Crusader Kings III News

Greetings!

This Dev Diary is about the upcoming free update, which we’ve dubbed 1.15.0 ‘Crown’! Similarly to free updates of the past, the Crown update will be pretty big - it has reworked systems, new features, and a myriad of bugfixes and balance changes.

All of the changes that I’ll go over stem from the fact that we spend a lot of time updating, tweaking, and bugfixing existing systems and features as part of our parallel development track setup - depending on the status of an individual track, people from that track are assigned to what we call ‘Realm Maintenance’, where we focus on improving areas of the game that we either feel aren’t good enough, or that you in the community are asking for us to change. Usually a lot of Realm Maintenance time happens at the start of a new development track, as there are few bugs in newly developed content during, for example, the concepting or pre-production phases. During Realm Maintenance we have Improvement Days where we add as many smaller improvements and quality of life changes as we can, and some time is also used to polish promising projects from the Black Forge Jam (an internal sort-of game jam where we experiment with new CK3 features). The Crown update contains over 4 months worth of Realm Maintenance, including 200+ bugfixes.

I won’t have time to go over everything in detail, so I’ll focus on a few highlights!

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Last year we teased a Court Position rework, and since then we’ve refined it and added even more improvements. In short; the rework aims to make Court Positions more interesting and engaging, adding tools, adjusting costs, improving quality-of-life, and making the UI less of a hassle to use. The intent is for Court Positions to be more widely used by giving them new effects and tasks that allow you to deal with many different situations.

[Image - The new layout]

The new layout allows you to see more positions at once, and presents them in a more immersive way. All of the information is still there, of course: most of what you don’t need to see at all times has just moved into the tooltip. What you need to know at a glance is still visible.

[Image - Unavailable Court Positions]

At the bottom of the list we’ve added a new foldable category that reveals all positions that you could potentially have. It’ll exclude anything you cannot possibly get, such as Adventurer Officers for landed characters and vice-versa. The tooltips will tell you what you can do in order to get them.

[Image - Court Position automation]

Now when it’s more important than ever to keep certain positions filled, we’ve added the option of choosing to fill the position automatically. This comes in three flavors, depending on your preference: an event giving you the option to choose between a few good candidates in your court, auto-assign the highest aptitude courtier, or auto-assign with an event notifying you if there are no candidates. This can be toggled per Court Position, and different positions can have different settings.

[Image - Seneschal Tooltip]

A lot of court positions were never used because it was hard to justify spending gold on their salaries, so we decided to transfer part of the costs into prestige, and we also lowered salaries across the board (the salary pictured in the screenshot is from the late medieval era, roughly 150 years in from 1066). Prestige is a resource most players are more willing to part with, but as there up until now has existed very few ‘prestige income sinks’ you need to be careful so you don’t spend it all…

All of the new tasks have costs; some of them prestige, some gold, and some even cost piety. It's these tasks where the brunt of the cost will come from, but they are naturally opt-in, and you can use them to handle tricky situations, toggling them on/off as you see fit.

Most positions now also come with an interesting effect for the holder of the position, such as the 20% stewardship experience pictured above. This also means that we’ve opened up a lot more positions to be held by vassals, which is interesting because:

[Image - Request Court Position]

You can now request Court Positions from your liege, allowing you to reap some of the benefits that they convey, such as Royal Architect now reducing your build time/build cost, or the Court Poet now reducing your stress gain, general opinion, and diplomacy lifestyle xp.

[Image - Grant Court Position]

You can also grant court positions directly via a character interaction now, making it easier to, for example, appease angry vassals with ceremonial positions.

[Image - A handful of the new tasks]

There are way too many new Court Position Tasks for me to go through them in detail, but above is a small sample of what you’re going to see. Most Court Positions now have three tasks to choose from, with a few having one or two - these tasks cover a wide variety of things you might want, from Wet Nurses instilling virtues into your children, to your Antiquarian searching for rumors about locations of rare Artifacts, to your High Almoner promoting the opinion of Zealous Vassals, among many, many more things.

Many of the things you can now do didn't have any tools before; such as reducing the stress of characters other than yourself (which can be achieved via the Entertain Courtiers task for the Jester). You can also use various positions and tasks to slowly increase your Legitimacy; the Seneschal gives a small passive trickle, the Court Poet can give you Legitimacy % Gain Modifiers as part of the Write Poetry Task, and the Court Musicians Bolster Legitimacy Task (the Court Musician is now available to Duke-tier characters and no longer requires Royal Court to have!). It’s worth noting that all tasks that increase stat points, such as ‘Exercise with Ruler’, are balanced in such a way that you cannot gain skills unless the holder of the position is better at the skill than you are.

We’ve also taken this opportunity to move the entire Hunt Sighting system into these tasks. If you want hunt sightings to improve the success chance of your hunts, you now choose what your Master of the Hunt should focus on finding - this makes the system less random and gives you more agency.

There’s more that I’ve not talked about, to see the full extent of changes I refer to the full changelog here on our official forums!


Another feature we teased last year was the addition of Automated Armies, an opt-in feature where the AI takes control of your armies and fights wars for you. The intent behind this feature is to allow you to focus on other things while engaged in trivial wars, and to allow players unfamiliar or uninterested in warfare to enjoy the game more. If you are an experienced player we still recommend that you control your armies yourself, but give it a spin if you’re just cleaning up those three counts bordering your empire!

[Image - Automated Armies Settings]

Now, there are two crucial parts to this feature working well: seeing what the AI is thinking, and for the AI to play well. There’s nothing that differentiates Automated Armies from how the AI normally plays, so improving one improves the other. Both of these areas will be covered in the two sections below:


Sometimes you have an ally in a war that you have no idea what they are thinking - perhaps they’re just standing there, moving erratically, or being generally unhelpful. Quite often this is because of something that you’re not aware of; perhaps they are resupplying their armies, perhaps they are guarding a siege, etc. To make it more transparent what an army is doing, we’ve added icons with descriptions that explicitly tell you what the AI is up to.

[Image - Exposed Ally Thinking]

This is also applied to your own armies if they’re automated, giving you an overview of what they’re doing.

[Image - Exposed automation thinking]

In the above screenshot, the right army is actively besieging while the left one is guarding the siege while standing in a province with enough supply limit to support it.

There are a multitude of different states for the AI to show; moving, attacking, moving to siege, supporting the player, etc. Hopefully this’ll clear up most uncertainties regarding why they’re doing things that might otherwise appear inexplicable.


We’ve been working a lot with warfare AI in an effort to make it better. We’re not promising miracles, but we have spent over two months of programmer time in an effort to nail down bugs, improve sub-par behavior, and change behavior that, while intended, didn’t feel ‘right’.

This includes a lot of cases where the AI would be indecisive, passive, or ‘dance’ between provinces, which was often caused by various competing systems trying to avoid attrition, match supply limits to stack sizes, and edge-case bugs. These fixes in combination with the exposed AI ally logic above results in much more clear warfare where it’s easier to understand what the AI is up to.

We’ve also taught the AI about War Score, making them pursue what would give them score, rather than arbitrarily choosing actions based on a set of circumstances that were always fixed. For example; when you’re fighting a war as a player, you’re less likely to pursue battles if you know that the siege you’re currently about to finish would win you the war, and you’re also less likely to pursue battles if you’re already capped on battle warscore (usually war score for battles is capped at +50% for most CB’s). They’re now also much more likely to siege using stacks with Siege Weapons, and will try to shuffle their siege stacks around in such a way that their ongoing sieges aren’t broken.

Now, there are going to be edge cases where unwanted behavior still happens, and we’ll keep fixing bugs as we find them. Hopefully you won't notice as much strange AI behavior any more.

An area of the game where the ‘normal’ war AI does not perform as well is during Crusades, so we decided to take a suggestion from the community and give these Great Holy Wars some special treatment. The ‘one size fits all’ philosophy out the window, the AI now has a set of special procedures they follow during these grand-scale wars in particular.

Firstly there’s a set of smaller tweaks; the AI cares less about attrition and supply until they’ve made some headway, and they will try to ‘boat hop’ less often (take short sea paths). When you’re going from well-supplied Europe by boat disembarking into low-supply drylands with an army of potentially hundreds of thousands of men there’s no way you can find enough supply for all of them - the AI now knows this, and when they start assaulting the war target they will temporarily ignore attrition until they’ve gotten enough of a beachhead that they can support the size of their units, this makes the initial phase of a crusade more likely to succeed as the attacking AI won’t desperately shuffle their troops around to find supply. By ‘boat hopping’ less they will prefer land routes to their targets, avoiding the -30 advantage penalty.

Now for the meat of the changes; the attacker in a GHW will first find a ‘Gathering Area’, and then move their armies to a ‘Staging Area’.

[Image - AI armies gathering in Roma before sailing to Jerusalem]

For the first stage of a Great Holy War the attacking AI will find a good-supply area where they can gather their forces. As stacks of units are raised across a large part of the world they need some time to gather, and should do so in a safe place. In this example we have a crusade against Jerusalem, so Roma with its surrounding counties is deemed both safe and close enough to the target to be designated the Gathering Area. You will see an icon on allied AI units with a text that says where they intend to gather, so that you can follow them there. They will gather for several months before setting off to the next step of the journey: the Staging Area.

[Image - AI armies staging in Issus after having gathered in Roma]

The Staging Area is the closest friendly or neutral area to the war target, in this example it’s in Byzantium. The attacking forces will make their way there before starting their assault, which means that they will arrive as a much more unified force. This also means that they won’t immediately attack from the water, avoiding disembarkment penalties and ensuring that their stacks have an acceptable degree of supply. Instead they will most likely march in via land, taking a modicum of attrition along the way, but ultimately mustering a more successful assault.

Now, the testing that we’ve done reveals that the attackers are usually more successful, but can still lose. Though now when they lose it’s less because they frustratingly trickle in across several years with disembarkment penalties and no supply, and more because the defenders have a homeland advantage - as it should be.


The character interaction menu has received a facelift, with the intent of cleaning it up and making interactions more intuitive.

[Image - Cleaned-up interaction menu]

Several categories have been removed and merged into other categories to keep the overall number down. We’ve added colors to these categories so it’s easier to glance at the one you need.

You can now easily see if a scheme is personal, hostile, or political - with the predicted scheme difficulty shown next to it, making it easier to see what you could be pursuing without having to delve into each interaction.

[Image - Favorite button]

As we’ve moved several interactions to no longer be common and only shown in sub-menus, we’ve added a way for you to select ‘favorite’ interactions. Favorite interactions will be shown in their own category at the top of the interaction menu, allowing you to see what you think is important first.

[Image - Favorites in action]

Wherever it makes sense we’ve now added a quick-interaction button that contains a collection of relevant interactions for that context. These buttons have been added in various places, such as for your head of faith, on your Administrative liege, or on administrative governors in the theme view. If you’re a modder you can easily make more custom contexts.

[Image - Head of Faith custom interaction category]

[Image - UI for raising armies anywhere]

You can now right-click to raise your armies in a specific area, so you no longer have to move a rally point there first. This simplifies the act of raising armies and prevents the mistake where you can accidentally raise your armies on the wrong side of your empire just because you moved your rally point there during your last war… It’s not impossible that we’ll remove and replace the rally point system entirely in the future.

[image - Tooltip for Raise Armies]

[Image - Eparch]

Going hand-in-hand with the Court Position rework, a new Court Position has been added for independent rulers of Administrative realms: the Eparch. The Eparch focuses on improving your capital in various ways; the tasks are expensive, but the effects are significant! Being the Eparch is also very attractive for vassals, as they get a significant influence boost…

[Image - Eparch Tasks]

Going hand-in-hand with the Eparch is the new Capital Magistracy building, which improves the aptitude of the Eparch among other things. It can only be built in the capital of an Administrative realm.

[Image - A tier 1 Capital Magistracy building]

Not everything will be easier for Administrative realms - we also thought that it was way too easy for them to hold on to their lands, even when engaged in civil wars or otherwise weakened. We’ve added a new CB that can only be used on Administrative realms, ‘Seize Peripheral Duchy’, that allows you to take any duchy that is outside of the empire's De Jure for a very low prestige cost. This CB has 3x the Siege and battle warscore for the attacker, and a significantly faster ticking warscore, making it the perfect way to reclaim lands from an otherwise preoccupied empire.

[Image - The Seize Peripheral Duchy CB]

Alongside this we’ve also reworked the "Order Mass Arrests" decision to be a character interaction. You can now use this on all noble families, and not just powerful families, as long as their estate is located in the capital. We’ve also tweaked the options for when you restore the Roman Empire, such as offering a path to become Hellenic without activating Roman Hard More, as well as making said mode more enjoyable by tweaking event frequencies and removing parts of it that made little sense (such as increased diseases).


The Clan government is one that is both fairly underplayed (according to telemetry) and that the AI struggles in playing well (often underperforming significantly). This prompted us to look into doing something to make them more interesting and less frustrating to play - when managing Tax Jurisdictions it’s a constant battle to find competent Tax Collectors. All you have at your disposal are your unlanded courtiers and a decision with a fairly long cooldown, which leads to a frustrating time as you often end up in a combination of not having anyone to assign, and if you do have someone, they’re more often than not terrible. The various tax decrees also felt underwhelming with the vast majority of players simply opting for the Zakat (luxury tax) one as it increased your gold income.

All of this has prompted a host of changes to the feature.

[Image - Updated Tax Jurisdiction UI]

Alongside a general facelift of the UI, we’ve opened up the possibility for Vassals to be Tax Collectors - this makes it significantly easier to find tax collectors, and to find good ones. Similarly to how we handle Court Positions, landed tax collectors get a penalty to their aptitude, but on average it’s much easier to find good tax collectors because of this change.

Clan rulers now also don’t have to worry about being allied to ALL their vassals, as only powerful vassals will expect to be allied to their liege. This makes you able to focus on pleasing a select few characters in the realm without having to suffer a permanent -20 opinion with every vassal. You also no longer gain a legitimacy penalty for marrying lowborn characters as secondary wives (and to pre-empt exploits we’ve also made it so that switching to a lowborn spouse as your primary spouse triggers the lowborn marriage penalties). This means that as long as your main spouse is highborn, the remaining ones can be lowborn. The AI has been updated to always try to set the spouse with the best stats as their primary one, as long as that doesn’t trigger the lowborn spouse marriage penalties.

[Image - Updated tax decrees]

All Tax Decrees have been updated to have more interesting and modern effects, including systems that have been added since Tax Decrees were added, like Legitimacy, Danger, and Plague Resistance, and enabling systems that are logically connected to the decree, like raiding for Ghazi.

These changes match the Clan realm's more volatile nature, providing bonuses that are more relevant and interesting to choose between. They should now more closely be able to match the power that Feudal realms can muster with their Vassal Contracts.


All commander traits are now tiered traits that are leveled up by taking actions related to the trait.

[Image - A levelled Logistician trait]

Commander traits now start out less impactful, with effects weaker than they currently are. Through war, battles, and siege, you can now level them up - potentially reaching heights that were not previously possible. A fully levelled Military Engineer reduces siege phase times by 40%, a fully levelled Flexible Leader reduces enemy defensive bonuses by 80%, and so on.

To level the traits you need to do whatever makes sense: to level up Aggressive Attacker you win offensive battles, to level up Military Engineer you complete sieges, and so on. The higher the commander's Martial skill, the faster they will level up their traits. This also means that a commander with a high-level commander trait can be extremely valuable, as replacing their accumulated knowledge of warfare is not a trivial task.


The Barbershop has been updated with several new categories, and items have been re-shuffled to allow for a greater degree of customization. Many items previously not accessible has been added, such as some Byzantine and Jain clothing, and you are now allowed to freely change eye items, face items, crests, veils, and special crowns.

[Image - New barbershop categories]

We’ve made extra care to address pain points such as not being able to remove glasses or veils, while simultaneously allowing you to create combinations you weren’t able to before. More customization is better customization!

[Image - New Crests, Veils, & Special Crowns category]

Use responsibly!

[Image - a distinctly cursed barbershop creation]


[h2]AI Promote Culture Tweaks[/h2]
Late-game culture maps are often quite boring, with the culture map gradually becoming more and more populated by small divergences. This is fine in the case where these divergences lead to interesting new cultures expanding their presence on the map, but often it is not so. We’ve tweaked the AI to be more inclined to promote their cultures under certain circumstances.

Central Germanic heritage cultures within the HRE will now want to promote culture in Sorbian-culture counties, very small cultures will want to grow (if they are below 10 counties), 'Imperious' cultures (cultures with a powerful culture head, realm of 30+ counties and King+ tier) will want to grow to a decent size (35 counties, about the size of French at 1066 start), smaller (
[Image - Saxon slowly being promoted in Polabian lands]

[h2]Game Rule Updates[/h2]
We’ve added several new options to the Realm Stability Game Rule, based on community feedback - and a few extra for good measure! You can now set stability to only affect AI’s, and there’s an additional setting that avoids changing the frequency of peasant and populist factions as those could become too frequent or infrequent depending on your setting.

[Image - New Realm Stability settings]

For those that enjoy the occasional Scourge of the Gods Conqueror but think that 5% is too much we’ve added an additional rule; Low Random, with a 0.5% chance of it happening.

[Image - Conqueror Low Random setting]

[h2]New Message Setting Options[/h2]
The message settings window now has a history log of all feed messages, so you can browse through them at a later time.

[Image - Message Settings log]

We’ve also added two community-requested message settings: scheme advantages and non-dynastic courtiers coming of age.

[Image - Scheme Advantage message setting]

[Image - Non-dynastic courtier coming of age]

[h2]Guardian Status in Courtiers UI[/h2]
There are now new indicator texts and filter options for finding children without guardians in your court. This is present both in the right-hand-side Court window and in the character view.


[Image - Guardian indicators]

[h2]New Major Decisions[/h2]
Two new major decisions have also made their way into this update, both focusing on forming new empires - Beth Narain for rulers of Syriac heritage, and the Empire of Hindustan.

[Image - Beth Narain creation decision]

When adding new decisions for creating new empire titles in Crusader Kings there are two different things we look for. One could be an interesting alternative history empire for a historical group or region, like Beth Nahrain, another is to look for what great empires existed during the historical timeline but which currently cannot be formed in the game.

[Image - Hindustan creation decision]

The Islamic Conquest of India is not something that happens in every game, but when it happens we rarely ever get something like the actual Delhi Sultanate. The new decision lets a muslim ruler who controls a fair chunk of the north, move his capital to Delhi or Lahore, while creating a new empire title that incorporates any held line in the 3 Indian Empires. If you have Roads to Power it will also give you the Administrative government, though one with a hereditary succession instead of acclamation.

[h2]Commanded by Ruler Banner[/h2]
[Image - ‘Commander by Ruler’ banner]

You can now see if the enemy war leader is in an army, as they’ll be marked with a crown banner stating ‘Commanded by Ruler’.

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That’s it for this Dev Diary! The 1.15.0 ‘Crown’ update will soon be in your hands, and we hope that it’ll be to your liking! You can find the full changelog here on our official forums!

Hello everyone! Today we're releasing our two newest Content Creator Packs, Medieval Monuments & Arctic Attire.

Please find the changelog and release trailers below.

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• Added support for Medieval Monuments and Arctic Attire Content Creator Packs
  
• Added new DLC icons and descriptions for the Content Creator Packs
  

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Discover the great architectural achievements of the Middle Ages with the Content Creator Pack Medieval Monuments.

Created in collaboration with the established Crusader Kings III modder PiGu, Medieval Monuments brings new varied and culturally significant monuments to the game.

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• Added 20 new special buildings to the map
  
  • Drassanes in Barcelona*
    
  • Great Kyz Kala in Merv
    
  • Cluny Abbey in Cluny
    
    • Has 2 different levels, one for the Monastery and one for the Grand Cathedral. Highest level is available in the 1178 start date.
      
  • Duomo of Florence in Florence
    
    • Has 4 different levels. In the 1178 start date, it is at the second level.
      
  • Walls of York in York
    
  • Great Mosque of Damascus in Damascus
    
  • Jokhang Temple in Lhasa
    
  • Wartburg in Schmalkalden
    
  • St. George of Lalibela (Beta Giyorgis) in Lalibela*
    
  • Holy Wisdom of God in Novgorod
    
  • St Wenceslaus Cathedral in Krakow
    
  • Visegrad Citadel in Visegrad*
    
  • University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fes
    
  • Kairouan Basins in Kairouan
    
  • Ghana Palace in Al-Ghaba
    
  • Kano Earthworks in Kano*
    
  • Golden Fort in Jaisalmer
    
  • Konarak Sun Temple in Konarak*
    
  • Somapura University in Somapur
    
  • Vatapi Caves in Vatapi
    

* These monuments are not pre-built in any of the available start dates.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3315540/Crusader_Kings_III_Content_Creator_Pack_Medieval_Monuments/

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Brave the chill of far northern lands in style with the Arctic Attire Content Creator Pack, made in collaboration with the established Crusader Kings III modder Aj. Arctic Attires adds cosmetics inspired by Sami and Khanty aesthetics.

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• New clothing and headgear inspired by Sami and Khanty cultures to the northern regions of the map
  
  • Clothing
    
    • 3 variants of male Khanty Commoner Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of female Khanty Commoner Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of male Khanty Low Nobility Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of female Khanty Low Nobility Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of male Khanty High Nobility Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of female Khanty High Nobility Clothing
      
    • 1 variant of male and female Sami Fur Coat
      
    • 2 variants of male Sami Commoner Clothing
      
    • 1 variant of female Sami Commoner Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of male Sami Low Nobility Clothing
      
    • 1 variant of female Sami Low Nobility Clothing
      
    • 2 variants of male Sami High Nobility Clothing
      
    • 1 variant of female Sami High Nobility Clothing
      
  • Headwear
    
    • 1 variant of male and female Sami Cap
      
    • 3 variants of male Fur Four-Winds Hat
      
    • 3 variants of male Four-Winds Hat
      
    • 1 variant of male Khanty Raised Fur Hood
      
    • 1 variant of female Sami Hat
      
    • 1 variant of female Fine Sami Hat
      
    • 3 variants of female Khanty Common Headscarf
      
    • 3 variants of female Khanty Low Noble Headscarf
      
    • 3 variants of female Khanty High Noble Headscarf
      
    • 3 variants of male and female Arctic Lamellar Helm
      
    • 1 variant of male and female Khanty Shaman’s Hat
      
  • Cloaks
    
    • 2 variants of male Commoner Lukha
      
    • 2 variants of male Lukha
      
    • 2 variants of male Fancy Lukha
      
    • 1 variant of female Sami Shawl
      
    • 1 variant of female Sami Noble Shawl
      
    • 1 variant of female Fancy Sami Noble Shawl
      
  • Legwear
    
    • 1 variants of male and female Sami Legwear
      
    • 1 variants of male and female Khanty Legwear
      
  • Armor
    
    • 3 variants of male and female Arctic Lamellar Armor
      
    • New music track: Longing for the Land
      
      • Added support for the new music track in the game’s Music Player
        

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3315550/Crusader_Kings_III_Content_Creator_Pack_Arctic_Attire/

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You can also save 20% off both Content Creator Packs by purchasing them as a bundle!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/49929/

Hello everyone! We have an unusual dev diary today, in that it’s two dev diaries in one! PiGu, developer of Medieval Monuments, and Aj, developer of Arctic Attire both will give us a brief overview of the content they’re bringing to Crusader Kings III as well as the work that went into creating it.



Let’s dive right into it with Medieval Monuments.

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Hello everyone!

I’m Pietro “PiGu” Cavalli, creator of the Medieval Arts mod, and today I have been granted the privilege to welcome you to this developer diary introducing the new Crusader Kings III Content Creator Pack: Medieval Monuments!

I’ve been playing Paradox games for years, but Medieval Arts was my first modding experience.

Developed in 2021 to represent the artistic and architectural achievements of the Middle Ages, it has grown and changed many times but it has always kept to its original mission. I have grown with it, learning several skills from scratch with help from the modding community, and falling particularly in love with 3D modeling, which has now become the core of the mod. Today Medieval Arts is an expanding collection of dozens of new monuments, all with their own unique art and flavor, backed by a wonderful and supportive community.

[h2]The Content Creator Pack[/h2]
Before delving into details, I would like to take a moment to explain the vision behind Content Creator Packs. They are meant as a nice way to support modders financially and enhance their skills, while at the same time providing the game with a product of higher quality than a modder would realistically be able to produce on their own free time, that is able to blend seamlessly into the game, and that is maintained in the future directly by Paradox.

I was first approached this summer to pitch ideas and discuss the different shapes that an “architectural” cosmetic pack might take. While initially proposing a more regional focus, we ended up opting for a broader geographical scope, encompassing the whole map. I then spent a few weeks researching and thinning out options until reaching the final version of Medieval Monuments.

To be clear about expectations then, this Content Creator Pack includes 20 brand new special buildings, each with their own 3D model, art, flavorful descriptions and modifiers.

I feel so grateful to the people at Paradox Interactive for offering me this opportunity. I greatly enjoyed working with them, and I learned so much throughout the whole process. We had an honest and clear collaboration where my creative input was greatly respected, and guided when necessary to ensure a proper delivery to a community that has always been kind and supportive of my work.

I can’t wait to read what you think!

[h2]The Monuments[/h2]
So, let’s have a look at some of the special buildings included in the pack! As previously mentioned there’s 20 of them, but I won’t spoil them all for you here, I’d like you to search the map and find where they are yourselves ; )

One of the most difficult steps of the creative process was deciding just which monuments to actually portray. The overall “size” of the pack had already been determined previously, so I had to pick 20 out of the entire architectural production of the Middle Ages, a task easier said than done. To help make the best choice, I decided to keep a few priorities in mind:

First of all I wanted the pack to represent the whole map, to make sure that wherever you may choose to play your next game, you’d always have at least one monument relatively close by. I’ve also tried to favor regions that are lacking unique map objects in the base game. This has granted me the opportunity to be very diverse in the styles, colors and shapes of the monuments, changing with the cultures and environments.

These range from the frigid lands of the ‘Rus, where you’ll be able to construct the Holy Wisdom of Novgorod, the oldest church in Russia proper and a magnificent example of its unique art, to the humid heat of the Bengal delta, where the great university of Somapura were piously carved.

[The important church of the Holy Wisdom of Novgorod, one of the oldest in all of the Rus’ lands and inspired by the marvels of Constantinople, covered in winter snow]

[Somapura has long been an important center of learning for India, attracting scholars to the fertile delta from afar]

Furthermore, another important distinction is temporal in nature. The Middle Ages lasted a thousand years, and even Crusader Kings’ more restricted time span still offers enormous variety in styles and functions and materials. Many monuments greatly changed throughout time, some were expanded, others torn down. I have tried to strike a balance between the centuries, favoring those buildings that belonged to the game’s era so that you may have a chance to build them yourself, but also adding some already constructed at the start, and whenever a monument changed form or function throughout time, I tried to represent a synthesis of its history, even if not always entirely faithful.

You’ll therefore find buildings varying greatly in period, such as the ancient Umayyad mosque of Damascus, one of the holiest sites for the Abrahamic faiths whose millenarian story has very few equals, or the more “late game” castle and royal residence of Visegrad, which holds a very special place in the history of Central Europe.

[The Great Mosque of Damascus already has an incredibly fascinating history by CK3’s time]

[With its strategic position yet unclaimed, constructing the fortress-palace of Visegrad is sure to give even the lowest of lords a great advantage]

In two select cases, because the architectural evolution was so profound, I chose to represent them as multiple tiers. The constructions of these buildings lasted decades, if not centuries, and you’ll be able to follow them with generations of your characters!

The complex of the Duomo of Florence begins as the modest basilica of Santa Reparata, but with proper time and investment can evolve, over four different tiers, to include the baptistery, the cathedral and finally the masterpiece of the Cupola, the famous dome that heralded the Renaissance and is still triumphant over Florence’s skyline.

[The complex of the Duomo of Florence has gone from the small early Christian basilica of Santa Reparata to the colossal cathedral we see today, topped by a dome that has become symbol of the Renaissance]

Similarly, on the opposite side of the Alps, the lords and monks of Cluny will be able to expand their already considerable power base into the largest of the medieval churches, which unfortunately did not survive to our day.

[The monastery of Cluny was a powerful instrument in the reform of the Church, and the construction of its new Romanesque abbey was a testament to their great wealth and prestige]

Finally, I also wanted the monuments to vary in their function and aspect. The study of medieval architecture, especially in the West, has long been focused on cathedrals due to their scale and disproportionate rate of survival, but the world of Crusader Kings III had far more and many great works.

For example, in Tunisia you will be able to see the basins of Kairouan, a monumental complex to guarantee water to the city no matter the climate, and in Barcelona you will be able to construct the Drassanes, industrial-scale shipyards that allowed the city’s rulers to expand their influence all over the Mediterranean.

[The basins of Kairouan are an impressive feat of engineering that provided fresh water to the growing city]


[The shipyards of Drassanes were fortified to keep out intruders and protect the secrets that allowed the kings of Barcelona to rule the Western Mediterranean]

[h2]Research and Realism[/h2]

To conclude I would like to spend a few words on creative freedom and historical accuracy. Although of course no comprehensive academic survey of all these diverse monuments exists, I took the time to research each of them individually to the best of my abilities to follow the standards upheld by Paradox and the developers of Crusader Kings and guarantee proper realism in all the models included in the pack.

Sometimes I was lucky. When designing the Great Kyz Kala, an ancient fortified palatial complex in the oasis of Merv, Central Asia, I was able to draw from ancient representations and modern reconstructions, as well as of course from the ruins we see today, which allowed me to depict it with a fair degree of accuracy.

[The Great Kyz Kala is today an impressive ruin, but it used to be a magnificent palace blending Arab and Persian architectural traditions]

[The ruins of ancient Merv have long been excavated and studied, yielding important information that allowed me to reproduce the Kyz Kala in-game. Furthermore, this silver gilt dish from the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, shows a raid to a palace that likely resembled greatly the original appearance of the palace.]

Other times I was less lucky, and I had to use my own judgement to fit the monument into the game. I understand this is by no means a perfect choice, but to properly represent cultures and regions with scattered records some compromises had to be struck, and I want to assure you they were all properly thought out. Such was the case for the Jokhang temple - the holiest site in Tibet - or some of the monuments in West Africa.

[h2]Appreciations[/h2]
I would like to properly thank the kind people at Paradox Interactive for trusting me with this project. It was a wonderful experience that helped me improve my work considerably, and I have learned so much from it.

Finally, I want to take the opportunity to thank you all for the amazing support you have shown me and Medieval Arts through the years, and I’m so excited to share this chapter with you!

--Pietro

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3315540/Crusader_Kings_III_Content_Creator_Pack_Medieval_Monuments

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Hey hey!

I’m Aj, the 3D artist behind the Shogunate mod - and now the official Arctic Attire DLC! After months of telling my mod dev teams that “I’m busy” and that “I can’t help with compatch”, I can finally reveal what I’ve been working on (and be able to go back to work on the already compatibility patched mods completely guilt-free).

Arctic Attire takes inspiration from the previous Content Creator Packs by El Tyrannos, but instead of adding just one aesthetic, it adds two aesthetics of slightly smaller scope.

The Sámi are the indigenous people of northern Scandinavia and Kola. The Sámi garments depicted in Arctic Attire are primarily inspired by clothing of the Kautokeino region as depicted in photographs from the late 1800s, but some pieces take inspiration from other regions and are informed by research of Sámi in the middle ages.
The Khanty are an indigenous people of Western Siberia living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. Their traditional clothing is the primary inspiration for the Ugro-Permian set used across west Siberia.
Both peoples traditionally live a nomadic lifestyle, herding reindeer and hunting, and have historically been involved in fur trade.

I will now give a quick tour of the CCP and what is contained inside, with some commentary here and there.

[h2]The Khanty[/h2]
The main male Khanty winter garment is the Malitsa - here are variants for men including belt accessories. These take advantage of the pattern system to vary between reindeer antler, silver, and gold. There is also a version without a belt, not shown here.

[Khanty men's clothing - commoner and nobility. Also shows dynamic lowered hood gfx when hood headgear isn't worn.]

[Khanty men’s clothing - commoner clothing, showcasing knife and belt details, and reference images - Estonian National Museum (Wikimedia Commons), German wood-engraving from 1895, Khanty belt from the British Museum]

[Arctic armor posed with reference image from American Museum of Natural History]

Ugro-Permian armor is inspired by various Siberian armors, but primarily by Chukchi armor, since it seems to be quite representative of Siberian armor in general, and there wasn’t a lot of good period-appropriate reference material from Western Siberia. Plus, it’s a really cool design. Fun fact - the oldest lamellar in the world was found in Siberia, and it was made of bone. The practice of making bone armor in Siberia continued for a very long time after that, and bone armor will show up on Ugro-Permian commoners. The back shield design is also very old - Scythian armor employed this design as well.

[Armor work-in-progress images.]

[Khanty women's clothing]

The main female Khanty winter garment is the Panitsa, or Sakh. The winter Sakh is quite elaborate and is outfitted with a lot of internal and external straps and ties to allow for a more precise fit. I chose to model winter clothing over summer clothing because it's very visually distinct from surrounding clothing styles, and I thought it would fit great with the new adventurer playstyle.

[Khanty women's clothing variant and headgear.]

[Khanty women's clothing work-in-progress images.]


[h2]The Sámi[/h2]
Most of the assets for Arctic Attire were made with cloth simulation in Marvelous Designer, then touched up in Blender, but hard-surface details like the knives or much of the armor were modelled entirely in Blender.

[Sámi women's clothing and cloaks with reference images - hand-colored photograph from the Nordic Museum, and photo from Heimbeck c.1900]

[Sámi men's clothing, work-in-progress sculpt and reference photograph by Marcus Selmer.]

[Sámi clothing selection, showcasing the lukha, a work-in-progress sculpt next to finished clothing.]

Sámi commoners have a lot of color variety - they have a lot of undyed or only slightly dyed clothing, or clothing made from leather or fishskins - fish hide clothing was actually very widespread in the arctic for a long time, and was produced by a variety of cultures. In Sámi culture, it seems to have been an option for the lower classes, while reindeer fur was reserved for the rich. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to make a bespoke fish skin pattern, so I represented it with a grey-colored leather pattern instead.

[Sámi commoner clothing and fish-skin clothes reference - from Norsk Folkemuseum, by G. Roche]


[Posed Sámi travel coat with reference image.]


Sámi travel clothing - a big fur coat, based on some south and east Sámi beaskas.

[Posed Sámi council portrait, showing a selection of different garments.]

It’s been a great time working on this Content Creator Pack with Paradox, and I hope everyone enjoys the new accessories.

That’s all from me for now. Back to modding, I guess!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3315550/Crusader_Kings_III_Content_Creator_Pack_Arctic_Attire

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That’s all we have for today! A huge thank you goes out to PiGu and Aj both for their work on putting this dev diary together.

Medieval Monuments and Arctic Attire both release on February 25th

We’re pleased to announce that two new Content Creator Packs are coming to Crusader Kings III on February 25th! These packs introduce historically significant monuments and new clothing inspired by the Sámi and Khanty peoples of the far north, offering players even more ways to immerse themselves in the Medieval world.

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Discover the great architectural achievements of the Middle Ages with the Content Creator Pack Medieval Monuments made by the modder "PiGu", bringing 20 new varied and culturally significant monuments to the game.

This Content Creator Pack includes the following monuments:
- Drassanes
- Great Kyz Kala
- Cluny Abbey
- Maior Ecclesia
- Walls of York
- Great Mosque of Damascus
- Jokhang Temple
- Wartburg
- Beta Giyorgis
- Holy Wisdom of Novgorod
- St Wenceslaus Cathedral
- Visegrad Citadel
- University of al-Qarawiyyin
- Kairouan Basins
- Ghana Palace
- Kano Earthworks
- Golden Fort of Jaisalmer
- Konarak Sun Temple
- Somapura University
- Vatapi Caves

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3315540/

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Brave the chill of far northern lands in style with the Arctic Attire Content Creator Pack made by the modder "Aj", adding cosmetics inspired by Sámi and Khanty aesthetics.

This Content Creator Pack includes the following cosmetics:
- 8 clothing styles
- 2 legwear models
- 3 cloaks
- 8 headgear
- 1 armor set (headgear & armor)
- 1 soundtrack; “Longing for the Land” (a joik – a traditional form of Sámi song)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3315550/

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These Content Creator packs are part of our ongoing collaboration with the modding community, bringing their expertise and passion for the Medieval world into official content for Crusader Kings III.

Join us on Tuesday, February 18th for a dev diary exploring the content of both of these packs in further detail!

Өглөөний мэнд!

I am here to welcome you to a special kind of Development Diary – It's the first of a series, but the rest will come later and not in the following weeks. We're working on a comprehensive system for the Nomads of the Steppe, and while we are knee-deep in the production of the expansion, we still want to introduce you to the features as soon as possible, with the aim of collecting feedback and acting on it during our approaching iteration phase.

For that reason we are showing screenshots earlier than usual, so do keep in mind that all shown here is still a work in progress.


Therefore, some small caveats:

• Layouts, visuals, and other aspects of the UI may change as we continue to refine these systems.
  
• The map set up is also not final and we are open to feedback.
  
• All values and numbers are still subject to balancing, and some of them are mere placeholders while we work on the features.
  
• This is an overview of the next DLC. The following Dev Diaries will go more in depth about all features at a later date – we need time to act on the feedback we get from you, so dev diaries for this update will not be releasing weekly just yet.
  

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At the core of this update lies the new Nomadic Government. This new government type is heavily inspired by the rulers of the Eurasian Steppe, and puts a heavy emphasis on herd, might, and land.

[Initial distribution in 1178.]

But what do we mean by that?

[h2]Herd[/h2]
Your cattle and horses are represented by a new currency only available to Nomads called "Herd". In the Steppe, Herd is incredibly valuable and plays a big role in how other Nomads perceive you: it can be used for ransoming, dowry, bribes and even be stolen via a scheme or raiding. It controls who the Cultural Head is and serves as a gate for increasing Dominance (we will talk more about this later in this Diary).

Herd is obtained both through the land by exploiting its Fertility and through your Nomadic subjects via their contracts, since Nomads don't have a stable income. We will talk more in depth about this in the "Land" section below.

One of the main changes when it comes to Nomads is that they do not use levies. Instead, they transform a percentage of their Herd into Horde Riders.

Horde Riders are the most basic type of Men-at-Arms that Nomads have access to. However, these Riders can be then upgraded to better MAAs types, such as Horse Archers, for a cost of gold. These numbers don't come from a vacuum, however; if I want to create 100 Horse Archers, then I will lose 100 Horde Riders as they are converted into the new unit.

Basic Horde Riders don't have an associated maintenance cost, but the other MAAs do in the form of monthly prestige.

We've opted for this change because warring was an essential part of the Steppe life, and levies did not exist per se, as every able warrior would be called when the time was needed. From a more mechanical standpoint, we wanted Nomads to have fewer, but stronger and more significant, MAAs.


The percentage depicted in the screenshot above represents what percentage of your Herd can be converted into Horde, as not all of them are mounts suitable for war. This percentage can be affected by yurt buildings, dynasty perks, character modifiers and other factors.

[Extremely WIP, we are aware of some issues like the Maintenance cost not being displayed]

To reflect the importance of your people, the names on a Nomadic map are also different from our regular naming conventions. It is the Borjigin Mongols that move across the map, not the Duchy of Örgöö.

The Cultural Head gets to take the cultural name (The Mongols), while the smaller rulers have a combination of their House Name + Culture (The Borjigin Mongols). To better reflect the dynamics of the Steppe, we have also changed the way that the Cultural Head is selected in Nomadic governments: the ruler with the biggest Herd becomes the Head instead, independently of their title.

The names on the map, as well as this naming convention using culture are still work in progress, and we are open to hear your suggestions.

[Note that we may remove the "The" to make the titles more readable.]

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[h2]Might[/h2]
In the Steppe, might makes right. Titles are not as important as actual strength, and to reflect this we've made a series of changes that only affect Nomads.

Nomadic rulers have access to Dominance, a measurement of their perceived power. Low Dominance implies a relatively insignificant chieftain, while the maximum Dominance represents the rise of Genghis Khan.

Dominance is a fixed scale, a mountain that Nomads have to climb, with each level being a hard-achieved goal that each ruler must work towards. Only those who have a Herd of a significant enough size are allowed to reach the next level.

Dominance affects things such as Vassal and Domain limits, with the lower levels having a very reduced number of both, but with higher levels offering impressive bonuses. Dominance also governs the tiers that you are allowed to target during your migration (more on this in "Land"), access to special Men-at-Arms, title and vassal revocation, settlement outside of the Steppe, flavourful decisions and more.

[h3]Obedience[/h3]
You'll need loyal followers if you're going to take over the world – and it does not matter by what means you've ensured their loyalty.

Obedience is a binary state – either you are obedient or not. Every character that's a subject or courtier has Obedience towards their overlord. Obedience works as a threshold; if a character is below the threshold then they will be unruly, plotting against their overlord or just having general acceptance maluses to various interactions. However, if a character is above the threshold then they will not form factions, start hostile schemes against their liege, and – more importantly – will take their side during the Kurultai succession by voting for whichever heir was your preferred one. The Kurultai is formed by special members of your Council, and having them on your side is extremely important for Nomads.

Obedience is calculated based on several parameters like the relationship with the other character, friendship, their traits and whether you have granted them a Kurultai or Court Position.



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[h2]Land[/h2]
Nomads grow their Herd by extracting Fertility from the land. Thus, migrating becomes an important part of their loop in the early stages of the game, when their realms are not big enough to accommodate the horde.

County Fertility is calculated primarily based on the terrain type. Nomads deplete Fertility of the counties they hold until it stabilises at a fixed number where the Herd can be maintained. This number is mostly affected by the domain size, but Stewardship, dynasty perks, yurt buildings and other character modifiers can affect it.



[h3]Migration [/h3]
When the Domain Fertility is depleted, it's time to migrate.

Migration targets de jure titles, and the available title tiers you can target depend on your level of Dominance. A Nomadic ruler of Dominance level 2 can only target counties and duchies, whereas someone with level 3 can target kingdoms as well.

This means that smaller rulers should migrate frequently, either find abandoned lands occupied by Herders, or subjugate themselves before bigger rulers. Bigger rulers in the Steppe should, on the other hand, adopt a more sedentary way of life and demand Obedience and Tribute from rulers in their sphere.

[This panel is subject to reorganizations and reworks.]

The migration screen allows you to negotiate with the local rulers. If two or more independent rulers occupy the same de jure territory, then the ruler with the highest Herd leads the negotiations with you. You can use gold, herd, or a hook to bribe them, and their acceptance depends on their relationship with you, your Dominance level relative to theirs, your Prestige, Prowess, Herd size, their traits, and other minor factors.

If they accept, you will start a travel plan that will take you and your herd to the desired location. If the location had already been suggested by perhaps a courtier you may get some extra bonuses for following the desires of your people.



However, many nomads may refuse to give up their lands, especially if they have a high level of Dominance and find themselves pretty comfortable where they are. In those cases, one must resort to war.

[Total soldiers aren't being calculated in this screenshot. Keep in mind that this is from a development build!]

Migration wars allow the attacker to take the lands by means of force.

The targeted ruler will be either displaced to their other lands if they hold any titles outside of the de jure, or be made landless – similar to Administrative Noble Families or Adventurers. While landless, Nomads keep their yurts and upgrades but can't grow their Herd due to the lack of stable access to Fertility. They roam the Steppe in search of a new place to set up their tents.

No matter how you choose to migrate, your Obedient vassals will follow you, while non obedient ones will keep their titles and lands and stay where they were. The lands that you leave behind will be occupied by someone else entirely…

[h3]Herders[/h3]
Nomads are not the only rulers that inhabit the Steppe. A new unplayable government type called "Herder" populates the map with shepherds that wander small counties. Herders replenish Fertility over time, and are extremely easy to displace, given their lack of armies. They are the ones occupying those counties left behind by migrations.

Having a Herder as a subject is still possible, however, and they will pay a small, fixed rate of herd based on their county's fertility.

One may also choose to voluntarily abandon one of their counties to a local herder, in the hopes that they will replenish Fertility quick enough for them to seize it back. The Steppe is not merciful, however, and another Nomad ruler may be faster than you.

[We indeed have several sheep variations.]

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[h2]The Great Steppe[/h2]
Life in the Steppe is not easy, and being at the mercy of the weather and pasture quality is something that nomads have had to adjust to since time immemorial (up to this day, in fact). To reflect this, we've created a seasonal system that governs the general climate of the steppe.

The Great Steppe is divided into three subregions: Western, Central and Eastern, each of them with their own season.

[Another very WIP screenshot, artpass pending.]

Seasons affect the Fertility of the subregion, as a White Zud creates a thick layer of snow that prevents the animals from grazing, while a more moderate and warm weather offers the perfect climate for pastoring.

That’s not the only effect they have though, as different seasons also change the general mood within Nomads. If a ruler extorts their vassals for Herd during an Abundant Grazing season, then they will receive more than usual, and a Severe Drought will promote characters to migrate even more than usual.

The two special and rare seasons of Havsarsan Zud and the Blessing of the Blue Sky explore these effects even further, with the Blessing amply increasing the Fertility of the subregion and the terrible Havsarsan Zud allowing rulers to take a desperate stance, making all of their subjects obedient and getting an invasion CB on settled people. One of the academic reasons given for the Mongolian Invasion is, after all, the lack of pasture in the Steppe at that point in time.

Your Stargazer can also help predict the next season depending on their aptitude. More on this in upcoming diaries!

[h3]The Gurkhan[/h3]
Only one character in the entire Steppe can go on to the highest level of Dominance and become the Greatest of Khans, but we will provide you with tools to stop them.

The Gurkhan is whoever has the largest Herd within the Great Steppe. They are on their way to reach the highest Dominance and are a threat to all. Confederations may form to target them, while hostile scheming and wars may target them more frequently, and the Gurkhan will have to prove that they deserve their seat.

[h2]Your Yurt[/h2]
Nomads have no buildings. Whatever they build is carried with them when they migrate. To represent this, Nomadic Holdings cannot have any other buildings than some basic corrals, but in turn they have access to a new domicile type: the Yurt Settlement.

Yurt Settlements have a main yurt that can be upgraded internally, and several other specialised buildings that give upgrades to pasture management, warfare, diplomacy, raiding, and more.

[Names and art are not final]

[h2]Tributaries[/h2]
During this Development Diary, you may have observed my careful use of "Subject" instead of "Vassal", and here is the reason why.

Tributaries are a new and looser type of subject introduced with this expansion. Nomadic Tributaries specifically have some unique qualities to them.

The Tributary Contract governs the levels of Obligations (or Tribute) that they may pay to their Suzerain. While the tribute is being, sent all is well and a truce is held between the two of them. The tributary relationship is even inherited across generations.

However, tributaries may become unruly over time, and if the suzerain doesn't look that threatening to them then they may eventually opt to stop paying tribute. To bring them back into the fold, a former suzerain can bring them back under tribute by force, pacifying them and extracting both resources and prestige to a greater extent.

Nomadic Tributaries offer a payment in herd, while settled tributaries give gold to their Nomadic suzerains.

[Art and map visualization are still in progress.]

Tributaries can be obtained through a Character Interaction to Demand Tribute or through a Casus Belli. A ruler may also voluntarily offer themselves as Tribute to a Nomadic Ruler to ensure that their lands are spared from destruction.

As with the other features covered in this dev diary, we will do a deep dive on the Tributary system at a later date.

[h2]Confederations[/h2]
With the rise of all these powerful and dangerous khans in the Steppe, lower-tier Nomadic rulers may decide to band together against a bigger enemy through forming a Confederation.

For those in a Confederation, an assault on one member is an affront against all members, so everyone in a Confederation joins defensive wars being fought by fellow members. This potent defensive power is balanced against checks on expansion: as long as they belong to their Confederation, members cannot increase their Dominance or create new titles.

[h2]Raid Intents[/h2]
Raiding is one of the main ways Nomads have to get access to Gold. Given the importance that raiding had in their society, we have decided to expand this feature by adding Raid Intents.

A Raid Intent allows to set a desired outcome of the raiding: you may want to raid to capture interesting characters, steal your neighbors' cattle, or simply burn their property to the ground.

[Art and names are placeholder, so are the intents themselves as we may change or tweak them.]

Some of the Raid Intents will also be available for Tribal characters, while others need specific Nomadic unlocks.

[h2]Nomadic Flavor[/h2]
Lastly, we are adding a number of new Character Interactions, Decisions, Activity Types, a new Vassal Stance, Events, and more focused on unique Nomadic flavour. Genghis Khan's famous storyline and Mongolian specific events will, of course, also make an appearance.

Expect to see a Kurultai, Blood Brotherhoods, Paizas and Kublai Khan's famous Pleasure Dome. More on this to come.

There are many things that we have left out of this Diary because our focus is on the main mechanical features introduced with this expansion, but we will come back to all of this in more detail in the future.

Thanks for reading. We are eagerly awaiting your thoughts and feedback.