- John Pershing, US Army General

Prior to the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815), armies were typically supplied by taking supplies from the surrounding area. This "local supply" worked because military supplies were simple and army objectives were often populated areas.

Local supplies also worked because pre-industrial era armies were typically smaller than modern armies. However, as armies grew larger and military technology advanced, local supplies were no longer sufficient. Put another way, there was no way to supply more than a hundred thousand men with bullets by scavenging the countryside.

Industrial era technologies like railways, canning, refrigeration, and steam-powered ships dramatically improved the ability to move army supplies. As military supply operations became increasingly complex, specialized professionals became necessary to oversee the purchase, storage, transport, and preservation of these supplies.

Military Logistics grew from this increasing complexity. In modern warfare, the ability to get supplies to your army really can make the difference between winning and losing a war. Local supplies really aren't a thing anymore. This is a change that occurred during the timeline covered by Victoria 3.


I don't have any friends to play Victoria 3 multiplayer with, and I'm not even sure multiplayer is for me. This means that I don't know if this mod works in multiplayer or not. Give it a try! Let me know if it works!


Most mods should work with this one just fine!

The only file from the base game that is modified is the "building_details_panel.gui" file. If a conflict occurs, just override this mod with the other one, and things should work out alright.


I'm not sure. Apparently, the game developers are considering adding stockpiles themselves. We'll have to see what the future holds. If you have any ideas, let me know.


Give me your feedback! I appreciate it! Just keep in mind that I may not change the mod based on feedback that I've recieved.

Language translations are always welcome!

Finally, there is an open source repository[github.com] if you're interested.


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