10 Things I Wish I'd Known about Battle Brothers before I Started!

10 little quality of life tips for new players that I wish I'd known before MY first game of Battle Brothers!
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0:00 Intro & opening thoughts
3:35 Daggering & looting armor
9:04 Retreating on 2 tiles
10:08 Retreating on enemy turn
10:42 Looting mid-battle
12:31 Misses/hits cause fatigue loss
13:13 Auto-loot for extra items
16:00 Price indicator items
16:47 Stopping at towns during caravan missions
18:24 Tavern leads on legendaries
20:00 Caravan missions generating legendary items in destination shops
21:57 Recap & conclusion

[@ninthshade7375]

STAMPS OF TIME 0:00 Intro & opening thoughts 3:35 Daggering & looting armor 9:04 Retreating on 2 tiles 10:08 Retreating on enemy turn 10:42 Looting mid-battle 12:31 Misses/hits cause fatigue loss 13:13 Auto-loot for extra items 16:00 Price indicator items 16:47 Stopping at towns during caravan missions 18:24 Tavern leads on legendaries 20:00 Caravan missions generating legendary items in destination shops 21:57 Recap & conclusion Great video! Have a wonderful day, everyone.

[@FilthyRobot]

Thanks! Pinned!

[@abdualhadii]

Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼

[@DuongBeo2612]

this is priceless

[@MartinTraXAA]

To merely be wavering when you have a dozen guys standing around you and several of them are walking up to you holding daggers while a dude in heavy armor is laughing and pointing at you... Pretty badass.

[@nahiro12345]

Yeah, he basically wants us to kill all of the victims friends/allies, surround said victim carefully, put out our daggers, and start stabbing to every hole in the armor you see. While the guy is trying to run away in vain. What a way to go... just tell him to drop the armor and let him go.. much much easier. :D

[@Dead25m]

8:30, so this is what happend to Julius Caesar

[@thomasneal9291]

he had really nice armor.

[@DCdabest]

Brutus wanted that dank Emperor Set

[@nazryabchik2303]

For the Watch.

[@cubandarknez]

My own piece of advise that I wish I had known earlier: nets! Nets are awesome. They are very cheap, you can throw them from range, and they apply a nasty debuff to melee and range defense. At the very least it can be seen as a "stun" for an annoying target, as the unit will usually spend its turn trying to get out of the net. I also like to combine nets with Filthy's Taunt strategy, as a taunted unit will not try to break out of the net (making them easy picking for my backline or nearby bros).

[@thomasneal9291]

nets are a lifesaver if you run into necrosavants in the early game.

[@frostag4821]

@@thomasneal9291 now look at this NET

[@kentknightofcaelin4537]

@@frostag4821 that i just found

[@PJ183]

I underused nets until today cause I had a 3 lindwurm encounter and holy crap it's OP

[@victordelfin3073]

@@kentknightofcaelin4537 When I say "go" be ready to throw!

[@Rufert]

tip 293: Excreting a dog into an enemy spearwall will not trigger the spearwall tip 294: Ammunition don't always cost the same in the same town, buy alternating stacks.

[@Rufert]

Also when paying and feeding your men the game does it from top left to bottom right. Meaning that if you run out of food or money halfway through the first brothers are more likely to be paid/fed. If you're running out of money or food and can only pay/feed some. It's a good idea to put people who are less likely to leave in the bottom right.

[@shadowwarior2231]

since this comment is 4 years old idk if you are still alive of not but the feeding thing has changed and now they eat what is about to go bad and save the fresh foods for later!

[@xXBamboostick3Xx]

@@shadowwarior2231 that's not what he's talking about

[@shadowwarior2231]

@@xXBamboostick3Xx yup you right lol holy shit its been 6 years from his comment!

[@misteral9045]

Tip #11: In the early game, the contracts you chose can greatly influence how successful you are down the road, since contracts will be your only reliable source of income. A relatively small tip, but if a town is offering multiple contracts, you can cycle through all of them by selecting the "I need to think about this before I sign" option. Once you click on a contract, you are not necessarily locked into that contract. Contract selection comes in two phases: #1 drawing the contract. This is the part where the contract-giver explains the situation, and you bargain for how much the contract will pay. Regardless of your reputation with the town, you can always demand more pay one time without any consequence. #2 signing the contract. At this point you have three options. You can sign the contract, and you will be locked into it. Failing to complete the contract or breaking the contract will hurt your reputation with the town as well as your fame. You can say "I need to think about this before I sign" which will leave the contract drawn up (in the town screen the contract scroll will now have a feather pen on it) but you don't lose reputation or fame. The third option is to decline the contract. This will lose you reputation with the town. I find this information very useful for shopping through lots of contracts without making all the towns hate me. There is no reason to ever pick the "I decline this contract" option. In the early game it's hard to determine the true difficulty of a fight, and whether or not you should take it, so shop away!

[@cubandarknez]

i disagree with "contracts will be your only reliable source of income". I usually end up barely breaking even with contracts (with item repairs, food costs, treatments). The fastest way to amass wealth at the start is with trade goods. Find a small village that sells trade goods, do the contracts there to drop the prizes, then sell those trade goods at a city/port/large village (preferably with 'ambushed trade routes' as that skyrockets prices).

[@Dead25m]

Maybe pick your contracts better then, i almost always go out on a gain. The exception being for some caravan escorts where i can't avoid unexpectedly large enemy numbers

[@andrewneilan4234]

Feather pen? Heh. I believe they're called quills, but yeah. And thank you for the advice on contracts. I just bought this game yesterday. My brother's been playing it the past 2-3 years, having never had any major complaints (and he's real critical) and I figured I'd give it a try. Reminds me of a combination of darkest dungeon and mount & blade.

[@legostarwarszadzi]

@@andrewneilan4234 exactly and there are my 2 favourite games

[@BananenbaumEY]

800 hours in this game, still learned some stuff. well done sir!

[@rasmus97able]

First time a ten things i wish i'd known before playing video had ten things i actually didn't know

[@FatSharpton]

I liked battle brothers before, but after I saw your guides it really unlocked the game for me. Great game, great channel, great guide.

[@FilthyRobot]

Glad you like them!

[@KrautKranky]

I picked it up on sale yesterday and I'm hooked omg. Thanks for the video!

[@thebrewster]

I just picked it up on sale, didn't watch any videos until now. Struggled thru trial and error, but that's how I enjoyed it! Still glad I stumbled upon this

[@kingnoodle8785]

Even as a veteran BB player I found this video interesting and even learned a thing or two. Great work!

[@aleksandrsverchkov375]

Regarding taverns, you can pay no money for rumors - just pause the game, leave the town and go back. The rumor will be changed, and you can do it as many times as you want in contrast to the paid rumors.

[@ex.O]

Ahh the uTorrent method, nice!! Just like my game, JK XD

[@sleep3417]

2 years ago

[@BX--nq6gf]

Where's the fun in that?

[@chazdomingo475]

@@sleep3417 2 years ago

[@MichaelJ44]

Meh. Even though it’s a 4 year old comment. This just destroys the RPGness. Like saying in Minecraft, “Instead of mining, just go in creative and spawn diamonds”

[@Flashback2020]

I just started playing Battle Brothers this weekend. I watched one of your other videos before starting but didn't watch this one until 2 days of playing. These tips are great and I can't wait to start using them.

[@cryoshakespeare4465]

Really helpful, I picked up the dagger trick after watching a fair number of your videos, but there's definitely other great advice here. Cheers!

[@mrbunnyban]

This was a very good video. I knew these already but it's useful for new players. Good job!

[@566467]

I love battle brothers as well! Nice tips! For the indicator items, I would use "unusually large wolf pelt". Good price will be selling above 40 or 39-38 crowns. Bad sell would be 37 below. The pelt is worth 200.

[@kerravon4159]

I've just started playing this game and I'm getting totally annihilated so this stuff is all gold that will certainly improve my chances. Thanks for the great tips.

[@OMFGWTFBBQKKTWNTY]

Really reminds me of Kripp when he had passion and drive in a game he truly loved. Subbed and about to binge all yer vids!

[@timthielke3541]

Most important thing that took me a while to learn was that you can repair the items in your inventory. And for most armors and helms, that's not worthwhile. But for most weapons, especially the high priced ones, you can make a ton more money. Although you have to keep buying a bunch of tools whenever possible. Also, how do you "auto-loot?"

[@L330ne]

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing. I really like your videos and absolutely love this game so far, even though im a total noob.

[@dirt0133]

Great video. What a FANTASTIC game. THanks for turning me onto this Filthy.

[@viniciusdesouzamaia]

Filthy, loved the tips, especially about caravans and famed items. Suggestion for future videos: could you include a summary in the description or an annotation in the video about the different tips you're gonna give and when in the video you talk about them? It makes for easier viewing when I'm not interested in all of them. Cheers!

[@whiskizyo2067]

why dont you make annotations on your desktop sticky notes/notepad with the above info? never have to worry about it again :D

[@viniciusdesouzamaia]

Wow, great advice bro.

[@AoE2Replays]

i mean this guys kinda gets bogged down when he explains things. its okay though no ones perfect

[@Narri89]

Thanks for the video. I haven't played in ages and this helped me to get back to game.

[@deanogletree]

Great video dude. I just bought the game this past weekend. Very helpful.

[@muffintopmd]

Great video man. Honestly didn't know how armor loot drops worked in BB. Will definitely change my mid game strats.

[@anticipatedfish6431]

Dawg this is still helping people out 5 years later, ur a certified legend

[@paxluporum4447]

6 now lol

[@ahmedabduljabar6269]

Awesome Video there was actually advices that I didn’t know as the majority of similar videos will not not have that.. Thanks :)

[@pisojohnkevin905]

Wow. Taunt seems like a crucial skill,I will use this on my next mercenary. Thanks for the tips 😆

[@epicc00kie1]

i don't know how but pretty much every single one of you tips and tricks video are done really well and actually helpfull

[@admortem8901]

that was great,loved your insights.

[@NicoSteiner]

@FilthyRobot Thank you for all your valueable videos. Before I found them, my guys always got ripped into piece around day 40. After watching your tipps & tricks & tutorials I had an instant run to day 102 - my company still in best shape ever, decent amount of money. Thanks to you I am now in good control over what is happening and things are running just fine.

[@FilthyRobot]

Fantastic!

[@NicoSteiner]

@@FilthyRobot It needed an Ork camp with Warlords I stumbled into to bring this run down. Next try I will apply some more of your tipps I found meanwhile and will certainly do even better. Thx again - your explanations and teaching skills are outstanding.

[@draiguk]

Love the tips thanks a lot, game is amazing

[@DRox86]

Just revisiting this video after watching it at least once before and I just have to say that this video is indeed, priceless…thank you

[@nicolas4062]

I learn so many things with the video and the comentary section, thank you all !

[@grognardgames3203]

Old but just got the game. It is very cool. I’m finding it almost impossibly hard on easy mode. I worked my way up to 12 brothers. But every available battle now is wiping me every time.

[@tomvos5594]

Tip #12: You don't have to pay money in the tavern to get those rumors; just going in and out of the tavern gives you new rumors aswell ;)

[@thedirtywoodsman604]

Just found your vid, subscribed. Thanks for the epic 10 list man!

[@FilthyRobot]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Ty-bz7zx]

Good info... just picked BB back up... can't remember squat. =))

[@YoungGarrett]

Really great stuff!

[@CrazyRandomLord]

I wish the game was more lenient on retreats. The wounds are brutal and to mobilize a whole army to an edge adds ridiculous amounts of time to an already slow burning game. I'm not saying it should be risk free but I think it should decrease the chance or severity of a wound the closer you get to the edge. Or maybe make probability of sustaining a retreat wound based on proximity to enemies.

[@larryzeka5011]

Great vid man. Much appreciated

[@Gladiator560]

This was rly helpfull tipps! Thank u ! 😊

[@hurricanefist]

Funny thing this popped up in my recommended as soon as I buy this game. Must have sold a lot on sale.

[@olgoodwin]

With about 150h in the game few tips were still new to me - thanks!

[@Skyscraper125]

Thanks for the advice! Here I go again for another iron man run... This is just what I needed to get myself back into the game after a 90 day iron man run (albeit I had completely misaligned all my stats and perks on my guys cause it was first successful run that got off the ground). I think there should be a big "NOTE" on every BattleBrothers guide saying "IT'S SITUATIONAL." There's basically nothing in this game that is a "must have" or "You need to do this." Something that is great against goblins will suck against orcs, or be wonderful against undead, but terrible against necrosavants, etc etc. The variability you MUST HAVE in the game is so fething complex it reminds me of Mount & Blade so fething much it's so fething good.

[@cleanguy2822]

The dagger part actually blew my mind lol

[@etsilverman3937]

TY!!! This is excellent work!

[@hommhommhomm]

The armor drop may have changed. I think it always drops if it's above certain durability and for helmet there's the same treshold but the chance is always x% if it's above the treshold, 0% otherwise.

[@user-fn8ym6wy7m]

It was really helpfull thanks man!

[@keepvigilantdebruijn5826]

Thank you man, i came across this game this week and was instantly hooked to it. These will help my squad purge the greenskins ravaging the land.

[@DCdabest]

I wish legendary weapons had an 100% drop regardless. Fighting through a horde of bandits or orc warriors just to watch it vanish into thin air is frustrating. Even if they haven't attacked that often with them. Just had a Hedge Knight with a unique sword vanish after I knifed him to death.

[@duedman-alleswasknallt5775]

They do drop 100% now. Armors too

[@DCdabest]

@@duedman-alleswasknallt5775 I know. Happy days.

[@ultimatox]

Great tips!

[@pyrrhus17]

Great stuff

[@drago1943]

Really helpful, thank you.

[@rielochoa4786]

Good tips, thank you bro

[@spaceman9599]

Tough but brilliant game. Thanks for helping with the learning curve

[@CsStoker]

I got a necromancer on my 6th day of the tutorial and wiped out my whole company. Thanks RNG

[@PJ183]

Had an ancient auxiliary/legion contract without realizing on the 4th. Awesome game.

[@paleface171]

I didn't think that a game of bloody checkers would turn out pretty good. I'm glad I gave it shot, I am really enjoying it so far.

[@thomasneal9291]

the tavern tips aren't nearly as useful for finding legendary items as he suggests here. most of the time, they reference the nearest monster den, and dens that are close to cities rarely have legendary items in them. it's a bit more useful if you run a wide circuit around the town and clear any dens first. then, any tips you get will be for dens further away from the town. if you get the same den being mentioned in different towns, and they both say it is far away, those are the good ones to go for. usually you can triangulate based on the compass direction given. but yeah, in general, legendaries get more common the further away from town you get. also, another big tip he did not mention at all... save scumming. before you enter a town for the FIRST time, make sure you save the game, you can load that save over and over again, and the town will have different items for sale, and different mercs for hire. however, once you enter a town, the town's 'seed' is set, and you cannot ever get it to randomly give you different loot again. it will change inventory periodically, but not randomly. so, go slow, make sure you save before entering a town for the first time, especially if it is a big town with both weapon and armorsmith or fletcher. also a good way to find that specific recruit you are looking for. yes, you can save scum your way to multiple hedge knights in your first week if you want, or grab that cultist right off the bat.

[@lov3masterns]

Oh really, thank you so much for that save-scumming tip, it will help me a lot since I am filthy hardcore save-scummer! :D No... Really I am! :) I always tend to save when I enter a town, so when I try out recruits I can always reload to save money. Never thought that the actual seed is being already determined because I entered the said town. Nice tip dude! :)

[@snakethefox9586]

I don't really consider it a "big tip" he missed; that's literally an exploit of the game's code (or a cheat, if you want to put it simply). It's like if there was a bug where clicking a character 3 times quickly on the battle map broke the game and gave them invincibility: using that bug to your advantage wouldn't be a mere "tip", would it? I'm not judging how people play a singleplayer game or using "cheat" derisively, everyone can make their own definition of fun. It's just a peeve of mine when I see cheats being referred to as tips that everyone should (ostensibly) be using.

[@peterlyons1680]

Well based off this and another video I’m all in for 70! Thanks for the great video

[@fightcancer]

Thanks for this!!

[@TheKlier]

WOW!!! That loot tip and indicator item!! Awsome !!! Keep the good work FilthyRobot!!!!

[@joseburgos4086]

Thanks very much!

[@planetoftheweek]

after 300 hours i didnt know most of those tips, really useful thx

[@Warsun-Warspike]

Cool guide.TY!

[@kuchenmann1337]

thanks mate, you help me so much

[@feorh1919]

great tips. thanks

[@zackarybrown6752]

Well that was helpful. Hopefully I can now do a little better at staying alive. I'm great at full team wipes.

[@TubeofDestiny]

Haha wow you can loot the resurrecting foes' weapons? That's genius! and hilarious :D

[@MaestroGradius]

Overhype Studios, the company behind Battle Brothers, supports a game called "Realms Beyond: Ashes of the Fallen" and may even write for it! It's a classic single-player RPG featuring a party-based character system and tactical turn-based combat evolved from the SRD 3.5e ruleset. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ceresgames/realms-beyond-ashes-of-the-fallen/description

[@stavenid]

Holy shit, played over 100h didnt know you could pick up arrows and drops on the ground in a fight

[@MasterObservato]

They come from hours and hours of gameplay. I think he just figured out the "melee hits on your shield deplete your stamina" bit on the last KZbin video (which is a month old but still)

[@AmericanMadeTV]

Same lol

[@mariovega6282]

Most excellent!

[@toddjohnrobba3706]

Legend thanks brother

[@ZXM162]

Excellent! I thought that I knew everything about this game but 7 of those were new to me. I'll try them when the new dlc comes out in about 2 hours. Thanks!

[@relictusimperator8647]

Oh dang this game does look pretty awesome despite its simple looking premise and graphics!

[@TamrenStarshadow]

If you do a caravan early in the game and it generates a legendary item you can't afford yet, how long will it stick around before the town replaces it's inventory with something else?

[@wanteds2]

I'm late to the party but this was great stuff, tnx mate.

[@FilthyRobot]

Big BB content update coming in August!!

[@nnmmnmmnmnnm]

Useful tips.

[@AndersMurberg]

That fallen hero example, oh my god im so annoyed i didn't know about that!

[@DimitriDelCastillo]

Thank you. I suck so hard at this game and now I know why!

[@mars.unreal]

At around 13.00-14.00 you mentioned your Recommended Settings. Where can i find them? :>

[@DyingCr0w]

I come from the future to add a few things. It's very possible to make a lot of money repairing looted items to sell. Better done with caravan missions (as hard as they are), so towns get cheap tools. IIRC, tools repair a certain %, while every % on an item adds to it value. It's a simple math thing. Mid to high end gear is very worth it (IIRC, stuff looted from undead is profit if repaired, unless tools were really expensive). Noble wars are an excellent way to make tons of money - while being far from the real end game.. lots of high end regular gear that can be repaired and sold for a great profit. This is not end game, it's just a map change. Really enjoy the dynamics it brings, we can help shape the map :) Very early game this is not practical, of course. Need the cart and run some caravan missions to get cheap tools and raise rep, but it does add up very much. When really well supplied, vendors will have the most famed items, late game, and they can be pretty fukin good. If you want lots of famed items in late game and have the means to pay for them (using the method above), look for caravans to the same town. Items in the wild may not be better then vendor items, just free. I really like this feature in Battle Brothers, they make it look like the noble wars are "the shit" and then you go over to the black monolith and get annihilated. It's still a good "end game" thing, but it's so dynamic, it's worth it to keep playing. Unless you get undead and necrosavants, then you're completely fucked. GG. 🙄 RNG is all over the place, of course, but absurdly good gear is mandatory for the real end game. Most of it will have to be purchased from towns. Some will have to be from quests. Or something very special. As a side note, if the crew on this video was to run black monolith, they would all be dead in 10 turns or less 😑

[@daminguez]

Thx! :)

[@janovmi2]

do monolith or orc/goblin cities respawn ??? can i do monolith multiple times ??

[@koffeemonsta]

so on the picking up the weapon its just clicking on the body?

[@infectionSincross]

thank you

[@sacrificesacrifice178]

Thanks

[@sierra7534]

Very useful. Thank you! Can you do a video on weapons? I've always wondered if there's an advantage to using an axe over a sword over a mace over a scythe etc.

[@residentmanager4507]

Sword has bonus to hit. Axe has higher head shot chance. Mace drains stamina.

[@PJ183]

Mace does drain alot of endurance, though it's a great stun weapon. It also damages armor quite often, if you care about that..

[@AnjoItable]

I use peat bricks as price indicator since it costs exactly 100. Castles and the huge towns usually buy it for 120+g, with good relations around 130+. So afaik im getting that (sell price) - 100 as the percentage of profit i'm gonna get if i sell my loot on that settlement. obv this doesnt work on settlement that produces peat bricks. I think that's how it works. or is it? not sure. what's happening? 🚬

[@photosyntheticzee9915]

I was thinking this game needs a better tutorial, but watching your videos on it, there’s just so much stuff! It would be a long and miserable tutorial.

[@TOUGHxBASTURD]

goooood boy

[@darkmatteracid2353]

Tip #690: Using your hands against an Orc Warlord is not recommended. You will be turned into a human pretzel

[@marksallai2289]

I need to learn from these tips tough game keep loosing men and never enough money to buy decent gear but a very addictitive game

[@DCdabest]

I never knew that about auto loot.... aww maaan, that's handy!

[@user-mo3vs9ox6p]

thx

[@pipenissen4393]

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting - Sun Tzu

[@Lightbarer6]

Your first tip. I usually stay away from niche weapons lik flails and daggers. But thats just me

[@LetsPlaymaker]

thanks for making me a ... slightly... better battle brother \o/

[@milesg7877]

My campaigns never get that far, the taunt tip seems a bit later in the game

[@dariolazarte1959]

Actually you can pick up it at lvl 2 or 3 xD