Khuzait Only No Smithing Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord World Conquest

How I conquered Caldaria with the Khuzait in 25 years.
Rules: Khuzait culture equipment and troops. Companion pool and wife must be Khuzait.
No mercenary or becoming a vassal for any kingdom (including the Khuzait)
NEW RULE: No smithing!
This is the third installment in my series of 6 world conquest videos where I add a rule each time, it takes me a long time to make so I hope you enjoy it!
The video was played in version 1.1.5 and was played/recorded/edited on a laptop.
Join the Discord to stay connected between videos - / discord
This was 130 hours of gameplay and took over 100 hours to edit.
(This is a note for me in the future - at the time of posting this video 2,990 subscribers)

[@FireMN_Gamer]

Wholy crap dude, at 22:15 when you had that 2,200 army out side and that minor lord engaged talk about getting saved , that dude saved the whole kingdom 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bim_94]

Sir Romund! An absolutely incredible move! I’m so happy I’m making these videos because there’s so many moments like that I can’t imagine just keeping it to myself

[@darkranger116]

"what can men do against such reckless ha-" Romund : LLLEERROOOYYYYYYYYY JJJEEENNKKIIINNNSSSSS

[@bim_94]

Hahaha lord of the rings AND legendary WoW references in one comment, bloody good stuff 🤣🤣🤣

[@Flesson19]

EPIC, the one thing I notice you do so well, is know when to give up. You can always get a fief back but getting your defeated army is a nightmare. More people need to learn that.

[@bim_94]

Particularly these squishy Khuzait troops! I could never have enough war horses and there were enough army wipes as it was!

[@chiiloutbro]

*Save scums*

[@bim_94]

@@chiiloutbro no save scum I’m afraid, just ironman scum lol

[@infusedj9498]

flesson, Clausewitz talked about this in On War

[@matthiasthulman4058]

​@infusedj9498 Cede ground, not men. Mao also spoke on this concept, pretty much said what op said.

[@Bannerlordlovers]

CANT WAIT. Edit: after concluding the video glad you were able to get out of debt but I m quite sad that the khan here passed.

[@bim_94]

LETS GOOOOOOOO

[@Heyo-s3t]

SAME HERE

[@bim_94]

Just read the edit - honestly when that ‘caught an illness’ happened I had to step away for a second, I went straight to discord in a frenzy as this had never happens before!

[@Bannerlordlovers]

@@bim_94I feel you in my khuzait Only campaign which I’m still playing rn my firstborn son died of natural causes. smh

[@mattiOTX]

Saw flessons post and came to check this out. I really like your narration which is concise and clearly spoken. I can hear that you enjoy the game and the script is very clean, glad I popped by for a new banner Lord channel.

[@bim_94]

Thank you! I love that Flesson he’s the most genuine, down to earth content creator - his videos are like you’re hearing tips from your big brother ❤️ Thanks for the compliments too! You should see how many takes I have to do to get it right though, definitely not a natural at this! I appreciate you’re comment though, it’s nice to meet you!

[@fox_rblx9391]

I'll be sure to check it out when it premieres! Been waiting so long

[@bim_94]

Almost as long as 1.2!

[@fox_rblx9391]

@@bim_94 Yea 5 months waiting for it to arrive, as a console player it hit me hard

[@simonthedevil452]

What a frikking AWESOME story. Thanks, dude. I'm off to work on my own...

[@bim_94]

Thank YOU my friend! Go off and kick ass 🫡

[@Hmmmstuff]

Keep this up helps me so much in my own playthroughs I must say you are good really good

[@bim_94]

Thank you! 3 more world conquests to go! (Then maybe modded conquests…?)

[@levimulder2334]

lovely video man! i usualy dont have the time to watch those playthroughs of like 50 episodes of 30 minutes but this is perfect!

[@bim_94]

Thank you! I was worried that it was getting too long but there’s not been one criticism so far!

[@holysauce4982]

This is legit my first play through cuz of how much I love cavalry and just the Mongolian vibe (I did play warband before this and even there was a kherjit main) Respect to a fellow steppe boy

[@bim_94]

Haha I played so much warband but never played Khergit khanate! When I revisit it I’m Definitely playing them! Respect back to you, Steppe son

[@joakimbrodin6175]

Great stuff as always. Really looking forward to the Sturgian campaign.

[@bim_94]

Editing the Aserai one right now, starting Sturgia after! I’m glad you like them!

[@visualstv4077]

I’ve watched all 4 episodes of this series 3 times now! Love the way you make your videos and this series is great

[@bim_94]

Haha oh wow! That’s incredible! I’m so glad you like them! They take a while so bear with me but I have 2 more kingdoms to do as well as some potential bonus ones (like bandit only etc) I hope you’ll like them too!

[@WindsOfficial]

Epic content mate as usual. Love it.

[@bim_94]

Thanks Winds! you got one of the gifted memberships too!

[@AeroAceJames]

what a high quality vid for such a small channel, I am calling it now this guy will blow up one day and be 50k subs minimum

[@bim_94]

Thank you! I sure hope so!

[@RaBBiTz13]

Great video, and great editing as well, keep up the good content!

[@bim_94]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that!

[@mazda9588]

this was absolutely incredible! i cant wait to see more content from you! the way you present a world map along with all its moving parts is nothing short of impressive, and your editing skills match your storytelling to boot. amazíng video!! edit: also, i think that the no smithing rule made the video a thousand times more interesting, since you had to work hard to get money. would love to see its return in later challenges!

[@bim_94]

Thank you so much!! That’s really nice to hear 😊 You’ll be happy that I have just finished the next video and will be posting that in about a week and yes - no smithing returns! This time it’s Aserai!

[@mazda9588]

@@bim_94 awesome, can’t wait! also grateful to see the return of the no smithing rule. thank you! 🤩🙏

[@ThatBritishMo]

So hyped for this!

[@bim_94]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@jasonmontgomery6691]

Thanks for making this video. Well done. I would have like to see more of the battles and you fighting. So glad I found you.

[@bim_94]

I’m glad to hear you liked this! These take HEAPS of time to produce so I love seeing that the video is being appreciated ❤️ so I’m about to narrate a bunch of battles and produce videos from them - any specific battles stick out that you’d like to see?

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Man the beginning should of been a Mongol instrument

[@bim_94]

WELL. If I were to badly interpret history from one article on Wikipedia just now - there were several failed invasion attempts from the mongols fighting the Japanese. The saxaboom is made in Japan by Kawasaki. SO in my bad history lesson, the saxaboom could be referred to as a mongol instrument as it may have been incorporated in mongol culture after the failed conquests. 🤣

[@thefallenknight04]

I just wanted to say that was a masterpiece.I have been playing the game \watching other streamers almost since the first days of the game and I think that video was one of the greatest that I have ever seen.Please keep it up.

[@bim_94]

Thank you so much! I’m so thrilled that so many people think so highly of these videos, definitely makes the 200+ hours out in to each video worth it!

[@brednbudder]

11:41 it sounded like you said defecate instead of defect; that was pretty funny. all praise the algorithm

[@bim_94]

Haha I did!!!! When I wrote the script I didn’t realise - when I said the script I didn’t realise. But when I edited it I noticed and decided to keep it in - if you look, a poop emoji comes on screen (top right) haha well done you’re like the second person to point it out haha

[@kubikkuratko188]

Other people: Ill do a challenge! No smithing! Me who doesn't know how to smith: You guys smith?

[@bim_94]

Haha you’re already challenge running it 🤣

[@kylekelly1167]

Debasing currency and war taxes is actually good.

[@bim_94]

those war taxes really got out of hand!

[@bjseh2533]

Wooo it's only been out for a day and I'm rewatching it allready

[@bim_94]

Hahaha omg amazing!

[@timothyhoyt2927]

Great video. I see the effort to improve the channel; keep it up! It's inspiring.

[@bim_94]

Thank you very much! I feel very lucky that the channel has blown up so quickly but that means I haven’t been taught the lessons of someone who hasn’t had it as easy, it’s great fun for me but there’s a million ways to improve (as there always will be lol) thank you very much for your encouragement 😊

[@FireMN_Gamer]

“Where my own horse is so eager to fight, he CHARGES in through the front gates!” 🤣🤣

[@bim_94]

Haha in my notes I put in capitals ‘PUT THIS IN SOMEWHERE’ 🤣

[@joeyh273d4]

Great video. Had me hooked the whole time. I love this style of video following the story of a character. I will sub and like

[@bim_94]

Thank you my friend! I'm glad you liked it! I literally started this series because i was searching for something like this and there was nothing! you have great taste lol

[@Dino-god69]

Read the title, laughed hysterically and maniacally for a good minute and a half.

[@bim_94]

What do you mean exactly? Did I do something stupid? 🤣

[@Dino-god69]

@@bim_94 nah just good to know that people hate themselves just as much as I do when playing this game xD. Nah I just knew this would be awesome. Ill continue watching man good stuff!

[@bim_94]

Hahaha yeah this no smithing run was due to one guy in the comments of a previous video but I reckon he’s still laughing 🤣🤣🤣

[@mo_at_work]

That Mo Jiwa character is by far the highlight of this video

[@bim_94]

I didn’t figure out a way to add this to the final video but you complained to me about raiding villages multiple times but then later on I caught you yourself raiding a village. Completely on brand with whatever story arc your NPC was creating for himself 🤣

[@mo_at_work]

@@bim_94 HAHAHA! That is amazing

[@YCapz_]

What a video. Wow. New sub keep it up bro gonna watch your other world conquest vids & looking forward to your future ones!

[@bim_94]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I started this series just for me because I wanted to do them but now they’re so popular it’s making me so pumped to continue and improve the quality every time!

[@deseanstamps8902]

Great job .... 👏🏾 👍🏾 you earned my sub

[@bim_94]

Thank you! 4 months to produce this im glad you like it!

[@XanderZ0ne]

45:56 it took me I think around 400+ hours in the game to realise that Keen Sight is a party leader skill so yeah I felt dumb as hell too lol

[@bim_94]

Hahha I’ve just happened to always be the scout so never got caught out. Goddamn it haha

[@crl622]

I really liked this video. The campaign was challenging, but well done. I might do a no smithing play threw myself one day. I have only one note. Instead of keeping enemy lords as prisoners. You should have been ransoming them. Every ransom increases your wealth and reduces the wealth of the enemy clans. Which limits their ability to recruit and upgrade soldiers. This also makes the war unprofitable for the enemy. As a result the clans will pressure their monarchs to make peace.

[@bim_94]

I didn't know about the making peace part but I've always captured and kept them so they can recruit a party and become a nuisance later on - you make a valid point though!

[@geminiblue6677]

Damm i realized you married Yana was not by chance, went really deep into lore to get her claim on the Khergite Khanate

[@bim_94]

The plot thinkers! Lol that whole ‘storyline’ is there for the Warband fans lol well done for picking up on it! The run worked perfectly well especially actually ending up playing as Yana (spoilers)

[@heidarbjarkason8064]

Amazing vid bro

[@bim_94]

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it 🙂

[@johnmc6155]

11:48 "Defecate to another faction".... So shizting is a game feature. Wow the Devs are so good.

[@bim_94]

Haha! I only realised I said that afterwards during the editing - congratulations you’re the first person to point this out!

[@yamira7920]

Best intro ive ever seen

[@bim_94]

Haha thank you, I want to make epic intros for all the videos but I don’t think this can be beaten lol

[@BadieAbdullah]

i waited for this for 24 hours

[@bim_94]

I hope it was worth it!

[@BadieAbdullah]

It is really good

[@devinmiller9765]

Good critical role reference 👍

[@bim_94]

haha you're the first to point this out!

[@devinmiller9765]

@@bim_94 always one of us around, bidet to you my good sir

[@BadieAbdullah]

i just want to know how long have you played this game you are so good at it

[@bim_94]

1,000 hours! Over the course of about 2 years

[@BadieAbdullah]

Bro your so good

[@aputin654]

RIP Dinin, disbanded for drama

[@bim_94]

Haha he didn’t last long did he!

[@fkzx77AkaJonasTornqvist]

Revenge is sweet my love! - What are you talking about! - Don't mind me i have a flashback on another timeline or a different universe! 🤪🤣

[@bim_94]

🤔

[@fkzx77AkaJonasTornqvist]

@@bim_94 i probably missunderstood you in the video i thought your wife was an old enemy in another playthrough I did watch that later on and forgot too change this! Oops! 🤣

[@bim_94]

@@fkzx77AkaJonasTornqvist hahahahha I was like ‘I’m not sure what you’re talking about but I appreciate the comment!’ Haha, you were probably talking about Debana who was my wife in the Empire Only video and I hit with a mangonel shot and captured her twice! I was also looking for Taorse who I married in my Battania Only video but she never showed up!

[@Y4roslavV]

Good video, i think a vlandia world conquest would be a good idea

[@bim_94]

Thank you so much! Filming Aserai now, Sturgia next Vlandia will be last but I’m thinking of something big for it!

[@Y4roslavV]

@@bim_94 very nice

[@dozenbuzzard2662]

what a christmas present

[@bim_94]

This took a lot of time so this is your Christmas and birthday!

[@cottonsears1568]

My favorite kuzait tactic is to skirmish and try to wipe out their Calvary and archers first then retreating when we run out of arrows then doing it again

[@bim_94]

Haha amazing! Likely with 0 casualties that way too - I loved it when helpless infantry were being death circled unable to do anything about it 👌

[@meghansmith7884]

@@bim_94 Love ur bloopers heheh 😻....Meow

[@UweSeelerTheGreatest]

Khuzait No smithing AND NO bow!

[@bim_94]

It was a journey!

[@MrMkirk23]

Dude just came across your channel after getting totally addicted to this game. It’s on Xbox game pass this month and I’ve turned into a total crackhead because I play it for eight hours and night. During the day I have a corporate job where I’m walking around like a zombie. I just can’t stop playing this game!! So a few immediate thoughts after watching this entire video from start to finish and based on the gameplay time, I’ve put in so far over the last month : A. This game is extremely hard. B. The in battle control system is terrible on the Xbox and it’s so difficult I’m finding it’s easier to just give command to the troops and pray we have more numbers. - Do you have any battle guide vids? To my knowledge, I have yet to defeat a larger army than my own . B. I have already quit one kingdom run, because I ran out of money after less than one year of campaigning. I had no idea that you can go millions of dollars in debt!!!? I literally thought that once you got to zero, you were toast. This video proves that you can go 10 years without turning a profit and still be able to gain new land. C. It’s very apparent that this game is ridiculously hard. I happened to start my newest conquest by going to the furthest castle north away from everyone else as other guides have suggested but the Sturgains I’m discovering are very difficult to complete world conquest with the limitations of the faction?? Would you agree? D. Any suggestion on when to recruit new clans and when not to? I started my newest kingdom jump with 3 million in the bank. Right out of the gate the only clan I could convince required. I pay them 800K!! Any videos on this would be greatly appreciated. Awesome channel man !!!

[@bim_94]

I’m at work and will reply in full later but I just wanted to say welcome to the game! It’s soo good and I’m glad you’re so into it! I do have a few battle videos of this exact run and others - one of them is titled ‘how to fight sturgia’ and that might help you get unstuck! This comment made my day I can’t wait to respond! Also side note: don’t feel ashamed about playing on easy mode, that’s how I play! In my personal opinion the harder difficulties don’t provide anything extra and only make the run take longer - and this video alone took 130 hours just to play!

[@bim_94]

Okay i've finally caught a moment where i can sit down and reply lol. i think i covered 90% of your questions though but i'll add to a few of the points in regards to 'best starting town' id say it almost doesn't matter. sure there are towns that boarder more factions but an emergency peace deal to save it is worth it, you get a -3 loyalty penalty to towns that are NOT from your chosen culture at the start of the game so i'd only recommend starting off in towns that share your culture so rebellion is one thing less you have to deal with. and about recruiting clans, honestly as soon as its possible i would, $3m is an excellent figure to have when starting a kingdom and $800k is very steep! unless you had the income to support and replace (Smithing / a positive daily income) then i would have turned that down. This reply(ies) is all over the place so please follow up with more if you want!

[@henryxing7488]

So I am currently paying around 10-15k to 5 different kingdoms, they all have around 10k strength while I only have 3k, with most lords having low tier troops, I am currently about to conquer Battania, what do you suggest me to do after, I would get recked if I declare war on anyone else

[@bim_94]

Battania is in the way of a lot of kingdoms so you might find yourself surrounded - I’d suggest taking Vlandia next just so you have one ‘front’ instead of 360° boarders, don’t be afraid about going into debt either! It’s a pain when you want to recruit but it honestly means nothing in this game 🫡

[@liamdunn9950]

I'm playing on console myself and they reworked the ai combat they block much better now so tournaments with low combat stats are actually quite difficult and battles turn out much different then they used to, the commander ai is definitely more aggressive and less likely to just hold ground and let the cav die and get shot at they'll actually combine attack with infantry and cav now plus they line up the archers in the back about 100 meters. They got some form of strategy now😅

[@bim_94]

This video took so long to play/edit I have still never played any of the 1.2 versions, there’s so much im looking forward to: Kingdom elimination. Clearer daily income/expense info. Mangonel hits also killing people…as far as I’m concerned the game is only NOW out of Beta, absolute game changer (for the better (I think))

[@Hiltwa]

that outro tho 🤣

[@bim_94]

Haha honestly I’m amazed how I actually get videos out. I recorded myself for 90 minutes and only 49 of it was any good lol!

[@Hiltwa]

that's not struggling or being bad at it. That's just good quality control 😉 @@bim_94

[@naimanpunk]

Aserai is a horse shock troops(jav users). Their mounteds are light and their horses and weak. You can easily one shoot aserai mounteds even their tier 6 gets easily killed compare to Vladia or Sturgians mounteds. Also Khurite lances have the longest reach in the game. They use the Noble Eastern Lance with 478 reach if i remember correctly..2 higher than than the Heavy Cata Lance. To play khuzite, never rely on their foot unit because they are shit. Just do 70% mounteds archers and 30% lancers and you can easily wipe any army triple your size

[@bim_94]

I found the infantry at T5 to be incredible, they saved the later part of the game when I couldn’t get enough war horses to upgrade my mounted archers! Their spear was enough to be anti cavalry and their sword + shield could match any other unit! (Especially when you had hundreds of them!

[@HolyCrusader-k5q]

you want world conquest challenge? do mount and blade WARBAND with PERISNO MOD and activate both FOG WARS and HARD MODE.

[@bim_94]

After this series I’ll be looking for runs like this, I’ll look into it!

[@ephoo4609]

YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS I SUGGESTED THIS EARLIERRRR OMGGG

[@bim_94]

i hope it delivered!

[@lele_iO]

Nice series. Can u turn off or lower the sight from friendly troop Icons? Looks way more cinematic 😊

[@bim_94]

I’ve seen people do that and it looks incredible, unfortunately I rely heavily on those icons 🤣 I saw one time Strat Gaming (who plays without icons) start swinging at his own guy but it’s because the friendly troop picked up an enemy shield to use! I’d never have known they did that without icons off!

[@Yurrr69]

can you show some of those big fights that you were outnumbered on im pretty new but i been running mostly calvary and infantry do you think the horse archers are better than infantry tho?

[@bim_94]

Absolutely! We’re there any ones in particular? I’m building a list and I’ll do them all in a day or so 😊

[@maltancrusader]

How do your caravans run so well? For me, after a while they simply just stop generating money for me and just run around aimlessly.

[@bim_94]

Honestly, I have no idea. The only reason I do caravans is to recruit companions early and can send them out so I remain solo for the xp and renown gain. Then when they get defeated in battle I just call them back to my party. They're levelling up party skills especially if they defeat looters etc but if they happen to be profitable that's all up to them lol

[@levimulder2334]

the no smithing was awesome! now there was no magic money and actual hard ways to earn cash

[@bim_94]

Exactly! This whole idea came from one comment who wasn’t very impressed with one of the previous videos and I thought ‘you know what, I’ll show ya!’ But I think they’ve had the last laugh after that shambles of a run 🤣

[@levimulder2334]

@@bim_94 gonna do it more often? I understand that i might be a pain to play but its way cooler when you actualy struggle with money 🙃 either way man great vids!

[@bim_94]

Thank you! Honestly I don’t know, I might put up a poll and let you decide, it was fun but this video took 4 months to record/edit - I know I don’t owe anyone anything but it just feels disrespectful to take so long lol (job/baby etc)

[@levimulder2334]

@@bim_94 holy shit man 😂😂😂 thanks for the effort, just know that if you are gonna do a poll im gonna make like 50 yt accounts 😉

[@bim_94]

@levimulder2334 haha that’s why my analytics are so good lol

[@GovividGiving]

How do you have three sieges 16:38 I genuinely asking because for me whenever I try to defend a siege the ai does on siege and gives up and surrender even though they still have solders in reserve

[@bim_94]

Sounds like that might be something to do with morale OR the walls are still knocked down from when you took it so the enemy takes it back in a fraction of the time. Honestly there is no tactic or special thing I do I literally just let the AI sort it out but it does seem to be easier/harder on different playthroughs for no real reason. You might find in your next game this isn't an issue!

[@MrHooligans]

We want Sturgia and Vlandia only please

[@bim_94]

I’m currently filming Aserai but I promise I will cover these two after 🫡

[@eythiria2470]

hey great video! Do you think for the next one it could be only Aseraians please?

[@bim_94]

I am about 20 hours into the Aserai only run as we speak! (It’s No Smithing, No Bow!)

[@eythiria2470]

Yess! Im so excited to watch that!! Goodluck!@@bim_94

[@DrywallPuncher]

Looking forward to the series! @@bim_94

[@bim_94]

That throwing perk that ignores shields is absolutely crazy btw. Having a lot of fun with this run!

[@eythiria2470]

Yea it sure is! Do you have any idea when it will come out?@@bim_94

[@MrMighty147]

This was fascinating to watch. I just started playing and was wondering the whole video how the debt worked? I thought when you are at 0 Denars your men start to desert? Is it different when you're a kingdom? I haven't gotten that far yet.

[@bim_94]

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it! Honestly the debt system seems to be pointless - the only negative thing about being in debt is not being able to buy recruits. In warband yes your troops started to desert but there is almost no drawbacks to being in debt in bannerlord!

[@MrMighty147]

@@bim_94 I see. I could swear that I was hitting 0 denars at some point in the beginning and my companion was talking to me like "If you can't pay your troops wages they're going to leave". But anyway this really makes me want to do an Ironman playthrough and actually deal with the consequences. But as of right now I'm just save scumming my way through it. That's how I play most of these games and it's fun, but the satisfaction of finishing an Ironman run is truly tempting. I just don't know if I could deal with the frustration of losses 😅

[@bim_94]

@@MrMighty147 honestly if I wasn’t filming I would have given up every run so far! I used to play bannerlord exactly like you and loved it - don’t be discouraged by others or feel pressure to play higher difficulties and all that bullshit, play how you want to play! I will say that playing Ironman mode, all the mistakes and mis clicks makes for a real exciting time! For better or worse it really is edge of seat stuff!

[@NeverGoonSquad]

Good video

[@bim_94]

Thank you!

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

that city omar i think is said as o-mor

[@bim_94]

I will remember this but also say it differently every time I say it haha

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

@@bim_94 facts

[@leonrushton6789]

if you own a smithy workshop and set it to store 100 percent of the good produced is that the same as smithing for profit yourself or is it worse?

[@bim_94]

As in for the rule I set myself? Hmmmm. I i never did that but I think I only meant banning the smithing skill. What you say sounds like cheese but acceptable cheese to me lol. Doing it yourself you could have millions in minutes (or as fast as your stamina could regenerate)

[@Yurrr69]

bro her wanting everything is wicked my first run through i paid 77k 💀

[@bim_94]

Honestly it made the next 10 in game years so much harder, if I had kept that cash I could have put it to much better use and maybe never have gone into debt! (Who knows though, I loved the drama though!)

[@Yurrr69]

@@bim_94 do you recommend not being a vassal or mercenary if i’m tryna take over i’m lowkey very confused on how to start and also that was impressive being in debt 9 years and still completing it

[@bim_94]

Mercenary and vassalage are great ways to get a leg up! The only reason I’m not doing it is because it’s (slightly) harder I’d 100% recommend becoming mercenary as you get $$$ for defeating any hostile party (even looters!) AND vassalage is a very safe way to get ahead, you can take over the world fighting for your chosen leader OR at any point break off, keeping your properties!

[@crazymarkoslav]

How did you successfully siege with khuzait troops? I always get destroyed by the better infantry of other factions

[@bim_94]

I think the high tier infantry were the real heroes there, I’ll be uploading full unedited battle videos with voiceover soon, I’ll be sure to include a siege video for you 🙂

[@Gameupdate101]

What difficulty was this played on for damage to troops and self?

[@bim_94]

It's freebooter (but with death enabled for all) so I think it's -50%

[@FireMN_Gamer]

You know what would be interesting, is knowing the amount you are paying in tribute in total? I think at one point you might have been close to 50k a day!!! Among 3 or 4 nations

[@bim_94]

I didn’t start tracking that until I was clearing the debt but quickly looking at my notes just then I can see in one video I made peace with 3 factions one for $13,900 one for 8,200 and one for 10,400! I was at peace with others so it would only be more!

[@OrangeGoggles1]

Ghengis mentality

[@bim_94]

Bimgis Khan

[@OrangeGoggles1]

@@bim_94 bingus bhan

[@bim_94]

Bim’t and Bim’d II: BannerBim

[@OrangeGoggles1]

​@@bim_94bmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@bim_94]

@OrangeGoggles1 🤣

[@maggot129]

wow i just started my second playthrough since 2020 and idk how you get armies like that?? how do you train troops up that fast again

[@bim_94]

In this particular playthrough I used a clunky method that speeds it up heaps - troops in your party armies don’t get trained at the same speed as your own, I don’t know if they don’t get XP or if the party leader just doesn’t upgrade then I don’t know What I did was before every sizeable battle I would take ALL my party leaders’s troops off them so all troops were in my own party, you can do this at the dialogue screen with the enemy so you won’t lose troops to being oversized. After battle you’ll get like 100x more troops to upgrade and then afterwards you just divide them back to the party leaders 👌 Also another tip is id put all T1 and T2 troops and store them in garrisons for a way to pick up 100 or so troops in one stop. Low tiers dont drain your expenses you’ll want higher tiers in your party with a good quartermaster. 🫡

[@Idontknoww576]

How do you manage to play so perfectly? I can't even manage one fief and I lose more troops in a 100 (mine) vs 50 than you lose in a 100 (yours) vs 200 (enemy)...

[@bim_94]

1,000+ hours maybe, lol. Every time I start a new run with a new kingdom I do of practice again at smaller parties before having the knowledge and confidence to go up against an actual army. Doesn’t matter how many times you’ve fought a faction, if you’ve never fought them with the troops you’re using you’re going to struggle. I d actually just posted yesterday a full Khuzait vs Vlandia battle they might answer some questions!

[@Idontknoww576]

@@bim_94 Incredible man. I have a growing taste for this game since I first discovered it and a growing admiration for those who play it how it is meant to be played and do so incredibly well. I stumbled across your video while looking for content to learn how to improve and your skill really amazed me so I left this reply. I wasn't expecting you to answer, but you did. You got yourself a new sub, keep up the great work. You deserve more and you'll get it eventually.

[@bim_94]

@@Idontknoww576 it’s honestly the best game since lord of the rings: return of the king on PS2 🤣 Thanks for your kind words! I definitely didn’t start out being ‘good’ and I too had to search up a tonne of videos to get me better, I’m glad you’re enjoying it though! Soon you’ll have to rename your account from ‘idontknow’ to ‘iknow’ hahaha!

[@Idontknoww576]

@@bim_94 Definitely a superb game. I love medieval stuff and settings, so this huge medieval "simulator", if we can call it that feels just perfect. Never played Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King, but I love the movies. It kind of fits the medieval setting, mixed with slight fantasy. I sure need a name change lol. Was too lazy to think of one, but I might take your suggestion😂

[@josephbeaumont9205]

THANK YOU

[@bim_94]

Thank YOU!

[@tanukinoironi2708]

How many days of gameplay was this?

[@bim_94]

2,144 in game days over 42 recordings and 130 hours of gameplay

[@alexaliaga2390]

Really appreciate you replying to every comment btw. Just wanted to ask, how do you abdícate leadership to a desired individual then? My character is getting pretty old and is leader of the Khazit (wait did I just spell the elder scroll race, idk hahaha) I know there are other lords that want a bit but how can I pass it down to my younger brother or wife (who is Yana or at least Yana’s younger sister)

[@bim_94]

I think what I was meant to do was go to the hermit and ‘retire’ my character and select another character to continue (I’ve not done that before though so don’t take my word for it!) apparently this way your original character will still be in the game! BUT honestly if you’ve spent the entire game levelling up your main character I’d wait until they actually die (I’ve had a character reach 70 and still live btw, I had won the game and stopped playing so I don’t know how much longer he had!) I appreciate your appreciation and I do believe it’s spelt ‘Khajiit’ 😄

[@alexaliaga2390]

@@bim_94 ah got it. Thank you very much, never reached that late in the game until recently so was a bit lost. That’s it though haha the khuzait and Khajiit hahaha

[@bim_94]

That’s it! When you die you have to select your spouse/child of age so it’s slightly different to what I was doing at the end, that was only to tie the story off nicely to one of the regular discord contributors but it backfired but was still funny 🤣

[@32_parsons]

tbh i hated owning kingdoms cause if u loose one battle and u get taken captive u can loose so many castle n shit

[@bim_94]

Oh 100%! An army wipe is the worse thing, I'd rather lose and have to retake 5 castles than have to retreat home, recruit low tier units, train them up as fast as I can on smaller parties and then what, a year later resume where you left off AND you have like 5 castles to retake lol

[@TheCountRackula]

Hey man could you make a build video ? Never know how to build my character for world conquest

[@bim_94]

In my discord I have put screenshots of all my levels and perk choices for each of my videos BUT the best build guide I have come across is one by Strat Gaming, I’d thoroughly recommend checking that out!

[@TheCountRackula]

@@bim_94 thanks for quick response bro appreciate it 🫡

[@AngryStickBoi]

Is there a link for the Discord?

[@bim_94]

Just put it in the description!

[@noahcrowley2954]

Khuzait only? you must mean every playthrough that i have ever done

[@bim_94]

I always played Empire before doing this series, I LOVE Khuzait now!

[@BicolBandit]

What mods are you using?

[@bim_94]

Character Reload, simply for the name changer for NPC’s. Everything about the game is vanilla other than that!

[@davy3087]

Can you do a vlandian only conquest

[@bim_94]

@@davy3087 saving that for last! Currently filming Sturgia but Vlandia is afterwards :)

[@davy3087]

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[@munib9819]

Let's go 😁

[@bim_94]

I hope you enjoyed it!

[@proteck8097]

ok khuzait is easy because cavalery but 4 ally dead for -500 kill .... i have a question ? HOW, can you create a tutorial video of siege, best fight tactic my lord ?

[@proteck8097]

annnnnd how your troop is not leaving because you have no money to pay it ???

[@bim_94]

Hey! Which battle was that specifically? I’ll upload it as it’s own video if you want to see it! And troops don’t seem to leave in Bannerlord, they certainly did in Warband but money doesn’t really seem to mean anything in Bannerlord

[@holdenedwards]

Please do Vlandia next

[@bim_94]

Saving Vlandia for something special! Filming Aserai now, next will be Sturgia

[@holdenedwards]

@@bim_94 excited for whatever comes next regardless, easily have become my favorite Bannerlord KZbinr

[@bim_94]

@holdenedwards oh wow thank you! I just feel bad I can’t upload as often as I’d like (baby + job etc)

[@holdenedwards]

@@bim_94 Trust me, I know how time consuming a WC is , take as much time as you need man

[@joshdionne2777]

Khuzait horse archers are busted lol Taking on armies 2-3x your size proves quality over quantity and its blissful

[@bim_94]

Particularly late game after major losses the only issue was replacing the war horses - my army at the end of the game had hardly any Khans Guards, those high tier infantry carried the entire run I’d say and I don’t hear anyone talk about them!

[@joshdionne2777]

@@bim_94 they they're costly to recruit and upgrade with ridiculously high wages not to mention the requirement of war mounts but that's what you get with elite troops

[@ibenjohnsen6754]

Where are you from?

[@bim_94]

England! 🇬🇧💂‍♂️ But have recently emigrated to Australia 🇦🇺 🐨 🦘

[@lucaslindkvist2770]

What version i this

[@bim_94]

1.1.5 - (filmed from September to November 2023)

[@JoeyDiscus]

Yana is my wife! >:(

[@bim_94]

A good woman!

[@Bushuugi-kai]

How do I get horsemen?

[@bim_94]

They start as foot troops and then at a certain tier they need mounts, and then at a higher tier they need war horses, you can buy war horses in towns or at horse villages but I've only every found a few at a time, best to start stockpiling when you can because I remember having 100 troops ready to upgrade but I couldn't get war horses quick enough!

[@Bushuugi-kai]

@@bim_94 usually when I try to get horsemen my recruits turn into infantry and not into horsemen. And if I do get horses do my men auto equip them or do I manually equip them?

[@bim_94]

@Bushuugi-kai look at the troop tree in the encyclopaedia, it'll tell you exactly the upgrade route you need to take to get cavalry! You just need as many horses as you want upgraded troops and then the horses will automatically leave your inventory. You don't need a specific horse you just need any 'mount' horse (not pack or war horse) and then later any war horse (not pack or mount horse). In the encyclopaedia you can see what kind of horse the next tier up required and in your party tab it will tell you something like 'not enough war horses' to also inform you - hope this helps!

[@Bushuugi-kai]

@@bim_94 alr thanks man for responding really helped me out, love the vids aswell have a good day mate!

[@proxi1951]

this is normal difficulty not even veteran or challenging Thats why u always win ur battle against outnumber low tier enemy troop right ?

[@bim_94]

This is Freebooter actually! Death enabled and realistic for hero's and companions so its always shown as 'custom'. I've mentioned this prior but the main reason for this is time - I have a full time job and a 2 year old and this particular video took 130 hours to record, not including scripting and editing. If i had it at a higher difficulty it wouldn't be more fun for me and will make the video even longer and less interesting (I already cut out losing and retaking the same castle over and over and it'll just be more of that and more stopping to recruit. I personally feel RPG's are more fun at higher difficulties (Last of us, Witcher, Days gone etc) but Bannerlord wont be more fun for me

[@proxi1951]

@@bim_94 Sorry I didn't mean to be mean asking questions like that btw thank you for answering it I appreciate it :D

[@bim_94]

It’s all good! I didn’t mean to be mean in my reply either :)

[@sunwukong4128]

how do i make my companions good party leaders?

[@bim_94]

In my playthroughs I only choose the wanderers from that culture - and I pump everything into intelligence and out 5 focus points into steward and medicine. There are a hundred different types of wanderers (Cowtheif, Golden, ironeye etc) and it’s probably best googling which ones are the best for your needs (high Int/steward + medicine) if I have any spare points I might put them into tactics, unless you’re going to keep them in your army then I’d just put points into combat skills probably 🫡

[@ibenjohnsen6754]

Try Europe mod!

[@bim_94]

You are the third person to suggest this! Maybe I’ll have to look into it!

[@Platerade]

Man. I am honored to be the first child to come of age lol

[@bim_94]

PRINCESS PLATERADE!!

[@FireMN_Gamer]

Honestly bro when Khulan died and Queen Yana met him at his death bed, I felt that.. and it flipped a switch in me…🔥🔥🔥

[@bim_94]

When I watch it back and the music changes I get all fired up haha. Even though I was the one who did all the timings and chose the tracks etc it still gets me 🤣

[@DrywallPuncher]

I saved many different Bannerlord videos trying to find my Bannerlord fix when I didn't quite feel like playing. When I finally got around to yours and I watched your intro and first few minutes I immediately liked the video and subscribed to your channel. This is BY FAR the most engaging Bannerlord campaign series I have ever watched on KZbin, and basically the exact type of content I was looking for. The way you edited this was beautiful, I thoroughly enjoyed when you would show how the world was changing with the color-coded maps periodically throughout the campaign. Please keep making more videos like this! I would love to see you do a campaign in 1.2.8 (the most recent version as of this comment).

[@bim_94]

Thank you so much! Haha Jack Black doing me proud 🤣 I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I started this project because it’s something I wanted to see myself, and I think other content creators particularly full time KZbinrs who rely on the income don’t do this because it takes so long to produce - this particular video was 130 hours of footage and similar to edit down across a 4 month period. I’m doing it because I love it and I love that you like it too! Currently filming Aserai Only No Smithing No Bow in 1.2.8! Thanks for your comment it really made me happy 🙂🫡

[@joshuajimenez5925]

You should feel happy! Your content is fantastic! A gem in the sea of Bannerlord lets plays lol Can't wait to see what else you upload :)@@bim_94

[@bim_94]

Thank you! Most of the way through the next world conquest but about to edit some battle footage from this run!

[@FidelWasCastrated]

I honestly didn’t know if your Battania video could be toppled, yet here I am in awe at your craftsmanship again! As I’ve said on previous videos your narration and presentation of a complex world map complete with all their rapid movement is nothing short of incredible story telling. The style and quality itself feels akin to an Operations Room video, a history channel here on KZbin with over a million subscribers - I sincerely wish you a similar level of success as those guys and will definitely be adding this to a rewatch playlist. Good luck with your future work my friend, I know if you apply the same quality and care from your videos into other aspects of life than you are sure to go far, just be sure to remember us when you get there!

[@bim_94]

haha thank you so much! I saw this as soon as you commented and showed it to my wife straight away lol. I really worked hard on this video and think i did an alright job! thankfully the gameplay was also dramatic and gave me great moments to document! I'm just finishing up the next world conquest so keep an eye out it should be out in a few weeks! (Aserai) Thank you so much for the complements - its people like you that motivate me to try my absolute hardest! and of course i'll remember you, i'm very tempted to print this out and put it on my fridge lol

[@FidelWasCastrated]

@@bim_94 I will be eagerly awaiting the Aserai video my friend. I’m so glad my enjoyment helps motivate you to keep producing such enthralling content. You are apart of a truly rare breed of story tellers on KZbin, and nothing makes me happier than to see your immense talent continue to grow video by video. Nevertheless, keep that creative mind churning mate! I’m sure I’m not the only one rooting for you, and I think I speak for us all when we I say we truly hope you get the big breakthrough you deserve!

[@anubisftn]

Great video. I've watched all your world conquest vids and thoroughly enjoyed them. Thanks for all the hard work and I hope you have great success!

[@bim_94]

Thank you so much! that makes me really happy! Stick around because Aserai Only: No Smithing, No Bow is a few weeks away from release!

[@hoovy2319]

That absolute Mongolian Horde of Mounted Soldiers at the beginning of the video was beautiful

[@bim_94]

As that happened I noted that moment down and I thought ‘this is DEFINITELY going in the intro!’

[@hoovy2319]

@@bim_94 perfect choice

[@bigg.3466]

I see everyone constantly declaring war on you also happens in sandbox mode...I am currently doing campaign and the constant conspiracy quests while in multiple wars are brutal

[@bim_94]

Oh man yeah campaign really gets wild if you don’t pay attention to the quest! Yeah half the game is juggling tribute payments and political gain lol

[@Shroom17]

You should really do Vlandia only.

[@bim_94]

Vlandia is coming! Currently filming Aserai, No Smithing + no bow!

[@HolyCrusader-k5q]

wrong! if you die in battle or the battle seems lost, if you alt f4 right then and there, the game wont save and you can start up game again and there you go.

[@bim_94]

Haha good idea, that feels like cheating to me though

[@HolyCrusader-k5q]

@@bim_94 its a feature made available for the players, exploit it if needed.