Royal court
Court Brewmaster
Court Brewmaster is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Learning. At excellent aptitude it gives Popular Opinion +10. Aptitude also comes from Diligent (+15), Patient (+15) and Humble (+15). Base salary 0.12 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 Court Brewmaster in CK3?
- Learning Skill Learning × 2.5 (max 50), Diligent +15, Patient +15, Humble +15, Lifestyle Reveler +15, Impatient -10, Lazy -10 and Learning the Ropes +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Court Brewmaster give?
- Terrible: Popular Opinion +1; Poor: Popular Opinion +2; Average: Popular Opinion +3; Good: Popular Opinion +6; Excellent: Popular Opinion +10.
- What tasks can the Court Brewmaster do?
- Empty the Cellars, Share with the Court and Experimental Brew.
The Court Brewmaster is a representative chosen to interact directly with the brewers of the realm, to ensure the liege can get their hands on the best of brews.
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+
• Activity Feast costs reduced by -5% to -25% (based on Aptitude) • Activity Feast rewards increased by +5% to +25% (based on Aptitude)
What makes a good Court Brewmaster
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Learning Skill | Learning × 2.5 (max 50) |
| Diligent | +15 |
| Patient | +15 |
| Humble | +15 |
| Lifestyle Reveler | +15 |
| Impatient | -10 |
| Lazy | -10 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
The holder gets
- General Opinion+5
- Prestige+0.25/month
- Learning+1
Tasks
Empty the Cellars
Increase production across the realm so we can regularly share some of our better brews with our people.
Share with the Court
Bring out some of the best brews so the court can see what we have.
Experimental Brew
The brewmaster has put together something truly unique and memorable, though... Not necessarily good.
You gain an Experimental Brew for 6 months Experimental Brew will be changed every 6 months
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Wine Steward.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hire it (valid_position) (13 lines of game script)
OR = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
custom_tooltip = {
text = court_brewmaster_requirement_tt
any_sub_realm_barony = {
county.holder = root
title_province = {
has_building_or_higher = breweries_01
}
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (6 lines of game script)
scope:employee = {
liege = scope:liege
court_brewmaster_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.