Crusader Kings III
158 Achievements
2,250
173-230h
PC
Way of Life
Complete an entire Lifestyle (all three trees)
5
2.58%
How to unlock the Way of Life achievement in Crusader Kings III - Definitive Guide
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An easy way to get this achievement, without playing through a character that dies before finishing three trees, is to create your own character on a new game with the Ruler Designer. To still be able to get achievements, points must be on or under 400 total spent. So as long as it is 400 or below, you can give yourself whatever traits/perks you want. This guide will be for unlocking the achievement through the Learning lifestyle.
For a safe location on the map, away from other rulers, I chose to create my ruler in Vestrland (western half of Iceland). I'd say it's the safest place on the map as it's so far away from anybody else and you only have to wipe out your eastern Icelandic neighbor to be at peace for probably the entirety of the game if you only stay on that island of Iceland.
Here's what I spent my points on:
Age: 18
Education: Mastermind Philosopher (+80)
Personality: Content (+20)
Other Traits: Genius (+240), Hideous (-30), Possessed (-20)
Skills: Lower any skill, other than Learning by -1 to get the max amount of points spent at 400.
I ended up getting the achievement by 909 AD at 60 years old. You can also go for reaching the highest devotion level for the (Saint) achievement as well as the one for creating a faith (It's not a Cult!), as Piety adds up quite a lot.
(Ended up getting 5769 Piety at 12.1 each month and the Saint achievement by 915 AD. Also don't forget to seek indulgences and go on pilgrimages if you're going for the other two achievements for more Piety!)
For a safe location on the map, away from other rulers, I chose to create my ruler in Vestrland (western half of Iceland). I'd say it's the safest place on the map as it's so far away from anybody else and you only have to wipe out your eastern Icelandic neighbor to be at peace for probably the entirety of the game if you only stay on that island of Iceland.
Here's what I spent my points on:
Age: 18
Education: Mastermind Philosopher (+80)
Personality: Content (+20)
Other Traits: Genius (+240), Hideous (-30), Possessed (-20)
Skills: Lower any skill, other than Learning by -1 to get the max amount of points spent at 400.
I ended up getting the achievement by 909 AD at 60 years old. You can also go for reaching the highest devotion level for the (Saint) achievement as well as the one for creating a faith (It's not a Cult!), as Piety adds up quite a lot.
(Ended up getting 5769 Piety at 12.1 each month and the Saint achievement by 915 AD. Also don't forget to seek indulgences and go on pilgrimages if you're going for the other two achievements for more Piety!)
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The learning lifestyle is generally the best one to try this, because you'll get a lot of perks that increase your chances to live to old age. The best of the three learning lifestyles for that purpose is the medicine life style, because in addition to the health bonus perks from the medicine perk tree and the small health bonus from having that lifestyle, the random events connected to this will enable you to get the traits herbalist and athlete (which both give health bonus as well) and there is also a random event in which you can improve the skills of your court physician. I often do the medicine lifestyle with my "regular" playthrough characters (then usually mixed with perks from other lifestyles) and frequently have characters live above age 80 or even above age 90.
Also as a general tip for this achievement, regardless which skill tree you try to complete:
Get a spouse who is very good at the skill that corresponds with your lifestyle and have them do that particular court task to boost your own skill level to 25+. If they are good at several things and you'd rather have them do something else, you can switch their court task even when the random event that involves a skill challenge for you pops up and change it back right after the event.
Completing the random event challenges that allow you to earn bonus experience or unlock whole perks instantly has a bigger impact on your progress than the monthly basic experience you get from your education trait. Your progress will be faster with a great skill value and a bad education trait than it will be with a four star education trait and a mediocre skill value.
Also as a general tip for this achievement, regardless which skill tree you try to complete:
Get a spouse who is very good at the skill that corresponds with your lifestyle and have them do that particular court task to boost your own skill level to 25+. If they are good at several things and you'd rather have them do something else, you can switch their court task even when the random event that involves a skill challenge for you pops up and change it back right after the event.
Completing the random event challenges that allow you to earn bonus experience or unlock whole perks instantly has a bigger impact on your progress than the monthly basic experience you get from your education trait. Your progress will be faster with a great skill value and a bad education trait than it will be with a four star education trait and a mediocre skill value.
By Hirntoht on 11 Jul 2023 16:27
