There is nothing more epic than forming your own bloodline in CK2 (especially the Alexander Bloodline). The CK2 bloodline mechanic is one of the best in the game that will allow you to do incredible things and get a reward for it. There is even a bloodline in CK2 that will allow you to be a dragon! So, to make your playthrough more fun, here is every forgeable and achievable bloodline in CK2, along with how you can do it.
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How to Get a Bloodline in CK2
To forge a bloodline in CK2, you will need to meet special requirements or get the “Forge Bloodline” ambition. This ambition will usually become available to every ruler that has a title rank of at least duke and has great prestige.
These are the easiest bloodlines to get, however, there are many other things you can do to achieve a new bloodline in CK2. You can, for example, just unite the Indian continent, and this will get you a bloodline.
Below we have listed every bloodline in CK2 that you can make, and how you can get each one of them whenever you want.
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Every Forgeable Bloodline in CK2
Construction Bloodlines
The Architect Bloodline
Requirements: Build 10 cities.
Boosts: +6 City Vassal Opinion, +5% Burgher Vassal Tax, has access to special City buildings.
Special: Can construct Garrisoned Roads building in any vassal city holding, giving +3 Tax Income, +5% Morale of Armies, +5% Technology Spread Rate, +5 Trade Value.
The Castellan Bloodline
Requirements: Build 10 castles.
Boosts: +10% Noble Vassal Tax, +4 Feudal Opinion, Special Castle Building.
Special: Can construct Insulated Sections in Castle Holdings of the Realm, giving +5% Morale Bonus, +0.5 Fort Level.
The Carpenter Bloodline
Requirements: Build 10 Temple Holdings.
Boosts: +5% Clergy Vassal Tax, +4 Temple Vassal Opinion, Special Temple Building.
Special: Can construct Monumental Shrines in Temple Holdings of the Realm, giving +1 Tax Income, +0.05 Monthly Piety to Liege.
Conquest Bloodlines
The Conquerer Bloodline (Blood of___)
Requirements: Win 15 foreign wars.
Boosts: +5% Leading in Center, +5% Levy Reinforcement Rate, +5 Personal Combat Skill, Increased Artifact Looting chance.
The Warrior Philosopher Bloodline
Requirements: Win 15 foreign wars, be older than 35, min 8 learning, don’t be dumb.
Boosts: +15% Movement Speed, +5% Retreat, +3 Personal Combat Skill, can Drill Troops.
Special: Through Right-clicking on your portrait, you can drill your troops for the cost of 300 prestige, giving either 10% attrition resistance, 40 days supply or movement speed.
The Li’l Warrior Philosopher Bloodline
Requirements: Start the bloodline ambition as a child and win 15 foreign wars.
Boosts: +6 Personal Combat Skill, +5% Morale Defence, +5% Morale Damage, Great warriors will occasionally join your court.
The Perfect Knight Bloodline
Requirements: Male Christian (unless Christianity has Gender Equality, then either Male or Female), need to have at least one “good” trait (just, kind, charitable, patient, affectionate) and may not have any “bad” trait (cruel, arbitrary, impaler), Scions of this bloodline need to be Christian for it to be active.
Boosts: +4 Personal Combat Skill, +0,05 monthly Piety, +10% Cavalry Command, attracts Knights and Bards.
Murder Bloodlines
Vile Bloodline (1)
Requirements: Murder 30 people.
Boosts: -6% Vassal Opinion, +10% Plot Power Defence, Can execute Prisoners to the Macabre Banquet.
Special: Macabre Banquet is an execution form (Option says Embalm Prisoner), gives you the Intimidated Court modifier for about 3,5 years, giving +10% Plot Power Defence, -5% National Revolt Risk.
Vile Bloodline (2)
Requirements: Murder 30 people, must not be unattractive, celibate, or eunuch.
Boosts: -6% Vassal Opinion, +10% Plot Power Increase, Can personally pursue murder plots.
Special: You will occasionally get the opportunity to immediately murder someone you’re plotting to kill; effectively, your murder plots fire much more quickly.
Sly Bloodline
Requirements: Murder 30 people.
Boosts: +10% Arrest Chance, can restore reputation through Obfuscation.
Special: Obfuscation allowes to trade prestige to get rid of traits like Kinslayer or Known Murderer in exchange for Prestige.
Li’l Murder Bloodline
Requirements: Start the bloodline ambition as a child and murder 30 people.
Boosts: +15% Plot Power, -4 Vassal Opinion, can kills guardians.
Special: Children with this CK2 bloodline will occasionally try to murder their guardians/educators. They need to be Cruel, Deceitful, Brooding, or Haughty to do so, and they will never kill educators who are close relatives or who have at least 50 opinion.
Lunatic Dragon Bloodline
Requirements: Must be cruel and one of lunatic, possessed, or cannibal.
Boosts: +10% imprisonment chance, -4 vassal opinion, can incinerate prisoners, terrifying vassals into submission.
Special: You are a dragon.
Peace Bloodlines
Protector Bloodline
Requirements: Remain 30 years at peace.
Boosts: -2% National Revolt Risk, +0,1 Monthly Piety, +4 Vassal Opinion, Vassals less likely to join a faction.
Benefactor Bloodline
Requirements: Remain 30 years at peace.
Boosts: -2% National Revolt Risk, +5% National Tax Modifier, +4 Vassal Opinion, Rulers can Endear Neighbors and Subjects.
Special: Right-click on your portrait and select the option Endear Realm, this allows you to spend 300 prestige to improve the opinions of neighbouring rulers or spend 200 prestige for -15% National Revolt Risk.
Blessed Child Bloodline
Requirements: Only available if you took this ambition at age 5 or less by some miracle.
Boosts: +0.25 monthly piety, +4 vassal opinion, -2% global revolt risk, Vassals are half as likely to create and join factions.
Hybrid Bloodlines
Vile Bloodline (3)
Requirements: Murder up to 20 people, Win up to 10 Foreign Wars.
Boosts: +2% Levy Reinforcement Rate, +5% Plot Power Increase, +3 Personal Combat Skill, Can Fabricate Claims faster (x0,75), Can Sow Discontent Faster (x0,75).
The Builder Bloodline
Requirements: From building 24 holdings without triggering any of the other bloodlines.
Boosts: -20% Build Cost, -20% Build Time, +2% National Tax Modifier.
Murder/Peace Bloodline
Requirements: Remain 20 years at peace and murder 15 people.
Boosts: +5% imprisonment chance, -1% global revolt risk, can spend prestige to disband factions.
Murder/Builder Bloodline
Requirements: Murder up to 20 people, build 15 holdings.
Boosts: +1% global tax modifiier, -1% global revolt risk, can build horrific monuments to your own brutality, reducing local revolt risk, among other benefits.
Peace/Builder Bloodline
Requirements: From 15 years of peace and 5 holdings of a single type built.
Boosts: +0.05 monthly piety, +5 opinion from rulers of the type matching the holding (eg +5 church opinion for building temples), +3% tax modifier for the matching holding, Unlocks the same buildings as the appropriate pure builder CK2 bloodline, +50% more likely to increase prosperity.
Event Chain Bloodlines
Philosopher Bloodline
Requirements: Event Chain.
Boosts: -15% Build Time, +15% Tech Spread, +10 Poet Opinion, Cultural Tech research boost, attracts artists.
Family Bloodline
Requirements: Event Chain.
Boosts: +5 dynastic opinion, +0.20 monthly prestige, Can harass your relatives into fitting your image of a proper dynast.
Benevolence Bloodline
Requirements: Event Chain.
Boosts: +10 just opinion, +0.2 monthly prestige, +0.05 monthly piety.
Ruthlessness Bloodline
Requirements: Event Chain.
Boosts: -10 vassal opinion, +15% imprisonment chance, +2% global revolt risk. Can plot to whenever revoke any title that was not recently granted.
Theology Bloodline
Requirements: Event Chain.
Boosts: +0.10 monthly piety, +5% tech spread, +4 church opinion, x0.5 MTTH for your court chaplain to find a philosopher while researching cultural techs, Only active if you follow the founder’s religion.
Zeal Bloodline
Requirements: Event Chain.
Boosts: +0.15 monthly piety, -3% tech spread, +8 church opinion, x0.75 MTTH for your court chaplain to convert a province, Unlimited use of the Religious Liberation CB, even if you have Jade Dragon CBs disabled.
Warrior Lodge Bloodlines
Bloodhound Legacy
Requirements: As a norse in “the Wolf Warriors” CK2 bloodline, after filling the legend bar to 100, went to seek duels against orthodox foes. He won a bunch of battles (sorry didn’t record how many) before being beaten by some old woman who claimed that she was were retired. He got the legacy upon death.
Boosts: Personal Combat Skill: +15, Hunter Opinion: +5, Characters tend to keep Hunting Dogs.
Wolf Warriors
Requirements: (Unclear) Become a legend of the Wolf Warriors through the Legendary Gathering mechanics.
Boosts: Monthly Prestige: +0.10, Personal Combat Skill: +10, Poet Opinion: +5, Unlocks special actions on the battlefield.
Battle/Clever Blood
Requirements: Gained through the slavic warrior lodge legend chain (survived, and the adventure was through the Jewish Bulgar-Georgian Empire the Khazars formed via setting)
Boosts: Prestige +0.1/month, Personal combat skill +10.
Special: Characters have smiths strive to please them.
Raider’s Blood
Requirements: Gained through a warrior lodge legend chain.
Boosts: Prestige +0.1/month, Personal combat skill +10, +5 Greedy Opinion.
Special: Increased Chance of looting artifacts.
Warrior’s Blood
Requirements: Gained through a warrior lodge legend chain.
Boosts: Prestige +0.1/month, Personal combat skill +10, +5 Strategist Opinion.
Special: Better Commanders with the “Promote Commander” decision.
Warrior Child Blood
Requirements: Gained through a warrior lodge legend chain.
Boosts: Prestige +0.1/month, Personal combat skill +10, +5 Just Opinion.
Special: Increased chance to capture enemy Commanders.
Holy Wars Bloodlines
Crusader Blood (1)
Requirements: Carve out your own realm in a Crusade.
Boosts: +0.10 Monthly Prestige, +5 Personal Combat Skills, +5 Christian Opinion.
Special: Higher Chance to create Crusader States.
Crusader Blood (2)
Requirements: Gained from being the primary contributor in two successful crusades.
Boosts: +0.20 Monthly Prestige, +5 Personal Combat Skills, +5 Christian Opinion.
Special: Gains a larger share of the Crusader War Chest.
Angelic Blood
Requirements: Awarded to the one winning the Childrens Crusade.
Boosts: +0.15 Monthly Piety, +5 Personal Combat Skills, +5 Christian Opinion.
Special: Gains a larger share of the Crusader War Chest.
Other Bloodlines
Immortality Bloodline
Requirements: Successfully complete the Immortality Quest.
Boosts: +0.2 Monthly Prestige, +1 Health, +5 Taoist Opinion.
Saintly Bloodline (1)
There are six of them for each branch of Christianity but they all seem to be the same. The basic effects in the files are:
- Defender: +0.3 monthly piety and +30% against religious enemies.
- Monastic: +0.1 monthly piety and +5 Christian Church opinion.
- Cultural: +0.3 monthly piety.
- Inquisitional: +0.1 monthly piety and +10% against religious enemies.
- Jewish: +0.1 monthly piety and +15 opinion with Jewish religious group.
- Theologian: +0.2 monthly piety.
Impious Saint Bloodline
Requirements: Be an unworthy Saint.
Boosts: +1 Monthly Prestige, -0.1 Monthly Piety, -5 Christian Church opinion.
Special: Can use invasion once per lifetime.
Alexander Bloodline
Requirements: You need to have 10k prestige and a capital in Europe, East Arabia, Asia Miinor, or Jerusalem. Being Christian or Hellenic gives a hefty boost to the odds of drawing the starting event; Reformed Hellenic gets further increases based on piety.
Boosts: +0.2 Monthly Prestige, +15% Levy Reinforcement Rate, +10 Personal Combat Skill, +5 Hellenic Opinion, +5 Reformed Hellenic Opinion.
Special: Can use invasion once per lifetime.
Blood of Teuta
Requirements: For south slavic pagans, specifically in Serbia and NOT roman or hellenic, who manage to win a war against the Byzantines. As a queen or lower level title, must be female.
Boosts: Sea Queen Opinion +10, South Slavic Opinion +10, Greek Opinion -10, Roman Opinion -10.
Special: Will attract ships during times of war.
Bloodthirsty Bloodline
Requirements: Gained by sacrificing people to the gods.
Boosts: Monthly piety 0.32, Haemophiliac opinion: +5, Haemophant opinion: +5, Haemoarch opinion: +5 (these are ranks and they stack, so if you’re at haemoarch you get +15).
Special: Bonus prestige whenever sacrificing prisoners.
Stormblood Bloodline
Requirements: Sack 200 holdings.
Boosts: +3 Personal Combat Skill, +5 Sea King Opinion, +5 Sea Queen Opinion.
Special: Organizing raids is hence faster and more fruitful.
Ashoka Bloodline
Requirements: Conquer and form India.
Boosts: -3% National Revolt Risk, +0.10 Monthly Piety, +5 Personal Combat Skill, +5 Västervikist Opinion, +5 Uduthaist Opinion, +10 Manappákkilanite Opinion.
Special: Can use the Invasion CB once a lifetime, Can call Religious Liberation Wars.
Imperial Bloodline
Requirements: Adopt the Chinese Bureaucracy government (and thus form a Chinese Empire).
Boosts: +2% Culture Technology Spread Rate, +0.20 Monthly Prestige, +5 Taoist Opinion.
Mongol Empire Bloodline
Requirements: Form the Mongol Empire.
Boosts: +0.20 Monthly Prestige, +8 Personal Combat Skill, +8 Mongol Opinion, +5 Hunter Opinion.
Special: Enables Sky Burials.
Saoshyant Bloodline
Requirements: Become the Saoshyant (decision for reconquering the boundaries of the old Persian Empire).
Boosts: +30% Damage Against Religious Enemies, +1.00 Monthly Piety, +10 Temple Vassal Opinion.
How to Find Characters with a Bloodline in CK2
To find characters that already have a bloodline in CK2, you will just have to go into the Ledger. Indeed, you can do this by pressing the “,” key on your keyboard or just press its button in the bottom right corner of the screen.
One of the last pages in the Ledger will have every bloodline in CK2. You can just press the left key, “←”, two times to get there.
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