What changed in Crusader Kings II in 2016

Ability to remove 'Slothful' trait and gain 'Diligent' by donating money.

Increased fertility and health for members.

Chance to lose negative traits and gain positive ones over time.

Members focus on learning, piety, and good deeds, with various activities to improve traits.

Religious province conversion speed increased and bonus to 'Hunt Heretics' job.

Faster religious province conversion and bonus to 'Hunt Heretics' job.

More income from Temple vassals for these orders.

Added Catholic, Orthodox, Miaphysites, Nestorians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains orders.

Opinion bonus with other Jains for members.

Increased income from Temple vassals.

Opinion bonus with other Jains.

Members focus on learning, piety, and good deeds, with various activities to improve traits.

Reduced revolt risk for members.

Higher fertility and health for members.

Members can lose negative traits and gain positive ones through activities.

Reduction in revolt risk.

Added Catholic, Orthodox, Miaphysites, Nestorians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains orders.

Ability to remove 'Slothful' trait and gain 'Diligent' by donating money.

A new Treasury system is being added in patch 2.7, allowing characters to store items like weapons and artifacts.

Items in the Treasury can now be inherited by heirs or stolen by other characters.

Items in the Treasury can now be inherited by heirs or stolen by other characters.

Players can now commission swords, buy Crown Jewels, and hunt for Holy Artifacts.

A new Treasury system is being added in patch 2.7, allowing characters to store items like weapons and artifacts.

Several character modifiers will be converted into items, such as axes and trophies.

Several character modifiers will be converted into items, such as axes and trophies.

New items like commissioned swords, Crown Jewels, and Holy Artifacts will be added.

Some artifacts will be placed in characters' Treasuries at the start of a new game, including historical artifacts.

Items will now be displayed as physical objects in the Treasury, enhancing immersion.

Some artifacts will be randomly placed in characters' Treasuries at the start of a new game.

Items will now be displayed as physical objects in the Treasury, enhancing immersion.

Players can join Societies, complete missions to gain power, and level up to access new special abilities.

New feature allowing players to join various Societies with different goals and abilities.

Court Chaplain can now be assigned to combat shadowy and evil cults within the game.

Court Chaplain can now combat subversive Societies like Demon Worshippers.

Players can join Societies, complete missions, and level up to gain new abilities.

New feature allowing characters to join Societies for personal and mutual profit, with various types including legit, suspicious, and subversive.

Includes assassins, archaeological expeditions, holy relics, and great treasures.

Councillors gain a fourth action to enhance their power and role in rulership.

Characters can join monastic orders, secret cults, and Gnostic heresies, gaining power and prestige.

Gnostic heresies and the worship of Satan may flourish in the game.

Includes assassins, archaeological expeditions, holy relics, great treasures, and more.

The latest expansion to Crusader Kings II introduces new mechanics and character associations related to faith.

Players can send their chaplain to find secret societies that undermine the church and realm.

Councillors gain a fourth action, enhancing their power and role in rulership.

Non-clerical characters can join monastic orders to increase their piety with certain expectations.

The expansion allows for the flourishing of Gnostic heresies and rumored cults, including the worship of Satan.

Characters can work their way up the ladder of Societies, unlocking new abilities and event chains.

Send your chaplain to find secret societies that undermine the church and realm.

Characters can join monastic orders, secret cults, and Gnostic heresies, gaining power and prestige.

The latest expansion to Crusader Kings II introduces new mechanics and character associations related to religion.

Non-clerical characters can join monastic orders to increase their piety with certain expectations.

Characters can work their way up the ladder of Societies, unlocking new abilities and event chains.

When invited to a plot, players can now see the target of the plot.

New mass actions allow players to release, ransom, or execute all prisoners shown on the screen.

New mass actions allow for releasing, ransoming, or executing all prisoners shown on the screen.

A button has been added to reset decision priority settings to default.

Prisoners can now be filtered by eight different criteria, enhancing management.

The decisions menu now displays 6 decisions at once instead of 4, improving accessibility.

Decisions can now be marked as important, changing their background to gold and enabling alerts.

When invited to a plot, players can now see the target of the plot directly.

Players will receive confirmation prompts when using mass actions on prisoners.

Players can now ask plotters to end their plots, saving clicks.

Players will now receive confirmation and ramifications information when using mass actions on prisoners.

Players can request to join known plots if they are eligible, with AI always accepting.

Players can now request to join known plots if they are eligible, with AI always accepting.

Decisions can now be marked as important, changing their background to gold and enabling alerts.

Players can choose to keep a plot secret if a plotter fails to kill their spymaster.

Players can now ask a plotter to end their plot, saving clicks.

A new tab for My Plots has been added, providing clearer visibility of backed plot targets.

The decisions menu now displays 6 decisions at once instead of 4 for easier navigation.

A new button allows players to reset decision priority settings to default.

Players can keep a plot secret if their spymaster discovers an assassination attempt.

Prisoners can now be filtered by eight different criteria, enhancing management capabilities.

A new tab called My Plots has been added, providing clearer visibility of backed plots.

Increases Cultural conversion speed and can add economic bonuses to provinces.

Allows players to see how Councilors will vote before the actual vote, improving the voting process.

Increases Cultural conversion speed and can add economic bonuses to provinces.

Lowers Retinue upkeep cost and can train existing or find new commanders.

Enables hunting for members of cabals plotting against the realm.

New job for owners of the expansion that allows sabotage in specific provinces.

Introduction of new off-map council jobs including Chancellor, Marshal, Steward, Spymaster, and Court Chaplain.

Lowers Retinue upkeep cost and can train existing or find new commanders.

Allows players to see how Councilors will vote before the actual vote, improving management.

Enables hunting for members of shadowy cabals.

Increases Threat decay speed and can improve relations with vassals, neighbors, or liege.

Introduction of new off-map council jobs including Chancellor, Marshal, Steward, Spymaster, and Court Chaplain.

Allows sabotage of specific provinces, causing damage and unrest.

Increases Threat decay speed and can improve relations with vassals, neighbors, or liege.

All current audio assets have been mixed and adjusted for better volume balance, including ambient sounds and interface effects.

Adjusted overall audio volume for all audio assets, including ambient sound effects and interface sound effects.

Introduction of a lock button on characters to exclude them from mass actions.

Implementation of buttons to Release/Ransom/Execute multiple characters at once.

Transition from dropdown lists to radio buttons for better user experience.

Introduction of buttons to Release/Ransom/Execute multiple characters at once.

New features for the Intrigue screen including more room for Decisions and Prisoners.

A lock button on characters to exclude them from mass actions.

A new system of filters for better management of Decisions and Prisoners.

New features for the Intrigue screen including more room for Decisions and Prisoners.

Increased the Carousing party timer from 90 to 200 to avoid spam.

Antipope vassalage can no longer be transferred to vassals.

The Nomad Subjugation CB will no longer result in vassals getting the 'defender against infidels' opinion modifier unless the attacker is a different religion from the defender.

The moral authority from religious head's piety is now capped.

No longer possible to create an antipope if the Pope is your vassal.

Antipope vassalage can no longer be transferred to vassals.

Nomad vassals of nomads no longer care when you retract someone's vassal.

Nomad vassals of nomads no longer care when you retract someone's vassal.

Converted religions have received new effects and unique graphical icons, utilizing religious systems like Fervor and Aspects.

Corrections made to the province name box length and localization for French and German.

Government ranks now take into account imperial administration laws.

Converted religions now have new effects, unique icons, and utilize religious systems like Fervor and Aspects.

Fixed various issues with religion conversion in the EU4 converter.

Resolved an issue with duplicate Saxon cultures.

Implemented dynamic fort placement for CK2 to EU4 converted games.

New settings added to enhance user experience during Call to Arms.

Fixed performance problems experienced during the beta.

Fixed performance problems experienced during the beta phase.

Added a new popup and pause setting for Call to Arms.

New ideas for European tribal nations to enhance gameplay.

Resolved the issue with duplicate Saxon cultures.

Fixed issues related to Minor National Ideas as noted in the CK2 Forum Compilation Thread.

Added a display message while converting.

New ideas for European Tribals to enhance gameplay and make them more formidable.

Immortal rulers from CK2 now get the Immortal Ruler Personality in EU4 and will not die of old age.

Addressed minor issues related to national ideas.

Immortal rulers from CK2 now get the Immortal Ruler Personality in EU4 and will not die of old age.

Addressed various issues with religion conversion in the EU4 converter.

Tech groups will now be based on the geographical area of your capital, improving gameplay experience.

Enhancements for High Americans with new missions and unique units, increasing their power.

Tech groups are now based on the geographical area of your capital, improving custom idea generation.

Forts will now be placed in strategically appropriate areas instead of the default 1444 setup.

High Americans receive new missions and unique units, enhancing their power in the New World.

Institutions will spread dynamically and no longer favor Europe, allowing for diverse origins.

Institutions will spread dynamically and no longer favor Europe, allowing for diverse development.

AI will dynamically assume roles of missing nations in converted games.

AI will dynamically assume roles of missing nations in converted games, enhancing gameplay unpredictability.

Unique idea sets will be generated based on the nation's situation in EU4, avoiding irrelevant naval ideas for landlocked nations.

Traits from CK2 rulers will now carry over to EU4, maintaining character recognition.

Updates to the Converter for EU4 based on CK2 world state, including dynamic fort placement and revamped tech groups.

Forts will now be placed in strategically appropriate areas rather than the default 1444 setup.

Traits from CK2 rulers will now carry over into EU4, enhancing character recognition.

Unique national ideas will be generated based on the nation's situation in EU4.

Updates to the Converter for EU4 based on CK2 world state, including dynamic fort placement and revamped tech groups.

Optimizations have been completed for the game.

Aiming to improve several interfaces including Plotting, Prisoner management, and clarity in Guardian vs Educator.

Tweaks to several interfaces including Plotting, Prisoner management, and clarity in Guardian vs Educator.

The next major free update will feature AI and GUI improvements focusing on usability.

Upcoming major free update will include improvements to AI.

Future updates will provide more space for displaying Traits and Character Modifiers.

Added Shaddai and Gond-i Shahanshah traits to provide a crusader style trait for Jews and Zoroastrians.

Added checks to Muslim events to ensure they accommodate female Muslim rulers, enhancing the flavor of the Muslim experience.

Added new crusader style traits for Jews and Zoroastrians.

Added a game rule that affects vassals' behavior upon the death of a Khagan.

Both Cannibal and Lover’s Pox have been changed from character modifiers to traits, while old modifier checks remain for ongoing games.

Converted Cannibal and Lover’s Pox from character modifiers to traits while maintaining old modifier checks.

When a Khagan dies, vassals may break away to form their own realms, with the new Khagan receiving a CB on them. Setting 'Stable' maintains old behavior.

CK2 Development Diaries will now be posted on Mondays instead of Tuesdays.

Introduced a game rule where characters holding titles without de jure land will eventually lose the title.

Introduces a game rule where characters who hold titles without de jure land will eventually lose the title if they don't hold any of the de jure land.

Added checks to Muslim events to ensure they accommodate female Muslim rulers.

Patricians can now properly Go into Seclusion and Search for Court Physicians.

Immortal characters are now more likely to recover from incapacitating head wounds, with no age limit on this event.

All Pagan religions now have their own Valhalla-bound equivalent.

Non-depressed Immortals can now attempt to end their life if they find eternal life unsatisfactory.

Characters under the age of 16 will no longer be able to develop gout.

Characters under 16 no longer get gout.

Immortal characters are now more likely to recover from incapacitating head wounds without an age limit.

All Pagan religions now have their own Valhalla-bound equivalent.

Defensive Pagan faiths now allow players to pick a Patron Deity granting bonuses and access to new events.

Added more Game Rules including options for supernatural events and invasions.

Immortal characters may encounter other immortals who are not welcoming.

Added more Game Rules including settings for Supernatural events, Mongol and Aztec invasions, and more.

Characters in Seclusion may encounter uninvited guests.

Immortal characters may discover they are not the only ones who have found eternal life, leading to potential conflicts.

Characters in Seclusion may encounter uninvited guests.

AI Characters are much less likely to take Experimental treatments for minor illnesses, reducing the occurrence of maimed or insane characters.

Patricians can now properly Go into Seclusion and Search for Court Physicians.

Defensive Pagan faiths now allow selection of a Patron Deity granting bonuses and access to new events.

Non-depressed Immortals can now attempt to end their life if they find eternal life unsatisfactory.

AI Characters are much less likely to take Experimental treatments for minor illnesses, reducing instances of maimed or insane characters.

Additional events related to pets have been introduced.

New game rules include options for illness frequency, prisoner treatment after torture, and title naming conventions.

The development team is actively working on fixing bugs for the upcoming patch.

New game rules include options for illness frequency, prisoner treatment, and title naming conventions.

Additional events related to pets have been introduced.

New audio effects for death have been added to enhance the gaming experience.

Characters who are marked as special interest by the player, or immune to pruning are no longer killed by the court cleanser.

The 'desires a matrilineal marriage' AI modifier no longer happens when matrilineal marriages are disabled.

You can now get the achievement 'Papal Mache' by killing a Caliph, as implied by the description.

Added some more AI factors for when head of religion wants to blame Jews for the plague.

Event WoL.6120 will now only trigger for adult characters.

Removed the possibility to search for partial titles for performance reasons.

Crash fix that occurred in some mods using custom maps.

Court physicians now always ask their own liege for money.

Fixed 867 Sápmi setup.

Rulers are now willing to negotiate non-aggression pacts with their vassals.

Removed the possibility to search for partial titles for performance reasons.

Rulers are now willing to negotiate non-aggression pacts with their vassals.

Fixes songs from the base game being disabled in contextual songs and ensures a song is chosen if none is found.

No longer will you get upset about your spouse/parent's grave getting robbed if you were the robber.

Characters will not accuse their liege during witch hunts since they have to approve them.

Generic reincarnation event requires your heir to be your child.

Epidemic diseases no longer stall if you are infected while you have a non-serious symptom.

Fixed several cases of when a Christian Holy Order built a new castle, you would be notified that Beit Dejan was built, instead of the actual castle.

Vassals will no longer refuse their liege's marriage or betrothal offers to get a 'better alliance'.

Epidemic diseases no longer stall if you are infected while you have a non-serious symptom.

No longer will you get upset about your spouse/parent's grave getting robbed if you were the robber.

Further reduced odds of under 16s getting cancer.

Court physicians now always ask their own liege for money.

Fixes songs from the base game being disabled in contextual songs and ensures a song is chosen if none is found.

Added some more AI factors for when head of religion wants to blame Jews for the plague.

Can no longer call ally into war against their own liege.

Fixed so infidel penalty is applied properly for betrothal/marriage.

The priest generated by event 3021 now has an education.

Incapable people no longer steal your food in seclusion.

The priest generated by event 3021 now has an education.

Modded game rules should now be loaded properly.

Horse doctors got a little better.

Fixed an issue with prisoners being able to complain to their liege that the chancellor was looking inappropriately at his wife.

Crash fix that occurred in some mods using custom maps.

Murderers are now immune to prune (prevents the red skull from leading nowhere).

Fixed 867 Sápmi setup.

Eunuchs may only select the Groom an Heir ambition if they have a living child.

Incapable people no longer steal your food in seclusion.

Eunuchs may only select the Groom an Heir ambition if they have a living child.

Characters will not accuse their liege during witch hunts since they have to approve them.

Fixed children not getting their education trait upon becoming adults when you don't have Conclave.

Event WoL.6120 will now only trigger for adult characters.

Fixed an issue with prisoners being able to complain to their liege that the chancellor was looking inappropriately at his wife.

Fixed some broken text in reincarnation event.

Fixed several cases of when a Christian Holy Order built a new castle, you would be notified that Beit Dejan was built, instead of the actual castle.

Fixed an issue where you would be notified of eating your own close dynasty members.

Can no longer call ally into war against their own liege.

Fixed so call ally alert no longer shows if it's a war against your ally's liege.

Horse doctors got a little better.

Added the sayyid trait to al-Hadi (id 188648), son of Al-Mansur.

Fixed so call ally alert no longer shows if it's a war against your ally's liege.

The 'desires a matrilineal marriage' AI modifier no longer happens when matrilineal marriages are disabled.

Characters who are marked as special interest by the player, or immune to pruning are no longer killed by the court cleanser.

You can now get the achievement 'Papal Mache' by killing a Caliph, as implied by the description.

Fixed some broken text in reincarnation event.

Generic reincarnation event requires your heir to be your child.

Fixed so infidel penalty is applied properly for betrothal/marriage.

Further reduced odds of under 16s getting cancer.

Vassals will no longer refuse their liege's marriage or betrothal offers to get a 'better alliance'.

Fixed children not getting their education trait upon becoming adults when you don't have Conclave.

Murderers are now immune to prune (prevents the red skull from leading nowhere).

Fixed an issue where you would be notified of eating your own close dynasty members.

Fixed a crash when using custom maps.

Added the sayyid trait to al-Hadi (id 188648), son of Al-Mansur.

Fixed a crash when using custom maps.

Modded game rules should now be loaded properly.

A new position for learned courtiers with events tied to disease diagnosis and treatment.

Tons and tons of balance and gameplay tweaks, plus new events.

Replaced old succession screen with a more elaborate version featuring improved graphics and layout.

Added events to recruit female councillors from talented relatives, vassals, or strangers.

New decision for Norse pagan rulers to appoint Shieldmaidens with associated events.

Added more autosave intervals: every 10, 25, 50, and 100 years.

Introduced several new decisions including 'Release Tributary', 'Recruit Prisoners', and 'Ask Characters to Leave Court'.

Players can choose to hide away with their court during epidemics.

A new interface for better understanding the death and succession of rulers.

The latest expansion adds new mechanics centered on the Black Death and other epidemics.

New events to acquire female councillors from talented relatives, vassals, or strangers.

Adjustments to how alliances work, including AI attitudes to disloyal allies.

Family Focus can now remove rivalries between close family members.

The old succession screen has been replaced with a more elaborate version featuring improved graphics, layout, and additional information about deceased characters.

New event to inform the world when a Crusade/Jihad ends inconclusively.

Added a confirmation event to prevent accidental expulsion of holy orders.

New outposts that help slow down the spread of epidemics by caring for the sick.

Provinces can thrive or degrade based on management and disease pressures.

New custom rules options at start up for epidemics, invasions, legal changes, and more.

A new position for learned courtiers that opens up events tied to disease diagnosis and treatment.

A new interface for better understanding the death and succession of rulers.

Provinces can thrive or degrade based on management and disease pressures.

New additions to the epidemic system include the Black Death and a new map mode to track diseases.

Added decisions for 'Release Tributary', 'Recruit Prisoners', and 'Ask Characters to Leave Court'.

Major improvements to game optimization.

New 'Continue' button on game launcher to get you to your map even faster.

New events for the Theology focus allowing retreat into solitude for prayer.

Players can now customize their game experience with various game rules including Major Epidemic, Gender Equality, and more.

New custom rules options at start up for epidemics, invasions, legal changes, etc.

New options to auto-save the game at different time intervals.

New 'Continue' button on game launcher to get to the map faster.

Event to rename 'Middle Francia' to 'Austrasia' if no longer held by a Karling.

A new 'Continue' button has been added to the launcher for quick access to the latest save.

New game rules for customizing gameplay experience, including Major Epidemic, Gender Equality, and more.

New additions to the epidemic system include the Black Death and a new map mode to track diseases.

Changed and optimized compression to improve Ironman saving times, though save files are larger.

Added stronger versions of the Viking trait, Ravager and Sea King, from further raiding.

New expansion featuring disease and medicine mechanics launching on August 25, 2016.

Added confirmation event to avoid accidental expulsion of holy orders.

Five original compositions inspired by Viking music and heavy metal added to the game.

New 'Continue' button in the launcher to boot the game into the latest save.

New decisions for defensive pagans to worship ancestors and summon warriors.

Introduced stronger versions of the Viking traits Ravager and Sea King.

Changed and optimized compression to improve saving times, although save files are now larger.

Major improvements to game optimization.

Tons of balance and gameplay tweaks, plus new events.

New event to inform the world when a Crusade or Jihad ends inconclusively.

Introduction of new traits and an events chain related to the new mechanics.

New options to auto-save the game at different time intervals.

New mod triggers to account for The Reaper’s Due content.

Added new events for War Focus and Theology Focus, including leader traits and solitude reflection.

Added decisions for defensive pagans to worship ancestors and summon devout warriors.

Introduction of new traits and event chains related to the expansion.

Skilled or ambitious female vassals can now demand a seat on the council.

Adjustments to how alliances work, including AI attitudes to disloyal allies.

Invest in hospitals to slow down the spread of epidemics.

The latest expansion adds new mechanics centered on the Black Death and other epidemics.

New expansion featuring disease and medicine mechanics, launching on August 25, 2016.

New mod triggers to account for The Reaper's Due content.

Added new autosave intervals: every 10, 25, 50, and 100 years.

Added new events for the War Focus in the Way of Life expansion.

Players can hide away with their court during plagues, inspired by the Masque of the Red Death.

New music pack featuring original compositions inspired by Viking music and heavy metal.

Become immortal.

Die from the Black Death.

Become One-Eyed, One-Legged and One-Handed.

Introduced new achievements including 'Hospitable', 'Aptly Named', 'I Got Better', and more.

Introduced several new achievements including 'Hospitable', 'Aptly Named', and 'I Got Better'.

From Seclusion, kick someone out who had the plague.

Survive from the Black Death.

Contract three symptoms.

Survive the End Times.

Go into Seclusion.

Build a Hospital.

Kill a character with the Immortal trait.

From Seclusion, kick someone out who did not have the plague.

Have elephants trample the Pope/Caliph.

Players can now zoom the camera out further to view the entire map.

Flanders is now correctly classified as part of France.

Reduced the number of unnecessary courtiers generated to improve performance.

Flanders is now properly recognized as part of France.

Added penalties for alliance breakers and made AI consider dissolving alliances with them.

Players can now manually call allies to arms again.

Fixed a bug preventing vassals from joining wars against tyrants.

Nomads will now settle more strategically based on their vassals and territory.

Troop count of the Shia uprising increased for better success rates.

New mechanics for nomad land conquest and succession related to Nomad Agitation.

Characters can now suffer from Mild, Normal, Severe, or Incapacitating illnesses.

Extended the Silk Road with new branches and increased base wealth.

AI will no longer call all allies into war, adjusting strategy based on opponent's strength.

AI will consider dissolving alliances with alliance breakers and is unlikely to accept alliances from them.

Lowered the CROWDED_THRESHOLD_MODIFIER to 25.

AI-called Crusades will now more likely target areas adjacent to provinces of their religion group.

Players can now zoom the camera out further to see the entire map.

The troop count of the Shia uprising has been increased to improve success rates.

The base wealth of the Silk Road has been increased from 100 to 122.

Characters can now suffer from different severity levels of illness, affecting gameplay.

The impact and deadliness of most Epidemic traits have been increased.

Pillage decision is now on a separate alert to avoid accidental settling.

Parents now have reaction events for their children being born, especially for the first child.

Includes a rare Reincarnation event for players with Fantasy Content enabled.

Reaper's Due is set to be released on August 25th.

Nomad's Pillage decision is now on a separate alert to avoid accidental settling.

Manual call to arms has been restored, allowing players to decline calls from allies.

Parents now have reaction events for their children's births, especially for the first child.

Players can now befriend cats, receiving a 'Pet Cat' character modifier that grants +1 health and +1 intrigue.

The Reaper's Due DLC, featuring the new cat mechanics, will be released on August 25th.

Owning a cat grants +1 health and +1 intrigue to the character.

Players can choose to become a Crazy Cat Lady or Lord, affecting their character's social interactions.

The Reaper's Due DLC, featuring cats and other content, will be released on August 25th.

Cats may be blamed for the spread of the Plague, affecting player interactions and decisions.

Players can become a Crazy Cat Lady or Crazy Cat Lord, reflecting their affinity for cats.

Players can now befriend cats, which will adopt the player and provide character modifiers.

Cats may be blamed for the spread of the Plague, affecting player interactions and decisions.

Introduced 31 different execution methods based on various factors, each with unique death reasons and sounds.

Prisoners in House arrest can no longer escape unless broken out by someone with the Intrigue focus.

Added options for humiliating, torturing, mutilating, and using bad poetry on prisoners, as well as consuming them if certain traits are met.

Added options including Humiliate, Torture, Mutilate, Bad Poetry, and Consume for interacting with captives.

Added reaction events for the deaths of lovers, friends, and rivals, affecting player behavior and relationships.

Prisoners in House arrest can no longer escape unless broken out by someone with the Intrigue focus.

Added new reaction events for the death of lovers, friends, and rivals, affecting character behavior.

Introduced 31 different execution methods based on various factors like location, culture, and traits.

Norse Culture will not split into Swedish/Danish etc. when part of a powerful Norse realm.

Defensive Pagans can now summon bands of Devout Warriors at the cost of 200 piety when defending against enemies of a different religion.

Norse religion rulers can now appoint female characters as Shieldmaidens, who can act as bodyguards and commanders.

Norse characters can now gain a Valhalla-bound trait when participating in Great Holy Wars.

Defensive Pagans can now perform Ancestor Worship, allowing them to seek help from ancestors with various offerings.

Norse religion rulers can now appoint female characters with good Martial skill as Shieldmaidens.

Norse characters can now gain a Valhalla-bound trait when participating in Great Holy Wars.

New events allow close relatives or talented women to offer their services as advisors to rulers.

Norse Culture will not split into Swedish/Danish when part of a powerful Norse realm.

Defensive Pagans can now summon bands of Devout Warriors for 200 piety when defending against a different religion.

Defensive Pagans can now perform Ancestor Worship every 10 years to seek help from their ancestors.

Two improved versions of the Viking trait have been added, providing larger bonuses for continued raiding.

New events allow close relatives or talented women to offer their services as advisors to rulers.

Two improved versions of the Viking trait have been added, providing larger bonuses for continued raiding.

Most new injury traits will not have health penalties, except for Mangled which still does.

Players will receive a Severely Injured trait upon suffering a maiming-type injury, which has health and stat penalties but is temporary.

The Maimed trait has been removed, replaced by more specific injuries for owners of the Secret DLC.

New portrait props have been added to reflect the One-eyed and Disfigured traits.

Several new events have been added that relate to characters with missing body parts.

Added new portrait props to reflect the One-eyed and Disfigured traits.

Several new events have been added that relate to characters living with missing body parts.

Most new injury traits will not carry a health penalty, except for Mangled, which still has one.

The Maimed trait has been removed, replaced by specific injuries like One-handed, One-legged, One-Eyed, Disfigured, and Mangled for owners of the Secret DLC.

Players will receive the Severely Injured trait upon sustaining a maiming-type injury, which has temporary health and stat penalties.

Introduction of new narrative events related to doomsayers and general unrest among the populace.

Introduction of new narrative events including the rise of a Prophet of Doom and panic based on a solar eclipse.

A new event chain where characters can undertake a dangerous quest to defy Death.

New chain of events where characters may seek to defy death, involving long and dangerous quests.

Players can now seclude their entire court in their castle to defend against epidemics.

Hospitals can be built to reduce the chance of epidemics breaking out or spreading.

Hospitals can now be built to reduce the chance of epidemics breaking out or spreading.

Players can now seclude their entire court in their castle to defend against epidemics.

Players can now enable or restrict the first outbreak of The Black Death to 1300+ through a Game Rule.

The Black Death has been made larger and more deadly, with a chance for outbreaks earlier in the game.

Epidemics can cause Depopulation, reducing tax incomes, levy sizes, and supply limits in affected provinces.

Added scriptable values to Epidemic diseases, allowing for more complex spread dynamics.

The Black Death has been made larger and more deadly, with a chance for a major outbreak 200 years into any game.

Added scriptable values to Epidemic diseases, allowing for more complex interactions and spread patterns.

Epidemics can cause Depopulation, reducing tax incomes, levy sizes, and supply limits in affected provinces.

Epidemics can now spread along the Silk Road and are more likely to affect rich and coastal provinces.

Introduced a Game Rule for dynamic Plague outbreaks, allowing for a major outbreak 200 years into any game.

Epidemics can now spread along the Silk Road and are more likely to affect rich and coastal provinces.

Created new sound effects for executing characters and various death scenarios.

Introduced new sound effects for executing characters and various death scenarios.

The new rule system is fully moddable, allowing modders to create their own options.

Players can now customize their game experience with various options like Sandbox vs Ironman, Shattered Retreats, and more.

The new rule system allows modders to create their own options using the same framework.

Players can now customize their game experience with various options including Sandbox vs Ironman, Shattered Retreats, Defensive Pacts, and more.

Options include Gender Equality settings, Sunset Invasion, Mongol Invasion, Raiding types, Epidemics, and more.

An action to break a Non-Aggression Pact will be added, with effects similar to breaking an alliance but less severe.

An action to break a Non-Aggression Pact will be added, with effects similar to breaking an alliance but less severe.

A dedicated Audio Director is now part of the team, indicating upcoming audio improvements.

A dedicated Audio Director has been appointed, promising noticeable audio improvements in the game.

Declining a Call now breaks alliances, incurs a prestige loss, and applies negative modifiers.

The old Call to Arms system will be added back with adjustments, including serious consequences for declining a call.

Declining a Call now breaks alliances, incurs prestige loss, and adds an 'Alliance Breaker' modifier.

The old Call to Arms system is being added back with adjustments, including serious consequences for declining a call.

New symptoms include Cough, Fever, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Headache, Chest Pain, Rash, Cramps, Abdominal pain, Fatigue, and Malaise.

New diseases include Flu, Dysentery, Gout, Food Poisoning, Rabies, and Cancer.

Players will now receive specific symptoms instead of just becoming 'Ill', with symptoms evolving over time.

New symptoms include Cough, Fever, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Headache, Chest Pain, Rash, Cramps, Abdominal pain, Fatigue, and Malaise.

A new minor title allowing players to appoint a well-learned person responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses in the court.

Players will now receive specific symptoms instead of just becoming 'Ill', with symptoms evolving over time into diseases.

A new minor title that allows players to appoint a well-learned person responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses in their court.

New diseases introduced include Flu, Dysentery, Gout, Food Poisoning, Rabies, and Cancer.

Court Physicians can offer four types of treatment: Experimental, Mystic, Proven, and Cautious, each with different outcomes.

Court Physicians can offer four types of treatment: Experimental, Mystic, Proven, and Cautious, each with different outcomes.

Defensive Pacts are now separated by religious groups, affecting how they respond to threats and join forces.

Threat levels affect the size and distance of realms that can join a Pact against you.

Members of a Defensive Pact can never call each other into an offensive war.

Defensive Pacts are now separated by religious groups, affecting how they respond to threats.

Resolved issue causing game over when daughters became mercenaries.

Resolved instant Out of Sync issues between different platforms.

New button added for playing the next song in the game.

Battles now give 25% more warscore, with various adjustments to shattered retreats and looting.

Various adjustments to threat levels affecting defensive pacts and claims.

Added options for seduction targets to ask seducers to go away.

New setting allows players to ignore context sensitive music.

New events added for skilled educators to influence children during adolescence.

Introduced a new law regarding council authority.

New events for skilled educators to influence children during adolescence.

New faction added to force abdication of kings and emperors.

New faction introduced to force abdication of kings and emperors.

New setting added to ignore context sensitive music.

Introduced a new law regarding council authority.

Added modifier preventing characters from being targeted by seduction attempts.

Resolved issue causing instant Out of Sync errors between different platforms.

Modifications to warscore from battles and mechanics for shattered retreats.

Threat level controls the size and distance of realms allowed to join defensive pacts.

Coalitions renamed to Defensive Pacts with various changes to mechanics and interactions.

New ambition added for characters to groom an heir.

Claims now generate reduced threat levels based on ownership.

New ambition introduced for players to groom an heir.

AI no longer transforms matrilineal betrothal into regular marriages and vice versa.

Added a button for playing the next song in the game.

Coalitions renamed to Defensive Pacts, now entirely defensive and will not launch offensive wars.

Resolved game over caused by daughters running away and becoming mercenaries.

New character modifier prevents targeting by seduce decision.

Defensive Pacts are now separated by religious groups and have new mechanics regarding threat levels.

A new button to skip to the next song has been added, along with a setting to disable context restrictions on music.

Added a button to skip to the next song in the music player.

New setting to disable context restrictions on music.

Defensive Pacts are now separated by religious groups and have new mechanics.

Slight increase in Warscore from battles, majorly against hosts.

A new faction has been added to force the abdication of kings and emperors.

Infamy and Coalitions have been renamed to Threat and Defensive Pacts to resolve feedback issues.

Added faction to force abdication of kings and emperors.

Members can only defend each other, not call into offensive wars.

Defeated raiders will not return to raid for some time.

Characters can now inform seducers of their disinterest, blocking further attempts temporarily.

Total possible Warscore from battles for Attackers capped at 75%.

Added events for skilled educators to give traits to their wards.

Threat affects which realms can join a Pact and their troop strength relation.

Renamed features to better reflect their functions and resolve issues.

Increased Warscore from battles, capped total possible Warscore for Attackers at 75%.

New events have been added for skilled educators to grant traits to their wards.

Characters can now inform seducers they are not interested, blocking further attempts.

Defeated raiders will not return to raid for a certain period.

AI nations will not join a Defensive Pact against realms with equal or greater troop strength.

Players can now ignore music scripts and play all songs randomly.

A next song button has been added for music control.

About a hundred more fixes have been implemented.

Clarity, balancing and some new non-congenital traits in the Education system.

Additional events related to the use of favors have been introduced.

About a hundred more fixes have been implemented.

More events related to favors have been added.

A new faction that can unite vassals against tyrannical rulers, change succession law and put the most liked (or least disliked) vassal on the throne.

Clarity, balancing, and new non-congenital traits added to the Education system.

A new button has been added to skip to the next song.

An option to ignore the music scripts and play all songs randomly.

A vassal can now get pardoned by the liege using favor.

A new faction can unite vassals against tyrannical rulers and change succession law.

A new favor use where a vassal can get pardoned by the liege.

Changes to the military game, including renting your soldiers out as mercenaries.

Fine tuning of how much money or gold you expect from your vassals.

Royal marriages return to the center of medieval politics.

The newest expansion focusing on managing powerful vassals and realm dynamics is now available.

New cosmetic changes including world wonders, new portraits for some nations, and new unit designs.

New realm laws to fine-tune the future and culture of your country, including female inheritance.

A free, major patch that improves Crusader Kings II for all players.

Accompanying free patch that improves Crusader Kings II for all players.

New realm laws to fine tune the future and culture of your country, including female inheritance.

Fine tuning of how much money or gold you expect from your vassals.

The newest expansion focuses on managing a realm with powerful vassals and their influence on the royal council.

Royal marriages return to the center of medieval politics.

Changes to the military game, including the ability to rent soldiers out as mercenaries.

New expansion will be available on February 2, 2016, adding new laws and council interactions.

New cosmetic changes including world wonders, new portraits, and new unit designs.

The release date for the Conclave DLC is set for February 2nd.

The release date for the Conclave DLC is set for February 2nd.

Players can choose a Childhood Focus to guide child development and trait outcomes.

All children will now have an Educator starting from age six, affecting their development.

Introduction of new traits for children that can mature into adult traits during adolescence.

Educator's traits will rarely affect child development, shifting focus to everyday interactions.

New Childhood Focuses impact trait outcomes and cultural assimilation.

Major rework in how young characters develop with new phases and events for upbringing and education.

New traits for children that can mature into adult traits during adolescence.

Educator's traits now rarely affect child development, shifting focus to everyday interactions.

All children will now have an Educator from age six, impacting their development.

Major rework in how young characters develop with new phases and events for upbringing and education.

New expansion will hit stores on February 2, 2016, adding new laws and council interactions.

Players can call in favors from council members to influence their votes for a year.

Council members can vote yay, nay, or abstain, influencing the outcomes of actions proposed by the liege.

Regents are now part of the council and vote instead of the liege, eliminating the previous single regent decision-making.

Players can call in favors from council members to influence their votes for a limited time.

Empowerment of the council allowing stronger vassals to influence governance and prevent faction joining.

The council now plays a significant role in governing, with vassals threatening civil war if not included.

Councillors can vote yay, nay, or abstain, influencing the decisions made by the liege.

Regents are now part of the council and vote instead of the liege during regencies.

Improved AI to contain 'blobs' using new Alliance and Coalition systems.

New mechanics against aggressively expanding Realms.

Made it harder to quickly win wars; reduced battle bloodiness and introduced shattered retreats.

Powerful vassals now strongly desire a Council seat.

Cut many important positive opinion modifiers in half.

AI improved to contain 'blobs' with new Alliance and Coalition systems.

Made the Council more powerful while maintaining player agency; disregarding suggestions has ramifications.

Cut many important positive opinion modifiers in half.

Malcontents now tend to form fewer but more powerful Factions.

New mechanics to counter aggressively expanding Realms.

Reduced bloodiness of battles, introduced shattered retreats, and reinforced armies in friendly territory.

Royal marriage is now a non-aggression pact; alliances require a marriage.

Military AI has been significantly improved.

The experience of educating children has been made more interesting.

Council can suggest actions, but ignoring them affects Factions.

Military AI improvements to enhance gameplay.

Malcontents now tend to form fewer but more powerful Factions.

The education experience for children has been made more interesting.

Royal marriage is now a non-aggression pact; alliances require marriage.

Introduces prioritization of marital alliances, non-aggression pacts, and coalitions.

Councils can now vote on changes to realm laws, adding a new layer of governance.

Greater emphasis on morale and new rules for mercenary companies.

Various smaller changes to how the AI prioritizes its decisions.

Councils can now vote on changes to realm laws, increasing their influence.

Smaller changes to how the AI prioritizes its decisions.

Vassals will demand a say in rulership, affecting faction stability and civil war likelihood.

Introduces prioritization of marital alliances and non-aggression pacts, along with coalitions.

New expansion 'Conclave' coming early 2016, introducing significant changes to council dynamics.

Greater emphasis on morale and new rules for mercenary companies.

New traits and events designed for childhood will enhance the education system.

New traits and events designed for childhood education of royal children.

New expansion 'Conclave' will introduce significant changes to council dynamics and gameplay.