Guide overview

Beginning your game

• Major DLCs
• Start dates
• Interesting characters guide

Strategies

• Beginner's guide
• Advanced small start guide
• Reign of tyranny
• Expanding your realm
• Weakening rival realms
• Playing as a vassal
• Retiring a character
• The Art Of War

Characters

• Characters
  • Attributes
  • Health
  • Traits
  • Piety
  • Prestige
• Education
• Culture
• Succession
• Dynasty
• Opinion
• Tyranny
  • Banishment
  • Execution
  • Imprisonment
  • Title revocation
• Assassination
• Objectives
• Nicknames

Realm and Governance

• Feudalism
• Distribution of power guide
• Factions
• Demesne
• Council
• De jure
• Technology and technology guide
• Laws
• Courtiers
• Disease
• Decisions
• Regency
• Revolt

Titles

• Provinces
• Duchies
• Kingdoms
• Empires
• Titular title
• Assimilation

Economy and Holdings

• Economy
• Holdings and Construction guide
  • Castles (and Cultural buildings)
  • Cities
  • Temples
  • Tribes
  • Nomadic capital
  • Forts
  • Family palace
  • Trade post
  • Hospitals
• Merchant republic

Warfare

• Warfare
• Combat
• Combat tactics
• Levies
• Retinues
• Mercenaries
• Holy orders
• Sieges (within Warfare)
• Hordes
• Casus belli
  • Claims
  • Crusades, jihads and great holy wars
• The Art Of War

Diplomacy

• Diplomatic actions
• Alliances
• Marriage and Advanced marriage guide and breeding

Religion

• Religion
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Paganism
  • Zoroastrianism
  • Indian religions
• Piety
• Crusades, jihads and great holy wars
• Religious head
• Moral authority

Other Information

• Jargon
• Events
• Alerts
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Mods

Guides

Basic

Beginner's guide • Zoroastrians • Muslims • Pagans • Interesting characters guide • Jargon

Advanced

Advanced marriage guide • Advanced small start guide • Feudalism guide • Distribution of power guide