Mount and blade warband early game guide

#Mount and blade warband early game guide plus#

amber, silver) for mead and ale, and then sell the expensive goods in town. * It's also relatively worthwhile to barter some extensive goods produced by villages (e.g. * The two previous strategies can be combined, basically bartering cheap alcohol for village-made goods to sell in towns. * If you have the cash and capacity, buy mead and ale in places where it is plentifully produced (price 300) This can result in a x10 value increase (a unit of iron bought for ~30 and sold for ~300) * For larger investments: buy certain raw materials (iron, wool, flax) in villages and sell in the cities. There are exceptions, if a village doesn't produce a particular item cheaply (e.g,fish or honey in some places), but you'll learn to spot that quickly and most of the time selling foodstuffs in towns brings at least a modest profit. * For small-time trading, buy food in villages and sell in towns. I do that a lot, because this just turns travelling into money-making, which is useful early on. Some products can be bought cheaply in one location and sold at a much higher value elsewhere. While the later-game stuff isn't the way I do things, the early-game tips helped me a lot (there's are a couple of 'how to make money' articles there, among others):

#Mount and blade warband early game guide plus#

This page elaborates on the above, plus goes into detail on much more than that. And if you do require a larger warband for a certain mission, don't be afraid to disband them if they're costing too much, unless of course you can park them in a garrison (an option later, but likely not at the start). The best advice for the start of the game is to just explore as much as possible: identify villages/towns/forts, based on culture, faction and/or religion - that appeal to you, then get a couple of them to be your best buddies (and their lords).

You can also get the higher-tier tavern recruits - this is generally the best/easiest way to get cavalry in the game, although it's usefulness is still primarily for cleaning up at the end of combat. Also you won't need to bribe anyone, and doing missions for lords typically gets you money from the lord in addition to relations. These are better for recruiting from since you're guaranteed at least level 2 troops and can get up to level 3 (unlike villages which are level 1-level 2). You can equip them with any gear you find, so even though they may appear to be lower level than the 'regular' troops, they'll generally perform much better - and they can't die, so no need to worry about replacements.ДЄt the start of the game, it's worth trying to do missions with the minimum possible amount of troops - I've completed many missions with 150 renown and +5 rep with a lord, you should be able to recruit from his town/fort. One thing that are definitely worth recruiting are companions - in sandbox they randomly appear in mead halls, most don't require any up-front cash (and those that do don't require more than a few hundred), and they level up similar to you (although much, much slower). Tavern recruits - if you can afford them - are often worth getting at the lower levels to supplement your team. I tend to stop by certain villages/towns/forts and check for jobs while passing through, so I often have multiple jobs on the go. While you're waiting, either go to a different village or do menial tasks for the elder - relations are important in this game as they determine the chance of getting troops (including the number as well as type), so it's generally worth it to choose a few villages you intend to recruit from and get their relations up as high as you can. If it succeeds, you'll have to pay a small sum (something like 300-500?), and then you'll finally be able to recruit from that village. You should be able to convince the village elder that you're capable via dialogue - it might fail, if it does just try again in a day or so. Relations in this game tend to happen over the long term (at least for friends - enemies are easy to make!).ДЇirstly, your idea of attempting to get recruits from villages first is a good one, because with renown 150). anyone know of a fast track to standing in this game/ Yeah not really a fast track, but a couple of things that might help. Greyjumper: Can anyone tell me the fastest way to get a leg up in Viking Conquest? Warband of course? I keep getting robbed and don't start with enough money to hire vollenteers (or how ever you spell this damn word) or I have to please village elders before I can ask for vollenterees.