Trait tiers
← HandsomeBeautiful · step +3End of chain
Effects
Modifier values for patch 1.20.1.2 are listed below. Check the in-game tooltip for availability and current setup.
| Modifier | Value |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy | +3 |
| Fertility | +30% |
| Attraction Opinion | +30 |
In play
Beautiful: diplomacy rises by 3, fertility rises by 30%, and attraction opinion rises by 30. Beautiful is the top good looks trait. Diplomacy, fertility, and attraction all peak here. Handsome and Comely sit on the other side of this trait.
How to get Beautiful
- Gain: Congenital and decided at birth: a child inherits Beautiful outright at a base 80% if both parents have it, 50% if one has it and the other carries it hidden, 25% if only one parent has it, and 2% to 10% if the parents only carry it. About 0.15% of children who inherit nothing from the beauty line are born Beautiful at random, and a child who inherits Handsome from both parents gets a base 50% roll to be strengthened to Beautiful.
- Remove or lose: Permanent for practical purposes: no treatment or decision removes it, and the character can still pass the trait on to children.
When the outright roll fails, the child can still inherit Beautiful hidden (inactive) and pass it to later generations, so carriers matter when choosing spouses.
To breed for Beautiful, marry Beautiful to Beautiful. If the 80% roll fails, the child still almost always carries Beautiful hidden and can pass it on. A Handsome spouse counts as carrying Beautiful, so pairing Beautiful with Handsome gives the 50% carrier odds instead of the 25% you get with a spouse who has nothing.
Blood legacies improve the odds: Noble Veins raises the chance of good random and hidden inheritance, and Convergent Blood adds 30% to the chance of strengthening a trait to the next tier. Faiths with the Divine Marriage tenet add smaller bonuses to the same rolls, for bad genetic traits as well as good ones.
Sources: CK3 Database: Beautiful (beauty_good_3) · CK3 Database: dynasty legacies
Questions about Beautiful
How do you get the Beautiful trait in CK3?
Beautiful is congenital. Breed two Beautiful parents for a base 80% chance per child, or two Handsome parents so the child can be strengthened from Handsome to Beautiful on a 50% roll. About 0.15% of children with no inherited beauty trait are born Beautiful at random.
Is Beautiful hereditary in CK3?
Yes. It uses the genetic rules: 25% base if one parent is Beautiful, 50% if the other parent carries it hidden or is Handsome, and 80% if both are Beautiful.