I am new to the game and have been working as a mercenary this entire time, working my clan rank up to 2 (almost 3). I've been favoring the Aseri quite a bit as I enjoy their middle-eastern aesthetic (and it's where my wife is from).

I've built up some reputation with some of the lords(?) and other, what I assume are vassals, of the Aserai in a few wars against the Khuzait. So now I'm trying to figure out what I should do.

My goal when starting the game was to become a popular mercenary company, basically becoming this world's version of the Landshnekts or what have you. But I have no idea if I can acquire a base of operations without becoming a vassal myself, which defeats the point of being a mercenary if I become a lord.

What are my options? Should I just focus on going wherever there's a war and building my army? Should I become a vassal for the Aserai and just play the lord game for a bit? Is it even possible to build up an organization like a mercenary company, or is it assumed your clan is basically a merc company until you settle down with a kingdom?

Mount and blade 2 bannerlord

I think i will buy this game tomorrow and i see alot of people are playing with mods to improve their experience with the game, what are some QoL mods and some Must-Have mods?

Grateful and good night or day

Like can you pull Hannibal-like envelopment and destroy a much larger army with the right order?

I feel like if you have 20 Swadian knights, and you are against 60 Swadian knights, no order or maneuver is going to save you.

Playing Mount and Blade 1, fairly new, building army slowly, just won a tournament and got a bunch of moneys. Chasing bandits when another comes at me. First option when chasing bandits is to attack. Apparently first option when getting attacked is to surrender :(( did it twice in a row too lol feesbad

Hey! I'm traveling for the week and really wanted to stream bannerlord to my laptop. Every other game I try with remote play works perfectly, but bannerlord won't allow me to click on anything when the launcher appears. I'm wondering if there's a workaround for this? Any way to launch the game past the "launcher" straight into single player?

Thanks!

Hello people, I got lil problem with vasslas. How to get them? In normal game they just show up in castle. Any help pretty please?

I've been a long-time native warband player and thought "Hey, what if I mess around with mods this time?". So, I decided to try out Prophesy of Pendor. I went in blind, innocent, excited.

I am now lost, terrified, overwhelmed.

Why is everything so expensive? Why is everyone so much stronger than me?? Matter fact, WHY IS EVERYONE AFTER ME???

Native was quite easy for me but I didn't expect the humongous jump in difficulty. Honestly though? I love it.

Still, I'm in need of a direction to go. With so much new info and lore to digest, as I mentioned, I'm lost.

Right now, I'm slowly experimenting with how to expand my safe areas and selling prisoners to the Red Brotherhood for money but I'd love to get any tips on how to advance or even trigger any interesting quests if any.

I started playing Mount & Blade 2 bannerlord a while ago (about 1 month), and so far I've been playing in a self-learning way. Just for context, I joined Vlandia as a vassal and recently we started a war against the Aserai, and that's where the problem lies. When I started the war, I assembled a relatively large army with about 800 soldiers, and in every battle I enter against the Aserai, at the beginning of the battle, even though they have a smaller number of soldiers, they start with a squadron of horses much larger than mine, and right at the beginning they massacre me with all their horses, and I almost end up losing, and this even though in the general panorama I have more cavalry than the enemy army. I understand that in the game, even with a large army, the maximum number of soldiers present on the battlefield is around 250, and so the division that comes to you regarding cavalry, infantry and ranged is random, so you have to make do with what the game provides you at the time, which was not a problem, but for some reason the Aserai always start with an exorbitant amount of horses, which destroys me. I would like to know 2 things: am I missing something and is it possible to configure the proportion of squad types before the battle begins? And another, eventually I really did fall against an army that had more horses than mine and I ended up losing naturally, in this case, knowing that I am at a disadvantage, what is the best strategy to combat a large squad of horses?

Thank you for your attention, if I missed any information about my situation, please let me know.

i joined northumbria as a lord but i dont want christian troops i raid every church i see so what is the best pagan faction to join that is always in war

I just recently downloaded the script extender, and took a look at the video settings. Is there a certain combo to give the best visuals, or is it as simple as setting it all to high?

I am so completely lost on how to effectively lead my men. The game doesn't give you a good tutorial on what anything means in this game, and figuring out details is tough for me.

Every time I try and command troops, it feels like my men don't do anything I want them to.

It feels like no matter what orders I give, the fight ends up turning into a moshpit that I can't even decipher. Smaller scale fights I can manage okay-ishly, but when I join an army, I can follow the orders my commander gives to the letter, but things seem to always fall apart, either because my men don't do what I want, or I'm misunderstanding something about how issuing orders works.

And I refuse to believe it's the former with how well I've seen some people play. I just don't understand how to get my fights to look more ordered and not just moshpits.

He answered, “I would not know. I have only ever killed Swadians.”

Credit to Alex for the writing!

The Siege of Baltakhand is lifted, and Grand Prince Ivan Ormidoving has claimed a hard-fought victory that will be celebrated in Sturgian halls for years to come.

The battle unfolded on the outskirts of Baltakhand, centred around a modest border fort known as Urikskala Castle where Ivan’s Varyags and Druzhina clashed with the seasoned Lancers of Temun Khan. What began as a daunting test of Sturgian resolve quickly became an intense contest of strategy and martial ability. Both the Khan and Grand Prince manoeuvred their forces with precision, equally securing victories in skirmishes and testing the mettle of their armies before the final confrontation.

The Sturgian forces, however, proved their worth. The disciplined Druzhinnik and Raiders outmatched the nomadic horsemen, driving them back toward Dinar Castle. With the Khuzaits retreating to their fortifications, Grand Prince Ivan boldly decided to forgo the grind of a prolonged siege. Instead, he ordered an immediate frontal assault on the castle, determined to root out the remaining defenders and secure the region once and for all.

The assault was swift and decisive. The axe-wielding Varyags stormed the parapets, cutting through the beleaguered defenders with relentless fury. Within hours, the battle was over, the Khuzait forces scattered, and the path to Baltakhand was left unguarded. The long-besieged defenders of the city were finally relieved, able to return to their homes after enduring months of hardship.

Though the battle could have swung either way, it was Ivan’s tactical skill and his warriors’ determination that carried the day. With two new castles now under Sturgian control and the Khanate in retreat, the Grand Prince has solidified his position as a leader worthy of praise - and perhaps even quelled the whispers of doubt among his Varyags. This victory could very well prove itself to be a turning point in the reign of the Grand Prince, and a symbol of many victories to come.

In Meta Terms

Thank you to everyone who attended the event! Despite delays, we were grateful to see more than two hundred players participate in the forty-seventh Bannerlord Calradic Campaign!

In an incredibly close battle, the Sturgians prevailed 9-8 in the field against the Khuzaits, and ultimately defeated the Khuzaits 2-0 in the siege.

As a result, the Grand Principality of Sturgia has captured Dinar Castle and Urikskala Castle.

Unfamiliar with the Calradic Campaign? Have no fear! The Calradic Campaign is a casual, player driven, story based event. There are no strict rules or signups, and players of all skill levels often come! If you've never tried multiplayer, now is your best chance to experience large scale formations and battles without the overly strict practices typically found in line battle/clan style events.

Victories in our flagship monthly events are represented on the overall campaign map, while roleplay surrounding the events and their consequences takes place both during said events and on the community Discord. Joining the Discord allows you to communicate with your fellow faction members, trash talk others, and rise through the ranks to one day become lord of a village, castle, city, or if you're particularly successful, an entire kingdom!

To join the event, you will need our Calradic Campaign Module. This module contains all of the custom battle and siege scenes used, as well as many stability fixes and balance changes. Most importantly, the module features three distinct empire factions in multiplayer, each with their own unique perks and cosmetics to lean into the different situations of the three!

As a general rule of thumb, the Calradic Campaign module should be the only one enabled in your launcher! If you have any crashes or issues trying to launch the game / join the server, unsubscribing and resubscribing to the module on workshop will often fix any issues.

Note to clans: While the Calradic Campaign is a public event open to all, clans will not be allowed to organize their own formations and must spread out between teams. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in suspension from the event.

Any one come across this before? I've tried to verify the integrity of files and rebooting but the start up only shows the previously active mods rather than anything new.

I've tried to download Realm of Thrones but cannot see it listed.

Brytenwalda is not a VERY hard mod but one issue is that it take forever for troops to level up, can you tell me any ways to quicken the process?

For some context, i had a small kingdom in the botton fierdsvain territory. D'Shar declares war on me. I gathered my vassals and rammed through their fiefs fro high pass fortress all the way to Nal Tar.

That's when i lost 3 of recently taken castles almost simultaneously. Then i noticed that Nal Tar was left with lfiterally 0 garrison (i didn't award it yet, but i doubt that was the issue since castles we took i immediatelly awarded to someone, and the one most recently taken between Torbah and Nal Tar had 0 garrison aswell).

My army was over 3k in numbers, every lord was 200+, and a couple were beefed up to even 600-700 since i took the to fight some prisoner stacked armies. It's not like they couldn't afford to put even 10% of it in every taken fief, they just didn't want to.

I probably wouldn't be making this post if not one more thing that really triggered me. I rushed back to Torbah (obviously no garrison inside) being sieged by a random 150 sized lord. He took it on my eyes before i got to him, and guess what. He left a garrison of 400 TROOPS THAT HE'S TALEN STRAIGHT OUTTA HIS ASS. There was no one besides him there, and his party size didn't even change.

I usually really enjoy hard mods in games, and have no issues with things that are designed to be plain OP etc, but ai blatantly cheating is a big turn-off for me.

Is there some hidden mechanic of telling your companions to leave a garrison somewhere, or to quickly gear up a massive garrison in recently captured city, that im missing?

Hey Bannerlords and warband leader,

I am playing prophecys of pendor right now and mapped out a nice head canon and plot for my character.

The next step would be to join the Empire but the leader tells me he won't accept my oath because I own a stolen fief. He is referring to a bordering castle I just captured from Sarleon.

As I wanted to start getting my ckh order up and running I would like to keep the castle.

Can I do anything the get accepted as a vassal? Higher honor, more reown, waiting a few days, etc. I am also willing to use the cheatmenu or anything in that regard.

im kinda hooked to norland right now so i asked another sub for similiar games with the medieval setting and someone requested this game to me. so i would like to ask some general pros and cons for me to buy this game.

thank you

I had just finished and failed a siege so my army of like 120 was down for the count and I was at half health when this pulled up on me. Needless to say I was doing quite a few loops around them on horseback.