Paradox show off their mysterious ass to tease Crusader Kings 3's 2026 expansions

That's what they've done Sire, I swear

I can't judge it either, your majesty. While outlining their plans for Crusader Kings 3 successful the caller year, Paradox person teased a large enlargement by turning astir and revealing a work-in-progress donkey. They've besides spilled the beans connected immoderate of the tweaks coming with yet different "realm maintenance" update arsenic portion of this year-end dev diary.

Following 2025's section 4 additions, which culminated with October's All Under Heaven DLC extending the courtly strategising into medieval China, Japan and Southeast Asia, 2026 volition beryllium the twelvemonth of section five. As has go the norm, that means 2 much large expansions.

What're they about? Well, here's the main hint Paradox are offering, astatine slightest erstwhile it comes to 1 of the pair:

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Either your adjacent kingdom's Far Far Away, oregon thing involving trading/farming is afoot. "If 2025 was the twelvemonth of going wide (Nomads, each of Asia) past 2026 volition beryllium a twelvemonth of depth," the workplace scrawled supra their ass. "We’re going to spell backmost and revisit immoderate parts of the crippled that’ll deepen the wide crippled experience. Just similar however Roads to Power acceptable the signifier for All Under Heaven, the All Under Heaven enlargement is mounting the signifier for this aboriginal content. There are immoderate cardinal areas of the crippled that we’ve been itching to amended for a long, agelong clip now."

Alongside those add-ons, 2026'll spot CK3 get different escaped "realm maintenance" update aimed astatine revamping existing areas of the crippled oregon enacting little urgent changes based connected subordinate feedback. This update's being aimed astatine a merchandise "early successful the 2nd 4th of the year". Among its tweaks volition beryllium a retooling of accolades to marque them much rewarding and easier to walk connected to a knight's squire, portion attributes being made clearer and there'll beryllium "more agency" astir earning them. Also, Paradox wrote, "Glory volition get a spot of a revamp, truthful it is nary longer mislaid erstwhile the knights dice successful conflict (it’s their occupation aft all, and dying successful conflict tin beryllium rather glorious successful these times…)."

The workplace past went disconnected to amusement disconnected however immoderate of the interfaces astir these changes volition look, with immoderate panels showing disconnected much in-depth visualisation for the assorted communicative cycles your ruler tin beryllium wrapped up in. If you get a favored feline oregon dog, there'll besides present beryllium a tab wherever you tin work a bio for them, detailing facts similar their age, fur colour, and whether they're a bully boy.

None of the favored info slides shown disconnected suggest you tin get a favored donkey erstwhile the enigma ass enlargement drops, but there's inactive plentifulness of clip for that to beryllium rectified erstwhile the calendar flips to adjacent year.