CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial

Casus belli · Civil wars and factions

Peasant War

The war is called “Peasant Uprising”

Peasant War is a casus belli in Crusader Kings III (civil wars and factions). If the attacker wins: All rebellious Counties lose … Control. If the defender wins: The Peasant Faction is disbanded and the attacker is imprisoned. All rebelling Counties have their Popular Opinion forcibly increased. The war goal is worth 80% war score. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/casus_belli_types/00_peasant_war_new.txt.

Quick answers (2)
What do you get for winning a Peasant War war in CK3?
All rebellious Counties lose … Control (patch 1.20.0.3).
What happens on a white peace?
The Peasant Faction is disbanded.

How the war ends

Attacker wins

All rebellious Counties lose … Control.

White peace

The Peasant Faction is disbanded.

Defender wins

The Peasant Faction is disbanded and the attacker is imprisoned. All rebelling Counties have their Popular Opinion forcibly increased.

If the war becomes invalid

The … has ended: it was no longer valid to continue.

Who can declare it

The game shows no text of its own for these conditions; the script is below.

Every civil wars and factions war (the group's allowed_for_character) (1 line of game script)
herders_and_tributary_constraints = yes

As written in game/common/casus_belli_groups/00_casus_belli_groups.txt.

Attacker (allowed_for_character) (6 lines of game script)
scope:attacker = {
	is_leading_faction_type = peasant_faction
}
NOT = {
	government_has_flag = government_is_landless_adventurer
}

As written in game/common/casus_belli_types/00_peasant_war_new.txt.

Defender (allowed_against_character) (13 lines of game script)
scope:attacker = {
	joined_faction = {
		faction_leader = scope:attacker
		any_faction_county_member = {
			holder = {
				OR = {
					is_vassal_or_below_of = scope:defender
					this = scope:defender
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

As written in game/common/casus_belli_types/00_peasant_war_new.txt.

Source: game/common/casus_belli_types/00_peasant_war_new.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. “The attacker”, “the defender” stand where the game names the character; “…” marks other words it fills in during play.