Crusader Kings III

Crusader Kings III

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Description
This is a collection of mods that can be used in Ironman game mode (essentially all mods) but may disable achievements. These mods are chosen to give QoL improvements and give the game a vanilla+ feeling.



l have another collection of mods that are Ironman AND Achievement compatible which can be found here: Ironman and Achievement compatible

All the mods in Ironman and Achievement compatible collection are also included in this one.

Please make sure to show your appreciation to the mod authors by liking, favoriting, and awarding the mods you enjoy!

This collection would not be possible without them!
Items (70)
199 Immersive Loading Screens
Created by Rhazak
Here's 199 loading screens from a large range of artists for you to enjoy. I've selected them carefully to make sure they fit with the game, mainly medieval era and no fantasy, tried to stay away from franchises such as Game of Thrones but some may have sn...
Beautiful Females
Created by PaleSoul
Is your wife so unattractive that you'd rather bang the pope? Is a tuberculosis victim looking more appealing than ever? Then this mod might be just what you need! ‎ This works with Ironman / achievements! https://i.imgur.com/shBO7Ua.png Q.) What does this...
CK2 Style Brighter Attributes II
Created by Nekrux
- CK Style Brighter Attributes II - I only removed icons related to the character sexuality to make it Achievements compatible - Thanks to Aj for the original mod - Ironman and Achievements compatible...
CK2 Style Colorful Education Traits
Created by Aj
If you like my work, consider donating to help me make more: https://ko-fi.com/ajbaj ***The vanilla game now has colored education traits, however the ones provided by this mod are still slightly more vibrant and more readable, so I still recommend using t...
CK2 Style Colorful Lifestyle Traits
Created by Aj
If you like my work, consider donating to help me make more: https://ko-fi.com/ajbaj IRONMAN AND ACHIEVEMENTS COMPATIBLE Replaces the lifestyle trait icons with ones that are colored based on the attributes they correspond to, like in Crusader Kings II. ht...
Clearer Marriage Icons
Created by RENDERVOX
IRONMAN COMPATIBLE (i.e. DOES NOT ALTER CHECKSUM / DISABLE ACHIVEMENTS) This mod color codes the 3 different marriage types (red = patrilineal, green = concubine, blue = matrilineal), because I kept finding it confusing to see yellow and green betrothal ic...
Fair Ladies
Created by lindest
"Faint heart ne’er won fair lady." ~English traditional This mod once used a conversion of "Fair Skin Complexion" by HHaleyy as a base. Thank you for permitting conversion! REMASTERED OCT 2024 and updated Jan 2025 This mod changes the appearance of the ski...
Fair Lords
Created by lindest
"But swich a knyghtly sighte trewely. As was on hym was nought withouten faille. To loke on Mars that god is of bataille." ~Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde" This mod once used a conversion of "Fair Skin Complexion" by HHaleyy as a starting point. Thank you...
Hair & Beards
Created by Clepta
Just got the update working let me know if the mods fucked. Some of the hair and beard variants I made while working on another bigger mod. Currently includes: 12 Female hairs 9 Male beard variants 9 Male hairs I haven't done rigging for crowns/caps/fat fa...
Lowborn Shields — BROKEN
Created by Wroke
Commoners! Regretting the purchase of that knock-off coat-of-arms from Plaguey Dave's Discount Escutcheons? Just itching for something a little more dignified whilst awaiting your long-deserved hoist into the aristocracy? Robust and lovingly crafted by our...
Numbered Speed Bar
Created by RENDERVOX
IRONMAN COMPATIBLE (i.e. DOES NOT ALTER CHECKSUM / DISABLE ACHIVEMENTS) Just a little mod to make the speed bar a easier to read. Makes the bars more square, and adds a roman numerals for ease of reading....
Title-Ranked Portrait Borders (Ironman)
Created by MacAwesome
This mod replaces the ranked corner triangles of portraits with full borders, more like CK2, and which are easier to see. This mod only edits a gfx file, making it IRONMAN COMPATIBLE. The top border will clip over top large headpieces (see the Emperor in t...
Better European Coats of Arms
Created by Big Sandwich
IRONMAN COMPATIBLE NOT ACHIEVEMENT COMPATIBLE NOT SAVE GAME COMPATIBLE 1.5.0.1 COMPATIBLE Adds more interesting and more accurate coats of arms to various European dynasties and titles (521 additional unique gfx files have been added, many of which are use...
More Holding Graphics
Created by Scratchmen
More Holding Graphics is a mod for Crusader Kings 3 that revamps holding visuals, making your game world more immersive and culturally rich. This mod expands beyond the vanilla assets by introducing new holding images and 3D models, including culture-speci...
Nameplates
Created by FUN
The Nameplates mod helps you distinguish who's who in the event. Characters show their names, opinions, relations, and titles below. In addition, it disables tooltips in events. You can show them by pointing to the names. https://i.imgur.com/zLF7fUp.png Th...
Expanded Alerts
Created by Sonderkugel
A mod which makes some important notifications like child guardianship alerts instead of being under the issues tab. I may add more alerts for different things if I learn how to mod CK3 better, suggestions and feedback welcome. For now it doesn't seem like...
Better Character UI
Created by BlackShip
Family Page -Move Secondary Spouse to row 2 (only show if you have Secondary Spouse) -Move Consorts to row 3 (only show if you have Consorts ) -Now Secondary Spouse can work with Consorts -Add scroll function -Make Consort & Secondary Spouse clickable like...
[Abandoned] Colored Tiers (Titles)
Created by Karax
Colored tiers/titles for emperor/king/duke/count/baron. Emperor - purple King - gold Duke - blue Count - green Baron - red Color are defined in file 2245860963\gui\titleformatting.gui (thank you @Ac566 :) ) Color are tier based, but some local-specific nam...
Movable Suggestions
Created by Kozonak
Lets you move the Suggestions window wherever you want. Features: - can drag it anywhere - remembers position on reopen - stays on screen under most floating windows - a bit wider than standard Last checked and working: version 1.16.2.3 GitHub...
GenderIcons
Created by zebez
Adds simple gender icons....
No More Interactions (final)
Created by twitch.tv/HSLERTV
This mod simply moves the additional interactions, which are usually hidden behind the "more" field into the main interface. Thanks to "Vaso Peras-Likodric" for updating version! Enjoy!...
Remove Child Cap (For Players)
As of upload, the hard cap on the number of children is approximately fifteen, depending on a variety of factors. This mod removes said limit. Theoretically, if one lives long enough and holds on to a high enough fertility value, any Player character would...
Community Flavor Pack
Created by El Tyranos
Community Flavor Pack aims to add a lot of historical portrait accessories for your characters, filling the many cultural lacks of vanilla CKIII. Dress up for war or court as you would be between 867 and 1453, impress your friends and subjects. https://i.i...
[Deprecated] Minor Titles
Created by Anão Grande
! Read This First ! This mod changes how the Council works, so you should know that mods that also change the Council will not be compatible. Also if you are applying this mod to an ongoing save, or a previous version of Minor Titles, the new titles will o...
Brighter Attributes
Created by Stoo
Just a simple mod. I slightly increased the saturation and brightness of the attributes (background and icons), because I found the original colouring too grey. Ironman and achievment compatible....
Interaction Icon Project Lite
Created by Lucas182
Adding icons to CK3 one interaction at a time. It always bothered me how just a few interactions got icons while the vast majority were left blank. Thankfully Paradox made it very easy to mod new icons in. I also love that they've started populating those....
Bolder Borders
Created by AntTac
Just a small edit that makes the Barony and County Borders more bold....
Lartigue's Upscale Project
https://i.imgur.com/JWslEEb.png https://i.imgur.com/Z5CI6Lt.png Welcome to Lartigue's Upscaled Project! It is a simple mod that drastically enhances ingame texture quality, achieved through AI Upscaling! PSA: This mod is aimed at >1080p players. With FHD o...
Darker Water
Created by Impulse
It makes the water darker... Achievement Compatible Get The Brighter Water Borders Here: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2789731233 "전략게임충 Feb 18 @ 3:16am There are many mods related to water, but this one looks the best"...
A Better Cartographic Map
Created by MobJay
IRONMAN COMPATIBLE Same map with blue water. Now you have options in the downloaded files, you can choose this map without monsters or the original without monsters. Rename the map you want to "flatmap". ------------------- Mesmo mapa com água azul. Você t...
Cadet Branch Difficulty Game Rules
Created by CDirkx
Adds two game rules to change the difficulty of creating a cadet branch: Create Cadet Branch Difficulty Normal: Creating a cadet branch is unchanged. Harder: Creating a cadet branch is harder, with the extra requirements: You are an Emperor, King or indepe...
Better Barbershop
Created by Agami
Green screens, hotkeys, color picker support, body modification, fixes for UI scaling and more RESUBSCRIBE if you're crashing when clicking more interactions. You can also delete the old mod files manually, click the three dots in the launcher to open the ...
Doctor Tweak - AI Will More Often Hire Court Physicians
Created by Morven
Doctor Tweak - AI Will More Often Hire Court Physicians The AI will more often take the Hire Court Physician decision and hire court physicians. Doctorless no more every AI court will survive, thrive, and be maimed in surgery, by court physicians in a worl...
VIET Events - A Flavor and Immersion Event Mod
Created by cybrxkhan
https://i.imgur.com/cXkUgOc.jpg Current Version: 1.17.0 "Chancellor" (Released 9/9/25, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.17.X) Discord Server for my mods Official Website for my mods Paradox Forum Thread Manual Download/Installation available on Github Parad...
Better Executions
Created by Larry
Choose your method of Execution. This mod overhauls executions in Crusader Kings III: Choose from 8 new methods of executing your prisoners (see below) Execution sounds from Crusader Kings II Shows exactly how a character died when you check their tooltip ...
Cat's Coat of Arm Family & Title 1.11
" Save file not compatible " " Precedence mod required " Use Google Translator Update (2023_11_14) Family and title CoA rework for Byzantium, Khazaria Some CoA Fix Description Many titles in Crusader Kings 3 come with randomized coats of arms, mostly due t...
Enchanced Zoom(discontinued)
Created by Xangelo7
Main uses A simple mod that allows you to zoom in a little bit further. The main objective of this mod is to give you a better overview of the units Compatibility ! - This mod is not Ironman Compatible, due to the way the checksum is calculated. and may no...
Knight Manager
Created by Lrds
"Your heir died in battle!" How often have your loved ones died a brutal death in battle, because you forgot to tell them that they did not have to fight? This mod prevents their death and saves you a lot of time. The Knight Manager adds a settings menu to...
More Mapmode Buttons
Created by Chrysis
Updated for CK3 'Argent' patch 1.2 This mod adds a few mapmode button icons to the mapmode selector: - Politcal Mode (Solid realm colors) - Terrain Mode (No colored borders) - Diplomatic Range Mode (Not a diplomacy mapmode) This retains the default realms ...
Ultimate Tooltip Framework
Created by Dratoran
LAST UPDATED FOR TOURS AND TOURNAMENTS DLC - 05-19-2023 This shows you additional information about a character when looking at their health / the heart on their character page or the character finder. The base version features health, fertility and stress...
Regional Immersion and Cultural Enrichment (RICE)
Created by cybrxkhan
https://i.imgur.com/lI1WhRZ.jpg Current Version: 1.17.0.a Hotfix for "Makuria" (Released 10/3/25, Compatible with vanilla patch 1.17.X) Newest Flavor Pack: Nubia: Heirs of Kush Next Flavor Pack: Mayo: Heather and Yew (Maybe, depending on AUH release date) ...
Lulu's Events
Created by p.l.hebert
Series of low-key events (690 by now) to bring a little more variety to peace time. This mod is compatible with version 1.13.x and all DLCs. However it does not use unique DLC features. Thanks to Askil for permitting the use of his quality additional new b...
Community Title Project
Created by TheGib770
The mod is currently in a rewrite that allows much more compatibility and flexibility of titles and names. You can see the progress on the discord. Community Title Project is a historical overhaul mod that aims to enhance your CK3 immersive experience by d...
Count to II (Discontinued)
Created by Sir Lemonvoid
A simple mod that grants count's regnal numerals too. E.g: Instead of being called Count Eustace of Boulogne (The same as your father), you will be called Count Eustace II of Boulogne Not Ironman compatible Alt-Download: https://drive.google.com/drive/fold...
More Game Rules
Created by Neutrino
Customize your experience with more game rules! This mod currently adds the following game rules, with more to come: Playable Governments Shattered Realms AI Seduction, Intrigue, and Aggressiveness Matrilineal Marriage De Jure Empires Cadet Branches Fervor...
Extended Nicknames
Created by Anão Grande
Overview: Extended Nicknames is a mod that extends the amount of nicknames present in the game. Tired of the same boring nicknames like "the Foolish" or "the Heartbreaker", and even so appearing only a handful of times? Well this mod is for you, in it's cu...
Faith Icon Overhaul
Created by ♂PunishedAniki♂
Currently on 500+ Icons more than vanilla. - Immersive Edition Feel free to ask for suggestions, I plan on making another version that will have this mod + all kinds of new icons that people might want to see for their game. Extravaganza Edition - https://...
Dharmachakra
Created by Herkles
Dharmachakra is a flavor mod for CK3 focused on the Indian Subcontient and the neighboring regions of Burma and Tibet, as well as the Dharmic Religions of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism and religions influenced by them. Overview of features These are some...
Muslim Enhancements
Created by Ace
This mod aims to make playing in the Islamic World a much more well-rounded and historically immersive experience. If you would like to support my efforts to maintain and add to this mod, please visit my patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/muslimenhancemen...
Abdication
Created by Keschbo
This mod makes it possible to abdicate as a desperate ruler (or just when you feel like it). In addition, vassals can be forced to abdicate if you have a certain authority level. There have been a few other mods that have implemented this feature, but they...
Displayed Birth and Death Dates
Created by MacAwesome
This mod adds birth and death dates (and death reason) to the character window. In vanilla, birthdates are viewable when hovering the age for living characters, the death date is viewable by hovering the age for dead characters, and likewise the death reas...
Extended Family Actions
Created by PeteCrighton
Adds several entries regarding your extended family to the Current Situation notifications. So far included: - Designate a guardian for every close or extended family member (instead of only your children) - Extended family can get married (instead of only...
The Barons' Wars
Created by Lrds
Allows baron level vassals to revolt against their liege (and join factions). In vanilla CK3, barons are much less important than they were in CK2. This is not only because they don't do a lot of things, but mostly because they don't matter: If you don't l...
Petty Inheritable Traits
Created by buddykenner
This mod adds 18 new inheritable traits, 11 good, 5 bad, 2 neutral. The traits are meant to give a small to moderate bonus without being as strong as the vanilla traits. Trait Name Effect Opposite Trait/s Silver Tongued +2 Diplomacy +5 Attraction Opinion S...
Duplicate Icon Project (UNSUPPORTED)
Created by Lucas182
THIS MOD IS NO LONGER IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE USE INTERACTION ICON PROJECT INSTEAD. CK3 has too many duplicate icons. One red rose for SIX interactions? The dynasty symbol for EIGHT interactions?! No.. no... no.... --- With the vast majority of dupli...
Crusader Kings II Music - Complete
Created by ManicMayo
Welcome to the Complete Collection of music from Crusader Kings II, for Crusader Kings III! This mod should contain all music ever released for Crusader Kings II, around 100 unique tracks, including those not released separately as part of the Holy Fury an...
Chinese headgear and clothing(Stop updating)
Created by
Chinese headgear and clothing(For various reasons, this MOD has stopped updating) Content: 1. Increase Chinese headgear: all kinds of FuTou,Pinjinze(a chinese cap for low military officer),Wubian(a chinese cap for high military officer),Lotus hat,Sage hat,...
Abdication
Created by Slightly Productive
Grants you the ability to abdicate the throne while continuing on as your heir, as well as the option to force your vassals to abdicate, however doing so will make them your rival so be careful! I'm no longer maintaining this mod, feel free to use it or it...
More Faith Icons_Updated
Created by 麻婆豆腐~
This is a link to the original work of the original author: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2218762855&searchtext=More+Faith+Icons I got the endorsement by the author,I will try to keep it work from on. Is this achievements compatibl...
Farewell, Chaplain!
Created by Feivel
This mod provides you with a non violent alternative to get rid of your ungifted Realm Priest by asking your Head of Faith for an audience in which you request transfer and replacement of the cleric in question. To get audienced you will have to pay an amo...
Clear Notifications
Created by Agami
Adds a button with F hotkey to clear all notifications. The clear button can be moved to the right and notifications can be disabled completely, if you wish. Reenable them by pressing an arrow above the mapmodes or through a decision. Should be compatible ...
coat of arms fix
Created by BigBen
Support 1.5 5.5 add dynamic coat of arms of some German family. 5.4 Now compatible with the difficulty to create cadet branch mod. please give feedback if something wrong. 4.8 fixed some bug If you enable main mod , do not enable part packages Mod Content ...
Ethnicities & Portraits Expanded
Created by Celticus
https://imgur.com/bDhb5Ty.png THE MOD IS 1.16.2.3 COMPATIBLE! Ethnicities and Portraits Expanded is an expansive project aiming to bring the world of Crusader Kings 3 to life with a wide selection of custom ethnicities and custom 3D assets. From the Zoroas...
IR Terrain
Created by Yuk1nar1
Change the texture of the terrain and some map objects using the texture from the Imperator: Rome....
Resizable Interactions
Created by Agami
Lets you resize the interactions menu, for smaller screens or bigger UI scaling. Also lets you collapse categories, by clicking the arrows. Right-click to toggle all Includes Barbershop for Everyone, since they use the same file....
Extended Outliner
Created by FUN
The Extended Outliner mod helps you keep tracking pinned characters. Outliner shows their coats of arms, military strength, hooks, and more. For advanced users: 1. You can switch between two modes. To do so, right-click the top bar that says Pinned Charact...
Silk Road
Created by dejar
Silk Road, Trans-Saharan trade routes It is similar to the trade route of CK2. trade route give bonus to tax. trade route has trade value. and trade post affect trade value. occupation and raid will decrease trade value for a while... that sort of things. ...