I became LEGENDARY in 250 years! Crusader Kings 3 - Renown Speedrun

In this video I did a renown speedrun, getting up to 25 renown per month in Crusader Kings 3! I did this through strategic marriages, murders and granting away land to members of my dynasty! Thank you very much for watching my CK3 video, I put out videos weekly! I would love to see you around!!!
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[@v1lemin711]

As a Czech seeing him renaming Přemyslid to Kardashian hit me really badly

[@dovdorith8148]

Nejsi sám 😫😄!

[@RovingTroll]

How do you even pronounce that?

[@dovdorith8148]

@@RovingTroll pŘemislovci XD

[@dovdorith8148]

@Atheist Biologist We have a lot of interesting things in Czech language 😂😂, like any other language, but our Ž,Š,Č,Ř,Ě,CH and many more but our/my top favorite are words: Hořčice Řeřicha Řeka Šiška and many, many more and then there is the tongue twister: Tři sta tři a třicet stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes tři sta tři a třicet stříbrných střech It means that 333 silver pipes, squirted over 333 silver roofs. 😂👌🏻 its magnificent.

[@brosef4154]

As a guy that played Kingdom Come: Deliverance, I knew a Czech would be absolutely gutted.

[@jacobmoitt8395]

with the “Elevate the Kingdom of Mann & the Isles” decision you get building construction time -200% and building construction cost -50% for 100 years so you can generate a good cash flow. Also you gain an extra army of 7500 men the can boost your army to stop any invaders. Sorry if I’ve posted this a few times it keeps disappearing on my end but thought it would be good for you to know

[@jacobmoitt8395]

@@OttawaWelshman glad I could help! I’ll be looking out for that video then

[@fanis1414]

-200%? So it gets built before you press the button?

[@jacobmoitt8395]

@@fanis1414 yeah it’s quite confusing but I think it means 200% faster rather then actually 200% less time.

[@JohnBrown-tw2qi]

If you play your cards right you can even end up as the culture leader of the Norse without having to conquer Scandinavia since there’s no event for Mann and the Isles specifically to reform its culture as long as you aren’t the culture head to begin with.

[@KittenCritters]

@@fanis1414 it’s 200% faster so it tics 3 days ever day, 3 years to build = 1 year to build

[@transsylvanian9100]

Some fairly simple things you can do to greatly cut down on the time it takes to reach Legendary: 1. After acquiring new lands for your family members, wait 5-10 years before granting independence. This is so they have time to raise control, buy some retinue and convert provinces. This way they don't immediately lose their title afterwards to a rebellion or invasion. 2. Ask the pope for claims as often as you can. Press those claims and give the titles to family members. 3. Use the "invite claimants" decision. Press their claims, (kingdoms if you are an empire tier, otherwise duchies). Then immediately revoke their new title and give it to a family member instead. 4. Keep a few individual coastal provinces for yourself here and there so you can extend your diplomatic range. 5. Hold or give to family provinces with special buildings or special building slots that can boost your renown growth. These can be holy sites, universities, Rome, Byzantium, Jerusalem, etc. (some are religion-locked though) 6. Work toward the decisions "Consecrate Bloodline" (+500 renown) and "Dynasty of Many Crowns" (+1000) If you are playing in the British Isles try to go for "Elevate the Kingdom of Man and the Isles" (+2500!) 7. With every character try to reach the "Writing History" perk from the Diplomacy lifestyles asap. Take the "Commission Epic" decision as often as you can and take the max renown option.

[@transsylvanian9100]

@@OttawaWelshman No problem, most of these have probably already been mentioned in other comments so i can't take credit for everything, i just wanted to give a neat little summary. I am curious to see how fast it can really be done. I did a tech/100 dev speedrun myself a while back (fastest i got was about 1140) but a renown speedrun i hadn't yet thought of doing.

[@loudradialem5233]

These tips are crazy good!

[@michaelwoodhams7866]

Also, I'd add: Early on, found a religion tailored to your intended play style. (This applies to almost any game.) In this case, maybe go mad on intrigue and sex. (Concubines, no penalty for adultery, no bastards, possibly make lustful a virtue.) Use the 'find character' window. Find rulers within diplomatic range, sort by rank, then start at the top and work your way downward looking for places you can set your matrilineal marriage landmines. (This isn't a new strategy, just a more efficient way to achieve the strategy shown in the video.) Old monarchs are great - often you can trace their line of inheritance to a grandchild or great-grandchild who has no titles, and parents have no titles, and so are an easy target for a matrilineal marriage cuckoo's egg. It does take quite a while for the egg to hatch, however. Also, be prepared to have lots of allies (because of marriages to heirs) who keep demanding you fight wars for them.

[@partydean17]

Do you find you ever grant Independence in a less focused way?

[@Graknorke]

it's pretty funny that the Pope can be set on securing one of the most important historical sites for Catholics, bringing in the forces of all the kings of Europe, but then have his mind changed to something totally unrelated by a guy who went on two pilgrimages

[@hazarush]

A *King who went on pilgrimages

[@nobledictator2906]

Pope: *wants to take the Holy land* Ottawa Welshman: Nah let's go for a nordic kingdom also Ottawa Welshman: wanna see me do it again?

[@bignose9635]

And I’ll fucking do it again!

[@paavoilves5416]

@@OttawaWelshman I mean it's even historically accurate xd

[@jacobmoitt8395]

Interesting video. Never seen a max renown speedrun before. Good stuff man love it

[@Nuka0420]

This is how I usually play, I love the "Is this nepotism?" Runs

[@angemalaurie6074]

don't grant evrything to only one of your dynasty member as he will give them away to random people a lot of the time. Split your conquest among lesser member of your dynasty, put your favorite with the maximum number of county he can have plus a few to give away to please his vassals. So that you don't need to worry about faction for another pretendant as they will probably still be from your dynasty

[@LesserScholar]

Yo, this is quality. I love to see strategy game speedruns.

[@Brandon-nu7oj]

I just learned so much from this video and the comments. This is a great community you are building here.

[@then9779]

I was shocked this channel is so small. Stellar content, you are going to blow up soon. Best of luck!

[@erceyorukoglu146]

hope your channel grows, great content keep up ck3

[@Chadmlad]

The work you put in this video shows man! Glad this video blew up for you, good job!

[@Chadmlad]

@@OttawaWelshman rooting for ya buddy!

[@balintnemes6774]

I started a 1066 game as Galicia and secured as many of the kingdom titles in Iberia as possible. Lots of infighting occures, but that keeps it interresting in my opinion.

[@cjliem7215]

It’s obvious you put a lot of work into your videos, you earned a new subscriber :)

[@kubilaycemylmaz3039]

Just discovered your channel. Great video man keep up the good work

[@Flinsenberger101]

great, thats something i searched for. nice content. A nice move i found in my tries: "The Diaper block". When you go for murdering this first born heir, and you have a younger daughter, betroth her to him. That way he won't create any pesky heirs while you try to murder him.

[@Flinsenberger101]

@@OttawaWelshman It's not sadistic. It's all for the wellbeing of his unborn child ;-)

[@marcocortese6558]

Now, THIS... is good ck3 content!

[@doublesalopetoimcre]

holy smokes!! only 346 views at the time of my comment. that is crazy. it is a video of great editing and gameplay and to top it off very entertaining. + this kind of maxing renown style is so rare, i have not found any other vid in the same category. best of luck to you with you youtube channel. i now subbed to it because this vid was awesome!

[@givemeajackson]

Great video mate, subbed. This channel is going places, i can feel it

[@givemeajackson]

@@OttawaWelshman haha love the gender neutral "dude"

[@DarthSidian]

Viking characters can do quicker speedruns. The kingdoms and empires they can elevate give INSANE bonuses.

[@DarthSidian]

@@OttawaWelshman It's actually busted. Then you can form the North Sea Empire, which is even crazier.

[@marthvader14]

What strategy for renown as Viking would you recommend?

[@holisticsome]

This is very educational, and your voice is quite fitting! Liked your content, like that style of low distraction speech Certainly a subscription here, ty, keep it up

[@shaerick6867]

Yo this was some mint editing, have a sub

[@Treforbelmont]

Sound effect at 4:08 made me sub. Great stuff!

[@rytd456y]

Ong I thought I was the only person who heard that

[@dr.piggyhoneybear7952]

Great video ahah, just subbed 👍🏽

[@Wafflekatpwn]

Bro you had me hooked on ottawans and ottawons im subbing rn rn

[@carltonleboss]

Fantastic content my man

[@trollwayy5981]

I’ve watched this video 3 times… I can’t stop, you are on of if not the best creator for this game.

[@siapadah1391]

Thanks for your video, now I know how renown works.

[@vojtik1234]

Only 10k subs? You deserve a lot more. Great video, greetings from Plzeň Bohemia

[@ericmyrs]

I was googling renown guides all of yesterday, and it was as barren as Bohemian Africa. But then, KZbin recommendations did me a solid and showed me this video today!

[@LOVERGEIST777]

This game is so complicated! I appreciate your explanation of the mechanics!

[@MunchKING]

That's alot easier now days with secure the Mediterranean. +25% dynasty renown *per person in your dynasty* for each one!!

[@OttawaWelshman]

Just wait my friend!

[@footybg]

So, actually with the Royal Court expansion, it is quite useful to have tons of vassals, because occasionally they come to your court room to pay respect to you in an event that grants 50/75 renown (I think it's based on their title). This is an alternative to the passive renown from independent rulers and you get the levies/taxes etc...I think I got to legendary family house (starting obscure) at a similar time compared to yours, by just having tons of vassals and increasing my max vassals limit through court artefacts and skills. I guess this can be further abused if you die/change character as often as possible, because they do it all over again with the new ruler.

[@Tacom01]

This is beautiful I watched it 3 times now

[@AKennedy4K]

Great video my dude

[@YavHeHe1337]

This is some of the funniest shit ive seen in a good month gained a sub

[@ludwigvonapfelstrudel5013]

Really cool vid Subscribed

[@Jojogrec]

I loved this play with the renown system.

[@jxslayz6663]

yoooo.... you def have a new sub.

[@kueapel911]

16:22 imagine getting abducted, then released under the term of joining your family's court, agrees, and then immediately granted a land. The poor (or lucky?) guy must've been so confused

[@unoyashaunoah681]

Instantly subbed when you named your dynasty Kardashian

[@danielnas7606]

Interesting video, I like new concepts

[@mortache]

You talk well and do stuff that I also love doing. I guess its only a matter of time till your channel takes off, at least if you make regular vids

[@Warith1000man]

Just found your channel, you have some great content. Edits could use some polish but good job! Keep it up! I think you can get to 10k subscribers in no time!

[@jgez12]

The fucking prequel scene earned you a sub, Im literally crying laughing

[@Henryschmitz]

Just subbed, good stuff

[@alifa5767]

this channel is gonna blow up just like snap strategy guaranteed 100%, your content is way too fire to only get 1k views

[@dominov]

Seeing you rename Přemyslid to Kardashian was quite painful.

[@SibirskaNeman]

14:06 well played my friend, well played

[@klemensgak6270]

It's so paintful watching how you change beautiful slavic names to some "Johns" (despide I'm your subsriber).

[@daedalusdreamjournal5925]

I would love to see a revisit of a renown run to see how royal court and artifacts can help make this run easier. Or with less required wars and murders :)

[@dorituz62]

Love it!

[@basedtortellini]

A fellow NA welshman? Cymru am byth, glad i found your channel

[@basedtortellini]

@@OttawaWelshman hahaha if im being honest im the same way man, my grandparents are welsh immigrants but other than that i just have a big fascination with the language and culture. Its always cool meeting people with that some love for the culture, especially when they make cracked ck3 speedruns lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@oldgreggsmadmemes4431]

Love love love 💕 Crusader Kings 3 it needs more love

[@oldgreggsmadmemes4431]

@@OttawaWelshman your welcome have a cat (^._.^)ﾉ

[@phantomboy9194]

I love how you use the memes:):

[@Nigel1Powers]

The music with the loins made me snort my beer

[@Antonin1738]

love the humor

[@danielkeller9729]

Awesome video! I don't believe you have to have to other dynasty members be independent for the renown. I believe they just need to be out of your realm. I have a nephew who is a Duke for a foreign king but I still get the renown.

[@danielkeller9729]

@@OttawaWelshman thanks for the additional info. I was curious if you could get multiple additional renown from a different relm. Good to know that you can't

[@Trashloot]

I don't know if you have uploaded more videos like this but i love it. Finally a CK3 youtuber who knows what he is doing

[@Trashloot]

@@OttawaWelshman Wow i didn't realize that this channel is only a few months old. You are totally comfortable and it feels like you are doing this forever. I would love to see a more detailed version of how you dealt with the HRE becaue i always loose my cool when i face enemies who have way more soldiers than i do. But im honestly super happy to have found this video. You are not using the character generator to build someone op, you are not steam rolling over the map like everyone else does, you know your stuff and the video is both concise and easy to digest while also beeing very detailed and informative. Time to search through your backlog for more cool videos :3.

[@purduebebo]

New content! lessgo

[@emrecanarduc4378]

That paticuliar websites starting sound lol 4:07

[@itsdyle9767]

I rate the content but I can see how obviously who’s inspired him 😂 good video

[@DerickMasai]

"Literally anything for fame" It was at this moment I knew I had found a gem 😂😂😂😂

[@vovanbalashov]

With a new update you can hugely increase speed of getting legendary by "Mystical Ancestors" tradition

[@TonyMarikVideos]

You really renamed my nation's most famous family into Cardashians xd

[@Ko6i]

Gather ALL THE TREES as quickly as you can: The Lumberjack Speedrun

[@themeerkat5157]

2:21 they don't have to be independent to get renown, it's just that if their liege is from the same dynasty as them they won't be getting the renown for their title. per example, your character is a vassal of the HRE (AKA not independent) and you still get 0.50 renown from him you could have 10 dukes in some foreign kingdom/empire and you would be getting +5 renown per month from them, but if one of your dynasty members becomes the king/emperor that renown gain would be replaced by +1 or +2 renown, respectively 3:10 another thing you could've done was just give him a council position, he was a powerful vassal without one and that makes him have -40 opinion of you, but if you gave him a council position it would be replaced by a +10, making him have +7 opinion of you and approve the new succession law

[@aerling7043]

Классное видео

[@stellar7933]

18:00 Ottawa stop! You don't have enough levies to beat him T-T Ottawa Kardashian Toretto: “You don't need levies when you got family“

[@bobodenkirkisafreak]

It would be interesting to see a new run now that royal courts is out

[@raghavannaidu6931]

Man if you have Absolute Crown Authority + House Seniority, then you can have any heir with all gone to him only.

[@cymraegpunk1420]

Instant sub just for the username

[@ladranik2658]

You said that you got offered the stewardship position by your liege, so i just wanted to mention that if you change the contract upon starting the gane, and get guaranteed council rights, you can right click on your liege and demand whatever council position you want. Might save you a few restarts since you wont depend on rng. Cheers

[@thepotato405]

I have a feeling this channel is going to get big.. remember me for I am the potato and I am counted among the first of the subs

[@danteaghoulfromspace2996]

A while ago, i decided to do an ashari iberian ruler run. I ended up with the entirety of hispania and big chunks of europe and africa. That was the point where i had so much renown, i didnt know what to do with it (+ hundreds /month). I had every single dynastic legacy, and aside from disinheriting and the like, renown became completely useless

[@piotrjandziak707]

nice video , I'm at year 1111 having 2645 renown (+18). I did it in a diffrent way.

[@iwankazlow2268]

@@OttawaWelshman Fecund as a dynasty prevalent trait, lots of baby making, starting as a Viking. Also being a bit suizidal to use the one lifetime invasions for max land grabs and leaving all the land to the family before jumping to the next kingdom. Don't think I ever had a run with over 150 years for max renown level.

[@davebruneau6068]

My game date is Dec. 3rd 1107. Started 867 in Brabant as Count Giselbert. I just hit Legendary Renown. I dont use mods. 240yrs Get the Duchy. Get Aachen. Get Cologne & build Cathedral. Culture everyone Dutch in Brabant & you get control of the Dutch Dynasty. Become King of Frisia...may take a bit... Integrate Aachen. I took S of England & set up in the Tower of London. E Seaxe & Julich as my Duchys...Integrate E Seaxe into Frisian Title I then grabbed Wiltshire for Stonehenge. Integrate when able From there i got the What Nepotism achieve by creating 10 separate Kingdoms. Gives 'Dynasty of Many Crowns' modifier like 'Strong Blood' +2 Stewardship +20% mo/prestige Dir Vas Opinion+5 Levy Size+10% Wales,Brittany,Burgundy-Irelands a pain cuz ya gotta baby sit. Wrong Culture+Wrong Religion=Rebellion.Make sure hes an ally so ya can send help Get a foothold in Iberia & theres 1/2 a doz Kingdoms And dont give nuthin to nobody who isnt yer Dynasty.Those Counts and Dukes are what drives your Renown...but you already knew that...right

[@HerodesCZE]

best Kingdom

[@terrificlife1576]

just one more thing, just marry all the girls at the same time , in this way you dont get penalty for too many alliances .

[@hirnl0s932]

Didn't read the comments and I don't know if it already had been mention: with some cultures (English, Czech,...) you can get extra renown for castles your family member have. Also the English culture gives a bit extra for chivalry. It should easily be possible to get 40 renown per month.

[@remipoujoulat7759]

"Let's see how I'm gonna kill this child" "Aaand... I'm dead!" This is really what defines Crusader Kings...😂

[@fozzy425]

The control the meditterannean decision rewards are currently bugged as they stack for each dynasty ruler. I had +300 renown per month after activating it last week.

[@dovdorith8148]

NOO!! Bohemia under Kardashian rule, not my country, not my Bohemia😂😭, this hits right to my hearth and soul!

[@darththomarius6751]

We all play differently for different reasons, and I respect that. My thing isn't to kill off family but to spread them out throughout the world. I got 3 kings in my family. One in France, one in Ireland and one in Africa. So many dukes and duchesses along with many counts. I only have 174 living relatives, but trying to marry is funny because my family shows up in the list! Funny part to that is, why are so many of my relatives single?! 🤣🤣🤣 I love this game!

[@pipaj6509]

Im on +67 of renown each year started as a count in arabia, polygame is broken af

[@TheLucas819]

Gotta support Ottawa man as a Gatineau man myself

[@TheLucas819]

@@OttawaWelshman Ah ben tabarnac il est des notres

[@Gamer-is6ew]

I always knew that the Kardashian’s were behind everything

[@jaywhite2376]

Increasing development in Prague would just make your income and levies shoot up way quicker

[@brokenprophet13]

I played ck3 today Starting as the Dutchy of polania Iron man game wirh achievements 100 years in we had 20 renown a month

[@averagemammal9951]

Awesome video! I've tried making a couple like this (no where near as good though lol) Do you do live voice recordings, or do you add voice over in post? Just curious of ways to help my workflow : )

[@averagemammal9951]

@@OttawaWelshman also, I have about 300 hours in CK3 if you ever wanted to do a multiplayer run : ) I haven’t played as much recently because I’ve been waiting on Royal court, but it might be a fun idea if you’re ever down

[@g0lgrim1]

Started a few days ago as Count of Genova... and somehow i was able to marry one of my daughters of to the King of Lothringia... helps a lot.

[@tamasczigola6392]

Do you have, or are you planning on doing a similar run but with the Habsburgs? It was literally the first run I tried but I always failed. Would love to see someone experienced have a go at it.

[@laszlobandi6456]

Usually you might start lower, with a single house member and zero fame, maybe even tribal. The very best is to pick diplomacy and invest 6 perks into writing history, no need the rest. With a genius ruler of any education it's still 30ish learning per month. Befriend also godlike, friends can give you skills that are hard to get otherwise. The commissioning the epic decision gives 75-150 maybe a bit more renown, each 10 years. That will be enough for the first level, but maybe you need like 8-10 times to do it for the second. The house perks actually should start with the glory tree, 30 marriage acceptance goes a long way. And the marriages should not go for relevance but Alliance power while not at war (or at war but has a decent chance to win). Fecund also not really affecting much, number of kids is fixed, per rank, fertility is more of a speed thing. Probably high martial skills or stewardship to hold onto their titles is good, and matching traits, like it's -15 both sides when they got traits that are opposite, so they won't like each other much and won't have many kids regardless of the fertility. The Kin line is also good, the 10 fertility there isn't much, but the next two perks are actually great. The studious youth guarantees a 3-4 star education, which isn't much but like 4 extra success rolls, I think I havent saw any kid that didn't got 3 star minimum after this perk, which is also a few more skill points and better events. Now the more dynasty members you got, the better, but it caps on 200 living members. Can have more, since the best 200 is selected, around 600 is the sweet spot, then the best 200 is actually good, also they will marry on their own. The third perk in kin is great. Spouse care, which is health, a bit of opinion bonus and less chance of death at childbirth. I actually had the fastest next perk after this, within a few years I was able to get the next house perk. So even if you spend 4 on these perks, might worth doing before getting into the eugenics tree. Part of this is that quite often you get daughters that are better than your sons, and quite often they die with one or no kids. There was a better strategy before, and being an empire doesn't hurt for the extra domain and MAA, and the ability to get much better royal court items. But now I noticed you can't give independence to de jure empire titles. You can still grant independence to non de jure, but then you need to get titles outside de jure. So for that kind of play I would go with Sicily/Naples empire or the new Slavia and not like Khazaria or Russia or Byzantine, it won't let you fall apart. You want a small empire and even letting others control de jure land, so you got the smallest empire, small culture, to play tall and just make decisions for a few people.

[@josh19889]

Great advices, thank you!

[@muratonuryilmaz5385]

I remember a save that my family have 3000 living member and 97 house (also around 15 king independent and around 20 king under my rule)

[@muratonuryilmaz5385]

@@OttawaWelshman half of europe is my domain. Also I have 9 empire title or something. My family have around 4 legacy complete. I conquer poland and sweden just for stoping border gore and not rightfull liege debuff to go away

[@otaldoThal]

VINDICATIONNNNNNNNNNNN

[@otaldoThal]

@@OttawaWelshman indeed Brooklyn 99 is an awesome show lol

[@Nerewar90]

TIL You can redirect crusades ( 500 hours ck3)

[@jibrilherrcherofhorny4448]

In 350 years i got all the good trait to tier 3 (intellect physical and beauty) then put a dinasty menber to marry every single people in the world when i open the full dinasty tree i lag the game so much i can't see it

[@nolol5552]

The Habsburg Dream

[@Catssonova]

I didn't even try to get legendary in under 250 years and I did anyway. It's not actually that difficult but you need to be a bit lucky. Marry your dynasty members matrilineally to grand kids of certain rulers that are 3rd in line. If you have enough prestige and titles it's a big bonus since their father is unable to be landed by the grandfather since they are already the heir. In a couple generations or less your dynasty will be on the throne and voila. Just make sure you support them enough. Later on you can claim their thrones since you are the same dynasty for easy blobbing late game