Crusader Kings III - By God Alone DLC Europe | Steam

Expand the power of faith and dominate medieval religious politics

Rule theocracies and place the Church at the center of power

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone is a Core Expansion for Crusader Kings III focused on religion, ecclesiastical politics, and the relationship between spiritual authority and temporal power.

For the first time, you can take control of true landed theocracies, ruling domains governed by archbishops and even directly controlling the Papacy.

Playing as a religious authority introduces new resources, new tools of power, and new political balances, turning faith into a concrete force capable of influencing entire kingdoms.

Take part in Ecumenical Councils and shape the future of Christianity

The expansion introduces a new persistent situation dedicated to Christian realms.

During the campaign, you can participate in Ecumenical Councils and directly influence the development of the faith, helping determine doctrines, religious principles, and the direction of the Church.

The decisions made during these events can deeply affect relationships between rulers, clergy, and religious institutions, creating new diplomatic opportunities but also tensions capable of dividing entire realms.

Face heresies and increasingly influential religious movements

Deviations from the official faith play a greater role thanks to an expanded system dedicated to heresy.

Rites and beliefs that stray too far from dominant doctrine can drain power and wealth from the Church and eventually be declared heretical.

At that point, you can choose whether to conform to the demands of religious authority or rebel and defend your beliefs, risking political, military, and spiritual consequences.

Experience the Great Schism and change the fate of Christendom

In campaigns beginning in 867, Christianity can reach a decisive breaking point.

The new system can lead to the Great Schism, progressively separating Western Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy.

Your decisions and those of other rulers can influence this process, creating a dynamic religious situation capable of reshaping alliances, diplomatic relations, and political legitimacy.

Manage Monastic Orders, Archdioceses, and new centers of power

By God Alone expands the role of ecclesiastical institutions with new religious structures.

Monastic Orders become centers of research and theological authority capable of providing important advantages to rulers who host their headquarters.

Archdioceses instead introduce new clerical titles with religious authority over specific geographic regions, regardless of the political borders of secular rulers.

These systems add new layers of strategy to territorial management and relations between nobility and the Church.

Influence the College of Cardinals and papal succession

The Pope can appoint cardinals from different regions of Christendom, creating a new level of political competition.

Secular rulers can use their influence to affect the College of Cardinals and attempt to steer Church decisions in their favor.

The struggle between religious authority and temporal power therefore becomes even more central, with new opportunities to interfere directly in ecclesiastical affairs.

Test the spirituality of your characters

The new Spiritual Fulfillment system deepens the relationship between characters and religion.

Traits, actions, and religious principles influence the inner life of rulers and their relationship with faith.

Virtuous or sinful behavior no longer affects only stress: it can also influence a character’s relationship with God, their perception of the afterlife, and their relationships with other religious figures.

Turn places and cathedrals into new sacred centers

By God Alone introduces dynamic holy sites that can change over the course of a campaign depending on the evolution of different faiths.

Cathedrals can become major centers of religious life and, under the leadership of archbishops or other ecclesiastical figures, may aspire to become true holy sites.

This makes religious geography less static and allows faiths to evolve alongside campaign events.

Manipulate power through puppet rulers

The expansion introduces new ways to interfere indirectly in religious and political affairs.

Secular rulers can use ecclesiastical figures as tools to influence Church institutions.

At the same time, religious rulers can manipulate secular rulers and use them to intervene in the political world.

These mechanics create new opportunities for schemes, diplomacy, and indirect control of power.

Content included in Crusader Kings III: By God Alone

Crusader Kings III: By God Alone is a DLC and requires the base game Crusader Kings III on Steam to play.

The expansion includes:

• Playable theocracies
• Ability to control the Papacy
• New persistent situation dedicated to Christianity
• Ecumenical Councils
• New mechanics for heresies and religious deviations
• Dynamic Great Schism
• Monastic Orders
• New Spiritual Fulfillment system
• Archdioceses
• College of Cardinals
• Dynamic holy sites
• Cathedrals
• New ways for religious and secular powers to influence each other
• Revised doctrines and character relationships with their faith

Buy Crusader Kings III: By God Alone DLC Steam Europe on Keycense

Choose Crusader Kings III: By God Alone DLC Steam Europe on Keycense and bring religion, theology, and ecclesiastical politics to the center of your campaign.

Rule theocracies, influence the College of Cardinals, take part in Ecumenical Councils, face heresies, and manage the delicate balance between spiritual authority and temporal power.

This content requires Crusader Kings III on Steam to be used.