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Best culture ethos

The Crusader Kings III culture ethoses (Bellicose, Bureaucratic, Communal…) with their modifiers grouped by goal.

The ethoses with the most positive effects of each kind in Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3: for development, Bureaucratic (1 such effect); for tax, income & construction, Communal (2 such effects); for levies & garrison, Bellicose (1 such effect); for men-at-arms & knights, Bellicose (2 such effects); for warfare: advantage, supply & movement, Stoic (2 such effects). Ranked by how many of the game's green modifier lines of that kind each has. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/culture/pillars.

Best ethoses for each goal, at a glance

Development

1 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1BureaucraticDevelopment Growth+15%

Tax, income & construction

2 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1CommunalBuilding Construction Cost and 1 more-5%
  2. 2EgalitarianTributary Taxes+10%

Levies & garrison

1 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1BellicoseLevy Size+10%

Men-at-arms & knights

1 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1BellicoseMen-at-Arms Recruitment Cost and 1 more-10%

Warfare: advantage, supply & movement

1 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1StoicFriendly Fatal Casualties and 1 more-15%

Prestige & piety

2 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1SpiritualMonthly Piety and 1 more+10%
  2. 2CeremoniousMonthly Prestige+10%

Opinion, control & legitimacy

4 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1EgalitarianVassal Limit and 4 more+10
  2. 2CeremoniousHouse Opinion+5
  3. 3CommunalClose Family Opinion+5
  4. 4SpiritualControl Growth+15%

Skills & lifestyle experience

2 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1BellicoseProwess+2
  2. 2BureaucraticMonthly Lifestyle Experience+10%

Health, stress & bloodline

2 ethoses · the effect nearest its largest value

  1. 1CommunalCounty Fertility Growth+5%
  2. 2StoicStress Gain-15%

Best ethoses for development

1 ethoses with at least one positive development effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    BureaucraticEthos1development effect
    • Development Growth +15% (Counties of this culture)
All 1 ethoses for development as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
BureaucraticEthos1
  • Development Growth +15% (Counties of this culture)

Best ethoses for tax, income & construction

2 ethoses with at least one positive tax, income & construction effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    CommunalEthos2tax effects
    • Building Construction Cost -5% (Provinces of this culture)
    • Building Construction Time -10% (Provinces of this culture)
  2. 2
    EgalitarianEthos1tax effect
    • Tributary Taxes +10% (Characters of this culture)
All 2 ethoses for tax, income & construction as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
CommunalEthos2
  • Building Construction Cost -5% (Provinces of this culture)
  • Building Construction Time -10% (Provinces of this culture)
EgalitarianEthos1
  • Tributary Taxes +10% (Characters of this culture)

Best ethoses for levies & garrison

1 ethoses with at least one positive levies & garrison effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    BellicoseEthos1levies effect
    • Levy Size +10% (Provinces of this culture)
All 1 ethoses for levies & garrison as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
BellicoseEthos1
  • Levy Size +10% (Provinces of this culture)

Best ethoses for men-at-arms & knights

1 ethoses with at least one positive men-at-arms & knights effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    BellicoseEthos2men-at-arms effects
    • Men-at-Arms Recruitment Cost -10% (Characters of this culture)
    • Men-at-Arms Maintenance -10% (Characters of this culture)
All 1 ethoses for men-at-arms & knights as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
BellicoseEthos2
  • Men-at-Arms Recruitment Cost -10% (Characters of this culture)
  • Men-at-Arms Maintenance -10% (Characters of this culture)

Best ethoses for warfare: advantage, supply & movement

1 ethoses with at least one positive warfare: advantage, supply & movement effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    StoicEthos2warfare effects
    • Friendly Fatal Casualties -15% (Characters of this culture)
    • Defender Holding Advantage +5 (Provinces of this culture)
All 1 ethoses for warfare: advantage, supply & movement as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
StoicEthos2
  • Friendly Fatal Casualties -15% (Characters of this culture)
  • Defender Holding Advantage +5 (Provinces of this culture)

Best ethoses for prestige & piety

2 ethoses with at least one positive prestige & piety effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    SpiritualEthos2prestige effects
    • Monthly Piety +10% (Characters of this culture)
    • Rite Creation and Reformation Cost -5% (Characters of this culture)
  2. 2
    CeremoniousEthos1prestige effect
    • Monthly Prestige +10% (Characters of this culture)
All 2 ethoses for prestige & piety as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
SpiritualEthos2
  • Monthly Piety +10% (Characters of this culture)
  • Rite Creation and Reformation Cost -5% (Characters of this culture)
CeremoniousEthos1
  • Monthly Prestige +10% (Characters of this culture)

Best ethoses for opinion, control & legitimacy

4 ethoses with at least one positive opinion, control & legitimacy effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    EgalitarianEthos5opinion effects
    • Vassal Limit +10 (Characters of this culture)
    • Different Culture Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
    • Different Faith Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
    • Tributary Opinion +15 (Characters of this culture)
    • and 1 more on its page
  2. 2
    CeremoniousEthos1opinion effect
    • House Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
  3. 3
    CommunalEthos1opinion effect
    • Close Family Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
  1. 4SpiritualControl Growth +15%1opinion effect
All 4 ethoses for opinion, control & legitimacy as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
EgalitarianEthos5
  • Vassal Limit +10 (Characters of this culture)
  • Different Culture Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
  • Different Faith Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
  • Tributary Opinion +15 (Characters of this culture)
  • and 1 more on its page
CeremoniousEthos1
  • House Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
CommunalEthos1
  • Close Family Opinion +5 (Characters of this culture)
SpiritualEthos1
  • Control Growth +15% (Characters of this culture)

Best ethoses for skills & lifestyle experience

2 ethoses with at least one positive skills & lifestyle experience effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    BellicoseEthos1skills effect
    • Prowess +2 (Characters of this culture)
  2. 2
    BureaucraticEthos1skills effect
    • Monthly Lifestyle Experience +10% (Characters of this culture)
All 2 ethoses for skills & lifestyle experience as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
BellicoseEthos1
  • Prowess +2 (Characters of this culture)
BureaucraticEthos1
  • Monthly Lifestyle Experience +10% (Characters of this culture)

Best ethoses for health, stress & bloodline

2 ethoses with at least one positive health, stress & bloodline effect, the ones with the most such effects first.

  1. 1
    CommunalEthos1health effect
    • County Fertility Growth +5% (Characters of this culture)
  2. 2
    StoicEthos1health effect
    • Stress Gain -15% (Characters of this culture)
All 2 ethoses for health, stress & bloodline as a table
ethoseEffectsWhat it gives
CommunalEthos1
  • County Fertility Growth +5% (Characters of this culture)
StoicEthos1
  • Stress Gain -15% (Characters of this culture)