Inventory
The 1.5.0 Fleur-de-Lis patch notes add an inventory. A character equips a weapon, armor, regalia, headgear, and up to four trinkets. The Royal Court store image shows those same slots, with Commission Artifact on the inventory screen.
Artifacts lose durability. Repair spends the gold shown on the artifact. With Royal Court, an inventory piece can be reforged into a court artifact.
The 1.5.0 Fleur-de-Lis patch notes describe an inventory for a weapon, armor, regalia, headgear, and up to four trinkets, plus claims on artifacts carried by predecessors.
The same notes say a court artifact can be reforged from an inventory piece when Royal Court is owned, and that decorating the throne room with artifacts increases grandeur.
Throne room
Royal Court, released 8 Feb 2022, adds the throne room, Hold Court, grandeur, and inspirations. Court artifacts sit in that room. A court displays large wall ornaments, small wall ornaments, furniture, books, pedestal items, and a throne. Court grandeur tracks wall ornaments and pedestal items among other slots; counts depend on your court tier and what you have equipped. A full court is 3 large wall ornaments, 3 small wall ornaments, 2 furniture slots, 2 books, 4 pedestal items, and one throne.
With Royal Court, characters have a house banner as a large wall ornament. Lose the last title that allows a royal court and the ruler who takes that title also takes the court artifacts.
Court grandeur is the bar on the court screen. Displayed artifacts feed it. A higher grandeur draws inspired guests more often. Royal court is the bar, the amenities, and Hold Court.
Steam dates the Royal Court expansion to 8 Feb 2022. The store page describes a throne room, holding court, grandeur, and masterpieces and relics.
| Slot | On display |
|---|---|
| Large wall ornament | 3 |
| Small wall ornament | 3 |
| Furniture | 2 |
| Book | 2 |
| Pedestal item | 4 |
| Throne | 1 |
How a piece is obtained
Rulers commission an artifact from the inventory screen. Landless characters sometimes gain an inspiration and will make an artifact if a ruler older than 13 sponsors them. The gold cost is the one on that offer. It moves with the guest's skill. The finished piece follows the guest's traits. Rarity follows the skills that inspiration uses, plus culture, buildings, and events along the way.
Sponsoring an inspiration needs Royal Court or Roads to Power. Roads to Power is the 24 Sep 2024 expansion. Inspired guests can appear in a royal court, more often when grandeur is high. Royal court is that bar. Followers of an adventurer who has the Inspiration is Everywhere perk can also gain inspirations.
An Adventure inspiration is the sponsor's choice of artifact type. Diplomacy, learning, and prowess are the skills that weigh on it. That is the path for the Ark of the Covenant and the Sword of Muhammad.
Historical pieces start on a title. The Reichskrone, the Iron Crown of Lombardy, the Papal Tiara, and the Crown of Justinian are in that set. If the piece is lost, or the title it needs is missing from the bookmark, an Adventure inspiration can still surface it.
Steam dates Roads to Power to 24 Sep 2024 and describes administrative government and landless adventurers.
Named pieces
Six court pieces are the ones players hunt by name. Open the holder on the 867, 1066, or 1178 bookmark, or sponsor an Adventure inspiration in the region the piece belongs to.
| Piece | Kind | Where to look | Gate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ark of the Covenant | Furniture | Adventure inspiration. Middle East, Northern Africa, Eastern Africa. Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. | Royal Court or Roads to Power |
| Reichskrone | Crown | Holy Roman Empire. Henry IV in 1066, Frederick Barbarossa in 1178. | Throne room is Royal Court |
| Iron Crown of Lombardy | Pedestal | Holy Roman Empire, with the Reichskrone. | Royal Court |
| Papal Tiara | Crown | The Papacy. | Throne room is Royal Court |
| Crown of Justinian | Pedestal | The Byzantine emperor on any bookmark. | Royal Court |
| Sword of Muhammad | Pedestal | Adventure inspiration. Asia Minor or the Middle East. Islam. Up to nine. | Royal Court or Roads to Power |
Claims
A claim on an artifact opens a scheme to steal it. The store image shows that scheme beside an artifact-claims list. The success line on that window is for the scheme in the shot. Read the window in your own game.
A holy relic held by another faith gives rulers of that faith a casus belli to take it back. Buying a claim on a holy relic spends piety. Buying a claim on another artifact spends prestige. The amount is on the button.
War is the other route. Defeat the holder, or take the court title, and the court artifacts can move with it. Warfare covers the casus belli. Intrigue covers schemes.
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