How do you get "Good" alignment

[badger vortex]

It seems no matter what I do I always end up with "Evil". Don't raze any cities, only make justified wars, always seek to Vassalise rather than conquer yet it still pushes me to "Evil" so do you have to go out of your way to be "Good" or how is it even possible in this game?

[Azunai]

You get good alignment mostly from event choices. like letting inferior guards on a pickup or resources node leave.

and you can get some from forgiving grievances without payment.

[Ruinous]

Are you pillaging? That is a -5 alignment hit each and every time you do it. The easiest way to get good alignment is choosing event outcomes which show you'll get it, but typically those involve choosing a lesser or no reward from an event or quest. The payoff is better events, but the consensus seems to be that evil is still much easier to benefit from.

[redwitch]

it's rather easy, letting enemies escape instead of butchering them yields good points

[badger vortex]

Originally posted by Ruinous:

Are you pillaging? That is a -5 alignment hit each and every time you do it. The easiest way to get good alignment is choosing event outcomes which show you'll get it, but typically those involve choosing a lesser or no reward from an event or quest. The payoff is better events, but the consensus seems to be that evil is still much easier to benefit from.

Nope I think I pillaged once in all my playthroughs. I sometimes see the event choices give some Good alignment but they aren't that common - certainly not enough to push my alignment all the way to that side.

Originally posted by redwitch:

it's rather easy, letting enemies escape instead of butchering them yields good points

Yeah I know this can happen in events, but in battles you don't always route them from low morale. Also that would suggest I'd have to do a lot more manual battles and specifically try to lower their morale?

Is there anything out of "hopefully get good option" in events to get good points quicker?

[aqvamare]

Originally posted by badger vortex:

It seems no matter what I do I always end up with "Evil". Don't raze any cities, only make justified wars, always seek to Vassalise rather than conquer yet it still pushes me to "Evil" so do you have to go out of your way to be "Good" or how is it even possible in this game?

Use wispering stone on free city, and when they give you there progress quest, pick the "good" option, which is marked with the good symbol, even when the othere rewards are better.

Do ruins, pick the good option, attack unit stacks, üick the good option, when the option pops up

[Shadowing]

Originally posted by redwitch:

it's rather easy, letting enemies escape instead of butchering them yields good points

Not always, sometimes letting enemy escape gives you evil points. For good points you need to watch icons telling you points awared by choices.

[liosalpha]

I think, also the high culture and order tomes trigger some 20+ options in events.
Like purging your own city of herretics or taking a humble stance if your people start to whorsip you,

Also feels like once you of neutral it tents to give more options ad you to go deeper in the alignment spiral.... but idk if that's realy scriped or just luck.

[アンジェル]

Do not eat your heroes. That would make you look just more evil.

The game tends throw at you balanced events that allows you to improve your desired alignment easily. It might depend on the world threat difficulty.

[Sifer2]

If you don't pillage or declare unjustified wars you shouldn't end up Evil anyway.

[Orion Invictus]

Do good deeds whenever possible. It's kinda like IRL.