CK3 Forming an Empire for Beginners (no DLC)

Kingdom to Empire guided tutorial by BreadGod. Taking the Kingdom of Ireland and reclaiming Britannia for Irish glory. Part 1 summarizes the strategy and build for conquering an empire from a kingdom. Part 2 is the guided gameplay of forming the Empire of Britannia and stabilizing succession. BreadGod's Beginner's Guide to form Ireland    • CK3 Beginner's Guide: Forming a Kingdom (n...   Part 1: Strategy on how to conquer more land 0:00 Intro 0:37 Use bishop to fabricate claim 1:00 5 ways to invite/’recruit’ courtiers to war for claimaints 9:38 Vassalizing heirs & forcing their parents' succession 11:06 Inserting ourselves into succession 12:13 Overview of our strategy & quick info on confederate partition Character strategy 15:39 1. Maximize domain limit 1a. Stewardship education 1b. Marry high stewardship spouse 1c. Spouse task "manage domain" 1d. 'Store' lands to old, childless men 16:00 2. Finish Architect tree 16:42 3. Switch to learning: 3a. 1st perk = scientific 3b. Finish medicine tree 3c. Finish scholar tree (optional) 17:13 4. Culture innovation research order 18:28 5. Cultural tradition establish order 19:29 6. Building priority order 22:38 7. Military build 7a. Make income greater than army expense 24:17 8. Gold spending strategy 8a. All if no dangerous factions 8b. Save if health is ‘poor’ for succession 24:36 Strategy & Build Summary Page Part 2: Gameplay content-based timestamps 25:00 Start 25:33 Info on regencies 26:23 Factions & checking our army strength 27:47 Checking claimants 29:52 Avoiding murder tip 30:33 Picking 1st personality trait & getting a cat 35:00 6 years of nonstop wars in England (protecting our rightful inheritance) 55:15 Alba 2nd claim war (another 5 plus year war) 1:00:28 Holy order gives us gold 1:03:44 Peasant faction, Leader teleport tip 1:05:54 Men-at-arms upgrading strategy example 1:06:59 Holy order info 1:12:12 Men-at-arms example #2 1:14:29 Called to crusade 1:16:44 Info on claims 1:18:37 Alba 7th claim war (vassal's) 1:19:19 Info on Random Harm Events 1:20:53 Usurp Alba & Election tips 1:23:43 Remove son (heir) as knight to prevent his untimely death 1:24:40 Holding tips (temples OP) 1:28:36 Death & First succession 1:35:00 Inheriting England, Forming Britannia 1:42:00 Britannia's factions 1:45:50 Faction war 1:49:10 Dealing with faction aftermath 1:57:43 Complete reclamation of Britannia Culture Innovation Priority 1. Windmills 2. Guilds 3. Hoardings 4. Castle baileys 5. Advanced Bowmaking Culture Tradition Priority 1. Wetlanders 2. Xenophilic 3. Recognition of Talent 4. Hereditary Hierarchy Building Priority 1. Watermills 2. Windmill 3. Farms & Fields 4. Tradeport 5. Wetland Farms 6. Workshops 7. Blacksmith / Military (last) Duchy Buildings 1. Tax offices 2. Siege workshop / Archery Grounds 3. Military Academies / whatever Game ver 1.10.0, No DLC's used Illustrations and Information credit to paradox's official ck3 wiki: https://ck3.paradoxwikis.com/ unless otherwise listed