CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial
Order Knights, the game's illustration

Heavy Cavalry men-at-arms

Order Knights

Damage
112
Toughness
36
Pursuit
20
Screen
0
order_knights

These sworn knights are renowned for their reckless fanaticism, their thundering charges against the heathen foe.

Counters

Countering cuts the countered regiment's damage by up to 90%: full effect at 2 effective countering sub-regiments per countered one (NCombat defines).

Order Knights counters

Countered by (Heavy Cavalry)

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Terrain and winter

In Plains+30 damage
In Drylands+30 damage
In Hills-20 damage
In Mountains-75 damage
In Desert Mountains-75 damage
In Wetlands-75 damage, -10 toughness, -10 pursuit
In Normal Winter-10 damage, -5 toughness
In Harsh Winter-20 damage, -10 toughness

How to get it

  • Innovation: Arched Saddle
  • Hired holy orders (it is in the game's holy order men-at-arms file)
  • Only from events or scripts (special_recruit_only)
The game's recruit condition (can_recruit)
rite = {
	rite_has_doctrine = special_doctrine_is_western_christian_faith
}
culture = {
	has_innovation = innovation_arched_saddle
}
NOT = {
	culture = {
		has_cultural_parameter = strength_in_numbers_heavy_maa_ban
	}
}

Upgrades

Bonuses in the files that raise this regiment or every Heavy Cavalry regiment.

innovation · Plate Armor

  • Toughness+20

innovation · Lacquered Armor

  • Toughness+8

innovation · Lacquered Armor

  • Heavy Cavalry Maintenance-5%

tradition · Frugal Armorers

  • Heavy Cavalry Toughness-30%

tradition · Stand and Fight

  • Heavy Cavalry Toughness+10%

tradition · Horse Breeders

  • Heavy Cavalry Maintenance-15%
  • Heavy Cavalry Recruitment Cost-25%

tradition · Longbow Competitions

  • Max Size of Heavy Cavalry Regiments-2

tradition · Defensive Tactics

  • Heavy Cavalry Toughness+20%
  • Heavy Cavalry Maintenance+10%

tradition · Eastern Roman Legacy

  • Max Size of Heavy Cavalry Regiments+2

tradition · Pragmatic Creed

  • Heavy Cavalry Maintenance+15%

tradition · Indomitable Azatani

  • Heavy Cavalry Maintenance-15%
  • Heavy Cavalry Damage+20%

tradition · Audacious Cadets

  • Heavy Cavalry Damage+20%
  • Heavy Cavalry Pursuit+20%
  • Max Size of Heavy Cavalry Regiments+2

tradition · Imperial Tagmata

  • Max Size of Heavy Cavalry Regiments+2

tradition · Iron Cavalry

  • Heavy Cavalry Toughness+20%

building · Jousting Grounds (top level: Royal Tournament Arenas)

  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Damage+60%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Toughness+60%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Screen+60%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Pursuit+60%

building · Iron Pillar of Delhi (top level: Iron Pillar of Delhi)

  • Heavy Cavalry Toughness+10%

building · Quarries (top level: Mechanized Water Pumping)

  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Toughness+8%
  • Heavy Cavalry Maintenance-8%

building · Walls & Towers (top level: Ravelins & Cavaliers)

  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Damage+28%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Toughness+28%

building · Hillside Grazing Lands (top level: Large Horse Ranches)

  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Toughness+25%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Damage+50%

building · Stables (top level: Stud Farms)

  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Toughness+70%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Damage+90%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Screen+30%
  • Stationed Heavy Cavalry Pursuit+30%

building · Iron Pillar of Delhi (top level: Alai Minar)

  • Heavy Cavalry Toughness+10%

Source: game/common/men_at_arms_types/00_holy_order_maa_types.txt, game/common/script_values/00_men_at_arms_values.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.