
It isn’t much of a hybrid otherwise, is it? One caveat is that you have to pick at least one pillar from each culture.

For example, you could pick the heritage from culture A, but language from culture B. You can freely pick between the two cultures’ pillars, mixing ethos, heritage, language, and martial custom as you’d like. You are, of course, free to name your new culture whatever you want as well! For example, hybridizing a culture of a Frankish heritage with one of a central germanic heritage in the area in and surrounding Lotharingia, you can have a culture named Rhinelander. For added immersion and flavour, however, we have a set of names that can appear depending on which cultures you hybridize, or where you are creating your new culture.

We pick a default name that is a combination of the two cultures you are attempting to hybridize, such as “Andaluso-French”, or “Greco-Persian”. Once you are able to form a hybrid culture, you’ll need to come up with a good name for it. The reasoning here is that the two cultures have to be different enough to warrant them being combined into a single culture, rather than just assimilating one in favour of the other. And finally, you cannot hybridize with a culture of the same heritage as you. You cannot go in and conquer an area to only create a new culture immediately, but the required amount can vary depending on your current traditions.

Secondly, you’ll need a certain amount of cultural acceptance. No weird hybridization with cultures on the other side of the world please. First, the culture you want to form a hybrid with has to be present within your realm. There are a few restrictions you’ll have to keep in mind before you are able to form a hybrid. Also, keep in mind that everything shown in screenshots is still a work in progress!įorming a hybrid culture is a way for you to meld the aspects of your current culture with that of another, in any way you so choose.

Now, while the cultural overhaul is a free feature that will accompany the Royal Court expansion, the ability to create a hybrid or divergent culture will require you to own the DLC.īefore we start, culture creation is quite dependent on the new cultural overhaul, so if you have yet to read last week’s DD, I suggest you give it a read for context. Both are slightly different in their approach and in what they allow you to do with your new culture. This time around, let’s have a closer look at how you go about creating your own culture! There are two different ways of doing so, forming a hybrid culture and diverging your culture. Last week we had a rundown of what a culture looks like in the upcoming overhaul.
