Trait tiers
← HomelyComely · step +1Handsome →
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 | +1 |
| Fertility | +10% |
| Attraction Opinion | +10 |
In play
Comely: diplomacy rises by 1, fertility rises by 10%, and attraction opinion rises by 10. Comely is the first good looks trait. It is the attractive step houses notice before Handsome or Beautiful. Handsome and Beautiful sit on the other side of this trait.
How to get Comely
- Gain: Congenital and decided at birth: a child inherits Comely 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 0.5% of children who inherit nothing from the beauty line are born Comely at random. A few rare events can also grant it later in life.
- 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 Comely hidden (inactive) and pass it to later generations, so carriers matter when choosing spouses.
Comely is also the stepping stone to Handsome: two Comely parents give each child a base 80% chance to show Comely, and when the child inherits it from both sides a further 50% roll can lift it to Handsome.
The Blood legacy Architected Ancestry lets your dynasty pick Comely as a favoured trait; newborn dynasty members who have no beauty trait then get a 5% chance (10% if a parent is a player) to be born Comely.
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: Comely (beauty_good_1) · CK3 Database: dynasty legacies