How the heck do I prevent my realm from splitting up after succession?

[Garbage Man]

So I was playing as an Indian Feudal king. Managed to conquer almost all of India and was just about to create an Empire. I had added the Feudal Elective succession law to my primary kingdom title, and had no other kingdoms. After death, all these new kingdoms popped up and my realm fractured.

I don't want to play like this anymore. Why can't I just get a single heir in 867?

[Townsendvol]

There is a mod for this, you might want to check it out. I haven’t tried it yet but it’s near the top on the workshop.

Certainly can be frustrating.

[BaCaz]

How to never learn, how to play:

Originally posted by Townsendvol:

There is a mod for this, you might want to check it out. I haven’t tried it yet but it’s near the top on the workshop.

Certainly can be frustrating.

How to learn:
Do a Google search, I've personally answered this question so many times. And it's not hard once you know what to do, unfortunately I don't have time right now to explain all the little details.

Best of luck

[Dusty_Monk]

This is how confederate partition works. In order to distribute your titles more equally amongst your heirs titles that can be created are created. Before your character died he could've (if he had the money) created those kingdoms that popped up.

If you change to (non-confederate) partition succession law those titles won't be created. If you don't have the innovation required for partition you can prevent the titles being created by granting independence to certain vassals
e.g.
You require 7 of 13 counties to create kingdom x and 8 are in your realm. You need to grant independence so that 2 of those counties leave your realm.

[Garbage Man]

So if I switch to Partition Succession, add the Feudal Elective law, and die, my realm won't get fractured and everything I have will go to the winner of the election?

I don't mind losing the counties but I don't want the kingdom to get fractured.

Also, I'm not keen on using mods if they disable the achievements. I'm going for a good % completion before getting mods.

[Garbage Man]

Originally posted by BaCaz:

How to never learn, how to play:

Originally posted by Townsendvol:

There is a mod for this, you might want to check it out. I haven’t tried it yet but it’s near the top on the workshop.

Certainly can be frustrating.

How to learn:
Do a Google search, I've personally answered this question so many times. And it's not hard once you know what to do, unfortunately I don't have time right now to explain all the little details.

Best of luck

Can you share a link to your previous answer please?

[BaCaz]

Originally posted by Garbage Man:

So if I switch to Partition Succession, add the Feudal Elective law, and die, my realm won't get fractured and everything I have will go to the winner of the election?

I don't mind losing the counties but I don't want the kingdom to get fractured.

Also, I'm not keen on using mods if they disable the achievements. I'm going for a good % completion before getting mods.

As long as you only have one kingdom title, yes

[Error_404]

I find it strange. I am no expert but if you had only 1 kingdom title with feudal elective succession law, your realm shouldn't have split.
It also depends on the number of counties you have. if you have one county your realm will never split on partition (not sure about confederate though)

[BaCaz]

Originally posted by Garbage Man:

Originally posted by BaCaz:

How to never learn, how to play:



How to learn:
Do a Google search, I've personally answered this question so many times. And it's not hard once you know what to do, unfortunately I don't have time right now to explain all the little details.

Best of luck

Can you share a link to your previous answer please?

Here is one of my previous answers to this question.

Originally posted by BaCaz:

Use the succession tap - a lot.
Use savescumming and try different ways of controlling your succession till you understand how it works.

Edit: The easiest way to simply keep your realm unsplit is to make sure you never take land that allows you to create a title of the same tier as the highest one you have unless you're able to create a higher title before succession.

I.e You play as a Jarl, as long as you don't hold De Jure land that can form a new Jarldom on succession then your realm will stay united. So if you want to expand and take ánother Jarldom you need to make sure you can get a Kingdom title before succession.

But soon after you'll realize that simply keeping your realm united is only the first step, and keeping specific holdings in your personal domain is just as important, and to make that happen you need to use a lot more strategy. But imo part of the fun of this game is figuring these strategies out.

You're supposed to have the experience that you're having, you're supposed to have your realm divided, many of the starting characters are set up so that it's difficult to keep your realm together.

Finally if it becomes too annoying and you don't want to learn about this most important part of the game, - at least right now- try playing the Byzantine Empire, they have Primogeniture from the start making it so all your land is inherited by a single heir.

[Garbage Man]

Thanks man, this helped