Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord – New Kingdom Guide Step
1: Gen an army of 10-15 units. (So that Looters dot mess with you.)
Step 2: Run Trade Routes/Do Tournaments to get 5-6k Denars.
Example 1: Empire Porros -> Pottery -> Lycaron Porros <- Clay -> Lycaron
Example 2: Khuzait
Baltakhand -> Fish -> Makeb
Baltakhand -> Flax – > Makeb
Baltakhand -> Fur – > Makeb
Baltakhand <- Meat <- Makeb
Example 3:
Sturgia -> North Empire Revyl -> Fish -> Epicrotea/Rhotae Revyl -> Flax -> Epicrotea/Rhotae Example 4: Battania -> Sturgia/Empire Seonon -> Hardwood -> Varnovapol Example 5: Valndia Ocs Hall -> Iron Ore -> Sargot Ocs Hall -> Cow -> Sargot Ocs Hall -> Sheep -> Sargot Galend -> Fish -> Sargot Example 5: Aserai -> Vlandia/West & South Empire Askar -> Desert Horses -> Vlandia/West & South Empire Askar -> Aserai Horses -> Vlandia/West & South Empire
Step 3: Recruit 20 units, Recruit Scout/Medic Companion. Good Medic (The Scholar) Best Scout (The Huntress) Good Medic/Rogue (The Black)
Step 4: Kill Looters to upgrade units to T2 & T3, split the army per culture strengths: (Look out for looters with good prisoners)
Examples: Vlandia: Cavalry/Crossbowmen Empire: Archers/Infantry Sturgia: Infantry/Archers
Step 5: War with Minor Factions before they join a Kingdom.
Difficulty: Empire:
1. Hidden Hand -Puppeteer – Infantry, Light Armor
2. Embers of the Flame -Oathkeeper – Infantry, Light Armor
3. Legion of the Betrayed -Triari – Good Armor, Thrown Weapons
4. Eleftheroi -Good Armor, Shock Cavalry, will destroy Infantry
Battania:
1. Wolfskins -Light Armor, All-Archers, use shields and close in quickly
Vlandia
1. Brotherhood of the Woods -Sprout, Light Armor, All Archers
2. Company of Golden Boar -Boar, Decent Armor/Shields, All-Crossbowmen
Sturgia:
1. Forest People -Forester, All Archers, Decent Armor
2. Skolderbrovtva -Skolder, Good Armor, All Infantry, will destroy Cavalry
3. Lake Rats -Will recruit units from Skolder and other clans, wild card
Khuzait:
1. Karakhergit -Horse Archers
Aserai:
Jawal -Weak armor, Weak Shock Cavalry, Easy to kill with Horse Archers
2. Ben zilal -Horse Archers 3. Ghilman -Good Armor, Good Shock Cavalry
Step 6: Marry a high Steward/Trade Hero to get a good Governor. (Does not count as Companion)
Step 6.a: Talk to Hero, Ask to court Hero.
Step 6.b: Leave the Castle/City and re-enter.
Step 6.c: Get 3 charm successes with Hero.
Step 6.d: Wait 1-2 days, talk to Hero.
Step 6.e: Get 2 charm successes with Hero.
Step 6.f: Pay dowry to the Hero’s Father. (Click hand icon to offer minimum Denar amount) Step
6.g: Go collect your spouse.
Step 7: Get to Clan T3, Recruit 100 units, do the main quest, Recruit Engineer Companion. Set-up passive income by Workshops/Caravans and save up some money, Store-up food.
Step 8: Attack a weak kingdom with remote City/Castle.
Step 9: Immediately rush to turn-in banner quest to Arzagos/Other Chick in Marunath/Empire City to make peace and save your new kingdom from annihilation. Step 10: Increase your influence, Increase your Garrison. Good Policies to increase Influence: Council of the Commons
