A COMPLETE beginner Guide to CK3 in 2022
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2022
- Today, I am playing a normal ck3 game in Ireland, with the goal of teaching you guys as many important gameplay mechanics as possible! You wont want to miss this one if your new to Crusader Kings...
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Ah,my first game. I started on a single county island. 30 glorious years of peacefully raising a family, marrying them off and not putting my counsel to work. This ended when a holy war was called on me.
For a while I thought you were going to say it ended when you died and continued playing as an off branch family of someone you forgot you married away 30 glorious years ago.
I united half of India through diplomacy and skullduggery, didn’t understand much about holding the legal right to lands, had 17 kids, lived 50 years, lost my son Sura to illness, lost my spymaster wife, then finally had a seizure and died. Probably bumped my head or something, or more likely, I just couldn't bear the grief anymore. Losing little Sura hurt, man. And then suddenly 95% my land was gone to the MANY legal claimants and the new maharaj of Lanka was spit outta luck. Great game. I'll remember you, Sura.
Deus Vult
10:15 If you win a war by sieging down every county of your enemy, make sure to ransom all your hostages before you demand their surrender. You can safely ransom heirs and even the war-leader and can still demand surrender, as you get +100% war-score if every county is besieged.
what's the difference between doing that before demanding surrender & after?
@@M8cool Most of the hostages get freed after the war ends, so you can no longer ransom them.
@@TheDirtyShamangotcha. Thanks for the response
@@TheDirtyShaman i wouldn't say most, unless it's a small realm where you're fighting a count or something. Any hostages that provide war score get released on war's end. So, the only situation where most hostages would contribute to war score is when all the counties you siege belong to the top liege and all your prisoners are their family members.
I prefer to win though battles and sieging. You almost never need to siege an entire realm to win a war, unless, again, you're fighting a smaller realm anyway. I try to ransom "valuable" hostages as soon as I get them. The rest can wait until after the war is over.
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 I'm a noob but doesn't ransoming important prisoners lower your warscore? It happenes to me once. I don't recall who it was that I ransomed, but I had a pretty high warscore, maybe even 100%, and as soon as I did it it decreased signigicantly
54:16 You should only disinherit your children if your land gets split into multiple realms. If your other children become your vassals, your primary heir will also inherit claims to all the titles of your other children. If you have a claim on a title of a vassal, you can revoke it without incurring tyranny.
nice tip
Oooh thanks, I did not know this.
Thats not true…they inherit claims on you but you get none on them
How can you tell? Honestly i get confused by the terms
@@TheYoungMuTe so when you're looking at your heirs, make sure to see if your primary heir(the next character you will play as) has a pressed claim on those other titles you desire. It's all in the character page(f1 for your own obviously)
I very much like how it's obvious that a lot of things went not as they were planned but you didn't start over and re-record and showed us that you still can deal even with unexpected invasion of a big country like Scotland.
the thing I was most expecting was, what will he do when 3 of his son share the kingdom. Because I am new and thats the most scary thing for me right now
Bro with your calm demeanor I was caught off guard with the sound bites sprinkled in throughout the video. Great timing on all of them. I also like how they weren’t all the same overused meme sounds used in most videos (don’t get me wrong I love those as well). Thanks for making the guide, you did a great job.
You deliver the tutorial in such a digestible way AND explain the mechanics in enough detail that we can know how to interact with them. That's why your channel is my favorite for learning CK3!
I wanted to write that CK3 was my first paradox game which mechanics were natural for me. HOI4 is a game which I still don`t get at all. Moving army in CK3 is simpler, economy is simply gold and things that make gold and in CK3 tutorial actually helps.
@Paul Gauthier I think it's a great solid foundation for future DLCs
@Paul Gauthier CK2 still has more content overall but unfortunately i have pretty much played everything there was to play in that game and done everything there was to do.
CK3 is not bad but i feel in many ways it was unnecessarily dumbed down and over-simplified, not to mention that it is missing big, essential content like nomads.
I do like some of the new features such as the on-map barony holdings, the new buildings system, the lifestyle perk trees, and most recently the new culture system.
I don't like the men at arms system at all compared to the old retinue system and i don't like the combat mechanics, and i don't like how the naval system works now.
There are many things i would prefer CK3 did more like CK2 but there are also things i am glad they added or improved on. I agree that it is more beginner friendly.
Yeah I tried HOI4 and just couldn't get into it. CK3 is so much more fun because of not having to deal with the complicated economy systems or having to deal with 3 different military systems (land air sea).
@@JohnYoga I wasn't thrilled with the Royal Court personally, but it's cool
@paulgauthier7033 I have to disagree. I find HoI4 to be far more intuitive and easier to work with than CK3.
I'd rather design tanks and planes that deal with my 3rd Cousin, Twice removed who is trying to make a bid on my throne.
All personal preference. Though I am trying to get better at CK3 (which is why I am lurking here)
Do a game where you can only expand through diplomacy, marriages and intrigue!
Could be a fun video!
@@Zieley id love to watch that!
this is a great idea
@@Zieley maybe do the become holy Roman Emperor as King of Bohemia. I can't remember the achievement name, but yeah that could be a good one to run through because there's a chance to get through a lot of these mechanics, and it's a fun achievement 😉
id watch that
You should go outside
@@Y4roslavV XD maybe
been playing for more than a year but i just recently started plaing ironman mode (without debug hahaha) and its actually really fun!
lol i got 500+ hours and half of the achievements, still watching these kind of videos to see if i can learn new things
@@doxd1637 Did you start out with a lot of experience in these sort of games? I am knew to PC but I have played a bit of Stellaris. Never made it to end game as I’m still learning. I played about 12 hours from the tutorial for CK3 but I learnt nothing coz I’m so dumb. But I really want to be able to play this game capably.
DAYS of tutorials and 'guides' and this is the first one that made ANY sense out of counties, dutchies and kingdoms! thank you 10000
You helped me to fall in love with this game as well as quickly learn it’s intricacies. I played plenty of ck2 but was intimidated by ck3. Your playthrough tips helped me in my second game ever bring the house of Karling back to glory, forming the Francian empire with all of England under control. Thank you and keep it up!
Personally, I found CK3 a lot simpler than CK2, maybe because it feels more similar to EU4.
are you joking?
CK3 is much, much easier than CK2.
there is zero challenge, no difficulty, you cannot die, literally, you (almost) cannot fail
@@uncletimo6059 if you play ironman with increased difficulty there is plenty of challenge
@@dbo514 "if you play ironman with increased difficulty there is plenty of challenge"
no, there isn't
game is ridiculously easy
Starting in Krakow, I make Kingdom of Poland and then Empire in 2-3 generations. EVERY game.
@@uncletimo6059 ok, you're good at the game. Most people aren't that good.
Thanks! I just started playing on my PS5, and I needed some tips BADLY.
Happy to help! I thought there might be a bunch of new players from the console releases
playing on console is adding extra difficulty by default. Can't imagine playing CK with a controller :D
Stewardship is lowkey the best lifestyle tbh with a splash of learning
On the idea of starting a play through as Wessex, Alfred has the best stats worldwide in the 867 start, with mid to high twenties in each skill. He is next in line to his ducal liege who almost always dies during the Ragnar Lothbrok revenge war, so it’s very easy to inherit a large duchy that only needs a few more counties to form the English kingdom, all within the first few years of playing.
As if that wasn’t great enough, Alfred also starts young, so you have plenty of time to enjoy your highly-skilled ruler. It’s definitely possible to form Britannia before Alfred dies, giving you a great start on forming the North Sea Empire if you’d like.
Personally, the Alfred play through helped me learn how to manage my counts and dukes, how to divy out titles, and how to make sure I can remain an emperor while my children are kings of my sub-realms
Alfred is a great start for a starter player with a good grasp on game mechanics and who wants to experience a fruitful, challenging (yet not _too_ challenging) play through. If Ireland is the noob/tutorial island, then Alfred’s Britain is the step above.
Isn't it a requirement for the High Kingdom of the North Sea that you aren't an emperor?
Great tutorial! I like that you don't overwhelm the audience from the get go like a lot of others do, the way you approach the game was very coherent and understandable. Good job!
Great Tutorial, have watched many 3+ episode tutorials but this approach is the best ive seen so far. Thx for the great Vid
The king of CK3 videos is back! What is the next DLC you'd most like to see to enrich the game?
Id kill for an East Asia expansion, but it's probably never happening
@@Zieley Yeah with the time period it's a bit tricky and maybe best left for EU4/5, but the Mongols could be improved for sure. What do you feel is most likely to come out next? I personally would like a more historically based crusade expansion with byzantine-specific and crusader states mechanics, and trade interactions with venice/genoa etc.
Great tutorial. So many tutorials seem to gloss over the details probably because some of them are easy to forget a new player won't know, but you went through all the steps and explained each in an informative way. Thanks.
This video has helped me become a better player at CK3 by leaps and bounds - Very informative and I’ve learnt new things that I didn’t know you could do - Keep up the good work - Love your edits by the way.
This is SUCH useful tutorial. Particularly after already playing the ingame tutorial. The in-game tutorial shows you what basic actions you can take, but this tutorial in particular shows how to apply those actions and the routine of playing the game. Thanks a lot
This was the only tutorial/guide/walk through that actually made me learn and finally understand how to play this game. Thank you!!! CK3 is my first ever introduction to this type of genre and Im love it. Although before watching your video I was getting frustrated with how steep a learning curve it was for me. You really helped me out here!
Great video I have over 600 hours played and still learned a couple of things from this video so thanks for making great content please keep up the good work
This is a brilliant video. I've been playing since it came out on console and this video showed me so much that I was getting wrong. Thank you so much.
By far one of the best tutorials ever. The hour flew by and I was entertained the entire time!!!
Great video! I've got experience with other Paradox games such as Hearts of Iron 4 and Stellaris, but since I got Crusader Kings 3 as a birthday gift, I've been stumped on where to truly begin. This really helped.
Nice! Watching your save your game videos helped me a ton in understanding the game. Now I'ma watch this cause I love your content in general lol
Great tutorial. I remember learning CK2 by playing as an Irish county but haven't played the series in a long time. This video helped me get back on my feet, thanks.
I've been trying to learn this game for so long, this video alone has helped me more than everything else combined! thank you so much 🙏
A nice compliment from the guru teacher of HOI4!
@@jimberry7385 how did you find this sir. Are you following me? 😂
@@hammotimee I’m a stalker :). Purely luck. CK3 is going to be my fourth paradox mountain to climb so starting research. Scanning first couple pages of comments for anything major and said I know that guy!
@@jimberry7385 hahaha that's incredible 😂 well this guy has great guides, really helped me figure out which way was up when I started!
I fucking love your where's Waldo openings. it's quite charming.
I just downloaded this game because of you, on the PS5. Now im watching this tutorial to get a better feel for it. I love watching you, so hopefully i love playing it.
Excellent vid and pace - easy to follow too. Can’t wait to get back into the game now thanks to this. Thanks!
I stop playing this game bout a yr ago. I went back to playing warhammer2 then DoS2 then elden ring but I was tempted to play again this game after watching your vids. Your vids have helped a lot of new CK3 players!
i have 1500h on EU4 and 300 on Vic 2 and yet i tried both CK2 and CK3 and couldn't do a thing. thank you for your guide, it's very clear and i think i'm ready to try again, especially with how crazy this EU4 patch is
Excellent video showing off - what I think - are more intermediate or advanced topics (I legit didn't even know there was a "research" tree or a place for you to dump prestige) but within a beginners context. Well done.
Thanks for the video! I'm a newbie to Crusader Kings and have been trying to learn it.
55:06 You need 70% of innovations, rounded down to the next full number (0.7*14=9.8)
I don't feel worthy of this magnificent content. 1hr is such a gift.
Have played loads, but needed a refresher, and even learned a couple of things I never knew. love your videoes :D
I jumped into CK3 about 2 weeks ago (playing as the Irish, as that seemed like a good learning point) and I am learning A LOT from this video. THANK YOU
Oh man. I've seen a lot of CK 3 videos, but this one finally gave me ennough confidence to want to start playing.
27:56 Your children will get their childhood traits at 3 years old and at 6 years old they will start to gain education in their chosen focus. You will get a notification if a child reaches the age of 6 without having a guardian assigned to it. Your guardians will increase the education based on their stats in the education focus and half as much by their learning stat. Both your children and their guardians will also fare better in education if they have intellect traits, with the genius trait giving the best odds. Your court tutor will also increase the education based on their aptitude.
So I don't need to start educating them as soon as they are born? I just assign them a guardian when they are born and then don't care anymore.
@@gujjewman96 There is no downside to immediately assigning them a guardian, but you will get the same result if you assign them on the child's 6th birthday. If you have few potential guardians, it will be worth it to wait, as they would otherwise waste 6 years they could spend educating someone else.
Great video. I've been thinking and thinking about getting CK3 for a long time (Got CK2 but barely played as I found it way too overwhelming). I finally got it. This video was excellent. Thanks
By far the best beginner guide. All the others assume we know most of the terms or explain poorly. But you show everything you're doing and explain why and what it does. Beautiful work can't thank you enough. o7
Excellent! Exactly what I needed. Thanks
This was so helpful! Thank you for making this
That’s a first video like this that I could follow. Thank you for your work.
"Ive come for your pickle"
Took me waaay off guard
No Guide has Helped me this much. though no categorically Divide you explained everything that all other guides tend to miss out... Earned a Sub Bro
Outstanding. Loved the video learned a lot.
I wanted to watch mr streamer's ck3 playthroughs but the game seemed overwhelming, thanks for helping me understand the basics!
Can I just say- I appreciate you a lot! I really enjoy your content. Thank you!
This is mind opening, thank you!
I could not even play this game before i watched this thx man. Best starting tutorial i seen by far
Love your openings. Also your voice is very soothing. Your videos rock.
Zieley is the only CK3 youtuber worth watching.
This was - supremely - helpful! Thanks for taking the time to put that together!
Really glad I found this, watching you play was a joy, you explained everything really well and added some much needed humor as well. Put a couple hundred hours into CK2, but it was long enough ago I forgot a lot of stuff (and CK3 is different enough as well). Got it on free trial gamepass and thoroughly checking it out before getting it permanently through steam. This really gives me a leg up. Great video
This is great...I've been playing almost 50 hours and not picked up a lot of the finer points of this. Good job...and yeah some of the sound bites and graphics are amusing.
Ive tried this game few times and couldn't get the hang of it. As a lifelong civ and sims player, i feel it should hit the mark. Thanks for making this content!!! I'm sure it'll help!
As someone just starting this vid breaks things down to make it easy to understand, perfect vid 👌🏽
Thank you very much, that offered great insights and I love the calm and jet fluid and "fuzzless" way you explain everything: it is just a pleasure to watch. I just boght CK3 and in my first run for the last I fear 24h ours or so I somehow was as lost as I always seem to be in Paradox games, yet I always get drawn into them for their realism and really do pity that and always end up with a similar bad experience no matter the actual game. What I took from your video is, that perhaps it isn't all my fault in gameplay (or patience :D ) but in scenario choice, because it seems to be that I try to play too specific, e.g. starting as a really small feudal duchy in Europe since this is my howntown. Most of the things you did I simply couldn't do. The tips menu was complaining all the time that I exceed my property limits and should install vassals since I also don't profit from cities and churches, but couldn't give them away for they would then split off my realm just as you explained. On the other hand I couldn't claim any new kingdom titles to prevent this, because the game said you can't create a title equal to your lords title.... I really was stuck with almost no money and more or less nothing to do except waiting for birth and death of heirs. But obviously there really can me more to the game :D
So I'll definitly will have a look now at more of your videos, perhaps I can even find a way to finally to make my home-duchy an Imperium :D :D :D ;)
after watching you save that game and create the Kingdom of Aragon I am newly inspired to pick up this game again. I have lost so much knowledge of CK and CK2 that this video seems like the best place to start anew.
Thank you man. I’m finally getting a hang of this game because of you. A scholar, a gentleman.
Also, I absolutely appreciate the memes you put in here. Top tier
i love this game but get overwhelmed real easy so thank you very much friend
I’ve played EU4 and CK3 a lot, and I never even noticed that CK3 have dice rolls for battles. Rip. Thanks for this video!
this helped me a lot, thank you!
Amazing video guide, I wish I had you on speed dial for more CK3 beginner tips. 5/5!
31:32 Your tribal vassals contribution scale with your level of fame (which you can see by hovering over your prestige), up to 40% tax and a massive 75% of their levies. Their contribution will get cut in half if you do not hold the de-jure title directly above them.
@Paul Gauthier true, but since this was meant for new players I purposely used prestige instead of fame, as this video went into the respective currencies but not into their corresponding levels. If there was only a mention of fame, new players might struggle to find where they see their level of fame in the UI, thus the mention of prestige.
Amazing! Thank you for this!
For no other reason then this is where the tutorial starts...
a bit honesty goes a long way my friend
This is the best explanation video. Thanks so much
Dude I swear I wasn't even playing the same game lol you've taught me so much. Thanks!
Zieley, nice to see Your channel growing 👍🙂
Thanks for the content as always.
I just heard your opening sentence and know I've foune the right place and video. Cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍
i swear the sound effects get me every time lmao
I've been playing for hours, starting to figure stuff out, created a custom character to be a god among men with maxed out stats so I can get a feel for the game, Ragnar the Skald. Now I know why I had no control, I had no idea about the council tasks
Coming from someone who’s only paradox game has been Hoi4, you saying 15 years is nothing gets me super excited.
When the games so complicated that it almost requires several college courses to get basic understanding
I love it
I am watching this while waiting on my car in the shop, and I am literally laughing out loud at some of the memes/sound effects in the video. Excellent humor and informative.
Best tutorial so far. great job
There is a perk that you can get that allows you to claim multiple counties and such in a single war
Ducal conquest?
@@JohnYoga Ok?
Watched this video instead of doing my Uni work, that is saying something about this video hehe (its sooooo good!) Straight afterwards I booted up the game and have decided to rule Ireland too hehe!
Thank you for this \o Excellent video.
The most enjoyable part of CK3, in my opinion, is once you have a good grasp on the game's mechanics, you can play however you wish. You can set specific personal goals for each campaign. You can take the normal Paradox game route and just try and conquer as much as you can. You can choose to keep your realm small, playing tall to outcompete your larger neighbours. You can focus on expanding your dynasty, perhaps not ruling everything personally, but as a family.
My personal favourite way to play is by starting at the bottom of a vassal hierarchy within a large realm and eventually climbing my way to the top. I have to utilise many different game mechanics, forming a plan through many decades or even centuries, and that makes gaining that kingdom/empire title all the more satisfying.
Another great video mate, must have taken ages to pull this one together. Great work!
Cheers Simon, yeah took a bit longer than normal 😅
@@Zieleycant wait to see what stuff you come up with next mate! Always a great day when you release a video
Gonna give this a shot. I’ve watched two other “beginner” tutorial videos. They left me more confused than the in-game tutorial.
Great video, thanks. Very detailed and I appreciate you highlighting your preferred buildings. On that subject, what is your preferred Duchy building?
This is actually my first go at a strategy game and I feel like CK3 is surprisingly accessible and intuitive for the most part. With the help of this introductory guide I actually managed to consolidate all of Ireland + take the Isle of Mann and a few Scottish territories while maintaining stability, prosperity, and advancing my culture (despite the occasional peasant revolt or Nordic raid). 👍
best new player tutorial out there imo
When he started united Ireland and was like, "I'm gonna attack this Norse guy"
People that know: 😳 Dude, That's Ivar the Boneless. He's gonna have backup
I actually laughed out loud after the opening line because it pertained to me so much……😂
Just started watching your videos....idk why either since I don't play CK3 but yet I know have watched about 2 hours of your content....anyways, 10/10 recommend anyone to visit Ireland.
thanks very much for this man
this guy has the norms of a teacher.He explains explicitly and even a 4 year old could understand. Bravo!
thank you sooo much for this video :) it is very helpful
Glad I found your channel. Can you explain the pros/cons giving land to your sons rather than non-family members of your court when you are at the domain limit?
Thanks dude this was very helpful must of taken forever 👍
Your memes are great