Dominions 6

Dominions is the largest part of this site. I keep the Knowledge Library here alongside the nation catalogue, shorter guides, tools, mod notes, and multiplayer work.

Active Updated 14 September 2026 102 nations Guides Modding

Current phase: Official nation dossier expansion
Next milestone: Build the Late Age nation dossier collection while hands-on runtime tests remain parked
Last public update: 14 September 2026

Start here

Dominions 6 Knowledge Library Edition 31: sixteen linked books, full search, reading paths, the complete PDF, and four smaller reader volumes. Nations by age Browse all 102 official-manual summaries and see which nations now have a complete web and PDF dossier. Starting a game Create a world, choose participants and settings, use the official lobby, and finish a turn. Middle Age research builds Research portfolios, six build families, mage-turn accounting, and a worked MA Arcoscephale route. Field toolkit Eighteen tools for pinned base-game records, selection, Pretenders, economy, recruitment, magic, battle plans, turns, diplomacy, research, reading progress, multiplayer, and victory planning.

Dominions 6 Knowledge Library

Edition 31 web release is available as a searchable website, the complete PDF, and four smaller reader volumes. Its sixteen books and references cover turn structure, economy, Pretenders, battle, magic, strategy, nations, modding, player operations, unit abilities, base-game objects, patch history, and commands.

Current baseline: Dominions 6.37, Dominions Enhanced 2.16, and Divinitus 1.15.3 DE. Anything that depends on a mod is labelled separately from the base game.

How the material is labelled

Official rule Tested result Strategy Modded Open research

The labels separate rules from strategy, mods, controlled tests, and open questions. If something is my recommendation, it should not read like a rule from Illwinter.

Nations by age

Early Age

Ancient powers, the first kingdoms, giants, demons, and strong magic.

35 nations 02

Middle Age

Established kingdoms, successor empires, and realms transformed by earlier disasters.

37 nations 03

Late Age

Human expansion, fading elder peoples, fallen empires, and returning horrors.

30 nations

Official references

The nation catalogue and game-setup guide use Illwinter's current Dominions 6 manual. Modding, events, and map-making will use the relevant official manuals.

Illwinter documentation Main manual, modding manuals, map tools, and introductory material.

Active project: computer diplomacy overhaul

I want computer-controlled nations to react more convincingly to the state of a campaign. Expansion, Throne claims, dominion pressure, raids, and long wars could lead to warnings, grudges, defensive agreements, and coalitions.

Status: paused at the concept and feasibility stage while I work out the limits of event-driven diplomacy and possible formation additions.

Next additions

Reverse links and patch refreshes for the 5,340-record base-game catalogue.
Further closure of the open questions recorded in the research register.
Mod, event, and map-making references built from Illwinter's technical manuals.
The Late Age nation-dossier collection, tracked through the public dossier index.
A permanent diplomacy-overhaul design record once the feasible systems have been confirmed.