Can A Noob Make 1M Denars In 1 Year?! Bannerlord Beginner's Smithing Guide

So you've played Bannerlord for a few days now, but you still can't figure out how to make buckets of ducats? Fear not, this video will show exactly how to make 1M denars in less than 1 year using ONLY tactics that beginner's could implement.
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[@BIG30RDS]

"We just need somebody with a pulse, they get the same treatment. Strip them down and sell everything." the most Bannerlord thing ever .

[@Strat-Guides]

Haha reminds me of Rimworld too :D

[@RockAndStoneBrothers]

🤣

[@mattgchev]

Sounds like my first date

[@MusMasi]

@@mattgchev fbi have entered the chat........

[@Shmurlax]

we can see that the dude in the thumbnail miniature is JEW

[@ohuckabee]

Imagine being the governor of a city and you just see this Carrot Top lookin' guy in a loincloth walk in, take up residence in one of the blacksmith forges, and not even a year later you find out he's been single-handedly outfitting most of your army and also just bought the governorship out from underneath you.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol it takes some brass balls to run around in a loincloth like that :) He earned every penny of that fortune!

[@hazdaman95]

Netflix, where you at

[@arrynroyce72]

"I'm never going to financially recover from this..."

[@chumnutzly]

@@Strat-Guides seems like he'd end up getting burned lol.

[@jensenraylight8011]

everytime this "Carrot Top lookin' guy in a loincloth" coming into any city, people in town will tremble in fear, because he got crazy expensive Swords and he was looking to Destroy your entire town economy by selling those Swords

[@MusMasi]

Curved blades sell for more because usually they have to be imported all the way from Hammerfall.

[@timmyingelbrecht6977]

Curved swords I tell you! Curved!!!

[@stevenpadilla2254]

*pins comment*

[@timmyingelbrecht6977]

@@stevenpadilla2254 Can you believe that?

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol!

[@johnstanley2108]

Or from gielinor (if you get the reference) 😂

[@Donjic1999]

Strat gaming always manages to be funny while holding a straight tone

[@Strat-Guides]

The magic of editing ;) Thanks for watching!

[@MusMasi]

reminds me of Matt Easton

[@super8bitvideos]

welcome to youtube, where this is a widely respected trait. Hope you enjoy your stay here.

[@GatorSixCharlie]

I have to say I appreciate how efficient this video is - straight to point, zero fat... Thank you, this was extremely helpful for me as a new player.

[@Strat-Guides]

Thank you! I try to cram as much as I can quickly, maybe a bit too quickly sometimes lol but I guess replays are free :)

[@victorwisp]

yes, as a new player that started on realistic, a unthinkable way to play the game, glad i stumbled on the vid

[@MoAliMazhar]

@@victorwisp well realistic mode is not that hard

[@charalamboskyriakou840]

If you find a 2h sword that has a cost of 1 crude and 3 wrought iron and add a wooden pomel of 1 wood cost, when you smelt it you will receive 2 crude 2 wrought and 1 wood back. 1 Crude + 1 coal = 1 Wrought. So you never need to buy iron materials to keep grinding to unlock all tier 2. Your only cost is wood to make coal, the cheapest of the smithing materials. You can spam craft -> smelt all day long as long as you have stamina and coal.

[@BIGPAPADILF]

I used your smithing guide from a while back. I got lucky and got that green two handed grip that adds stats as one of my first upgrades. Ended up with somewhere around 5 mil by the end of the first year. I then got all the best companions, outfitted us all with excellent gear, hired some troops, and set down my path to conquering the map. Much appreciated good sir! Great vids, love the hustle!

[@Strat-Guides]

Oh wow 5M in 1 year is pretty nuts! I think it's a bit slower now since they change the parts to unlock 1 tier at a time, but at least it's much more reliable now and less RNG. Thanks for watching, glad the videos are helping :)

[@michelwitzik1574]

@@Strat-Guides Dear Strat Gaming would you mind making a Analyse Video series like this for Mount & Blade Warband? I know, even I myself dont play it very often since Bannerlord went Early Access but nevertheless id love to watch deep analysis Videos about. I already know your answer, so you dont have to, but I had to ask.

[@AWretchedMan]

​@@Strat-Guides how do you equip gear for companions etc?

[@Selfency]

@@AWretchedMan In the inventory screen, at the top you'll see arrows. Click these to cycle through your companions.

[@SQUDIKUS]

@@AWretchedMan you will see an arrow inthe inventory menu at the top, click one of them and it will cycle characters

[@tomsbasement4884]

I did not know sales price was the indicator for xp gain and part unlock chance! I still think the hardest challenge of smithing is finding towns with enough denars to buy your stuff. Making eight swords per rest cycle that sell for 33-35k each turns the game into easy mode.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah I've probably spent 300 hours or so making smithing guides haha so I have a ton of data to fall back on :) One cool trick you can use when you have too much stuff to sell (loot, crafted items, etc.) is to sell items to villages you own. You'll sell at a loss, but they will slowly filter tha great to the closest town and pay you back the money for it. I use it often in the late game. If you don't own a fief yet then you're SOL lol

[@sral5810]

@@Strat-Guides it also works to have a second party in your clan that you can barter with, dump the blades on them (preferably high trade companions) and enjoy the ai selling

[@matejbosela9093]

Curved sword blades usually have much higher cut damage multiplier than the straight sword blades. The game picks the highest damage out of the available categories (cut, thrust, blunt, lance/brace) and disregard the other categories. So, thats why curved swords with lets say 4.0 cut multiplier sell for more than 3.6 cut + 2.1 thrust multiplier straight swords as the game will compare 4.0 vs 3.6 multiplier. Or even worse, the secondary damage component can lower the price in some cases (like a spiked mace heads). This is the case only if you go A/B method where the weapons are identical except the blade/mace head.

[@Strat-Guides]

I thought that might be the case BUT I've seen a few examples where that isn't the case. I usually just AB test the longer length blade and most of the time the curved blades end up being the best. Thanks for watching!

[@matejbosela9093]

@@Strat-Guides yeah, its definitely working weirdly, however my the rule of thumb after like 300h irl of smithing (most of the time spent ingame, alongside tournaments, horse swap selling and clearing hideouts - i otherwise autoresolve most of my battles for tactics+medicine lvl up) is that the price goes swords > axes > polearms > maces (usual average price with 200 smithing and no lucky modifier is 34k>26k>17k>10k per piece and with all the resources except thamasken/damascus steel, weapon types are in the same order as above). This is on top of the previous info. However, many things could have changed since last I played 1.8.0 beta after the smithing exploit fix,so take it with a grain of salt.

[@matejbosela9093]

@@Strat-Guides oh, and also there are some length weird ass moments when you get +1-2 damage with slightly shorter blade than the max.

[@jamoecw]

@@matejbosela9093 i find that difficulty, tier level and material are a factor. that being said for money printing a high tier blade that uses crap material (like the tier 4 spiky chopper in the video) will be more worth it as the stamina cost of making the materials (or buying higher end stuff to smelt) just isn't worth it for the couple extra thousand.

[@fendelphi]

I have found that swing speed also affects price. A weapon with a higher cut damage(I think it was 84 vs 82), but worse swing speed(91 vs 93) was only worth 70% of the price of the less hard hitting, but faster two-handed sword.

[@user-mq1up2fw4r]

Just in case anyone wanted a money making 2 handed at a higher level, I've made a 29k 2H sword with the following. LVL 4 Heavy Saber Blade LVL 5 Knobbed Bronze Guard LVL 4 Reinforced Jewelled Two Handed Grip LVL 4 Western Lobed Pommel Takes 2 steel and 4 fine steel to make, and is the best combo I've found so far

[@Appathetic_Substance_Abuse]

Ayee i found that one too lol.

[@mr.sufyanshah3916]

Have you found a better combo till now ?

[@kevestives]

did you use all parts at 100% size?

[@donbruner6683]

There's actually an even better way to make millions thrice as fast. If you start grinding for throwing axes at the start of the game, you can get an axe really early that sells for around 2.5k. Throwing axes are good because there's very few designs making it easy to get. After that, grind for javelins. A tier 5 javelin can sell for 17k, 20 if you have a perk to reduce penalities for selling smithed weapons. These recipes require more expensive materials, but you're already gonna be hunting for tribesman throwing knives which is all you'll need, and those things are like literal gold once you get going. I have trouble moving from town to town just to sell the massive amount I got, an easy 5 mil in 30 or so minutes.

[@Kay2kGer]

Agree on crafting throwing weapons. I pump out 20k javelins without the price perk

[@Afdog]

Glad to know they still didn’t fix these ridiculous javelins lol Did they make any business/caravan or any other way of making money apart from smithing exploiting viable? As I remember they were pretty useless around a year ago, last time I visited bannerlord

[@MRS1R669]

@@Kay2kGer how long does it take to reach that point tho

[@Kay2kGer]

@@MRS1R669 depends on how lucky you are to unlock high lvl parts on javs. There are only a few parts in javs compared to swords. Even with low smithing skill you can craft them with a sellprice of at least 10k and it will only cost about 2 pugios/throwing knives

[@tryshy_8523]

I've tried this and It worked decently but how do you get the higher tier resources like steel cause I'm finding it impossible to get any amount of it

[@Patrick-vv3ig]

Holfy F! I am only 50 hours into campaign mode and I didnt know the "size" slider was a slider!

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Price of the weapon is partially related to its damage. Swing damage is always higher than thrust damage and curved swords have highest swing damage and thus sell for higher price. Not having any thrust damage and only swing damage makes them even more valuable for some reason.

[@razvan8292]

Curved swords outclassing straight sword both in game and irl is the reason

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

@@razvan8292 not if you want to stab someone in the gap between 2 armor plates

[@greeninja2728]

Somehow strat continues to make guides where he breaks the game using Talewords own rules and mechanics. Absolutely loving it

[@Strat-Guides]

Haha I hope they never change so we can have some fun :) Thanks for watching!

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Great guide! Didn't know that price & XP roughly match, also that smelting gives more XP than crafting. I guess the exception are the smith orders. Not sure if it is just me, but in-game smithing seems too unbalanced (yet) that it feels a bit like cheating. At least the 100K javelins are gone :)

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah it only took me about 1000 data points when I was doing the smithing guides last year to figure that one out haha Oh boy the javelins lol those were some goofy times!

[@O.LEO.N]

This game is my new addiction. And i'm pretty sure i've lost at least two and a half hours of sleep because of it. AWESOME game! So fun!

[@barbute3684]

Floating blades on crafted swords was a nice touch to the final release.

[@areyoufcknkiddinme]

i had to dump one of the campaigns because of this shit, cant forge normal blades anymore, and decided return to the older campaign where there is already good enough weapons made. they released "overhaul", like, two patches ago, with 2h-maces and pommels for everything, didn't fucking check anything, so most of them are bugged, and reintroduced the old visual bug that was alive like 1,5 years ago. why can't we have nice things?(

[@TheCybercoco]

Pretty much my strategy for making money in this game, but rolling a Brittanian is not necessary except for a minor head start. It's crazy how I've seen people claim that smithing is overrated and not the most effective money maker, claiming that battles are better. Once you get your smithing up to a certain point (with certain unlocks), it shoots past anything in the game by miles. I could buy a fief for millions of denar and make it back within minutes.

[@aaronrobertson5141]

I come here to watch a noob make 1 million denars in a year. I find out after 300+ hours you can smith with companions and change their perks... Your videos are legendary

[@Strat-Guides]

Noice!! I'm glad you found something useful :)

[@Alfheim01]

Over 600 hours...but the same enlightment.

[@josephv6007]

@@Alfheim01 I have about 600 hours in bannerlord and just learned this. Taleworlds really didn't put anything out about how their game works, it's a little annoying.

[@tilicamihail]

why do you respond to every comment?

[@Strat-Guides]

No I don't! I miss a few once in a while ;)

[@SlimPickle]

@@Strat-Guides but everytime you do its appreciated 💪💯 jus start playing bannerlord and ur videos have saved me HOURS of figuring stuff out myself. Keep up da work mate

[@noname58456]

imagine strat gaming responds to every single comment out of 100k 🌚

[@kopazwashere]

Naked dude shows up to your shop with pack full irons, bits of what looks like is from daggers, and other people who are also naked behind them. Wait, but they have this amazing pointy sword?! SOLD you sold me on this, I guess im dumping next 2 trading companions with smithing.

[@Strat-Guides]

Haha the traveling family of nakes smiths :) Must be a sight to see!

[@sasparks1987]

When I mass Smith, I assign my spouse as a party leader, and then I go talk to her and trade her all of my 300 swords that I’ve made, and she’ll go to the next town and sell it all and it won’t destroy the economy by depleteing them their resources, and you’ll be paid out on a daily stipend percentage of it until you’re reimbursed for all of the cost of the items that you traded to her. The nice part about doing it. That way is that you don’t have to run around downtown she can sell all of her items to the next town. She goes to, and it won’t even show up as part of the local economy the stuff that she sells or the money that she depletes from the town doesn’t come out of the towns base gold.

[@crossrazor]

So been playing a few days and watched this guide and the weapons are only giving me like 200 xp and spamming refining wood is getting the smithing up fast while the weapons suck at leveling up smithing. Im on the xbox.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah the early weapons don't give much XP and hardwood refining does. The problem is you don't get part unlocks from refining hardwood so you still have to do it

[@crossrazor]

@@Strat-Guides i appreciate it. Thanks for all the vids its made my experience with this game a lot better.

[@Strat-Guides]

@@crossrazor I'm happy to hear that!

[@popaog6786]

What is the most profitable weapon to craft and what parts are used? I've tried several combinations and the most profitable i can come up with is a Javelin that sells for 23K. Simply wondering if there is any better combinations that sell for more no matter the cost to craft them.

[@Strat-Guides]

Good question, I generally don't mess with the Thamaskene steel stuff since it's a bit cost-prohibitive to make and I generally only use it for weapons I plan to fight with. If I recall from a previous guide, the 2H mountain blade sold for a ton, but I can't recall which attachments were best.

[@amocv]

Thank you very much, thats great guide. But its really annoying that i can´t save a weapon, that i can make later the same :(

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah if you're on PC you can copy/paste but if you're on console I don't think there is such a function.

[@amocv]

@@Strat-Guides I found out that you can use anywhere tier 1 Guard+Pommel+grip and it cost only 1 crude iron+5 wrought iron+1hardwood. Price drop only 500 Dinar. Important thing is Blade. Later game stamina is botteneck and waiting cost your time in real life(!), so there is Tier5 Twohanded polearms with "Long Glaive head" thats best that i can found. Most expensive, need not so much materils(4fine steel+1Hardwood) and you get lots of XP

[@jimboforuk]

doesnt work no more i think the rates are different lol

[@bunyamincuci5235]

yes, i did everything the same but i can sell for only around 2k. which is still profitable

[@deathweeler8028]

One thing I've learned about smithing is that Javilins are my bread and butter. They're cheap to make and expensive to sell. 20-25k per jav but I'm bored of just crafting them I need something else lol

[@jamiehughes5573]

Well worth the £40 on console, I can finally become the greatest blacksmith in all of calradia

[@duckorluck]

I've had Bannerlord since the month it came out and I've only logged maybe 30 hours, but I always come back to your videos because they're so entertaining. Keep up the great work man I don't even play the game as much as I want to yet you make me want to drop everything to play it some more lol.

[@Strat-Guides]

Wow, I really appreciate that Jaden! Hopefully you find some time to try it out again, it's really changed a lot since you played it last. I bought into early access when it first came out and hated it lol so I stopped for like 9 months, then when I got back into it I got hooked!

[@calebblack1420]

Bro it’s so good.

[@SirBojo4]

I've also had Bannerlord since the month it came out and I've logged for more than 600 hours, thus, I'M AUTOMATICALLY. BETTER. THAN YOU!!

[@Skully-fs5xg]

Dude, I just stumbled upon this video and figured I'd give Bannerlord another go. I love the game, but I always struggled with money. I deviated a little from your guide, but I'm at the point where I'm at 213 smithing, mass-producing a IV V IV V sword, and the dulls are going for 18k while masterworks are at 46k... I'm literally riding around in the best of everything I can have right now without a care in the world, and I'm still sitting at 800k. 🤣

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice work! 800k is a solid amount :)

[@johnsteve870]

After downloading the game and playing for a day I had a decent army size but eventually lost all my money trying to keep it up and missions where not doing much to help my finances. I watched over 20 videos and tried them all, from get rich with horses to get rich with caravans, they didn’t work for me. This one did, I made over 40k in 2h IRL. Thank you for making such this video

[@Umberman]

I've noticed that going to various tourneys is very powerful, Noble horses that are sometimes for prizes, they're worth like 10k each, and if you get really lucky, you'll have a ton of money, and if you can actually ride them in early game, they're very good

[@justsomebread1910]

A little tip for anyone crafting a ton at one time: press "esc" after crafting something instead of clicking the button. It closes that screen and you can leave the cursor on the craft button. You can spend all of your stamina in just a few seconds.

[@mariaragonese2543]

I didn't know about the tribesman daggers but the pugio is practically an infinite money glitch. I have way more high in materials than I should given the fact that I was smelting something so little

[@zalamael]

This is a good guide, but it sickens me. I worked my ass off trying to make money on my first play through, doing trading. And it was a massive pain. Then I tried this, and before I had even hired my first tier 1 soldier, I already had enough money to fully kit myself and my companion out, and buy a few workshops and caravans. This is beyond broken, surprised it was never fixed for 1.0.

[@Strat-Guides]

Oh yeah trade is horrendous in the current patch lol every since they changed the mounts it's been hard to make good money.

[@zalamael]

@@Strat-Guides Ha, thanks for replying, and thanks for your awesome guides mate. I played it briefly when it came out, and then again in 1.8. I love the game, but dear me, it needs some work. And the worst part is, nothing we are saying here is anything new, it has been talked about a lot on the forums. Still though, jack of all trades, master of none (as you mentioned in your review of the game). Play it how you wish, just be prepared for a hard slog if you want to trade instead of blacksmithing. Some people really are masochists, so let them enjoy their pain.

[@mattgchev]

I always look for wooden hammers, blacksmith hammers for basic smelting materials at the start (when I'm not using your spamming guide) and pugios for better materials. Just something I was wondering, I've noticed that damage doesn't always give bigger prices, sometimes you gotta find that sweet spot with swing speed as well.

[@wf1675]

another way you can get a million denars is to recruit lots of battainian archers crush all bandits and then raid all of sturgia independently there generally slow to respond cause of the snow and theres trees for battainians to hide in. Streching out a loose formation, follow me and slowly walking away means your archers are still shooting but the enemy shield wall can't catch up but if they charge there dead. f1 f6 stop archers if cav charge it will cut them down then go back to follow me. occasionally head back to pawn off the war gear and get more archers. raid villages to draw out there nobles and train up rookie bowman on militia walking though the village weakens the shield wall so they get shot. once you feel cocky start sieges the fians are great at them. Using this you can crush them while severely outnumbered meaning lots of renown. with the 2 renown battle perks i got clan tier 6 in 5 yrs and captured 4 towns before joining a kingdom and smacking them even harder though the fights can be a drag the speed up mod made it convenient and fun

[@zyfryth]

Once you make about 500k, you should inest into unlocking polearms... The long glavie costs 4 fine steel and sells for 31k, which is stupid LOL

[@adventure_skaut]

Smithing is completely broken in this game, there is literally no reason to run caravans or invest into workshops, just craft a bunch of ugly greatswords and sell them for thousands

[@ColinoDeani]

wow.. this was a good guide!!

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks for watching!

[@msj1117]

Thanks for making this, Strat! Never thought to respec my companions at the arena, and will be doing this a LOT for all kinds of companion builds. As always, your efforts are much appreciated!

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks for watching!

[@zeaol]

who will win, the Calradian Empire? Or one tiny boi with sum wood...

[@Strat-Guides]

He's naked too, don't forget that little detail ;)

[@meirzamsky]

well at least there arent 600k javelins anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol those were the days!

[@hugesmjfan8073]

Is there a reason why I can’t smelt weapons? I’ve been playing this game for around 30-40 hours I still don’t know how to get it to work I must be missing something or my game is bugged

[@hugesmjfan8073]

I have enough stamina, there’s just nothing on the ‘Smelt’ list even though I have plenty of weapons to smelt down. I must just be missing something

[@Strat-Guides]

I think they added it to where anything you marked won't show up on the smelt list. Did you mark those weapons by chance? The little dot all the way to the right

[@hugesmjfan8073]

@@Strat-Guidesnaw I ended up figuring it out, I think my game was bugged or something the weapons are on the list are can be smelted now thanks for your help though 🙏

[@Fortify2030]

Yes, but... why? You still can win tournaments, join faction and gain your first 1 mln by successful wars, and selling gears and prisoners, in one year

[@Be4rz]

Thanks for the awesome vid man! I just found a 2 handed blade recipe that can be created that sells for 20k+ each, might help anybody that reads this Focusing on weapon reach and maxing out size: Long Falx Blade (anti-shield blade) Curved Imperial Guard Darkened Steel Two Handed Grip Western Great Pommel

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks for watching!

[@Luduin]

We waited years for bannerlord to finally have banners, and now the formations suck because of it. At least i can grind for one week on the smithy to min max my character and its weapons only to get tired of said character, all over again.

[@harjutapa]

Another tip: while you're doing this, go around to every castle village in Battannia and recruit every noble line troop you can. I did a run using these exact strats about 6 months ago, and ended up with 120 battannian nobles. After leveling them up, that was 115 (lost a few) Fiann Champs. I never lost a battle. DEATH ARROW STORM

[@jake5773]

you can do the same thing with Khan's Guards. The 2 best units in the game by far.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol the arrows will blot out the sun? :D

[@arthurzwachte8904]

Withe the new update, i started a new empire campain, and decided to try out smithing for the first time. And now its my favorite activity haha😅

[@kopazwashere]

You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They’ve got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol true!!

[@inditiva6203]

So is there a way to do this without exploiting s-s-smithing? Ugh I had to say the word. Yuck 🤢

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol ewwww you said the word! I feel like KZbin gonna start censoring it so we'll see $%^#$%^$ instead :) I would say get to the mid game where you can take on solo noble parties, the loot and prisoners will net a good amount!

[@inditiva6203]

@@Strat-Guides that's been my current strategy. Being a merc has always been my second most profitable venture

[@gundarvarr1024]

Too many playing Dark soul game. Being naked not gonna add any bonus.

[@Strat-Guides]

Haha nudists for life!

[@kevensmhith]

easy to make 25-30k swords, show the best parts for people bro

[@Strat-Guides]

Most expensive =/= best to make money with. You can only get so many high end crafting materials, but the lower end and pretty much infinite. Also, towns only have so much money on them, so even if you spam high end weapons, you're limited by how much money they have. Both ways are valid, I just prefer this way for a beginner since managing to get higher level crafting mats takes a little more skill and knowledge.

[@DestroyerOfOgis]

*Sells same thing but processed, for a better price* "Darn it, should've done it myself."

[@ColinoDeani]

lol@ 1:39 just imagining him walking into town with his underwear spear and sword lmaooo...😂

[@malepagamer7281]

hi Strat , in one of your videos i think you had a mode were there was only npc no limit would you remember the mod .. i cant find it ....

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah I'm actually getting that campaign going this weekend! I'm super excited!! It's called Unlimited CAP - www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/2750

[@malepagamer7281]

@@Strat-Guidesty

[@AmyMoreau-k8t]

it seems like i'm lucky for the trading to get even one cheap item per day can't really go quickly

[@Glo0ze]

I see in the comments that most people seem to ignore Two handed polearms as big money printers. The advantage they have is that they are VERY light on material. I can craft a Pilum head (1iron) on a level 3 handle which makes it throwable(1 hardwood) and sell his bad boy with the relevant perks for 11k each. compared to the 2 handed sword from the vid which sells for 13k but requires 4 times the amount of iron and even extra wrought iron its significantly cheaper to build this. Same goes for glaive and menavlion head they both consume 1 steel and 1 fine steel to get rid of higher tier crafting items. But imo the throwable pilum polearm is the best bang for buck 10k+ with perks for 1 iron is insane swords containing 3+ iron when smelted go for less than 1k in shops so you dont even have to really pick out the high tier metals to get some decent stuff

[@snik8712]

Errybody!! Whats the most expensive sword you've been able to craft? What parts??

[@jonneh8317]

It is also possible, once you hit the phase where you get moderate returns from your swords; to buy out all javelins and smelt them down to learn the VERY FEW parts that require unlocking. This is an exceptionally rapid weapon type to max out on; with the highest tier javelin needing something like 1 iron or steel, 1 fine steel and 1 hardwood to create something that sells for >20k. A pugio/highland throwing dagger and wooden hammer is all you need to print this obscene amount of money. ~300gp for >20k gp. Make that make sense. On the plus side, you can easily make such javelin for all your companions to equip for virtually 0 cost; and they hit like a truck.

[@pvlshka]

raw game, full of holes and exploit. I always avoid such things

[@Spidergod]

Phew been smithing on the PS5 version and it has been taking ages, still only got level 1 items unlocking on 2 handed swords. Will follow this guide a bit more closely from now on.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah if you use the craft/smelt method, you'll be in the big money within an hour or two.

[@Spidergod]

@@Strat-Guides Thanks for the guide, having a little break from bannerlord 2 and playing the new cod game.

[@arne1881]

I don't know why, but the hard wood joke cracked me up haha. Ahh, good old penis jokes.

[@rodi8266]

seems reasonable that curved blades are the most expensive more cut dmg = more money lol i guess TW doesnt value the thrust

[@saltymike8871]

What weapons should I be focusing on buying to smelt for good materials?

[@Strat-Guides]

Pugio are probably the best in the game for smelting!

[@mehmetpolatkocak9477]

Try to unlock two handed polearm fully. Then use best header(which is rank 5 and the longest one) then use rank 3 pole which gives thrown option. Make those 2 option longest. It’s the highest value weapon (sth. like 33k)

[@robertwildschwein7207]

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[@InglouriousFrogs]

I cant get find any hardwood in any town wtf

[@jamesrahe5287]

Amazing video! You misspelled beginner though. :)

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol typical! I'm so bad at catching that stuff, let me fix it now. Thanks for the heads up!

[@jamesrahe5287]

@@Strat-Guides you're welcome!

[@jonathanweed308]

Just a little tip as I have done this myself. Instead of clicking the Smelt button (or whatever the button happens to be on the screen) you can spam Enter and it makes it faster.

[@marodoix4090]

for smithing i personally recommend checking the best cutting damage weapons. As i tested they give the best prices overall. So more cutting damage = more cash.

[@dronwasd]

Very cool guide, thx man

[@Raums]

In campaign mode you start near Poros and can do the same hog slaughter for easy money straight away 😊 then head over to Battania

[@friendly_krakenletsplays7212]

Liked and subscribed because you are the FIRST KZbinr I see that does a 10 min video AND a full walkthrough 1h video on the SAME topic. I always wondered why NOONE does this!

[@raidermaxx2324]

i like this channel and all, but the thumbnail is pretty anti-semitic, im not gonna lie.. that little old dude with the big nose, and having to do with "making 1 million sheckles" as a noob.. checks off all theNAZI jew tropes.. so just be careful with that. im sure you dont hate jews, but its pretty easy to push stereotypes based on supposedly "innocent" memes, but it doesnt change the fact, that it comes from a long history of anti-semitic memes that go waaaaay beyond 4chann and the internet. just sayin.. still thumbed up, still subscribed, just making an observation is all

[@Strat-Guides]

Honestly it never even occurred to me when I posted it until someone brought it to my attention. It's from the Harry Potter movies, which I'm a fan of. I'm not aware of any antisemitic accusations against the movies, but then again I don't really follow that stuff so it very well may have happened and I'm just ignorant of it. I actually had some great Jewish friends in college and a little after, certainly have to issues with them or any race/religion for that matter. I understand where you're coming from and I do appreciate you bringing this up. Often times I live in my own little world lol so it can help to have a dose of reality from those who are better connected to what's going on. I pretty much wake up in the mornings and watch the kids, then work on KZbin videos/business stuff, then watch the kids at night and go to sleep. No TV, news, etc. I don't have time to "keep up with the times" it feels like lol. Thanks again man

[@AncientSlugThrower]

The quick start tip with the hogs is fantastic, and it work in Poros as well from my recent playthrough.

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice! It's always helpful to start with 3-4k instead of 1k :)

[@applejuiceman]

Forged in fire: psychopath edition

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol it will KEEEEL :D

[@Elzelgator]

Shop owner: You cannot believe what I saw! A naked boy, bought all of my Hogs, cut them naked and went to a blacksmith naked... a couple of days past and he was rich af... Holy Crap

[@Strat-Guides]

lol!

[@thewillofjudas]

How to make 1m denar fast Hire a shit load of fians and khans guard and be a merc.

[@emrysmyridden]

why is the economy so bad when it comes to the prices of expensive things? a top tier set of gear costs more than a town. I feel like the pricing of blacksmithing should be directly tied to the type and quantity of materials used in crafting, a small commision for skill level, and then the trade maths applied to that. Also, why are soldiers so cheap to upgrade by comparison.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah it probably needs to be tweaked a bit. Right now loot is very strong because of that.

[@sancte3982]

Dude this seems to much work.. Straight into game rush Arena with horse rewards easy 16k gold 5 min ingame into new playthrough repeat until you got all your workshops and caravans

[@Strat-Guides]

I wouldn't count of tournaments for too much longer, I'm 90% sure they will nerf it. The horses were all adjusted recently and I don't think they remembered to take them out of the prize pool LOL

[@kylekelly1167]

In my new play though of banner Lord. I joined battalions I was able to get the policies pasted for loyalty even it said no one was supporting it. But to turn off bad policies I am going have to drain everyone's influence.

[@Strat-Guides]

Interesting, so there was no opposition to the votes?! Lol that makes it much easier then :)

[@YuraKabacho]

I remember how i accidentally crafted javelin that coat 200k.. It's was t2 and t3 parts, but an older game ver. Maybe it was a bug

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah that was back in that day lol those were fun times!

[@decay7883]

Also crafting order are much more efficient in money per smithing material, it's easy to came by an order of 100k+ for a weapon that don't sell that much on the market. The most profitable are two hand polearm, since they usualy involve less high tier material and are equally profitable. Also crafting ordeer generate much more "discovery" on new smithing parts than ordinary free build, and are somewhat random because sometimes the client will be pleased even if the atcual weapon didn't reach full specifications.

[@TheCybercoco]

Yeah, this is partially why I don't only stick with 2h swords and try to max out all the 2h as quickly as I can. An easy and big boost to money, as well as renown (with the right perk) and relationship.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah once you get to a high enough level to take advantage of them, it's probably the most efficient way. I like the craft smelt early because you don't have to move town to town and you can keep a small party (low overhead) while you're grinding the XP.

[@HellYeah.McKracken]

A shield disarm ability would be an awesome thing to see added to the game. Instead of having to literally break somebody's shield to pieces you should be able to knock it out of their hand with a forceful enough blow. or even when it's filled with javelin's or throwing axes if it became like a level zero handling item to where it's really slow to move around

[@MasterChiefPettyOfficer]

I don't that would be realistic, at least in that direct way you describe. Because often you had your shield directly stripped to your arm and for further loosing protection, a wider strap from the shield around your shoulders. But what I would love to see implemented as a different way to solve your suggestion, make the pilum a 2 or even 3 stack throwing weapon and give it a special thing where if you hit a shield the wearer has to drop it. Because that's exactly what the pilum was designed for.

[@fabf77]

In warband there were weapons that had a chance to do damage through the shield. But TW is determined not to use the positive mechanics that their previous games had.

[@Cassandra112]

yeah, its clearly a tech/performance thing. javs, etc just break shields. While the reality is they should weight them down, making them useless/too slow to use. it would be really cool, if they multiplied shield weight, and that made drawing shields slower and slower. but yeah, clearly a game compromise to simply break them instead.

[@fendelphi]

I like the idea of throwing weapons adding weight or decrease handling/speed to things they are stuck on(be it armor, a horse or a shield). That said, I dont want shields to become obselete either. They are necessary to avoid the game devolving into ranged spam. Shield formations are often tightly packed and slow, so they are vulnerable to flanking and being outmaneuvered.

[@NosyNorseman]

Level 25 trade perk - Appraiser (easy to get) 15% decrease in sell price penalty for equipments is woth it before you start selling.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah the 25 perks are pretty good!

[@chumnutzly]

Is this strategy still viable with the latest patch?

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah, it should still all be good to go in the latest patch!

[@chumnutzly]

@@Strat-Guides thx! just love your videos man. keep up the good work! I'm thinking of joining your pattern. Is there extra content, or is it mainly just extra support?

[@antontitris3293]

You can make 999999 m in 1 in game hour. Just cimpete at the arena...

[@lucho9911]

Hopefully they fix graphic glitch of the blade not connecting to the guard. Ik its a small thing but the visual just annoys me

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah it's pretty funny at first but then get's old quickly :P

[@steveroffey9245]

I unlocked all parts to the Two-handed sword. Do you know which combination of parts is most valuable to sell?

[@Strat-Guides]

The blade is probably the Mountain blade, not sure about the components though since there's a ton to test and they don't make a massive difference to the price.

[@Gondawn]

Waaaait. Did they not fix bugged visuals on some of the crafted weapons even in the official release version? -_-

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol nope, if you make components larger, they don't scale :P

[@Tast3seeker]

tried to follow this guide, but it is definitely not working anymore, no matter what blade or other attachments the prices will be different for every forged sword. Even if it has higher stats or even for swords with the same stats.

[@magma2680]

reminds me of the even more insane bug that used to exist where a specific type of javelin would sell for like 70k per unit, was lucky enough to stumble upon it and gained infinite money in a few minutes. Think i killed some raiders and unkowingly smelted it and gained the tier 4 part i believe, back before you had to climb 1 tier at a time

[@ThunderDragon1776]

Welp, my game crashed when I started doing this Edit: I have zero clue if I'm doing this right.

[@Strat-Guides]

If you go to the end of the video, there's a link to a full walkthrough that's about an hour long and shows all the steps in much greater detail. Hopefully that helps!

[@Cassandra112]

when you said the A B test, I thought you were going to outright do what I do, and NAME them A and B, to help ID which is which when selling.

[@Strat-Guides]

That would have been the smarter thing rather than trying to figure out which is which through inspection haha alas I'm not the brightest :P

[@mertgezent605]

1:52 we go to tavern to find just someone with a pulse and next we strip them. That sounds like a guy I used to know during 1 st year college.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol! I can confirm this - I knew a guy...

That's one of the things that make me less interested in Bannerlord. They nerfed every way to make money into the ground except smithing. So you either do this nonsense, or the game is ridiculously grindy. It used to be possible to make money on trade or caravan raiding or workshops etc. Nope, all nerfed into the ground. But smithing nonsense is as OP as ever.

[@isaacfakerxiii]

This guide is really helpful tho. I made 1millions in 120days in my first play of bannerlord. Thank you man.

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice!

[@eragonandsaphira1843]

Does this still work in the 1.2 patch?

[@Imagine_Baggins]

The chad naked millionaire smith vs. the virgin Easy sandbox player.

[@vindex7309]

Update: this start can be used at poros in the campaign for p much the same profit. Still a long ride north, but there are also two sheep villages nearby, it may be worth purchasing as many burden animals as possible and as few recruits as you need to avoid a herding penalty to make your way over, purchase the lot, and slaughter them immediately and carry the meat and hides to the next towns to make more profit. Haven’t tried greeding the villages like that yet, but the poros deals are still there to triple (or quadruple) your starting income… just pray there are lots of sheep.