Base game achievement
The Emperor's New Clothes
While holding any Empire Title, be naked. May not be available for characters created in the Ruler Designer.
The Emperor's New Clothes is a Crusader Kings III achievement: While holding any Empire Title, be naked. May not be available for characters created in the Ruler Designer. The game groups it as Medium. 4.8% of Steam players have it (Steam, 2026-10-02). It is in the base game. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/achievements/standard_achievements.txt.
Quick answers (2)
- How do you get The Emperor's New Clothes achievement in CK3?
- While holding any Empire Title, be naked. May not be available for characters created in the Ruler Designer.
- How rare is The Emperor's New Clothes?
- 4.8% of Steam players have it (2026-10-02).
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) (5 lines of game script)
custom_description = {
text = the_emperors_new_clothes_achievement_trigger
highest_held_title_tier >= tier_empire
should_be_naked_trigger = yes
}As written in game/common/achievements/standard_achievements.txt.
Still possible while (possible) (3 lines of game script)
NOT = {
has_character_flag = rd_character_blocked_the_emperors_new_clothes_achievement_flag
}As written in game/common/achievements/standard_achievements.txt.
Source: game/common/achievements/standard_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.