How To Create A Cadet Branch
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- How to form a cadet branch
- The advantages of a cadet branch
in the Crusader Kings 3, ensuring the longevity of one’s dynasty until the end of the game is considered an achievement in itself. Fans will encounter many obstacles on their way that threaten the existence of their family. Nurturing a large dynasty made up of multiple cadet branches will take time, but there is nothing more satisfying than watching your own dynasty grow exponentially.
A dynasty can potentially consist of multiple houses, with the most powerful acting as the head of the dynasty. However, players do not have to be the Dynasty Head to start a cadet branch. The process is relatively easy as long as players meet all the requirements.
How to form a cadet branch
Players wishing to create a cadet branch from an existing dynasty must first meet a few requirements. Depending on a player’s chosen character at the start of a game, this can sometimes be instantaneous. In other cases, players will have to wait a bit before creating a cadet branch.
The regulations on who qualifies to form a cadet branch are as follows, courtesy of the CK3 wiki:
- Not the current house manager
- Must be an adult
- Must have feudal or clan government
- Not third or nearer in succession to any of the current Head of House titles
- The current house has no living ancestors
- No bastard
- Men must be married if they belong to a female-dominated faith
- Women must be married in a male-dominated belief
- Married characters must be in a patrilineal (for males) or matrilineal (for females) marriage
It is also worth noting that a cadet branch is created when a member of the house refuses a religious conversion request. When a character meets all of these requirements, a new cadet branch is created. All children of the above character will belong to the new house. Players can form a cadet branch by opening the decisions Tab where they should see if they meet all the requirements.
The advantages of a cadet branch
Being the head of your own cadet branch is better than being just another face in the dynasty’s lineage. A head of house naturally has more influence and wields a greater degree of power over the other family members of his newly formed cadet branch.
There are several perks of being a house head. First, the house managers legitimize bastard childrenallowing players to increase their pool of viable heirs in the event their rightborn children died or were never conceived at all.
house manager too Earn more prestige every month and, even more valuable, Gain weak hooks on all newborn household members. The player character’s previous Head of House no longer has a weak hook for the same reason.
Finally, House Heads Call your household members to war for free and can encourage religious conversions. Overall, forming a cadet branch is almost always beneficial for the player character as they strive for more lands and titles.
Crusader Kings 3 is currently available for PC, macOS, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Linux.