Religion is an important element of Crusader Kings 3. Often, an area or person’s faith dictates your relationship with them. Religion in CK3 also controls marriage doctrines, criminal doctrines, how your clergy works, and any special doctrines. Your faith also influences how you can gain a significant resource in the game, Piety. There is an immense list of religions in CK3, and you can find every one below.
How does Religion work in Crusader Kings 3?
Each character in the game is assigned a default religion. This is usually closely linked to their culture and region. So, you can expect Europe to be mostly Christian and Pagan, the Middle East and Northern Africa to be Islamic, and the East to be a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism.
Each religion stems from one of three religious families (which are closely linked to region and culture):
- Abrahamic
- Eastern
- Pagan
Within these families, you’ll find a massive amount of different faiths. In fact, religions within the same family don’t necessarily have anything to do with one another. For example, Islam and Christianity are both Abrahamic faiths but are antagonistic to one another.
Instead, it’s best to think of your religion as rivaling every other religion. Here are the different modifiers you can get depending on your faith:
Righteous
- This faith is considered legitimate:
- Intermarriage is common.
- Can Usurp their titles.
Astray
- Character is of a similar faith (ex. Insular Christian and Catholic):
- Intermarriage may still happen. Character Opinion: -10
- Popular Opinion: -15
- Can Usurp your titles.
Hostile
- Character’s faith deviates significantly:
- Intermarriage may still happen.
- Holy Wars can be waged.
- Character Opinion: -20
- Popular Opinion: -30
- Can start Great Holy War against them.
- Cannot Usurp their Titles.
- Can use Holy Orders against them.
Evil
- This faith is considered anathema:
- Intermarriage rarely happens.
- Holy Wars can be waged.
- Character Opinion: -30
- Popular Opinion: -45
- Can start Great Holy Wars against them.
- Cannot Usurp their titles.
- Can use Holy Orders against them.
These modifiers can be to your detriment when you’re playing a diplomatic character. However, if you are more martially inclined, you can use them to justify military action and conquer lands.
Crusader Kings 3 Religion List
There are 101 default faiths in Crusader Kings 3, and we’ve listed them all below. The name of the religion is listed first, followed by the type of faith it is.
| In-Game Name | Real Name: | Real Description: | Fake Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Painting | Leonardo da Vinci, Virtuvian Man, 1490 AD | Paper is worn, but not stained. | Paper has a coffee ring stain in the upper right corner. |
| Beautiful Statue | Alexandros of Antioch, Venus De Milo, 101 BC | Flawless stomach. | Has a chip on the upper right of the stomach just above the navel. |
| Calm Painting | Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 AD | N/A | No fake found. |
| Dynamic Painting | Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1829-1833 AD | N/A | No fake found. |
| Famous Painting | Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503 AD | No eyebrows. | Bumpin' eyebrows. |
| Flowery Painting | Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, 1888 AD | N/A | No fake found. |
| Graceful Painting | Hishikawa Moronobu, Beauty Looking Back, c. 17th Century AD | Woman takes up only the bottom 2/3rds or so of the painting. Has a white tag to the left of her hair near her collar. | Woman takes up almost the whole painting. Tag is missing. |
| Jolly Painting | Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Summer, 1563 AD | Has a sprout of artichoke on the fruit/vegetable person's chest in the lower right part of the painting. | Missing the sprout. |
| Moody Painting | Jean-Francois Millet, The Sower, 1850 AD | N/A | No fake found. |
| Motherly Statue | Unknown, Capitoline Wolf, c. 11th-12th Century AD | No tongue visible. | Tongue hanging out of mouth. |
| Scary Painting | Toshusai Sharaku, Otani Oniji the 3rd as Yakko Edobei, c. 1794-1795 AD | Angry eyebrows. | Sad eyebrows. |
| Scenic Painting | Pieter Brueghel the Elder, The Hunters in the Snow, 1565 AD | Two hunters and approx 11-12 dogs. | One hunter and approx 9-10 dogs. |
| Serene Painting | Leonardo Da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, 1489-1490 AD | Ermine is pure white. | Ermine has gray fur about its head and upper body. |
| Warm Painting | Francisco de Goya, The Clothed Maja, c. 1798-1805 AD | N/A | No fake found. |
| Warrior Statue | Unknown, Terracotta Warrior, c. Third Century BC | Not holding anything. | Holding a shovel. |
| Wistful Painting | Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665 | Girl has a pearl earring. | Girl has a star earring. |
