Bannerlord Top 10 Things I Do Early Game | Flesson19

[@jeramey7454]

As someone who just recently came back after giving the game a while to cook this video is very appreciated

[@psychobobsweets]

I’ve been doing the same. Coming back after a long break. Ready to check out the updates.

[@LesserScholar]

Solid tips and good video! Note that other animals besides hogs can also be profitable: Hogs are often the cheapest but give only 1 meat & 1 hide when slaughtered. Sheep give 2 meat & 1 hide. Cows are more expensive but give 6 meat & 2 hides, so they are often profitable too.

[@T4eOne]

I wonder how many meat give mules? As they are even cheaper.

[@umardoerr5523]

I think they give 3 or 4 per mule? I usually slaughter mules by the hundreds. Buy a couple hundred for 17-20 and dump the meat.

[@MrAdriaxe]

It's weird how sheep have double the meat of hogs. In real life it's the other way around.

[@kleamat]

when i start early on i run around like a mad man lol good video man .

[@andysalter7779]

I've managed to get contracts that were 600+ when signing up to a kingdom that only has a few fiefs, 1-2 clans and been at war with 2 factions, and gaining over 10,000+ a day by constantly winning defensive siege battles. When looking for someone to sign up with find a clan that is at more with more than one factions as they pay more, and present you with more target. When taking a escort caravan missing yourself be wary of who the faction is at war with, you may find yourself in a situation where a fast merc party attacks the caravan and you're unable to help because you're not at war with the attack. At higher clan tiers each stage of the escort mission works like a caravan ambush quest with a large mounted bandit party spawning to attack the caravan.

[@Flesson19]

Wow didn't know that, thanxs

[@ssShockRyder]

Those big stones are so so so nice ever since i started using the big stone and the cat ammo at the start of battle i have yet to lose on defence 2500 man army coming easy throw some big rocks at the tower and ram and they just sit outside the walls for target practice if you are on a new start also real nice you see an army march to siege some place race in front and join the target as a merc and wait for the battle you can max out throwing athletic and bow for your current cap in that one fight just get some practice throwing those by hand a bit and you will see what i am talking about that Op 300-400 splash damage and they can go pretty far if you aim it high

[@ssShockRyder]

Seonon to marunath best trade route in game since it take all of 20 secs to run mule sumpter wood . Also don't forget with smith click the pic in the bottom left you can change who smiths you your brothers sister all 3 wife and companions you can set up all the mats and then bam pop out like 60 10k swords in 1 smith session . just using crude and basic iron . and as a merc you can join a really big battle move your troops to the back and let everyone else fight till the end then clean up then after the battle leave the kingdom and quickly join the other side and take out your old buddies if you let everyone go on both sides both times you end up with tons of charm xp tons of prisoners and all the loot and everyone loves you for it lol.

[@mrman3176]

Lesson 1 is the best for me. Had no idea I could leave, thanks!

[@Flesson19]

Your very welcome

[@sendeth]

For smithing, what I do is focus on two-handed pole arms. Once you get to the point where you can use something like the scythe head that costs to steal, I use that one. Refine all your materials up to steel. Steel. Use that head, the highest level handle that only uses wood, the highest level fabric flag which has no requirements, and craft away. It basically uses two steel, one wood, one charcoal for each craft. Craft so it levels you up quickly. In the beginning you waste a lot of materials but you can recover some of that with smelting. Or just sell it. By the time you can make balanced and mastercraft, they're going for 10 to 20K a piece. Then I just travel around the map, collecting wood, processing and building, and selling at every town I stop at. I can finance my entire Kingdom but it's definitely a rough start because of needing materials in the beginning. From there I just did missions and sold bandit stuff to get by. Eventually, selling two weapons will fund all the wood you need

[@Flesson19]

@@sendeth it is the easiest way to make money fast

[@TheLinkMedic]

Just got the game and started a sandbox, this video has been real helpful!

[@Flesson19]

NEW V1.0 Full Release Top 10 things video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIKwo2SOhqlmi6s 1.8 Updated version kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2HGZ5hnZseMY6c *******As of 1.7 Deliver herd was nerfed, must deliver all 10 and are now only desert horses but it pays around 3k for the quest*******

[@T4eOne]

I also enjoy prison breaks in the mid game (cause it cost some money), it helps to increase relationship with the clans.

[@Flesson19]

Just a different chance of pace also so your not doing the same thing over n over

[@BryantVonMiller]

And it boosts your charm skill from 6-26 points per break out. You can also gain honor in doing it. I've read from 20-60 points.

[@shawnlatif3849]

Running grapes and Grain from Onica to Poros nets me around 20k after about 20-30m of work, a couple mules and 3-4 recruits

[@Cleav727]

Awesome video! I have been watching a ton of these videos trying to find a way to get ahead in the game (I’m a beginner). I’m excited to give mercenary work a go and, until now; had no idea I was incurring a herd penalty.

[@Flesson19]

I do have an entire 1.8 walkthrough from day 1 to help you get through your entire game that I just completed. It's long but gives so much info and advice to help

[@lazomaco]

Tournaments and Tavern-game (Empire most easiest as Defender) slaughtering the hog (or sometimes sheep) if the value of the animal is less then actually u would get from meat and hide.

[@daryltaylor1073]

Thank you bro allways good to learn more things and stuff I didn't think about

[@Flesson19]

thank you for watching

[@Orthanderis]

I tried this last night; Never got above 70 trade because of the grind, until I started trading horses. Go to Askar in the Aserai, its surrounded by 3-4 horse villages so you can buy sumpters and mules for as cheap as 25, desert horses for as cheap as 150, and Aserai horse for under 800. Bring them west to Vlandia and especially Battania, the sumpters and mules can be sold for as much as 400, the desert horse for as much as 850, and the Aserai horse for up to 3000. Selling horses I got to level 175 trade in 4 hours. Its insane. And focusing on trade gets you the renown per workshop/ caravan trait, so you can focus purely on making profit and still get renown xp. Aserai horses seem to sell the best since profit means trade experience, but you can trade any horses anywhere as long as there's a demand for them and make a killing

[@Flesson19]

I show it in my 1.8 walkthrough

[@Orthanderis]

@@Flesson19 oh damn really?

[@Flesson19]

@@Orthanderis and just did it on Monday in my livestream which is live on my channel

[@marksantory410]

Just got this on ps4 and this helped a lot. First time i jumped in i was like "uh oh what did i get myself into" when i saw the chracter creation choices. Thanks for this.

[@Flesson19]

checkout the linked one in the pinned comment, this is older, that one is much newer. Also check my channel there is a playlist of only videos I think new players should watch to help you. any questions just ask

[@marksantory410]

@@Flesson19 thanks for these videos. Im gonna be playing later today and ill check out some of your stuff. I played last night for the first time and was getting the hang of things but man there is just soooo much game in there lol.

[@marksantory410]

@@Flesson19 i just subscribed and im checking out the playlist with the 5 videos for new players now. The 1.8 ones. Cheers!

[@Flesson19]

@@marksantory410 enjoy, questions just fire away

[@xaahoom7628]

Follower from France, thanks for this !

[@Flesson19]

thank you for across the pond

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

Great content as usual dude!

[@leopoldkain6815]

This is the best videos I have seen about this game. Thanks you

[@Flesson19]

Thank you for the support

[@leopoldkain6815]

@@Flesson19 Take this Sub thanks for the reply

[@The_War_Pug]

I'd have to say this was a really good early game guide. Only thing I would disagree with is workshops but that would also depend on your culture of choice. Playing the Khuzaits, once you get around 50 horse archers, you can run around picking off infantry based mercenary companies for a good chunk of change and if you've joined a kingdom, you can go after weaker lords. Once you get around 150 khans guards, you'll be able to make millions off war.

[@Flesson19]

yeah this is one of my first guides way before workshops were trashed. I think the newer one is linked in the pinned comment

[@tlowey1951]

Good stuff Flesson hope you are well.

[@Flesson19]

I am, hope you are too my friend

[@GruesomePizza1992]

Buy olives in aseri a territory, seeks good generally everywhere, grain is also extremely cheap, hardwood in battania territory, sell that wood deep in aseri territory for 40+ denar profit. Pick up oil then repeat.

[@Flesson19]

also tools are amazing to sell in aserai land

[@Mangoes95]

Early game, mules from Car Banseth to Dunglanys is a great quick profit

[@Flesson19]

wood from seonon to Marunath, and beer from Dunglanys to Car Banseth

[@umardoerr5523]

The starting point has a couple silver villages along the route to battania, where they can sell for double off the bat. Then fur has become my new favorite commodity to trade. Its only produced in a few villages and other cities have it only through trading.

[@Yolo_Swagins]

Great video, thank you.

[@vindex7309]

Update: 8 (trading): the prices are now very inflated at the beginning of the game. I’m assuming the empire fractured and the economy is in shambles to start with. However, you can buy a flock of sheep and hogs at poros, butcher them to sell their hide and meat to make back a cool 3,200 or so. Prices begin to settle fast so this window isn’t open for long. 6 (questing): it’s ill advised to purchase troops early on in your run. You start the game with 1 unit (you) mounted. Tier 1 troops you buy will quickly be slaughtered on the battlefield so you’ll be spending gold for recruitment and upkeep and ranking up just to lose it all in rng fights. If you can’t 1v20 looters, it’s more profitable to keep solo and participate in tournaments as you learn combat and run from fights on the overworld. Besides, it’s more lucrative to gather companions first before recruiting soldiers so you can immediately start sending them out on expeditions. Faster renown gain and less expensive on your early gold. 5 (workshops): 100% worth the investment. Find a city with resources flowing into it if a particular type (grain = beer, grapes = wine, etc.) the more input it has the more likely it will be profitable. This is not a rule, more like a guideline. I had an unprofitable brewery with 2 grain inflow and I’ve had profitable presses with 1 grape inflow. However, it’s also important to check if there are other manufacturers of the good in the city before switching. They will eat into each other’s market share. Price and profitability may be linked to city prosperity. Caravans: an easy, passive way to generate income is to put your companions as caravan masters. It’s 15,000 to get one started and I’ve had a caravan give as much as 450 per day as opposed to workshops giving usually 100 to 250 fluctuating. So, cheaper - perhaps more risky as caravans can be attacked, but very profitable and greatly increases your base income. Best way to make money are to participate in tournaments with 6-16 lords I’ve revived prizes that sold for upward of 16,000. Similarly, winning tourneys is the best way to gear up early for free. If you’re new, stick with the empire arenas (the blue/purple cities) as they have the easiest rotation. The only thing that’ll hurt you early is a low endurance skill as your team runs out ahead and gets 1v2’d early leaving you alone. The best way to counter is to try to stand in front of your teammate so he gets trapped behind you. Always rush to try to get a numbers advantage (don’t mess with ranged unless you’re in a four-way free for all) and staying mounted is a good way to survive eliminations. Otherwise, it’s a little rng with the 4v4 rounds.

[@maugr1mm483]

in my opinion smithing is the best way to make money but its super boring but u can make only with buy tribesmen throwing daggers and smelt them and then forge a good twohanded sword like 2000 to 35000k dinnars with lvl 1. + u can get urself a pretty good weappon at the start

[@Flesson19]

Tw has patched prices a few times, still good though

[@JGCornucopia]

Quick question about setting up companions as traders early game, in a few of my games I've always sought high scout skills to help them stay away from bandits, my question is with the cultural buff the Aserai get with trading or Battanian get with forest, has anyone seen this help out with their speed or income? Or does your culture override theirs?

[@Flesson19]

I have a video in which the devs confim this, the caravan leaders culture determines it, so if you have an aserai they can trade bttter, if they are battanian then they can move faster through forests. Your culture doesn't matter kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3_ahoRqlrdljKM

[@JGCornucopia]

@@Flesson19 wow, keep up the great work!

[@gammarey7070]

Also try searching online what the best workshop is for each town, as workshops depend on the materials/villages available in the city, thus not all make the same amount.

[@sportsentertainmentco9877]

My first playthrough i did it without any youtube help because i like to struggle and learn the game the best of my abilities. I went full blow intelligence/leadership. I reached to be a vassal and had no idea i could be a mercenary. So i looked up the mercenary guides and i love being a mercenary! So much less stressful than trading and smithing. Just go annihilate people, break out prisoners, and live a criminal!! 😈😂

[@Flesson19]

exactly the same for me. I ignored merc until someone told me do it and now its one of my favorite times of the game

[@RealCaptainJaws]

Your videos are great, thanks so much!

[@Flesson19]

Thank you for witching

[@BudaKhan420]

Regarding tournaments, in my current game I’ve probably been in close to 50 tournaments and I’ve only seen this prize offered twice now, but there’s a 32,000 denar nasalhelm that occasionally comes up. At this point, I’m only making 150 denars by risking 600 and the prize is really what makes the tournaments worth it. Workshop in Danustica is going for 30K in midgame 😮

[@Flesson19]

I think its 4 lords required in a tournament for he bigger prize

[@flaviuspoa]

New TIP #1 _ Watch Flesson, Strat and Hero videos!

[@Flesson19]

Tip #2 always trust the Flavius

[@marktrosien3005]

Good video, but learned much of this and other tips watching your playthroughs. However, this time I tried something new. Instead of going to merc, took time to run around doing prison breaks to boost reputation and charm for myself, and while doing that I sent out companion parties and caravans. Yeah the caravans suck, but they are gaining scouting and other skills and exp while things are cheap and no one will fight them. So when i join up as merc, I can call them to my army to build my leadership and theirs so when I gain more cities, they'll make good govs. Granted I can do this because I fully leveled smithy and trade first and supplementing costs using workshop and trade. A little slow but I'm in no hurry.

[@Flesson19]

yeah caravans are good for skills but, you cant make an army as a merc to gain leadership

[@marktrosien3005]

@@Flesson19 ah good to know. Maybe I'll just skip it and go right to making my own kingdom after I buy half of valandia. Got tons of relations with all the lords doing prison breaks. However, I will need the influence to enact all the policies I want. Hmm, decisions decisions...

[@marktrosien3005]

@@Flesson19 yeah I skipped merc and went straight to vassal. Can still build up influence as I gain places, and once I literally own all of valandia, when I leave they will either join me or die, pretty simple. Because of the poor AI, they will literally sell my their last fief. I spent so much time running around doing prison breaks that I'm practically 100 with all of valandia, battania, and western empire give or take a few associated minor clans. So recruiting clans are no problem. The only "cheat" I'm using is the one to keep getting my wife pregnant. I would still spend gametime with her, but it gets so difficult to have kids after 3, when realistically she should and can have more. Then after 5 or 6 kids from valandian wife she is mysteriously murdered (ok so 2 cheats) and now I have a battanian wife spitting out battanian heirs. My goal is to only have family and companions in my kingdom. Not sure how long it'll take, but hey what's the rush. I do have one question, do you know if lords eventually leave the kingdom like they did in warband, or do they form their own merc warbands and stick around?

[@Flesson19]

@@marktrosien3005 I think they do, it's more of the entire clan leaving but I've seen aturgians with battanians just think it's more rare

[@abseits_ger7274]

Though, do you keep your leveled skills once you play as one of your kids? Or have to do all over again? My first playthrough and I haven't bothred dieing yet. A shield, 2 packs of bolts and a light crossbow, traveling around with 4 companions also with bow or crossbow to max their athletics to their current max (not plan to up this, just for exp cap, I plan to have only riders in my companion list).... oh btw... how to train companions.... riding skill.... if they got none? It's taking so long to get them on those random tournament horses. I did reset my game though until I had a the swift and a spicevendor in the wanderer list. I'll be independent and caravaning... And how do your workshops make 300 a day? I never seen anything higher than 198 on a single workshop. Atm I got my char to 175 smithing and planed for the endurance point from 200 athletics and the 2 focus points in weapons in smithing, trying to get lvls. I basicly pre planned my build with the number of points I can have at the end, going a smithy, trading leader. Of course with a good stewardship. I thought of more a realistic approach, a leader that csn repair his soldiers weapons or equip them better to at least minimize their chance of dieing if he has to make his people fight for him that way. I know about the problem of your own troops paying you with more than 100% wage reduction (which I might reach for my cavalry, as I said I try to build companions on horses for a reason hehe) and use the leadership 300+, scouting 175 and others for party size. Thanks to the riding I think I'll still be pretty capable in battle, though playing on realistic damage settings I probably will keep my distance of any enemy pointy end of steel or the army might start to run around like headless chicken.

[@Big_Dip1]

If you have a good sense of the combat, do tournements early on...they'll net you a bunch of cash...bet on yourself for an easy extra 1200+/- on top of whatever you win...some horses sell for an easy 16k lol

[@DRako-nr4rj]

easiest way to win the game is to become blacksmith which is more and better build than trading I guess. OFC craft only most expensive eq and give it to ur family group who will gain trading skill and by the way give you money :)

[@Flesson19]

yeah smithing right now is op with pugios and daggers being so cheap. I did do a series where I handed my wife my smithed weapons to sell and I am not sure if either of these will get nerfed.

[@JonTaRW84]

My favorite youtuber when it comes to Bannerlord (Tied with Stats ;D ) Quick question, when leveling your companions throu smithing, you have any weapons that are preffered abd gives the most exp or is it only 2 handed sword with the highest difficulty that gives the greatest amount of exp? For example I was thinking about 2 handed mace is dirt cheap to make :)

[@Flesson19]

2H sword and all the best parts but the pommels its second best, that will be 8 fine steel to make but smelt them also so you done lose much

[@LordSoul4471]

Been watching your channel for awhile now learning. Do you think it would be possible to make an updated video on current version of just general stuff? Making money, easy and short guides. I'm so tired of people making 30 min vids to explain something that never makes sense. Love the vids they are very quick and easy to understand which is why I'm asking, I feel some things have changed and updated info would help!

[@Flesson19]

Great timing , I am making a new channel tomorrow for guides, all 2-5 minutes in length I'll be doing a post on it

[@MrKYT-gb8gs]

I wish this game had a system for sending letters instead of having to meet lords personally. V annoying

[@Flesson19]

yeah an in depth type of diplomacy system

[@PdroxCbon]

@@Flesson19 Diplomacy mod does both things quite good :), tho you both probably know it already

[@jeyysi]

Well looks like letters don't exist in calradia until warband 😆

[@hero_on_youtube]

Good stuff. This will help newcomers focus during early game so they will have more fun late game!

[@sparey4431]

Isn’t it mad we’ve all survived these different worlds and universes, war and starvation, the end and new beginnings... And not one thing learned in school 😂

[@sportsentertainmentco9877]

I just started Banner lord two weeks ago and I know I already have at least four or 5 all nighters😂

[@Flesson19]

Im 7k hours into it and still learn new things from time to time. So much fun, I hope it never ends

[@kenta_0163]

“And then you slaughter them.” Lol

[@Flesson19]

that works too

[@matthewgoad4115]

I’m having trouble with workshops. I can’t get any to make over maybe 160. I’ve made 5 now because I dumped the woodshop for making so little. I do the trick where I make a shop based on nearby cities, but it’s not working. I have I think 3 breweries and and a pottery. I don’t know if some update nerfed the hell out of the shops or if there’s some other trick aside from the well known one that I’m using. Am I missing something?

[@Flesson19]

I do one for every patch so if your not on 1.6.5 just search for the patch your on kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3OXqHaqn9KlgqM

[@diemausdietastatur8738]

my workshops make around 0-150.. i already tried a lot to increase profit. manipulating markets etc.etc.

[@Flesson19]

The biggest problem right now seems to be output. So much is produced that the output becomes 40%-70% cheaper than avg hating production

[@masterbeethoven8209]

Whaaat! didn't know about slaughtering animals. That also means you're not getting herd penalty either.

[@Flesson19]

yes I cover it a also on my guides channel with more little nuggets each week kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX-8oXShedVqm6M

[@tolkien6384]

I watched the whole video :)

[@xAMSTERCheshir]

Thank you for your video! But are you sure that companions and clan members do not level their stats and skills when they go with their own party? I see my brother leveling his scouting and medicine all the time.

[@Flesson19]

Yeah they level their stats

[@Lightbarer6]

Wonderful vid

[@Flesson19]

thank you, check the comment or description for my updated one as this one is older

[@Quebecster]

Killer guide. Any reason you need to update this guide?

[@Flesson19]

Yes, this was done many years ago and I learned a lot since then so I redid it kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIKwo2SOhqlmi6s

[@mikeumm]

So the herd penalty... It's 2 mounts or 1 mount and 1 pack animal per footman And 1 per cavalry as their horses don't show in your inventory?

[@Flesson19]

correct, but remember animals such as hogs, sheep and cows count as an animal as well

[@MarksmanGamingPk90]

very good and informative video

[@fightcancer]

Loved it! Generally, what period is the "early" game?

[@Flesson19]

less than 100 days, some from the very start

[@ChuntyCops]

Selling your excess gear is so cheesy and non immersive. Also can I mention that you can’t just farm seonon until it’s dry straight off with full profit, inflation and deflation means you are going to have to buy hard wood sparingly and import from the towns you sold to a few days later. Want charm? Court suitors and use money from smithing (which is one of the highest profit methods in the game) to gift to nobles. Quests are also pointless unless it’s your settlement. Early game is a terrible time to buy a workshop, as they have low value and will have extremely unstable business. You have to constantly feed them with resources to make sure they function well. Like I said smithing is best. Don’t horse trade. Want to train companions for a party? Just throw them out in to the wild and they level up themselves. Actual payments as a mercenary are terrible. The real money is in the war itself. The slave trade and equipment marketing is your best source of income as a mercenary.

[@johndymond4596]

If anyone has money issues in this game I can never understand how. I barely use workshops or caravans and I have 2 mil on average at all times

[@billyharley8295]

those are rookie influence numbers, you need to pump those up

[@d.f.rizaldi36]

How to regen smithing stamina?

[@Flesson19]

waiting in town or a castle. Not in a village, but also when waiting to attack a hideout does it

[@d.f.rizaldi36]

@@Flesson19 thanks!

[@baltazar8130]

Send companion as caravan...

[@thomasmain5986]

Learn how to play the games in the Taverns, that's 500g guaranteed for every town you stop at.

[@Flesson19]

I tried it a couple times and just wasnt that good at it

[@thomasmain5986]

@@Flesson19I play the Empire game as the defender. Simple enough defend the central area, keep taking the black peices that the AI pushes in, when you have cleared about half of the black peices, clear a path to the edge for your king and you have won. Easy money.

[@kencolina3579]

Crafting orders does not show up in my smithing menu at all. Where do I find this?

[@Flesson19]

Soeey it's so late, toutube held tour comment l, did you find it

[@SandraMaljkovic]

He kinda sounds like negan from twd

[@Flesson19]

most say Kevin from the Office

[@jaxzor]

blacksmithing is way faster and less boring and makes far more gold than fkin trading shit... in 5h you`ll have BS 300 and 5million gold. later on you`ll just visit towns and do some orders 100k each...

[@mos4396]

👍

[@doomtyran6490]

This is still a very good guide better than all others I’ve seen around recently in google. Thank you and good job!

[@Flesson19]

Thank you, it is my very old one, check the link for the updated one

[@alicantasurgan9054]

smithy for nerds

[@Phobos1483]

Be respectful to* others.

[@Phobos1483]

Be mindful of others.

[@sethfischer7368]

Watched the whole add on rape culture

[@Flesson19]

Yikes, didn't know that would be on my videos

[@eduardoledesma5568]

Bruh... it has to be related to you since I've never seen such an ad.

[@jeffwagner4522]

Def worth 600$ not to be naked.

[@zwenkwiel816]

# 10 don't put all your points into control or vigour well shit, I'm off to a great start /sarcasm

[@benjaminfreeenklin8277]

Does it matter which workshop i open i mean wool etc

[@Flesson19]

yes I have a video for each patch, 1.8 is different

[@benjaminfreeenklin8277]

@@Flesson19 Should i become a merc before even speaking to all the nobles

[@Flesson19]

@@benjaminfreeenklin8277 if u mean the main quest then I would track them down first

[@benjaminfreeenklin8277]

@@Flesson19 Which faction did you join

[@benjaminfreeenklin8277]

@@Flesson19 Which faction did you join

[@TheCheekyhalfling]

I find this game too grindy for little reward

[@Flesson19]

It can be but I am trying a world conquest to get it done within 1300 days

[@mozmwhite2513]

Ten things to do in the early game: play the game.

[@hekmoglu90]

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