Crusader Kings 3: Difficulty levels Crusader Kings 3 guide, tips

On this page you'll find detailed information regarding the difficulty levels. The table below contains a full list of changes made by the specific difficulty levels. The last line contains information about achievements you can obtain on each level.

Difficulty level / settings	Very Easy	Easy	Normal
Hostile Scheme Resistance	30	15	0
Fertility	20%	10%	0
Penalties for Short Reign Duration	-50%	-25%	0
Tyranny Gain	-75%	-25%	0
Stress Gain	-50%	-25%	0
Knight Survival	75%	66%	0
Minor Disease Chance	-75%	-15%	0
Health Boost	Moderate	Small	None
Faction Formation	Significantly slower	Slightly slower	No changes
Vassal Opinion	25	0	0
Liege Opinion	50	0	0
Achievements

The numbers in the table represent modifiers, not actual values. Thus, when the Knight Survival modifier is 0 on Normal, this doesn't mean all your knights are doomed to die in combat - it means there's no influence on probability at this difficulty level. When a value is listed as 0 it means there's no modifier active.