8) Bohemia (has a mine, 3 counties with six holdings). -30% Hunt and Feast Cost. I’ll say it right away, most important thing in. 66 baronies in 15 counties. Struggle. Frisia. Around ~6 millions of people in Gaul at the beggining of roman expansion (-125). Members. High partition in CK3 is better than partition and confederate partition. One of the best rulers to try out the new Tours & Tournaments features in the 867 start date is Chieftain Haraldr "Tanglehair" of Vestfold, who would. Unfortunately, the counties containing these mines are difficult to find, so I made this map to help :) A few of the recommended starts are single count rulers (though not generally inside larger realms). Gremlin303 • Britannia • 1 yr. The succession law is still stuck on Confederate Partition so your lands will be fractured into many pieces assuming you have multiple children. 8 counties, silver mine, and arguably the best culture in the game for building. The one you mentioned with 8 is the one with highest holding count, but that does not mean it's the best one. Even daughters. Gain control over and create the. Hunting Grounds are one of the more versatile structures in the game. We play CK3 and other paradox games on The Spot discord so join if you are interested. . Counties Title ID Alternative names Abyssinia Lasta Abyssinia, Adal, Blemmyia, Damot, Nubia 5 85 e_abyssinia Ajuraan Mogadishu Ajuraan, Outer Ajuraan 2 22Greeks start off strong too, but the bad development of Anatolia and the Greek mountains hold them back. 7K votes, 482 comments. Because rewards are overwhelmingly worth it. An involved ruler or County converts its Culture or Religion. [deleted] • 6 mo. 144 votes, 67 comments. Created by MacAwesome. It contains 100% reliable and proven information, supported by my 450h of experience. It's like Gotland without the bridge - and Gotland shouldn't be having that bridge anyways. You can also get absolute crown rule within a ruler or 2 by going for the Unite the West Slavs decision and being able to designate an heir. If you like role playing, unique. Both of these options fill your domain limit. In CK3 there is one eight-barony county: Zachlumia. Ideally, this is 3-4 duchies that contain 8-15 counties total as you want to be holding the majority of titles in this land. CK3 is played in real-time, where a week can disappear in a few seconds, and you might think it sensible to play at the slowest of the five game speeds while you are learning. Gotland for "too cool for the mainland" roleplay. North is the better land. Best option might indeed be to hunker down for two or three generations, making money through. Manor Houses. Arguably the best county and duchy is Baghdad. And you sure as hell don’t want your vassal to own the best of your kingdoms within your empire. Super light-weight and probably won't conflict with other mods, unlike some alternatives on the workshop. Keep your culture small, so that the average development is high and you get a tech boost. Click on counties, sort by baronies. 1) They have bureaucratic ethos which gives 5% lifestly experience, 15% developement growth and 15% cultural fascination progress. Yes. ago. As @DorostheConquer said, this would probably be the best option (though you might want to make sure your realm is stable before creating a new. Rome has Aurelian Walls which are also pretty good, plus is farmland and has a number of holdings. Golds, titles, fame, piety, and almost everything comes and goes. Blood legacy line is too good to pass whatever nation you are playing. Make sure your steward has the highest possible stewardship, it will make it a lot faster to convert counties. I'll start. 3 equaling 15 development. Many Counties in the game feature slots for Special Buildings. For example, Paris, Florence, Siena, Milan, Rome and Toledo all have 12 holding slots. One of the best regions in the world is the Tamil region at the tip of India. Stick with. 3 are farmlands, the best terrain for money and development, Aachen has the palace and Cologne the cathedral. Best Duchy is Opsikion with 19 baronies in 4 counties. Don’t. Plus it has Notre Dame. Armed Pilgrimages / Struggle and Submission (Armed Pilgrimages) -20% Holy War Piety Cost (Struggle and Submission) +50% Piety and Devotion from Holy Wars +25% County Conversion Speed per owned Holy Site if no Head of FaithValois, Normandy and Flanders. Skåne looks a lot nicer. Thank you! 6. Best county in the game. increase control in county - when you need to quickly increase control in a specific province. 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. The realms don’t matter for this. On my best run I had founded the empire of Scandinavia by the death of the first ruler, and I basically just conquered duchies from weaker kingdoms to land my other sons with duchies to cut them out of the main succession. CK3 Lifestyle Tier List. They'll start converting it too. 8) Bohemia (has a mine, 3 counties with six holdings). Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter:. London (British Isles) is great as well with 5 holdings. Don’t. 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. - Form the kingdom of Sardinia! Get your mine running in Cagliari and hold all 5 counties yourself, so no annoying vassals. 5. From there, convert to Hellenism. Back to 8. Special mines are also very nice to get control of in the early game and theres usually at least one somewhere closeby. One drawback: Mogyars are right next to you, so gotta rush friendship with them. 2. Havent tried Creta yet, but that might be fun as a vassal to the byzantines/ abbasids or trying to survive them + egypt. Best option might indeed be to hunker down for two or three generations, making money through. 132(!) baronies in 29 counties. true. Reign supreme and download now for FREE - by GameloftThere are hundreds of rulers and campaigns to select from in Crusader K. • 3 yr. 1. Constantinople. Each Barony in the game only has 1 Special. Executions are always fun to have when creating a dynasty, even when your only a peasant watching them happen. Keeping up appearances and good relations with other rulers, lieges, and vassals is vital in Crusader Kings 3, especially if players want to gain land with no war. •. Siege Engines. 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. It is recommended that you make sure you hold ALL the holy sites of the Hellenic faith to immediately reform it. None are particularly good in Central Africa. Here it is Crusader Kings 3 best buildings: 1. 2. This works best starting as a count/duke, but it can loosely be applied to any ruler. 65 on Steam, and that's with a discount) and noped right the hell out. You are able to grow a bigger realm and be more secure at the cost of money. You will now select the province you want to convert and. If I hadn't got in on Crusader Kings 2 shortly after it came out, I would have taken one look at its list of DLC (currently going for £184. For the sake of practicality, players may want to consistently create Claims for counties. Best Buildings to Build in Crusader Kings 3. Raid people in between wars for gold, turn. Ridiculously good spot for a tall playthrough. Farmlands is like, the best terrain, as it gives bonuses to development, supply, and access to Manor Houses and Regimental Grounds. Crusader Kings. James2024. Maksim-Y-orekhov. Hold multiple counties. Description. Frisia. faith }} Just a warning though, if you're not independent, it will set every county in your top liege's realm to Asatru, not just the counties in your realm. Build new holdings in your county. Additionally, succession is difficult to control, with the Afghan culture system in CK3 being mostly limited to Clan governments, thus a confederate partition succession law. Edit: I forgot about the possibility of creating a new faith of your religion without the Islamic syncretism. The two I see brought up the most are Munster (you start with everything you need for your first duchy) or Dublin (your father is the count to the south and you'll inherit it, not. What's the best county cluster in the world? I'm not talking about a single county or duchy, but the best 6-8 adjacent counties for you to hold (preferrably across 1 or 2 de jure duchies for vassal count reasons). Jump to latest Follow Reply. Republican vassals give you 30% taxes which is much more. It's a culture, it'll never flip as. As in the title, what is the best county in the game. Maybe a good secondary duchy to hold. Lots of counties with slots for farmlands. Except the dynast and the bloodline. CK3 Mines Guide. House seniority succession right from the start. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. All children inherit. and insufficient casus belli to get hold of the Serbian Kingdom title. Venice has the smallest, at 1. The king of Sri Lanka holds the entire island (eight counties) with no vassals. Innovation development applies only if your steward's culture knows the following civic innovations: Public Works = 0. New posts. xaba0 • 1 yr. 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. Mongol Empire – Khan Saru of Cumania. In Crusader Kings 3, being a well-liked ruler throughout one's own realm is ideal for ensuring prosperity. Easy to create your own culture from it. Press ` or ~ again to close it (Shift-Alt-C doesn't seem to close the. 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. And how could this be fixed in Crusader Kings 3? A three-level deep culture system. To open the console while in the game, press the ` key, the ~ (tilde) key, or Shift-Alt-C. The High Chieftess Daurama of Kano is one of the best and most unique rulers in Crusader Kings 3. Your best heir is the youngest, yet the oldest is getting the kingdom. Search for the name of your county and then click on it. In 867, things are juts as bad. Hey, I generally like a tall playstyle, and in ck2 I loved playing Venice and building so tall that Venezia alone rivaled entire empires in terms of income and troops, so I have been trying to find good counties for building tall in ck3. Surrender to the Seljuks and focus on other places (snatch Antioch before. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter:. This is a centralized location for all bugs and other issues related to the Crusader Kings 3 release. Cities are best for development buildings, not that good for gold due to republic vassals giving a fixed 20% tax. They can even recruit horse archers without being of Mongol or Turkic heritage. Southern Italy is fragmented, allowing for a somewhat easy unification into the kingdom of Sicily. Right click the child you want to disinherit. Charles the Bald holds ten counties. If you play in Britain, then you should, obviously, choose Mercia (9 counties). Lets say, I own a duchy with two counties, county A and B. Some nice small-but-big Duchies there. Here are five every player needs. Gives you many traditions, so it’s very flexible. Considering you are the Roman Empire by now, you probably already do. This does one thing and that thing rules. Seville is the best in Hispania for year 867 at 5. ago. 84% of Scotland is nature or grazing. txt) as well as simply looking at the special buildings ingame. You will get a set amount of increased taxes, levies, and bonus supply limit per level of development:Counting the counties was somewhat tricky, especially with CK3, as the county map we have is not very clear in all points and it is hard to figure out where the borders of the counties lie. Your choices are of course based on your goals for the run. Experienced Players may not benefit from this but feel free to contribute your ideas. 5. CK3 Wiki Active Wikis. She has enough resources at her disposal to make for a peaceful. txt) as well as simply looking at the special buildings ingame. Easily 3+ hours of mechanical paperwork that is boring but necessary. Build buildings with boosts to development. 1. With 14 holdings slots, many of them already built up in both 867 and 1066, Wessex has an above average amount of. Rico_Rebelde Peasant Leader • 2 yr. Some county names will be different depending on the start date. A warrior people, sadly waning by the time of CK3. 8% is urban and 9% is agricultural, these are modern numbers. I was wondering what you think the best counties to hold personally are (income and other modifiers). Pagan. The answer is clearly Reykjavik. Counties that allow you to create or keep a kingdom with just one/two counties: Alto Aragón starts with a Kingdom, also Isle of Mann, Crete and Cyprus. Rulers can change a county's culture by ordering their Steward to complete the Promote Culture council task. I discuss the four different buildings types, econo. Best terrain in my opinion in order are: Farmland, plains, marshlands, Hills/forest, dessert, anything else. Nikaea - Byzantine Empire. 5) Valois (7 counties, mainland france, many of which are farmlands. Once you’re the King of Hellas get a claim on the Byzantine throne through marriage to an Emperor’s daughter or via the Meritocracy perk. Down side is that, iirc, with northern counties they have a debuff of +100% building speed and building cost. 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. Featuring a map that's 2/3 the size of the base game's, the mod. Blagerthor. Mongol Empire – Khan Saru of Cumania. In CK3 they just teleport to wherever you drop the rally point, so you could just own the best counties available. When it comes to land size, Khan Saru has the biggest advantage in 1066. Each castle in your capital duchy, if you own the duchy that holds your capital county, has a 50% levy size bonus; it also is deprioritized for being taken away through gavelkind/liege plots. 3 Monthly Control Growth, which essentially speeds up the rate at which counties become more stable, providing the owner with more tax and. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. Go to the 'hostile' subheading - you may have to click the 'more' option to see all choices. You have many coastal regions, access to a nearby silver mine, Rome is one of the best counties in the world, and Republican Legacy makes republics better (important for tall play). If you don’t have a second duchy, don’t sweat it. 1. ”. R. 6) Essex (5 counties, near the water, has London special building). Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. Is there any way to keep the counties of the starting duchy from the 1064 start on? I'd have no problems if confederate partition handed off everything outside of it, but being stuck to the two baronies of my realm capital each time my hobo dies because even the two other countries also go to brothers is a bit harsh. The Tulunid Sultan holds fifteen. 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. When you are either over the holding limit grant extra counties to. โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย lubed_assassin: โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Talamare: Zachlumia. +100 Piety per executed Duke. So some of the numbers are a bit less. A little late to the discussion, but I find the count of Capua in 867 a really fun start. Out of these, the duchies of Pagan and Rāmaññadesa are the ones you want for yourself. In CK3 there is one eight-barony county: Zachlumia. Domain to Demesne. Hybrid with the Norse and take coastal warriors to have heavy infantry but key to keep most Dutch traits for development. The most county-dense is also Lhomon, at number 20 with 0. BE Brittany. I'd call it B tier, personally. But if you find yourself starting out Goidelic and building the empire from there, Ulster and Strathclyde are choices worth considering. To my knowledge, unfortunately no, alters too many things probably. The best advice, for anything in CK3, is to just try things out and make mistakes. If you hold counties in lots of different duchies you anger the vassals who hold the duchy titles and it's harder to get as much of a benefit from duchy buildings since you won't get the full benefit from their bonuses (since. CK3 : r/CrusaderKings. Event troops, small easy to control kingdom with Scandinavian succession, the renown gain, free. ago. This guide is meant to help players understand the combat in CK3 from the basics to the semi-advanced. You start almost completely surrounded by large Muslim states, with the Abbasid Empire and Byzantine Empire looming not far off - and almost no one will ally with you for 1000 miles. Castles are best for defense as they make opponents siege multiple castles to siege a county. Scotland comes with a strategic advantage. Dutch. Mali's gold mines and secluded location is great for a larger tall start. All baronies go to whomever holds their de jure counties. But you are right that special buildings are important. Finnmark for maximum attrition as they try to march on your capital. qazdr6. Either will do nicely. . It breaks down each category of combat and attempts to explain how they function. There are three de jure tiers in CK3: duchies, kingdoms, and empires. Yes. When it comes to land size, Khan Saru has the biggest advantage in 1066. Select 'Disinherit' and your heir will be kicked out of your will. Imprisoning none direct vassals can make you hundreds of ducats a year and has very little risk. This guide is meant to help players understand the combat in CK3 from the basics to the semi-advanced. Only an accurate provinces / baronies map. Can raise runestones for additional bonuses. . I have this nice big realm of Norway, and these three single little counties I have no idea how I even got. Keep your duchy of Meath and the 3 counties in it. . If you want to set the whole realm's faith to your faith (I'm assuming it's Asatru), you can type in this: effect = { every_realm_county = { set_county_faith = root. Best Duchies: Thrace, Baghdad, Bohemia, Valois and Latium (if you can hold Temples and are of a faith that has Rome. Very dynamic and strong kingdoms nearby,while you munch for centuries title by title to eventually. if you know of anything better lemme know i'd like to try! A barony can be two types of capital: The county capital is the primary barony of a county. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter:. Crusader Kings. It only has one holding but has the OP Theodesian Walls (the +300% levies and taxes more than make up for lack of holdings), plus the Hagia Sophia. It makes me hope that some future expansion will add some trade mechanics. Garden Architect should be higher as well; Royal Gardeners can give a huge dev bonus to your capital, and Royal Gardens are a decent duchy building. The culture represents the customs and technologies that a character or county uses. Step one: Do the tutorial until you're King of Ireland, it really is an excellent tutorial. The Chola king TEN. ago. One strong example of this is the duchy of Pagan, on the far eastern side of the map. With the help of the Architect lifestyle path and trait, you will lower the cost of all holdings and buildings by 15%. But as far as easy starts go, this is one of the best available. Step two: Start with Connacht 867, immediately take Briefne. As per the Crusader Kings Wiki, each development point should increase the tax and levy size of a county by 0. You ideally want as many different rulers as possible using their councillor on spreading culture. Counties Special requirements AI additional requirements Title ID Alternative names England Middlesex (1066) Hampton (867) Essex, Mercia, York, Wessex, Hwicce, Lancaster, East Anglia, Kent, Northumbria, Cornwall 10 Britannia 40 k_england Wales Ceredigion Gwynedd, Deheubarth, Powys 3 Britannia 12 Brythonic culture group. Next Post. ago. indeed its the seat of power for the coming anti-christ. With a base bonus of 0. Create a vassal of your own religion. 8 millions during Charlemagne era (800). Best counties in ck3? also best decision to do? County of Wien (Vienna) is pretty fun then from there you can establish the Archduchy of Austria. My Persian Empire guide. For duchies: Bohemia has 3 six holding counties, while several have 2, most of them being near the Caspian Sea and Iraq. So 1 county culture would aquire its tech 2. And 16 with one. At the peak, only 300,000 lived there. Development. 5 from their three baronies and two. I wanted to convert a province to my culture and it said 149 years till completion whereas converting religion took about 5 years?. 0. Even better if you are Orthodox or Muslim as the Hagia Sofia is also extremly powerful. 84% of Scotland is nature or grazing. Here is the compilation of most fun nations in CK 3: 1. Recently I managed as an emperor to snatch away a good third of the holy roman empire (once in a lifetime war for the kingdom of germany), and this bumped me p like 40/12 in terms of land owned, basically now i have to grant. An involved. Also added a COMPATCH folder for those using Cultures Expanded and/or Trade Resources, also the basic CK3 files to manually change your domain limits. That aside I think Czech is the best culture so far. Tons of unique buildings in the region and quite good counties all around. Jul 2, 2020. 69. 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. Has a county with a mine. Make sure to build the silver mine in Cagliari (special building)Ton of coastal for fishing villages though, which is good for development. e. You can have 5 castles, three coastal with ports ( two plains, 1 jungle), and two farmland castles inland. I've noted a few tricks to maximise. Venice has the smallest, at 1. Can really save you when you have angry vassals. - Take the pope out early, like with your starting char! - Reform Hellenism, so you can Holy war your neighbours! To form Kingdom of Sardinia, you don't need corsica, just a second duchy. Forgonett. Came here to say Mali. CK3 : r/CrusaderKings. ago. 11) of the game. ago. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. So I'd say Hereford and Lancaster, though the other ones manage 15 holdings in only 3 counties each, while Lancaster and Hereford are 4 counties. Because once the king of Leon died, his lands divided between his three sons. The Amharic highlands are quite suitable for farming as long as one knows how to best approach the matter. Which is in the Duchy of Opolye and has 24 from 5 counties. Though the Stewardship Lifestyle should help you make a lot of money in CK3, the best trait you can get is the Architect trait. June 19, 2023. Here's how to disinherit a child of yours: Go to your character menu by clicking on yourself in the bottom left of the screen. Crusader Kings 3 mods range from small quality of life upgrades to complete conversions. Flanders and/or Normandy. 132(!) baronies in 29 counties. If you want to expand and be at war all the. London (British Isles) is great as well with 5 holdings. In addition, having. Discusses the various strategies and decisions that work well with Norse factions. Pretty much any count in Byzantium or any of the Karling kingdoms, or Abbasid empire. On this page you can learn more about how CK3 succession laws work. 867 Count Brainimir inside Croatia looks interesting. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade. The succession law is still stuck on Confederate Partition so your lands will be fractured into many pieces assuming you have multiple children. Now, you want to found a new empire, but you don’t want to add kingdoms to your dejure. This guide will expand further into all the special buildings available in Crusader Kings 3 and how they uniquely impact gameplay. France is another good starting realm if you're a single county count. 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. With a lucky base stats roll you can be top 5 highest stats person on game start at age 22. Uzboy is more dense with 11 baronies, but only has 2 counties. Best Duchy would probably be Ferghana, with 26 baronies in 5 counties. ago. So some of the numbers are a bit less. Baghdad is a distant 2nd, but also great. Counting the counties was somewhat tricky, especially with CK3, as the county map we have is not very clear in all points and it is hard to figure out where the borders of the counties lie. Based on its composition an army will be shown having a certain quality. Temples are best for gold AND levies due to giving up to 50% tax and 100% levies at +50 court chaplain opinion.