


You can summon your allies into battle by either right-clicking their banner (from your character panel or the map), or through the stained-glass alert icon at the top of the HUD. You’re allies will also have flags on their banners when viewed from the map if you need to remember where they are located. You can check your alliances and anyone else’s from their character panel, listed to the right of their claims with big, bold banners. You will be re-establishing alliances often, so keep an eye on your notifications to make sure you’re not about to start a war after an alliance has evaporated. Also, alliances will disappear when a ruler dies, unless one of the spouses becomes the new ruler. Know this: the more alliances you have in Crusader Kings 3 the harder it will be to build new ones. It behooves you to not marry off your nearest heirs until they’re older they carry the most weight, and can lead to the most desirable matches in a pinch. That said, you may sometimes need to establish an alliance in Crusader Kings 3 in a hurry. Also, everyone in the game is trying to preserve and expand their family dynasty, so the lower down the pecking order someone is the more likely you can get someone to agree to a Matrilineal marriage if you are marrying off one of your female kin-members (or the opposite if you are in a Matriarchal society: you want to ensure the children that come from the union are born into your house as often as possible). You don’t want to get too greedy essentially. For one, the further down both candidates are in the line of succession the more likely the arrangement will go through. Anyone not listed here will not agree to your terms, so if a nation you’re eyeballing isn’t available in this menu, you won’t be striking an alliance with them anytime soon.ĭon’t lose hope just yet there are a few tricks. When you right-click a character and select either “Find Spouse” or “Arrange Marriage”, all possible candidates will be listed, and you can use the drop-down menu to filter by Alliance Power. Nations that are greater in power are less likely to agree to an arranged marriage, so if you’re looking to build an alliance with a ruler that has a massive army you may want to check your expectations.

Bear in mind that not all nations will be interested based on your standing in the world of Crusader Kings 3.
