9 Useful Tips for Beginners in Crusader Kings 3 (First Time Player Tips) 

Thank you so much for watching! I intend to cover a lot more Crusader Kings in the future and I'm really excited to do so. If you haven't picked up the game, you can grab it through my link here: www.nexus.gg/italianspartacus . This helps me out a TON as it gives a direct commission to the channel, and depending on what time you see this, a discount to you as well.If you are having trouble, I also made a full on guide to get you started: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i9P248pkgYI.html Table of Contents: 0:00 Intro & Summary 1:44 Tool Tip Modes 3:10 Slow Play the Start 5:45 Create a Plan 7:00 Marriage & Diplomacy 9:12 Hold Off on Buildings 10:58 Expand Fast 12:40 Vassal Relationships 14:46 Decisions Menu 16:19 Think 4 Steps Ahead 18:25 Conclusion

Thanks! After learning this game I was able to successfully join NASA

"Tens of hundreds of hours" We call that "thousands", my friend.

Crusader Kings: It's not about the destination, it's about the journey.

Tip 7 was right on the money for me, I was getting limited levies and had no idea why until I saw your explanation. Thanks!

I’m playing as William the Conqueror. And when I first tried to go after England, I spent a good 15 minutes trying to find out how to raise my ships before I realized that you can just send your troops to the water and pay for the voyage. Not to mention that the war in this game is not something to take lightly. It took me two to three years to beat Harold into submission and another five years to defeat Hardrade... by that point, I was exhausted😂😤 In conclusion, I love this game.

Here's a big one: Siege weapons are completely bonkers. They cost very little apart from the initial cost of creating their regiment, they insanely speed up your siege times tho. Having 20-40 siege weapons, even with no other men at arms will enable you to rush in, take your enemies' castles at a fever pitch and get your warscore up to 100% so fast, even their allies will often struggle to get there in time to stop you. This is probably one of the first things to get hit by a major nerf since it's completely op right now, but as long as it's still this way, take advantage of it I say^^

Dude! Out of 3 channels with CK content, you are the first to slow things down so i understand what you are getting at! You have no idea how good your videos are! Keep up the good work.

Actually going over what your going to cover in the beginning of a video is seriously such a great move. I liked it right away. I hate when a video basically tricks me into staying and watching and never delivers.

That beating in the beggining of the vid is probably how it feels to play for the first time without these tips!!😆

One thing I feel cannot be overstated is how important knights are to smaller nations. they do crazy damage, and it is routine for my knights with 10% effectiveness to do more damage than all your men at arms, or all your levies, or for 1k and lower stack size, more than all other sources of damage from your army combined. But then you start running into ivar the boneless's 35 prowess champions that he buffed with chivalry's 70% knight effectiveness from a single perk, and it just gets crazy. That's a single guy putting out 6000 damage, which is as much as 600 levies. And unlike men at arms, they have no counters. These guys are crazy and make investing in military upgrades kind of completely unnecessary. Do not neglect knights, knight efficiency, or the chivalry tree in general. Knights are crazy. Even 10 knights with 10 prowess each is still as much combat damage as 1000 levies, in basically zero combat width. Just make sure to disallow your council from ever becoming a knight, as when you have 10 or more of the guys on the field at once, it can be very easy to drop to 9 and end up with your 3 prowess 16 diplomacy chaplain to all of a sudden get real dead real fast.

Really liked the 'think 4 steps ahead'. Really makes you realise that the game has so many ways to grasp and consolidate power. Another great video, Spartacus.

I am learning by failing repeatedly

I played ck2 for over 1200 hours and I suck so bad at the first 3 hours of the new one I played. Thanks for the vid

Tip 10: Always cover your assets. When your character dies, make sure you have prepared your heir correctly to fully receive all claims. Great video!

i'm a newcomer to this game series and i gotta say, you did an amazing job laying out the basics. you are very clear and concise yet staying simple in explanation which is exactly what i was looking for. thank you dude keep up the great content!

Appreciate the tips. This is my first time playing a Crusader Kings game. I already went through the tutorial today, but felt there is likely more to learn. I just can't wait to get comfortable with all the systems and see where it takes me.

Last point is spot on. Think ahead and make a plan. You're one of my favourite youtubers. Your voice, tone and engaging footage makes me glued to the screen. Thanks a lot!

Another essential beginner tip - Pick your first character carefully. Picking a good, training-wheels character for your first game will help any player cut his/her teeth on CK3. The Petty King of Munster is a good choice, but I'd recommend the Earl of Dublin instead - Earl Murchad. Playing this guy will teach a new player so many useful things in the first 20 years of the game. What he has going for him: 40 years old with three sons and his 71 year old father is Earl of Leinster; you almost certainly get an early inheritance and are not going to get an early game over. He is a very safe character to go from Count to King as, who will give you early experience managing successions, marriages, alliances (your Dad and whatever family your son marries into), conquest, and title creation. Moreover, lots of mechanics get introduced in increments as this guy. You don't start the head of your line (that's papa), but you will become the head shortly. You don't start as the Irish culture leader, but one culture conversion and one county conquest later, and you will be.

This is a great guide! Thankyou so much for your help and tips, and I really appreciate that you're not talking down to us as an audience like some RU-vidrs are prone to do! Really appreciate it man, love the channel, keep it up.

Loved the video! This is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for.

Hey, thanks for taking the time for making these videos - very much appreciated.

One point I might have added is some commentary on the significance of Religions AND Cultures. You highlighted very well the implications on income and troops of not being a vassal's natural ruler. If you have plans to expand into areas that are different culturally and religiously (as, for example, you mentioned looking to act against the Byzantines in the distant future), however, those factors are in many respects potentially even more significant. It might be good to cover them as well as how to resolve them, as not everyone will be operating in culturally/religiously homogenous areas. Just some thoughts in response to your question near the end. Excellent introduction, thanks. Played plenty of CK2. Cheers

Speaking as a new player, I think the hard part is even knowing what you can do. For instance, planning 4 steps ahead is good when you know what steps you can take. I saw in this video you were clicking on people in your council to do certain tasks--I had no idea I could do that! Biggest learning curve is that.

Thank you for this! I'm so excited about this game but I've never played anything like it before so when I started reading the tutorials I was so overwhelmed - this was nice and easy to follow.

Been looking for this every hour finally

I'm new to the series and while the tutorial was pretty decent, videos like this are things beginners need. Thank you.

This is an awesome guide. I was really lost on what to do. I love the details you added about picking spouses. I am going to replay the tutoriall because I was just picking spouses by some of their stats.

Commenting for algorithm, also that vassal part just helped me tremendously, thank you!

Thank u sir! outstanding and informative clip!! Keep em coming!!

I would definitely appreciate some starter guides/playthroughs . I am brand new I did the tutorial and did the first few months as someone in Wales and instantly just got overwhelmed and closed it to watch and learn from others xD It's just so much to take in in a first glance.

For what I've heard about this game also is to get as many "HOOKS" as possible. Hooks is a key to ruling the world easy. With hooks itll allow you to control your game with less penalties. whether its to get more gold/levies from vassals, help plot an assassin, marry into stronger kingdoms, etc.

Italian Spartacus is the best Spartacus I watch! Great video mate

The heads-up about tooltips alone warrants a like and a comment

Cheers for the upload, just got this and didn't realise how in-depth the game is. Good game... Also a great vid to learn some things, I'll definitely be looking through your other vids after

thanks so much it really helped me get an idea of how to approach this game, unlike some videos u covered essentials that were not in the tutorial instead of re hashing the same material. great job! and thanks again!

big love for listing and linking the tips

Minutes 2-5 you helped me more than any other guide video for quicker gameplay. Thank you.

That first tip though 🤦‍♂️... The amount of times I kept hovering over it and it kept disappearing and I couldn't get it to stay open 🤣 Great tips here, atleast 4/5 that I've completely missed when starting. Awesome video, glad I subbed yesterday 👌 My own personal tip might be a simple one but don't forget to raise men at arms in the military section. I was running around with Levy (Peasants) wondering why everyone else had double my "army" size 😬

Awesome video. My first ever time playing I learnt so much and failed hard but it was fun . I played Munster and got a had of vassels who turned against me so I beat them and put them all in prison and kept them as holdings. I was making loadssssss. But little did I know is that the Holdings didn't all go to my primary heir and I had a tonne of kids, like 10. When I died and hire took over all hell broke loose. Brilliant

Veteran as well but my tip is don’t call in all allies unless dire. You lose tons of prestige.

Thank you, as always, your tips were awesome! Not seen them anywere else.

Love the vid Italian, never played a game like this before so this video really helped

Good job on the video mate!

Thank you!! Just bought the game and needed a basic understanding!!

As usual, a very helpful video. Thanks, man.

Great video - I really recommend explaining the governing types - the first time my feudal lord died and split the territory between 5 children I capitulated within months!

I'm only about 5 hours in and these tips helped a ton, thank you for making this (really well made) video!

For the longest time I could not for the life of me find out how to declare war lol

These tips were great, man. Thanks for doing this video.

Dame. Giving a contents and chapters intro for honesty and transparency. That's good shit

I haven’t even finished the intro and you’ve already impressed me.

I'd have to think on it more to specify but Ryan doesn't have the vibe most "narrators" give off. He fucking nails the buddy bro vibe. I feel like my boy is giving me the run down of some hot new shit. Love it. Keep it up brother the hard work is noticeable!

This kind of video is good to have. I flounder quite a lot in the game, and it's good to see some of these mechanics explained.

These were some excellent starting tips, thanks. It's my first CK game and was all a bit overwhelming!

Great video, my dude!

Well made video. Just started playing. Tips have been very helpful.

I'm very new to the series. I think I have maybe 15 hours in. Started watching beginner tutorials and this is the first one that has mentioned the tip about checking if your vassals are holding back taxes/levies for whatever reason. That was very much a "omg I needed to know this!" moment. . .though I imagine that is going to keep happening. Which is why I am watching all these videos. Anyway! Thanks for taking the time to make all these! I am excited to continue down the playlist because this game seems great and I am only sad it took this long for me to discover Crusader Kings in the first place.

Well done friend! Some good info here! 👍🏿

Great tips for beginners, thanks mate!

Thanks so much for this. My brain is in HOI IV and Total War mode right now.

Okay you sold me. Imma buy this. Thanks for all the work

I started as Ghana in 873, as my first round ever. Have been watching the tips and in just 100 years turned it into an empire that is entire Africa and a bit further.

Man i'm 3 hours in the tutorial and still haven't figured out half of what's going on, what a game ! Thank you so much for the video this is huge

These videos are all so great! I wish I found your channel before I started playing

Thanks a lot dude, these are very helpful

I've only put 23 hrs into it and I'm still learning. Thanks for the vid!

Jesus your voice is soooo smooth feel like I am listening something recorded in a professional booth also your explanation are VERY clear (p.s. Love time stamp) I never leave comments or like videos but you Sir deserve them!

Thank you for your tips I just got this game on my Xbox Series X and I had no clue what to do the tutorial explained some mechanics but this is much better.

Im so glad you took the time to make these video's. I was utterly lost in this game

Thanks man this is great!

Hey. Thanks for the nice informative video! New player here to the entire series, and this will help! Already know I screwed up the tutorial campaign.

Great vid!

amazing vid!

Youre very good at being empathetic to new players

I wish i could study real life subjects like I study your videos. I can see the light now and I am thoroughly enjoying this beautiful game because of you and I can't thank you enough.

Really helpful tips, thanks.

Gg! Just the thing I was looking for. Consodering buying this in a few daya, will be using your code if I due. Tks mate!

This is my first computer game. God bless you and others for explaining stuff

Thanks, this helped me out a lot

First Paradox game I played was Victoria, man I remember how hard it was for me to actually learn how the game work. Hours and hours of learning all the micromanagement, game flows, related history, and a lot more. Every paradox games after that wasnt that hard anymore to learn. This video reminded me of that times haha

Thanks for adding time links

Thanks to you I fell in love with the fantastical world of Crusader Kings III. As a token of appreciation I bought the game with your code. Cheers mate and keep up the good work.

Thank you for your help!

THAT FIRST TIP !!! This is what i needed xD thank you so much, i've just got past my 12th hour...this was really helpful

"good for my baltic campaign..." Proceeds to mouse over the balkans ;) rofl.

Nice video. I've got 700+ hours in CK2. Started CK3 just to 'look at things' and felt totally lost. This helps...Thanks!

This game is super intimidating and overwhelming for me. Thanks for explaining!

Wow this video was really nicely presented haha I'll make sure to plan ahead. Uyunid Empire here I come!

It takes all day just to grow Italy at best. I normally start with Matilda and my first time was really hard. I didn't know how the tool tip thing. I played all other Paradox games and thought I was okay. I have learned everything now, but it was really hard. You bring up many good points for new people.

Thanks this video helped a lot :)

a funny interaction i have found is if you are facing an annoying vassal rebellion, while you have the abduct ability and can arrest any of the vassals with it. they will be removed from the vassals that are rebelling, plus any vassal in prison cant join factions.

Great starter tips. From a new console player👍🏻

Amazing video! Ty really ty u!

Tool tip mode was so helpful, I was going crazy with those information screens being impossible to click on.

Thank you for the tips great video.

Got hundred hourse on HOI4 and EU4. But this game totally new to me. Didn't expect the mechanics to be so complicated. This tutorial greatly help

Dude fantastic. I enjoy your taste in games. Bannerlord, CK3 etc. Good work. Always good guides and i appreciate the time stamping. Glad you do this

Thank you. VERY much.

Appreciate the video. I've been having some early game trouble and this gave me a few ideas for the next try. How you you handle your first ruler death and the splitting of your territory? This tends to be where I fall apart. My conquests get divided between children and vassals, most have a claim to the main title so they won't ally up, military strength drops dramatically, and then I get overrun.