Celestial court
Favored Minister
Favored Minister is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Diplomacy. At excellent aptitude it gives Monthly Influence +25%. Aptitude also comes from Disciples (+2). Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/court_positions/types/00_celestial_court_positions.txt.
Quick answers (2)
- What makes a good Favored Minister in CK3?
- Diplomacy Skill Diplomacy × 1.75 (max 50), Martial Skill Martial × 1.75 (max 50), Stewardship Skill Stewardship × 1.75 (max 50), Intrigue Skill Intrigue × 1.75 (max 50), Learning Skill Learning × 1.75 (max 50) and Disciples +2 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Favored Minister give?
- Terrible: Monthly Influence +5%; Poor: Monthly Influence +10%; Average: Monthly Influence +15%; Good: Monthly Influence +20%; Excellent: Monthly Influence +25%.
The Favored Minister is the chosen favorite Councillor of a Celestial Son of Heaven and is granted the freedom to run their ministry as they wish.
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 Favored Minister
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy Skill | Diplomacy × 1.75 (max 50) |
| Martial Skill | Martial × 1.75 (max 50) |
| Stewardship Skill | Stewardship × 1.75 (max 50) |
| Intrigue Skill | Intrigue × 1.75 (max 50) |
| Learning Skill | Learning × 1.75 (max 50) |
| Disciples | +2 |
The holder gets
- Monthly Influence+25%
- Merit+3/month
- Monthly Ministry Base Rate+50%
Who may hire it (valid_position) (2 lines of game script)
highest_held_title_tier = tier_hegemony government_has_flag = government_is_celestial
As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_celestial_court_positions.txt.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (3 lines of game script)
scope:employee = {
is_councillor_of = scope:liege
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_celestial_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (2 lines of game script)
highest_held_title_tier = tier_hegemony government_has_flag = government_is_celestial
As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_celestial_court_positions.txt.
Source: game/common/court_positions/types/00_celestial_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.