Honourable Mentions
RIP — Realm Intrigue & Politics
By ManiacTehGreat
While the contents of this list so far has focused on CK 2 total conversions, ManiacTehGreat’s RIP targets some of the game’s finer details. Well worth your time.
CPRplus — Cultures and Portraits Revamped
By Silverino
Make everyone pretty.
Fantasy!
By JordanDoes
Make everyone not so pretty.
Unique Buildings
By Morrolan
Adds a host of neat historical buildings and monuments to the game.
Bloodline
By Dorimi
Inherit your own bloodlines.
Secret Society
By JordanDoes
Shhhhh.
And so concludes our battle chest of Crusader King 2 mods, fit for toppling kings, conquering nations and winning wars. But what mods were lost on the field? Herald your own favourites in the comments below.
Wizarding World
Возвращаемся к модам, основанных на уже существующих вселенных. В этом моде действие происходит во всем известном мире волшебников и ведьм, как и в «Гарри Поттере». Также добавлены детали, связанные с «Мерлином», ведь все эти произведения связаны с магией.
Вы не ограничены обычными стереотипами про колдунов. Если вам хочется чего-нибудь интересного, почему бы не стать кентавром или гигантом? Можно даже стать полувеликаном. В этом моде множество вещей из Хогвартса, которые фанатам сразу покажутся знакомыми. В их число входят волшебные палочки и метлы, патронусы, воскрешающий камень и мантия-невидимка. Здесь есть даже диадема Равены Когтевран.
Богатое детство
Best Crusader Kings 2 Mods (CK2)
Мне действительно нравятся такие моды, как Rich Childhood, потому что они берут элемент игры, который может быть более интересным, и заставляют его чувствовать себя неотъемлемой частью. Например, как ты играл без него?
Богатое детство расширяет игровой процесс, когда король умирает, а молодой наследник остается на престоле. Вместо того, чтобы просто ждать, пока наследник станет зрелым, мод добавляет 52 события, которые позволят вам сформировать личность вашего молодого короля до того, как он вступит во владение.
Вы можете скачать Rich Childhood от Slothinator прямо здесь.
Warhammer: Geheimnisnacht
The bookmark selection menu for the Warhammer setting
CK2 — Warhammer: Geheimnisnacht — First Mod Impressions
This overhaul is set in the Warhammer universe with a custom map and a huge amount of content. There’s an incredible level of detail here, from the landscape to the races. The developers chose to work on only one bookmark at 2010IC to polish their mod as much as possible — it won’t disappoint.
The mod includes:
- Almost all WH races, with new mechanics
- A magic system
- A reformation system
- WH canon events, like the Storm of Chaos
Get Warhammer: Geheimnisnacht here, or on the Steam workshop here
Faerun — Forgotten Realms
Part of Faerun split into many counties and kingdoms
D&D Meets CK2: Faerun — Forgotten Realms
Faerun — Forgotten Realms is another fantasy total conversion mod, this time with a focus on Dungeons and Dragons. This mod is still in development and already features a lot of new content including working classes and spellcasting! The developers try to stay faithful to the source material within the allowances of CK2.
Current content includes:
- Multiple continents
- Custom races, religions, and cultures
- A class system
- A spellcasting system, for relevant classes
- Magical artifacts
- Custom governments
And more to come as the mod continues its open beta phase.
Get Faerun — Forgotten Realms here, or on the Steam workshop here
A Game of Thrones
By CK2:AGOT Development Team
Sticking with fictional landscapes, CK 2’s A Game of Thrones has been going since 2012 and brings the famous book series and television show’s bounds to Paradox’s historical grand strategy. It expectedly intertwines George R.R. Martin’s fantasy drama with the game, however also tweaks its base mechanics so that the realm is less likely to fragment into multiple kingdoms over time — in turn in-keeping with its inspiration, as players vie singularly for the Iron Throne.
At present, the A Game of Thrones team has designed the mod so that players can kick things off up to 300 years before Aegon’s Conquest, all the way through to the beginning of The Feast of Crows — Martin’s fourth book. The A Game of Thrones mod featured on RPS’ list of the best total conversion mods last month.
When The World Stopped Making Sense
By Enlil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zS1L8s4GoAw
While it could be argued 2017 fits this bill more than any other era to date, Enlil’s When The World Stopped Making Sense is a lovely mod which reinterprets the Migration Period at any date between 476 AD — which aligns with the fall of the Western Roman Empire — and 700 AD. From here, players can play through till the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire centuries later in 1453 AD.
This is definitely one for the history buffs and while other Crusader Kings 2 Dark Ages mods tend to follow a typically predictable historically-accurate arc, When The World Stopped Making Sense allows for more player autonomy as you craft yet another alternative timeline. It’s still in development, however ten multi-century-spanning bookmarks are planned in total.
Novus Graphicus
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Novus Graphicus является еще одним из тех, почему, черт возьми, не моды. Когда вы установите его, вы сделаете Crusader Kings Ii в целом более красивым и легким для глаз играми с минимальными усилиями и рисками.
Это делает воду более насыщенной синей, добавляет более четко определенные границы и пересматривает местность, чтобы сделать ее более привлекательной.
Опять же, почему не правильно? Есть другие графические моды, которые вы можете проверить, которые могут не очень хорошо работать с Novus Graphicus, но попробуйте и посмотрите, нравится ли вам этот.
Вы можете скачать Novus Graphicus от компании In Heaven здесь.
CK2Generator
By yemmlie
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mn1YgDm4m6Q
Let’s start with a wild card. A wild card, not in the sense that the CK2 Generator mod is temperamental, but that it’s intentionally unpredictable. Last year, Adam rightly compared yemmlie’s work to Dwarf Fortress in that instead of portraying the world as we know it against what the history books might tell us, CK2 Generator spawns an entirely new history of humankind from scratch.
In turn, this lets you grow your own entirely fictitious societies and landmasses and watch them procedurally generate before your eyes. Like Dwarf Fortress, you’re free to transfer your new creations over into Crusader Kings 2 and watch them take flight further still.
«Basically the tool will generate, from scratch, a completely new history of humanity from its first exodus from Africa as a new mod to be playable in CK2,» explains yemmlie. «These cultures will then spread throughout Europe, mutating and changing as they spread, words and language, religions, ethnicity, cultural ideals, laws, looting, river sailing, incest, religious heads, holy sites, wives, concubines and everything, all morphing, mutating and branching off as humans spread through time and land.»
Ваш личный замок
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Your Personal Castle — это первый мод в этом списке, который привносит в игру особенность, которая может привлечь немного больше внимания. С вашим личным замком вы теперь можете построить свой собственный замок в столице.
В этом есть элемент геймплея, в котором вы можете получать повышение характеристик, принимать решения и реагировать на случайные события.
Вы можете обновить свой замок, чтобы иметь такие функции, как Сад, Винный погреб, Часовня и Обсерватория, каждый со своими привилегиями.
Чтобы скачать Your Personal Castle от Nuubialainen и BigPharma, посетите страницу семинара здесь.
Crusader Kings Z
By Korbah
Besides being a pretty brilliant and intuitive mod, Crusader Kings Z has a fun story too. After Paradox released a teaser for the fictional Crusader Kings Z as an April Fools’ Day joke in 2013, modder Korbah (who is also involved in Elder Kings mentioned above) decided to make it A Real Thing.
The result is something similar to Paradox’s own Sunset Invasion DLC as it creates an alternate timeline for it events to unfold within. At some stage after the year 1000 AD an unexplained zombie outbreak occurs in Ethiopia which quickly spreads from Africa to Europe. Enter you, the player, and supposed world saviour as you scramble to form armies strong enough to combat the spreading infection and restore peace and, you know, humanity to the world after ridding the globe of the walking dead. If it feels like zombies are in everything these days, that’s because they are. But they’re also good fun.
Старейшины королей
Best Crusader Kings 2 Mods (CK2)
Наконец, мы заканчиваем другой отличный модовый сценарий, чтобы проверить, особенно если вы большой поклонник The Elder Scrolls, который я думаю, многие читают это.
Серия Elder Scrolls имеет невероятно богатые знания, и этот мод Crusader Kings II использует это. Это абсолютный мод конверсии, означающий, что он все переделывает, чтобы он выглядел как игра Elder Scrolls Crusader Kings.
Он установлен во время Второй эры и включает в себя знакомых персонажей из истории серии не только в Тамриэле, но и в других местах Нирна, таких как Акавир.
Чтобы скачать Elder Kings от EtienneTheMonkeyman, посетите страницу мастерской Steam здесь.
A Game of Thrones
Исторические фигуры в Crusader Kings 2 годятся для битв, союзов и даже соблазнения. Знаете, кого было бы интереснее встретить? Кхала Дрого. Он, наверное, будет согласен на все три варианта. С него-то мы и начнем список лучших модов для Crusader Kings 2.
В этом вам поможет данный мод. Начало происходит примерно за 300 лет до завоеваний Эйгона. Мод Game of Thrones идет по следам знаменитых историй Дж. Р. Р. Мартина, полных фэнтези и военных стратегий. Эта вселенная поразительно хорошо ложится на канву Crusader Kings 2. Борьба за власть в мире Льда и Пламени отлично приживается, так что этот мод является одним из лучших. Для большего удовольствия в свои приоритеты можно поставить убийство Джоффри.
CK2+
By CK2Plus Team
Perhaps the most essential Crusader Kings 2 mod available for those after a challenge — CK2+ changes host of things about the base game with the aim of «deepening the CK2 experience». In practice, this means making the base game more challenging without straying too far from what makes it enjoyable. Historical accuracy somewhat takes a backseat along the way, but the upshot is a more involved game.
For example, one of the most obvious tweaks CK2+ brings with it is the reduction of vassal limits. In turn this means managing larger empires is significantly more difficult, and makes the decision to increase Crown Authority far more important. Retinues are also smaller, thus more difficult to maintain, and the usefulness of technologies has been capped.
Furthermore, more considerations have been applied to factions, meaning they now bore more common interests. «Do they want peace and wealth?» asks the mod’s creators. «Do they want a strong ruler with lots of prestige? Do they want a pious ruler who doesn’t change from the old ways?» These changes mean there’s less chance of players gaining wider personal power, as they become more reliant on vassals.
Improved Genetics 2.0
An outcome of Improved Genetics — siblings may be born with a larger variety of traits under Mendelian genetics
In CK2, the genetics system isn’t very satisfying, especially if you enjoy creating a strong dynasty. This mod changes inheritance to correspond to real-life Mendelian genetics, with dominant and recessive genes. That means you can continue to forge a strong bloodline, even if a trait skips a few generations.
Using this mod, you can:
- Breed inheritable traits into your dynasty
- Use negative traits and marriages to sabotage other dynasties
- Inherit a range of new traits, like dim or delicate
Get Improved Genetics 2.0 on the Steam workshop here
Rome & The Dark Ages
Заключительный мод в этом списке подробнее рассматривает некоторые интересные даты, добавляет много новых культур и религий. Кроме того, в команде, которая работает над модом, есть настоящий историк, который делает акцент на точности событий.
Сейчас в моде есть 7 событий: от правления римского императора Траяна (100 г. н. э.) до рассвета ислама (623 г. н. э.). При этом мод не вмешивается в события базовой игры, а добавляет плавные переходы между оригинальным контентом и римскими дополнениями. Вероятность того, что в мод будет добавляться еще больше событий, достаточно мала, так как последние обновления были в 2016 году.
After The End Fan Fork
Several unique decisions and part of the US map
CK2 Top 10: Most Interesting Characters In After The End Fan Fork
The Fan Fork version of this mod is the continuation of the original mod, After The End, and features a post-apocalyptic version of North America. The map also spans the Caribbean and northern areas of South America.
The lore behind this setting is fantastically creative. Worship atomic bombs and radiation, or horde wealth to strengthen the Almighty Dollar!
It boasts an incredible level of detail, featuring:
- 47 religions
- 31 cultural groups
- Over 100 provinces
- Monuments from the present day
- A completely new and immersive setting
Get ATE: Fan Fork here, or the Steam workshop version here
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Устали от того, что в Dynasty Warriors нереалистично показаны ваши любимые китайские наместники? В этой игре они способны одним махом уничтожить целые армии, да и выглядят так привлекательно, что даже неловко. В таком случае обязательно опробуйте этот мод для Crusader Kings 2.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms перенесет вас в жестокий феодальный Китай, где все совершеннолетние были либо командирами, либо трупами. Здесь вы увидите подробные родословные и масштабные войны, которые тянулись поколениями. В этом моде есть легендарные сражения: битва у Красной скалы; заговор против тирана Дун Чжо
Он был убит своим подчиненным, но во времена династии Хань это было не так уж и важно
Elder Kings
An Argonian character in the Black Marsh region
CK2: Holy Fury — Elder Kings (SVN) — Mod Showcase
If you’re a fan of The Elder Scrolls, this mod is perfect for you! The main focus of this mod is the continent of Tamriel, though all of Nirn is included, and it spans a hefty 1600 years across Elder Scrolls history. And yes, you can become the Dragonborn too!
In Elder Kings, you can expect:
- Custom portraits for all races
- Custom cultures and religions from TES lore
- Functioning magic, including different disciplines and a variety of spells
- Tamriel, Akavir, Yokuda, and Atmora
- Bookmarks like The Interregnum and The Kamal Invasion
Get the Elder Kings SVN here, or the Steam workshop version here
Avatar: Four Nations Restored
Famous characters from the ATLA show along with part of the map
Let’s Play CK2: Avatar 4 Nations Restored| Dragon of the West #1 -Breaking Ba Sing Se
This version is the updated fan fork of the original Avatar: Four Nations mod. Fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender should give this one a try. It recreates each of the nations from the show, including an interesting take on the larger cities, which are divided into smaller county “districts.”
Current features include:
- Four nations, with unique mechanics
- Custom artwork and portraits
- Great Serpent mechanics
- Avatar Cycle
- New societies, scenarios, cultures, and religions
Get Avatar: Four Nations Restored here, or on the Steam workshop here
Latest mods
Godlike Trait Mod
- Posted over 4 years ago
- 24 downloads
This Crusader Kings II mod adds the Godlike trait, in which everyone loves you, you gain wealth, prestige and piety without doing anything, You have the knowledge and wits of a Harvard student, as well as the strategic mind of Napoleon and the Intrigue of your mom.
Touch of Fate Mod
- Posted over 4 years ago
- 12 downloads
This Crusader Kings cheat/god mod allows you to transform anyone into a ‘Demon Child’ or ‘Child of Destiny’.
A Game of Thrones (CK2: AGOT) v1.8 Mod
- Posted over 4 years ago
- 23 downloads
This is version 1.8 of the total conversion mod for Crusader Kings II, based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire.
- Posted over 5 years ago
- 9 downloads
Brings the world and lore of A Tale of Ice and Fire to Crusader Kings 2.
A Game of Thrones
- Posted over 6 years ago
- 9 downloads
It’s a scenario like no other. The clash of kings has come at last and the nine families will finally decide who commands superiority of the land. This is a total conversion for Crusader Kings II, allowing players to instead play in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire created by legendary writer George R.R. Martin. Will you stand with the Starks of Winterfell or the Lannisters of Casterly Wall? Which noble house will be your legacy as you vie against the others for control of the Iron Throne?
Legalized Gay Marriage
- Posted over 7 years ago
- 11 downloads
Now you can marry a homosexual lover. Though zealots in your realm won’t like it and will have an opinion hit against you and your spouse.
Sin’s Custom Realm Builder
- Posted over 7 years ago
- 4 downloads
Request and design input from Steam User SnowHawk to build a Custom kingdom on start. If you are a count or duke, this will allow you to form a new kingdom based on your primary title. This enables a number of diplomacy options to absorb neighboring realms, annex neighboring kingdoms, and revoke realm titles.
Sin’s Genocide Mod
- Posted over 7 years ago
- 6 downloads
It adds 2 intrigue options for independent Non-kind Kings at peace to call Genocides against foreign cultures or religions within your realm. Any independent rulers of the genocide target will get a claim on your primary title and the affected provinces will receive heavy penalties for the duration of the genocide, which will be 2 years per province.
Landless Adventurer
- Posted over 7 years ago
- 5 downloads
This will allow you to jump out of your titles into a landless band, entrusting the titles to your Chancellor. Complete with 1000 troops and raise of fleet of 20 galleys to ferry them. You can also become landless by losing your last demesne while not a prisoner. While landless you can raise a force of adventurers to wander the lands. And even forge a claim on an independent title.
Join all the Wars MOD
- Posted over 7 years ago
- 3 downloads
Adds diplomacy that will allow you to join wars that you feel like fighting in, as long as you aren’t at war with the person or realm, or a criminal of the person you seek to join, though there are some wars you can’t actually join.
CK2+
An expanded Pagan religion, with more detail than the vanilla version
Crusader Kings — CK2 Plus Mod — Karling Restoration — The “Last” Karling #1
Veteran players looking for a bit more challenge and depth might want to try out this enhancement — CK2 Plus. The mod introduces more mechanics and options in the game while sticking to its core style. It also increases the difficulty of the game by making it harder to hold together a large kingdom and acquire lands for yourself, among other things.
The CK2 Plus mod includes:
- Playable Aztec invasion
- Overhauled factions
- Expanded religions
- New events
- A coronation system
- Spy networks
- Disinheriting
And many more features and changes. Several other mods are also compatible with CK2+!
Get CK2+ here, or on the Steam workshop here
Схематичный чит
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Схематичный чит — довольно понятный мод, но многие игроки найдут, без чего они не могут играть. Что он делает, так это открывает чит-команду, которая позволит вам делать… практически все, что вы захотите.
Если раньше вы думали, что являетесь могущественным правителем, то теперь вы можете заставить людей выйти за вас замуж, родить ребенка, сделать вам одолжение, контролировать ум, улучшать здания, добавлять золото и многое другое. В принципе, вы можете делать все что угодно.
Посетите страницу Steam Workshop для Sketchy Cheat от Sketchy для получения дополнительной информации и списка читов.
The Seven Kingdoms
Это еще один мод по «Игре престолов», который вполне может составить ему конкуренцию. Этот мод является более упрощенным, чем ранее упомянутый. The Seven Kingdoms – многопользовательская альтернатива, не заполненная сложными сценариями и многим другим. Последнее обновление для данного мода вышло совсем недавно, а огромный список багов и исправлений говорит о внимательности к деталям.
Тем, кто не знаком с «Игрой престолов», следующая информация, наверное, ни о чем не скажет. Фанатов обрадует, что Черноводный залив теперь находится во владениях дома Росби. Это просто замечательно.
Elder Kings
By Elder Kings Dev Team
From Westeros to Morrowind: the Elder Kings total conversion mod transports the world of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series to Crusader Kings 2. Set in wider Tamriel, Elder Kings sees players take control of «one of the many fledgling countries of the Interregnum,» so reads the mod’s description.
While still in development (and probably due an update), Elder Kings boasts two playable scenarios both contained within the series lore’s Second Empire. The Interregnum takes place towards the end of this era with Cyrodiil in disrepute following the emporer’s murder. The Colovian, the Nibenese, the Bosmer, and the Argonians are but some of the races locking horns here in a bid to conquer Tamriel. The Kamal Invasion, on the other hand, follows on and sees the Kamal Snow Demons invading Tamriel for the first time, and the fallout this incurs from the Akaviris, the Nords, and the rest of the realm. A Fourth Empire scenario — Skyrim’s The Stormcloak Rebellion — has been in the works for some time.
NB — as this is a work in progress, its creators warn bugs may be present. It’s perhaps worth bearing this in mind before installing.
Middle Earth Project
By CK2: MEP Team
I swear we’ll get back to the real world soon. But if Game of Thrones and the Elder Scrolls are a shoe-in for Crusader Kings 2 total conversions, then so too must be Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Featuring bookmarks throughout the Third Age, this ‘un’s map covers the main areas of Middle-earth as it’s known in the books and films.
«Will you play as the descendant of one of the noble families of Rohan or Gondor?» asks the mod’s creators. «Will you try to reforge the ancient kingdoms of Elves in Eriador? Or will you try to destroy all the Free Peoples, and claim Middle Earth for Morgoth?»
Whatever you answer above, the Middle Earth Project offers seven races — Humans, Hobbits, Dwarves, Orcs/Goblins, Elves, Nazguls/Sauron, and the Istari — and five scenarios by way of The Last Alliance, The Fall of Arnor, The Kinstrife, The War of the Ring, and The New Shadow. If you’re familiar with LotR lore, you can probably guess what some of those entail, however full details of what they’re all about can be found in this direction.
After the End
By Ofaloaf
While I’ve enjoyed watching the world burn several times in Ofaloaf’s After the End mod, part of me worries it’s more prophetic than I’ve given it credit for. As depicted elsewhere on this list, Crusader Kings 2 is perfect for recreating alternate histories, fantasy or otherwise, however this one opts for an arguably more ominous alternative future. We know that didn’t happen in the past, but this could happen in the future, right?
Hopefully not, because after an Extinction Level Event of cataclysmic proportions years prior, the world as we know it in the year 2666 has apparently gone to shit. North America now attempts to rebuild its disconnected societies — which sees a host of new-age cultures on the rise, as players get to grips with over 900 provinces, 25 kingdoms, four republics, one theocracy, five tribes and 14 religions.
«The setting also allows for the introduction of salvaged modern technology in the mostly neo-medieval setting and several invasions and events that change the game-world as time goes by,» reads the mod’s description. Ominous.