Crusader Kings 3: Royal Court - Beginner Tips
Crusader Kings 3, the acclaimed grand-strategy title from Paradox Interactive originally released in 2020, had its second major DLC release on February 8, 2022: the Royal Court expansion. It is a hefty beast – introducing a substantial amount of new gameplay mechanics and core features to the game.
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With such an extensive list of new features, and with some of them available for free and some only available in the paid DLC, it can be confusing to know where to start. So here is a breakdown of the most important things for you to know before diving in.
When releasing major paid-for DLC, Paradox also provides a significant amount of free content with it in the form of a game update. The Royal Court expansion is no exception. With the update (called 1.5.0 “Fleur-de-Lis”), the following Royal Court features are included for free:
The free update doesn’t include the new 3D Royal Court (and its associated mechanics such as grandeur and amenities), the new hybrid culture system, the petition liege feature, the new portrait assets, and the inspiration features. For these, you will need to pay for the Royal Court DLC (or have the expansion pass).
For further detail on what is included in the free update, you can watch this video from Paradox and read the update changelog.
Royal Court is a major update to Crusader Kings 3, and significantly changes many core gameplay and graphical features. As a result, it is advisable to disable any mods you have installed (even ones that are Ironman Compatible), via the Paradox Launcher, so that there aren’t any compatibility issues that can cause bugs or the game to crash completely.
You can save multiple mod set-ups as playsets. Do
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