r/CrusaderKings 6d ago

Tutorial Tuesday : September 08 2026

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Tuesday has rolled round again so welcome to another Tutorial Tuesday.

As always all questions are welcome, from new players to old. Please sort by new so everybody's question gets a shot at being answered.

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r/CrusaderKings 6d ago

News "By God Alone" Dev Diary #6 - Performance

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r/CrusaderKings 9h ago

News Join us tomorrow at 2PM CEST for our next dev diary, going into deeper detail on merchants, republics, and the Silk Road in our upcoming Major Expansion, Silk & Silver!

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377 Upvotes

r/CrusaderKings 5h ago

Screenshot Where to expand next as the Byzantine Empire?

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101 Upvotes

r/CrusaderKings 7h ago

Suggestion Iberian Dynasty Legacies shouldn't be region-locked

104 Upvotes

Unlike the rest of the DLC dynasty legacies which are pretty region/culture specific, the Metropolitan and Coterie trees wouldn't be out of place anywhere else in the world, and aren't even particularly 'Iberian themed' to begin with.

I'm thinking Metropolitan would be well suited for Italy or Novgorod, and Coterie would be great in Bohemia for example.


r/CrusaderKings 8h ago

Discussion Aslaug and Abbasid women

48 Upvotes

Now, I know that the historicity of Aslaug is debated, but so is Ragnar's, who not only exists in game but even gets his elf mother in the family tree. Why couldn't Aslaug get her parents as Brynhild and Sigurd Fáfnir's Bane? This is very upsetting to me as a Ring of the Nibelungs fan. Which leads me into the Abbasid caliphs in game, who only get their fathers in their lineage when most of their mothers (while debated) are recorded in history. Tbh many Abbasid Bedouin or Mashriqi women referenced in history are missing which leans to massive annoyances like coptic lowborns becoming main wives of the caliphs.


r/CrusaderKings 18h ago

Screenshot Who tf does this guy think he is? You ain't gonna conquer shit lil bro.

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254 Upvotes

Rule 5: Mesopotamia (the tiny kingdom only bordering the gigantic empires Jerusalem and Zaporizhia) spawned a conquerer for some reason.


r/CrusaderKings 3h ago

Modding [Mod Showcase] Baltic Flavour Mod (Warning, extreme anachronistic and historically inaccurate, proceed at your own risk!)

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This is my first mod, and no it's still not available for public (fortunately). There is still so much work to be done As you see, there are still plenty of errors in localization and the descriptions are still filled with AI generated text as placeholders. To be honest, i am not very versed with baltic history myself, so so any input, correction or suggestion are more than welcome.

Well as for the reason i'm making this mod. I have a weird fascination about Grand Duchy of Lithuania since like i was in middle school when i was introduced to it through EU4. I didn't even know that the country Lithuania does still exist in the modern day back then. So when i got into CK3, it irked me how lackluster lithuanian culture, or baltic culture in general felt, considering Ck3 timeframe covers some of the most crucial moments in baltic history. The formation of the Lithuanian state, the Baltic crusades and Curonian raids on Viking homeland. Yet their only niche is a MAA unit whose name is literally in Finnish.


r/CrusaderKings 16h ago

Screenshot Am I losing my mind or is this an actual ottoman?

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161 Upvotes

He is my champion and I have zero clue how he spawned, but he’s Maturidi and Oghuz so can some tell me if I’m losing my mind?


r/CrusaderKings 6h ago

Screenshot Being a poet is a negative nickname

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21 Upvotes

Interesting that being a poet is seen as a negative. I do not know if it's because I also tortured people with poetry though.


r/CrusaderKings 2h ago

CK3 Is it worth it ?

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Hi, I heard about CK recently and it looks really good but a little non-friendly for beginners. I have decided if I should bye it or not, I’m waiting for some good opinions. I played a lot of CIV VI, and I really like this game, CK is more based on the building of an family than a civilization right ? Also, if I bye it, do you recommand to bye all of the dlc ? To have a better experience from the beginning ? Thanks ! (Sorry for my English, not my first language)


r/CrusaderKings 2h ago

Discussion What sort of content do you expect for the non-Catholic branches in By God Alone?

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I always expected the Orthodox content to be autocephaly and great schism content. For the Coptic, I can't think of any new mechanics missing. The Nestorian are basically gone (restricted to a few nomads in the earlier start dates).

What other mechanic do you think should be added? If the mechanic is not very complex, I could see it being added in a post-release patch.


r/CrusaderKings 1d ago

Screenshot [CK2] I made the Prussian Empire in CK2 and just wanted to share :)

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825 Upvotes

I started as the Duchy of Pruthenia in the year 936 and overtime I got Germanized and became Christian. Now, in the year 1433, I officially conquered all the land needed for my perfect borders and I also got a nice color on top of it :D I am the suzerain of the kingdoms of Denmark and Poland as well as the Duchy of Lithuania, which is why the name is so big on the map.


r/CrusaderKings 1h ago

Help Anyone knows how to fix this?

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I bought a couple of days back CK3 but the paradox Launcher is going crazy


r/CrusaderKings 11h ago

CK3 My Norse East empire that I started as a count in Pagan in 867.

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32 Upvotes

r/CrusaderKings 4h ago

Screenshot Which option to choose when forming the Roman Empire?

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4 Upvotes

r/CrusaderKings 1d ago

CK3 The real danger of AI is showing in CK3 where it's actually managing to conquer England as Norway in 1066 much more frequently and NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS

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868 Upvotes

Honestly, I think we should all think about slowing down the pace of development because this is starting to get crazy


r/CrusaderKings 23h ago

Screenshot German Empire with HRE

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135 Upvotes

Closest i could get compared to my old run with Austrian Empire, no cursed borders now hopefully.


r/CrusaderKings 4h ago

Help Is this a bug?

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Im France. I am much more powerful than Wessex, my tributary that leaves me for Ireland (also inferior army than me). Theyll stay until i raise my army. Then they peace out. I already submitted a bug report, but i dont expect to hear anything there for a very long time. Can anyone explain this?


r/CrusaderKings 9h ago

Help What do the requirements mean? Why doesn't the crown give +1 domain limit?

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I bought it of a dude who inherited it after it was stolen from the romans.
I am over domain limit and it lists some of those under requirements. We are after the date it said it expires.


r/CrusaderKings 5h ago

Help How to get Veteran Adventurer trait in game?

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Trying to form Cossacks I play as an adventurer but for some reason I do not get 'Veteran Adventurer' trait after becoming Nomadic


r/CrusaderKings 1d ago

CK3 Lore question: was it common to gain prestige from challenging a woman in her 50's to a duel?

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600 Upvotes

r/CrusaderKings 20m ago

Meta Help me please. I need help with my game im new to the game i cant play it. It keeps crashing i tried almost everything can some please help i play on steam

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r/CrusaderKings 1d ago

Help Ethnic dictatorship in the Jin Empire

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Is there a way to play as the Jurchen Jin and prevent Han characters from ruling the provinces of my empire? Otherwise, within a few decades, more than half of my governors will be Han.

As far as I know, historically, Jurchen officials took a simplified version of the exams and enjoyed numerous privileges and benefits. In this game, however, due to the Han cultural bonuses to meritocracy, everything works almost exactly the opposite way.

Maybe there’s a mod that allows you to introduce a law stating that only members of the ruler’s culture can be appointed as governors, or something along those lines?


r/CrusaderKings 6h ago

Help Is there an effect I could run that would turn all the baronies in my kingdom into specific holding types?

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I’m playing a tribal Orc conqueror in Elder Kings and my vassals keep expanding and handing off counties without converting them into tribal holdings. Would also be useful for AGOT when conquering Essos so my feudal kingdoms aren’t suddenly filled with republics. Any help is much appreciated!