CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial
Against the Odds achievement icon

Roads to Power achievement

Against the Odds

Starting in 1178, take the Decision to Re-Establish the Theodosian Borders

Conditions as the game checks them

Possible decides whether the achievement can still be earned in a run; happened is the check that unlocks it (common/achievements/_achievements.info).

Unlocks when (happened) (4 lines of game script)
custom_description = {
	text = against_the_odds_achievement_trigger
	exists = global_var:achieved_against_the_odds_achievement
}

As written in game/common/achievements/ep3_achievements.txt.

The file gives no “possible” condition for this one.

Source: game/common/achievements/ep3_achievements.txt, game/common/achievement_groups.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. Unlock share: Steam Web API, 2026-10-02.