In the Medieval world, it is not only those with swords and royal blood that control the fate of nations. Far more folk will meet a trader or direct a caravan than ever sit on a throne. Precious goods flow through markets around the world steered by the canny and the unscrupulous. Buy low, sell high, and use the profit to find a power all your own. Build your treasure in Silk & Silver, a new Major Expansion for Crusader Kings III.
Coming on 17 November, Crusader Kings III: Silk & Silver is a Major Expansion to Paradox Interactive’s celebrated grand strategy role-playing game about the medieval world. In Silk & Silver, players can lead a merchant company from humble beginnings and carve out a trade empire that brings materials from around the world. Silk & Silver also opens up Republic governments, such as Venice or Genoa, for play, as patrician families compete for power and renown.
Crusader Kings III: Silk & Silver includes:
- New Government Type: Merchant: Lead a landless merchant family at the head of a trading company, rising from obscurity to greatness and using your wealth to advance the fortunes of your dynasty
- A Nose for Profit: Seek out profitable Trade Routes for over 40 trade goods, slowly expanding the reach of your trade empire as your merchant company grows in renown and wealth.
- Decide your Merchant’s path: Choose one of three specializations, each with their own bonuses and unique content; move considerable amounts of goods as a Caravaneer, loan money to rulers as a Creditor or create new artifacts as an Artisan
- Specialize and Thrive: Gain experience in traded goods to unlock bonuses and increase your business acumen to grow your company’s reputation.
- Lobby for Power: Use money and intrigue to sway nobles and royalty, seeking patrons who can strengthen your trade empire.
- Market Lockdown: Leverage your political influence to gain exclusive rights to trade select goods in Markets, or push out the competition by claiming a complete Monopoly.
- Expand Your Mansion: Direct your trading company from your base of operations. Spend gold and prestige to improve its grounds, growing your business with additional trade routes and gain an edge over rival traders.
- New Government Type: Republic: Rule over a patrician family in a Republic, where wealth buys power and popularity determines who retains the role of doge. Compete against rival houses by means of law, bribery and the will of the Assembly.
- Laws and Assemblies: Set the constitution of your Republic, asking the Assembly to pass laws that control the terms of leaders and uses of the state treasury.
- Vie for Power: Secure profitable Trade Routes and put family members into positions of influence to become a powerful Patrician family, allowing you to bend the Republic to your will.
- Shape Your Republic: Choose an administration that determines what your Republic excels at. Will you build a seafaring trade power, an expansionist house of nobles or a city-state ruled by the will of the common folk?
- Establish Trade Dominance: Set up Trade Posts in foreign counties, bolstering your influence and trade momentum to extend far beyond your own borders.
- Forge Lucrative Pacts: Through the new trade system, you can join other Republics in Trade Leagues, bringing both commercial and military benefits.
- Two New Bookmarks:
- 1066 – Channels of Commerce: Play as some of the most renowned merchants of the Middle Ages, building trade networks across a world in demand of spices, silk, and silver.
- 1178 – Guelphs & Ghibellines: Navigate this defining conflict for Northern Italy as one of the major figures caught between papal and imperial ambitions.
- Historical Italian Flavor: Take part in civic carnivals to celebrate the greatness of your Republic, and participate in the historical conflict in Northern Italy between the Guelphs and Ghibellines as political factions lead to open warfare.
- And more!
Crusader Kings III: Silk & Silver will be available on 17 November 2026 for the suggested retail price of $29.99/￡25.99/€29.99. It is also available as a part of Chapter V for Crusader Kings III.
