Crusader Kings III

🔧 Bug Fixes

• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/ad9a5febbfe9f83db2e5028d558cc997d6c65eb1.png"][/img][/p][p][i]\[Screenshot of the orders that can be given to Cardinals - by the Pope, or by a secular ruler who's Puppeted them][/i][/p][p][/p][p]Of course, every secular Christian ruler is, at some level, trying t

✨ New Features

• /p][p]Standard caveat: all of this is work in progress, nothing you see here is final, and we'd love your feedback.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h1][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/792a176eb4fe945e66e92da8a423b0689490fedf.png"][/img][/h1][p]A [b]Puppet[/b] is a real character, who behaves in accordance wi
• /p][p]Currently, you can work through your puppeted Court Chaplain to do the following:[/p][list][*][p][b]Found a Rite[/b] - the secular ruler's only legal route into the Rite system you saw last time. Now you know who's holding the pen.[/p][/*][*][p][b]Plan and Construct a Grand Cathedral[/b] as a
• /p][p]The other Puppet type we're adding is the Pope. If you somehow manage to elevate your Puppet to this position, or declare your Puppet the true (anti)pope and depose the pretender, you will have the Pope himself under your thumb via the same system. More on this (and Antipopes) later!
• /p][p]There is, of course, a more elegant solution to the problem of an uncooperative Court Chaplain (if his Superior won't accede to your demands of replacing him). Which is to be your own clergyman.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h1][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/4eefcfe5b06aaa2402fdb7a3d67409d7b1c314cf
• /p][p]But before we go too far, let's talk about what you can actually [i]do[/i] as a theocratic ruler. Within Christianity this is done within the confines of a new government type, [b]Ecclesiastical[/b] [b]Government[/b] - similar to but not identical to Theocratic Government. Succession is appoin

✨ New Features

• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/4686264cb16c669349f68b9ab57866038f81f6fa.png"][/img][/p][p][i]\[Screenshot of the Moravian Mission story cycle][/i][/p][p][/p][p]That story plays out, more or less in that shape, in any 867 campaign in our current build. At the end of it (if you played your cards
• /p][h2][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/4071b477438383789c9fe75731f6c6ef2522381f.png"][/img][/h2][p]As mentioned above, Rites are not random ideas floating about in the air; they live on the map, on counties and provinces, and are informed by a new title layer we've added called [b]Ecclesiastic
• These titles broadly follow the ancient Roman administrative borders the medieval Church inherited and then proceeded to argue about for centuries. However, they are shaped differently in each of the 867, 1066, and 1178 start dates to reflect the evolution of the church's reach over these eras. Wher
• /p][p]Of course, a character can be [i]both[/i] an Archbishop and the Court Chaplain of a King or Emperor. This gives them two sources of income, one gold-based and one treasury-based. It also gives the King in question a good reason to ensure their Court Chaplain is on their side and owes them lots
• /p][h2][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/49ceb7edded975034a5cf9f4e5e9e877aae4e1fb.png"][/img][/h2][p]So: wealthy Archbishops on a map that doesn't match anyone's realm, sending the Pope a monthly check on top of running their own buildings. What does any of that have to do with what they [i]teac

⚖️ Balance Changes

• /p][h2][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/2329d1187266358e1e67156abb45a9c27afb149d.png"][/img][/h2][p]An important aspect of tending to your flock is to make sure they have an impressive house to worship in. Currently in CK3, some important cathedrals exist in fixed locations on the map as Great
• i]\[Screenshot of a Cathedral Complex Domicile][/i] [/p][p][/p][p]Cathedrals, and other Great Buildings designated as religious sites, can be turned into Holy Sites. This requires the Head of Faith to bless the site as such, and also demands it contain a holy relic of some kind.[/p][p]
• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/045b3cc5d65f12be35b3ed74af0e9a6cd1f7a06d.png"][/img][/p][p][i]\[In-game render of different Grand Cathedral models][/i]

✨ New Features

• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/154955262075de17da042fae2a58c9f97f44627e.png"][/img][/p][p]\[Screenshot of a mockup of the Personal Faith window][/p][p]
• The above is a screenshot of a mockup of how we want it to look! Here’s what it actually looks like in-game right now.[/p][p]
• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/6e8418be8f21cdafc4a7a40069c882456b289f5b.png"][/img][/p][p]\[In-game screenshot depicting the Personal Faith window][/p][p][/p][p]As you can see, we still have some ways to go, but all the bones are there! The little numbers indicate how much Spiritual Fulfillmen
• Last Rites is a Decision you can take to put your soul in order while on death’s door. This was a high-stakes affair in our period, and many a monarch worked hard to ‘die well’.
• Just think, much of the stakes of Hamlet are in relation to when and how people die, have they[i] ‘had their shriving time’[/i] or were they [i]‘Cut off, even in the blossoms of their sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled, No reck’ning made, but sent to their account with all their imperfections o

🔧 Bug Fixes

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🔧 Bug Fixes

• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/9f03505df31f9770258f91fe1476fd3119f42246.png"][/img][/p][p]Unlike this beautiful illustration we got from one of our artists, there will be a number of unfinished things pictured in this thread, as the expansion is still in the middle of its development. Keep tha

✨ New Features

• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/5ae5a467cc3d80a99864553b0c2aa011c1c9d4c6.png"][/img][/p][p]These trade goods will then, in turn, be consumed by new “building needs”. A need is effectively an optional modifier on a building that will only be active if it is regularly supplied with the trade good
• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/8ae33a614e6f41d57e4ef017bfd158ed8d720da5.png"][/img][/p][p][/p][h3][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/4089849b59fd8638a06aaf6ea1d88f1850b0d2cc.png"][/img][/h3][p]In the expansion, we have two new playable government forms, the republics and the merchants. The
• /p][p]They both focus on building their family-owned company and share a domicile. For the domicile this time around, it is a big focus of ours to make it really feel like you are settled in a city and part of it, rather than creating your own little villa area like the administrative government typ
• img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/4452073694965943caddb1d008f49e2c9fca5854.png"][/img][/p][p][/p][p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36033026/b12757b25b0ef80c8421748630ced1b2d2d870fb.png"][/img][/p][p]The new merchant government form is inspired by the many important mercantile families that existed
• /p][p]While as a merchant, you do not own land, unlike your republic peers, you are still situated in and around a city. You are a landless character with a domicile in your home city and the local ruler as your patron. It will be possible to change the location of your domicile, but it is not suppo

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/crusader-kings-iii-gets-a-new-major-patch-and-chapter-v-expansion-pass/

✨ New Features

• Crusader Kings III just got a major update released, along with a new expansion pass to bring extra content to the popular Paradox strategy game.

🔧 Bug Fixes

• We hope this update improves your experience in Crusader Kings III. If you encounter any issues after today's update, then please try starting a new campaign and disabling any mods you have. If the issue persists, then please submit a report via [url="https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/crus

✨ New Features

• New experiences and adventures in a richly portrayed medieval world await you in Crusader Kings III: Chapter V. This Expansion Pass includes one Major Expansion, one Core Expansion, one Music Pack and one Cosmetic Clothing Pack.
• Chapter V adds new gameplay elements that bring much greater depth and variety to the Crusader Kings III experience, with new systems to explore, new governments to manage and new ways to build a dynasty that will echo through the ages.
• This cosmetic clothing pack includes new crowns and headwear for European characters, including crowns inspired by some of the most glamorous heads of history. This pack is instantly unlocked upon purchase of [i]Chapter V[/i].
• Whether you prefer to relax on your throne as troubadours and bards charm you with song, or to march into battle with the sound of drums and trumpets in your ears, this new Crusader Kings III Music Pack offers a wide variety of musical accompaniment to your empire-building and dynastic scheming. Son
• This Core Expansion for Crusader Kings III focuses on the religious life of your characters, with a special emphasis on new systems for Christian characters. Guide your dynasty through religious developments as the tenets of the faith evolve over the centuries, avoid or embrace heresies, navigate Sc

✨ New Features

• p]Hello everyone, and welcome to a very special dev diary! Today we finally get to pull back the curtain on what we're cooking up next for Crusader Kings III. As some of you may have [url="https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/dev-corner-catholic-architecture.1904086/"]already guessed[/url],