
Effect · every source
How to increase Vassal Limit in CK3
17 sources raise Vassal Limit and 0 lower it in the game files of patch 1.20.0.3.
vassal_limitIn Crusader Kings III, 17 sources raise Vassal Limit and 0 sources lower it. Biggest raises: Golden Lineage +200, Absolute Autocracy +200, Limited Administration +100, Centralized Bureaucracy +100 and Administrative +100. Patch 1.20.0.3, from the modifiers of traits, perks, traditions, buildings and the rest of game/common.
The biggest boosts
+200Golden LineageTrait- +200Absolute AutocracyLaw · Imperial Bureaucracy · Rulers with this law
- +100Limited AdministrationLaw · Imperial Bureaucracy · Rulers with this law
What raises Vassal Limit (17)
Traits (2)

Golden Lineage+200
golden_lineage· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
greatest_of_khans· game/common/traits/00_traits.txt
Cultural traditions (1)

Characters of this culture
tradition_legalistic· game/common/culture/traditions/00_realm_traditions.txt
Culture pillars (1)

Egalitarian+10
Characters of this culture
ethos_egalitarian· game/common/culture/pillars/00_ethos.txt
Innovations (1)

Characters of this culture
innovation_ermine_cloaks· game/common/culture/innovations/00_late_medieval_innovations.txt
Buildings (1)
Laws (4)
Absolute Autocracy+200
Imperial Bureaucracy · Rulers with this law
imperial_bureaucracy_3· game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txtLimited Administration+100
Imperial Bureaucracy · Rulers with this law
imperial_bureaucracy_1· game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txtCentralized Bureaucracy+100
Imperial Bureaucracy · Rulers with this law
imperial_bureaucracy_2· game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txtPrincely Elective+20
Rulers with this law
princely_elective_succession_law· game/common/laws/01_title_succession_laws.txt
Dynasty legacies (1)
Assertive Rulers+10
Glory legacy · Members of the dynasty
glory_legacy_4· game/common/dynasty_perks/00_dynasty_perks.txt
Governments (6)
Administrative+100
Rulers with this government
administrative_government· game/common/governments/00_government_types.txtRitsuryō+50
Rulers with this government
japan_administrative_government· game/common/governments/01_japan_government_types.txtSōryō+50
Rulers with this government
japan_feudal_government· game/common/governments/01_japan_government_types.txtCelestial+20
Rulers with this government
celestial_government· game/common/governments/00_government_types.txtMeritocratic Khanate+20
Rulers with this government
steppe_admin_government· game/common/governments/00_government_types.txtMeritocratic+20
Rulers with this government
meritocratic_government· game/common/governments/00_government_types.txt
Source: game/common/buildings/00_special_buildings.txt, game/common/culture/innovations/00_late_medieval_innovations.txt, game/common/culture/pillars/00_ethos.txt, game/common/culture/traditions/00_realm_traditions.txt, game/common/dynasty_perks/00_dynasty_perks.txt, game/common/governments/00_government_types.txt, game/common/governments/01_japan_government_types.txt, game/common/laws/00_realm_laws.txt, game/common/laws/01_title_succession_laws.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.