Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Room 8 Group have announced that Crusader Kings 3’s console edition is slated to receive the Roads to Power expansion and Wandering Nobles event pack this May.
Part of CK3’s console edition Chapter 3 bundle, the two pieces of DLC flesh out gameplay as a character in the Byzantine Empire while also introducing the ability to play as a wandering, landless figure.
Crusader Kings 3’s Roads to Power Expansion and Wandering Nobles Event Pack Hit Consoles in May
Crusader Kings 3’s Roads to Power expansion brings a series of sweeping changes aimed at enthusiasts of the Byzantine life, expanding both the available role-playing opportunities while introducing the Administrative Government as a new structure of ruling over your subjects.
Below, you’ll find the key features of Crusader Kings 3’s Roads to Power expansion on console, as shared by the publisher in an emailed press release:
- Administrative Government: Experience medieval rule outside of the feudal system with a new style of empire management. A web of Governors jockeys for position in the empire with intrigue and power, sometimes rewarding merit and sometimes rewarding perfidy. Only a truly skilled Emperor can keep these squabbling forces in line.
- The Family Estate: Run and manage a powerful Family Estate, the seat of your House’s power, even when you hold no other land. Construct new buildings and improvements to further your power and influence within an administrative empire.
- Influence System: Build up a character’s influence within an administrative empire to climb the rungs of bureaucracy. Raise your status in the realm and gather more power for yourself. Start as a landless noble on an estate, and compete for valuable provinces to govern before making your bid for the Purple.
- A Life of Adventure: Freely roam the map, untied to any realm or holding, going wherever the winds of fortune blow you. Fulfill contracts as a landless adventurer, even through the generations, building up a reputation of your own. Earn gold, prestige and fame travelling the globe until you decide to settle down and claim land you have earned through merit.
- Choose Successor or Caesar: Spend the influence you have gathered to determine the course of the Empire and get the successor you want, whether a royal family member, a powerful noble, a martial hero, or any other candidate you can rally the people behind. The Emperor can even opt to co-rule if the burden of the throne is too much for one person.
- New Byzantine Flavor Content: New events, monuments and activities built around the Byzantine theme, including chariot racing.
- Cosmetic Additions: A Byzantine-themed UI skin and new court fashions for your characters, new 2D event art, new on-map monuments of the Byzantine world, new on-map holding designs, and a Byzantine throne room for Royal Court sessions, among other aesthetic improvements. New music inspired by Orthodox holy chants is also included.
Much like it did on PC, Crusader Kings 3’s Wandering Nobles event pack enables console players to leave behind life at court and become a landless adventurer.
Each wandering character gets their own upgradeable camp as they seek their fortunes across the world. Taking on various requests leads to a new series of events that can both reward and harm characters.
Playing your cards right while wandering can net you vast amounts of riches. Aside from shaping the future of realms while supporting kings or contenders in their bid for power, characters can even return to the life they left behind as a ruler in a different part of the world.
Crusader Kings 3’s Roads to Power expansion and Wandering Nobles event pack will release on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on May 11, 2026. They will be available both as separate purchases and as part of the Chapter III bundle.
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