How To Make Money As A Landless Adventurer in Crusader Kings 3

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Along with a few other things, the DLC Roads to Power for Crusader Kings 3 provides the option to take on the world as a Landless Adventurer. At the start of a game players can opt to start this way either with a historical character or one created themselves. They could even find themselves deposed and on the road during regular gameplay.

So many of the tried-and-true ways of making one's fortune in CK3 just won't be good enough when one is an adventurer and not a landed king. For instance, there are no taxes to be gathered in, nor will most economic buildings generate any gold. Players will, therefore, have to find creative ways of making money much like a Landless Adventurer in Roads to Power.

How To Make Money As A Landless Adventurer in Crusader Kings 3

These landless adventurers can amass gold mainly through completing contracts in CK3. 

In Landless Adventurer, contracts provide cash and serve as the backbone of the game since adventurers will be paid only if they succeed. Therefore, it is best for them to focus on the types of contracts in which they excel.

Players have a chance to increase their earnings through performing better. Superior nobility often offers higher-ranking contracts. 

The more stars rating there is on the contract, the more money you may expect to earn from the contract.

Some Criminal Contracts are more rewarding, yet nobody enjoys them due to the Gallowsbait Trait. Example: During a treasury robbery, you are presented with options to increase the gold gain in exchange for possible capture.

The Hard Rule Martial Perk- increases mercenary contract rewards by 25%.

Juicy Rumors enhancement of the Roaring Campfire's +50% Increased Criminal Contract Rewards.

The Intrigue Perk of Crime Pays +100% to Criminal Contract Rewards.

Loyal Scribes is an enhancement for Baggage Train that increases Learning Contract Rewards by 50%.

The Improvement of the Baggage Train's Bartering Grounds- this is a Stewardship Contract Reward, which provides a plus 50% reward.

You Get What You Pay For: Stewardship Perk, +25% Non-Mercenary Contract Rewards.

In CK3, you can earn a large sum in war as landless adventurers.

The costs of maintaining soldiers in the field mean that landed monarchs can lose more money than they gain if they play their cards well during wartime. This is no problem for landless adventurers because there is no cost for maintaining a raised army.

It is also comparatively inexpensive to recruit Men-at-Arms for Adventurers due to investments in the Camp military buildings as well as some of the most powerful Martial Perks. 

Strategies for Maximizing Gold Gain in Wars and Siege 

Aside from the fact that there are no upkeep costs, Landless Adventurers can further enhance their profit from wars in a couple of unique ways.

The Mortician Tools Camp improvement to the Barber's Tent will increase your gold gain from battles.

Appoint a Master of Spoils to get more from each battle and siege. This is made possible with the Lockwagon improvement for the Proving Grounds.

You will be able to hire a Man-Haggler to raise ransom prices, thanks to the Ransom Cages Camp improvement for the Baggage Train.

Extend light wars into other wars, sieges, and ransoms besides ransoming prisoners who contribute to the war score. The battle outcome is not as vital to adventurers. 

How to become a Landless Adventurer in CK3 and be declared for wars 

Mercenary Contracts: Provide bonuses like gold based on the contribution of the adventurer.

Players take these contracts to join a vassal faction and eventually press demands to go to war. 

Volunteer for Military Service: The some kings hire adventurers for a set fee to fight on their behalf, scaled off how much they add to the war tally. To do this, click on the ruler.

Players can offer to join a ruler's war for no other reason than gaining plunder by hovering over a ruler who is at war and clicking on them. 

Another option, albeit this would not be done for monetary reasons, is to fight for one's own claims as Landless Adventurers. If they succeed, they will be deemed landed.

Landless Adventurers have more options for enrichment in Roads to Power besides contracts and war: 

You can choose to sell artifacts when you visit the holding where the camp is located. If this does not work, you might attempt to haggle over the price by making the customer believe that they are worth more.

Most of the investment can be returned by dismantling the buildings at Camp when the players are running low on gold. 

Investing gold and meeting a few other criteria will allow players to Found a Holding in an empty Barony. Similar to other towns in CK3, this will provide a source of passive income over time, with players even being able to be forced to settle there.

Appointing a Master Thief as an officer gives the players access to a monthly stipend from the subdued gear upgrade for the supply tent. 

Adventurers can rake in 25% of a barony's money as they travel through, with the Stewardship Perk High-Stakes Bartering. 

Stewardship Perks include Camp Tax and Renowned Artificers Perks, each adding half a gram to your monthly domicile income.

Profits from View: obtain 20g by taking a tour of the attractions. 

Churches: If you are in a holding that has a temple in it, then you have the option to take supplies from them as well. 

Lucrative Scribing of Books: The Scholar Perk pairs great with this because it will inspire your followers to write great books as well. 

Passive Income Generation Is Possible through Certain Camp Structures

A few Camp buildings produce a small amount of gold on a monthly basis. The standard building system used in Crusader Kings 3 is just about similar. 

At maximum rank, Barber's Tent weighs 1.2g. 

The Mess Tent requires 0.3 grams of mobile breweries. 

Flirting Bakers: 0.2 grammes for the Mess Tent. 

The Mess Tent requires 0.2g of Adept Curers. 

In the Roaming Smithy, the Supply Tent costs 0.1g.

Supply Tent, driven stockers: 0.1g. 

There are still numerous tried-and-true ways to make money in CK3. 

Even though much of the core functionality of the game is unavailable to Landless Adventurers, they can make money in exactly the same ways as everyone else. 

The "Golden Obligations" Stewardship Perk will allow players to keep asking for gold off those they are obligated to.

Kidnapper Intrigue Perk would activate the Abduct plot, which can result in good ransom. 

Events: Landless Adventurers, as any other character, would have the possibility to randomly gain or lose gold.

If you want to request the Pope for gold, you would need to gain his favor and give away piety in return.

Now that you know how to make money as a landless adventurer in Crusader Kings 3, we hope this was as informative as possible for you to get the most from it.