@Machoman50ta I uploaded this one a week ago actually, but I had to wait for the sponsor to approve it before I could make it available to the public. When we upload, we can leave it as unlisted or private, then change it to public if need be!
You can do your guide. But generaly He mention what Is Worth. You can add smithing stage with 4focus points and than 300 trade with 2focus poins and how to level up efectively your character and companions during mercancery stage with helping with Siege defence/Siege engines. I found enginering and Stewart are not important/waste because companion can do it. You need points in late game when you Are ruller you need 250 riding And 225 scouting to prevent lords from Escape.
Even as a highly experienced Bannerlord player(approaching 10,000 hours), and a channel featuring advanced tactics for late-game campaigns, I still rely on Strat for all of my nuanced learning episodes. This guy is the authority on Bannerlord.
General, good to see you here! Your tactics helped me greatly during my time as a mercenary for Sultan Unqid against the Vlandians. I managed to defeat a force of Vlandian knights, numbering around 230, with just 80 infantrymen, many of whom were only tier 3 and 4. I was commanding them within an army, though I was just a commander and not the army leader.
@@Jezecek02 Love hearin' that brother. I daresay between the incredibly deep content here and the complex tactics we share, you have ALL you need to crush it at Bannerlord with ease. Cheers!
I have 600hrs currently in Bannerlord and was amazed how much I learned from watching this beginners guide lol. Keep up the great work Strat and congrats on the Sponsor!
There is another easy and common quest: villager needs tools. i always have a couple for that quest and buy a few (5 to 10) when i see them dirt cheap in a town. Actually, how much you get paid per influence as a mercenary depends on how rich the guy is you ask. usually the best one is the faction leaders and the clan leaders. i've been contracted for 250 to 300 in the past. In regards to marriage: go to the clan leader or parent. sometimes you can outright ask to marry someone eligable in their clan and you get into the trading menu. Crazy but i bought some wifes for some swords and horses. that way i skip the skill checks. M&B is about the thrill of the fights. so all that auto resolving is a bit sad. but yeah, for the purpose of a guide, its fine. and even with my many hours in the game learned something from watching ("only" the auto resolve ratio for siege defense).
I skipped from the beginning to phase 4 because that’s where I struggle at and the change in your tone because of how tired you were was so funny to me lolll
Right when I thought your guides could not be more in-depth, you release this absolute gem and leave me speechless! Your vast knowledge of the game combined with your ability to make the subject matter interesting, makes you an amazing content creator! Please never stop making videos man
I have been playing this game straight now for 5 months almost all day every day because of my circumstances :3 I fu**ing love it! When i get to a better place in life i am buying a pc so i can enjoy it more !! I am very thankful for your guides and your tests, you have always been my go to when i am lost here ! Much love from iceland 😋
I’m about 60 hours into my game. In this video I already learned 3 things that have been driving me nuts. Where to see the breakdown of your map speed, that you can slaughter animals instead of just buying meat and hides, and that relation is directly related to recruiting. All that in the first 20 min. Ohhhh the time I’ve wasted
Pro tip for auto battles: terrain type can factor in a good chunk of whether or not you'll be victorious. Some units receive major debuffs depending on the terrain type, usually if you hover over the auto resolve option before you push it'll tell you: terrain type, buffs, and debuffs to what units. This system also applies to sieges.
You know, as someone who's played a considerable amount of Warband and Bannerlord, I really appreciate videos like this. I consider myself pretty good at both but there's still plenty of stuff I likely don't know. And being only 40 minutes in, there's already several things (especially like getting and butchering cattle right at the beginning for more money) that I've never really thought to do. Thank you for putting this together!
@@Strat-Guides That's the fun part for most players, exploring and finding their own instead of someone feeding you all the right answers. The feeling of exploring the unknown instead of memorizing all the step by step guide. I don't want to watch 3h long tutorial just to start playing the game. Have you ever done that yourself on any other game?
@@aaaaaaaard9586 This guide isn't meant for every single Bannerlord player. It's meant for those who need help or who want to skip parts of the learning curve. It's not mandatory to watch this before loading the game, so if it's not for you, skip it. You won't hurt my feelings lol
A good way to become the tournament champion for that sweet, sweet 1 renown a day is to get to clan tier 2, save up influence, and form the biggest army you can, while victories account for winning the actual tournament, it is also affected by how many lords participate in the tournament, so lets say your doing a tournament with 2 lords, you will get 3 victories on the tournament leaderboard instead of 1
It's really amazing, honestly, that you are still giving so much attention to a game that gave up on itself for some time now. Great guide, this one is pure gold for anybody that gives the game an opportunity for the first time.
Disclaimer for new players: Depending on what kind of person you are, this playstyle might suck the fun out of your game and cause you to breeze through it without any challenge and sense of accomplishment. If you're super invested in the real time combat part of the game like i am and you have no problem with taking risks and failing here and there, then just do that. There's a ton of money and renown to be gained just by beating (preferably stronger) enemy parties. Not to mention the absolutely IMPOSSIBLE wins you can pull off when manually commanding your troops while highly outnumbered. I recommend the RBM mod on max settings as it introduces some crucial combat balance changes to the game imo. Especially if you want cavalry to have ANY significance. I did one playthrough on vanilla and am currently on my RBM one and I don't see myself ever uninstalling it. It's simply so much deeper and nuanced. If you're used to vanilla combat, it will feel quite alien at first and cause you to reevaluate the whole combat system, but i would wager that it's absolutely worth it for most fighting oriented players.
When you defended the siege at about 1:30:00, it would be better to take all the prisoners and immediately donate them to the dungeon. Didn't play for a while, so no idea if that's still the case, but you used to get influence for donating prisoners, and since you're in the castle and paused after the battle, there is no tick that will allow any prisoners to escape. Edit: Yeah, just a few minutes later you donate prisoners for influence. So it still works.
Good catch! The only downside I would say to keep in mind there - if it's the AI's fief you're defending, you have to make sure you can be there to defend it or else those prisoners will become enemy troops instantly if the fief falls.
@@Strat-Guides Oh, yeah, that would be a problem, and there you are already at the vassal stage, so that is a concern. If you're a mercenary, though, who cares? Get paid, let them figure it out.
Thank you for the guide im having way more fun now before this guide i spend realtime days doing arena loother bandits and mercenary to make money and still feel so weak now i can have fun ❤
I remember playing this when it first came out. Was so aggressive with combat, shield bashing, kicking, etc. started playing again a few days ago… combat feels real strange. Just slashing back and forth until a shield breaks or they have a polearm and crush through. Or I get a few lucky hits by whipping my screen to hit faster.
Finally an actual tutorial that shows the finer points of the game instead of all the tutorials just giving broad strokes and not really clarifying when to do stuff bc the game doesn’t hold your hand at all
Not really a beginner but I put the game down for a bit and am coming back to it once again cause it’s just too good. Really appreciated seeing an up to date guide 😌
Let's pretend I didn't waste 1500+ hours of my life on this video game and I'll watch your Bannerlord Guide from the start till the end, cuz you did amazing job :D
Huge thanks to you strat I just started playing bannerlord about a week ago already a millionaire grinding smithing mostly but this will definitely help in future
I'm happy to hear that! Bannerlord has a bit more RNG when it comes to quests and items available at towns, but hopefully this is still easy enough to follow. I recommend having the notion page with the checklist open for this one since you might run into quests earlier than I did in my run.
Been watching your vids for a while now. If I may add a little bit of extra info for the escort quest you started at 38min, when you have enough troops it pays to stay ahead of the caravan and intercept the raiders before the caravan gets into combat so that they dont lose any members. Also, there is only 1 quest based group of enemies between each town, however if a large enough group of bandits or raiders gets close enough they will attack the caravan, this can be a problem if the route takes you past a hideout. As for the caravan ambush mission, there is a mission, there is a minimum required follow distance or the raiders wont spawn. This is as far as I got in the video before work, so I apologize if you cover this later. Really enjoy how informative your videos are, and the have helped me alot, keep up the good work.
@@Strat-Guides Super easy to forget, once you have it enabled you never really think about it again. May I ask what version you play on? I noticed you have RTS camera so I am guessing 1.2.10? Edit: Just looked at your most recent video .. lmao
Great video! Don’t remember if it was mentioned, but smelting bandit gear down early game for smithing materials is a good money maker and smithing xp for later on
@@Strat-Guides not even, it was just pure comedy, so dry and the pictures and jokes were great. Especially the part where surfshark blew up Tai Lopez, amazing! I havent even played this game yet, but it seems cool, so I might cueck it out. The guide looks great so far :)
It always seems like the moment I become a merc all the work dries up and I'm stuck in a loop of village raiding and staying financially stagnant. Enterprises used to fill this gap in Warband but workshops do fuck all unless you get a degree in microeconomics.
Great video! I had a blast playing while following along. Any chance you'll be doing a part 2 on progressing to the end game? Also, do you have any other videos you'd recommend as a good follow-up from here?
Interesting idea - I was planning on leaving this here and letting people explore beyond this point, but I could consider a beginner's guide to mid/late game. I've got some world conquest campaigns that would be helpful I think since that's mostly late game logistics - it's on my Let's Play channel: Strat Plays. I've got several playlists on there!
Strat i think you forgot about workshop having its own Risk, owning Workshop basically end of Mercenary life. As a Mercenary , Workshop got destroyed when your employer at war with the faction your workshop belong. Great guide, thnks👍
Yeah it's definitely a risk. I mentioned to hold off on buying until you know who you'll serve as a vassal for, because when you make the switch it will still be your workshop. I really hope they patch Workshops to be useful again someday lol they feel underwhelming still
I've got around 180 hours in bannerlord and never got far with the strategy aspect of the game. Most of my time's been spent making money, fighting bandits and winning tournaments. When I was a vassal or mercenary I got frustrated being the under equipped caretaker of the AI, but its good to know now that it's part of the experience 😆
@@Strat-Guides I want to choose other but eveything else can be sorted with money speed Penalty can not , I’ve only been playing for 2 months starting a new play through tomorrow
Great video bro! Beginners guide for a game like bannerlord are never enough. Also, do you know how clan parties and kingdom parties work? Runned several test playthrougths and still don't understand how it works. They never build up a party with more than 40 troops even if I gave them a city.
Thanks! It usually has to do with 2 things - Clan tier and how much money they have. If they have a low clan tier then their party limits will be low. If they have no cash, they won't hire many troops. You can give more fiefs or you can directly give them money through barter - talk to anyone in their clan directly and just give denars without asking for anything in return.
I like your content. Bannerlord is a fantastic game, quite difficult. But with your help much easier. After Warband there were 3 dlcs. Unfortunately after Bannerlord nothing.
Starting a new play through tomorrow , I normally go British due to the loving the speed penalty reduction, what other clans should I try and start with
You can stick with Battania still! I would probably try to be a vassal of a kingdom bordering Battania so you have a good chance of getting all the Battania land for yourself. The AI gives you a bonus on the voting power for fiefs when your culture matches and a debuff to anyone else in the kingdom with mismatching culture
They will definitely update it again - I see them doing stuff on the steam database (it shows patch testing) but add more features, probably not. The only way I see that happening is if it's a DLC.
@@Strat-Guides gotcha hopefully they just announce their stopping support so modders don’t have to keep updating. maybe they started focusing on a new title when unreal 5 came out
I think Bannerlord was refining the steps for this portion of the Game. I wish for a Total War: Bannerlord. The Battles? Bannerlord with more command options and bonuses like Total War. Be able to control formations like that but still control your guy.
Do you use mod's because I'm having a trouble finding a good mod group works for me in this patch. BTW great video I never thought I watch someone playing a bannerlord start for 3 hours. Learned a lot! I always rush military and have a huge eco fight for early game now I'm gonna change my early game.
I'm glad this was helpful! Yes, I have a whole video already done and ready to go - just waiting for the sponsor to approve and then I can release it. Should be ready first week of next month
I love the idea behind the game. I like the big battles, it is however quite annoying to have a 200+ size army and only have half come to battle, because the opposing army is so huge (love 250 vs 1300+ on easier settings), the personal fighting system has a steep learning curve but can be quite fun. What I do dislike a freaking lot is the AI and diplomacy system. AI allies never help you and only run around like a headless chicken with huge armies or take over & lose any siege you started. You can be sieging the last city or castle of a kingdom and before being able to finish your allies decide not only to make peace, but also pay tribute, which will be for eternity because the bad AI will never allow me to propose a war against them.
Gather round young ones, gather round !! The Maester is about to ramble again, so pay attention! Otherwise you’ll all be serving on the wall. In all seriousness, love the content Strat !! I miss the stream last time. Did Abarash the Wandering Knight survived your Westerosi campaign?
Strat, What would you recommend for a fighting build but still reap the benefits of the Stewart/leadership route you showcase here? Just companions in your group? If so how do you get your companions to level up as fast as you do? It seems to take longer.??? I love this game but I’m rather really good and fiefs and army management but not the fighting aspect due to the allocation of points. Appreciate the response I hope you see it!
If someone wanted to focus a little more on combat would you change the starting points? Also, thx for the guide! I played the first one, put only played a little of the 2nd.
Question: how important would you say it is to get Fiefs that match your culture so as to not suffer the big loyalty penalty? Is it worth delaying becoming a vassal until your desired faction is at war with the faction of your culture (or at least has fiefs of your culture) so you dont suffer those big loyalty penalties? Also is it super important to just form your own kingdom or is it valid to just join an existing one and potentially rise to become its monarch?
Don't delay getting your first fief - but you can give up your current holdings as soon as you take a fief of matching culture to make sure you get it. I would say it's much easier to manage early on, but in the late game it will make very little difference. Once you get the Loyalty buildings up and the policies for loyalty passed, you'll be fine with any fief
@Strat-Guides Thanks. Also is joining other lords' armies worth it? They tend to just get all my high tier troops killed, sometimes in winnable battles they completely flub.
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@Machoman50ta I uploaded this one a week ago actually, but I had to wait for the sponsor to approve it before I could make it available to the public. When we upload, we can leave it as unlisted or private, then change it to public if need be!
Bro. Help me. The auto resolve no more work. I lost 2 castle due to that
Ah, a beginner’s guide for a game that I have thousands of hours in. I better watch this from start to finish.
@@steffens260 real
You can do your guide. But generaly He mention what Is Worth. You can add smithing stage with 4focus points and than 300 trade with 2focus poins and how to level up efectively your character and companions during mercancery stage with helping with Siege defence/Siege engines. I found enginering and Stewart are not important/waste because companion can do it. You need points in late game when you Are ruller you need 250 riding And 225 scouting to prevent lords from Escape.
@@rockybalboa5611 ??? Who asked?
Just in case Ive missed anything in my 1240 hours of Bannerlord
Instructions too clear, my grandma became a medieval warlord
@@ChungusTheLarge 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even as a highly experienced Bannerlord player(approaching 10,000 hours), and a channel featuring advanced tactics for late-game campaigns, I still rely on Strat for all of my nuanced learning episodes. This guy is the authority on Bannerlord.
General, good to see you here! Your tactics helped me greatly during my time as a mercenary for Sultan Unqid against the Vlandians. I managed to defeat a force of Vlandian knights, numbering around 230, with just 80 infantrymen, many of whom were only tier 3 and 4. I was commanding them within an army, though I was just a commander and not the army leader.
Hey Tactical! Good to see you here, I appreciate the kind words :D
@@Jezecek02 Love hearin' that brother. I daresay between the incredibly deep content here and the complex tactics we share, you have ALL you need to crush it at Bannerlord with ease. Cheers!
@@Jezecek02 now how tf is that possible???
I see what you did there, nice.
Just imagine your a merchant guy strips naked, buys all your animals slaughters them and sells you the body parts. Only in Bannerlord lol
Im not even a beginner but will I watch this video in its entirety? Yes indeed.
I appreciate that!
Same!
Same!
I have 600hrs currently in Bannerlord and was amazed how much I learned from watching this beginners guide lol. Keep up the great work Strat and congrats on the Sponsor!
Thanks! I'm glad to hear this was helpful too.
Despite playing it for over 50 hours I still have no idea how Bannerlord works so this came just in time
There is another easy and common quest: villager needs tools. i always have a couple for that quest and buy a few (5 to 10) when i see them dirt cheap in a town.
Actually, how much you get paid per influence as a mercenary depends on how rich the guy is you ask. usually the best one is the faction leaders and the clan leaders. i've been contracted for 250 to 300 in the past.
In regards to marriage: go to the clan leader or parent. sometimes you can outright ask to marry someone eligable in their clan and you get into the trading menu. Crazy but i bought some wifes for some swords and horses. that way i skip the skill checks.
M&B is about the thrill of the fights. so all that auto resolving is a bit sad. but yeah, for the purpose of a guide, its fine. and even with my many hours in the game learned something from watching ("only" the auto resolve ratio for siege defense).
Plot twist: Strat’s granny is a pro gamer who spends her golden years crushing noobs
In Warband
"Outplayed and saved." - Sun tzu, probably
Added plot twist, Strats granny provides all footage for the channel
Hahaha I’ve been watching your older Bannerlord vids waiting for a new one, am I glad to see a long video. Great work man
I skipped from the beginning to phase 4 because that’s where I struggle at and the change in your tone because of how tired you were was so funny to me lolll
Thank you so much for the support! Yeah i worked for a long time on this video lol
@@Strat-Guides really good video i enjoyed it a lot really helped me
Began playing a year ago, and that's when I started watching Strat. Going into mods now and it's a blast.
These guides never get old. Not like me. They serve as a reminder of all the things I should be doing.
Lol I feel that too - hitting 40 soon and I definitely feel it :P
Right when I thought your guides could not be more in-depth, you release this absolute gem and leave me speechless! Your vast knowledge of the game combined with your ability to make the subject matter interesting, makes you an amazing content creator! Please never stop making videos man
I have been playing this game straight now for 5 months almost all day every day because of my circumstances :3 I fu**ing love it! When i get to a better place in life i am buying a pc so i can enjoy it more !!
I am very thankful for your guides and your tests, you have always been my go to when i am lost here ! Much love from iceland 😋
Having played but fallen off Bannerlord, I super appreciate having this for whenever I want to get back into it! Your guides are the best Strat.
I’m about 60 hours into my game. In this video I already learned 3 things that have been driving me nuts. Where to see the breakdown of your map speed, that you can slaughter animals instead of just buying meat and hides, and that relation is directly related to recruiting. All that in the first 20 min. Ohhhh the time I’ve wasted
The urge to just mass produce teo handeds swords for money early game is hard to resist
Pro tip for auto battles: terrain type can factor in a good chunk of whether or not you'll be victorious. Some units receive major debuffs depending on the terrain type, usually if you hover over the auto resolve option before you push it'll tell you: terrain type, buffs, and debuffs to what units. This system also applies to sieges.
Absolutely amazing! Helpful for new and returning bannerlord players. Thank you friend!
You know, as someone who's played a considerable amount of Warband and Bannerlord, I really appreciate videos like this. I consider myself pretty good at both but there's still plenty of stuff I likely don't know. And being only 40 minutes in, there's already several things (especially like getting and butchering cattle right at the beginning for more money) that I've never really thought to do. Thank you for putting this together!
nice, thanks! hoped for some more bannerlord content from you!
Started playing again after a year. So thankful for this video, thanks Strat!
"Quickly and painlessly" - 3 hour video.
Compared to the 50+ hours it would take someone to learn all of this on their own, I think it's a bargain :D
@@Strat-Guides I approve this message :D Learned it the hard way myself.
@@Strat-Guides That's the fun part for most players, exploring and finding their own instead of someone feeding you all the right answers. The feeling of exploring the unknown instead of memorizing all the step by step guide. I don't want to watch 3h long tutorial just to start playing the game. Have you ever done that yourself on any other game?
@@aaaaaaaard9586 This guide isn't meant for every single Bannerlord player. It's meant for those who need help or who want to skip parts of the learning curve. It's not mandatory to watch this before loading the game, so if it's not for you, skip it. You won't hurt my feelings lol
@@aaaaaaaard9586 beginner guides exist since games have existed, what are you yapping about lol
This is exactly what i was needed! Thank you so much!
A good way to become the tournament champion for that sweet, sweet 1 renown a day is to get to clan tier 2, save up influence, and form the biggest army you can, while victories account for winning the actual tournament, it is also affected by how many lords participate in the tournament, so lets say your doing a tournament with 2 lords, you will get 3 victories on the tournament leaderboard instead of 1
It's really amazing, honestly, that you are still giving so much attention to a game that gave up on itself for some time now. Great guide, this one is pure gold for anybody that gives the game an opportunity for the first time.
Disclaimer for new players: Depending on what kind of person you are, this playstyle might suck the fun out of your game and cause you to breeze through it without any challenge and sense of accomplishment. If you're super invested in the real time combat part of the game like i am and you have no problem with taking risks and failing here and there, then just do that. There's a ton of money and renown to be gained just by beating (preferably stronger) enemy parties. Not to mention the absolutely IMPOSSIBLE wins you can pull off when manually commanding your troops while highly outnumbered. I recommend the RBM mod on max settings as it introduces some crucial combat balance changes to the game imo. Especially if you want cavalry to have ANY significance. I did one playthrough on vanilla and am currently on my RBM one and I don't see myself ever uninstalling it. It's simply so much deeper and nuanced. If you're used to vanilla combat, it will feel quite alien at first and cause you to reevaluate the whole combat system, but i would wager that it's absolutely worth it for most fighting oriented players.
Hey Strat. You forgot even "Grandfathers" would understand! haha. Thanks so much for your very comprehensive and professional tutorial!
Lol you know the rules, ladies first! :D
Good stuff. Even as someone with over 1k hours in game, I still pickup new things all the time.
When you defended the siege at about 1:30:00, it would be better to take all the prisoners and immediately donate them to the dungeon. Didn't play for a while, so no idea if that's still the case, but you used to get influence for donating prisoners, and since you're in the castle and paused after the battle, there is no tick that will allow any prisoners to escape.
Edit: Yeah, just a few minutes later you donate prisoners for influence. So it still works.
Good catch! The only downside I would say to keep in mind there - if it's the AI's fief you're defending, you have to make sure you can be there to defend it or else those prisoners will become enemy troops instantly if the fief falls.
@@Strat-Guides Oh, yeah, that would be a problem, and there you are already at the vassal stage, so that is a concern. If you're a mercenary, though, who cares? Get paid, let them figure it out.
Excellent guide. Thanks for continuing to put out great guides and tutorials for this game.
This is my bro! Thanks man! 🙏🌹
Oh man, forgetting your clothes for the wedding gave me a good laugh
I like rewatching this everytime i don't understand something cause he goes over the whole game❤
As someone who has just started a new save....this is glorious! thanks!
Hopefully this helps! Good luck with your new campaign
I showed this to my grandma and she didn’t know what a bannerlord is, so suffice to say she did not understand
Lol worth a shot!
Thank you for the guide im having way more fun now before this guide i spend realtime days doing arena loother bandits and mercenary to make money and still feel so weak now i can have fun ❤
I thought my phone was glitching on the time stamp
Top quality as always!
Thanks Tacticat!
The best bannerlord content creator out here!
Always good to revisit the basics from another angle. I learned a few things tonight. Grandma, though, is utterly confused.
I remember playing this when it first came out. Was so aggressive with combat, shield bashing, kicking, etc. started playing again a few days ago… combat feels real strange. Just slashing back and forth until a shield breaks or they have a polearm and crush through. Or I get a few lucky hits by whipping my screen to hit faster.
Finally an actual tutorial that shows the finer points of the game instead of all the tutorials just giving broad strokes and not really clarifying when to do stuff bc the game doesn’t hold your hand at all
@tsully892 glad to hear this was helpful!
Not really a beginner but I put the game down for a bit and am coming back to it once again cause it’s just too good. Really appreciated seeing an up to date guide 😌
Good luck on your new campaign! Bannerlord has a way of sucking you back in lol it's happened to me many times
Recommendations on point, I started recently and needed this
Glad this was helpful!
Let's pretend I didn't waste 1500+ hours of my life on this video game and I'll watch your Bannerlord Guide from the start till the end, cuz you did amazing job :D
Huge thanks to you strat I just started playing bannerlord about a week ago already a millionaire grinding smithing mostly but this will definitely help in future
Nice, smithing is the way to go if you want to break the economy haha get that coin
Great timing, I was planning to buy Bannerlord this week. Your Songs of Syx guide helped a lot.
I'm happy to hear that! Bannerlord has a bit more RNG when it comes to quests and items available at towns, but hopefully this is still easy enough to follow. I recommend having the notion page with the checklist open for this one since you might run into quests earlier than I did in my run.
It's on Sale on Steam. I kept Game Pass for a long time just for Bannerlord...now I'm buying on Steam at 20 bucks off.
Been watching your vids for a while now. If I may add a little bit of extra info for the escort quest you started at 38min, when you have enough troops it pays to stay ahead of the caravan and intercept the raiders before the caravan gets into combat so that they dont lose any members. Also, there is only 1 quest based group of enemies between each town, however if a large enough group of bandits or raiders gets close enough they will attack the caravan, this can be a problem if the route takes you past a hideout. As for the caravan ambush mission, there is a mission, there is a minimum required follow distance or the raiders wont spawn.
This is as far as I got in the video before work, so I apologize if you cover this later.
Really enjoy how informative your videos are, and the have helped me alot, keep up the good work.
These are great tips, you're spot on with intercepting the attackers before they hit the caravan - plus you don't have to share loot and prisoners :)
Not having to share is the best part
Dang this video came just in time.
For anyone who is new, make sure to enable the birth and again options module if you want to have aging and death.
Good point, I didn't think to cover it in the video but you're right!
@@Strat-Guides Super easy to forget, once you have it enabled you never really think about it again. May I ask what version you play on? I noticed you have RTS camera so I am guessing 1.2.10?
Edit: Just looked at your most recent video .. lmao
@@thebiglebrowski3695 Yeah 1.2.10 - I was able to release the mod video yesterday :D
i legit love your content so much, thank you for your hard work ❤
Thanks!!
"Headwrap, nice, we got a helmet now" 😝
@@user-gf5qo7us1q beggars can't be choosers lol
Great video! Don’t remember if it was mentioned, but smelting bandit gear down early game for smithing materials is a good money maker and smithing xp for later on
The surfshark commercial made me subscribe, I was already on the cusp because of the grandmaproofing.
Lol a fellow enjoyer of the Golden Girls I see? :D
@@Strat-Guides not even, it was just pure comedy, so dry and the pictures and jokes were great. Especially the part where surfshark blew up Tai Lopez, amazing!
I havent even played this game yet, but it seems cool, so I might cueck it out. The guide looks great so far :)
very good guide i play cunning/soc build focus on bandit troops and i feel great
Been getting the itch to play this again.
Do it.
Strat posted another video, Taleworlds is going to patch all the fun out again.
I think we're safe this time finally lol
Loved this. Much of it I know (from watching your other videos primarily) but nice and concise. However, where's the Notion link Strat?
I forgot to add it when I posted it, but it should be there now! Sorry for the mistake!
I don´t need it but, i love any guide like this. So more ppl come to play BL and have fun...bc thats amazing game!
I appreciate the support!
It always seems like the moment I become a merc all the work dries up and I'm stuck in a loop of village raiding and staying financially stagnant. Enterprises used to fill this gap in Warband but workshops do fuck all unless you get a degree in microeconomics.
@juniorkouhai4952 yeah that's why i recommend looking for quests that spawn combat. Caravan, bandit hideout and extortion by deserters are all decent.
Great video! I had a blast playing while following along. Any chance you'll be doing a part 2 on progressing to the end game? Also, do you have any other videos you'd recommend as a good follow-up from here?
Interesting idea - I was planning on leaving this here and letting people explore beyond this point, but I could consider a beginner's guide to mid/late game. I've got some world conquest campaigns that would be helpful I think since that's mostly late game logistics - it's on my Let's Play channel: Strat Plays. I've got several playlists on there!
Strat i think you forgot about workshop having its own Risk, owning Workshop basically end of Mercenary life. As a Mercenary , Workshop got destroyed when your employer at war with the faction your workshop belong.
Great guide, thnks👍
Yeah it's definitely a risk. I mentioned to hold off on buying until you know who you'll serve as a vassal for, because when you make the switch it will still be your workshop. I really hope they patch Workshops to be useful again someday lol they feel underwhelming still
Grandma watched video: she now owns all of the Illinois
Dude i was waiting for that
I've got around 180 hours in bannerlord and never got far with the strategy aspect of the game. Most of my time's been spent making money, fighting bandits and winning tournaments. When I was a vassal or mercenary I got frustrated being the under equipped caretaker of the AI, but its good to know now that it's part of the experience 😆
32:27 did not know you could do that 😂
Return of the King
Lets go another grandma tutorial vid
I have learned i say the names of all the towns wrong lol
I can’t go any other clan then British to start with , that movement speed is everything
Yeah that's my favorite culture to start as well
@@Strat-Guides I want to choose other but eveything else can be sorted with money speed Penalty can not , I’ve only been playing for 2 months starting a new play through tomorrow
Dude you're so good at guides
Thanks!!
I'm sorry, I have a mental disorder and I can't stop myself: "Steward" (note the 'D.') is not pronounced the same way as "Stewart" or "Stuart."
this is the BEST video iv seen explains it all really well iv watched along while playing and helped me so muchj ! defiantly subbed
Hmm i already defeated the empire as battania sooooo...... yea i absolutely need to watch another Strats begginer guide.
2:02:23 - what is the cause/source of She-Wolf's roguery XP gain here (in the log)?
Looks like she deposited prisoners there, which generates Roguery XP. It's at a castle, but I guess the game converts them to money for the AI?
Great video bro! Beginners guide for a game like bannerlord are never enough. Also, do you know how clan parties and kingdom parties work? Runned several test playthrougths and still don't understand how it works. They never build up a party with more than 40 troops even if I gave them a city.
Thanks! It usually has to do with 2 things - Clan tier and how much money they have. If they have a low clan tier then their party limits will be low. If they have no cash, they won't hire many troops. You can give more fiefs or you can directly give them money through barter - talk to anyone in their clan directly and just give denars without asking for anything in return.
@@Strat-Guides Thanks a bunch. Gonna try it out later.
I like your content. Bannerlord is a fantastic game, quite difficult. But with your help much easier. After Warband there were 3 dlcs. Unfortunately after Bannerlord nothing.
I was following this guide and sided with the Northern empire as a vassal my first fief was the same castle that you acquired: Thorios Castle
Starting a new play through tomorrow , I normally go British due to the loving the speed penalty reduction, what other clans should I try and start with
You can stick with Battania still! I would probably try to be a vassal of a kingdom bordering Battania so you have a good chance of getting all the Battania land for yourself. The AI gives you a bonus on the voting power for fiefs when your culture matches and a debuff to anyone else in the kingdom with mismatching culture
I applaud your work, thank you for the wisdom :)
You're a legend bro
Could you please add the mod list you used for this video?
do you think they are gonna update bannerlord again or add features?
They will definitely update it again - I see them doing stuff on the steam database (it shows patch testing) but add more features, probably not. The only way I see that happening is if it's a DLC.
@@Strat-Guides gotcha hopefully they just announce their stopping support so modders don’t have to keep updating. maybe they started focusing on a new title when unreal 5 came out
I think Bannerlord was refining the steps for this portion of the Game. I wish for a Total War: Bannerlord. The Battles? Bannerlord with more command options and bonuses like Total War. Be able to control formations like that but still control your guy.
watching the whole thing just in case I missed anything in the last 100 hours
Do you use mod's because I'm having a trouble finding a good mod group works for me in this patch. BTW great video I never thought I watch someone playing a bannerlord start for 3 hours. Learned a lot! I always rush military and have a huge eco fight for early game now I'm gonna change my early game.
I'm glad this was helpful! Yes, I have a whole video already done and ready to go - just waiting for the sponsor to approve and then I can release it. Should be ready first week of next month
Thank you just in time to show my buddy grandpa lol
Thanks for the video, I was going to show it to my grandma, but she doesn’t understand english, she is also dead, so there is that
Lol same, RIP all of our grandmas :D
Listening to this while lvling companions xD
I love the idea behind the game. I like the big battles, it is however quite annoying to have a 200+ size army and only have half come to battle, because the opposing army is so huge (love 250 vs 1300+ on easier settings), the personal fighting system has a steep learning curve but can be quite fun.
What I do dislike a freaking lot is the AI and diplomacy system.
AI allies never help you and only run around like a headless chicken with huge armies or take over & lose any siege you started.
You can be sieging the last city or castle of a kingdom and before being able to finish your allies decide not only to make peace, but also pay tribute, which will be for eternity because the bad AI will never allow me to propose a war against them.
Still a great game even though grandma was young when it came out.
Gather round young ones, gather round !! The Maester is about to ramble again, so pay attention! Otherwise you’ll all be serving on the wall.
In all seriousness, love the content Strat !! I miss the stream last time. Did Abarash the Wandering Knight survived your Westerosi campaign?
Hey Lucho! I don't recall Abarash making into the army just yet, i'll double check today. I'll be streaming it again around 10 or 11am PST
Strat,
What would you recommend for a fighting build but still reap the benefits of the Stewart/leadership route you showcase here? Just companions in your group? If so how do you get your companions to level up as fast as you do? It seems to take longer.??? I love this game but I’m rather really good and fiefs and army management but not the fighting aspect due to the allocation of points. Appreciate the response I hope you see it!
If someone wanted to focus a little more on combat would you change the starting points? Also, thx for the guide! I played the first one, put only played a little of the 2nd.
@garrettclarke2266 yeah if you're interested in combat, put focus points into control or vigor depending on which one!
Question: how important would you say it is to get Fiefs that match your culture so as to not suffer the big loyalty penalty? Is it worth delaying becoming a vassal until your desired faction is at war with the faction of your culture (or at least has fiefs of your culture) so you dont suffer those big loyalty penalties?
Also is it super important to just form your own kingdom or is it valid to just join an existing one and potentially rise to become its monarch?
Don't delay getting your first fief - but you can give up your current holdings as soon as you take a fief of matching culture to make sure you get it. I would say it's much easier to manage early on, but in the late game it will make very little difference. Once you get the Loyalty buildings up and the policies for loyalty passed, you'll be fine with any fief
@Strat-Guides Thanks. Also is joining other lords' armies worth it? They tend to just get all my high tier troops killed, sometimes in winnable battles they completely flub.
hey man congratulitons for the guide !! what do you make of the game? do you like this one or warband better ?
Great video that explains in detail how the game works.
Thank strat ❤