Traits play a major role in Crusader Kings 3, the brand-new grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studio, and they can be gained and lost in a variety of different ways. One such method is to use two particular console commands to instantly add or remove traits in Crusader Kings 3. Providing a list of the trait IDs in CK3 that can be used with these commands is the exact purpose of this helpful resource.

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Whenever console commands are involved, it's important to double-check if everything is entered properly. Whether for modding purposes or just simply trying to make the game easier, following these examples should eliminate some annoying headaches in the long run.

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As players control various members of a story and form their unique stories, they'll notice that every character has unique traits of their own that shape their personalities. These can be both positive and negative qualities that shape how a person acts, with players being encouraged to pursue certain actions that adhere to a character's personality. Any action that goes against what a character wants is accompanied by a generous heaping of stress, allowing players to still pursue other decisions, albeit at a price.

How To Open The Console & Enter A Command

Console Commands For Crusader Kings 3

To enter these commands players must first open Crusader Kings 3 in debug mode and then access the console window by pressing the ~ key. Adding or removing traits all follow a general formula. Players will have to type add_trait [trait ID] or remove_trait [trait ID]. The brackets are omitted. Here's what an example would look like:

  • add_trait humble
  • add_trait shrewd
  • remove_trait celibate

Fans can then use any one of the succeeding console commands followed by the trait IDs listed below to make immediate changes to their leaders in Crusader Kings 3. It is also worth mentioning that this guide is only here to provide the trait IDs themselves and does not cover what each trait does in Crusader Kings 3. Players that would like a better understanding of the traits before they add or remove them are thus advised to visit the Crusader Kings 3 Wiki for further details.

Education Traits

Education Focuses From Crusader Kings 3

Characters who are given a proper education throughout their life have the chance to get a great bonus in a particular Lifestyle.

  • Intrigue: education_intrigue_1 | education_intrigue_2 | education_intrigue_3 | education_intrigue_4
  • Diplomacy: education_diplomacy_1 | education_diplomacy_2 | education_diplomacy_3 | education_diplomacy_4
  • Stewardship: education_stewardship_1 | education_stewardship_2 | education_stewardship_3 | education_stewardship_4
  • Martial: education_martial_1 | education_martial_2 | education_martial_3 | education_martial_4
  • Learning: education_learning_1 | education_learning_2 | education_learning_3 | education_learning_4
  • Prowess: education_martial_prowess_1 | education_martial_prowess_2 | education_martial_prowess_3 | education_martial_prowess_4
  • Republican Knowledge: education_republican_knowledge_1 | education_republican_knowledge_2 | education_republican_knowledge_3 | education_republican_knowledge_4

Personality Traits

Personality Traits From Crusader Kings 3

It's worth noting that there is some subjectivity when it comes to terms like "positive" and "negative" in Crusader Kings 3. Both positive and negative traits have their strengths and weaknesses, and most are useful to some extent. These terms simply reflect what was considered attractive qualities in the Medieval world.

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Positive

  • Brave: brave
  • Calm: calm
  • Chaste: chaste
  • Content: content
  • Diligent: diligent
  • Fickle: fickle
  • Forgiving: forgiving
  • Generous: generous
  • Gregarious: gregarious
  • Honest: honest
  • Humble: humble
  • Just: just
  • Patient: patient
  • Temperate: temperate
  • Trusting: trusting
  • Zealous: zealous
  • Compassionate: compassionate

Negative

  • Lustful: lustful
  • Gluttonous: gluttonous
  • Greedy: greedy
  • Lazy: lazy
  • Wrathful: wrathful
  • Impatient: impatient
  • Arrogant: arrogant
  • Deceitful: deceitful
  • Craven: craven
  • Shy: shy
  • Ambitious: ambitious
  • Arbitrary: arbitrary
  • Cynical: cynical
  • Paranoid: paranoid
  • Callous: callous
  • Sadistic: sadistic
  • Stubborn: stubborn
  • Vengeful: vengeful

Congenital Traits

A Giant From Crusader Kings 3

These are traits that have a chance of being passed down from a character's parents. The traits Melancholic, Lunatic, and Possessed can also appear by triggering certain events in the game.

  • Melancholic: depressed_1 | depressed_genetic
  • Lunatic: lunatic_1 | lunatic_genetic
  • Possessed: possessed_1 | possessed_genetic
  • Fecund: fecund
  • Albino: albino
  • Lisping: lisping
  • Stuttering: stuttering
  • Pure-blooded: pure_blooded
  • Giant: giant
  • Scaly: scaly
  • Club-footed: clubfooted
  • Dwarf: dwarf
  • Hunchbacked: hunchbacked
  • Sterile: infertile
  • Wheezing: wheezing
  • Spindly: spindly
  • Bleeder: bleeder
  • Beauty: beauty_bad_1 | beauty_bad_2 | beauty_bad_3 | beauty_good_1 | beauty_good_2 | beauty_good_3
  • Intellect: intellect_bad_1 | intellect_bad_2 | intellect_bad_3 | intellect_good_1 | intellect_good_2 | intellect_good_3
  • Physique: physique_bad_1 | physique_bad_2 | physique_bad_3 | physique_good_1 | physique_good_2 | physique_good_3

Physical Traits

Disfigured Character From Crusader Kings 3

These traits depict the physical appearance of a character and what people might see when they gaze upon them for the first time.

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  • Shrewd: shrewd
  • Strong: strong
  • Scarred: scarred
  • Dull: dull
  • Weak: weak
  • One-Eyed: one_eyed
  • One-Legged: one_legged
  • Disfigured: disfigured
  • Eunuch: eunuch

Lifestyle Traits

Lifestyle Focuses From Crusader Kings 3

These are traits that are obtained after mastering certain Lifestyles.

  • Diplomat: diplomat
  • Gallant: gallant
  • Overseer: overseer
  • Strategist: strategist
  • Administrator: administrator
  • Architect: architect
  • Avaricious: avaricious
  • Schemer: schemer
  • Seducer: seducer
  • Torturer: torturer
  • Scholar: scholar
  • Theologian: theologian
  • Whole of Body: whole_of_body
  • Celibate: celibate
  • Family First: family_first
  • Herbalist: lifestyle_herbalist
  • Physician: physician_1 | physician_2 | physician_3
  • Blademaster: blademaster_1 | blademaster_2 | blademaster_3
  • Hunter: hunter_1 | hunter_2 | hunter_3
  • Mystic: mystic_1 | mystic_2 | mystic_3
  • Reveler: reveler_1 | reveler_2 | reveler_3

Commander Traits

Artwork From Crusader Kings 3

A character with a commander trait is going to be extremely useful in battle. Players should check these traits out and assign these players as commanders to parties if they fit the bill.

  • Winter Soldier: winter_soldier
  • Desert Warrior: desert_warrior
  • Aggressive Attacker: aggressive_attacker
  • Flexible Leader: flexible_leader
  • Forder: forder
  • Holy Warrior: holy_warrior
  • Logistician: logistician
  • Military Engineer: military_engineer
  • Organizer: organizer
  • Reaver: reaver
  • Unyielding Defender: unyielding_defender
  • Cautious Leader: cautious_leader
  • Reckless: reckless
  • Forest Fighter: forest_fighter
  • Open Terrain Expert: open_terrain_expert
  • Rough Terrain Expert: rough_terrain_expert
  • Jungle Stalker: jungle_stalker

Courtier Traits

Crusader Kings 3 Byzantine Royal Court

The Royal Court is a great expansion for Crusader Kings 3, allowing players to invest in their courts to make them as lavish and enticing as possible. Many people will be enticed to join the player's court, sporting a variety of traits to make them even more valuable to a ruler's decision-making process.

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  • Scholarly Courtier: scholarly_court_1
  • Valued Scholarly Courtier: scholarly_court_2
  • Intrigue Courtier: intrigue_court_1
  • Valued Intrigue Courtier: intrigue_court_2
  • Administrative Courtier: administrative_court_1
  • Valued Administrative Courtier: administrative_court_2
  • Warlike Courtier: warlike_court_1
  • Valued Warlike Courtier: warlike_court_2
  • Diplomatic Courtier: diplomatic_court_1
  • Valued Diplomatic Courtier: diplomatic_court_2

Criminal Traits

Murder Plot From Crusader Kings 3

Certain traits that aren't really of a positive nature are referred to as Criminal traits. Most people would prefer to control characters that don't exhibit these traits since they can be a bit harder to control in the game.

  • Adulterer: adulterer
  • Fornicator: fornicator
  • Deviant: deviant
  • Murderer: murderer
  • Dynastic Kinslayer: kinslayer_1
  • Familial Kinslayer: kinslayer_2
  • Kinslayer: kinslayer_3
  • Incestuous: incestuous
  • Sodomite: sodomite
  • Witch: witch
  • Cannibal: cannibal
  • Excommunicated: excommunicated

Coping Mechanisms

Coping Mechanisms From Crusader Kings 3

After accumulating enough stress, characters will have a Mental Break and will turn to certain vices to help cope with their stress. All of these traits are negative, and characters who can try to avoid a Mental Break will find themselves having an easier go with the game.

  • Comfort Eater: comfort_eater
  • Contrite: contrite
  • Drunkard: drunkard
  • Flagellant: flagellant
  • Hashishiyah: hashishiyah
  • Improvident: improvident
  • Inappetetic: inappetetic
  • Irritable: irritable
  • Profligate: profligate
  • Rakish: rakish
  • Reclusive: reclusive
  • Athletic: athletic
  • Confider: confider
  • Journaller: journaller
  • Opium Addled: opium_addled
  • Henbane Addict: henbane_addict

Childhood Traits

Baby Artwork From Crusader Kings 3

These traits appear in childhood and disappear as a character becomes more mature. Keep in mind that these traits also entail what kind of education is suitable for a child.

  • Bossy: bossy
  • Charming: charming
  • Curious: curious
  • Pensive: pensive
  • Rowdy: rowdy

Health Traits

Horrified Ruler From Crusader Kings 3

Over time, characters will suffer injuries and deal with illnesses throughout the game. These conditions are mostly unavoidable, with fate and old age taking their toll on a character.

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Injuries & Disabilities

  • Wounded: wounded_1
  • Severely Injured: wounded_2
  • Brutally Mangled: wounded_3
  • Sickly: sickly
  • Impotent: impotent
  • Infirm: infirm
  • Incapable: incapable
  • Inbred: inbred
  • Maimed: maimed
  • Blind: blind

Ailments & Diseases

  • Ill: ill
  • Bubonic Plague: bubonic_plague
  • Cancer: cancer
  • Consumption: consumption
  • Great Pox: great_pox
  • Gout Ridden: gout_ridden
  • Leper: leper
  • Lover's Pox: lovers_pox | early_lovers_pox
  • Pneumonia: pneumonic
  • Smallpox: smallpox
  • Typhus: typhus

Dynasty Traits

Twins From Crusader Kings 3

These are traits related to members of the same Dynasty. These can be given and removed over the course of a playthrough.

  • Bastard: bastard
  • Bastard Founder: bastard_founder
  • Born in the Purple: born_in_the_purple
  • Child of Concubine/Consort: child_of_concubine
  • Denounced: denounced
  • Disinherited: disinherited
  • Disputed Heritage: disputed_heritage
  • Legitimized Bastard: legitimized_bastard
  • Reincarnation: reincarnation
  • Twin: twin
  • Wild Oat: wild_oat

Descendant Traits

Saoshyant From Crusader Kings 3

These traits can be received from parents who have a founding or descendant trait of their own. All of these traits are pretty powerful and are indicative of either a player's good choice or great play style throughout Crusader Kings 3 since descendant traits are extremely rare.

  • Saoshyant: saoshyant
  • Sayyid: sayyid
  • Paragon: paragon
  • The Savior: savior

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Decision & Event Traits

Viking Artwork From Crusader Kings 3

Certain events over the course of the game confer these traits on players for their actions. Some of these traits are temporary and go away over time.

Decisions

  • Pilgrim/Hajji: pilgrim
  • Augustus: augustus
  • Chakravarti: chakravarti
  • Greatest of Khans: greatest_of_khans

Events

  • Holy Monarch: crusader_king
  • Shield Maiden: shield_maiden
  • Raider/Viking: viking
  • Poet: poet
  • Adventurer: adventurer
  • Berserker: berserker
  • Crusader: crusader_king
  • Devoted: devoted
  • Heresiarch: heresiarch
  • Order Member: order_member
  • Peasant Leader: peasant_leader
  • Pregnant: pregnant
  • Saint: saint
  • Varangian: varangian
  • Crusader/Mujahid/Warrior of the Faith: faith_warrior

Crusader Kings 3 is available on PC and PlayStation 5.

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