Royal court
Antiquarian
Antiquarian is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Learning. At excellent aptitude it gives Artifact Decay Reduction -35%. Aptitude also comes from Has completed an Inspiration (+30), Shy (+15) and Diligent (+15). Base salary 0.15 a month; revoking it costs 200 prestige. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Quick answers (3)
- What makes a good Antiquarian in CK3?
- Learning Skill Learning × 2.5 (max 60), Has completed an Inspiration +30, Shy +15, Diligent +15, Administrator +15, Overseer +15, Domicile +20 and Learning the Ropes +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Antiquarian give?
- Terrible: Artifact Decay Reduction -7%; Poor: Artifact Decay Reduction -11%; Average: Artifact Decay Reduction -17%; Good: Artifact Decay Reduction -25%; Excellent: Artifact Decay Reduction -35%.
- What tasks can the Antiquarian do?
- Improve Artifacts, Exibit Illustrious Artifacts and Search for Rare Artifacts.
The Antiquarian is responsible for the upkeep, care, and procurement of artifacts.
What it gives you, by aptitude
The holder's aptitude (see below) sets the level: levels start at 20, 40, 60, 80.
Terriblebelow 20
Poor20+
Average40+
Good60+
Excellent80+
…• Unlocks the Commission Artifact Decision • Protects Artifacts during Sieges and Raids
What makes a good Antiquarian
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Learning Skill | Learning × 2.5 (max 60) |
| Has completed an Inspiration | +30 |
| Shy | +15 |
| Diligent | +15 |
| Administrator | +15 |
| Overseer | +15 |
| Domicile | +20 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
The holder gets
Tasks
Improve Artifacts
Your Antiquarian will improve and polish artifacts so that they are as impressive and effective as they can possibly be.
Every year the Antiquarian has a chance to improve an equipped Artifact The chance of improvement (not the quality) increases with Aptitude Common Artifacts can be improved once, Masterworks twice, and so on
Exibit Illustrious Artifacts
Your Antiquarian will exibit your illustrious artifacts to the public, showing everyone that you are in possession of something truly unique.
Costs 0.05 prestige a month
Search for Rare Artifacts
Your Antiquarian will scour ancient tomes and investigate loose rumors, searching for those who might be able to bring something spectacular back to court.
Every year the Antiquarian has a chance to give someone at Court an Adventure Inspiration (Chance increases with Aptitude)
Costs 0.05 prestige a month
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Keeper of Treasures.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hire it (valid_position) (10 lines of game script)
OR = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
trigger_if = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
}
has_any_artifact = yes
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (5 lines of game script)
scope:employee = {
antiquarian_validity_trigger = {
EMPLOYER = scope:liege
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (11 lines of game script)
OR = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
trigger_if = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
highest_held_title_tier <= tier_county
}
always = no
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Source: game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt, common/court_positions/tasks, common/script_values and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. Salary is the base before the realm-size and cultural-era multipliers.