WATCH THIS Before Playing Knights of Honor 2 - Beginner's Guide & Tutorial

Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign is a deep new grand strategy game set during the middle ages, and there is a lot to learn here. Beginners and newcomers will likely need some direction before playing, and so I decided to put together this essential beginner's tutorial, which shows you everything you need to pay attention to in the beginning of your campaign, as a sort of first step or introductory guide.
We go through how to make money, which buildings to build in which provinces, how to wage war, and how to conduct diplomacy, even how and when to use your knights and royal court.
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[@Punggles]

I'm kind of surprised everything is randomly generated, I agree with your last video I think a Historical mode that tweaks modifiers based the regions real-life history would be awesome. This is a super helpful beginner's guide!

[@hex_1733]

Yeah, something like "blank slate" and "historical mode"

[@MrOrangeJoe]

Omg go play CK

[@AndysTake]

Agreed, I was kinda surprised as well! Thanks for the comment, Punggles, hope it helps you out! :)

[@xModerax]

Its a good excuse as to not have to put in time and hard research and I cant blame the developers.

[@velvet3784]

@@xModerax was it really difficult to search "Europe map 1200 AD" and draw provinces by that?

[@user-np4ec7cs7o]

Valuable advices! Just one thing - you might want to pick a first kingdom tradition early, as it is cost effective. Traditions are the key to victory in this game and their bonuses really stack and pay off. Kings are the best way to learn traditions, as they learn a skill in 3rd lvl for only 200 books. Personally I pick a merchant king as first and Writing as my first tradition.

[@FrostRare]

I feel like once this game gets going, like 6-7 hours into a campaign, it gets crazy.

[@AndysTake]

Oh yes, be prepared for the enemy haha

[@FrostRare]

@@AndysTake thanks Andy!

[@giantdad1661]

Can confirm...sooner or later you'll find your self begging your foes to not make you take their land. You have to navigate religion based politics, and a web of relations. Fun stuff tbh

[@netbanger547]

@@giantdad1661 facts but i had to learn the hard way to NEVER declare wars. ended up having a coalition of about 10 factions attacking me as the mongols. wasn’t fun.

[@jamiecook4288]

I’m Scottish and I always started as them when I can. Knights of Honour 1 was always my favourite.

[@AndysTake]

Well, I hope you enjoyed this little Scotland feature then ;)

[@1MyNickname1]

One important thing nobody seems to mention is also cultural might, which can help you make enemy provinces around you loyal to you so you can then buy them from other countries or way easier conquer them.

[@AndysTake]

Definitely, good point!

[@konrad1916]

For what i received i passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the scriptures 1 Corinthians 15 3 PS: "according to the Scriptures" - what the Apostle means is that Lord Jesus fulfilled prophecy's of the Prophets of God in Old Testament. There are hundreds of Prophecies that Lord Jesus fulfilled. God is our Father. He is the best of fathers, the most lovable and merciful of fathers. Read the whole uncensored Bible that is Catholic(The Original) and pray my friends. Wish you all well🙏amen🙏

[@halloweenjean]

@@konrad1916woah epic!!! he died for me???? little old me???

[@JULEBOL]

I love this game, all the fun from total war battles combined with intricate management. A challenge to learn, bigger challenge to master

[@Tim_van_de_Leur]

Dumped so much time in the first game when I was a kid, currently downloading this one :)

[@1992zorro]

Thank you for doing some videos to raise awareness. It's time the Monopolies game creators start feeling some pressure to actually start putting some effort into their games. Every little steps counts

[@AndysTake]

Thanks JP, hope you enjoy the game!

[@notmybuddyguy477]

Or CA because there the dominant RTS devs out there right now and for the I dunno 20years or so.

[@RNDM-nd7tj]

I never played the original but ive played about 5 hours of this so far and its a good game. The trade/diplomacy/knight and building chain are all well implemented mechanics. The map is also pretty good. The only two downsides for me so far is the fact that you cant turn your camera or zoom in/out further, its the same in battles where you have a top down view which just seems limiting. And the battles are pretty underwhelming because the units take a lot of damage quickly and run off.

[@Tczewianin]

The map isn't good. The location of some provinces rivers or mountains does not match.

[@RNDM-nd7tj]

@@Tczewianin Never noticed that but it looks good

[@Hydra707]

You can turn the camera with CTRL + mouse wheel scroll... I found that out after 20+ hours when the tip finally showed itself in loading screen lol

[@RNDM-nd7tj]

@@Hydra707 Well it's good to know that I'm a fuckin' idiot. Cheers for the heads up haha!

[@IncomingLegend]

man, what I hated the most in KoH 1 was the limited number of knights and I wished they'd get rid of that, but it seems that number has shrunk now... damn...

[@AndysTake]

I wish we could have more knights, at least to govern our cities and wage war.

[@austinschwartz7424]

The other one thing that's good is that prisoners don't take up a slot

[@eclipset.9683]

It's the same number of knights as before, except that your king is always in a slot of your court now. (Which was usually ideal anyway, since previously they cost no upkeep). There are some significant improvements here, though. Merchants can govern a town, trade with someone (and expand that trade to be worth more than a typical route), as well as import up to 3 goods at a time. Previously, this would take 5 separate merchants. Besides the improved efficiency in space, (other knights can govern and do other tasks as well), the choices for knights is streamlined. So, no need for builders or landlords, you can have merchants that give books, not just clerics, and all types can be educated with specialized skills. (And any skill that's a part of a tradition is available to all knights to learn). I think they made massive improvements to the royal court system. (Knights also have way more to do, and the diplomat type is extremely useful). Prisoners not taking up a slot is huge as well.

[@shawntipton5078]

KoH2 is so much better and more accurate to history, no tax tab and no unlimited knights, in reality a society is more complex than that. in the time setting of Knights of Honor 2, rulers had to be careful about overtaxing the population, lest they lose the kingdom, knights were somewhat rare and considered special, being noble born. Richard 2nd was dethroned eventually for over taxing the population of England to support his lavish appetite and lifestyle. raising an army was extremely time consuming and extremely expensive and could ruin a kingdom before a war was won. The list goes on. in order to have knights you need to pay for them, via tax and trade

[@robertogura9890]

KOH2 is gonna be lit.

[@jakesanchez3415]

after 17 years..... wow finally another version.

[@NewGames87]

Excellent job and explanation. Currently, I'm playing, but I'm not recording; I'm just enjoying the game for my own pleasure.

[@proshot619]

I’m looking forward to playing this

[@AndysTake]

glad to hear it!

[@thunderbagel3886]

This was definitely helpful to watch as I wait for the game to download!

[@AndysTake]

Great to hear that, Thunder!

[@imperialeagle5979]

its a realy cool game!!! I very like it! can not stop to play!!!))

[@AndysTake]

Glad to hear it! :D

[@GrasshopperKelly]

The only thing I put as a negative on y steam review was I'm waiting for a historic start option. A historic AI behaviour is not a demand, but it would be nice too... Two things almost every other similar historic title with a global map has (Especially Paradox games).

[@aoetje474]

sadly AI cheats and the building upgrade system locks you to choices you might not want, once you upgrade building if you want to build another building of that type you are unable to built the un-upgrade version but the fully upgraded version costs a ton hence you are block when you are under pressure, devs claim this is depth - to me it makes the game more shallow and takes away player choice

[@rpersen]

Good video, I bought the game today bases on your review. Looks very promising.

[@AndysTake]

Thank you, I hope you like the game, my friend!

[@1nf3ct3dTT]

i noticed in my game suddenly there was like a giant kingdom popping off from i guess rebel occupied provinces? so if a province is occupied by rebels too long they make a new state right?

[@zyxxlar]

The game has some nice features, although I'm not certain it will actually be that good. A combination of Total War and Paradox games sounds fun in theory but I think it's harder to do good than just doing something like ck3 and when a battle starts you enter total war.

[@IncomingLegend]

the formula isn't new, remember this is just a sequel... KoH was pretty much the same

[@charlesjohnson6777]

Wow thanks for this I played for first time whew I start off good then all my populace rebels and I loose, I never adopted populace, please do more videos like what are the things you can add to each baron with plus sign and do they stay With my king when he dies I'm so lost.

[@innerparty1]

Great guide, thanks.

[@AndysTake]

My pleasure, my friend!

[@CorDharel]

Thank you for this great introduction. I watched a 40 minute tutorial before but it was worth nothing as the guy just went over every single UI element - not how to start the actual game. Thank you!

[@AndysTake]

My pleasure, my friend! :)

[@jaidevsingh2913]

its a remake of the old game with some new additions, that too after a very long time, some things could be done better. its almost exactly the same.

[@velvet3784]

I agree, it has many odd design choices from the first game

[@TheDarthbinky]

Is there a way to increase the number of knights? Or units in an army? Or are they both locked at 8 (technically 9 for armies, if you include the general)? Also I can’t figure out how to build siege weapons. I’ve built the armory and the upgrade for them but can’t find where they are built. EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out. There are inventory slots to the left of the general's portrait. They're bought there. /EDIT

[@netbanger547]

maybe in mods later on and such but right now no more knights then 8. the bigger you get the more marshals you should focus on getting IMO. traditions are extremely helpful and should be utilized as early as possible.

[@GabrielThomassen]

Each marshal has four little circles left of his portrait (when you click the marshal on the campaign map) these circles can be filled with ‘equipment’ including siege engines but als a item that expands the size of the units :). The catapult does a lot of damage to units as well

[@louditalian1962]

The AI does know how to play sometimes. Playing as Nicaea, I attacked the Latin Empire (reclaiming Byzantium) however the Latins had an extremely wealthy trade deal with 2 other kingdoms, which I presumed wouldn’t get involved in a massive war as I also had a trade agreement with them, even tho we had bad relations. I was besieging Constantinople when they declare war on me and then I had one army approaching my besieging forces forcing me to fight two armies at once which was extremely difficult and another army landed on my kingdom and started to besiege my capital, I formed an army of light spearmen and archers with one of my marshal’s. At the end I captured Constantinople but was severely weak-end by the ordeal, broke and starving, I had to deal with two rebellions and then a Muslim invasion… Jesus.

[@Niraol]

I'm on a quest rn, conquering the Balkans with Zeta lol, one of the smallest starting points in the game

[@ediionescu8424]

I like this game, especially the medieval music makes the whole game! I have to point out an abuse to those who built the game. we do not know who approved this game with a historical subject in which the fake is gross! those who respectively purchase this game get a game with lies about history! As far as I am concerned as a citizen of Romanian nationality and as a player passionate about such games, I protest against those who created the game! It is an offense to Romania, to lie that it did not exist, when the events and merits of this Power of Europe are known! Dacia, Wallachia, saved Europe from destruction, the most feared and skilled fighters who scared the Roman Empire! I will frequently attach historical notes from our European neighbors in which they praise in their poems and stories the merits of the Romanian State in its history!

[@filipefernandes870]

I bought the game... but I haven't tried it yet for some reason... I'm trying to scratch my Byzantine itch but it seems like I'm stuck between this game, CK3, Bannerlord and 1212ad mod for Attila Total war... I wish there was a game that had it all

[@AndysTake]

Why not all? Haha but for real. They’re all great options! :D

[@palanikumar7877]

Can someone explain this 1:08 to me... What is a sandbox game? I have been playing the game for a while and always start the game with diplomatic relationships with the wrong countries that I want to conquer often times extremely good opinions with them and a trade agreement.. How can I start a game without any diplomatic relations established?

[@johannesarnds5203]

Which traditions would you go to early, mid and late?

[@texastwostepgaming]

Uh I liked but it won't let me sub again... Foiled again! Thanks for another awesome video and I am loving the game so far!

[@AndysTake]

Haha! Thanks, Kenly, glad you liked the video and the game! :D

[@darkranger116]

I think they did a good job with this game. They should have rebranded it as a remaster and that would have not confused people, but at the same time, they didnt take out an entire faction that was already built into the game and use it as a FOMO pre-order bonus, so this game automatically gets more points than Warhammer 3 right off the get go

[@slavicmapper2968]

this game is like paradox and total war combined

[@user-zy7em8bk5m]

New to this type of game. How do you get armies out of the town there in to go to battle?

[@DM-um8uw]

I am still not sure if I like it or not. Personally, I play KOH1 for more than 10 years and I am used to the fast paced game and it just irritates me the 5 second wait for gold income at maximum speed, this is just too much and things are going really slow. I am waiting like 5 minutes to build sth and in the meantime I am just deleting random messages.So far I am kinda dissapointed.

[@NoVisionGuy]

This game is hard, everyone is ganging up on me

[@darkbasex3]

Bohoo i cant wait

[@craftsmenMC]

How the hell do I manage kingdom stability and the opinions of the nobles, clergy etc? It feels entirely arbitrary when they go up or down, and going to war drops both to such a massive degree that wanting to do some conquest just doesn’t seem worth it. Managing those two mechanics is just so frustrating because the game absolutely refuses to give me sufficient information on how to manage either.

[@keithstevens5614]

At 6:17 you skipped over a very important detail - how you open the army menu so you can transfer units from barracks. Instead you discuss what a mouse is, what a cursor is, what's a keyboard etc.

[@gregtriplex5878]

the special resource is rendom every start new game, right?

[@dastil7904]

Can someone tell my why you can't join a battle sometimes? I just lost one, because i couldn't reinforce my troops, but the enemy allies could just join the battle. There is a red x next to the sword.

[@potato3615]

There's a maximum of 2 armies per battle so it's best you increase your army's power before engagement. So in your case you already had 2 armies battling the enemy. Hope this helps for your future battles.

[@dastil7904]

@@potato3615 it does thanks!

[@Chap711]

​@PotAto which sucks by the way

[@M1ckyCFC]

lol the way you say Galway.

[@AndysTake]

Pleeeease how do you say it

[@M1ckyCFC]

@@AndysTake say it like Gulway.

[@AndysTake]

@@M1ckyCFC good to know :D

[@tihomirkardas1]

Does bskinti and bsrai still work? xD

[@monti1054]

Can you speed up the gameplay without using the keyboard?

[@nasrclips2757]

as someone who played CK3 and CK2 for hundreds of hours, would you recommend me this game?

[@MrReaperder2]

Probably not. It will most likely be a downgrade for you in terms of politics and family management. If you are looking for a balanced of approach of building, politics and battles, this game is certainly nice for like 20-50 hours. Decent game imo.

[@childerico1426]

What are the main differences between that one and total war saga?

[@MirceaIliePloscaru]

This is real time, while total war is turn-based, as far as I understood.

[@Rex1987]

Also I find the town and city management systems deeper and better designed. And the kingdom advantages system, which makes you able to win the game by just getting a pretty huge verity for strategic resources. It's worth the challenge i would say.

[@xvader2210]

Is Diplomatic mashall neccessary to hire or must have?

[@krepsas]

I have a question regarding armies... in Royal Armory there is upgrades which gives NOTHING, it is written that some are required for recruiting ELITE UNITS, but max what i can recruit is heavy units, no ELITES, so wtf ? :D

[@Farlon273]

Most elite units are locked to specific kingdoms or provinces.

[@Stefan-me7ww]

Imagine if they make mods of this game with I don't know 16th century or even 18th century

[@davidnavratil5349]

It looks like the original KoH with improved graphics.

[@ariasabe]

ck3 meets civ 6 meets total war?🤔

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

Mod tools?

[@dominykasbudrys1011]

Can you play on Europe map with friends?

[@vincentlius1569]

If only we can have more than 8 nobility. On late game 8 marshal isn't even enough to conquer all of europe

[@ochokochi4594]

A stupid question here: How to lead the siege manually at 8:40 ??

[@AndysTake]

You need to get the enemy’s defences down to 50%, or open the enemy gates with a spy ;)

[@dylanpilhofer2536]

i have found that the most effective strategy for building a strong economy is to enable cheats

[@NiborTrefies]

I'd love to play it but I think it's badly optimized. I mean sure, I have a very old pc that's more a potato but I still have a bunch of games that start faster, run smoother and look better though..... too bad, but it loads for ages and that makes it nearly unplayable for me. Good guide though. Thank you.

[@strontiumd6789]

oh boy..this is the first grand strategy game ive played and i know im in for a rough and steep learning curve. I wonder how long you have to play it before you actually know whats going on?

[@AndysTake]

Good luck, my friend! Well, it took me about 15 hours to truly enjoy it, but that was without any tutorials, really. With some of this help, I hope you can manage in about 5 or sooner, hopefully :) You can also check out my review for more information about the game!

[@LoyalUK]

thanks o7

[@edindzinovic4579]

How king can lead the army ?

[@potato3615]

The king must be a marshal or the scholar/cleric/shaman class. But I would recommend a marshal since having the alternative class would have a debuff to morale by 3 Hopes this helps.

[@KosmataBradva]

Wonder if spy' still busted. Running 6 spies and burning Europe was my favorite run. btw, are heirs still RNG?

[@AndysTake]

Heirs have innate strengths, but you can choose their skills, and you can choose your own heir from amongst your children

[@KosmataBradva]

@@AndysTake Screwed over by a rebel firstborn yet :D ?

[@kbgamingcomics6800]

Haven't bought yet judt watching lol

[@yessir6353]

War in this game is utterly broken. Just go full cav and kill their leader in battle

[@freedomfirst5557]

Yeah, I'm going to wait until it's $9.99

[@christopherdereal4868]

We're 60 years behind in tech and repressed the best is

[@olegsher]

How is game in general? Worse it money?

[@lonewanderer4207]

Not worth the money, pirate it tbh

[@nolastionut2243]

Byzantium it's broken, I fked them regions, only one left and suddenly about 4k troops out of nowhere wiped my army up, guess the game won't let walachia beat the ass of Byzantium

[@jrs2071]

Gal way.... (sounds like ..Gaul Way) not....... gala way

[@Zeitgeist2000]

this feels like you have been sponsored ngl.

[@AndysTake]

A tutorial feels like I've been sponsored? How?

[@Zeitgeist2000]

@@AndysTake because the game has been out for less than a day and you just constantly performing fellatio all over it.

[@AndysTake]

@@Zeitgeist2000 I've played the game for over a week already. Nothing wrong with some good fellatio.

[@Zeitgeist2000]

@@AndysTake no I'm not going to disagree with you this is a fun game I like it and I took your advice in this video started as Norway I took Inverness and part of Denmark. There were two famous rebellions that popped off on my borders that essentially locked half of my population and then England and Scotland and Ireland all unite and invade me so I think that's a GG but it was a good learning experience

[@AndysTake]

@@Zeitgeist2000 Glad you took my advice, mate, and that you're enjoying it for the most part! Who are you planning on playing next, and what was your favorite part so far?

[@loyalpiper]

Scottish capital is edinburgh- pronounced edin-bur-ah

[@vishwanathtigadi6689]

graphics suck for unreal engine 5 era... rest seems good

[@RNDM-nd7tj]

No games have even been shipped with unreal engine 5 yet. Plus UE5 is no different to UE4 except for the global illumination and virtualized micropolygon technology, two things you really don't need for an rts because the camera is never going to be close enough to make the visual fidelity any better.

[@Theodjinn72]

Edinborough?!! WTF?

[@patrickstromann3836]

get to the point

[@xwasp58]

You lost me half way through. To deep!!

[@LucieOzeol]

please stop comparing any game to a big largely funded games, just enjoy new games and encourage new variety and more diversity of game designs and mechanics not all games should be like your favorit total war or CK

[@frankishknight707]

👏👏👏👏👊🎯

[@mikeclarke3990]

This makes CK3 look like a kids game.

[@ConsolePCGaming]

such a boring intro i fell asleep

[@nemesisone8927]

Nah i prefer Total War Rome 2 - Emperor Edition with mods like divide et impera wayyyyy cooler and wayyy better

[@MrMiniTakitos]

Are these videos sponsored?

[@sandsiren4840]

Doubt it, he always says when he’s doing a sponsored video

[@TRNATO1]

They do sound a bit sponsored, right? Either that or he's really stoked on this game, if so, kudos to him... I'm waiting to see what the price is...some things appear rough around the edges for a 40+ dollar game TBH

[@MrMiniTakitos]

@@TRNATO1 I agree, I'm all for trying new strategy games especially since TW isn't going down the path I would like, but I think I've just seen too many games that look like this that are just awful, and yeah this video and his last one have a very sponsored vibe to them

[@AndysTake]

No the videos are not sponsored. It’s illegal to promote something and get paid without making that clear. Can’t a guy just love a game?

[@vonbalt4891]

@@MrMiniTakitos luckly then the original KoH was a classic with a devoted fanbase and KoH2 so far is an incredible sequel. The game is awesome and really fun if you like the genre, a happy medium between crusader kings with total war style battles minus the shiny graphics that i happily accept for a much more indepth and better designed campaign than braindead total war lol

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Meh ? too complex like CK.

[@lonewanderer4207]

The game isn't really good

[@adrianbanzar8474]

by the way nothing in this game makes sense, al value ar fake etc etc etc

[@MrJukamada]

Get your army some catapults. Then wait for them to attack. Lead all battle. Done deal.