
Men-at-Arms are the equivalent to the Retinues of CK2. In great numbers, however, they are an efficient meat shield meant to complement the troops of your armies that have a far higher impact: Men-at-Arms. These are essentially conscripted peasants forced to do your bidding and are not very impressive on their own. Levies in Crusader Kings 3 are made up of their own unit type, simply called Levy. Just like in Crusader Kings 2, the bulk of your armies consists of Levies.


Let’s start by taking a look at what an army is made up of. Bear in mind that the game is still very much in development and everything talked about here is subject to change. I will not go into details about CBs or anything like that this time. I aim to give you an overview of how wars will be fought.

The topic of the day is war, and more specifically, how we go about waging war. You can use it to press that juicy Claim you have been holding on to for a while, or perhaps you’d rather use it to put the unbelievers to the sword.
