Crusader Kings II mods
Crusader Kings II gameplay mods
Everything filed under gameplay by its own author, ordered by how much it is used.
241 gameplay mods, most downloaded first · newest update 1 Sep 2026
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241 gameplay mods
- Sketchy Cheat Menuby SketchyHow to use: To enable cheats in your game, right-click on your character portrait and click "enable cheats". Compatibility: Compatible with CK2 Plus (mostly), should be compatible with almost all other mods unless they override files I do. Not compatible with A Game of Thrones. Version Sketchy Ch...225.5k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Purchase Claimsby SketchyAbout This Mod: Sick and tired of waiting for your chancellor to fabricate claims? With this mod you can purchase claims directly by right-clicking on a title and clicking purchase claim. You can choose between 3 different pricing options via game rules, and what the highest tier you can purchase...100.3k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Sketchy Traitsby SketchyShould be compatible with most mods unless they overwrite the traits folder. CK2 Version: 3.0.181.6k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Ancient Religions Rebornby TumorCompatible with CK2 3.3.0 Ancient Religions Reborn is a project to give flavor and mechanics to the Hellenic religion, as well as provide events for the restoration of the Celtic and Egyptian pagan religions under certain circumstances. - Restore Rome for real! Become the Pontifex Maximus and mak...54.4k downloadsupdated 21 mo ago
- No Artifact Losingby T137n5Removes the chance of losing an artifact from your treasury if you die. This Mod effects the Player and the AI With this mod, the supreme feudal lord receives all the items from the treasury of a subject when his dynasty dies out. Normally the chance is reduced to 50%. Not Ironman Compatible If y...51.2k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- MTA - New Artifactsby SowiloAdds 16 new artifacts to the game and disables artifacts from randomly disappearing on inheritance. Requires a new save for the artifacts to spawn! Cultural, Religious, and Regional Artifacts New artifacts have been designed with historical cultures and religions in mind, with complicated spawn l...45.5k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Mythos 2 - Historical Fantasyby RydelMythos 2 brings many features of mediveal European, North African, and Middle Eastern folklore to life. It focuses of the beliefs of the time to preserve the historical feeling of the era, while also fleshing out creatures and societies where folklore leaves off. Official forum thread: (Requires...45.0k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Rename Anyoneby Sketchy---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allows you to rename any character in the game. How To Use: SImply right click on any character and click "Rename" Then type a new name in the prompt. ---------------------------------------------...45.0k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Gold For Favorsby SketchyAbout This Mod: Always getting a ton of favors from NPC's you need nothing from them? Now you can trade in your favors for cold hard cash. Whenever you have a favor against an NPC, simply right click on them and choose 'Request Gold". Doesn't work on unlanded characters. Compatibility: Requires t...39.4k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Hold more Duchiesby Viscount DankuHave you ever felt that a great emperor like you could hold more than just 2 pathetic duchies? Especially when your holdings occupy half a kingdom? Are you tired of envious vassals who keep annoying you about one extra duchy title you hold? Ever wanted to become a captain of a mercenary band but,...39.1k downloadsupdated 10 y ago
- Crusader Kings Expandedby DakotaDecisions Unite the Netherlands If your capital is in Holland, you are an independent Dutch ruler, and you control the duchies of Holland and Gelre, you can unite the Netherlands. You can crown yourself King of the Netherlands or Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. Form the Anglican Church If the...38.6k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Mythos - Historical Fantasyby The NilINTRODUCTION --------------------- Mythos is a historical fantasy mod incorporating numerous features of European, North African, and Middle Eastern myths and legends in accordance with the time period of CK2. Wherever possible I've tried to remain closer to these original myths than to modern re...37.3k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Crusader Queensby R3VENANT==NOTICE== This mod is no longer being updated. With the addition of rules changes available at the start of the game to enable cognatic succession, and now with the release of CK3, there's not much more that this mod can add to the vanilla experience. If you're willing to downpatch your game to...33.1k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Dark Ages v.1.2.51by 76561198835780021= DARK AGES = NOTICE: Dark Ages for Crusader Kings 3 is already released. You can pick it HERE GAME VERSION: CK2 v.3.3.5.1 (but 3.0 should be enough) COMPATIBILITY: *Compatible with all mods that run at least on CK2 version 3.0* - HIP, CK2+, AGoT, Elder Kings, Lux Invicta, LMM mods, WWSMS, Warcra...29.6k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Crisis of the Confederation (LEGACY)by GalleCOTC LIVES! For the updated version, please see Confederation at Crisis. Crisis of the Confederation Beta 0.13 Compatible With: Crusader Kings II 2.4.5 Checksum: ZEEX Crisis of the Confederation has been split into multiple components due to Steam's mod size restrictions! For the custom music and...28.1k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Realistic Battlesby StannersRealistic Battles is a small mod that changes the parameters of battles to make it more realistic. An example would be a Strong and Genius character would more likely survive than a Weak, Infirm Dwarf character. It also increases the base chance of being impriosned to 25% as commanders were commo...27.6k downloadsupdated 12 y ago
- Mercenary Kingsby armpitCurrent Version: 0.98 Mercenary Kings is a mod dedicated to creating playable Mercenary bands. The mod is in a playable state in the Charlemagne, Old Gods, 1066 and 1081 starts. Mechanics exist and continue to be added to make playing as a Mercenary band a different experience than playing as a r...27.2k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Choose Your First Wifeby DragatusThis simple mod adds a decision that allows Muslims and members of other religions with polygamy to promote a secondary wife to their first wife. The AI should not use this decision, but it can still switch first wives through events as normal. The mod is fully localized into both French and Germ...24.8k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Destroy and Convert Settlement v10by CarmichaelParadox and DDL Link: This mod is supposed to work with any Overhaul mod, wether GoT or Elder Kings Destroy and Convert Settlement is a small mod that allows you, under some conditions, to destroy or convert to another type your Holdings. Destroy Holding is available for Tribal rulers who also di...22.9k downloadsupdated 10 y ago
- New Immersive Eventsby ItsJustMyShadowNew Immersive Events gets newest bugfixing update as well as new co-author: Erbkaiser, that will from now on contribute most to the mod. ___________________________________________________________________________ What is New Immersive Events? It is an effect of at least 80 hours of work. It is a...21.9k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- MTA - Vice and Virtueby SowiloAdds new content to the game that can be individually toggled on and off with game rules. New Features Slavery Enslave your prisoners for money or power, or selflessly free captured slaves! Members of certain cultures and religions can right click their portrait to access new decisions allowing t...19.8k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- [LMM] Immersive Army Leadershipby LordMidas™This mod adds immersion and flavor to leading an army by giving modifiers to characters leading an army and also to those characters who are the primary attacker/defender in a war but don't lead any armies themselves (cowardly behavior indeed!). The objective of this mod is to make leading an arm...18.6k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Founder of the Republic - Standardby ycleptWhat is it? Founder of the Republic adds a single intrigue decision allowing you, as a feudal (but not tribal) Duke, to found a Merchant Republic and continue playing as its first Prince-Mayor. To take the decision, your character must: Have their Primary Title at Duke tier (i.e. Petty King, Doux...17.7k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Calradian Kings (Discontinued!)by CradonWarATTENTION! This mod is discontinued due to release of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and upcoming Crusader Kings III. I will personally make sure to move this project to CK3 and start working on it when the game is released on 1 September. Make sure to keep these in mind: If you have updated this m...17.6k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Better gender law modby PetrichorThe mod is compatible with V2.4.2 of CK2. This mod enables the enatic and enatic cognatic succession laws, while also dramatically improving the mechanics of non-male preferential realms so that the game doesn't act like it's still another agnatic or agnatic-cognatic realm. At the same time, it d...16.3k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Founder of the Republic - Any Rankby ycleptWhat is it? Founder of the Republic adds a single intrigue decision allowing you, as a feudal (but not tribal) ruler, to found a Merchant Republic and continue playing as its first Prince-Mayor. This version allows you to do this at Duke, King or Emperor. If you want a version that is a little mo...14.9k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Mythos 3 - Historical Fantasy (NO LONGER BEING DEVELOPED, OWNERSHIP PASSED TO KELLEN)by Turtle-GalOwnership transferred to Kellen, a Mythos 2 author. He will be developing the new mod. Head to the discord linked below for questions, to join the team, or just to chat. =============================================================== New Version ===================================================...14.1k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Status of Women - A Law Modby ycleptThe original Demesne Law with mod five levels to control the jobs women can do, gender laws available & the decisions women rulers can take. Paradox now includes a similar law with the Conclave DLC. But this is the mod they may, or may not, have been inspired by. Doesn't the Conclave DLC include...13.4k downloadsupdated 10 y ago
- Rebels and Warmongersby HooniSubscribe for Automatic Updates or Direct Download from the forums *Note using Direct Download means you will receive less frequent updates Update: 19 - "Return of the Dragon" - Updated for Jade Dragon - Fixed some localisation bugs - Fixed issues where Nomadic tribes were randomly created from t...12.9k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Faster Council Actionsby General KysieranAre you fed up waiting for the councillor to do its job? Need to fabricate that claim for glory or border fixing but it just never happens, while some council actions you never use because it is such a low chance to fire. This mod aims to provide options to fix that. Fabrication - Fabricate claim...12.5k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Fitna Fractureby jrudermanRevolts can end in stalemate, splitting a realm Prolonged claimant revolts can end in stalemate if neither side has 50% warscore: * One revolt in stalemate after 4 years will become a separate realm, ruled by the claimant. The realms can be merged if either ruler successfully presses a claim. * T...12.3k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Bloodlines, Sketchy Cheat Submodby Paddy PowerIf you've ever wanted to add or remove bloodlines from your character at will, this is the mod for you... Made to work alongside the Sketchy Cheat menu mod as a intrigue decision menu. Can be used for role play purposes, if you don't like a bloodline your character has this mod will also work to...12.3k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Fantasia - A New Dawnby DarzallWelcome to the Fantasia - A New Dawn mod: This is a remake of an old mod I created back in 2015, it aims to add a layer of magic and fantasy to the base game experience (think of it as an expansion to Monks and Mystics). Magic began to slowly fade from the world when the last Elven empire fell ne...11.7k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Mythos 3.5 - Historical Fantasyby KellenThe final version of Mythos, hopefully. The mod's codebase is a absolute fucking mess but by god we got this thing working again. Some of the worst issues and bugs have been fixed, and some minor flavor has been added. I don't actually remember why it's named Mythos 3.5 instead of 4, but I'm keep...11.6k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
- SCMR For Vanilla Chsby hardtoname6Support the Vanilla CK2 3.3.1 How to use This is Chinese Version, please subscribe the English Stand-alone one: SCMR For Vanilla En Other version SCMR For HIP Chs SCMR For HIP En SCMR For Ck2Plus Chs SCMR For Ck2Plus En SCMR For AGoT Chs SCMR For AGoT En Features You can see features here. Direct...11.6k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Expanded Realmby RyanMRule your land in a personal way! Your iron fist has no time for Vassals! Game Changes include expanded Demesne limit on all levels. Have a Duchy Title? Hold all the counties yourself! Two Duchies? Keep those counties! King? Well, I think you should at least have MOST of those counties! Emperor?...10.3k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Archi's Vanilla Expansionby 76561198872033853About the mod: This mod is a major overhaul i created for my experience with Crusader Kings 2 This mod started out as me wanting to experiment with modding and how it worked untill i wanted to turn it into a releasable mod in which i have and with it some flavor to the game which mainly consists...10.2k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
- Simple Abdicationby RoathEver wanted to abdicate to your heir, whether because they were way better than you or to inherit lands faster? Well, this mod does exactly that. By right-clicking on yourself and selecting the "Abdicate to Heir" decision, you can switch over to your heir as easy as it sounds! Requirements: -Be a...10.1k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
- Better Slavic Pagan Modby byzslaBetter Slavic Pagan Mod - Mod, the aim of which is to improve the game as slavic. Features ********* *Completely different, harder reformation (you have to perform three successful reforms) *2 new slavic heresies *Many new events (as random and event-chain) for mainstream slavic paganism and here...9.9k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Battle Lootby AvelThis tiny mod add an options to loot (or not) after battle. Not compatible with achievements, but compatible with any other mods.8.7k downloadsupdated 9 y ago
- Co-Emperors and Symbasileuses for Byzantine Emperorsby bighungryjamesAll my mods are available for free, but voluntary donations are always greatly appreciated. Check out my CK3 version of this mod here: What does it do? This is a simple mod that allows the Byzantine Emperors to appoint their primary heirs as Symbasileuses (a Greek word for co-emperors). The appoi...8.7k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Random Hordesby General KysieranRandomly spawns a massive army for random AI characters throughout the years. Now fear not just the mongols but any war focused character. Mechanics Every 15 years or so there is a 3% chance for an AI character to gather a massive army. There are a number of rules to the characters chosen: The ru...8.6k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- SCMR For AGoT Enby hardtoname6Support CK2 3.3.1 & A Game of Thrones 2.1 To English User Firstly, I'm not a native English speaker, you may have to guess the meaning of my expression. This mod is a handy in-game editor( on right-click and decisions menu) , you can use it to create some amusing gameplay experience. How to use T...7.8k downloadsupdated 7 y ago
- Exclave Independenceby jrudermanWhen a ruler dies, they lose control of territory not connected to their de jure lands. * De jure lands are the provinces under all of the dying ruler's primary-tier titles. (For counts or titular kings, the capital is used instead.) * Provinces can be connected through adjacent controlled provin...7.8k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Good Old Assassinationby DevilSauronThis simple mod brings back good old assassination button. It only adds simple line to defines, so it should be compatible with every other mod. Of course, you can't get achievements while playing with this mod in ironman mode, because it changes checksum. Enjoy!7.8k downloadsupdated 11 y ago
- Faster Threat Decayby FineThis mod simply changes the minimum and maximum threat decay from .21% and .4% to 1% and 2% respectively, so you don't have to wait decades to be able to go to war again after taking a large amount of land. Coalitions are ahistorical but I can see what Paradox was going for, countries getting jum...7.7k downloadsupdated 10 y ago
- MTA - No Court Pruningby SowiloEffectively disables automatic court pruning that was introduced for optimisation reasons with The Reaper's Due. In the base game, courts receive fertility penalties and characters get pruned out of existence to improve performance late game. However, if you have a good CPU, you might prefer to b...7.6k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
- Vokarana - an interesting new mapby Eule***HOLY FURY REQUIRED*** Vokarana is a map mod perfect for random world, shattered world and multiplayer. It features several trades routes, interesting geographical features and it's large enough to have an interesting experience while playing while also being small enough to allow for great per...7.6k downloadsupdated 8 y ago
241 gameplay mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.

