Education has an impact on how quickly experience is gathered, but you can improve your experience by choosing certain character traits, dynasty legacies, and cultural pillars.
Gathering enough experience will earn you a point that you can then spend on a lifestyle tree. Each category has 3 trees for a total of 15 points.
- Early access to trees in a tree-based game
- Unique perks that are not found in other games
- Useful perks that are not found in other games
- Easily accessible perks that are unique and useful
12. Groomed to Rule
Groomed to Rule requires a single point in diplomacy lifestyle, as it finds itself at the start of the Family Hierarch tree.
My experience has shown that it provides 3 extra skill points to your children.
The diplomat’s lifestyle is generally the weakest one.
Until you have a large empire, your subjects will be under your control.
Diplomacy is a tool that can be used to get what you want. If you know the ruler doesn’t have a lot of potential, it might be a good idea to try and make them better.
The extra points are not necessary if you educate the kids yourself.
If you want to change your lifestyle focus, you have to switch it for 5 years.
This will give you enough experience to grab another perk. Befriending your vassals can help you keep them from revolting when your ruler is bad.
11. True Ruler
This add-on provides a big increase to the acceptance of vassalization by your subjects.
diplomatically vassalizing foreign rulers of a lower rank will make it easier for you to get along with them. ..
This might sound powerful, but it’s actually quite niche.
The acceptance of a vassal state depends heavily on cultural heritage, cultural acceptance, language, and de facto situation.
This is not the case with other cultures.
This is in the middle of the August tree, requiring an investment of 5 whole points to reach. If you’re anticipating a situation where the bonus from True Ruler will allow you to vassalize some neighbors, then you should start building towards it!
10. Meritocracy
Meritocracy is a system in which people are rewarded for their contributions to society, rather than based on their rank or position. This system is often seen as a better way to run society, as it allows for more people to have a voice and make a difference.
Claim the Throne: A Scheme to Overthrow Your Liege
The administrator tree is located on the very start of the administrator tree, making it easy to pick it whenever you need to.
The scheme can be powerful, but it is situational. Even if you play as a vassal in a big realm, there are other ways to ensure you usurp the throne. Claims through marriage or outright independence revolts can do the trick just fine. ..
Claiming the throne and pressing the claim this way will likely result in you inheriting the internal mess that the realm potentially is. ..
Investigation is key to succeeding in the scheme. If you’re not up for a little intrigue, you’ll likely fail. ..
The absolute best way to use this focus in my opinion is to first build up an intrigue lifestyle, then switching to stewardship for this. Acquire hooks on your fellow vassals, unlock meritocracy, scheme for the throne. That should be the first part of your plan.
You create a claimant faction and force all these vassals to swear allegiance to you. Use your persuasive skills and make them believe that they are fighting for the good of their people. If your liege doesn’t want to fight, you can force them by pressing the claim with enough strength.
9. Golden Obligations
Golden Obligations is a perk that requires a single stewardship lifestyle point.
The hook allows you to exchange money for hooks.
The perk is very helpful when you have a lot of unused hooks on various characters. Even against your loyal vassals, you sometimes have nothing valuable to do with a hook. But money, money is always valuable. ..
The “Find Secrets” spymaster action can give you a nice source of income if you have yet to build your domain name and haven’t developed your skills as a spymaster. Combined with the “Combined with the “Find Secrets” spymaster action it can give you a nice source of income that is especially helpful when you still haven’t built up your skills as a spymaster.
8. Prophet
In the right situations, Prophet can be a very valuable tool. It gives you an extra piety per knight, which can be sizeable in large realms.
The perk’s main draw is that it cuts faith creation and reformation costs in half.
If you’re reforming an unreformed faith or creating a new one, the perk of gaining tax-exempt status should be a top priority. ..
There are a few things you need to do in order to reform your desired faith. First, make sure you are in a position to reform it. Second, invest towards it.
The Theologian tree is located deep into the game, requiring four points to be spent in order to access it. ..
The bonuses preceding the recent one are all buffs to conversion. They can come in handy when you start spreading the new faith. ..
7. A Job Done Right
A Job Done Right provides a 25% chance of success to all hostile schemes. ..
Investment in intrigue requires 3 points in the lifestyle.
Getting the “Murder Success” perk will increase your chances of success when attempting to murder someone. If you find yourself struggling to kill a specific character, this perk may be able to help you out. ..
Murder sprees are a great way to play the game, but you should fully unlock the tree if you want the best bonuses. This includes the ability to have two simultaneous hostile schemes! ..
A Job Done Right can be a godsend for one murder you have to do.
6. Bellum Justum
The Bellum Justum is a term used in the Latin language to describe a conflict between two parties that are both in good faith and have a just cause.
The perk cuts the cost of declaring wars by half, be it a prestige or a piety cost.
The martial lifestyle is a great way to live. It allows you to pick the right thing for you and live a fulfilling life.
The Warmongering perk will save you a lot of prestige in the long run.
Tribal rulers can benefit from prestige as a source of men-at-arms, as it lends them an air of legitimacy. ..
If you do not focus martial, switching to it for this perk alone is worth it.
The extra couple points you will get until you are again allowed to switch focus won’t go to waste either. There are plenty of perks that buff your military to choose from!
5. Kidnapper
The Schemer tree is the only one represented twice in the list.
The Kidnapper trait unlocks the “Abduct” scheme for your character. It requires an investment of 3 intrigue lifestyle points. Intrigue focused characters will always want to unlock the full tree.
The scheme allows players to kidnap other characters in the game. ..
The Diplomatic Immunity spell can be used against any character in your diplomatic range, and it will imprison him on your dungeons upon success.
- The potential for a great company to grow is clear.
- There are many opportunities out there for businesses to succeed.
- It can be hard to find the right path to success, but it’s worth looking for it.
You kidnap the heir to a kingdom’s throne and marry them to your heir. This will make them the new king or queen of the kingdom.
This is a very powerful strategy that can be used to win wars quickly. If you kidnap the enemy war leader and hold him hostage, he will likely agree to help you fight your war. This will make your war much easier to win, and make your enemies very unhappy.
This scheme can be abused to great lengths, and I personally avoid using it like that. Recruiting foreign heirs and instantly winning wars trivializes the entire game.
4. Forever Infamous
Forever Infamous is a game that requires 7 intrigue lifestyle points to unlock. This means that you can stay at 100 dread once you reach it. ..
Evil-ish characters can now play more like the villains they are meant to be, by taking advantage of the perk. This new style of gameplay allows for more strategic planning and faster decision-making, which can lead to more successful missions. ..
It’s no secret that Tom Hiddleston is not a fan favorite among many fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some may see this as an opportunity to play a character disliked by everyone, and see what kind of performance he can deliver. ..
There’s no need to be afraid, because you can rule through fear! This is a great way to get what you want in life, and it’s something that you can do easily. All you have to do is use your fear of the unknown to your advantage, and you’ll be able to get what you want without any problems. ..
This is a quote from the author, which is a warning to anyone who might be thinking of trying to unlock the tree.
The tree makes it cost no piety to torture characters, and allows you to increase certain skills after torture sessions. It also makes afraid and terrified vassals give you more tax and raises your skills the more stressed you are.
If you choose to go down this path, it drastically changes the way you play the game. You can become a tyrant and have no one complain out of sheer terror. ..
This tree is perfect for sinful intrigue characters in an unstable realm. The leaves are a bright green, the branches are sturdy, and the fruit is delicious.
3. Whole of Body
The “Restraint” perk would allow the player to reduce the damage taken from all sources by 25%.
Restraint is the key to a successful life. It allows you to focus on what’s important, and it keeps you from making rash decisions that could hurt yourself or others. It’s the foundation of a healthy relationship, and it’s essential for a successful career.
Celibacy is a way of life that allows you to live without children. It can be done by choice any time you want.
The new rule offers a great way of ensuring succession, as it gives the next in line an easier time to take over if they are not able to serve.
The key to avoiding dynastic succession problems is to have only one eligible heir. This can be a difficult task, as there is always the risk of the heir dying. To minimize this risk, it is important to marry your older daughters matrilineally. ..
The Whole of Body perk allows players to regenerate health and stamina at a much faster rate than normal. ..
The new study found that people who took the supplement lived an average of six months longer than those who didn’t. ..
The last two perks in the game give you some nice benefits. They buff your health and lifespan, and the rest of the tree gives you some bonuses like better court physicians and disease resistance.
When the bark is rough and the leaves are green.
If your heir is an idiot but your grandson is a genius, you can use this tree to extend your reign, ensuring that either your grandson succeeds you or your current heir has a short reign.
2. Scholar
The Scholar tree is one of the most powerful trees in the game, and I believe it should be used more often. ..
The three learning trees on this list are strong and rightfully represented, but the one that takes the cake is the tree of knowledge.
The bonuses to your culture’s head are insane. They will speed up your culture’s innovations like crazy.
The tree has a few highlights, including the last three perks.
Councilor skills can help you boost your attributes in many ways. With the right skills, you can increase your strength, dexterity, and intelligence. By learning councilor skills, you can make yourself more powerful and efficient in the workplace.
This new system allows you to buy claims on entire duchies, kingdoms, or even empires. A great way to spend all your accumulated piety.
Scholar is a great trait for anyone who wants to learn more and grow in their field. It helps you develop faster and increase your chances of success with all your schemes. ..
Even if your characters don’t have a learning focus, it’s often best to go down this tree. ..
As a culture head, I cannot stress enough the importance of high learning. Unlocking innovations can be seen as direct buffs to you and all your future characters. ..
1. Household Guard
The answer is that your team is not playing as well as it could be.
Your enemy has chosen to invest in a strong household guard, while you have chosen to invest in other key areas of your defense. This likely explains why your enemy is more successful than you are. ..
Military focus is king in the early game, and the 4 perks leading up to “Household Guard” are your first priority. If you don’t have them, you will quickly find yourself at a disadvantage in the early game.
These 4 perks will give you 4 extra knights, make them almost twice as effective, reduce your chance of dying in combat, and decrease your overall casualties in battle.
Your army has a combined +15 advantage in battles where you are the leading general.
Your martial arts skills and river crossings will give you an advantage against your opponents, while your defender bonuses will help you survive in difficult situations.
You can now win these seemingly even engagements by knowing all this.
Make sure to equip your martial character with the best gear and weapons early on in the game to help them survive. ..
Get “Household Guard” as soon as possible, and then complete the “Strategist” tree. Especially as a tribal ruler, your county control is barely relevant; your troops will come through men-at-arms and vassal contribution based on your fame. ..
