15 Cool CK3 Nicknames & How to Unlock Them

Something a bit more low key today but I hope you like it. :)

Information pulled from Paradox's Wiki

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[codytb]

i can confirm that you CAN get the nickname "The Great" in a random chance. I was playing vanilla ck3 as Navarra and conquered most of Iberia and got the nickname. It was super fitting given the context. This is the only time ive seen the nickname randomly in 2300 hours tho

[cub-square]

I like how I got a "repulsive" nickname but when my reign was prosperus and I was beloved my nickname changed to "the Good"

[CaptianTuttle]

My favorite is probably “The Lawgiver”, which is gained from forming Naples…

[KittenCritters]

As a biased Swede the best epithet by far is ”Bane of the Dane” Which is one of several you can gain from winning versus 10 viking invasions

[AustSaint]

I had William the Conqueror change to the Garlic King in one playthrough. I was not impressed.

[lema]

In my current CKIII game, I played as Alfred Wessex, united the Empire of Brittania, got 'The Great' as the nickname, married my only daughter to the king of france's second son, killed the heir, they had a son, that child died after having a child, named Jafure (or Geoffrey) Jafure inherited both the kingdom of France and Aquitane, but the Empire of Brittania, all while being 0 years old. After he defeated a revolt at the age of 4, he conquered Germany at 18, conquered Lotharingia at 19, conquered Italy at around 25, and formed the HRE at 30-something. He then united the French and English cultures (because he was originally French I had the option to make English) and created the Angevin culture, renamed his empire to the Holy Angevin Empire, (HAE) and died peacefully at the age of 79

[Ceyrenn]

I know it's from the Extended Nicknames mod, but "the Lord of Crows" was always a fun nickname to get personally.

[David_Bower]

My favourite is the undefeated - Win 100 battles with yourself commanding an army without ever losing.

[shiny]

Nicknames are easily one of my most favorite things about Crusader Kings since I love the stories it tells. The best example of this is my Atomocist ATE run.

I did a Kaiser start in Arizona and made a custom NPC to adopt. William Kaiser united Arizona but did not receive a nickname but his son, Lanius, did.

Lanius the Conqueror united the 4 corners, wiped out the treacherous aliens and Mormons, created the Legionary culture, and Legion of Atomos faith before dying at the age of 71.

His son’s birth name has been lost to time but his title is well known: Atomos the Great, Messiah of the Legion and Conqueror of California. The Great randomly rolling fit my RP so much since Atomos proclaimed that until he could be equal to his father, he would be masked, and he took of his mask in the Imperial Palace of Sacramento. It was a great ending to the run.

[penzorphallos]

I've once seen a guy called "the child killer". Yep

[silver_kitten]

You can also get The great by forming greater Armenia

[matthewhoffman]

You should do a series about nicknames provided by specific mods, like unique ones in Godherja and after the end

[shohan]

Tanglehair to Fairhair transition is the best nickname related thing to happen in the game. That's why forming Norway is a must whenever I play as Haraldr.

My boy be going places but he needs some haircut first.

[IronWolf]

The Troll-Slayer should have another requirement for killing a Dwarf in a duel to the death

[michaelbaker]

CK2 had some great ones. Like 'slayer of (country name)'. I got that after wiping Khazaria off the map as the Cumins.

[sunterrace]

son of wolves - adopted an orphan from the woods - made it my heir

[pedrotbird]

I wish you could be called 'The Great' after you do something significant fast, maybe form an empire in less than 5 years and then hold it for 10?

[zold]

there is one called “the Trojan” after forming the Kingdom of Cornwall

[jeremygeller]

using the legend seed mechanic I got “Dragon Slayer” as my title, and that was cool

[itsseeoh]

I've just started getting into CK3 along with the GoT and Godherja mods and your videos have been perfect for what I've wanted to see! I've been a big fan of the Godherja lore videos especially. Just wanted to let you know that some people out here fit your exact niche and we appreciate all the work!