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 | +2 |
| Stewardship | +3 |
| Learning | +3 |
| Parochial Vassal Opinion | +5 |
| Stress Loss | -50% |
| Opinion of Diligent characters | +10 |
| Opinion of characters with an opposite trait | -10 |
In play
Diligent: diplomacy rises by 2, stewardship rises by 3, learning rises by 3, parochial vassal opinion rises by 5, stress loss falls by 50%, opinion of diligent characters rises by 10, and opinion of characters with an opposite trait falls by 10. The skill gains are the work. Stress relief gets worse, and parochial vassals are the group that approves. Lazy is the opposite.
How to get Diligent
- Gain: Diligent is offered in childhood events beside Generous and Patient, or Gregarious and Temperate. A Diligent guardian helps, as do the Water Rituals and Pragmatic Creed cultural traditions. If your adult heir has Lazy, the Family focus event A Flaw of Character lets you coach them out of it and gives them Diligent instead. If your faith counts Lazy as a sin, the pilgrimage event with a local guru and the Mendicant Mystics tradition event A Mystic's Wrath can swap it for Diligent.
- Remove or lose: It only flips to Lazy if your faith counts Diligent as a sin.
Sources: ck3db: Diligent (patch 1.20.1.2)
Questions about Diligent
How do you get the Diligent trait in CK3?
For children, assign a Diligent guardian before ages 9 to 13, when personality events fire. For an adult heir, take the Family lifestyle focus and use the A Flaw of Character event to turn Lazy into Diligent. A faith that treats Lazy as a sin also lets a pilgrimage guru or A Mystic's Wrath swap Lazy for Diligent.