Graphical DLCs are all the DLCs that revolve around graphical enhancement or addition, from characters faces to coats-of-arms.
Paradox Interactive has released numerous graphical DLC.
Dynasty Shields
| Name | Release date | Render picture | Description |
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| Dynasty Shields I | Feb 14, 2012 | 
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This pack contains 51 unique dynastic shields for the 51 most famous families of Medieval Europe. Here is a complete list (with some errors).
Including the historical insignia for: von Habsburg, af Bjälbo, Komnenos, Rurikovich, Plantangenet, von Wittelsbach, Ylving. Contains (listed in the order they are in the graphics file): Template:Spoiler |
| Dynasty Shield II | Oct 16, 2012 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II experience with these historically accurate shields.
The Dynasty Shields Pack contains the insignias of 50 famous families from Medieval Europe. Some of the families included are de Genève, Batatzes, Orsini, Kotromanić, Argyros, Basarab and more. Contains (listed in the order they are in the graphics file): Template:Spoiler |
| Dynasty Shields III | June 25, 2013 | 
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This pack contains historically accurate Coat of Arms for 51 famous families of Medieval Europe. Here is a complete list.
The Dynasty Shields III DLC pays special attention to the pagan families of The Old Gods, including Stenkil, Munsö, Crovan, Karen, Ylfing and many more. Contains (listed in the order they are in the graphics file): Template:Spoiler |
| Dynasty Shields Charlemagne | October 14, 2014 | 
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Contains (listed in the order they are in the graphics file): |
Portraits
Portraits for some ethnicities are part of the base game and some major expansions:
- Base game includes Western European (westerngfx and occitangfx) and Arabic (muslimgfx) portraits.
Sunset Invasion includes Aztec (mesoamericangfx) portraits.
Rajas of India expansion includes North Indian (indiangfx) portraits.
The Republic expansion includes republican clothes.
Monks and Mystics expansion comes with English (englishgfx, normangfx) and German (germangfx) portraits.
Jade Dragon expansion comes with Tibetan (bodpagfx) and Chinese (chinesegfx) portraits.
Holy Fury expansion comes with French (frankishgfx), Slavic (croatsouthslavicgfx serbsouthslavicgfx westernslavicgfx), Arab (arabicgfx, berbergfx) and Italian (italiangfx) portraits.
Other portraits part of graphical DLCs are listed below:
| Name | Release date | Render image | Description | Ethnicity |
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| Mongol Faces | Feb 14, 2012 | 
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The Mongols DLC contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Mongol cultures.
It also contains 7 new unit sprites for: Archers, Horse Archers, Heavy Infantry, Pikemen, Light Infantry, Light Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry. |
mongolgfx |
| African Portraits | Oct 16, 2012 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II Experience with the African Portraits pack.
African Portraits adds thousands of unique face combinations to both male and female characters in the African states south of the Sahara. This includes Nubia, Abyssinia, Mali, Songhay and Ghana. |
westafricangfx |
| Russian Portraits | Dec 13, 2012 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II Experience with the Russian Portraits pack.
Russian Portraits adds new clothing and thousands of unique face combinations for both male and female characters while playing Russian, Ilmenian, Severian, Volhynian and Alan characters. |
easternslavicgfx |
| Mediterranean Portraits | Jan 15, 2013 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II Experience with the Mediterranean Portraits pack.
Mediterranean Portraits adds new clothing and thousands of unique face combinations for both male and female characters while playing as Mediterranean Nations. Note: portraits were redone in patch 2.3 and no longer cover southerngfx or andalusiangfx ethnicities. |
byzantinegfx |
| Norse Portraits | May 28, 2013 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II experience with the Norse Portraits Pack.
Norse Portraits pack adds thousands of unique face combinations for North Germanic cultures, including Norse, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish characters. |
norsegfx |
| Celtic Portraits | June 25, 2013 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II Experience with the Celtic Portraits pack.
Celtic Portraits adds thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Celtic cultures, including Irish, Scottish, Pictish, Welsh and Breton characters. |
celticgfx |
| Turkish Portraits | Mar 25, 2014 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Turkish Portraits contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Turkish cultures, including Khazar, Pecheneg and Bolghar characters. | turkishgfx |
| Persian Portraits | May 19, 2014 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Persian Portraits contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Iranian cultures, including Persian, Kurdish, Afghan, Baloch, Sogdian and Tocharian characters. | persiangfx |
| Early Western Clothing Pack | Oct 14, 2014 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Early Western Clothing Pack contains new, historically appropriate, clothing options for Anglo-Saxon and Frankish rulers in the 8th to 10th centuries. | saxongfx occitangfx |
| Early Eastern Clothing Pack | Oct 14, 2014 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Early Eastern Clothing Pack contains new, historically appropriate, clothing options for Muslim and Byzantine rulers in the 8th to 10th centuries. | byzantinegfx southerngfx |
| Iberian Portrait Pack | Dec 16, 2014 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Iberian Portraits contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Castillan, Catalan, Portuguese, Visigoth and Italian cultures. | southerngfx andalusiangfx |
| Cuman Portraits Packs (included in Horse Lords Content Pack) |
July 14, 2015 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Cuman Portraits contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Cuman, Kirghiz, Karluk and Uyghur cultures. | cumangfx |
| Finno-Ugric Portraits Pack (included in Conclave Content Pack) |
February 2, 2016 | 
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Crusader Kings II: Finno-Ugric Portraits contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Finnish, Sami, Estonian, Komi, Khanty, Nenets, Mordvin, Lithuanian, Prussian and Lettigallian cultures. | ugricgfx |
| South Indian Portraits | February 2, 2016 | 
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Crusader Kings II: South Indian Portraits contains thousands of unique face combinations for male and female characters of the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada cultures.
This is a free DLC.[1] |
southindiangfx |
| East African Portrait Pack (included in The Reaper's Due Content Pack) |
August 25, 2016 | 
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East and West Africa are vastly different cultures, one still clinging to their shamanistic roots, the other falling under Christian and Muslim influence. Now they can also look the part in the eastern lands near Africa’s horn. | africangfx |
| Late Byzantine Clothing Pack (included in The Reaper's Due Content Pack) |
August 25, 2016 | 
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The bulwark between Europe and the near east, a crossroads of trade and a melting pot of cultures. Now dress the part as the remnant of the Roman Empire. | byzantinegfx |
| English Portrait Pack (included in Monks and Mystics) |
March 7, 2017 | 
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Once William the Conqueror had asserted his claim on England the Norman culture took hold, a culture that would evolve with the Anglo-Saxons into the English culture. | englishgfx, normangfx |
| German Portrait Pack (included in Monks and Mystics) |
March 7, 2017 | 
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The Germans, from princes, arch-bishops up to the kings and even kaisers will now don their own armor and appropriately show off their heraldry on the battlefields. | germangfx |
| Tibetan Portrait Pack (included in Jade Dragon) |
November 16, 2017 | 
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bodpagfx | |
| Chinese Portrait Pack (included in Jade Dragon) |
November 16, 2017 | 
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chinesegfx | |
| French Portrait Pack (included in Holy Fury) |
November 13, 2018 | 
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frankishgfx | |
| Slavic Portrait Pack (included in Holy Fury) |
November 13, 2018 | 
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croatsouthslavicgfx serbsouthslavicgfx westernslavicgfx | |
| Arabic Portrait Pack (included in Holy Fury) |
November 13, 2018 | 
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arabicgfx berbergfx | |
| Italian Portrait Pack (included in Holy Fury) |
November 13, 2018 | 
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italiangfx |
Unit Packs
Some units are part of expansions, and not available as a separate graphical DLC:
- Orthodox councillors are included in
Legacy of Rome. - Viking, Byzantine, Muslim and Republican ships units are included in The Republic.
- Aztec units are included in Sunset Invasion.
- Norse Pagan councillors are included in
The Old Gods. - Indian units and councillors are included in Rajas of India.
- Early Western, Eastern and Muslim units are included in
Charlemagne.
Here is the list of unit packs available as separate graphical DLCs:
| Name | Release date | Render picture[2] | Description | Ethnicity |
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| Byzantine Unit Pack | Oct 16, 2012 | 
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The Byzantine Unit Pack adds unique unit graphics in the Byzantine Empire and other Greek, Armenian or Georgian states. | byzantinegfx |
| African Unit Pack | June 26, 2012 | 
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Enhance your Crusader Kings II experience with these unique unit graphics for the African states south of the Sahara:
Nubia, Abyssinia, Mali, Songhay, Ghana. |
africangfx |
| Russian Unit Pack | Dec 13, 2012. | 
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The Russian Unit Pack adds unique unit graphics for the Russian, Alan and Bulgarian cultures. | easternslavicgfx |
| Norse Unit Pack | May 28, 2013 | 
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The Norse Unit Pack adds unique graphics for countries in northern Europe including Sweden, Denmark and Norway. | norsegfx |
| Celtic Unit Pack | June 25, 2013 | 
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The Celtic Unit Pack adds unique graphics for the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Breton armies. | celticgfx |
| Military Orders Unit Pack | Nov 18, 2013 | 
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These new unit models, exclusively for the Christian Holy Orders, will enhance the visual experience of Crusader Kings II.
This unit pack contains seven new unit models for any unit raised as a Christian Holy Order. |
holygfx orthodoxholygfx |
| Warriors of Faith Unit Pack | Nov 18, 2013 | 
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Includes unique unit graphics for Holy Orders and Warriors of Faith for non-Christian religions such as the Muslims, Norse, Zoastrians and Aztecs.
A total of eleven new unit models enhances the visual experience of Crusader Kings II when raising holy orders of the non-Christian religions. This unit pack contains Aztec Eagle Warriors, Jomsvikings, Zoastrian Immortals, Bektashi and Hashashins and much more. |
aztecholygfx |
| Saxon Unit Pack | Feb 14, 2014 | 
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The Saxon Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Saxon and Anglo-Saxons rulers. | saxongfx |
| Finno-Ugric Unit Pack | Feb 14, 2014 | 
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The Finno-Ugric Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Finnish, Lappish, Komi, Nenets and Mordvin rulers. | ugricgfx |
| Turkish Unit Pack | Mar 25, 2014 | 
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The Turkish Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Turkish rulers. | turkishgfx |
| Persian Unit Pack | May 19, 2014 | 
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The Persian Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Persian rulers. | persiangfx |
| Iberian Unit Pack | Dec 16, 2014 | 
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The Iberian Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Castillan, Catalan, Portuguese, Visigoth and Italian rulers. | southerngfx |
| Early Frankish Unit Pack | July 14, 2015 | 
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The Early Frankish Unit Pack adds unique unit models for early Frankish rulers. | frankishgfx |
| Early Germanic Unit Pack | July 14, 2015 | 
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The Early Germanic Unit Pack adds unique unit models for early Germanic rulers. | germangfx |
| Italian Unit Pack | July 14, 2015 | 
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The Italian Unit Pack adds unique unit models for Italian, Roman and Lombard rulers. | italiangfx |
| Mongol Unit Pack | July 14, 2015 | 
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The Mongol Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Mongol rulers. | mongolgfx |
| Western/Christian Female Councillors Model Pack (included in Conclave Content Pack) |
February 2, 2016 | 
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The Western Female Concillors Model Pack adds unique female councillors models for Christian North Germanic, Central Germanic, West Germanic, Latin, Iberian, Celtic, East Slavic, West Slavic, Magyar, Finno-Ugric and Baltic rulers | |
| Mongol/Steppe Councillors Male Model Pack (included in Conclave Content Pack) |
February 2, 2016 | 
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The Mongol/Steppe Councillors Male Model Pack adds unique male councillors models for nomadics Turkish, Altaic, Pecheneg, Khazar, Bolghar, Cuman, Karluk, Kirghiz, Uyghur and Mongol rulers. | |
| Mongol/Steppe Councillors Female Model Pack (included in Conclave Content Pack) |
February 2, 2016 | 
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The Mongol/Steppe Councillors Female Model Pack adds unique female councillors models for nomadics Turkish, Altaic, Pecheneg, Khazar, Bolghar, Cuman, Karluk, Kirghiz, Uyghur and Mongol rulers. | |
| Indian Boats Unit Pack (included in Conclave Content Pack) |
February 2, 2016 | 
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The Indian Boats Unit Pack adds a new, unique ship unit model for Bengali, Indo-Aryan, Oriya, Assamese, Hindustani, Gujurati, Panjabi, Rajput, Sindhi, Marathi, Sinhala, Tamil, Dravidian, Telugu and Kannada rulers. | |
| Arabic Boats Unit Pack (included in Conclave Content Pack) |
February 2, 2016 | 
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The Arabic Boats Unit Pack adds a new, unique ship unit for Bedouin, Arabic, Berber, Levantine, Egyptian and Andalusian rulers. | |
| Eastern Female Councillors (included in The Reaper's Due Content Pack) |
August 25, 2016 | 
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Eastern Europe have a history of powerful women, like queen Olga of the Kievan Rus who crushed the Drevlians that murdered her husband. These councillors are now here to help guide your eastern kingdoms. | |
| African Male Councillors (included in The Reaper's Due Content Pack) |
August 25, 2016 | 
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No longer will the advisors look like the denizens of far off lands. Male council members for the African kingdoms are here as well as their shamans to spread their faith. | |
| African Female Councillors (included in The Reaper's Due Content Pack) |
August 25, 2016 | 
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No longer will the advisors look like the denizens of far off lands. Female council members for the African kingdoms are here as well as their shamans to spread their faith. | |
| English Unit Pack (included in Monks and Mystics) |
March 7, 2017 | 
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The English, as descended from Anglo-Saxon and Norman culture will now have their own units with appropriate heraldry and gear. Will they be the ones to unify the British isles? | |
| German Unit Pack (included in Monks and Mystics) |
March 7, 2017 | 
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The Germans, from princes, arch-bishops up to the kings and even kaisers will now don their own armor and appropriately show off their heraldry on the battlefields. | |
| Chinese Unit Pack (included in Jade Dragon) |
November 16, 2017 |