
Effect · every source
How to increase Martial in CK3
108 sources raise Martial and 30 lower it in the game files of patch 1.20.0.3.
martialThe biggest boosts
+10Exalted WarlordTrait
+8Brilliant StrategistTrait
+6Skilled TacticianTrait
What raises Martial (108)
Traits (62)

education_martial_5· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
education_martial_4· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
education_martial_3· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Genius+5
intellect_good_3· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
education_martial_2· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
education_diplomacy_5· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
strategist· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Wrathful+3
wrathful· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
intellect_good_2· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
shieldmaiden· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
crusader_king· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
education_martial_1· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Overseer+2
overseer· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Gallant+2
gallant· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Brave+2
brave· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Zealous+2
zealous· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Shrewd+2
shrewd· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
faith_warrior· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
berserker· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
varangian· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Viking+2
viking· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
heresiarch· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
greatest_of_khans· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
warlike_court_2· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
campeador· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt

August+1
august· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
ambitious· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Rowdy+1
rowdy· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Bossy+1
bossy· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt

Culture with Court Eunuchs or Byzantine Traditions or Palace Politics
beardless_eunuch· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Quick+1
intellect_good_1· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
order_member· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt



















chakravarti· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
warlike_court_1· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt



despoiler_of_byzantium· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt


Focuses (4)

Not Adventurer government
martial_strategy_focus· game/common/focuses/00_lifestyle_focuses.txt
Childhood education focus
education_martial· game/common/focuses/00_education_focuses.txt
Not Adventurer government
martial_authority_focus· game/common/focuses/00_lifestyle_focuses.txt
wanderer_destination_focus· game/common/focuses/00_lifestyle_focuses.txt
Tenets (1)

Characters holding it as a personal tenet
tenet_pure_land· game/common/religion/tenet_types/00_tenet_types.txt
Holy sites (40)
Naqis+2
Naqis · Followers, while the faith holds it
naqis· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtSiang+1
Siang · Followers, while the faith holds it
siang· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtViscaya+1
Viscaya · Holder of the county
viscaya· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtJinglong+1
Chiang Rung · Holder of the county
jinglong· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtGilgit+1
Gilgit · Followers, while the faith holds it
gilgit· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtMount Lu+1
Jiangzhou · Holder of the county
mount_lu· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtAntioch+1
Antiocheia · Holder of the county
antioch· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtDwarka+1
Dvaraka · Followers, while the faith holds it
dwarka· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtMultan+1
Multan · Followers, while the faith holds it
multan· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtManipur+1
Manipur · Holder of the county
manipur· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtIban+1
Iban · Followers, while the faith holds it
iban· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtIoci · Holder of the county
makkarinupuri· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtPest+1
Visegrad · Followers, while the faith holds it
pest· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtYam Alin+1
Yam Alin · Holder of the county
yam_alin· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtYam Alin+1
Yam Alin · Followers, while the faith holds it
yam_alin· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtHitachi · Followers, while the faith holds it
kashima· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtJunzhou · Followers, while the faith holds it
mount_wudang· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtFenzhou · Holder of the county
mount_mian· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtUcinaa · Holder of the county
sefa_utaki· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtWadan+1
Wadan · Followers, while the faith holds it
wadan· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txtWandala+1
Wandala · Holder of the county
wandala· game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txt
Buildings (1)

Holder · culture with Warrior Priests or Warrior Monks
Levels 2–8: +1 to +4 (7 levels give it)
monastic-schools· game/common/buildings/00_temple_buildings.txt
What lowers Martial (30)
Traits (29)

Imbecile-8
intellect_bad_3· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Blind-6
blind· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Inbred-5
inbred· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
wounded_3· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Stupid-4
intellect_bad_2· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
bubonic_plague· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Craven-2
craven· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
pneumonic· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
wounded_2· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Maimed-2
maimed· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt




Slow-2
intellect_bad_1· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Dull-2
dull· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Lazy-1
lazy· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
irritable· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
depressed_1· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
depressed_genetic· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
great_pox· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Wounded-1
wounded_1· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Infirm-1
infirm· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt

clouded_eyes· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt



dysentery· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Cultural traditions (1)

Characters of this culture
tradition_pacifism· game/common/culture/traditions/00_societal_traditions.txt
Source: game/common/buildings/00_temple_buildings.txt, game/common/culture/traditions/00_societal_traditions.txt, game/common/focuses/00_education_focuses.txt, game/common/focuses/00_lifestyle_focuses.txt, game/common/religion/faith_types/00_faith_types.txt, game/common/religion/tenet_types/00_tenet_types.txt, game/common/traits/00_traits.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. Building chains are shown once, at their strongest level, with the range over their levels. Effects that come only from events or scale with a script value are not listed.