General laws - charts | Laws Crusader Kings 2 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Feudal Levies:
Level | Modifiers | Remarks |
Minimal | Feudal lords keep at least 40% of their armies +10 to relations with feudal lords | The least profitable option, guaranteeing big armies for owners of castles and counties with castles as a dominating structures. It's very dangerous in case of civil war! |
Low | Feudal lords keep at least 30% of their armies +5 to relations with feudal lords | Little better choice, but it doesn't allow you on a freely managing of army. Bonus to the happiness is hardly noticeable. |
Medium | Feudal lords keep at least 20% of their armies | The most common level, which is a good compromise between amount of army and vassal's happiness. |
High | Feudal lords give all of their army to the sovereign -5 to relations with feudal lords | An optimal option: leaves no levies to the feudal lords, thanks to which you can take away all their armies (what prevents the rebellion). Unfortunately, it discourage vassals. |
Feudal Taxation:
Level | Modifiers | Remarks |
Non | Feudal lords pay no taxes. | Despite pretences it isn't such a bad choice. Castles usually generate less income than cities or churches so such sacrifice isn't hard/. It loses sense when most of your counties have a castle as a dominating structure. |
Low | 10% of taxes the feudal lord gains goes to the sovereign -10 to feudal lords' happiness | Optimal level allowing to gain quite ice incomes at low dissatisfaction of vassals. |
High | 20% of taxes the feudal lord gains goes to the sovereign -20 to feudal lords' happiness | Quite risky option portentousing many revolts and big dissatisfactions of feudals. Taxes won't compensate loses you'll have during civil wars. |
Harsh | 30% of taxes the feudal lord gains goes to the sovereign -30 to feudal lords' happiness | Feudal lords will be so annoyed, that managing the county will be impossible, particularly if it's big. Definitely not worth. |
City Levies :
Level | Modifiers | Remarks |
Minimal | Townsmen keep at least 50% of their armies +10 to relations with townsmen | Unprofitable choice which portentous many problems in case of civil war. Forces of mayors and doges will be at least equal with yours. |
Normal | Townsmen keep at least 35% of their armies
| Optimal option. You control most of armies, and the townsmen aren't dissatisfied. Cities provides the least army of all types of structures so small amount of troops doesn't make a difference. |
High | Townsmen keep at least 20% of their armies -10 to relations with townsmen | 15% army's growth is almost unnoticeable and growth of townsmen dissatisfaction is very noticeable. Not profitable choice. |
Very high | Townsmen keep at least 5% of their armies -20 to relations with townsmen | Completely senseless option. You have lot of army but the discontent will be so high, that your kingdom will be in chaos. |
City Taxation:
Level | Modifiers | Remarks |
Minimal | 15% of taxes the towsnmen gain goes to the sovereign +10 to townsmen happiness | Cities generate the biggest income, that's why it isn't a good choice (especially, that mayors rebel rarely). |
Normal | 25% of taxes the towsnmen gain goes to the sovereign | Very good choice for those who are afraid of revolts and want to have big incomes. |
High | 35% of taxes the towsnmen gain goes to the sovereign -10 to townsmen happiness | Very big earnings not always compensate the dissatisfaction of townsmen. It's profitable only when you aren't not afraid of revolts or you have enough army to fight it. |
Harsh | 45% of taxes the towsnmen gain goes to the sovereign -20 to townsmen happiness | Few additional coins yearly isn't worth of civil war. Even after taking away the rebels' lands and distribute them to others, you have to take into consideration another revolt. Very unprofitable choice. |
Church Levies:
Level | Modifiers | Remarks |
Minimal | Priests keep at least 50% of their armies +10 to relations with priests | Although bishoprics don't have a lot of troops there is more than in cities. That's why it's worth to demand from bishops more army than a half. Thanks to that we'll have an advantage during the rebellion. |
Normal | Priests keep at least 40% of their armies | Very profitable option which provides majority of army and not annoy the priests. |
High | Priests keep at least 30% of their armies -10 to relations with priests | Proposition for those who don't have to be afraid of revolts or have little of Church lands. |
Very high | Priests keep at least 20% of their armies -20 to relations with priests | It's unprofitable. Only a small part of counties has a church character (small number of troops) and all bishops will be annoyed. Senseless option. |
Church Taxation:
Level | Modifiers | Remarks |
Minimal | Priests pay no taxes +20 to priests' opinion | Option is profitable only when you have papal investiture in the kingdom, in such case all incomes go to the pope and you are respected by the priests. If you have free investiture, priests decide to who they want to pay, so it isn't that good idea. |
Low | 35% of taxes the priests gain goes to the sovereign | Very profitable when there is a free investiture and you're respected. |
Medium | 45% of taxes the priests gain goes to the sovereign -10 to priests' opinion | It's hard to keep the priests' support at this level, so they'll probably pay taxes to the pope. |
High | 55% of taxes the priests gain goes to the sovereign -20 to priests' opinion | Like above. |