Crusader Kings 3 Dev Tracker

Admiral Boysen said: I thought next Tuesday was tomorrow?

No, that's this Tuesday. Next Tuesday is on the 11th.

(In all seriousness, the ambiguity is why we specified the date on top of it.)  

Hello everyone! We're pleased to announce that the next Major Expansion for Crusader Kings III, Roads to Power, will be releasing on Steam and Microsoft on September 24th!


See the World, Seize the Purple! The glory and might of the Byzantine Empire take center stage in the latest expansion for Crusader Kings III. Rule from Constantinople through the new Administrative Government type and experience a variety of new Byzantine-themed events and flavor, or be truly daring and live a life where your noble reputation is not tied to the land, roaming the map as an Adventurer for hire.

Roads to Power features include:​

• Administrative Government: Experience medieval rule outside of the feudal system with new styles of empire management. A web of Governors jockeys for position in the empire with intrigue and power, sometimes rewarding merit and s...

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AlfredRWallace said: Really cool! Never expected such an elaborate process. Creating a 3D scene in blender to then recreate it in 2D kinda feels like that one Spongebob scene.

One advantage is that it makes it easier for certain characters to remain consistent between different pieces.

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Hello everyone! Ahead of our release date announcement for Roads to Power, we decided to give everyone a peek behind the curtain and see some of the stages our keyart for Roads to Power went through before reaching the final version we revealed yesterday. While this won't be as detailed as art featurettes we've done in the past (such as the Lady of Shalott from Legends of the Dead), we hope you still find it interesting and informative about the artistic process.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Ruler Designer Community Contest! We're pleased to announce the following winners who will be receiving a Chapter III Steam key. From left to right, the winning rulers are:

Samanta Jwala II Vikrānta Pulī by @Zayd
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Ruler Designer Community Contest​

We want to see your custom CK3 rulers! Recreating history in the footsteps of a historical ruler can be fascinating, but we all know there’s a certain thrill to shaping your ideal ruler from scratch and forging a unique legacy to remember through each decision.

To Enter​

Share an image of your favorite, unmodded custom ruler with a sentence or two about them as a reply to this post.

The Prize​

A Steam key for Crusader Kings III’s ... Read more

Hello everybody! Today we're releasing Update 1.12.5 for PC. This update brings adjustments to plagues, event frequency (are there no sick houses?), and various balance changes. This update also includes new historic event chains for our Legends of Crusader Kings III characters, as well as an additional "express" version of the tutorial. Check the changelog below for precise update information!

We hope this helps alleviate some of the pain points you've reported to us since the release of Legends of the Dead. As always, if you encounter any issues after today's update then please ensure you're running a fresh save with no mods enabled, and then report the problem to us if it persists!

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1.12.5 Update Changelog​

Game Content​

• Added a few historically-inspired events for Matilda di Canossa, Robert the Fox, Yahya Dhunnunid, and Vratislav of Bohemia. Events include themes such as...

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Traxium318 said: So It's like a highly curated walkthrough? Like new events and options for them? A more railroaded experiencia?

Curated? Yes. There will be new events and the like specifically for these characters. Railroaded? Not at all. The strength of Crusader Kings has always been the ability to define your own course through history, and that's something we'll continue to encourage new players to do.  

AlfredRWallace said: Oy! What's this now then?

Advance notice of an initiative that'll be playing out over the following months to make the game more accessible to new players. We're sprucing up the Rags to Riches bookmark characters and making them more distinct gameplay-wise from each other, in order to better highlight the different ways you can approach CK3.  

Are you stepping into the vast and intricate world of Crusader Kings III for the first time? We understand that beginning your journey into the Middle Ages can be daunting; That's why we're excited to introduce Legends of Crusader Kings III, a specially crafted initiative to ease new players into the game's rich historical tapestry and complex gameplay mechanics.

We've selected five legendary characters from the game's extensive roster, each offering a unique perspective on the medieval world and showcasing different aspects of gameplay. Whether it's military conquest, deft diplomacy, or intricate plotting, these legends serve as both a tutorial and a teaser of the possibilities that lie ahead.

There's news for existing players as well: these characters are set to receive comprehensive overhauls as part of a free update in May, enhancing their stories and gameplay even further.

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Hello, everyone!

We have an important update to share today for people looking to get into Crusader Kings III for the first time: we're retiring the old Royal Edition and replacing it with a new Starter Edition for our game. This new edition is designed to offer a comprehensive and value-packed entry point for new players, ensuring access to the best of what Crusader Kings III has to offer from the get-go.

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Included with Crusader Kings III: Starter Edition

• Crusader Kings III Base Game: Whether you start as a lowly count or a mighty emperor, no throne is safe as you compete for power against thousands of other nobles for prestige and dominance. Write your own histories, with a wide range of personality types, ambitions, and cultural preferences. Play as a haughty duke, a pious prince, or a cunning queen, and then play as their heir as the wheel of time grinds o...

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Hello everyone! Today we're releasing Update 1.12.4 to address some outstanding issues, as well as implement several changes to Legends and the Legends UI. Most of these changes are the direct result of community feedback we've received here on the forums and elsewhere over the past weeks; your feedback remains an invaluable tool for helping us improve Crusader Kings III, so thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts and suggestions with us since the release of Legends of the Dead!

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Update 1.12.4 Changelog​

Game Content​

• Legend chapters will now change in response to the player's actions: winning a battle, a siege, being released from prison, taking the vows, a deceased spouse, a newborn child, etc.
• Added more variations to legend titles.
• You are now alerted when a new legend enters your realm.
• Winning a Great Holy War now off...

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Hello everyone! Today we're releasing Update 1.12.3 to address some issues reported to us by the community as well as deploy a couple of balance tweaks. Notably for our MacOS and Linux users, this update merges in the previously experimental fix for crashes related to tooltips and mousing over portraits. A huge thank you goes out to the community for providing their crash reports and insights on this issue!

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PC Update 1.12.3 Changelog

Balance​

• Rebalanced the AI logic for asking characters to promote their legend.
• If you have taken gold in exchange to promote someone's legend and stop, then you're asked to give the gold back.

User Modding​

• User Modding: Added on_legend_start_promote to legend types.
• User Modding: Added on_legend_stop_promote to legend types.

Bugfix...

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PDXOxycoon said: I want to continue on the Minorities project. Make sure to let Trinexx know how much you all want it, so @Wokeg and I can get the resources to see it realised!

Also do this for Menagerie but accompany it with pictures of your pets so they're more attention-grabbing and thus will be seen more often by everyone, thus naturally b... Read more

riadach said: Don't forget the horsies. I always get annoyed when I'm told I have a warhorse yet cannot see him/her. Especially now that we use horses to travel on tours etc.

That was actually one of our stated goals, to make any system we have at least somewhat expandable. For all those non-modders out there, the current process of adding new pets - insofar as the idea of a new pet really exists in CK3 as it stands, given they're essentially just story cycles with unique modifiers - is finicky and pretty high-effort, and contained entirely within s... Read more

Flockingbird said: P.S. Regarding Medieval Menagerie: back around December or so, we had a new poster who asked for exactly what you’ve described (and got laughed at)—did y’all see that post? It wasn’t one of you devs trolling the forum, was it? (I’ll try to find that post when I have time to search.)

Haha, not quite. I think I briefly mentioned in the video that whilst the Menagerie in this format was put forward by me, the idea behind expandi... Read more

Hello everyone!
Back in December of 2023, halls of Studio Black buzzed with an exciting flurry of activity for the team’s inaugural Black Forge Jam: a three-day extravaganza of creativity and innovation, with just a dash of chaos. This wasn't your average development sprint. We threw the rulebook out the window (figuratively speaking, of course) to dive into the realms of "What if?" and "Why not?" for Crusader Kings III.

A Dive into Uncharted Waters
Imagine a space where time, budget, and the usual game plan constraints are sidelined, allowing for pure, unadulterated creativity. That's what the Black Forge Jam was all about. With 11 different projects on the table, different groups from the CK3 Dev team embarked on a journey to explore the unexplored and build the unbuilt, all fueled by a passion for innovation and perhaps a copious amount of caffeine.

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Hello everyone! Today we’re releasing Update 1.12.2.1 to address some issues reported by the community after Monday’s release of Legends of the Dead and the 1.12.1 “Scythe” Update.

Most notably, this update resolves an issue that resulted in Legends disappearing too quickly after being completed.

Please check the changelog below for more information!

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Update 1.12.2.1 Changelog​

Balance​

• Raising a Runestone now increases your Legitimacy.
• Hooked in Legitimacy loss to some plague flavor events.

Game Content​

• Added easter egg disease names.
• Added Hildegard von Blingin’ song to the game.

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a bug that made Legends disappear too quickly upon completion.
• Roaming, Raving event - Zealous option now uses the correct form of Faith name.
• Yearly Cultural Acceptance increase now ...

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Silens said: Indirect question: LoD releases on 4th of March, you say 16:00 to 17:00 CET is pre-release. Does that mean that it releases at roughly 18:00 CET?

Very roughly.

We don't guarantee release times; there's a lot of stuff that has to happen in quick succession for launch, which means lots of opportunities for things to get held up.

EDIT: Ah damn I should have left that for the Q&A  

Hello everyone! As explained by the title, we're planning to host a pre-release stream for Legends of the Dead on March 4 from 16:00 to 17:00 CET.

As part of this stream, we're looking to answer some questions from the community! In the interest of those who can't attend live, we're taking questions from various platforms online to answer during the stream. So, uh... drop a question below! No guarantees we'll get to a specific question or not; we're working under time constraints so we likely won't be able to get to everything.

Watch the stream at 16:00 CET via the links below!
https://twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive
https://youtube.com/@CrusaderKings