

Court artifact · Book
Essentials for the Military Classics
Essentials for the Military Classics is a masterwork book artifact in Crusader Kings III: Monthly Martial Lifestyle Experience +15%, Court grandeur baseline +4, Knight Effectiveness +5%, Heavy Infantry Toughness +5%. Quality 30 and wealth 30; maximum durability 75, and it does not wear out. At game start it goes to the holder of China (starts from 1150.1.1) — needs All Under Heaven. It needs All Under Heaven. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/scripted_effects/01_exp1_historical_artifacts_creation_effect.txt.
Quick answers (2)
- What does Essentials for the Military Classics do in CK3?
- Monthly Martial Lifestyle Experience +15%, Court grandeur baseline +4, Knight Effectiveness +5%, Heavy Infantry Toughness +5% (patch 1.20.0.3).
- How do you get Essentials for the Military Classics with the console?
- effect create_artifact_military_classics_effect = { OWNER = root } — runs the scripted effect that makes it, for the character you play (debug mode).
The "Wujing Zongyao" or 'Complete Essentials for the Military Classics' is a compilation of military knowledge with illustrations. Written by a team under Zeng Gongliang at the request of Emperor Renzong it covers a wide range of military technology and is meant to be a summary of the military classics for wider dissemination. Among the topics of the book are siege machines, naval warfare and formulas for how to make explosives.
Effects
History and who has it
- Made before recorded history.
- Kept with the title China from 1044.1.1.
- At game start: the holder of China (starts from 1150.1.1) — needs All Under Heaven.
How it is made
The game creates it with the scripted effect create_artifact_military_classics_effect. In the console (how to open it), this gives it to the character you play:
effect create_artifact_military_classics_effect = { OWNER = root }Built from the effect's file; not run in the game by us.
Source: game/common/scripted_effects/01_exp1_historical_artifacts_creation_effect.txt, common/modifiers (complete_essentials_for_the_military_classics), common/artifacts/templates (general_unique_template) and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.