Your chances of a pregnancy can be reduced by marrying old characters or waiting until your player character is older before marrying.

One big reason to reduce the number of children you have is because it can help you control your succession more precisely. It can also avoid cluttering your game with many characters, which allows you to keep track of your children and give them a better education. ..

How Does Reproduction Work in CK3?

Second, the game has a unique way of calculating pregnancies.

The Basics

Each character begins with a base fertility rate according to their age and gender. This fertility rate is then modified by various factors, such as education, occupation, and health. ..

The game features a few characters who have been known to reproduce after the age of 46, but most women cannot.

The fertility of women decreases after every child, according to a study. Concubines and other extra spouses have halved fertility.

The pregnancy chance is calculated every month according to this formula: The pregnancy chance is a percentage that indicates the likelihood of having a baby in a given month. This percentage is based on the number of pregnancies that month and the average number of pregnancies per month.

The pregnancy chance for this married couple is 33%. ..

Traits Affecting Fertility

Fertility is determined by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Genetic factors include the sex of the baby, the mother’s age, and her health. Environmental factors include the woman’s diet, exercise, and social environment.

If a character is barren or sterile, they might still be able to have children, even though the tooltip says they cannot.

The two personality traits that modify fertility are the physical trait and the lifestyle trait. The physical trait is the number of eggs a woman has. The lifestyle trait is how often a woman has sex.

Many diseases and illnesses can reduce fertility at varying levels. This is especially true for conditions like cancer, which can cause infertility as a direct result of treatment or side effects. ..

Some events and artifacts can modify fertility. Some event modifiers are usually temporary, and some artifacts can be equipped or unequipped at will.

How To Stop Having Children (Best Methods)

1. Become Celibate

There are many benefits to celibacy if you can find it. With the right conditions, celibacy can be the best option for you with the most flexibility and no chance of having children.

You can unlock the option to become celibate by choosing the “Restraint” perk in the Learning Lifestyle tree. This will cost you at least 2000 Learning Lifestyle experience. ..

After selecting this perk, you can choose the “Embrace Celibacy” decision from the menu on the right. This choice is free.

You can’t change your decision to celibacy at any time through the same menu. However, if you want to abandon celibacy and then become celibate again later, you will have to wait for 12 months.

The reveler trait allows you to embrace celibacy, even if you do not have the perk.

The reveler traits are obtained by hosting or attending feasts. If you want to become celibate, you might want to avoid them.

If you become celibate and then get a reveler trait during your celibacy, you will remain celibate until you choose to abandon celibacy. Be careful, because you won’t be able to become celibate again once you do this.

2. Remove Your Spouse

If you want to keep your children from being raised by their divorced or widowed parents, you should get a divorce or kill your spouse. ..

You can still have children through events or lovers, but without a spouse they’ll be considered bastards and won’t inherit from you. Most of these events are in your control, but some are not, like those at feasts.

Divorce is usually quick and easy, if you have the piety. Although it can be difficult to divorce your spouse depending on your religion. ..

To divorce your spouse, right click on their character portrait and find the “diplomacy” heading. Click on “more” to reveal the divorce action.

Pope Francis has called for Catholic rulers to pay piety, or religious taxes, in order to curry favor with God. This is a departure from the past, when Catholic rulers were able to get away with not paying piety. ..

In some religions, like Muwalladism, divorces are easy to obtain. This is because there is no religious ceremony or ritual involved- simply paying a piety cost. ..

In some minor religions, divorce is not allowed at all. This is the case with the Alevi religion. ..

When you kill your spouse, it can be harder and have a higher chance of failing. You may also face consequences for your actions.

To assassinate someone, right-click on their portrait and choose “murder” from the list of hostile actions. This will begin a murder plot in the Intrigue tab on the right. ..

The murder plot will take time to complete and will offer you some events to increase your chances of success and secrecy. Recruiting agents will improve your chances.

Inquiry skills and some intrigue perks can help you with these plots as well.

If you are found to have lied to your liege, you may be punished, such as being exiled from your kingdom. ..

If your spouse can fight in armies, you can assign them as a commander to an army and lead them into an impossible battle. If they die, you won’t be accused of murder!

3. Marry Old or Infertile Spouses

A marriage that includes an older character will produce fewer children due to reduced fertility. After the age of 46, women can’t become pregnant anymore either.

If you divorced or lost your spouse and don’t want any more children, marrying an old character will still give you spouse bonuses with reduced or no pregnancy risk.

If you are a female ruler under the age of 46, you can still become pregnant even if your spouse is over the age of 46. ..

You can choose to sort marriages by fertility or infertility in the game’s menu. This process will be easier if you do it this way. ..

Many in-game traits can affect fertility, including age, sex, and race. Make sure your spouse has the traits you want to increase your fertility.

If you still need children, but only a few, you can marry an older character who is still fertile. For example, a wife who is 35 years old could have children for the next 10 years.

If you’re thinking about having children later in life, be aware that fertility declines significantly after age 35. This means there’s a greater chance you won’t be able to conceive naturally, and if you do, your child may not survive to adulthood. Waiting too long can also mean death without an heir. ..