Royal court
Court Gardener
Court Gardener is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Stewardship. At excellent aptitude it gives Character capital county monthly development growth +0.5/month. Aptitude also comes from Lifestyle Gardener (+20), Lifestyle Herbalist (+10) and Patient (+10). Base salary 0.25 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 Gardener in CK3?
- Stewardship Skill Stewardship × 2.5 (max 60), Lifestyle Gardener +20, Lifestyle Herbalist +10, Patient +10, Architect +5, Domicile +5 to +30, 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 Court Gardener give?
- Terrible: Character capital county monthly development growth +0.05/month; Poor: Character capital county monthly development growth +0.1/month; Average: Character capital county monthly development growth +0.2/month; Good: Character capital county monthly development growth +0.35/month; Excellent: Character capital county monthly development growth +0.5/month.
- What tasks can the Court Gardener do?
- Public Works.
The Court Gardener is responsible for the well-being of the gardens belonging to their liege, pouring time and skill into making them truly flourish.
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+
What makes a good Court Gardener
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Stewardship Skill | Stewardship × 2.5 (max 60) |
| Lifestyle Gardener | +20 |
| Lifestyle Herbalist | +10 |
| Patient | +10 |
| Architect | +5 |
| Domicile | +5 to +30 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
| improved_stewardship_court_position_efficiency_desc | +10 |
The holder gets
Tasks
Public Works
This character is tasked with managing the development of the capital city.
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Chief Gardener, Gardener.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hire it (valid_position) (4 lines of game script)
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
culture = {
has_cultural_parameter = can_appoint_court_gardener
}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 = {
court_gardener_validity_trigger = {
EMPLOYER = scope:liege
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (8 lines of game script)
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
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.