CK3 Beginner's Guide To Becoming An Emperor Even Grandma Would Understand

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*USE THE TIMESTAMPS*
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:27 - Run #1: Starting Ruler
0:03:02 - Run #1: Opening Moves
0:11:55 - Run #1: First Wars
0:26:29 - Run #1: First Dutchy Title & First Vassal
0:39:20 - Run #1: Becoming A King
0:41:04 - Run #1: Accolades (They are really OP)
0:49:43 - Run #1: How to get LAND instead of VASSALS from dutchy wars
0:52:20 - Run #1: Getting invaded by Vikings while in another war
0:57:23 - Run #1: Taking Big Chunks of Land on the Big Island
0:59:02 - Run #1: Dealing With Peasant Uprising
0:59:56 - Run #1: Educating Our Heir
1:03:50 - Run #1: Long Term Vassal Planning
1:29:47 - Run #1: Upgrading Buildings (finally)
1:34:31 - Run #1: A War, Rebellion and Viking Invasion at once
1:50:38 - Run #1: Raiding for Prestige and declaring Kingdom Level war
1:55:20 - Run #2: Start of the 2nd Run
2:07:02 - Run #2: First Wars
2:09:29 - Run #2: Take Advantage of Prisoners
2:11:56 - Run #2: Assign Marshall to Increase Control
2:19:41 - Run #2: Toggle Wife for Stats Boost
2:20:30 - Run #2: Upgrading to Dutchy Rank
2:21:23 - Run #2: Picking First Lifestyle Perk
2:22:06 - Run #2: Creating 1st Vassal
2:23:58 - Run #2: Truces & How To Avoid Them
2:25:03 - Run #2: Single Female Prisoners are the Best
2:26:25 - Run #2: How to Properly Manage first vassal
2:27:08 - Run #2: Becoming A King
2:29:21 - Run #2: Dealing with Viking Invasion
2:31:02 - Run #2: Creating First Accolade
2:32:59 - Run #2: Taking More Than 1 Piece of Land Per War
2:36:07 - Run #2: Ireland Conquest Done, Start Attacking Main Island
2:37:48 - Run #2: Planning for Succession with 3 Sons
2:41:36 - Run #2: Dealing With Peasant Uprising Rebellion
2:43:28 - Run #2: Educating Primary Heir
2:48:22 - Run #2: DON'T Usurp title, Wait To Create Title
2:55:46 - Run #2: Don't Pick Level 1 Dynasty Legacy
2:57:08 - Run #2: Combat Vs. Large Enemies
3:01:21 - Run #2: How to Convert Gold Into Prestige
3:06:40 - Run #2: Raid When There Aren't Good War Targets
3:10:00 - Run #2: Satisfying 2nd & 3rd Sons' Succession Through Gifted Titles
3:15:31 - Run #2: Sending Kids To Death To Avoid Succession Issues
3:18:24 - Run #2: Massive War for England
3:20:55 - Run #2: Why Marrying Older Women Is Better
3:28:33 - Run #2: Dealing With Worst Case Scenario (War, Viking Invasion, Rebellion, Ruler Death All At Once)
3:41:27 - Run #2: Declaring Multiple Wars At The Same Time
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@Mstrzelecki Ай бұрын

The title sold me. If even a GRANDMA can understand this guide, then I am in the right place! Thank you for all the insightful information.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Lol exactly! That's the hope anyhow :)

@ItIsYouAreNotYour Ай бұрын

You get it now, sunny!? After learning this we took out a bigger life insurance policy.

@dualrotorhelicopter Ай бұрын

thank you so much, that matrilineal courtier thing is invaluable to know

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Yeah it's huge! There are a ton of ways to get good courtier, but that's probably the easiest and most reliable way

@shannon208 Ай бұрын

Us Grandpa's feelin sad...we have brains too! :) Still happy to watch and learn.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Lol maybe I should have made this one grandpa since the other video was grandma :P

@andrehenderson7820 25 күн бұрын

I used your guide for taking over Ireland even though I had to do it a bit slower but after my adulterous son and his wife got killed my grandson is suddenly the king of France and I was overwhelmed 😭

@Strat-Guides 24 күн бұрын

Oh wow! That sounds like a huge success :D

@trustdad3786 Ай бұрын

I bought CK3 Royal court yesterday and when starting i was overwelmed, not knowing what to do or start. Looked up some vids but they where all plain basic. But then i got this one. 3H.45M of explanations! I watched the full lenght and i just got king of Ireland. I actually understand what i am doing! I hope you make another one with slight more indept mechanics, like setting up the royal court or how to play UNDER a Liege bc i got stuck on what to do. Keep it up!!

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Nice, I'm happy to hear that! I know it's a big video, but I did my best to add timestamps and split it up into logical sections to make it easier to digest. If you want something a bit more in-depth, I made a "Everything I learned" video last year from a world conquest campaign I ran. There are a TON of good nuggets in there, but it's not like this where it goes in the exact order. It's long as well, but I put timestamps on everything so skip around :)

@Largecow_Moobeast Ай бұрын

Playing along with a guide, is how I learned HOI4, honestly if you have a job it might be the only way to learn a paradox game in any kind of a reasonable timebox.

@PoisonI.V. Ай бұрын

Oh hell yes, i fucking love Irish starts in CK3. Still feels casual enough to be called tutorial Island, but more involved than in CK2

@DBVP Ай бұрын

35:25 the marshal that got killed was also commanding your army. You forgot to assign the new marshal or yourself as commander of the army before going back into battle. Great seeing another one of your guides! 🥳

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Lol woops, that makes sense!

@innieplays Ай бұрын

What an awseome informative video! I absolutely LOVE your "Grandma" guides and they are so so helpful! I find myself "knowing" what to do in the beginning, but then I hit a stalemate where I just dont kow what to do any more. The whole granting lands and the succession thing is something I struggle with so that was very helpful to me and I learned a lot. It was also informative to see that you could just throw the AI off by going close and kinda just playing chicken with him hehe.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear these are helpful! Paradox games can be tough to learn, especially if you don't have 50 - 100 hours to dedicate to it.

@AlexTClark Ай бұрын

I have over 2000 hours in ck3 so I already employ 99% of the strategies and maxims present in this video, however, I had no idea you could sort by prowess in the marriage screen. For over 2k hours I have sorted by martial and clicked through the candidates manually to find the ones that happen to also have decent prowess. Even though I cringed at tiny things being forgotten from time to time, the level of care and thought put into this video make it very very worth the runtime. Well done

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I bet you were bored out of your mind lol but I appreciate it. Yeah I left a lot out as this was supposed to be for beginner/intermediate players who are trying to get the hang of things. I've got a World conquest guide that has a lot more advanced stuff in it

@DerpaholicGaming Ай бұрын

Explaining as you go and the pace your going at for whatever reason made this game so much easier to understand. Good stuff mang! Edit: I was really confused on the Accolades thing because I didn't have the "tours and tournaments" expansion and it took me a bit to figure out why I didnt have access to it.

@Oroberus Ай бұрын

"Merry him off to someone that's old" "Yeah, 35, that's perfect" xD

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Well we don't want them TOO old, cause they won't have any kids :)

@azurehelix2269 Ай бұрын

"Make sure you toggle your wife" 😂

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

giggidy

@joeytoofly5139 Ай бұрын

You give some extremely good tutorials. I'm digging the ck3 content.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Glad this was helpful!

@lungkoygallo7351 Ай бұрын

Instructions unclear it became a Largest galactic empire of the Galaxy

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Lol wrong game :D

@CallMeAl411 Ай бұрын

thanks to this run 1 guide i got to conquer all of Britannia and then move on to conquer most of Europe within 60 or so years.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Wow that's huge! Nice work :D

@krizcillz Ай бұрын

The game is easy to steamroll, it's succession which is hard

@CallMeAl411 Ай бұрын

Yeah I rushed to get the king title then distribute the titles then emperor title as soon as I could, was able to keep it good for 2 deaths, but am probably gonna loose 3 Dutchies in Ireland to my 3 sons do to being a tribal still.

@JacubMorris Ай бұрын

Started my first play through following your last guide and managed to secure all of Brittania but now stuck with my grandson as the ruler and he is a horribly rolled lol. Been fun, so excited to check out this video

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Nice, that's a big accomplishment for a first run! Yeah bad heirs are tough to deal with

@lucasZr113 Ай бұрын

Damn, respect for your work bro

@liviuursegr Ай бұрын

Now you tell me you can reroll children's traits👀 Great video. Although I have over 1000 hours of gameplay, I still found plenty of useful info. You're awesome👑

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Good question - I'm pretty sure that's RNG until it actually happens, so if you savescum you can probably reroll the traits. I'm just thinking back to when I've crashed around the time they come of age and I'm almost positive that happens. I remember either getting a good trait, then crashing and getting a bad one and being pissed or the opposite lol

@joshuavang3078 Ай бұрын

Bro I needed this definitely saving it

@alexanderanderson-ip6dx Ай бұрын

At 32:55 I was thinking in my head the exact words you said😂 Reminds me of mowing down armies with hordes of fians

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Only in CK3, the Fians are cheap too! :D

@toker93 Ай бұрын

Just started playing this and streaming a Game of Thrones playthrough. The timing is perfect! Going to consume this.

@Jacob-nw5oh Ай бұрын

Thanks These "Grandma" guides got me into Crusader Kings 3 - I never thought id have the mental capacity to ever get into a Paradox game. I ask that you continue to make these "Grandma" games on other Paradox games Specifically HOI4 if you ever get the time

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Glad to hear they are helping! It's a complicated game, but only because there are thousands of options. For me personally, I can't handle that much when I first start so I do the same thing when I learn a new game. Ignore 90% and learn the core 10% really well. My goal is to cover all the paradox games at some point! I've only got a couple hundred hours into hoi4 but once I have time to focus on it, I'll make Grandma videos for it (and eu4)

@sumandwivedi2852 Ай бұрын

Your gameplay is really good

@MrRandsu Ай бұрын

What a great video, the tutorial gets you on your feet but this shows you how to walk, thank you

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Glad this was helpful!

@Bethgael Ай бұрын

"52, you're about to die". Me, 53... "Oh." Maybe I should go back to getting Foehammer in BG3 again. ~ RL Grandma. :D Seriously, though, good guide. I like Desmond as a start, but there's usually a kinda useless heir, even if your starter bloke is pretty good.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I really like the positioning of Desmond as well, but the heir can be tough to deal with.

@dannyo543 Ай бұрын

Your humour is on point 👌

@littledh7516 Ай бұрын

Found you on your main account bc of your „Cancer-Raid“-video. I‘m in love with your Ck3 guides. Most of the other guide videos just talking too much and still say less, but you coming straight to the point. Much love from Germany

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Oh nice, I'm glad you're finding my guides helpful! Danke Shoen :D

@littledh7516 Ай бұрын

I‘m so sorry… my gf made my phone autocorrect „Love“ to hate and forgot to change it back 😂

@littledh7516 Ай бұрын

Anyway I’d love to watch a let’s play of you conquering the entire world again. No time skips, just pure gameplay

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

@@littledh7516 my next ck3 video will either be a Feudal only world conquest or a champion only world conquest. I'm not sure either are possible so I need to do some testing and research first lol but they sound like fun! I'll make sure there's a full let's play with any campaign I do moving forward. The cancer campaign i couldn't do voice over because my kids were going nuts lol but since we moved, I have an office built into the garage and they can't get in there :)

@littledh7516 Ай бұрын

@@Strat-GuidesYou got my full support 🤌🏼

@Deathelement53 11 күн бұрын

Gonna need more of this

@bahutoopa1190 Ай бұрын

You are probably the only “guides” channel I would trust blindly. You never fail to impress with your guides. Although, I would love to see you making more in depth guides and more advance guides for CK3, literally everyone has basic and beginner friendly guide. Would love to see some rags to riches or playing tall guides

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm not sure if you've seen it yet, but I made a World Conquest guide late last year on this channel. It covers several advanced techniques like stacking modifiers, hybrid cultures and creating/reforming religions. I plan on making more guides for CK3 this year!

@bahutoopa1190 Ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guides yes I have seen all your ck3 guides and infact I sometimes listen to it as podcast if I am returning to the game after awhile. When you explain stuff, its kind of therapeutic for me. Looking forward to your ck3 videos!! I would say bannerlord as well but I kind of moved on from that game

@AndreOliveira-hz3tq 19 күн бұрын

Amazing video 🙏

@Strat-Guides 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@demonicsquid7217 Ай бұрын

"52, you're about to die." Man, like an arrow through a hole in my trousers.

@chonky2129 7 күн бұрын

“We cut this guys foot off so that’s pretty cool.” 💀

@thefourfourfour9512 Ай бұрын

Before you press play at start its always good to start a personal scheme , be it learning a language or romantic pursuit. No time to waste

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Yeah that's a great point - I always forget until several years in lol

@new_ale Ай бұрын

My Bannerlord hero rescues me as soon as I buy CK3

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Nice, good luck with CK3! Just keep in mind, there is a lot of RNG in this game and sometimes you just get dumped on by the AI while other runs you'll have 0 problems rolling everyone. If you get stuck or ganged up on, just restart and try again. Don't give up!

@cavemann_ Ай бұрын

>Beginner's Guide >3:45:17 hours long 😭

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

It's technically half that length, but I decided to put both play throughs depending on which one you might need help with more. The smooth run is easier to follow, but the 2nd playthrough is more accurate since this game loves to dump problem after problem on you at the same time lol I also put a ton of timestamps to help jump around to the spots you might be struggling with the most.

@cavemann_ Ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guides That's very cool of you. I just can't get over the fact that Paradox Games need feature length movies as tutorials to even start playing 😂

@SFTaYZa Ай бұрын

@@cavemann_ feature length is 90 minutes

@user-vp1bp5iy5i Ай бұрын

Great video mate, can you make challenge video hoi4😊?, i just like watching your video playing game.

@JT-yl9yt Ай бұрын

This is exactly why I just hit all my adjacent enemies on tribal 866 start I never want enemies sieging my capital for free.

@riotrecker8978 17 күн бұрын

Using the first version of this video where you only took over Ireland I invaded all of Britannia and subjugated Norway, also placed one of my kids on the kingdom of Brittany, Albion has risen

@Strat-Guides 17 күн бұрын

Holy crap, that's a big expansion! Well done :) Subjugating Norway is a big move - time for all of Scandinavia next!

@ukaszgrzesik7231 Ай бұрын

This just begs for "out of context" compilation!

@johncalabria1607 Ай бұрын

There used to be a series for Arumba’s old ck2 series. I remember one about the Ethiopian Jews that was pretty funny

@vauha27 Ай бұрын

Wich version and which DLCs are used?

@MrStallion Ай бұрын

hello. very good tutorial but i have a question. i have truce with someone but he raided me even when we have a truce :D what should i do ?

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

So the truce means you attacked them, but they can still raid you. You can try to catch them while they are raising (raise army in the red flag, send them into the raiders and profit). Otherwise you just have to wait until the truce is over and then attack them again.

@MrStallion Ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guides aaah ok thank you

@nikolapetrovic3502 17 күн бұрын

This game is most based. You play as a real person and manage your family. Only resources which are important are levies and money. Most similar to real life

@bioshockcu Ай бұрын

would you happen to make a eu4 video like this in the future?

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

I do plan on making a video like this for each of the Paradox games! I've got close to 5k hours into EU4 so that should be an easy one. I've got a couple hundred into HOI4 so I need more time with that and Stellaris 0 hours - need more time :)

@UCeagle79 Ай бұрын

Do you ever do multiplayer games? Ive started trying them and they are fun. all different ways to play and gives the game a challenge again.

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

I haven't tried any Paradox game online, but it does seem like a lot of fun! I've seen a few videos and they get up to some wacky stuff lol

@gamingpotato7525 9 күн бұрын

So why is it keeping the vassals in charge of what I’m capturing I’m so lost 😅

@Strat-Guides 9 күн бұрын

When you look at the person you're declaring war against, you have to look at the land they PERSONALLY own, the land they directly control. Personally controlling land is not the same as "Realm within your kingdom" which basically means you own the highest title, but someone else owns the actual land. If you declare on someone, you can only get the land they directly own, but anyone else will become a vassal of yours. If you declare war for a dutchy that the rulers doesn't own anything in, you'll get 100% vassals. If they own all the land within a dutchy, then your dutchy war will give you direct ownership of all those lands. Hopefully that helps clear it up!

@donovanritchie5220 25 күн бұрын

Wait so how come do you have a casus belli against literally every single county and Dutchy and everyone, but I have to wait 9 months for my bishop to forge one? Like what am I doing wrong why can you declare war left and right while I have to wait forever between every single declaration I’m confused

@Strat-Guides 25 күн бұрын

It's because you're picking the later start date, which forces you into a Feudal government. At the start of the video I mentioned talking the earlier start date of 867 which let's you play as a tribal government who don't need CB to declare war on everyone. It's really strong in the early game and makes learning the game so much easier!

@bistendope 13 күн бұрын

3:04:52 lol I heard "They got pride month, we got hormones"

@bigmilkonhiship35 Ай бұрын

Good morning sir strat gaming guides

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Good morning!

@fatbasementdweller Күн бұрын

With the new legitimacy mechanic, it really hits you hard if you marry a commoner woman. Are the stats still worth that hit or should we just find the best spouse from a noble house?

@VICTOR03X Ай бұрын

More ck3 please

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

I've got more challenges and guides coming this year for CK3!

@janovichbrocov2388 12 күн бұрын

I have a big guestion how do i get the acollade? Im a King And i dont have it.

@Strat-Guides 12 күн бұрын

You didn't make a custom ruler and go over the points or anything? I think most games default to allow achievements so unless you messed with the settings, it should pop up

@ioakeimpapathomas2739 Ай бұрын

Im wondering how do you declare wars without casus beli?

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

It's because we're starting as a Tribal Government, which gets a CB against anyone in diplomatic range. That's why I recommend starting as Tribal when you're first learning the game - it simplifies things a lot!

@ioakeimpapathomas2739 Ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guides Thank you! Great guide

@jolamber Ай бұрын

Me with 400+ hours in the game. Ahh yes this is for me

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Lol hopefully there was something interesting here for you, but I have my doubts :P

@jolamber Ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guidesactually has good useful info 👍🏻

@blowintrees61 20 сағат бұрын

anyone have any ideas for raising legitimacy w/out DLC?

@ikeabeancan1717 Ай бұрын

Alba is honestly the worst thing to deal with Love starting at Desmond, really difficult start for this strictly due to Alba If you couldn't tell, I really dislike Alba

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Somehow they always manage to get strong alliances. I also hate assaulting their lands - mountains and low supply everywhere!

@McDudes 12 күн бұрын

Need one for EU4

@McCorkleRhetorical Ай бұрын

1:50:39 CHONKY FRISIA

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

I didn't even notice that, that's huge compared to their start!

@nam430 Ай бұрын

woppaaaaaaaa

@tekknight6720 19 күн бұрын

Why no custom ruler???

@Strat-Guides 19 күн бұрын

I did that in the previous Grandma guide for ck3 and felt like everyone was ready for a bit more of a challenge :)

@Robula Күн бұрын

Why do you say that council members have to be all male (except Spymaster)?

@missfunerella 12 күн бұрын

“She’s 28, she’s not young.” As a thirty something year old woman I’m glaring at you. 😂

@keplersmash6993 Ай бұрын

Do you use any DLC's

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Yeah I usually get all of them except the cosmetic ones. Typical paradox, I don't really know which mechanics are base game and which are DLC, but I didn't do any advanced things so hopefully it's all base game

@keplersmash6993 Ай бұрын

thanks@@Strat-Guides

@PhatRobsOils Ай бұрын

12:04 you never even explain how to create the rally point..................

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

It should be there when you start the game since you have only 1 county. It's hard to find it later in the game when you own half the map, but for now it should be there. If you can't find it, click on your military tab (top right of the screen, red swords) and then look to the bottom left to see the red flag. You can click on it there, then click on the location on the map you want it to pop up. Sorry for the confusion!

@SweetuPatel72 Ай бұрын

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

Guten Tag

@SweetuPatel72 Ай бұрын

@@Strat-Guides bonjour

@f0rgiv3n.. 5 күн бұрын

24:00

@TomSmith-bh5tz Ай бұрын

Strat- great video- forget bannerlord-not worth your time, it only crashes. crashed for 4 years for me-unplayable then unplayable now. Many New games coming out this year- much better than BL. So play them also and CK3. A lot of good mods out for CK3. You don't need to be a purist- mods are now integral to gameing/expected. Thanks

@okerbel Ай бұрын

Bro 4 hrs?

@Strat-Guides Ай бұрын

It's actually half that, but I decided to put both runs together in one video and give people the choice. I also put a TON of timestamps so you can skip to the parts that are most helpful without needing to watch the whole thing.