Towns cap out pretty quickly however in their constructions, and in my experience getting an entire Town or Castle to level 3 everything takes very little time. This will be important more towards the middle of the game and continue to be.
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Not worth it! Buy a workshop instead!Įmpire: The Empire’s speed bonuses are attractive, for sure. They will escape eventually but then you need to go ‘pick them up’ from whatever city they were closest to when they escaped.
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All would be better uses of their time than be shuffled city to city with the potential risk of being captured by an enemy lord. They would be better used in combat by your side, Governing one of your settlements, leading their own army, or even completing the side quests you sometimes encounter. On top of that, your companions need to be tied up, marching around the map buying and selling goods for you to make money.
MOUNT AND BLADE WARBAND STARTER GUIDE PATCH
Now that the recent patch has made caravans ‘fair game’ when two cultures are at war, it’s become more risky than opening up a workshop in a city far away from the borderlands between two cultures. Town Prosperity and access to goods has nothing to do with it, nor does the game take risk into account. You need to devote 15,000 gold to each caravan no matter where.
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Trade Caravans, at least as of right now, aren’t worth it later on. Over time that’s a pretty huge sum of money - more important than the 15,000 gold you’d save from buying your third caravan. All that means is that you get a 10% better rate of trading items with NPCs in the game. This perk is definitely worth it as you will use it throughout your entire campaign.Īserai: The Aserai bonus is very useful, more towards the beginning/if you enjoy employing Trade Caravans but even throughout the game with the reduced 10% trade penalty.
MOUNT AND BLADE WARBAND STARTER GUIDE UPGRADE
It’s very cheap to upgrade troops in Bannerlord, unlike Warband where you could go broke if you didn’t pay enough attention. The faster you can train them up, the better. Vlandia: Training troops is not only important in the beginning of the game when you only have access to peasants as soldiers, but also throughout the entirety of the game since you will be taking casualties and you will need to recruit peasants to bolster your ranks. These are ranked all by usefulness (my opinion): In my humble opinion, the only 3 we should even give a serious look at are Vlandia’s, the Aerai’s and Empire’s culture bonuses.
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Upon starting a new campaign, you have the option to choose one of 6 character Cultures. This may sound obvious, but you want to choose your starting faction and character stats based on what you’ll use - not on what sounds good if you’re reading the lore and background of the choices you have before you.