What changed in Crusader Kings II in 2019

The sixth ruler of the Monarch's Journey, Shajar al-Durr, will be available to play in CK2 on Dec. 28.

The Sword of Islam DLC is currently discounted.

Ruler Challenges present a new realm with specific objectives to achieve, enhancing gameplay experience.

Monarch’s Journey introduces Ruler Challenges, offering specific objectives in new realms.

The fourth ruler of the Monarch's Journey, Konstantinos Angelos, will be available to play in CK2 on Nov. 30.

Monarch's Journey introduces new challenges to explore the game and earn rewards for Crusader Kings III.

Over 20 new features including new countries and titles are introduced in the expansion.

Players can claim the Sword of Islam expansion for free between Nov. 15-18, adding playable Muslim rulers and new features.

The Sword of Islam expansion is free to keep from Nov. 15 to Nov. 18.

A new system for managing Muslim dynasties is included in the expansion.

The expansion allows players to control Muslim rulers with an updated interface.

Saad Mordechai, High Chief of Baghdad, will be available to play starting Nov. 16.

The expansion features new story events focusing on the Shia and Sunni conflict.

Monarch’s Journey introduces a new way to explore the world of Crusader Kings and earn rewards for Crusader Kings III.

The second ruler of the Monarch's Journey, Llewellyn II 'the Great' Aberffraw, is now available to play.

A new way of exploring the world of Crusader Kings with Ruler Challenges to earn cosmetic add-ons for Crusader Kings III.

New realm with specific objectives to achieve, designed for both newcomers and veterans.

Crusader Kings II is available for free to all players.

Now requires a stored relic to be active.

No longer triggers if culture already matches religion.

Homosexual female lovers are no longer referred to as male.

Now correctly targets Great Works in the character's demesne.

Now visible in the available Features tab after building the Pit Moat Feature.

Includes new navigable rivers, duchies, and provinces.

Shortcut changed from P to B for consistency.

Now correctly uses biological father's base attributes.

Changed 'poisonous' to 'venomous'.

Newly built Great Work features no longer always get statue descriptions.

No longer listed in message settings.

Now prevents Golden Bells Feature from being built on any Great Cathedral.

Now prevents other moat Features from being built on any Great Fortress.

Now correctly applied in the capital province.

Now includes character modifiers.

Fixed tooltips on buildings outside of the capital province.

Size reduced by 20%.

Moved to owner scope in Palace Great Work.

Now activates correctly for Muslim rulers.

Set in 936.

Clicking on the minimap now works properly with GUI scaling.

Now shows up in the list of available Features for stage 4 Statue Great Work.

Sardinian and Slovieni cultures introduced.

Explore dynamic and challenging new starts from Oslo to Baghdad.

The next free update will add a brand new start date on 7th of August 936.

Fixed an issue preventing Zoroastrians from hunting.

Added a tooltip explaining that costs displayed in the Great Work outliner are yearly costs.

Spouse will no longer complain about a lack of conversation due to hermetic pursuits if they are in prison.

You can no longer accuse yourself of committing zina.

Narrow flank command modifier now has a stronger impact on battle outcomes.

You no longer congratulate yourself on a job well done with Great Works.

Added historical Great Works Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and Notre Dame in Paris.

Added a limit and expenses tied to court size, along with various modifiers and events related to courtiers.

Tech levels at start were rebalanced to reflect historically advanced regions.

Player no longer gets the offer to imprison a lover or spouse who has syphilis but is already in prison.

Events about declaring war in the tutorial should now trigger in the correct order.

Introduces free changes to how courts work.

This patch primarily addresses various bugs in the game.

The societies view will now show the player's current society when opened, if they have one.

The AI is now allowed to pass out vice royalties even when they're a vassal.

Prosperity events now take Great Works into its calculation.

Fixed it being possible to back out of baptism name change window after first accepting the name change from an event.

Fixed several Bloodline-related events and actions not properly checking that a Bloodline is active.

Blocked some battle events describing gruesome death from firing without running the actual death-effect.

Fixed a crash that could occur when the Siberian Wastelands was brought into the camera's view for the first time.

Fixed a rare bug that caused a crash when setting the liege upon character death.

Fixed missing effects and tooltips for receiving news of the Aztec Invasion.

Fixed an issue where a child born with a dead father would wrongfully get the mother's dynasty.

Historical characters will no longer attempt to marry characters that have not yet been born.

The upcoming wonders mechanic will be introduced in the free 3.1 Great Works update.

Blocking players from doing decisions to switch to a religion which requires an unowned or disabled DLC.

Made Songs of Byzantium work for Roman culture as well as the Byzantine group.

Fixed a crash when setting the religion on a dead character from script.

Fixed an inheritance problem of matrilineal bloodlines combined with male consorts.

Fixed crusade wars starting immediately instead of after the preparation phase in multiplayer games.

Fixed issue where the continue playthrough buttons would load the wrong save if your latest save is a cloud save.

Fixed incorrect achievement indicator when loading a save where achievements are possible.

Construction technology now has a Great Work cost modifier.

In the events surrounding a loved one's death, you will no longer be expected to grief and bond together with characters who are in prison.

Saving rules on a shattered or random world should no longer result in game rules breaking and achievements being disabled.

Made conditions to gain the Peaceful Child Forged Bloodline somewhat more lenient.

Fixed the Saintly Pilgrimage chain sometimes breaking after the weird village encounter.

Added a description of what the colors indicate in the map mode for China.

Fixed the credits screen not closing when the credits were over.

Kievan Rus no longer loses its name if held by someone with a North Germanic culture.

The free 3.1 Great Works update is set to be released on April 2nd, 2019.

Fixed a bug where the designated regent would not always work if you were not independent.

Added new values that can now be exported to variables for modding.

Architect trait now has a Great Work cost modifier.

Fixed a bug affecting duel results calculation for Pagan characters.

Fixed not being able to rename tribal settlements.

Adjusted positions of some units and on map shields in Russia.

Ships will no longer cut straight through Kanin/c_kanin when coming into port from the North Atlantic.

Fixed children generated for historical rulers without scripted families having 0 in all attributes.

Slaying an enemy ruler in a battle will no longer display them as your 'acquaintance' in messages.

Fixed game start feature window displaying incorrect religion and/or culture information.

Having a Non-aggression Pact with the target of a Crusade will now lead to it automatically breaking once the Crusade is launched.

Fixed the crucible steel event chain sometimes breaking just before its final outcome.

Fixed a bug affecting religious conversion speed.

England no longer ends up as the tributary of Gwynedd in the 12th century.

Added Great Works Feature allowing independent rulers to take on massive construction projects.

Fixed the Ritual Hunt chain for Warrior Lodge members sometimes leaving you stuck as 'busy'.

Fixed a bug where in elective succession law it was not possible to nominate one's own sons.

Fixed Legendary Journey not getting any progress the second time you start it.

Custom message settings should no longer be overwritten by default values at the start of the game.

English portrait pack should now display properly in early start dates.

New override feature for unit models in culture database.