
As you’ll eventually experience, Advantage is the main deciding factor in wars. Inherited Tactics is a fantastic Legacy for winning wars, as it gives your dynasty members +5 Advantage while leading armies. All of these are generally great to have, and stack with the bonuses you get from education. You’ll see similar bonuses in other trees for other Lifestyles. Squire Traditions makes all members gain 10% more Martial lifestyle experience. A good Legacy for those that want to grow their realm early. Generational Belligerence reduces the cost of going to war by 20%, primarily making conquest and third-party Claim wars easier to declare (warring for your own Claims is always cheap, but declaring wars for someone else’s is expensive). A very powerful early-game Legacy, and the only one that objectively increases your military might. The first Legacy, House of Warriors, makes every Dynasty member have additional +2 Prowess skill, as well as increasing the effectiveness of Knights by 15% for landed members.

Personally, I find that the Warfare Legacy track does really well when playing in an area where you’re likely to get attacked, such as when playing Tribal, or in the crossroads between India and the Middle East. The ideal choice for a true warmonger, or someone who wants to stalwartly defend their rightful lands. The Warfare legacies mold your Dynasty members into competent knights and powerful commanders.

While most tend to unlock one full track before moving on (as the bonuses get progressively more powerful) it’s a legitimate strategy to pick up some of the cheaper ones first. The first step costs 1000 renown, and the last one costs 5000. The cost of Legacies is static, and each step in a track gets progressively more expensive.

If you carefully plan every child’s marriage it’s possible to complete several tracks – but even so, the first one you choose is usually the one that will truly define your Dynasty, as you struggle your way to the top! Because Legacies are permanent, the bonuses they convery are generally not as powerful as those you get from Lifestyles – on the other hand you can count on them for the rest of the game! And they apply to every member of your dynasty.ĭepending on how you play, you’ll unlock varying amounts of Legacies each game. Unlocking Legacies are a very long-term goal, but can radically alter the way you play the game. That way you have some time to plan which Legacies you’d like to play with first, and perhaps even theorycraft a bit!Īs mentioned in the Dynasty Dev Diary, you have to carefully choose between using your powers as Dynast or saving up for Legacies (or strike a careful balance). Greetings! I am Alexander Oltner, the Lead Game Designer on CK3! It’s been a while since my Dev Diary about Dynasties, and we’re thinking that you might be interested in what the other Dynasty Legacies have in store.
