Intrigue has become a very powerful tool in Crusader Kings 3. With a simple hook, you can force people to do whatever you want them to do.
There are two kinds of hooks: weak and strong. With a weak hook, you can push people to do your bidding, but with a strong hook, you can make anyone listen to some of the most absurd requests.
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However, there is no clear way to get hooks in CK3. The game never properly tells you how to get them, and you usually get weak hooks anyway.
Here is how you can get strong hooks in Crusader Kings 3 and force anyone to do whatever you want.
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How to Get Strong Hooks in Crusader Kings 3
There are two ways that you can intentionally get strong hooks on people in CK3:
- Blackmail
- Fabricate Hooks
Blackmail for Strong Hooks
The first option is relatively simple and straightforward. If you set your Spymaster to do the Find Secrets task, then you have a high chance of learning what other people are doing behind your back.
There are two types of secrets that people can hold in CK3: shunned and criminal secrets. This means that, in secret, they either did something that is shunned by the community or criminal.
If you find out that someone has a secret, then you can interact with them and blackmail them for a hook. Courtiers with a shunned secret will give you a weak hook, and people with a criminal secret will give you a strong hook.
However, there is a chance that the person you are blackmailing will not accept your blackmail and will risk letting the secret out for everyone to learn. Luckily, if they have a criminal secret, they will usually give you the hook.
Fabricate Strong Hooks
If you invest a single point in the Schemer Intrigue Lifestyle, you will get access to the Fabricate Hook scheme. This works exactly the same as any plot, and the result will be a hook on your target.
You can get both a weak or strong hook from this scheme. You will have many choices along the way that will determine what kind of hooks you will get.
The higher your success rate, the higher the chance of a strong hook from this scheme. Your Intrigue skill also determines what kind of hook you will get.
Sometimes, you will even have the choice to back down and start over the plot if you don’t like the method that your character chose.
You also have a chance of fabricating hooks on people when you learn their secrets using the Find Secrets task.
That’s everything you need to know about how to get strong hooks in Crusader Kings 3!
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