Royal court
Caravan Master
Caravan Master is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Stewardship. At excellent aptitude it gives Monthly Wandering Lifestyle Experience +25%. Aptitude also comes from Adventurer (+10), Brave (+5) and Lifestyle Herbalist (+5). Base salary 0.1 a month; revoking it costs 25 prestige. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Quick answers (3)
- What makes a good Caravan Master in CK3?
- Learning Skill Learning (max 50), Stewardship Skill Stewardship × 1.3 (max 50), Adventurer +10, Brave +5, Lifestyle Herbalist +5, Lifestyle Hunter +5, Diligent +5, Flexible Leader +10, Forest Fighter +10, Open Terrain Expert +10, Rough Terrain Expert +10, Desert Warrior +10, Jungle Stalker +10, Winter Soldier +10, Administrator +5, Erudite +5, Lifestyle Physician +5, Lifestyle Traveler +20 to +40, Beastmaster +30, Travel Companion Perk +15, Employer has Travel Companion Perk +15, Craven -20, Lazy -10, Clubfooted -30, Blind -50, Infirm -50, Maimed -30, Lifestyle Reveler -5, Learning the Ropes +10 and improved_stewardship_court_position_efficiency_desc +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Caravan Master give?
- Terrible: Monthly Wandering Lifestyle Experience +3%; Poor: Monthly Wandering Lifestyle Experience +5%; Average: Monthly Wandering Lifestyle Experience +8%; Good: Monthly Wandering Lifestyle Experience +15%; Excellent: Monthly Wandering Lifestyle Experience +25%.
- What tasks can the Caravan Master do?
- Stock Up for Travels, Prepare Armies and Improve Skills.
The Caravan Master assists you when traveling and takes charge of all itineraries. They aim to ensure you arrive at your destination safely and on-time.
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+
• Provides Safety and Speed during Travels
What makes a good Caravan Master
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Learning Skill | Learning (max 50) |
| Stewardship Skill | Stewardship × 1.3 (max 50) |
| Adventurer | +10 |
| Brave | +5 |
| Lifestyle Herbalist | +5 |
| Lifestyle Hunter | +5 |
| Diligent | +5 |
| Flexible Leader | +10 |
| Forest Fighter | +10 |
| Open Terrain Expert | +10 |
| Rough Terrain Expert | +10 |
| Desert Warrior | +10 |
| Jungle Stalker | +10 |
| Winter Soldier | +10 |
| Administrator | +5 |
| Erudite | +5 |
| Lifestyle Physician | +5 |
| Lifestyle Traveler | +20 to +40 |
| Beastmaster | +30 |
| Travel Companion Perk | +15 |
| Employer has Travel Companion Perk | +15 |
| Craven | -20 |
| Lazy | -10 |
| Clubfooted | -30 |
| Blind | -50 |
| Infirm | -50 |
| Maimed | -30 |
| Lifestyle Reveler | -5 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
| improved_stewardship_court_position_efficiency_desc | +10 |
The holder gets
Tasks
Stock Up for Travels
This character is tasked with preparing for their liege's next journey.
Safety and Speed will be increased by +… next time you Travel (This value is increased by +… every month, up to +…)
Safety and Speed will be increased by +… next time you Travel (The value is increased by +0.3/+2 every month, up to +3/+20)
Prepare Armies
This character is tasked with preparing the armies for their forays into foreign realms.
- Martial+2
Improve Skills
This character is focusing on improving their skills as a caravan master.
Every month this character has a chance of gaining Lifestyle Traveler Trait Experience, Martial Skill, or Stewardship Skill
- Wanderer (Lifestyle Traveler) Trait Experience Gain+25%
Costs 0.05 prestige a month
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Clearer of the Way, Forward Scout.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (3 lines of game script)
valid_camp_officer_trigger = {
OFFICER = travel_leader
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (7 lines of game script)
trigger_if = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
highest_held_title_tier <= tier_barony
}
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.