Unofficial fan reference · game files of Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3 “Crozier”
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Changing Course achievement icon

The Royal Court achievement

Changing Course

Create a Divergent Culture

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) (8 lines of game script)
custom_description = {
	text = changing_course_achievement_trigger
	root.culture = {
		is_divergent_culture = yes
		exists = var:ep1_03_achievement_unlocked
		var:ep1_03_achievement_unlocked >= 1
	}
}

As written in game/common/achievements/ep1_achievements.txt.

Still possible while (possible) (1 line of game script)
exists = global_var:started_changing_course_achievement

As written in game/common/achievements/ep1_achievements.txt.

Source: game/common/achievements/ep1_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.