CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial

Activity

Festival

All Under Heaven

Festival is an activity in Crusader Kings III for up to 50 guests. Its options: festival scale (Modest Merrymaking, Elaborate Celebration and Extravagant Festivities). Host intents: Recreation, Encourage Cohesion, Coax to Bloc and Sideline from Bloc. Cooldown 5 years at base. Its cost script uses gold. It needs All Under Heaven. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/activities/activity_types/festival.txt.

Quick answers (2)
What do the festival festival scale options do in CK3?
Modest Merrymaking: Decreased Prestige gain. Elaborate Celebration: Moderate Prestige gain. Extravagant Festivities: Greatly increased Prestige gain.
How long is the festival cooldown?
5 years: the base its cooldown value starts from (patch 1.20.0.3).

Festivals are opportunities for the people to deepen their connections with their heritage and the divine, and for their rulers to display magnanimity and reinforce their authority.

Festival Scale

  • Modest Merrymaking

    • Decreased Prestige gain

    Any festival is better than no festival at all, surely?

  • Elaborate Celebration

    • Moderate Prestige gain

    A celebration worthy of the occasion, that will leave none in attendance unsatisfied.

    Adds to the cost: gold

  • Extravagant Festivities

    • Greatly increased Prestige gain

    Rich pageantry and festal displays will make this a festival long remembered.

    Adds to the cost: gold

Host intents

  • RecreationYou want to focus on reducing stress by looking for Stress-relieving opportunities.
  • Encourage CohesionYou wish to cultivate a greater sense of Cohesion within your Bloc.
  • Coax to BlocYou will attempt to improve your relations with another House Head and draw them toward your Bloc.
  • Sideline from BlocYou seek to sow dissent and alienate another House Head from their Bloc.

Guest intents

  • RecreationYou want to focus on reducing stress by looking for Stress-relieving opportunities.
  • Encourage CohesionYou wish to cultivate a greater sense of Cohesion within your Bloc.
  • Coax to BlocYou will attempt to improve your relations with another House Head and draw them toward your Bloc.
  • Sideline from BlocYou seek to sow dissent and alienate another House Head from their Bloc.

Where it plays out

The event backgrounds this activity uses; the game picks one by the place's culture and the moment.

  • You are not Landed or the Ceremonial Monarch
Who can host it (is_shown) (10 lines of game script)
has_tgp_dlc_trigger = yes
highest_held_title_tier > tier_barony
government_is_japanese_trigger = yes
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		is_ai = yes
	}
	is_at_war = no
	short_term_gold >= festival_activity_base_cost
}

As written in game/common/activities/activity_types/festival.txt.

Cost (48 lines of game script)
gold = {
	add = {
		add = {
			value = festival_activity_base_cost
			desc = festival_base_cost
		}
		add = {
			value = festival_activity_base_cost
			multiply = activity_cost_scale_by_era
			subtract = festival_activity_base_cost
			desc = activity_cost_scale_by_era_desc
		}
	}
	if = {
		limit = {
			confederation ?= {
				has_cohesion_level_parameter = any_member_activity_cost_reduced
			}
		}
		multiply = {
			value = 0.9
			desc = CB_COHESION_PARAMETER_DISCOUNT
		}
	}
	if = {
		limit = {
			dynasty ?= {
				has_dynasty_perk = tgp_japan_legacy_3
			}
		}
		multiply = {
			value = {
				value = 1
				subtract = tgp_dynasty_legacy_perk_festival_discount_value
			}
			desc = TGP_LEGACY_PERK_CHEAPER_FESTIVALS
		}
	}
	if = {
		limit = {
			var:tgp_ceremonial_liege_events_0020_discount ?= flag:festival
		}
		multiply = {
			value = 0.85
			desc = tgp_ceremonial_liege_events_0020_discount_desc
		}
	}
}

As written in game/common/activities/activity_types/festival.txt.

Source: game/common/activities/activity_types/festival.txt, common/activities/intents and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. Option texts are the game's own; costs are shown as the script the game evaluates.