Legitimacy

Legitimacy

Legitimacy comes from Ambitions, Cognomen and random events. Each point of Legitimacy grants 1 Family Opinion and 0.1 Orders per turn.

Ambitions are a Leader's desires for what they want to achieve. Completing an Ambition will give +10 Legitimacy while failing or abandoning an Ambition an Ambition will give -5 Legitimacy. When a Nation Leader dies its Ambitions become Legacies, meaning that they will fail if not completed within 20 turns. Legacies provide only +5 Legitimacy when completed.

Legitimacy gained from events and Ambitions does not decay when a new Leader takes the throne. It is better to complete Ambitions before they become Legacies.

If a human player Nation completes 10 Ambitions (including Legacies) an Ambition Victory will be achieved if this Victory type is enabled.

Cognomen

Gaining a new Cognomen

The Cognomen is the title that appears after a character's name and is granted after a character does enough specific actions. Cognomens affect Legitimacy and once a character acquires a Cognomen it can only acquire a different one if it grants more Legitimacy than the current one. If a Nation Leader dies the Heir will start as "The New", which grants no Legitimacy.

Legitimacy from the Cognomens of previous Leaders decays each time a new Leader takes control (it starts at 50% and decays to 33%, 25%, 20%, 16.6%, 13.3%, 11.6% and 10%).

The renown threshold for unlocking Cognomens increases by 5% for each subsequent Leader, making them more expensive as the game progresses.

Cognomen	Legitimacy	Required points	Ways to gain points
The New	0	0	New characters start at this level
The Founder	10	0	The first character starts at this level
The Warrior	10	1000	+200 per killed military unit +200 per killed military unit (as Leader General) -200 per lost unit
The Drillmaster	20	2000
The Valiant	30	3000
The Mighty	40	4000
The Victorious	50	5000
The Lion	60	6000
The Invincible	70	7000
The Mason	10	1000	+50 per improvement finished +2000 per wonder finished
The Architect	20	2000
The Keystone	40	4000
The Fountainhead	60	6000
The Destroyer	20	2000	+500 per tribal site cleared
The Avenger	40	4000
The White Death	60	6000
The Ambitious	20	2000	+100 per specialist trained +1000 per courtier added
The Brilliant	40	4000
The Beloved	60	6000
The Learned	20	2000	+500 per technology researched
The Enlightened	40	4000
The Wise	60	6000
The Capable	20	2000	+100 per unit trainer +100 per unit promoted
The Ready	30	3000
The Settler	20	2000	+1000 per city founded
The Pioneer	40	4000
The Intercessor	30	3000	+1000 per tribal peace formed +1000 per nation peace formed +2000 per tribal alliance formed +2000 per nation alliance formed
The Peacemaker	50	5000
The Conqueror	40	4000	+2000 per city captured +2000 per capital captured
The Subjugator	60	6000
The Restorer	40	4000	+2000 per city recaptured
The Liberator	50	6000
The Devout	20	2000	+200 per religion spread +1000 per theology established +1500 per world religion founded
The Holy	40	4000
The Explorer	30	3000	+1 per tile revealed +100 per tribe contacted +100 per nation contacted +200 per caravans arrived +200 per ruins explored +300 per landmarks discovered +400 per landmarks named
The Intrepid	50	5000
The Old	40	4000	+100 per year reigned
The Ancient	50	5000
The Rebuilder	20	2000	+200 per improvement repaired
The Able	30	30000	All the above AND +12000 per ambition completed +6000 per legacy completed
The Just	40	40000
The Good	50	50000
The Strong	60	60000
The Noble	70	70000
The Glorious	80	80000
The Magnificent	90	90000
The Great	100	100000
The Unfortunate	-20	2000	+2000 per city lost +200 per unit lost -200 per killed military unit -200 per killed military unit (as General) -2000 per city captured -2000 per city recaptured
The Unready	-40	4000
The Weak	-60	6000
The Bad	-80	8000
The Bloody	-100	10000

Extra Cognomen from the Empires of the Indus DLC

Cognomen	Legitimacy	Required points	Ways to gain points
The Gatherer	20	2000	+200 per resource harvested +50 per vegetation removed
The Resourceful	40	4000
The Lawgiver	30	3000	+1000 per law adopted +500 per law changed
The Fanatic	40	4000	+1000 per religion purged from cities
The Humane	20	2000	+500 per culture level increased +300 per happiness level increased +50 per unit healed -50 per military unit killed
The Gracious	40	4000
The Savior	60	6000
The Hunter	30	3000	+600 per improvement pillaged +200 per killed military unit (as any General) +200 per killed military unit (as Leader General)
The Scourge	50	5000
The Favored	30	3000	+800 per pagan religion spread +800 per cult shrine +400 per clergy added
The Chosen	50	5000