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Each answer below is a short line with one source. The linked guide has the steps. Where a number can change, the answer tells you which screen shows the live value, and it leaves that number off the page.
The 2020 price is historical. Silk & Silver was an announcement on 30 Oct 2026, with a date of 17 Nov 2026. Partition, Murchad, and the 40% hybrid line are the rules this hub is willing to print.
Release dates and the Chapter V price have their own page: Chapter V and release dates.
Suggested retail on 1 Sep 2020 was 49.99 USD, 41.99 GBP, and 49.99 EUR. Current store prices stay on the store.
Steam news on 19 Oct 2026 announced Silk & Silver for 17 Nov 2026. On 30 Oct 2026 it had not released.
Answers
What is Crusader Kings 3?
It is Paradox's grand strategy role-playing game. You guide a house. You scheme, or you march armies. The 1 Sep 2020 launch note says that if you do not produce a suitable heir, the line and the game end. The official site named that day is crusaderkings.com.
When did it release, and on which platforms?
Gematsu lists a worldwide PC release on Sep 1, 2020, and a worldwide PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series release on Mar 29, 2022. Lab42 co-developed the console versions. Paradox Interactive is the publisher.
Do you need DLC to play?
You can start from the base game, which Steam dates to Sep 1, 2020. The expansions on the same page are optional: Legends of the Dead (Mar 4, 2024), Roads to Power (Sep 24, 2024), All Under Heaven (Oct 28, 2025), and By God Alone (Sep 30, 2026).
What does Confederate Partition do?
It can create titles of your highest rank that you qualify for and have not created, then hand them to eligible children. A child who receives a title of your rank can leave independent, because a ruler does not vassalize a character of equal rank. Holding only one title of your highest rank keeps younger children as vassals under ordinary partition. The realm law screen shows what you can pass.
Who is Murchad, and is he a good first start?
Petty King Murchad of Munster in the 1066 start is recommended for new players, and the game uses him for the tutorial. Forming the Kingdom of Ireland is the classic goal. The decision tooltip lists the current requirements.
What acceptance do you need for a hybrid culture?
The base cultural acceptance threshold is 40%. Traditions and some traits can change it, so read the decision. Hybrid cultures need the Royal Court DLC or the Khans of the Steppe DLC. If your culture differs from the realm capital and the pair already qualifies, there is a 5% chance each year of a free hybrid offer.
What happens if you have no heir?
The 1 Sep 2020 press release says that if you do not produce a suitable heir, the line and the game end. Check the heir on the character screen, and arrange a marriage if that line is empty.
When does Silk & Silver release?
Steam news on 19 Oct 2026 announced Silk & Silver for 17 Nov 2026. It adds a merchant government, a republic government, trade goods, and two new bookmarks. On 30 Oct 2026 the expansion was announced and had not released.
How much does Crusader Kings 3 cost?
The 1 Sep 2020 press release listed a suggested retail price that day of 49.99 USD, 41.99 GBP, and 49.99 EUR. That figure is historical. Current store prices stay on the store.
Where do court artifacts come from?
The 1.5.0 Fleur-de-Lis notes add an inventory for a weapon, armor, regalia, headgear, and up to four trinkets. They add court artifacts in the throne room, which increase grandeur, and inspirations that can return artifacts including the Ark of the Covenant. Repair spends gold. Reforging an inventory piece into a court artifact needs the Royal Court expansion. Named relics are on the items index.
What is the domain limit?
The domain is the holdings you hold yourself. Your highest title rank adds to the limit, and a higher rank replaces the lower one. A count or a duke adds 2, a king adds 3, an emperor adds 4, and a hegemon adds 5. The domain view prints the total. When you hold more than that, the same view prints the tax and levy you are receiving. Holdings, buildings, education, and where to station men-at-arms are on the domain guide.
Who spends renown on a dynasty legacy, and what does the next one cost?
The dynasty head spends it. The next legacy costs 250 renown, plus 500 renown for each legacy the dynasty has already unlocked, on any track. Every member of the dynasty receives the legacy, including a relative who left with a partition. Disinherit and the other dynasty-head actions spend renown too, and each button lists its own cost. Houses, the dynasty head, and the legacy tracks are on the dynasty guide.
Can an adult improve a weak education?
Wards and Wardens, released Aug 22, 2023, adds university study after childhood tutelage ends, plus education events for children at court and a Wet Nurse court position. The University Visit activity says it may upgrade the education trait, prints the gold for that visit, and leaves the activity unavailable for 20 years. The childhood focus, the guardian, the trait at 16, and the level 5 gates are on the education guide.
Whose house do children of a marriage join?
The arrange-marriage window names the house the children will be born into. Read that line before you send the proposal. Patrilineal and matrilineal birth, the alliance flag, betrothal, and hooks are on the marriage guide.
Who can open a royal court?
Royal Court, released 8 Feb 2022, puts a throne room on a king or an emperor. The court button on your character is the check for the government you are playing. Grandeur runs from 0 to 100. Amenities, Hold Court, and court artifacts are on the royal court guide.
What does Tours and Tournaments add?
Tours and Tournaments, released 11 May 2023, adds grand tours, grand tournaments, and grand weddings. Hunts, feasts, and pilgrimages gain intents and options from the same expansion. The activity window prints the gold and the cooldown. Routes and contests are on the activities guide.
Where is the trait calculator?
Open it from Traits. Set base skills, pick recorded traits, and read the skill totals. Opposite traits and traits in one family replace each other. Percentage modifiers stay listed beside the totals. The roster is the 306 entries recorded for patch 1.20.1.2.
What does By God Alone add?
By God Alone released on 30 Sep 2026. It is the faith expansion: playable theocracies, a Christian situation with ecumenical councils, heresies, monastic holy orders, revised tenets, spiritual fulfillment, archdioceses, and clerical puppets. County conversion is still the realm priest. A new faith still spends the piety on the button. The faith guide is the situation, the orders, and the Puppets tab.
How do you change a culture's traditions?
Royal Court, released 8 Feb 2022, opens the culture screen. The Pillars tab holds ethos, language, martial custom, and aesthetics. Traditions are the next tab. Diverge creates a new culture, once per ruler, and a divergent culture cannot have another culture diverge from it for 100 years. The button prints the prestige. Reform changes the culture you already have. Hybrid culture is the merge of two cultures, on the hybrid guide.
What is in CK3 Chapter V?
Chapter V is the 2026 expansion pass. It holds By God Alone (core expansion), Silk & Silver (major expansion), Songs of the Realm (music pack), and Symbols of Authority (crowns, unlocked on purchase). Suggested retail is 43.99 USD, 36.99 GBP, or 43.99 EUR.
When do By God Alone and Silk & Silver release?
By God Alone released on 30 Sep 2026 with the free 1.20.0 Crozier update. Silk & Silver releases on 17 Nov 2026, per Paradox's 19 Oct 2026 press release.
Is Chapter V cheaper than buying the expansions alone?
Yes, if you want both. By God Alone (19.99 USD), Silk & Silver (29.99 USD), and Songs of the Realm (4.99 USD) total 54.97 USD. The pass is 43.99 USD and adds Symbols of Authority, which is not sold alone.
Steam, Chapter V package 1481859 and app 4232880 (2026-11-09)
When did By God Alone come out?
On 30 Sep 2026, beside the free 1.20.0 Crozier update. Paradox announced the date on 17 Jun 2026.
How much does By God Alone cost?
The suggested price is 19.99 USD, 16.99 GBP, or 19.99 EUR. It is also in the Chapter V expansion pass, sold for 43.99 USD.
Do rites and heresies need By God Alone?
No. Rites, heresies, personal tenets, spiritual fulfillment, and the excommunication rework came free in 1.20.0 Crozier. The Christian Church situation, cardinals, councils, puppets, and playable theocracies need the expansion.
Steam news, By God Alone and 1.20.0 Crozier changelog (30 Sep 2026)
Can you play as the Pope in CK3?
Yes, with By God Alone. Theocratic and Ecclesiastical rulers became playable on 30 Sep 2026. The Pope appoints cardinals, calls councils, and issues Papal Bulls.
Steam news, By God Alone and 1.20.0 Crozier changelog (30 Sep 2026)
What is the Silk and Silver release date?
17 Nov 2026. Paradox announced it on 19 Oct 2026, and the Steam store lists the same day. On 9 Nov 2026 it is not out yet. One GamingOnLinux headline said 19 Nov. The official date is the 17th.
How much is Silk and Silver, and can I pre-order it?
The announced price is 29.99 USD, 25.99 GBP, or 29.99 EUR. Paradox points buyers to the Chapter V expansion pass, which Steam lists at 43.99 USD on 9 Nov 2026. Pass owners get Silk and Silver on release.
Can you play Venice in Silk and Silver?
Yes, once it releases. The press release says republics such as Venice or Genoa become playable. Dev Diary 6 says Venice starts as a Maritime Republic.
What comes free with Silk and Silver?
Dev Diary 1 says the economy rework is free with the patch: districts replace regular buildings, development splits into Settlement Size and Prosperity, and control and popular opinion get baselines.
When did CK3 1.19 come out?
Update 1.19 "Scribe" went live on 20 Apr 2026, the same day as the Chapter V expansion pass. An open beta ran from 27 Mar 2026. Hotfixes 1.19.0.4, 1.19.0.5, and 1.19.0.6 followed on 23 Apr, 7 May, and 25 May 2026.
What did CK3 1.19 change?
It added the Ledger, a nine-page window of world statistics. It reworked accolades: one starting attribute, dukes and above only, and automatic successors. Domain limit now comes from education tier, not Stewardship. It also added elder traits, Stories, Knight Permissions, and many hotkeys. The update is free.
What is the current CK3 version?
Update 1.20.1.2, released on 21 Oct 2026, is the newest patch on Paradox's Steam news as of 9 Nov 2026. Paradox says it works with existing 1.20 saves and mods. The next update, 1.21, comes with Silk & Silver.
Can I roll CK3 back to an older version?
Steam lists developer branches under Properties, Game Versions & Betas. Paradox's March 2026 screenshot shows old-version branches for 1.18.1.1, 1.18.2, and 1.18.3. Check that tab for which versions are offered now.
What hegemony titles are in CK3?
Patch 1.20.1.2 has six: China, the Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire, India, the Dar al-Islam, and the Kingdom of Heaven. Only China exists when a game starts. Reform the Great Khaganate can also build a new steppe hegemony during play.
How do you become a hegemon in CK3?
Take China, or Claim the Mandate of Heaven with 51 percent of its de jure counties during the Division era. Elsewhere, take one decision: Restore the Roman Empire, Become Chakravarti, Establish the Dar al-Islam, or Proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven. There is no generic button.
GitHub mirror of CK3 1.20.1.2 game files, landed titles and China title history
Can a hegemon make alliances in CK3?
Not through Negotiate Alliance. It is invalid when either ruler is a hegemon. Marriage alliances still form. Only an emperor or higher can call a hegemon into a war.
GitHub mirror of CK3 1.20.1.2 game files, tier modifiers and alliance interactions
Is there a CK3 to EU5 converter?
Not a finished one, as of 9 Nov 2026. The community CK3toEU5 project by Paradox Game Converters is in development. Its only tagged releases are 0.0 builds from 14 Mar 2026, and its mod output is still a placeholder. An unofficial fork has preview builds that turn independent realms into EU5 countries.
Is the CK3 to EU5 converter made by Paradox?
No. Paradox has not released one. CK3toEU5 is a community project of the Paradox Game Converters team, MIT licensed on GitHub. The team's CK3 to EU4 FAQ also says that converter is not official.
Which CK3 version does the CK3 to EU4 converter support?
Release 0.17 Quanzhen lists CK3 1.18 to 1.19 and EU4 1.37. A newer save stops the converter with a version mismatch error, so check the release thread before you convert a 1.20 save.
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