R5: after trying to plan a campaign, I noticed there wasn't an accurate county map for CK3. Also duchy of bohemia have 3 counties with 6 holdings each so if you will manage to keep all of them you will be realy strong. This is only based on holdings - we need to take anothe. Playing tall refers to the strategy of empowering a small realm. It contains 100% reliable and proven information, supported by my 450h of experience. Large empires are immortal because if you keep focusing the rebel stack with the rebel leader in it, you can capture the rebel leader with high probability and the war ends instantly. The duchy of Aragon is one of the largest in the game; comprised by 8 counties with 22 holdings split amongst them, it has a below average amount of holdings per county. The culture represents the customs and technologies that a character or county uses. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire to life. If it is only the ratio of counties to possible holdings (cph, lower=better), best are these: Ötüken - 0,1765 cph Uzboy - 0,1818 cph Rashka - 0,1905 cph Ferghana -. Ridiculously good spot for a tall playthrough. Convert to a faith with Lay Clergy. However, if a realm only has one county of a duchy, conquering the "duchy" only gives you that one county. . This is in addition to any Building or Duchy Building slot that the county may have. I can't remember the last time in CK2 or CK3 - other than playing the Monarch Journeys - that I started as anything other than a Count. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. It's not even a competition. ago. It's not even a competition. Innovation development applies only if your steward's culture knows the following civic innovations: Public Works = 0. Constantinople. Changing gender or succession laws costs 500 Prestige if government is Feudal and 2000 Prestige if government is Clan. Crusader Kings. However, tax is only increased by 3%. Take thrake as your demense and also take all of nicea as well. Sardinia is nice to play tall, small insular kingdom, own culture and a good position to install your kinsmen at various kingdoms and duchies. But one of the biggest draws for Paradox's epic. meiam Sep 11, 2020 @ 11:51am. Below, we present the best CK3 mods: A Game of Thrones. The Hagia. Gives you many traditions, so it’s very flexible. Which duchy here has the most potential? Powys I know is pretty bad,so it stands between Gwynedd and Deheubarth. Not every kingdom or empire has a 6 county duchy though. 7) Latium (3 counties, all by the water. Jul 26, 2020. As the doors of the conclave chamber are sealed, a ring of hangdog cardinals stare miserably at each other in the sudden gloom. Anybody figure out the best holding to build in empty county slots? In CK2 it was cities hands-down for the tax income, but here in CK3 my mayors all make me <0. Create a vassal of your own religion. if you know of anything better lemme know i'd like to try!Best Buildings to Build in Crusader Kings 3. Havent tried Creta yet, but that might be fun as a vassal to the byzantines/ abbasids or trying to survive them + egypt. So far the best I've seen is Count Haesteinn, just south of Brittany. You can expand fast in Scotland by conquering other regions. In this video we will take a look at the str. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. Baghdad is a distant 2nd, but also great. Sjaelland itself is at 65 (Monthly growth +12. Every trait, which gives like 4-5 battle advantage on certain conditions Being fulfilled, is almost worthless unless you are very closely matched with the enemy. In CK3 there is one eight-barony county: Zachlumia. But we started out kind of differently. A barony can be two types of capital: The county capital is the primary barony of a county. if you know of anything better lemme know i'd like to try! Best Buildings to Build in Crusader Kings 3. e. Megalithic Construction. All aside, the main thing you need to focus is to buff your men-at-arms with holdings. Count Toke is one of the few lords still practicing the old ways. Stick with. A county with 2 castles, 2 cities and. This legacy gives you chances to apply and receive various buffs, from “Genius” to “Beautiful” to “Herculean. Kiev is certainly the best duchy in the de jure Russian empire due to the farmland holdings in the capital county but the lack of any special buildings keep it from being particularly impressive. Welcome to the beginner's guide for Crusader Kings III, a grand strategy game where you lead your medieval dynasty through warfare, diplomacy and intrigue on a path to glory. qazdr6. Swaying is basically a free (unless you're Shy) way to gain opinion points. Zachlumina / Rashka - 8/7 barony but sadly mountainous without special buildings. CRUSADER KINGS PURCHASE LINK: Intro & Summary1:11 Pre-Feudal Setup4:51 Planning Your Kingdom11:27 Reforming. 7. The capital county, Pagan, has 6 building slots and a unique building, the Ananda Temple, with rather good bonuses, and there are 6 counties in the. Blagerthor. #1. 2. I just usually keep my capital in Norway because of tech and fjords and keep Flanders and most of Sweden in my demesne for money. Best Duchies: Thrace, Baghdad, Bohemia, Valois and Latium (if you can hold Temples and are of a faith that has Rome as a. So it's definitely not a requirement to start in a feudal, well developed county. It tries to emulate the cultures, religions, and warfare strategies of the medieval age as best it can. This "Sabine Women" approach can be one of the best options for obtaining a wife or concubine with good traits. One year passes. There are lots of cost. Super fun play through that side steps partition problems. Intro. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. To make sense of the differences between religions, Crusader Kings 3 gives each of them a set of tenets and doctrines, and it divides them. Yeah, the lack of other holdings sucks, but 315% levies and taxes is unbeatable. I was thinking of possibly going Jurchen, which seems feasible since a Jurchen mercenary band conquered a duchy north of me. What is the best county in the game now with the most holdings? comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Crusader Kings is a historical grand strategy / RPG game series for PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S developed & published by Paradox Development Studio. kostandrea. Now, with fewer slots and more options, I’m having…Each casus belli will cost prestige and/or piety. Kyiv (Konungardr in 867) has farmlands and you can take the decision to Found the Capital of the Rus, or something like that. Ideally, you want your capital duchy to be "wide": the best duchies have 6 counties. ago. The Duchy of Pagan holds 6 counties, one of the higher county count in a Duchy, and will be your power base for generations to come without having to hold counties in other duchies. After an army has completed half of a move order it becomes movement. The Great CK3 Cycle. Forgonett. 1 gold per month and exactly 7 troops each. Lots of counties with slots for farmlands. You can give them their own 1 county court so they don't risk infecting yours. Move the capital of each county to the temple holding. Crusader Kings. The counties with the special buildings are probably "best", though. ”. Some nice small-but-big Duchies there. If you can have enough money to always keep your cultural special units, siege weapons, and the best available of Heavy Horse, Heavy Infantry, Crossbows, Light Horse, or Pikemen. Temples are best for gold AND levies due to giving up to 50% tax and 100% levies at +50 court chaplain opinion. Tirakka) give stats based on fame AND lifestyle experience. Conversion mods have proven to be some of the most popular mods for Paradox Interactive's titles. 867 pagan Bohemia in the HRE is fun. In particular, your county control and development are vital for the output of both gold and levies, so it's well worth improving them where you can. culture = culture:anglo_saxon scope:county. Depends on where you plan to develop. Type into the window set_county_faith = faith:catholic or whatever religion you want the county to convert to and press 'Run'. Level 3 buildings cost 340 Gold and a level 2 holding. How to change from Tribal to Feudal government in Crusader Kings 3. Yes, and all the secondary castles in that county can be granted to a low noble if you click on them. Playing Tall Guide - Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Playing Tall in a Duchy or (small) Kingdom in CK3, or How to Conquer the World with 8 Counties CK3 This is a guide and playthrough for playing tall in Crusader Kings 1. Khotan offers a highly defensible location with immense potential for development and tall play. ago. 8) Bohemia (has a mine, 3 counties with six holdings). You start as vassal to Winterfell but you are exempt from tax and levy. Create a shortcut to CK3 (right click and select 'create shortcut') Right click the shortcut and click 'Properties'. CK3 Mines Guide. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. And then plenty of possibilities, aquitaine, burgundy, italy, west francia, even corsica and sardinia within reach. Down side is that, iirc, with northern counties they have a debuff of +100% building speed and building cost. The Kingdom of Pagan has 5 duchy titles, which is pretty high. Pagan. TheSovereignGrave • 3 yr. porridgepirate • 6 mo. TheReaperSovereign. Getting the most boost for your MaA only requires one building per holding and your duchy buildings, leaving the rest for economy. By reaching the maximum development amount (100) in a county, you will get from that territory +50% taxes, +50% levies, and +15000 supply limit. House seniority succession right from the start. Horse Archers, and Konni are pretty powerful. Crusader Kings. Floodplains have a slightly lower supply limit bonus than farmlands, and a lower combat width (which is better from small MaA armies defending against big levy armies), but are otherwise identical. Temples are best for gold AND levies due to giving up to 50% tax and 100% levies at +50 court chaplain opinion. Yes. The proper way to found orders is to create a situation where you temporarily own a county with a city - or better, castle - outside of your own domain. Middlesex, Essex (not that great but the best county and duchy in Britannia) I like to establish and start building up my capital as soon as possible (leave it in the AIs hand for too long and it may build temples) so I tend to look for the best capital province and duchy in my starting locality. Here's the best rulers to pick at the start of CK3, in both 867 and 1066. . Marshal Task. Tales of Ireland. None are particularly good in Central Africa. The must have provinces are Holland, Cleves, Aachen and Cologne. 5 to 1 per month. to make control not go down when besieged. The Best Starts in Crusader Kings 3. 1 renown and either 0. have the relevant innovations. Crusader Kings is a historical grand strategy / RPG game series for PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S developed & published by Paradox Development Studio. Ashantai Oct 18, 2020 @ 11:54pm. Sultan Yahya starts with a lovely chunk of land in North Africa, and will often begin games with a lovely high Diplomacy stat. Navarre is controls all 4 of 5 basque counties in 1066, and since you can get high partition immediately it's pretty easy to sustain high development. Communal Government = 0. It has a total of 144 holdings split between 11 duchies. Link to all the Mine locations. . In CK3, Levies do not matter meaningfully. The Arabian duchies have a big variation between the number of counties each control. King Alfonso is our personal choice due to his starting position and high Intrigue, which allows you to pull off some sneaky plays to gain more. Oct 25, 2023Here are some places to target playing 'tall' (with the stewardship & perks for that many holdings). Nubia, the true Egypt, either Coptic or Kushite (check those sweet holy site bonuses) Denmark, the best vikings with small culture footprint once Danish. Oghuz il - Turan. The wiki already has quite a lot of information and can be sorted to see number of barony and counties:. Mightyballmann • 2 yr. Holstein my second choice. Your best heir is the youngest, yet the oldest is getting the kingdom. Starting characters for 867 Sultan Yahya II ibn Yahya of the Idrisid Sultanate. Best Duchy is Transcaspiana with 16 baronies in 3 counties. increase control in county - when you need to quickly increase control in a specific province. tier > tier_county scope:councillor_liege. The most straightforward way to spread your religion in CK3 is by going to the Council menu and selecting your religious councilor (the one with the Learning stat) to “Convert Faith in County. Expands easily and you're wedged between a few kingdoms and Chiefdoms if. Culture. Yes having a bunch of holdings in a single county is a CK2 strategy, not really valid anymore in CK3. At 50 opinion with your realm priest, he will provide you with 0. Start: 867 AD. Something appeals to me about starting at the bottom rung and working upwards. If you are a Tribal ruler, you won’t get the taxes and levies bonus, but you will. You get roughly 60% of the income from a baron, and up to 90% from republics above barony tier with the tradition and legacy and other modifiers (which you'll collect over time anyway. The answer is clearly Reykjavik. FilthyArcher • 2 yr. This guide was created using data available from the ingame files (00_special_buildings. Make sure to always be swaying, befriending, or romancing. Its holding can never be destroyed and is always owned by the ruler who holds the county title. BE Brittany. Crusader Kings III - Crusader Kings III: Chapter IIChapter IRoyal EditionAbout the GameYour legacy awaits. 5. Khanem-bornu is very very easy, no large kingdom/empires around to stop you from literally taking everything. Count of Innsbruck, 867 (?) start with shattered world. Le mod est une alpha d'une traduction française du mod "CK3 A Game of Thrones" il va vous faciliter votre compréhension du gameplay pour mes amis qui ne sont pas anglais(et oui j'ai pensé a vous mes amis francophones). If local culture is lower than 50% acceptance of your culture, then your vassal should be converting county culture. Crusader Kings. This will raise your rank from count to duke. Depending on the Martial skill of the Marshal, you should be able to increase a county’s Control by around 0. •. 8% is urban and 9% is agricultural, these are modern numbers. Another is to marry your courtiers to people outside your court to get potentially better Councillors, physician and knights. Reuniting the Iberian Peninsula is a major achievement for any CK player, making for a satisfying goal to vie for when starting as any character here. The Administrator Trait is one of the best Lifestyle Traits, particularly for players who want to. In CK2, since your steward and martial worked on a county basis, it was best to have a county (5 or 6 slots) maxed out with castle holdings that you personally controlled for the steward and martial stacking bonuses- a single county with 5 castle baronies could easily net you tends of. Byzantion, Palermo, Napoli, Salerno and Cagliari are very good counties to hold personally. The Hagia Sophia is also nice. Level 2 buildings cost 250 Gold. 1. ago. Madurai, the capital of Pandya Nadu duchy on the southern tip of India has 7 holdings and is arguably the best spot in the game. Go north or east, and in the meantime, hold on to the counties with trade posts as your demesne holdings. Reply. I am playing a Wales game where I intend to create Britannia, HRE then Roman empire. All the generic universities are also priority domains, but given they're locked behind 40 development, can be a bit of a pain to. I’ll say it right away, most important thing in Crusader Kings 3 is your capital. Challenge Level: Hard. The biggest counties in the game, such as Madurai, have 7 baronies each, while the smallest, such as the Isle of Man, have only one. They can even recruit horse archers without being of Mongol or Turkic heritage. Je n'ai pas finit la traduction c'est pour ça que la traduction est en Alpha voir pré-Alpha. Pretty much any count in Byzantium or any of the Karling kingdoms, or Abbasid empire. Has extremely high stats and counters pikemen+heavy infantry. All your children have a claim on all your titles, so potentially they can declare war on you (or your heir after you die) and try to steal your land if they get powerful enough. Detailed Ledgers in the Avaricious tree of Stewardship increases republican vassal taxes by a further +15% (in addition to +20 opinion). Enforce Demands while paused. . I have multiple (baronial-level) holdings in each county, as all of us do. +100 Piety per executed Duke. 4 CK3 patch. Saramello. r/CK3AGOT: Official subreddit of the "A Game of Thrones" modification for Crusader Kings III. -30% Hunt and Feast Cost. Cordoba is also pretty good! And so is Jerusalem! You're basically looking for duchies/counties with a lot of special buildings or you're looking for something with a lot of baronies like york, anjou, valois, etc. 69. 1. Holy Sites, special buildings, floodplains left and right, just absolutely great. I'm not too bothered about which area as I would like to explore the whole map. The game spans. If it is renown, you should just hold those special building sites more so than not. Originally posted by Thistle Honeymead:CK3 Kingdom County Density Evaluation. Baghdad is a distant 2nd, but also great. Once, this would have been a. The Council makes up the administrative body of your Realm in Crusader Kings 3, and those who sit on it enjoy positions of respect. 2856. 875. Yes. All county capitals will have space for 4 buildings in CK3. CK3 console commands: All the cheats you need. CK3 Wiki Active Wikis. In Stark Contrast. Create a vassal of your own religion. Set your religious councilor to convert counties. Each County that makes up your personal domain is divided up into a number of Baronies. The more counties that follow your culture, the longer it will take to reform. This guide will expand further into all the special buildings available in Crusader Kings 3 and how they uniquely impact gameplay. My favorite is Bohemia. Raids in CK3 are the way rulers can attack the holdings of their neighbors without declaring war. For me, I prefer playing in southern India in Deccan, and try to avoid Bengal dejure starts because of the religion. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. Be prepared for the Muslims to mess with you. +5 Vassal Opinion. Originally posted by CrUsHeR: Each city granted to the order is lost taxes and development. As per the Crusader Kings Wiki, each development point should increase the tax and levy size of a county by 0. Hi all, Due to some attention given on the forum to the province density of certain areas of the CK3 map, particularly when it comes to the issue of. culture = { # All AI's are motivated to spread new Hybrid/Divergent. CK3 Counties Map - Accurate. Search for the name of your county and then click on it. Genuinely one of the best places to play tall, and if you start in 1066 you can even try an Abbasid Restoration. If you want to have it actually be in Scandinavia, I'd say either the holy site where Bjorn Ironside starts or. Madurai, the capital of Pandya Nadu duchy on the southern tip of India has 7 holdings and is arguably the best spot in the game. Honestly. I was always starting as their vassal, just to have better insight into the same stuff they had in the realm, was also better RP wise as I was instructing them and kind of acted as their council member Later I was landed,. - County of Klingenber/Speyer (Germany, Franconia): You start with many counties but the real gem is Speyer which has a farmland capital 4 plain baronies which can give you a solid economic base. Your forces are pretty equal but a few decent knights or goading them into attacking your troops for the defense advantage will get you the win. Deheubarth has more counts to choose from but Gwynedd has a pretty flag!Start out by swaying your Archbishop. 154. Law. Three kings ruling the Castilian lands. This guide will teach you a few ways to make money that doesn't require any special perks from the Lifestyle Focus. (You are titled Dusk King). Barracks can be built on most terrain types and blacksmith buildings are really powerful duchy buildings. A few of the recommended starts are single count rulers (though not generally inside larger realms). The strongest decision in the game right now is easily to "Elevate the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles". Make sure you have temples (Bishoprics, or what have you) in counties that you hold directly. 3. . Probably the best isolationist piece of land in the game. Next get 3 Bowmen Man at Arms (MAA) divisions. Nikaea - Byzantine Empire. Asatru, the traditional Nordic faith, is on the way out in 1066 AD. I'm a fan of Castle Keepers. The only tutorial on steam about military in ck3 and what is related to it. If you don't like your liege, you can get a new one. Rest of his lands' county culture should have low culture acceptance to your culture, so your vassal is incentivized to convert county culture instead of promote culture acceptance. Experienced Players may not benefit from this but feel free to contribute your ideas. go grab endured hardship while you are at it. What is the best country to start with in 867. Building Strategy in County Holdings. an old Norse one in the 1066 one. Everything starts with your capital county. Many players begin their journey in Crusader Kings 3 as counts; the lowest level leader title available in game. Where should I put my realm capital. This guide will teach you a few ways to make money that doesn't require any special perks from the Lifestyle Focus. Marry one sister to the Prince Louis "The Stammerer", good chance of getting West Francia as ally this route (King Charles seems to die rather quickly, and since Louis is the heir). The High Chieftess Daurama of Kano is one of the best and most unique rulers in Crusader Kings 3. Best county in the game. One area I’d be interested in seeing a feature is in-game ‘feuds/conflicts’ mechanics to help expand play options for counts and small-holding lords in game. Yeah, the lack of other holdings sucks, but 315% levies and taxes is unbeatable. In-game motivators for characters. Baghdad is in the running for best county in the game because of that, being the only one that's pre-built. The total number of counties is 43. The best advice, for anything in CK3, is to just try things out and make mistakes. The best duchies in Crusader Kings 3 (CK3) depend largely on the player’s objectives and playstyle. 1. go down overseer: serve the crown. Kiev is certainly the best duchy in the de jure Russian empire due to the farmland holdings in the capital county but the lack of any special buildings keep it from being particularly impressive. Sri lanka is a great place to play tall in 1066, areas around Ganges river are farm lands which is so amazing to play. 7-slot county with a trade post and it's outside of the new rain zone that plagues most of Africa since Holy Fury. Depending on the Martial skill of the Marshal, you should be able to increase a county’s Control by around 0. Fun if you can make it work, but chances are you'll get murdered quick. 5), Skane to the east is 46 (monthly growth +5. Era Zaharra is the. Of course, as the ruler, you want to make sure that when it comes to your heir, that they are well provided for, the best of the best! One of the options available to you is to build historical mines when you find a patch of gold ore! Learn about them with our CK3 Mines Guide. 2. depends on your definition of tall which could be anything from a single county all the way up to a full de jure empire. Either ones that you own directly or through your vassals. You can do this very quickly and inherit all 3 kingdoms. 11) of the game. There are plenty of strategies to achieve these goals in CK3, but one of the best is playing tall. Lord of the Rings: Realms in Exile. CK3 1 counties with 8 baronies: c_zachlumia. Your Steward will have a task called “Promote Culture,” which will change the culture of a county after a lot of years. Crusader Kings. At the heart of this Game of Thrones mod, is a wonderful cast. For a frame of reference, in 1066, the county with the highest development on the entire map is Byzantium, with 35 development. You will now select the province you want to convert and. 1. Kingdom Holy Wars is, IMO, CK3's best feature . Southern Africa is pretty easy in 867. 14. 1. So alternatively you can hold two or more duchies for the duchy buildings. You will now select the province you want to convert and. However, this is a really slow process. Jul 2, 2020. :)Note that the reduced decisions that barons can take for performance reasons in CK3 are inherited from CK2 (there were also mechanisms to reduce the number of kids barons had in CK2 too). Wondering what the new best capital location was with the changes to ck3. 8. Cities are best for development buildings, not that good for gold due to republic vassals giving a fixed 20% tax. A character wins a war against an involved ruler. There is only one way to change the culture of counties in CK3 and spread your own culture there, and that is through your Steward. 5%. The most county-dense is also Lhomon, at number 20 with 0. Start out by swaying your Archbishop. After many hours of discussion, code reading, and in-game testing, I present (what is hopefully) the definitive guide on producing many super knights, boosting knight effectiveness and. the ones that increase development speed and maximum development penalty. That way you control all on the Ironwood forests. EightandaHalf-Tails 6 mo. Maybe a good secondary duchy to hold. The wiki already has quite a lot of information and can be sorted to see number of barony and counties: Bohemia seems to be the one with the highest number of counties and a special building (mine) County of Wien (Vienna) is pretty fun then from there you can establish the Archduchy of Austria. Your chaplain/cleric should not have taken the control of the temple yet, because the game is paused. 11) of the game.