Bannerlord Solo Clan World Conquest Guide

[@Strat-Guides]

Full Campaign Video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHKygo2Fbterqbc&ab_channel=StratGaming

[@poninkie4446]

hi, do u know something about the new update?

[@kickit246]

I've been playing Bannerlord since the very beginning but earlier this year, I thought I'd have to stop due to degrading health (hands don't work well anymore, wasd movement is a no go now). BUT my friend started a campaign and it really made me want to play again so I'm doing a tactics playthrough. My build is actually really similar to the one in this video and I'm working on my first successful WC. I own almost all of the Aserai lands so far. I love this game, there are sooo many ways to play it.... even when all hope is lost, it still pulls through.

[@halitsoyler9832]

@@kickit246 does your hnads work now may I ask?

[@kickit246]

Heya, thanks for checking in! Unfortunately they do not, at least in a way that is gameplay ready... same as before but a bit worse. That's the neat thing about muscular dystrophy, it's predictable in that it will always just get worse. Hope you have a nice day :)

[@DarthFhenix55]

This is the real chad way to do things.

[@Strat-Guides]

I thought about using GigaChad on the TN lol

[@alifnazafi1277]

@@Strat-Guides you should do it

[@Cedarlearner]

@@DarthFhenix55 fax

[@Seeraphyn]

IMO the easiest way to do it is to execute everyone you capture. If you don't need allies/vassals the relationship penalties basically don't matter. Therefore you can put less in scouting and more in medicine for instance, and get a pretty insane bonus to your troops HP. And you'll find that pretty quickly the enemy sends less and less armies as they're running low on nobles. Plus, it fits the theme. If you're going to go for world domination why not play as a villain?

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah exactly, it's much easier that way but I was trying to make it a challenge :)

[@blutshooter]

@@Seeraphyn i had a different experience. When i executed everyone there would just spawn other families that are way stronger. so i made everyone hate me and the enemy even better

[@yamnational9461]

Why isn’t this game more popular. There is no other game like it. I am mad this game dosnt have a bigger community. I tired to get people like my brother and friends to play but they all say it’s too hard. Noooo! Hoi4 is too hard. Bannerlord is beautiful and I love her and love tale worlds for making games in this cooperate controlled world. Ps. I’m very very drunk.

[@wizardkevin101]

I do find the late game difficult for a variety of reasons, but I treat Bannerlord the way I do Rimworld - I played it vanilla once, realized what I didn't like, and modded the SHIT out of it until I got an experience I do enjoy.

[@Strat-Guides]

I know what you mean, it's pretty frustrating both from a channel perspective and from a community perspective. It's sad to see other games get a ton of attention when they probably don't deserve it while this one doesn't and probably does deserve a bit more (subjective statements obviously lol)

[@vagabondvinlandsagashamoan2046]

Indeed mount and blade is just so amazing wish it had a bigger fanbase

[@phineasgage8252]

No game is too hard :) /tryhard. Most games are too easy since the AI is always stupid. It will be interesting to see how self improving AI will be implemented into games, then the problem will be the opposite. Then even tryhards like myself will need a handicap

[@wizardkevin101]

@@phineasgage8252 pft you're a braver man than I - I hate dealing with 50 parties of 20-80 troops raiding my villages a d starving out my garrisons lmao

[@BaoHuaYu-l1q]

Thanks for the guide!! I was just about to try this for myself because torture is fun!! This is going to help me a ton. Thanks again!

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol it really is torture! But once it's done, it's a pretty big accomplishment IMO

[@PedroLimaPTS]

Lol it can be torturous yeah

[@Nai_Cort]

I was following this guide, except me being from the Empire and being Lucon's vassal. Just when I was about to declare myself independent the emperor died and his vassals decided that I was their new Emperor. So... North Empire conquered.

[@omegalunatic8115]

Same but western empire lol

[@Steve-gz3sy]

I wanted to support south empire and I got voted into ruler after rhagea died tragicly

[@madmattox4962]

I play on console, so I’m not sure if this applies to those who are playing on pc but, there is a skill once you reach 250 in leadership called talent magnet that grants you +10 In party size, and an extra clan party, with that you might be able to field almost 3000 men.

[@TheRadicalOneNG]

8:43 You delivered this so passionately and confidently, it felt like genuine life advice for not throwing money away on things that aren't going to help you. "If they want your fief and you can't get there in time to defend it, they're gonna take it."

[@MelvinIsMerlin]

Good advice all around but honestly the +50% less speed penalty from forest is a bigger factor than the +1 militia. Like you said if they want your fief and you're not near then they're going to get it.

[@Strat-Guides]

For this campaign, I disagree. The vast majority of my time was spent either solo or with a large army which means party speed bonuses were mostly irrelevant. I owned all towns personally, which means the +1 militia helped for defense. And because I wanted to make money, I fired most of the garrison, meaning militia was the only defense and having an extra 100 or more could make a huge difference. If you've seen my other videos, you'll know I'm a huge fan of the movement speed bonus! It's just that in this very niche use-case, the militia bonus was significantly more important.

[@MelvinIsMerlin]

@Strat-Guides sorry about deleting my previous comment. I felt I had too rude of a tone. I see your perspective, but I still think the speed helps more than the militia. Honestly, my argument doesn't matter much as they come together regardless

[@nuttsmasher9252]

Just finished a WC myself on v1.1.5 (vanilla) and I had couple points to add: 1. If you're just going for WC and not caring about solo clan, I feel like joining a kingdom and becoming the leader once the existing one dies is much less headache than doing it solo. you can work on eliminating the ruler while you're conquering everything. 2. I skipped the lords prison management route and just went in chopping heads in late game. By having a lot of the fiefs yourself, you can access the prisons and chop every noble in there that your clans put in (avoiding the need to catch everyone yourself). 3. Going full charm on your main while being a vassal will help you get voted for getting the fiefs and make you one of the bigger clans easily.

[@freecalradia]

In my experience the vacant jobs of the executed Lords are getting filled with random generated Heroes?

[@freecalradia]

May that version is outdated. It was when i discovered that when you got over negative 100 relationship it, for example relationship to person x is -90 and you execute his relative gains another -40 you ended up with positive 30 relationship. I ended up being +100 bff with every Lord and faction.. at least with everybody that survived the sweeping^^ Not sure if thats still a thing

[@VNYRDS]

Thinking about getting back into Bannerlord since VMP came back and been looking through your guides. Keep doing what you're doing bro!

[@Strat-Guides]

Nice, thanks for watching!

[@JanxyGorilla]

Definitely taking out all of your companions soldiers before a fight pushed me bounds ahead!!! Great tip

[@Pateo23]

Man your channel has been my go to for bannerlord. Killing it. Keep em coming!

[@BESTGINGEREU]

Great content as usual. So glad i found this channel, can't wait to try this out! Also, as another commenter has stated heads should roll!

[@K1tsune__]

Nice vid Strat! Maybe one day I'll go for WC myself, but whether it's in Bannerlord or something like Paradox games I usually give up halfway because its either a massive headache or too boring to continue :( glad you also went for a bit in-depth explaination with perks. Isnt smithing something worth going for if you dont know where to spend points? Free vig/control sounds nice on paper! Cheers, looking forward to more vids like these!

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks! Yeah smithing is great, but I decided to not allow smithing for this run to add extra challenge :)

[@ibrahimazad1430]

I really really appreciate u for these vids it helps a lot!

[@DropdeadGamingLive]

I like doing Smithing on my end to boost End & Vigor (or attributes in 1H & 2H) since I'm mostly playing Cavalry, it helps boost my dmg output a bit. It's a bit of a pain in the ass to level Smithing but in the end, it's a rather decent way to print money given the amount of weapons you get access to for defeating big parties & armies.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah those free attribute points are really nice to have!

[@DropdeadGamingLive]

​@@Strat-Guides indeed! 😁

[@wizardkevin101]

A few points: This is a speed run, so certain things are NOT optimized. Fiefs are super powerful and provide a LOT of cash if you develop them. Garrisons are not that bad - most towns tend to pay for their own garrison as you build them up. Because this is a speedrun without any fief development, the lack of buildings prevents the fief from making a lot of money in the first place. The size of each town generally determines the income and garrison size, so you can afford to leave garrisons on unlimited. That said, your biggest problem will be starvation - fiefs starve EASILY. One village being raided can mean negative prosperity for months in game, especially if your fief was already max-size to begin with. I recommend the "stop starving yourselves" mod (iirc that's what it's called) which adds a negative prosperity modifier (customizable with mod options) until the fief has +X amount of food (default is +10 food). This way your fief's income, garrison, and militia will cap out at a certain point while you're still breaking even. I haven't experimented with customizing garrisons, I think it's too much work to level up your troops AND garrison troops while still being safe, but standard garrison recruiting *tends* to be just fine. Defending against raids when enemy kingdoms get down to 1-2 fiefs will be your problem since you'll be up against 30=50 parties of 20-80 troops, all of which are vastly faster than your average 500 stack army. Those raids will drain your cities, your income, your garrisons, everything. That's my biggest problem at least. Starting Battania is highly recommended as it has 2 of the 4 fiefs in total with 4 villages, and village hearths directly correlate to incoming food for the fief, which means more villages = more hearths = more food = more income. Marunath and Seonon both have 4 villages attached to them (as do Jaculan and Sanala, I believe). Each fief tends to be positive until it's fully developed and has a full garrison, at which point it'll balance out income - VILLAGES also give income, so by letting those hearths build up to 600+ some villages have given me +1000 denarii a day, which covers any lack of income from the fief itself, plus some leftover. If you use Bannerlord XP Tweaks mod and don't cap your levels, and you get enough steward levels (either on yourself or a companion) you can make wages negative and get paid for fielding a massive army of 500 t5/t6 units. TL;DR - Fiefs are manageable, even easier with a mod (that should be in the base game anyways) if you're not speedrunning, and if you get another mod it's super easy to make 20-30k denarii easily without taking over the entire map, just take your time developing them.

[@pkremel]

There is mod for Garrisons where you can send recruiters, you specify the garrison composition and they go out and recruit and train soldiers for your composition. And you just copy the same settings on all castles or cities with single click. I tried to go for super strong garrison of couple hundred fians and some heavy infantry, but it drains your money QUICK :) So be more realistic if you want to setup your garrison.

[@wizardkevin101]

@@pkremel oooh what's the mod called? I bet I can afford it lol

[@keerf255]

Glad to see you're still going strong.

[@philjohnson1744]

Nice companion to the other vid. I think yer multi channel approach is smart. It's a good way to drive active engagement while also refining the sub brands.

[@Strat-Guides]

That's the plan! I just need to refine my process from the start a bit better - if I plan out the types of videos I make, I should be able to get something for each. It will take some time though, I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed lol

[@richardsylvester4518]

This is the only way I play this game. Not starting a kingdom is the best way to control the wars your in.

[@convergence1point]

Destroying the nobility with the kingdom of Peasants. Truly *sips shitty beer out of a teacup* divine

[@sgtplop]

Congrats on 100k strat, keep it up 💯

[@Strat-Guides]

Thank you!

[@tt5570]

i was waiting this video. helped a lot. thanks a lot

[@Z1VA]

Damn. As if you could read my thoughts. Right after watching the video of the wc you upload this 😂😂.

[@jps33]

Congrats on 100k!!

[@Strat-Guides]

Thank you!!

[@lucianjaeger4893]

Gives me an idea for a future playthrough "World conquest" Build a world through different maps and cultures then conquer each map like traversing countries one at a time then carrying that character over by screen shotting their stats, age and looks for the next map or an heir birthed in the previous campaign if the main is to old "Striking out to forge their own kingdom" then adding interesting things to make it different and more difficult each map. The 1st son would be the heir, 2nd son would usually be his right hand so you normally be play the 3rd + son who stats would be lower as he'd be younger. Replays would be based on how many children you have in the previous campaign (send a new force) and what you have in the new campaign. Something like my little warband to keep "My" soldier's unique from the rest of the toops so they really do look like a foreign expeditionary force, challenges like language barriers could be fun. Thanks for the inspiration Strat.

[@Strat-Guides]

That sounds like fun (a lot of work, but fun lol)! Thanks for watching :D

[@lucianjaeger4893]

@@Strat-Guides it does sound like fun and yeah lol definitely a lot of work. My little wardband for your expedition forces maybe for the first campaign too from unique mercenary clan to (not single unit OP but different and balanced in their own right like Bowmen with a braceable spear but no shield like how vlandias crossbowmen can fight as sword and shield infantry they arent very good at it but they can) Subsequent maps would need bannerkings right? That's the one that ads language & theology so you'd have to learn the language before you can recruit their troops. Throw in some classism and cultural discrimination like only being a noble (vassal) of that kingdom allows you to recruit its noble units and requires a noble commander of the same culture to lead them. Gives reason to bring over a companions offspring as officers so you can field more of your own expedition troops starting with the "20" party size instead of being because you "Aren't renowned" we then translate to "Scouting party" and your force size grows as you get your bearings. Yeah yeah I can work with that now I'm getting excited mod testing when I get home tonight lol if you want to do something like this mate feel free it'll definitely set you apart from the other bannerlord creators interms of unique playthroughs plus with your tactical game play over usual "Line charge poke with polearm shot with bow!" A lot of people do. Your fan base would be glued to the screen just watching you create your own balanced and unique troop trees lol. Anyway thanks again.

[@MercAgentVinny]

You’re so close to 100K subscribers!

[@Strat-Guides]

Should be there by tonight or tomorrow morning! :D

[@MercAgentVinny]

@@Strat-Guides I’m really happy for you! You deserve this success and I wish you even more success for all your hard work!

[@Dking3078]

My favourite way of winning the game. This is the way!

[@SyberQ]

I was thinking of copying your build but didn't know the stats, thanks

[@Strat-Guides]

No problem! If I missed anything, let me know and I'll be happy to share!

[@Ingward.]

Biggest problem is while you're in a Battle and waiting for the enemy to attack and play defensive they go at the border of the battlefield and it's very annoying

[@AndriiGryganskyi]

Oh man, everything I did was wrong 😮!!! Time to rethink.

[@DreadX10]

Except for watching this video! That was something you definitely did right!

[@Ristohy]

Almost 100k subs 🔥🔥🔥

[@Strat-Guides]

Soon! I'm working on the 100k Q&A right now. I tried to answer everyone's question so it's almost 60 minutes long rofl

[@justinlynn7315]

DO NOT give the dragon banner to a kingdom leader then try to leave. It WILL NOT give you the option to take your lands with you. I took Ortysia as a solo clan then joined the western empire and gave them the flag with the intention of leaving once the alliance declared war. I lost Ortysia, Epicrotea, Garontor Castle, Thractorae Castle and Mecalovea castle all at once and had to reload my save to before I joined them

[@restitutororbis675]

Now do a world conquest the fastest way, no holds barred (khans guard, recruiting clans, certain type of cheese etc)

[@Strat-Guides]

I'm all WC'ed out for now, but I'll definitely look into that at some point :) I did this one right after I live-streamed a WC, so I did 2 of them within the span of a month or something like that lol

[@marsisflat8888]

IM GONNA TRY THIS im over 350 hrs into bannerlord and did conquer calradia once but it was with the khuzait kingdom and on easy and ive just messed around unsatisfactorily since then but this seems like such a great plan im gonna give it a shot!! edit: ALSO on the long village battles where they have like 150 guys, what can you do if you run out of arrows? Is it possible to lead the army away, then rush back and scavenge for the militia archers' arrows if you run out or do you usually have enough?

[@wizardkevin101]

I *believe* if you get far enough away, you can "retreat" from battle which will put you back in the screen to attack or retreat, which will reset your ammo. EDIT: Just don't get below 30% hp or else you can't fight anymore, you need a minimum 30% HP on your character to be able to lead a fight

[@marsisflat8888]

@@wizardkevin101 Brooooo thank you so much thats such a useful trick I cant believe I didnt know that lmao

[@coreymrivas]

When you run out of arrows xbox press B, PlayStation press O to bring up the overall battle screen then retreat. As many times as you want to. Do all of the killing from afar, then retreat and do it again. If you fall below like 30%hp you get caught and captured so be careful

[@michaelmische1433]

The Dominic Toretto conquest, where family is everything and the word family gets repeated over 200 times in every hour.

[@cook279]

Every time I find a way to escape the Bannerlord grind, a video or character idea comes along to pull me back in. Also, why does a 2 squad full archer army give serotonin hits like no other? Place them apart so one is always guaranteed the flank and watch armies melt.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol that's pretty much every game I've played in the past. "You cannot resist, come back to me" :D

[@evertonantunes8590]

You seem to know a lot about this game. Here's an idea for a video: How to gain and lose traits There isn't a video about that and its hidden ingame. I've figured out a few by accident but there's no good information anywhere

[@Strat-Guides]

I've been collecting data on that for over 2 years now and I still can't figure them all out :(

[@evertonantunes8590]

@@Strat-Guides Honest I've got from doing villages and town quests. Daring from fighting lots of looters alone. Calculating from releasing lords after battle? Not sure about that one

[@masontoleary]

Why was Steward prioritized more? I understand you cannot prioritize every skill but you mentioned that some points “had to go somewhere”

[@Strat-Guides]

Stewardship is great for the extra party size, but it's not hard to get a companion to 250 steward and by not getting to 330 you're only giving up about 10 - 11 party size which is negligible. I used to focus on intelligence and get all int skills up to 330 but I've found that social is much stronger for a world conquest. Medicine is the only int skill that can really help, but by the time you finally get to 275, it's not even needed anymore. Leadership 250 give +1 party which is easily another 150 - 200 troops in the army and much better than an extra 10 - 11 in your main party. That's my rationale anyhow

[@masontoleary]

@@Strat-Guides Awesome, thank you Strat! My brother and I have found your content vital upon digging into Bannerlord for the first time these last two weeks.

[@celticballer]

I was also wondering this, Strat explanation makes sense

[@markj2305]

Forcing ones will upon villages normally would cause them to hate you for generations, and damage honor. Is the game working? I used to enjoy it until smithing developed more glitches. little cute things voices are added but fundamentals corrupted. Requests for investigation is fruitless, put into a need for information category even though I send what tale worlds asks for . Your work is always solid, thank you.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah I know what you mean, I've pretty much moved on from Bannerlord at this point. I'll still make modded campaigns and challenge videos, but I'm probably done making guides (unless it's a collab)

[@The_Custos]

Cool guide

[@herbertpocket8855]

I gotta use the pig trick in my next playthrough

[@Strat-Guides]

It's a really nice way to get setup from day 1! You could hire a full party and all 9 food types too if you didn't need the gear.

[@gioviocorleone6577]

Im currently do solo clan conquest, but not forming kingdom. I do merc and vassal for a time before breaking out of vlandia. I set up my work shop in vlandia region because vlandia is stable and then I set out to conquer the world. Im not dare to attack vlandia but I can attack every other faction and kingdom. I invest in my charm a lot. So I start a war with 1 kingdom take 1 of their fief at atime and then sue for peace. Sometime charm + good relationship with lord save me ton of money. At 1 time I took phycaon and then make peace, the lord just ask for 1000 denar for peace. So phycaon = 1000 dennar. Funny run I ever play.

[@aretiredsubberl7036]

Did I miss the explanation on Stewardship? I thought for sure you're gonna need that at least in the early game for larger party size.

[@rush4in]

If Charm and tactics are so unimportant in the grand scheme of things, why didn't you instead put the points into Steward for the additional party size + party bonuses and/or Smithing for the Endurance and Control?

[@Strat-Guides]

I was fortunate to find a companion that had decent intelligence and I found them early on in the campaign, so I decided to let them handle party Steward skills. You're right though, it could have easily been taken up by the main character. As for smithing, I made the rule to not allow smithing, but normally I do like the extra attribute points from perks!

[@bloodwynn]

Nice! Good tips.

[@krixpop]

Awesome as always !!! Ever thought of playing Europe_LemmyProject mod ? Or the Crusader Kingdoms ? Or the Old Realms ? Or similar ? (all of them are mind-blowing ! imho ) Or as Strategy/Tactics that you definitively master: a TW game such as Napoleon , Empire , Rome2, Warhammer ? Stay awesome ! And God bless You and Your family !

[@Gaudron-fp4nc]

My only complaint is that it's essentially the same build you've been using everywhere, but that's on Taleworlds not balancing things right.

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah the build is pretty similar - I think the main difference here is in the approach to leveling up quickly. It would be nice if TW had more "viable" options. It's one thing to have 500+ perks to pick from and it's another to have 95% of them be irrelevant lol

[@Zomrawii]

Nice vid 👍 still wonder how u get gold enough since no smith no caravans no trade perks?

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks! I made most of my money early on from selling loot from villages, then becoming a mercenary, then selling battle loot, then from fiefs with 0 garrison (pure profit fiefs with no defense). It was like a stair step approach :)

[@anarzeee]

Damn I have been playing the whole game in a wrong way I guess simulating fief defences are so much op

[@lagsaur]

Ah a Vlandia playthrough

[@matthewrison2452]

Any tips for soloing villages early game? The militia archers and rock peasants end up killing me eventually. I managed to kill about 40 out of 70 before a rock took me out. I presume its a lot of running around buildings to avoid arrows and just shooting the few that peak corner. I also fear I'm going to run out of arrows so I try to line up my shots near perfect, which leaves me exposed. Any tips?

[@Strat-Guides]

Yeah pretty much - the key is to not let them get any shots off. You can usually avoid 99% of the incoming projectiles, but against 40+ that can let loose 30+ arrow each, the statistics will catch up with you eventually so try to use cover in a way that doesn't allow them to get anything off. Peasants are actually the worst to deal with because they have a shorter aiming period. Archers are pretty slow and you have plenty of time to dodge. Peek-a-boo is the best method imo

[@targaryen5168]

Once immortal dethert dies heads will roll under my leadership

[@jefferymeadows7671]

This game is so hard to me. Ive been watching and reading so many guides and still struggling.

[@Kaador]

I like to have my only Garrison in my Capital. All Elite and lvl walls , siegecamp etc mostly Pravend or Marunath - very easy to defend (imo)

[@KnubTheCreeper]

Hey strat first of all i need to say u are the goat of Bannerlord! Now i have some question iam new at this game and i do my WC but its very hard to save money also very hard to hold the castels at the same time any suggestions how to make it correct? My english is very broken i hope u understand what i mean 🥴 iam sorry for that! I am very grateful for any advice! 💪🏼

[@cyrano-de-bergerac19]

thanks.

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks for watching!

[@pcgamingforevah]

Leaders escape quite often even with both perks on. Dunno maybe this was changed recently?

[@phineasgage8252]

Taleworlds really need to nerf the 100% reduction to prisoner escape chance, it is ridiculously OP. Even putting it at 90% reduction would probably make a big difference. The governors perk doing the same still doesnt seem to work, no?

[@Strat-Guides]

Agreed! So the governor perks don't quite get up to 100%. The last time I did testing on it, it didn't seem to make any difference to escape chance either - everyone was getting out at random times with no discernable pattern

[@phineasgage8252]

@@Strat-Guides Yeah, I dont think they got it fixed either

[@Cosmonaut1337]

Nice, just finished WC full video But do you really need THREE channels? I accidentally found your third channel :D

[@Strat-Guides]

The problem with putting everything on one channel is it can be difficult for people to find the content they want. Playlists can only do so much and I hate to spam people's sub feed unless they are going to watch everything I put out. I'll probably focus on the new channel mostly for now and just put guides out and let's plays as time permits. We'll see!

[@xXN0SK1LLZXx]

Then there's me. With 10 of the strongest clans on a cheat save stagnating in the corner of the map getting molested by ever faction

[@jesusoffamolly4229]

Doing a Gengis Khan Takeover shit is so much fun just laying waste to armies with my mounted troops

[@HenryElfin]

Wow nice guide. What's your opinion on keeping the villages from getting raided and cause starvation to towns?

[@Strat-Guides]

Thanks! I don't worry about raids when I'm doing these because it's pretty much irrelevant. I only had a garrison in a handful of fiefs, so no garrison to starve out and they still made good money because no expenses. The +1 militia from Battania plus a few policies that give more militia were good enough most of the time!

[@SergioAlmaguer-kt7uy]

Know me i well probably be at war with everyone when i get my first castle 😂

[@shaunw8637]

Iv been playing on n off for a while, your vids been great Ty,... I got a Golden companion (from what I can see it's the best I can get), what is the best way to use him... let him be his own party leader/ keep him in mine /(make a governor when I get a town). Thanks in advance

[@Strat-Guides]

If they've got high intelligence, I would make them a party leader. High int with focus points into steward and medicine means they will be a great addition to the clan's army!

[@shaunw8637]

@@Strat-Guides oh thanks for the quick response, nice he's level 19 with 3 across the board bar Vig at 4 Assume it's best to manually assign skills to make them the way I want IE high Int and medicine or is there a way to set them on a given skill line Any time I play iv never went crazy into the companions much

[@Strat-Guides]

@@shaunw8637 yeah assign them manually. Don't forget, you can change perks if you go to the tournament grounds in person and talk to the tournament guy - you have to pay money but if he's got the wrong perk it's probably worth paying to flip it

[@shaunw8637]

@@Strat-Guides wait I can? Aww that's awesome. Never knew that. Here's me lookin at his perks like oh that's what the AI went with/ when I mess up n select the wrong one without realising lol. That's awesome info! Thank you sir! Happy days

[@InFaredTurtles]

hey strat have you seen the newest beta changes for the game? they fixed the ai randomly blocking apparently, circle formation was apparently fixed? and a few other changes to the ai happened. would be awesome if you could test these changes

[@Strat-Guides]

I haven't had a change to get into it, but I heard they were fixing a lot of things! I've heard very good things

[@felo02]

How do I become a mercenary. I am already fighting enemies who have double my party size?

[@Strat-Guides]

To be come a mercenary, you need to be independent (not a vassal or in your own kingdom) and be clan tier 1 (50 renown, which you can check on your clan tab in the top right). Once you do that, go to any noble from the kingdom you want to join and you'll see the chat option to join them as a mercenary.

[@Nimno74]

I'm sort of using this build as a template. I'm starting at 20, so I won't need high medicine (still spending 1 points for 25 perk). Would it be best just not to use the points in Intelligence, and put them in a combat stat (control/vigor)? If so, then are there any 'must-have' perks to aim for in those? Or would even more endurance be better? Or would it be best to keep the Intelligence for the Steward?

[@sammystreich173]

Do I need to keep prisoners in my party? Or can I put them in a castle where I have a different governor?

[@Strat-Guides]

If you have the two perks (scouting and riding 225 for -100% escape chance) then you'll need to hold them in your main party's prisoner hold. If you don't have those 2 perks, they can go in any dungeon.

[@sammystreich173]

Thanks so much for clarifying. I'm new to the game and have been watching a lot of KZbin on it. You are by far the best KZbinr for bannerlord and I appreciate the super fast reply!

[@TheTip777]

Strat tell me please i have 270 captured nobles, character brother have 160 captured nobles and have no free space for others, i know i can make 100% no escape for other family members, but here in your video u don't have family< only companions, what should i do?

[@Strat-Guides]

I was only holding nobles from 2 or 3 kingdoms at once and either ignoring or suing for peace with the others. That's an interesting idea though, to keep all nobles in the whole game with companions. I hadn't considered that!

[@CoeGr]

8:56 You had a companion who's title was "The Fatherless"?

[@Strat-Guides]

Yup! If I recall, he was Khuzait culture and skilled in horse archers :D

[@YTsinny]

For the character build I followed exactly where to put the point but my riding caps at 195, any ideas on what I’ve done wrong?

[@lulcorporal]

how did you keep your original banner color after leaving the kingdom?

[@Strat-Guides]

If I recall, leaving the kingdom to go back to being independent allows you to revert back to your original banner. I might be wrong about that, but that's what I did in this case.

[@christianwilson3853]

Why no stewardship? Haven’t played the game in a while but wasn’t that one of the best trees to get to 250?

[@lordkiza8838]

If there wasnt so many random super big updates id be there already 😂😂😂 just keep restarting to get thr updates module

[@firelord371]

The flashing red thing at the ends says: media offline

[@lupus_lupi]

so you have to execute all destroyed kingdom lords or else they will bother you with raids

[@NiklasMJ]

how does the settlements not revolt when he doesn't have a Garrison force? i thought that would create so many problems

[@Strat-Guides]

@NiklasMJ if loyalty is high then there is no chance of rebellion. If loyalty is low, then having a big garrison can stop the rebellion from starting. Hope that helps!

[@NiklasMJ]

@@Strat-Guides it does indeed. i thought it was security that was the main factor. but yeah that does indeed make a lot more sense, kinda new-ish to the game

[@NiklasMJ]

@@Strat-Guides Also great vid really entertaining and also insightful

[@socajiwangganurtama96]

Sir, how to show indicator without press alt? Because I cant charge with press alt.

[@Strat-Guides]

I'm not sure, maybe change your hotkeys in the settings? I've never had any issues with it so I couldn't help, sorry :(

[@socajiwangganurtama96]

No proble, thanks.@@Strat-Guides

[@СергейНиконоров-п7ы]

Which units did you mainly fight with? Fians?

[@Alex-xz1rl]

Which faction is the easiest to conquer

[@Pentagathusosaurus]

Is there any reason not to just chop some heads instead of keeping lords captive?

[@daveshilling6610]

How did you lvl engineering and roguery fast/best?

[@Strat-Guides]

I didn't really focus on those, it was all passively done. Roguery was from raiding and engineering because I had to siege every single fief in the game (and build siege equipment)

[@therealblade8930]

On what version did you play because when I try RTS camera it keeps crashing

[@swtorguy52]

I dont know why I think im unlucky. When I was getting wife for my character. Many times after started courting them they became a fugitive and could not find them for some time.

[@Strat-Guides]

Lol I hate when that happens! The first chat is easy, but then sometimes they run off and are hard to find

[@swtorguy52]

@@Strat-Guides I noticed this was mostly happening when courted Battanian woman. Makes you think...

[@beano2689]

As my first playthrough I wanted to do this, but I fear that this is wayyyy too difficult to do right off the bat. I don't know much about the game so something of this caliber is difficult.

[@juliaturk7054]

I'd recommend Joining Vlandia as either a Battanian, or Empire. Battania, because it negates the speed penalty of going through forests, and Empire because they have the most fiefs, so your culture won't conflict with too many of them.

[@genospec3290]

Why not invest a few points in steward?

[@Strat-Guides]

I had already found a capable companion to handle steward for me, but it could have been an option. By the time I had put all the points into the necessary skills, it was already close to the mid game and I wanted to start increasing Steward skills right from Clan tier 1, so mostly it was focus point priority issues. Hopefully that makes sense lol it makes sense in my head anyways

[@TOFNTOFN]

Hi, best perk for steward?

[@Strat-Guides]

Hard to say what the best one is - it really depends on what you need. I like stacking wage reduction perks together and having a really cheap army.

[@patrickbeer3388]

Did you use any mods in this speedrun?

[@mariocontreras6337]

Do you think its easier to play the "campaign" or a sandbox? Personally i enjoy playing the "campaign" but after around 700+ days most times less i wind up restarting and trying a new build because my character just didnt seem to feel strong. And i never can manage to hold a feif for the life of me. Even with high teir troops they all tend to get massacred on the battlefield

[@Strat-Guides]

I prefer sandbox so I can make them a little older and pick up more stats. I don't rely much on companions, spouses, etc. as I do my main character.

[@malakatan3235]

Is there mod or now game allow us to edit character, I am too lazy to start out fresh, because gaining money & training experience is too long

[@cseffy1187]

Why wont my skills allow me to go as high as yours?

[@DoPrice]

Unrelated question: can promoted companion lords defect from your kingdom just like recruited clans can?

[@MyLifeIsAFrickingMess_MRPOLSKA]

Yes. Im pretty sure the conditions needed for it are larger than for none clan vassals but they can

[@shifty3523]

What mod is that helmet from at 8:58?

[@duanehanekom1362]

Don't know if what i'm about to say is an old thing or not but i just lost in the final round of a tournament to my brother but i still got the prize horse of the tournament, i asume its because we share the same inventory or what?

[@DreadX10]

Yes, family or companions (in your party) that win a tournament will have the prize show up in your inventory.

[@joshuafarris8093]

How did he change the age of the starting character? I've never seen that option.

[@Strat-Guides]

Do a sandbox start instead of campaign

[@joshuafarris8093]

@@Strat-Guides thank you. Btw, excellent guides! I really like your work.

[@jxslayz6663]

This is like the North Korea plan from Ck2 and 3.

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

Ive been playing Bannerlord difficulty since beta and i swear, one mistake and you lose so much time and resources

[@Warzi]

Cool