Situation · All Under Heaven
The Silk Road
The Silk Road is a situation in Crusader Kings III (All Under Heaven) with 3 phases: Exceptional Bounty, Steady Trading and Hardship. It starts in Steady Trading. Steady Trading takes over at 500 points; the biggest single push is "Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven" (1,000), 1 times alone. Exceptional Bounty takes over at 500 points; the biggest single push is "Grand Canal Expansion" (30), 17 times alone. Hardship takes over at -500 points; the biggest single push is "Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven" (-1,000), 1 times alone. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/situation/situations/tgp_silk_road.txt.
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The fastest push into each phase
Steady Trading (500 points)Grand Canal Expansion: 30 — 17×- Exceptional Bounty (500 points)Grand Canal Expansion: 30 — 17×
- Hardship (-500 points)Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven: -1,000 — 1×
The Silk Road is not one road, but a whole network of routes that connect the furthest corners of civilization to exchange gold, goods, and ideas. To have access to the Silk Road is to have access to all the riches of the world. Different levels of access to the silk road grant varying gold bonuses, and may provide unique opportunities to unlock exotic Innovations. The amount of gold and knowledge traveling on the Silk Road will change depending on its prosperity, which is influenced by many factors, including wars, events, and China's Dynastic Cycle.
Phases
Exceptional Bounty
Phase · lasts at most 8 years · can turn into 1 phase
Astounding treasures can be gained, the greatest profits can be made, and ideas and innovations spread the widest when times are good on the Silk Road.
- Good Phase
Effects on each group of participants (1)
Silk Road …
Every participant
Their counties:
Lands Under Heaven
- Domain Taxes+2%
Silk Road Realms
- Domain Taxes+2%
Peripheral Realms
- Domain Taxes+1%
Steppe Nomads
Their counties:
Steady Trading
Starting phase · can turn into 2 phases
Profits are made, deals are haggled over, and business continues as usual. There might be some more lucrative options elsewhere, but the Silk Road is more reliable.
Effects on each group of participants (1)
Silk Road …
Lands Under Heaven
- Domain Taxes+1%
Silk Road Domains
- Domain Taxes+1%
Steppe Nomads
Hardship
Phase · lasts at most 8 years · can turn into 1 phase
From war, calamity, and unpredictable twists and turns of fate, the Silk Road is at an absolute standstill. Neither money nor ideas are moving, and the only thing gained from following the Silk Road's routes is misery and poverty.
Effects on each group of participants (1)
Silk Road …
Lands Under Heaven
- Legitimacy Loss+10%
Silk Road Domains
- Domain Taxes-2%
Silk Road Realms
- Domain Taxes-1%
Peripheral Realms
- Domain Taxes-1%
What changes the phase
One block per phase it can turn into; open one to see every catalyst that counts, from each phase it can come from.
Into Exceptional Bountyfrom 1 phase · biggest push: Grand Canal Expansion (30)
Steady Trading→Exceptional Bounty
Takes over at 500 points from 10 catalysts. The biggest single push, “Grand Canal Expansion”, is worth 30 — 17 times alone.
| What happens | Points | Times alone | Fired by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canal Expansion | 30 | 17 | Script: grand_canals |
| Grand Canal Expansion | 20 | 25 | Script: grand_canals |
| Famous Marketplace Improved | 15 | 34 | Script: boudhanath_01; Script: changan_market_01 and 17 more |
| The Iranian Intermezzo has ended | 15 | 34 | Decision: Abbasid Humiliation; Decision: Iranian Resurgence and 4 more |
| Yearly Situation Region Peace | 15 | 34 | Interaction: Change Silk Road Phase; Event: neutral_situation.0001 and 5 more |
| Yearly Adjacent Upstream Situation Region Peace | 10 | 50 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| Grand Canal Expansion | 10 | 50 | Script: grand_canals |
| Dynastic Cycle is Stable | 5 | 100 | not found in the files |
| Yearly Distant Upstream Situation Region Peace | 5 | 100 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| Steppe Resettlement | 5 | 100 | Decision: Adopt … Ways; Decision: Adopt … Ways (West African Pagan) and 38 more |
Into Steady Tradingfrom 2 phases · biggest push: Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven (1000)
Exceptional Bounty→Steady Trading
Takes over at 500 points from 9 catalysts. The biggest single push, “Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven”, is worth 1,000 — 1 times alone.
| What happens | Points | Times alone | Fired by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven | 1,000 | 1 | not found in the files |
| Byzantine Empire Falls | 50 | 10 | Automatic: on_title_destroyed |
| Steppe Expanded | 50 | 10 | Decision: Expand the Steppes |
| Nomadic Devastation | 15 | 34 | War: Mongol Realm Invasion; Automatic: on_county_occupied |
| Yearly Situation Region War | 15 | 34 | Interaction: Change Silk Road Phase; Event: neutral_situation.0001 and 5 more |
| Yearly Adjacent Upstream Situation Region War | 10 | 50 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| The Silk Road has been raided | 10 | 50 | Automatic: on_raid_action_completion |
| Yearly Distant Upstream Situation Region War | 5 | 100 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| Unrest in the Iranian Intermezzo | 3 | 167 | Event: neutral_struggle.0001 |
Hardship→Steady Trading
Takes over at 500 points from 10 catalysts. The biggest single push, “Grand Canal Expansion”, is worth 30 — 17 times alone.
| What happens | Points | Times alone | Fired by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canal Expansion | 30 | 17 | Script: grand_canals |
| Grand Canal Expansion | 20 | 25 | Script: grand_canals |
| Famous Marketplace Improved | 15 | 34 | Script: boudhanath_01; Script: changan_market_01 and 17 more |
| The Iranian Intermezzo has ended | 15 | 34 | Decision: Abbasid Humiliation; Decision: Iranian Resurgence and 4 more |
| Yearly Situation Region Peace | 15 | 34 | Interaction: Change Silk Road Phase; Event: neutral_situation.0001 and 5 more |
| Yearly Adjacent Upstream Situation Region Peace | 10 | 50 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| Grand Canal Expansion | 10 | 50 | Script: grand_canals |
| Dynastic Cycle is Stable | 5 | 100 | not found in the files |
| Yearly Distant Upstream Situation Region Peace | 5 | 100 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| Steppe Resettlement | 5 | 100 | Decision: Adopt … Ways; Decision: Adopt … Ways (West African Pagan) and 38 more |
Into Hardshipfrom 1 phase · biggest push: Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven (-1000)
Steady Trading→Hardship
Takes over at -500 points from 9 catalysts. The biggest single push, “Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven”, is worth -1,000 — 1 times alone.
| What happens | Points | Times alone | Fired by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Son of Heaven has lost the Mandate of Heaven | -1,000 | 1 | not found in the files |
| Byzantine Empire Falls | -50 | 10 | Automatic: on_title_destroyed |
| Steppe Expanded | -50 | 10 | Decision: Expand the Steppes |
| Nomadic Devastation | -15 | 34 | War: Mongol Realm Invasion; Automatic: on_county_occupied |
| Yearly Situation Region War | -15 | 34 | Interaction: Change Silk Road Phase; Event: neutral_situation.0001 and 5 more |
| Yearly Adjacent Upstream Situation Region War | -10 | 50 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| The Silk Road has been raided | -10 | 50 | Automatic: on_raid_action_completion |
| Yearly Distant Upstream Situation Region War | -5 | 100 | Event: neutral_situation.0001; Event: neutral_situation.0002 and 4 more |
| Unrest in the Iranian Intermezzo | -3 | 167 | Event: neutral_struggle.0001 |
Who takes part
Lands Under Heaven · Silk Road Domains · Silk Road Realms · Peripheral Realms · Steppe Nomads
Source: game/common/situation/situations/tgp_silk_road.txt (key silk_road_situation), common/situation/catalysts, common/script_values and every trigger_situation_catalyst in common/ and events/, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.