

Court artifact · Pedestal Item
Image of Edessa
Image of Edessa is an illustrious pedestal item artifact in Crusader Kings III: Court grandeur baseline +3, Clergy Opinion +5, Piety +1/month, Temple Buildings Construction Cost -20%, Temple Holding Construction Cost -20%. Quality 100 and wealth 100; maximum durability 150, and it does not wear out. At game start it goes to the holder of Byzantine Empire — needs The Royal Court. It needs The Royal Court. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/scripted_effects/01_exp1_historical_artifacts_creation_effect.txt.
Quick answers (3)
- What does Image of Edessa do in CK3?
- Court grandeur baseline +3, Clergy Opinion +5, Piety +1/month, Temple Buildings Construction Cost -20%, Temple Holding Construction Cost -20% (patch 1.20.0.3).
- How do you get Image of Edessa with the console?
- effect create_artifact_wall_banner_edessa_effect = { OWNER = root } — runs the scripted effect that makes it, for the character you play (debug mode).
- What if the owner can't benefit from Image of Edessa?
- They get Court grandeur baseline +3 instead.
This is the Mandylion, a cloth bearing a miraculous image of the face of Jesus, Christianity's first icon. Its origin is connected to king Abgar of Edessa.
Effects
- Court grandeur baseline+3
- Clergy Opinion+5
- Piety+1/month
- Temple Buildings Construction Cost-20%
- Temple Holding Construction Cost-20%
For an owner who can't benefit from it
The template gives these instead of the effects above when its “can benefit” check fails:
Who can benefit (can_benefit) (1 line of game script)
christian_artifact_access_trigger = yes
As written in game/common/artifacts/templates (edessa_template).
Counts as a holy relic for (is_holy_relic) (6 lines of game script)
OR = {
religion = religion:christianity_religion
main_rite = {
rite_has_parameter = christian_syncretic_actor
}
}As written in game/common/artifacts/templates (edessa_template).
History and who has it
- Made before recorded history in Edessa.
- At game start: the holder of Byzantine Empire — needs The Royal Court.
How it is made
The game creates it with the scripted effect create_artifact_wall_banner_edessa_effect. In the console (how to open it), this gives it to the character you play:
effect create_artifact_wall_banner_edessa_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 (banner_of_edessa_modifier), common/artifacts/templates (edessa_template) and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.