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Crusader Kings II has 161 different achievements, all using the Steam achievements mechanics. Achievements have no in-game effects; the achievement just pops up in-game, and is then added to the player's Steam profile. It is possible to see the achievements sorted by the percentage of users that managed to complete each achievement by going to the game's global achievements at Steam.
The difficulty of each achievement varies; some achievements are very easy (e.g. Marrying another character), while some are more difficult (e.g. Reconquering all historical Roman territories). The below list groups the various achievements by a difficulty level as assessed by the wiki editors (uncategorized - UC - achievements haven't been assessed yet).
Achievements can only be gained in single-player Ironman games. You cannot unlock achievements if you used the Ruler Designer to start a campaign. They can be earned while playing older versions of the game as long as said achievements were present in that version. Playing game in offline mode (saving game in offline even once) permanently disables achievements for this savegame. Certain game rules will also disable achievements for the savegame; usually, such rules make the game easier.
It is not possible to gain achievements if the checksum has been changed - either by tampering with game files, or by running the game using mods that affect gameplay mechanics (graphical mods do not affect checksum), or a corrupted installation (the Ironman mode icon will change to reflect this).
List of achievements[edit]
The "Notes" column lists helpful short tips/strategies.
The 
column denotes achievements which can't be completed without the use of DLC mechanics (currently 111 out of 161). Multiple expansion icons mean either can be used. The 
Random World or the 
Shattered World buttons mean that they are mandatory to fulfill the achievement (currently 5 out of 161). For achievements without the icons, the buttons must not be selected.
The Starting conditions column may denote the requirements needed for the player character before the achievement requirements are fulfilled.
The Religion column denotes achievements which can't be completed without the specified religion. (currently 43 out of 161). Multiple religion icons mean either can be used.
The "Ver" column indicates in which version a certain achievement was added. Achievements cannot be earned prior to the version they were added in.
The "DI" column is for difficulty as assessed by wiki editors. VE = Very Easy (Can be achieved through normal play or can be achieved in minutes), E = Easy (Can be achieved easily although might take some time), M = Medium (Can be achieved by most players although some aspects will be difficult), H = Hard (Can be achieved in a full campaign or requires difficult to trigger events), VH = Very Hard (Difficult to achieve and often requires an ahistorical playstyle), I = Insane (Almost unachievable due to the large amount of work and difficult requirements), UC = Uncategorized.
| Achievement | Starting conditions | Requirements | Religion | Notes |
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All Three Popes Play a game where there are two simultaneous antipopes |
 There are 2 people with a  claim on  the Papacy
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Start in the High Middle Ages bookmark as an independent ruler. Wait for someone to create an antipope, then create your own. | 2.0 | VE | |||
A Pope of My Own Set up an antipope |
 Does not have a vassal with a claim on the Papacy
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Created a vassal with a claim on the Papacy
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Have 500 prestige to spare and a Bishop who likes you more than the Pope. Go to "Religion" tab and select "Make Antipope" button. Requires the Free Investiture law. | 2.0 | VE | |
Follow Me Successfully intervene in a youth's development to force one of your own traits onto them. |
has the  Conclave DLC enabled
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Child's traits changed via event
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Educate a child whose childhood traits can be steered to match your own traits. For example, if you are Ambitious  , educate a Haughty  child.
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2.5 | VE | |
Full House Sire five children |
Make 5 children
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Likely to happen with any character who marries young. Muslims and other religions/government types which allow concubinage can take extra wives or concubines to reach this faster. You have to actually sire the children; pre-generated children from the history files do not count. | 2.0 | VE | |||
Hospitable Build a Hospital. |
has the  The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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Built a level 1  Hospital
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Hospitals are built in the extended province window, like Trade Posts and Forts. Don't pick a nomad. Pick a Christian or Muslim ruler and borrow from the Jews to expedite this. |
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2.6 | VE | |
Keeping it in the Family Sire a child that has the Inbred trait |
Breed a child with the  Inbred Trait
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1066, Countess Urraca of Zamora can immediately marry her cousin, King Antso IV of Navarra. Or play a Zoroastrian. | 2.0 | VE | |||
Mercotransaction Create a mercenary band and have them bring in money for you. |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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AI hired the Mercenary Company
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Send your courtier to establish a mercenary band and wait for someone to hire them. Costs 50  .
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2.5 | VE | |
Mr. Doge-Elect As a Patrician, win an election and become Doge |
Win a Patrician Election
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Invest in the election fund until you have the most Respect for any candidate and then wait for the Doge to die or have him killed. | 
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2.0 | VE | ||
No Solicitors Go into Seclusion. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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Selected the  Go into seclusion decision.
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Don't start as a tribe or as nomads. Restart until your character has the paranoid trait, then shut your gates. Alternatively, wait for an epidemic to hit your county, and then close the gates. |
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2.6 | VE | |
One is not Amused As a ruler have a council that is not content. |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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Council is  not content
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Upset your council by acting against their vote. Or, wait for a succession |
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2.5 | VE | |
Paragon of Virtue Fulfill the Paragon of Virtue ambition |
Gain 2000  piety while  Become Paragon of Virtue Ambition is selected.
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"The Alexiad" bookmark. Set the ambition, win the crusade. | 2.0 | VE | |||
Pay to Win Win a war using Mercenaries. |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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Owns Mercenaries
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Win a war, while you have hired Mercenaries. |
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2.5 | VE | |
Pilgrim Go on a Christian Pilgrimage |
Completed the  Go on Pilgrimage Decision
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Decision available in the Intrigue Interface (requires Theology focus selected if Way of Life is enabled). | 
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2.0 | VE | |
Royal Blood Achieve a score of 10,000 |
Does not have a  score of 10,000
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Has a score of 10,000
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2.0 | VE | |||
Snipped off to China Send a Eunuch to the Chinese Emperor. |
Sent a eunuch to the Chinese Emperor
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Very easy to achieve. The character you send doesn't have to have the Eunuch trait  . The actual procedure for characters without it is done in China.
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2.8 | VE | ||
The Marriage Game Marry another character |
Is not  married
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Is married
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Click the "Arrange Marriage" rings next to your portrait on your character's screen. Marry somebody. | 2.0 | VE | ||
To Mecca! Go on a Hajj to Mecca |
Completed the  Go on Hajj to Mecca Decision
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On the Intrigue Interface, click "Go on Hajj to Mecca" when prerequisites are fulfilled. | 
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2.0 | VE | |
Turbulent Priest Assassinate a vassal bishop that likes the Pope better than you |
is Catholic
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A priest:
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2.0 | VE | ||
Typhoid Mary Contract three symptoms. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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have 3 symptoms
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2.6 | VE | ||
Until Death Do Us Part Have your spouse assassinated |
Player has killed their spouse.
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Marry a low-intrigue foreigner. To speed this up, select "Intrigue" as your focus (if you have Way of Life) and imprison them first. | 2.0 | VE | |||
We're In Business Successfully establish a trade route |
Establish a trade route via  business focus events.
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Requires Business focus  . More likely to succeed if the opinion is high at the end of the event chain.
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2.3 | VE | ||
You Owe Me Have someone owe you a Favor |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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have a character owe a  favor to the player
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You can simply buy a Favor for Gold. Courtiers are cheapest.
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2.5 | VE | |
A Curious Trinket Send an invaluable artifact (Quality: 4 or 5) to the Emperor of China. |
Have a Level 4 or 5  Artifact
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Sent an artifact to the Chinese Emperor
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The Byzantine Emperor can send the Crown of Thorns right away in 1066. |
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2.8 | E | |
Always Bet On Duke Work your way up from Count to Duke with a single character |
Primary title is a  County
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Primary title became a  Duchy
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2.0 | E | ||
Aptly Named Die from the Black Death. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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 died while having the  Plague
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Don't go into seclusion when the Black Death arrives so you can catch the disease. The Plague gives your character -7 health which will most likely kill him or her. If you have the Way of Life DLC try switching out of focuses that increase your character's health to increase the probability of dying. |
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2.6 | E | |
Baptism of Rus’ As an East Slavic Pagan King or Emperor with your capital in the Eastern Europe region, successfully ask the ruler of Byzantium for a mass conversion. |
Follow the HF Baptism events when character is:
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Start in 867 with the Duchy of Potolsk, select the Ambition 'Become King of Ruthenia' and on day 1 attack the Duchy of Turov with the subjugation CB. Once you have won the war, you have to gather the gold needed to create the kingdom of Ruthenia and pass the tribal reformation up to "medium"; then, request mass conversion to the leader of the Byzantine empire | 
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3.0 | E | |
Beyond the Indus As a ruler of non-Indian culture, conquer a King or Emperor title in India |
has the  Rajas of India DLC enabled
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This achievement does not check by region: the title must be in de jure Rajastan, Deccan Empire, Bengal Empire, or Empire of India. If you start as a ruler who already fulfills the requirements you will be blocked from receiving the achievement. |
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2.1 | E | ||
Black Widow As a woman, have three different husbands killed |
Is Female
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Have 3  spouses who are:
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2.0 | E | |||
Bless my Reign down in Africa As a King or Emperor, have one of your domain Counties under the influence of a successful Rain Dance. |
Owns a  Kingdom or an  Empire
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Occasionally an event pops up when playing as an African ruler that you can perform a rain dance. You will get a success pop up if this works, and if you are or become a King while the success is active the achievement will activate. |
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3.0 | E | ||
By the Gods Gain the Theologian trait |
Get the  Theologian Trait via the  Theology focus events.
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Requires Theology focus  for a long time. It's best to start on a young character and keep the focus for a long time.
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2.3 | E | ||
Celebrity Amass more than 15,000 in prestige |
Does not have 15,000  Prestige
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Have 15,000 Prestige
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Doable as any large empire. Creating Jerusalem gives 5K lump prestige. Alternative: As a Norse ruler, unite an empire (Scandinavia or Britannia should be easy) and run amok across Europe and Asia—conquer and raid from the sea. | 2.0 | E | ||
Child of the Dragon Request an Imperial Marriage from China. |
Asked for an Imperial marriage from the Emperor of China
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Start as Konstantinos X of the Byzantine Empire in 1066. Immediately send the Crown of Thorns to China, then request an Imperial Marriage. You're married, so pick someone else in your court. Also earns the A Curious Trinket achievement. |
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2.8 | E | ||
Crusader Fulfill the goal of a Crusade |
Win a Crusade
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"The Alexiad" bookmark. A crusade for Greece is quickly called. | 2.0 | E | ||
Dragon Blood Achieve a score of 50,000 |
Does not have a score of 50,000
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Has a score of 50,000
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2.0 | E | |||
Dream Home As a Patrician dynasty, build every upgrade for your Family Palace |
Does not have a fully upgraded Family Palace
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Have a fully upgraded Family Palace
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Genoa and Venice in the Rise of the Hansa bookmark (1241) only require one more upgrade. |
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2.0 | E | |
Dwarf Fortress Have seven courtiers with the Dwarf trait |
have 7 courtiers with the  Dwarf Trait
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Wait 50–100 years into the game for lots of courtiers to appear. Enter "dwarf" as a search term in the Character Finder. Marry, tutor, bribe and invite, or simply imprison eligible characters. | 2.0 | E | |||
Exalted Among Men Fulfill the Become Exalted ambition |
Gain 5000  prestige while  Become Exalted among Men Ambition is selected.
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1066 bookmark. Play as the Holy Roman Emperor and set the ambition. Creating titles generates 200-400 prestige and there is a large number of uncreated duchies and kingdoms. Just wait for money and then create the titles and hand them out randomly. If you kill your wife and remarry you can get 300 prestige. Can be done in under 10 years. | 2.0 | E | |||
From Servant to Saint Have a character you used to play be proclaimed a saint and have their Saintly Bloodline running in your veins. |
Has a saintly  bloodline whose founder was a played character.
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Note that playing as a child of a saint is not necessary. The achievement is obtained when you manage to have your character proclaimed saint and then play as someone with his bloodline, no matter how many characters you played in between. |
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3.0 | E | |
Bring it On Win 7 duels with one character |
Win 7  duels.
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Easiest in a warrior lodge. The important modifier for dueling is the personal combat skill. |
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2.3 | E | ||
From the Ashes Starting in a Shattered World, rule an Empire. |
is Shattered World
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owns an Empire title
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Start as a nomadic ruler in Shattered world. |
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3.0 | E | |
I can see its Stripes Kill a tiger by your own hand |
Selected the  Hold Tiger Hunt Decision then find and kill a tiger via event chain
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Has about a 25% chance of triggering each time you use the Tiger Hunt decision as an Indian. |
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2.1 | E | ||
I'm Sorry, Desiderata Divorce a Lombard Princess as a Christian |
Divorce someone who is:
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The future divorcée must have Lombard culture and her father must be a king or emperor. As Charlemagne, marry one of the King of Lombardy's unmarried daughters on Day 1. Attempt divorce as soon as you reach 50 Piety. Or, follow Charlemagne's event chain for marrying and then divorcing a Lombard princess. Without the Charlemagne DLC, this may be easiest coupled with Iron Crown, as Lombard culture is nearly extinct in 1066. Does not actually require being a Christian. | 2.2 | E | |||
It's Better to be the Emperor Work your way up from Count to Emperor with a single character |
Primary title is a County
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Primary title became an Empire
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In  769, Al-Mahdi of Hamadan is a son of Caliph Al-Mansur and usually inherits the empire.
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2.0 | E | ||
It's Good to be the King Work your way up from Count to King with a single character |
Primary title is a County
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Primary title became a Kingdom
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Start as the Count of Nájera in 1066, attempt (and fail) to imprison a vassal, and surrender. You will abdicate and end up playing the King of Navarra. | 2.0 | E | ||
L'Eglise, c'est Moi! As an Emperor, grab the crown out of the Pope's hands and crown yourself. |
Coronate self via the HF Coronation Events
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Presented as an option after choosing to be crowned by the pope and spending extravagently. Ruler needs to be 16+, an emperor, and either a lunatic, possessed, ambitious with imperial administration, or a member of the satanists. Note that ambitious with imperial administration appears to be bugged and does not present the self-coronation option. |
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3.0 | E | |
Love is a Battlefield Find love after a duel. |
Get the Love is a battlefield Character Flag in the duel events.
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3.0 | E | |||
Merchant Prince Amass more than 20,000 in wealth |
Does not have 20,000  Gold
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Have 20,000 Gold
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Probably simplest as a Muslim emperor or a merchant. Achievable in less than 20 years as Venice in 1337. Also easy as Norse; with enough troops (particularly retinues) and enough vassal fleets, just go raiding until you fill your coffers. Can easily also give the Viking Raider achievement. With Horse Lords  or Jade Dragon  expansions holding Silk Road Trade posts will fill your coffers rapidly.
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2.0 | E | ||
Not so Great Starting in a Shattered World, defeat a Great Conqueror in a war. |
is Shattered World
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Won a defensive or offensive war against a Great Conqueror
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Start in 769, set holding types to nomadic & tribal, max ruler age 16 (so the target doesn't die), max great conquerors, disable consolidation CB, shatter into counties. Choose a nomad and blob until you have at least 75% of the troops of the nearest great conqueror (find them under bloodlines in the ledger or search "sword" in the character finder). Use your Subjugation CB. |
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3.0 | E | |
Off with their heads! Execute 10 or more prisoners in a single action. |
Have 10 or more  prisoners
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Selected the mass  Execute button on the Intrigue window
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Requires the prisoner management feature of Monks and Mystics. | 
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2.7 | E | |
On English Neck a Norman Yoke Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as William the Bastard, become the King of England |
 Start date is 1066.9.15 High Middle Ages (1066)
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William the Bastard owns the Kingdom of  England
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Normandy walkthrough | 2.0 | E | ||
Over Your Dead Body As a Tribal ruler, gain a title you have a claim on by duelling the holder. |
is  Tribal
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Win a claim duel
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One possibility is to play as the Duke of Fortriu (Moray) in 769 - he has a strong claim on the Kingdom of Scotland and can challenge his liege to a duel for it on day 1. Be sure to take the war focus first to increase your personal combat skill. |
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3.0 | E | |
Pax Mongolica Build 3 fully upgraded silk road trade posts. |
have 3 demesne provinces with  Trade Posts that are level 3
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Requires all three trade posts to be in your demesne. Building and upgrading them all yourself is not actually necessary. The revamp in patch 2.8 only requires you to have level 3 Major Silk Road City in the 3 trade posts; Tughluq in 1337 holds many eligible counties. | 
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2.4 | E | ||
Persistent Survivor Play a game all the way through from 867 to 1453 |
Start date is 867.1.1 Viking Age (867)
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Date is 1452.12.30
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Cannot be combined with Seven Centuries. | 
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2.0 | E | |
Rise of Civilization In a Shattered World with ‘Holding Types’ set to ‘Tribal’ or ‘Tribal & Nomadic’, adopt Feudalism or Republicanism. |
Alternate Start is on
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Selected the  Adopt Feudalism Decision or the  Adopt Republicanism Decision
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Start as Venice because you do not need to conquer anything for beeing able to create the duke title (which is required to adopt Republicanism). This could be done easily within the first century, just lend some money from the jews using the decision tab and start building the market line. Do not forget to change the law too! |
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3.0 | E | |
Russkaya Pravda As a Russian, hold the Empire of Russia. |
Has the culture of Russian
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2.0 | E | |||
Saint Amass more than 10,000 in piety |
Does not have 10,000  Piety
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Have 10,000 Piety
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Start as a late-game republic and spam donations to holy orders
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2.0 | E | ||
Seven Centuries Play a game all the way through from 769 to 1453 |
Start date is 769.1.1 Early Middle Ages (769)
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Date is 1452.12.30
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The game tends to run slower the more holdings there are in your realm (and the more large realms there are generally), so when combining this achievement (or Persistent Survivor) with grand conquest, it may be best to grant independence to many vassals in the late game.
Alternatively, you can play as a nomad with HL (Khazaria would be the fastest) and burn the world, so there are fewer and fewer courts (so fewer and fewer characters to slow the game down). With this method you will likely spend a busy 200-300 first years and then you can just set the game at max speed and wait for the end. If you have The Reaper's Due, setting both the Black Death and Minor Epidemics to "Deadly" and "More" respectively will make severe cuts in the number of characters alive, improving performance. |
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2.2 | E | |
Stargazer Build an Observatory |
Selected the  Build an Observatory Decision and follow the event chain.
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Requires Scholarship focus . Take the decision in the Intrigue menu.
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2.3 | E | ||
Survivor Play a game all the way through from 1066 to 1453 |
Start date is 1066.9.15 High Middle Ages (1066)
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Date is 1452.12.30
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Must begin with the High Middle Ages bookmark. | 2.0 | E | ||
Under the Power of the Eternal Heaven As a member of the Ashina clan, solidify your divinity by ruling as Religious Head of the Reformed Tengri religion. |
Is playing the  dynasty of Ashina
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Reformed the Tengri Religion
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The Ashina clan is landed in 769 as Khagan Bagatur of Khazaria, and in 867 as High Chief Zachariah of Crimea; note that Zachariah is Jewish. During the Tengri reformation, you must choose the Temporal leadership style.
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3.0 | E |
Venetian Guile Win a Crusade targeting Byzantium. |
Win a crusade
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The Fourth Crusade events only trigger after the first crusade and if the Byzantine Emperor has unlanded dynasty members older than 12 who are not heirs to anything. During a crusade preparation, there is a chance for the target to switch to Thrace. A good time to start is just before the real-world Fourth Crusade (1202) - the Angelos have a few possible candidates. |
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3.0 | E | |
What Could Have Been Start a Random World with all possible settings set to ‘Random’ and play for 200 years. |
is Random World
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total years played is 200
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3.0 | E | ||
Lord of the Flies Start a Random World as a 0 year old Count, with the maximum character age set to 0, become King or Emperor within 16 years. |
is Random World
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Title is a Kingdom or an Empire
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Try creating the Kingdom of the Lanka or the Sápmi since these kingdoms only have 5 counties in them. Simply start as a child count who already controls all of the land in a small kingdom or most of it. To increase your odds of getting a good start to generate, set the number of duchies, kingdoms, and empires to zero. Also set the number of holding per character to its maximum value. As a child it is not possible to select the become king ambition, so the kingdom creation cost discount is not available. So to keep the cost of conquering or usurping manageable, start the game at the latest starting date so all your holdings are highly developed so they generate more money and piety. |
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3.0 | E | |
Headhunter Found a Bloodline as a particularly cunning, ruthless and skilled Duelist. |
Founded a duelist bloodline
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Random chance each time you gain duel experience, if you have the Duelist  lifestyle and sufficient duel experience. Requires 50 duel experience, 20 ruthless duel experience, and one of: 10 sneaky duel experience or 80 duel experience. You must not already have a duelist bloodline (from an ancestor). The chance is increased if you do not have any bloodlines.
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3.0 | M | ||
Zero to Hero Found a Legendary Bloodline while part of a Warrior Lodge. |
Found a Legendary Bloodline via the HF Warrior Lodge legends events or by dying
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Works best for a young character with high personal combat score. Join a warrior lodge and go through the ranks until you become a hero and then start a legend. Complete the legend and form a new bloodline. |
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3.0 | M | |
An Honest Mistake From Seclusion, kick someone out who did not have the plague. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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Kicked out someone while at seclusion via event if they don't have the Plague
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They can have a disease, just not the Black Death. |
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2.6 | M | |
Birthright As the Anti-Christ/spawn of Satan, become Grandmaster of the Satanists. |
Is a member of the Lucifer's Own
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Is Grandmaster of the Lucifer's Own
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As a demon child, be Grandmaster of Lucifer's Own which is exclusive to the Christian, Muslim, Mazdan, Jewish or Zunist religion groups. It will not fire if the child is a grandmaster of the other demon worshipers of other religions. A special event "Demon Child" from SoA can happen once in one gametime (MTTH = 500 years), which will turn one of your child under age 3 into a demon child. When the demon child turns 16, he will automatically become Grandmaster of Lucifer's Own and have unbelievable attributes. One method to unlock this achievement is to make sure the demon child is your heir, then retire your current character before the child turns 16. Inheriting as a character who has already done this will *not* unlock the achievement. Though it is possible to leave the society, rejoin, and become Grandmaster again. |
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2.7 | M |
Bloody Line As a religion worshipping Bloodthirsty Gods, sacrifice enough people to found a Bloodline. |
Worship a reformed religion with Bloodthirsty Gods
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Easiest by taking Seabound or Sons of Ragnarok as the second doctrine when reforming a religion, as raids allow you to capture large amounts of prisoners of infidel religions you can then sacrifice. |
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3.0 | M | |
Bön Appétit! Eat a character of the Bön religion. |
 Eat a person with the Bön religion via event or Execution
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Try starting as a Bön ruler in a secure position, such as the ruler of Ü-Tsang in 867, and go into seclusion () as soon as possible. Eventually, you will run out of food and have the option to eat a courtier.
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2.8 | M | |||
Casanova Successfully seduce 10 people by targeted seduction with one character |
 Seduce 10 people
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Requires Seduction focus .
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2.3 | M | ||
Close Call From Seclusion, kick someone out who had the plague. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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Kicked out someone while at seclusion via event if they have the Plague
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They must have the Black Death, not just any disease. |
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2.6 | M | |
Crusader King Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark, hold the Kingdom of Jerusalem |
Start date is 1066.9.15 High Middle Ages (1066)
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owns the Kingdom of  Jerusalem
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Creating the Kingdom of Jerusalem requires Christian religion, but the achievement itself has no religious requirements. A non-Christian can inherit or usurp the title if it exists.
Easiest as HRE or Byzantium. Can also start as Fatimids and then have heir taught by a Christian. |
2.0 | M | |
Dark Lord Become Grandmaster of any devil-worshiper society. |
Is a member of the Demon Worshippers
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Is Grandmaster of the Society
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Be Grandmaster of the Cult of Kali Purusha, the Plaguebringers, the Cold Ones, The Fellowship of Hel, or Lucifer's Own. Inheriting as a character who has already done this will *not* unlock the achievement. |
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2.7 | M | |
Decadent Warrior As a Muslim, crush a Decadence revolt |
Enforce a demand defending in a  Decadence Invasion
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Must not be a merchant republic or nomadic. Fatimids in 1066 have high decadence. Stockpile money to hire mercenaries so that you can beat the revolt. |
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2.0 | M | |
Defender of the Holy Sepulchre Starting as Eustache de Boulogne (the Count of Boulogne in France) in 1066, choose to play as your beneficiary after they are made King or Queen in Jerusalem after a Crusade. |
is playing Eustache de Boulogne of Boulogne
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Switched to Crusade Benefactor
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Hire the best chancellor you can get and fabricate claims on the other counts in Flanders. Then fabricate or plot for the duchy title. There is also a castle barony in Boulogne you can revoke. Use your marshal to replenish levies faster after conquest. Save up money and around a hundred days before the crusade starts borrow money from the Jews, hire a mercenary band and sail for Jerusalem. With around 6-8000 troops you can easily attack smaller Muslim armies, which gives more contribution points than only sieges.
Success simultaneously awards "Crusader King" (hold the kingdom of Jerusalem). Afterwards conquer the middle eastern region to get "Deus Vult" (hold the Empire of the Outremer) |
3.0 | M | |
Divine Blood Achieve a score of 100,000 |
Does not have a score of 100,000
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Has a score of 100,000
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Fairly easy as a Norse realm—getting > 100,000 from 867 to 1100 is fairly easy if you conquer and raid a lot. | 2.0 | M | ||
Family Bliss Have 6 close family members as friends |
6  close relatives are   friends
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Requires six close relatives as friends. Use the Carousing focus and party without aiming for gamer or flings. If a character has an outlined blood drop in their portrait, he is a close relative (other characters might count as well). You can only carouse with people in the same realm, so avoid marrying close relatives in ways that have them leave the realm.
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2.3 | M | ||
Family First As a character with a religion that practice Divine Marriages, have one of your siblings, parents and children as spouses/consorts at the same time. |
Any consort or spouse is a parent of the current character
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Concubines count as well as spouses. |
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3.0 | M | |
Great Indian Sultanate Rule the Empire of Rajastan and convert all its provinces to Islam |
has the Rajas of India DLC enabled
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Only requires the provinces of de jure Rajastan outside your realm to be Muslim. The easiest way to fulfill this is simply to completely control Rajastan, so this achievement may be easily combined with Samrat Chakravartin, or Saint Thomas's Dream. You must hold Rajastan and be Muslim yourself. The quickest way is Tughluq in 1337: just four counties to claim with de jure CBs. If you become Samrat Chakravartin, and Rajastan no longer exists, the achievement is still possible: but the scope is the Empire of India instead. |
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2.1 | M | |
Hard Ruler Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as Harald of Norway, become the King of England |
Start date is 15.9.1066 High Middle Ages (1066)
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Harald Hårdråde owns the Kingdom of England
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Norway walkthrough | 2.0 | M | ||
History is in my Blood Have 5 Historical Bloodlines on your character. |
Own 5 Historical Bloodlines
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In order to inherit a bloodline from outside the family, for a majority of them, the marriage must be matrilineal. Marry a daughter matrilineally into a bloodline. Their child will inherit the father's blood while being part of your dynasty. Then, have their daughter marry matrilineally to your heir if he is male. Their child will have the outside bloodline while still being part of your dynasty. To reduce inbreeding, start with a historic bloodline. Marry a first set of two different bloodlines matrilineally then do it with another set of two bloodlines. Then, marry the two sets together matrilineally. Then, marry a female dynasty member to the resulting son matrilineally. Then marry their daughter to your heir. |
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3.0 | M | ||
I am the Law As a vassal use a favor to change a law. |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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Liege owes favor to the player |
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2.5 | M | ||
I Do Not Play Chess Have 100 kills in your Kill List. |
Have 100 characters in the kill list
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Play a pagan in a warrior lodge and fight a lot of battles. When you capture prisoners you can automatically execute them. |
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3.0 | M | ||
Iron Crown Hold any Emperor or King title as a Lombard after 1300 |
is Lombard
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In 769 the king of Lombardy is already a king tier Lombard character. Simply survive for 531 years. Do not accept Carloman's wife if she tries to flee to your kingdom, because this will give Karl a strong claim on Lombardy.
If you don't want to wait the last Lombard ruler available is the Count of Capua from 1092 through 1097. He is dwarfed by more powerful neighbors, so forming a kingdom will not be easy. This start becomes much easier with the Holy Fury DLC enabled. Starting as the count of Capua, in 1092, pick the Theology focus and stockpile enough piety to hire the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitallier as soon as they are formed. (Do not worry about going into debt whilst waiting for the crusade to be called, as they do not abandon you as mercenaries do if your treasury goes negative.) Regardless of whatever the crusade target is, march there with the holy orders immediately and instantly siege down provinces for contribution and warscore. When the crusade is won, you or your beneficiary should receive the Kingdom title, and then you will have a strong position to play as until the year 1300. |
2.2 | M | |||
I Shed Blood of Saxon Men As a Christian non-Saxon, completely conquer Saxony in a game starting in 769 |
Start date is 769.1.1 Early Middle Ages (769)
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Completely controls the Counties of:
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This is most easily attainable by waiting for the Saxon invasion event as Charlemagne. The requirement is for any culture besides Saxon: Anglo-Saxon culture will still net you the achievement if you want to get both this and "Saxons Everywhere, Unite!". |
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2.2 | M |
Jihad Sultan As a Muslim King or higher, become Grandmaster of the Assassins. |
Is a member of the Assassins
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Is Grandmaster of the Society
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This achievement is pretty self explanatory. Can also be done when secretly muslim. |
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2.7 | M |
Lech, Czech, and Rus Unite the Kingdoms of the three brothers, Lech, Czech and Rus, into one Slavic Union. |
Selected the  Form the Slavic Union Decision
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3.0 | M | ||||
Let's go out into the Field Defeat a sibling in a war using the rival casus belli. |
win a war against a sibling with a  Rivalry Casus Belli
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When your sibling is your rival, and an independent ruler, declare war using this CB, and win. Also possible to achieve as a defender. Fastest as Charlemagne or Carloman in 769. If playing as Charlemagne, don't send your mother to him or you'll have to win before he dies. | 2.4 | M | |||
Let's Play Gain the Hedonist trait through carousing |
Get the  Hedonist Trait via the Carousing focus events.
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Requires Carousing focus  . After your third party, choose the option that mentions carousing.
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2.3 | M | ||
Mudslinger Successfully slander 20 people with one character |
 Slander 20 people
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Requires Intrigue focus . Spy on the lowest intrigue characters in your realm with the aid of the character finder, for a greater chance of success. Any kind of event which spreads rumors, uncovers plots, or uncovers dirt in some way will count. Use the option to stop spying on characters who haven't given any results for a while.
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2.3 | M | ||
New Ways for Old Gods Reform one of the Pagan religions |
Reformed a Pagan Religion
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Probably easiest as Sviþjod or Ostlandet in the 867 start, or as Genghis Khan in the 1220 start. |
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2.0 | M | |
Not a Tribe Play as a Tribal Ruler and Reform to Feudalism |
Selected the Adopt Feudalism Decision
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See Adopting Feudalism. Start as the chief of Ångermanland in Northern Sweden in the Late Middle Ages bookmark, borrow from the Jews (requires Son of Abraham DLC), start building the last level of the hillfort, and reform. You can do all of this without unpausing. | 2.2 | M | |||
Pagan Fury As a ruler with any Pagan religion, win a Christian Crusade targeting you. |
is any Pagan Religion
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Northern Crusade doesn't count.
Start as Hülegü of the Ilkhanate in 1260, immediatly usurp the kingdom of Armenia and declare war on Egypt pressing the claim of the emir of Edessa. Use your 90k event troops to win the war before the crusade for Jerusalem starts. On victory you should become the target of the crusade if it is still in preparation phase. Your levies + China tributary troops + event troops + allied Hordes should allow you to win without too much problem. Don't underestimate the amount of troops the crusaders can send though. |
3.0 | M | ||
Res Publica Play as a Tribal Ruler and Reform to Merchant Republic |
Selected the Adopt Republicanism Decision
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See Founding a Merchant Republic. Start as the High Chief of Mann (coastal and ducal) and upgrade your Market Village to the max. |
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2.2 | M | ||
Run With the Wolf Play as a character with Wolf's Blood. |
does not have character modifier Wolf Blood or Wolf Child
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have character modifier Wolf Blood or Wolf Child from Wolf events
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Have a culture from the Altaic group other than Khitan, and wait for wolf-related events to occur. Eldest children of players have a 5% chance of being born with Wolf's Blood (you find out within a year), and a further chance of gaining it between ages 5 and 10. Childless rulers have a passive chance of adopting one. So you have to keep your heirs childless until they inherit. When you have one, just make sure the wolf-like child inherits. Wait until you can adopt a wolf child via event. Do not marry and wait for your adopted son to inherit. |
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2.4 | M | |
Scarrrrrred for Life Become One-Eyed, One-Legged and One-Handed. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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have the traits:
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As a Tengri, Slavic, Suomenusko, West African, or Baltic (Romuvan) character use the ancestor worship intrigue decision, and choose to sacrifice a part of your body. The sacrifice will be a hand, a leg, or an eye. After performing this action three times, you will gain the achievement. As performing the sacrifice also gives a severe wound, it is beneficial to do this with a young, healthy ruler (such as the High Chief of Prussia in 1066) and select the Hunting focus  for the health boosts, which includes the base +1 and the +1 from the hunting dog.
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Sword to Ploughshare Settle a steppe mercenary with more than 20 martial in your lands. |
Requires settling a mercenary, not just any adventurer. Does not actually require him to have over 20 martial. To settle a mercenary they must be your friend. There is an event chain for a hired mercenary to become your friend. It fires for you, not the mercenary leader, so hiring multiple mercenaries does not make it fire faster. It won't fire unless the ruler who sent the mercenary away (generally his father) is still alive, and the mercenary is residing in your capital, which happens when he is removed from leading troops. Once he is your friend, dismiss him and then use the "Settle Adventurer" diplo-action on him. In the 769 start as Charlemagne/Karl, wait for Roland to join your court and wait until the event fires for you to become friends. Once you are friends, have him assemble a mercenary company (50 gold) by right-clicking his portrait, and then you can settle him straight away by right-clicking his portrait and awarding him one of your counties (not through "Grant Landed Title", you need to choose the "Settle Mercenary" option). |
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The Frisian Coast is Long Be King of Frisia and hold the Atlantic coast from Léon in Brittany to Jylland |
owns the Kingdom of  Frisia
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You do not need to have Frisian culture to get this achievement, thus it is possible in any start date.
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The Yes Men Have all members of your council be Loyalists. |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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If primary title is:
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The "Greatest of Khans" has a huge boost to loyalism in his council. So play the historical Temujin after 1206, or else take the decision as another nomad ruler. Hire and fire non-loyalist councilors until you get the whole set. Look for characters with high opinion of you, who are content, and/or are close relatives, with low relative size and strength (or simply courtiers). Trusting characters and same-dynasty characters have a smaller boost. Your council must be empowered and full (i.e. 5 members as a count/duke, 6 as a king, 7 as an emperor). |
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2.5 | M | |
Trade Empire Your Republic maintains trade posts in 80 provinces |
Does not have a total of 80 Trade Posts
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Have a total of 80 Trade Posts
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You cannot unlock this by starting with 80 trade posts or more, like in the 1337 Venice start. You have to first have less than 80 trade posts, and then have 80 or more. Genoa in May 1274 has 79 trade posts, building a trade post in Abkhazia costs about 250 gold which can be obtained with a loan from Jewish merchants. |
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2.0 | M | |
United the Kingdoms Hold the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland |
Owns the Kingdoms:
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Viking Raider As a Viking, return home with 1,000 worth of loot |
Is North Germanic Culture Group
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You must have Norse (Germanic) religion and North Germanic culture group, but you do not need the Viking  trait. The loot must be returned all at once, so you'll need a fleet of at least 100 ships. Open the economy map view, identify green zones, send your raiders there.
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2.0 | M | |
Viking Ummah Have a capital province with Norse culture and Muslim religion |
Capital Province is:
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Playing as a tribal Muslim, educate a heir with Norse culture. After the heir takes over, use the Steward action Settle Tribe to slowly convert any province you control to your culture. Alternatively, capture a Muslim woman as a raiding Norse Viking and convert to her religion before using your Court Imam to convert your capital province. |
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2.2 | M | ||
And Stay Out! Throw the Aztec invaders back into the sea |
Event Second Landing of the Aztecs has fired
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Character who owns the Aztec Empire:
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Triggered when Aztecs lose all territory and all event armies. Make sure all Aztec armies are destroyed before imposing victory that removes their last territory. Does not actually need player involvement. | 
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2.0 | H | |
Black Pope Have a priest you corrupted (as a Satanist) become Pope. |
A priest:
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the character owns the Papacy
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You must corrupt the target first, then he must become Pope, by any means. It's possible to corrupt a bishop, make him an antipope, and then press the antipope's claim. |
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2.7 | H | |
By Jupiter! Reform the Hellenic faith. |
Reformed the Hellenic Religion
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Easiest as the Byzantine Empire in 867 or 769 start dates. Fabricate claims on both Rome and Alexandria (You have the other three holy sites already). Once you control all five holy sites you just need to convert to Hellenism and press reform providing you have 750 piety. There are two easy ways to convert to Hellenism. There is one province in Greece that is still Hellenistic, simply change capital and convert via the decisions tab. Or you can set your focus to scholarship and a "Delve into the Classics" decision becomes available, which leads to conversion. |
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3.0 | H | |
Deus Vult Create the Empire of the Outremer. |
Selected the  Form an Empire of the Outremer Decision
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To know what you need to hold, use "Find title or region" (bottom of minimap) and type "Near East".
This can be done fairly easily as the Abbasids in 769 - you control almost all required territory and can obtain the rest (a couple duchies in Southern Arabia/Yemen and a few provinces in Syria) via diplomatic vassalization and a few wars against small opponents. To convert to Catholicism, either marry a Catholic and secretly convert or revoke the county of Jerusalem and secretly convert via the holy site there (each requires 250 piety and you will have to give away the Sunni Caliphate title first). Once you have the required 5000 prestige, publicly adopt Catholicism and create the empire through the Intrigue menu. |
3.0 | H | ||
Empressive Play as three consecutive generations of empresses |
Game Rule for Gender Equality must not be set to all
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You, your mother, and your maternal grandmother must all be empresses (alive or dead). It is okay if you play other characters in between, or even if one of the ancestors was a member of another dynasty ruling a different empire. The game rule for Gender Equality must not be set to "All".
Use absolute cognatic elective succession and ensure your daughter is your heir. As a Muslim realm, you'll be able to give land to daughters after getting absolute cognatic succession.
Easy to achieve as Byzantines, since Roma Imperial government considers all offsprings of the Emperor to be valid candidates without taking gender into account. |
2.0 | H | ||
Eternity Denied Kill a character with the Immortal trait. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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An  Immortal character is  murdered or  executed by player
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Must become immortal first. Then there are four different ways. You can imprison vassals until they revolt, and surrender, thus abdicating to your heir. Plot to kill your immortal predecessor. The second way is to kill the mystic by whom you achieved immortality (the mystic will also gain the immortal trait if you are successful in the immortality event chain). Thirdly, one can develop the lunatic trait (easy through scholarship focus and following the Necronomicon event chain when building an observatory). When a lunatic you have the chance of obtaining Glitterhoof, and then an event appear where you have the option of sharing your blood with your horse. This makes Glitterhoof immortal, whom you can then imprison and execute without lessening public opinion. The fourth, most unlikely option is to wait for the immortal rival event chain to randomly occur, then kill your rival. |
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2.6 | H | |
Got Land Start as the holder of Gotland and form the empire of Scandinavia. |
Own the County of Gotland
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Created the Empire of  Scandinavia
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From 1097-1161 and from 1285-1337 the holder of Gotland is also the king of Sweden. In 1337, he is also king of Norway, needing only 7 more counties to create the empire, and having CBs on 4 right away. | 2.7 | H | ||
Great Hunter Kill your prey in the Epic Hunt |
Trigger the  Actually finds and kills animal event
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Requires Hunting focus . Investigate the rumors of the legendary animal, and set out on the hunt (NOT the Grand Hunt event found on the Intrigue menu). Has about a 1% (1/91) chance of succeeding.
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2.3 | H | ||
Heathenous Ways Starting as Erik the Heathen in 1066, rule the Kingdom of Sweden with the reformed Germanic Faith. |
is playing Erik the Heathen af Munsö of Uppland
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Has reformed the Religion
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3.0 | H | ||
Holy and Roman Found the Holy Roman Empire in a game starting in 769 |
Start date is 769.1.1 Early Middle Ages (769)
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Selected the  Form the Holy Roman Empire Decision
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As Karl, wait for an event to marry a Lombard princess. When the events occur, divorce her, and send your mother to Carloman. When Carloman dies, you will gain a strong claim on the realm where the princess will flee towards a short time after the divorce. This realm will likely be Lombardy, but not always. (If all this hasn't happened by 772, the events have probably been derailed by someone's death.) The war for Lombardy ought to be easy. After doing this, you should have fulfilled all prerequisites, save perhaps the +25 opinion of the Pope. (If necessary, just grant him some land.) The Empire must be formed via the decision. |
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Holy Smoke Sacrifice another religion's head as a Norse or Aztec pagan |
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Starting as the Byzantine Emperor in 867, educate your heir with a Varangian Germanic pagan (but not in your court). Arrest the Ecumenical Patriarch and sacrifice him after succession. Alternatively, as a minor Norse power, swear fealty to the Pope and use Intrigue focus to imprison him.
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2.0 | H |
I Got Better Recover from the Black Death. |
have the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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Recovered from the Plague with waiting or with the Court Physician
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Trivial as someone who has the Immortal trait: Immortal characters still get diseases, but they can't die from them - just beware your Court Physician, because he doesn't know this.
Can also be achieved via risky treatment, costing your character a limb or earning them a lunatic trait. Note, that getting cured by any source other than physician or disease timer running out does not give the achievement. |
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2.6 | H | |
Kali Maaa Sacrifice a King or Emperor tier character to Kali |
Selected the  Hold Kali Puja Feast Decision after  imprisoning a king or an emperor
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Character must not have Kind  trait. Start as Muhammad Tughluq in 1337, move your capital to one of the Hindu provinces, wait for 1000 Prestige in order to convert to local religion (Hindu), then simply imprison one of your several vassal kings. Secret conversion to Hinduism and then openly worshipping the faith is also a solution. Alternatively, play a character under a king and use Intrigue focus to imprison the king. Release all other prisoners except the king. Select Kali as your patron deity via decision. Next select Hold Kali Puja Feast via decision, then choose "Let's do something extra this year..." during event chain.
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Legacy of Rome Restore the Roman Empire |
Selected the  Restore Roman Empire Decision
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Legacy of Rome walkthrough. The conquests can be done as a nomad, but the nomad must settle down and become feudal in order to get the achievement. | 
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2.0 | H | |
Little Brother Rules! Become Emperor of Francia as Carloman, brother of Charlemagne |
Is playing Carloman of Middle Francia
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Is playing Carloman of Middle Francia
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As Carloman, with enough vassal support and mercenaries, you can take your brother's lands in a single war, giving you enough land to found Francia. Alternatively, you can take the war focus and immediately duel your brother, who is railroaded into becoming your rival. However, note that Karl's personal combat skill may be better than yours. |
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2.2 | H | |
Looking East and West Be Emperor of both Persia and Rajastan |
has the Rajas of India DLC enabled
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The Seljuks in 1066 have 15,000 men. Stockpile money for mercenaries and use the Invasion CB into Rajastan. Still possible after becoming Samrat Chakravartin: just hold both the Persian Empire and the Empire of India. |
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2.1 | H | ||
Medieval Schlieffen Be simultaneously at war with the Aztecs and the Mongols |
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You must be the primary aggressor or primary defender in both wars, not an ally. You cannot yourself be Mongol culture. One war must be against anyone of Nahua culture, and the other war must be against anyone of Mongol culture. |
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2.2 | H | ||
My Very Own Subcontinent Become Samrat Chakravartin |
Selected the  Become Samrat Chakravartin Decision
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Completely control all kingdoms in the Empire of Rajastan, Deccan Empire, and Bengal Empire. Select the decision "Become Samrat Chakravartin". Requires Indian religion, feudal government, and a primary title inside India. The conquests can be done as a nomad, but the nomad must settle down and become feudal in order to get the achievement. |
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2.1 | H | ||
Nobody's Business but the Turks Conquer Constantinople as a Turkic steppe horde. |
is Turkish
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Must control the county of Constantinople while having Turkish culture and Nomadic government.
While it is not absolutely necessary to start as a Turkish character, note that having a different culture disqualifies a character from inheriting a nomadic clan. The Yabguids in 769 is a reasonable start. |
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2.4 | H | ||
One Arrow Alone can be Easily Broken but Many Arrows are Indestructible As a steppe horde, have a population of 150 000. |
Has Government type  Nomadic
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Population and Manpower Guide for Newly Nomadic Players |
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2.4 | H | ||
Pentarch As an Orthodox Christian, hold Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem |
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Easiest as Byzantium in 867. | 2.0 | H | ||
Prester John As a Catholic, have a border with Miaphysite Abyssinia |
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Does not require starting as a Catholic. Expand until you're close enough to interact with the southernmost Miaphysite rulers (the simplest way is to win the First Crusade or start as the Kingdom of Jerusalem while it is held by a Catholic) then fabricate a claim.
The Tulunids in 867 start very close to Abyssinia. Become guardian to both your sons, then have them educated by a Catholic (but not in your court). In the meantime, holy war your way down to Abyssinia. If neither of your sons becomes Catholic by adulthood, restart. If only your younger (non-heir) son becomes Catholic, make him the heir by granting him more titles than the existing heir. Take rulership focus for an easy way to get the depressed trait, then commit suicide to abdicate to your Catholic son. Alternatively, start as a Miaphysite neighbor of Abyssinia, and convert to Catholicism by marrying a Catholic and converting secretly by spending 250 Piety. Alternative, alternative take: 1081 start as powerful Catholic nation, maybe HRE, and win the early Crusade for Egypt. Select to resume as the relative you put in charge of Egypt (make sure Catholic). Next simply Holy war the tiny weak Jewish state next to Abyssinia and take control of it, making sure to do this well before the Islam nations can try to retake Egypt from you. |
2.0 | H | ||
Prodigious Five Have at least one child with each of the five level four education traits. |
have the Conclave DLC enabled
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Has 5 children with one of each education traits:
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Use Seduction focus to have lots of children, or start with Svend II of Denmark in 1066. Select different childhood focus for each child and then education focus according to child's childhood traits. It is preferable to choose an unmarried young ruler with fertility bonus, for example, Kamarupa 1066. Once married, groom a heir ambition increases fertility. Bastards do count for this achievement. |
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2.5 | H | |
Protector of the Holy Places Have Rome, Jerusalem, Mecca and Medina within your Realm |
Owns the Provinces of:
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Abbasids in 867 have claims on Mecca or may be able to vassalize its holder. Subjugate Tunisia to get in range to declare war for Rome. Alternatively, start as the HRE in 1066, create the Kingdom of Italy to have a de jure claim on Rome, earn Jerusalem in the First Crusade, then win a Holy War for Medina. This is also easily achievable when restoring the Roman Empire. The Abbasid Empire from the 769 start data controls Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem so fabricating a claim and going to war over Rome can get you this achievement as well. | 2.0 | H | |||
Saxons Everywhere, Unite! As an Anglo-Saxon or Saxon ruler, be king of both Saxony and England |
is Anglo-Saxon or Saxon
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owns the Kingdom of England and  Saxony
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Requires starting the game as Anglo-Saxon or Saxon, but does not require remaining such. Since the Kingdom of Saxony only exists in 769 and the Catholics surrounding Saxony are very strong, it may be easier to start this as an Anglo-Saxon and create the Kingdom of England and then work into Saxony. Note that creation of the Kingdom of Saxony title requires Saxon culture (not Anglo-Saxon). It is a good idea to turn off the Charlemagne events in the game rules so the Karl (or Carloman if Karl is dead) doesn't get a strong claim on Saxony. Alternatively, as Saxony, subjugate Denmark and convert to Norse culture for the ships. Once the Germanic coastal CB becomes available, conquering England is easy. |
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The Conqueror Starting as a Norse character, rule the Kingdom of England (or the Empire of Britannia) as an English cultured character of a Christian religion. |
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BEFORE you begin, set the Culture Conversion game rule to "Faster Melting Pots." First, rule French/Occitan/Breton provinces before 1150 to become Norman, then rule Anglo-Saxon provinces in the de jure Kingdom of England (NOT Wessex) after 1100 to become English. Note that you may not get an alert for the English culture event, so keep checking the eligible provinces when the time comes. Note also that the culture events can happen in any province in your entire kingdom, not just the ones you own.
Those who wish to skip pagan or tribal gameplay can start as the Duke of Holland in 867. Haesteinn of Nantes in 867 is another good start, as he can easily take all of Brittany and then prepare an invasion of Western Francia without too much difficulty. If conquering England early, be sure not to eradicate Anglo-Saxon culture before 1100. |
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2.8 | H |
There Can Be Only One Become immortal. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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gain the Immortal trait via the immortality events
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The eternal life event chain has a MTTH of 250 years, but this is lowered by old age, disease, or poor health to a minimum of 50 years. The supernatural events game rule must be left on. |
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2.6 | H | |
The Good Old Days Have the kingdom of Frisia as your primary title and have the duchies of Flanders and Brabant be dejure part of it. |
Primary Title is the Kingdom of Frisia
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Try Charlemagne. Switch your kingdoms to elective, create Frisia, and destroy West Francia and Middle Francia. You must control the duchies for 100 years while having the kingdom of Frisia as primary title. | 2.7 | H | |||
The Outside Bet Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as Svend II of Denmark, become the King of England |
Start date is 1066.9.15 High Middle Ages (1066)
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Svend II owns the Kingdom of England
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Denmark walkthrough | 2.0 | H | ||
Unwelcome Visitors As an assassin, assassinate a Crusader King in the Holy land. |
Is a member of the Assassins
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Has murdered someone who:
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Must be a member of the Assassins. The target must be a king-tier Christian who either is located in the Middle East region, controls a title in the Middle East region, or is fighting in a crusade or jihad targeting a kingdom in the Middle East region. You can kill the target in any way that marks you as the killer, e.g., capturing and executing. Plotting to kill becomes easier after ranking up once, as you can invite other Assassins to your plot. If your capital is in Middle East, any prisoner will be considered as "in Middle East" on execution, which means that executing any imprisoned Christian King will give this achievement. |
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2.7 | H |
Empire of the Sun Rule as Emperor with the Reformed Zun Faith |
owns an Empire |
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Can be cheesed as the Abbasids: conquer the Zunists and their holy sites, move your capital to Zunist territory, and convert. Stockpile enough piety to immediately reform the religion after converting. You will need to give away the Caliph title for the decision to convert to show up. |
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2.2 | VH | |
Go West Young Mongol As a steppe horde, have an independent tributary King or Emperor in the British Isles |
Has Government type Nomadic
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Vassalize holdings on the Baltic or the Black Sea to gain ships. The Nomadic Invasion CB has a very long range, use it to gain a foothold in Great Britain and/or Ireland. The tributary ruler's primary title must be in the Britannia region. Your government must be nomadic, but it is not necessary to be based in the Steppes or have Mongol culture. |
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2.4 | VH | ||
Kingdom of David As a Jew, create the Kingdom of Israel |
Selected the  Create Israel Decision
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Khazaria 867 start; be sure to settle feudal in Jerusalem to avoid using the slow conversion to Judaism (or simply pillage all holdings in Jerusalem). Any other horde in 867 can use Khazar missionaries or concubines to convert.
Start as the Tulunids, move your capital to Semien and use your holy war piety to convert to Judaism. Also works with the Abbasids in 769, though it is necessary to give away the Caliph title in order to convert. (Then grant the new caliph independence and holy war the land back.) |
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2.0 | VH | |
Legacy of the Indo-Norse Start as a Norse Character, hold a Kingdom in India as your primary title. Your capital must also be located in India and converted to Norse. |
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Requires both starting and finishing as Norse culture. Norse religion is not required. The primary title kingdom must be in the India region. If you acquire any empire titles, you will need to lose them to be able to set a kingdom as primary title. The main mechanism here, assuming you're not forming an intercontinental empire, is to use the coastal conquest CB available to Norse characters. |
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2.7 | VH | |
Norse-East As a Norse character, become King of Mongolia. |
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Norse culture is required, not Norse religion. Does not require starting as Norse. If going from west to east, it is easier with Horse Lords disabled, as the steppes is then entirely tribal. Convert to Islam (or Reforme the Germanic faith) to get access to Holy Wars. The 867 Sudreyjar realm starts in Western Europe, and can cumulate this achievement with Never Start a Land War in Asia. | 2.4 | VH | |||
Not So Bad Survive the End Times. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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survived the end of days events.
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The End of Days event chains can trigger when the Black Death is present in your realm. |
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2.6 | VH | |
Papal Mache Have elephants trample the Pope/Caliph. |
has the The Reaper's Due DLC enabled
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One of the following characters has been executed by elephants:
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This execution method is available for anyone with a capital in the India, Persia, Middle East, or East Africa regions. Execution methods are random, but when the target is a religious head, elephants are especially likely. Valid targets are the Pope, the Fraticelli Pope, the Sunni Caliph, the Shia Caliph, the Ibadi Caliph, and the Kharijite Caliph. The Miaphysite Pope and Monophysite Pope do not count, nor do anti-popes. An extremely easy way to accomplish this is by selecting Seljuk in 1066 in the High Middle Ages bookmark, imprisoning the Sunni Caliph and executing. With Ghilman and initial available troops, rebellion is futile and guarantees easy imprisonment. |
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2.6 | VH | |
Peace in Our Time Enforce peace for 6 or more vassals. |
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Enforced Realm Peace for 6 vassals.
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Require actually ending at least 6 ongoing vassal wars. They can be revolts, faction or otherwise, as long as the two primary participants are both your direct vassals (whether temporarily because of the war, or not). Encourage vassal wars by transferring non-de jure counts, granting other duchies to counts under their de-jure duke, landing people with claims, pressing claims, etc. |
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2.5 | VH | |
Red Sea Resort Convert Mecca to Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism |
has the Rajas of India DLC enabled
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Can be done quickly by settling feudal in the county of Mecca as an Indian religion nomadic horde, if you have . As a nomad, completely destroying all holdings in Mecca will also change the county's religion.
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2.1 | VH | |
Saint Thomas's Dream Rule an Indian Kingdom or Empire as a Christian and convert all its provinces |
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Only requires the provinces of a held kingdom or empire outside your realm to be Christian. The kingdom or empire must be in the India region. The easiest way to fulfill this is to completely control any Indian kingdom as a Christian. (Use the "De jure Kingdoms" map mode to find small kingdoms.) As any large southern Indian realm, conquer Mahodayapuram, secretly convert to Nestorian, and personally adopt the faith. |
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2.1 | VH | |
Sakya Trizin Starting as the Count of Sakya in 1066, rule as an independent Buddhist King or Emperor and control all Buddhist Holy Sites. |
Is playing Count Khon Sherab Tsultrim of Sakya
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Primary title is a Kingdom or an Empire
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Try to marry/seduce your neighbor Tibet Queen (historical route by checking history in 1337). She won't accept a marriage at first though. |
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2.8 | VH |
Shadow Prince Sit on the council and have every other council member as well as the ruler owing you a favor. |
has the Conclave DLC enabled
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If a councilor will not let you buy a favor, try raising his opinion of you or perhaps changing your position. Your liege, the most expensive one, is more likely to accept when he is low on cash and at war. Buy favors from other powerful vassals and any heirs involved (which is cheapest), and try to get them on the council by killing or waiting out the intransigent ones. As a Companion (Level 2) member of the Assassins, the Intimidate Ruler option becomes available. Try a start with a relatively young ruler with a lot of land to tax, such as the Duke of Aquitaine in 1066. Or, start as an independent king and swear fealty to the HRE or ERE, but beware opinion maluses for different culture and religion. Requires Empowered Council law to enable Advisor minor title for Kingdom and Empire and they owe you favors as well as the five normal positions. |
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2.5 | VH | |
S.P.Q.R. As the Roman Empire, reclaim the old imperial borders |
Completely control all Duchies of Historical Roman Empire
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SPQR walkthrough. You must have a Christian or Hellenic religion. The conquests can be done as a nomad, but the nomad must settle down and become feudal in order to get the achievement. The achievement only requires the Roman Borders event which may be triggered with owning either the Byzantine Empire or the Roman Empire. |
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2.0 | VH | |
Steppe by Steppe As a steppe horde, conquer the whole steppe region. |
Has Government type Nomadic
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Have Nomadic government and control the Steppes region. To check the territory, you actually need to press the Find Title or Region button in the lower right corner, under the map and type Steppe region. If you think you should have gotten the achievement check again carefully every single barony/county for independent ones (Religious Orders etc.). |
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2.4 | VH | ||
The Black Bishop Fund an immoral bishop and get him elected Pope |
A  Theocratic vassal must have:
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the Theocratic vassal became  Pope via succession.
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You must contribute to the election fund, and the bishop must remain your vassal until he is made Pope. See Papal succession#Strategies or follow Elvaril's walkthrough. |
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2.0 | VH |
The British Raj Rule the Empire of Britannia as a Hindu, Buddhist or Jain character |
Has an Indian Religion.
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Is Hindu, Buddhist, or Jain
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Start as a Germanic character, use prepared invasion and county conquest CB to work your way to the Emperor of Britannia. Send troops to raid in India until you have captured a female Hindu, Buddhist or Jain prisoner. Take concubine and convert by decision when you're ready. Alternatively, play as a nomadic horde with HL and use missionaries or concubines to convert. |
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2.1 | VH |
The Caliphate Strikes Back Starting in the "High Middle Ages" bookmark as the Abbasid Caliph, become independent and hold an empire title |
Start date is 15.9.1066 High Middle Ages (1066)
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Expand in Fatimid territory if they falter. The Seljuks have a tendency to fall apart once Alp Arslan dies. |
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2.0 | VH | |
The One Who Brings Benefit As a Zoroastrian, become the prophesied Saoshyant |
Selected the  Become Saoshyant Decision
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Zoroastrian strategy
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2.0 | VH | |
White Hun Starting as the last remnant of the White Huns (the Count of Mohadavasaka in 769) restore the borders of the Hephthalite Empire. |
Is playing Count Thakur Toramana of Mohadavaska
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Primary title is a Kingdom or an Empire
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2.8 | VH | ||
Who Needs Vasco da Gama? Own all the silk route ports in india as a European merchant republic. |
has the Horse Lords DLC enabled
Completely controls the Provinces of:
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Your capital must be in the Europe or Asia Minor regions. Before patch 2.8, there are five coastal Silk road provinces in India, visible on the trade routes map: Debul, Navasarika, Mahoyadapuram, Vijayawada, and Candradvipa. You don't need to have trade posts built on the provinces for the achievement to fire. The revamp in patch 2.8 adds more counties: Goa, Cholamandalam, Kataka, and Samatata (replaces Candradvipa). |
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2.4 | VH | ||
Wise Guy Gain the Legendary Wisdom modifier |
Get the Legendary Wisdom modifier via the  Rulership focus events.
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Requires Administrator  lifestyle and 12 stewardship, (has an yearly pulse). Pick up the lifestyle with success in Rulership focus  . Alternatively, the Bey of Daylam in 1066 starts with the lifestyle trait, which may make it slightly easier to get the achievement. Once Administrator has been acquired, the focus is no longer necessary and does not increase the chance of receiving the Legendary Wisdom random event.
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2.3 | VH | ||
Aladdin Starting and staying as a Han Chinese character, be an independent King or Emperor and rule all of North Africa (the Maghreb region). |
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Must completely control the North Africa region. (There is no Maghreb region.) Requires Han culture at start and at end, but not in between. Han duke of Jiuquan in 867 is a good choice. He can break out of tributary immediately (civil war in China) and Tibet Empire is fragmented. Taoist religion cannot declare holy war, so becoming Sunni through marriage and later Shia, by joining the Assassins allows faster conquest. All playable Han rulers are either Taoist or Buddhist, and RoI DLC unlocks both, so the JD DLC is not required. |
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2.8 | I | |
A Servant No More As Mu’nis al-Muzaffar of Galilee in 867, become an Emperor and have at least 100 realm size. |
Is playing Emir Mu’nis of Galilee
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Is playing Emir Mu’nis of Galilee
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Mu'nis is a eunuch, so this must be done in his lifetime. Easiest as the Emperor of Abyssinia.
A quick strategy is to expand into East Africa since it is fragmented, try to first fabricate a claim on Trinkitat (in Blemmyia). Pick Theology focus
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2.8 | I | |
Khan of Khans Conquer continental Western Europe as the Mongol Empire, starting in "Age of the Mongols" bookmark |
Start date is 1220.2.1 Age of the Mongols (1220)
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owns the Mongol Empire
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Requires that all the counties and baronies be within your realm, within the empires of Russia, Tartaria, Wendish Empire, Carpathia, HRE, Italia, Byzantium, Francia, and Hispania. If you believe you should get the achievement, but you haven't, check the ledger for the Independent States. If there are any realms there other than yours, check them to see if they picked up a random barony and you have a county claim casus belli on them. |
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2.0 | I | |
"Never start a Land War in Asia" Start in Western Europe and completely conquer the region of Mongolia. |
Primary title is in Western Europe
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Completely controls the Eastern Steppe Region (Mongolia)
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Requires starting as a character with primary title in the Western Europe region, and controlling the Eastern Steppes region.
You need to build at least 2 levels of structures in a county's holdings to lock your hold on Nomad counties. Tribal works best, as they can field a large army even in the empty steppe. Easier with Horse Lords disabled, as the steppe is then entirely tribal. Sudreyjar in 867 is a solid choice: tribal, access to the Coastal County conquest for a fast bridgehead in the Baltics, and part of the Great Heathen Army. Create Ship Builders in your holdings and use the downtime to become King of Scotland, as a Kingdom title will stave off the worst from Gavelkind. Should you lose your capital, make a beeline for the civilized areas near the Taklamakan Desert. |
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Smash the Patriarchy As female Messalian/Bogomilist/Cathar Ruler own all 5 baronies which make up the Orthodox Pentarchies and have a female temple holder control them. |
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Hold the counties of Rome, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Constantinople directly, and leave wrong-religion bishops in the temple holdings, until you have all five and meet the other conditions. Then, revoke the temples. Lower the moral authority of the three Christian religions to help heresies to appear, or adopt the Christian religion and ask your Court Chaplain to research technology. Easiest as part of a regular Byzantine game, as the Emperor's daughters are always valid candidates for succession. | 2.7 | I | ||
Ten Thrones Have your dynasty rule 10 independent Feudal/Iqta/Monastic Feudal Kingdoms or Empires with at least 25 realm size each. You must be one of them. |
Primary title is a Kingdom or an Empire
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Use the Your Dynasty page of the Ledger and sort by realm size.
Abbasids in 769 have a lot of dynastic members and could create a lot of kingdoms. You can become Christian in order to create Jerusalem and grant your kinsmen independence. |
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What Schism? Convert both Rome and Constantinople to the same (Indian) religion |
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With Horse Lords, conquer the county of Rome and the county of Constantinople as an Indian religion nomadic horde, releasing all other non-nomadic land, and then settling feudal in one of the provinces. As long as population is over 1000 times the number of baronies in the other province, it will convert to your culture and religion. As a nomad, completely destroying all holdings in the two counties will also change the counties' religion. |
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