I know just how enticing tournaments are. So check the counter on the right bottom of the screen to see the rate of food consumption and the number of days your food will last. If you are planning to besiege a settlement and starve the enemy out, you might as well make sure you have enough food to not make your own troops go hungry. So make sure you always have a great variety of food (and lots of it!) in your inventory. Always pay attention to your inventoryįood is one of the main ways to keep your party’s morale high. Simply put, if someone asks you to put an end to a bandit lair, you better make sure you are ready to get the job done. Plus, you won’t get the rewards, obviously. Why? Well, accepting quests and failing to complete them will result in a bad relationship with the person who delegated the quest to you. You need to carefully read quests’ descriptions before venturing into them. Know which quests to accept and which to rejectįailing quests in Bannerlord is nothing like what it was in Warband. Every kingdom in Calradia has great opportunities for the player, whether it’s quests, alliance requests, or commerce opportunities. The map is big and there is no reason for you to stick to one place.

Even if your party is entirely made of recruits or peasants, as long as it’s bigger than the enemy’s, they will generally not attack you. You don’t even need 20 of the best soldiers. Most looter parties are made of 8 to 15 people, so keeping a party of 20 will ensure they don’t come after you. There are dozens of looters and bandits all over the map, looking for easy targets. Roaming through Calradia alone is a great way to get yourself killed. Always keep a minimum party of 20 soldiers Even if you are standing far from the enemy’s infantry, you are not safe from their archers – keeping a shield handy can be a lifesaver. I get that two-handed weapons or long-distance weapons are very thrilling, but you will almost always need a shield to back you up.Įven if you don’t choose the realistic mode, battles are now much more life-like, meaning you will have to be more careful. Recruiting people into your faction will be almost impossible.īut don’t fret, you can still get a taste of the real thing, you just need to know how to pick the right settings. Bandits and enemy lords will come after you more often. And if veterans have a hard time playing realistic, then you can imagine just how discouraged new players will feel when things start to get sour in the game. Playing in realistic difficulty might sound interesting, but the truth is that it is very hard to play, even for veterans of the game.

This is the first and very likely the most important tip on this list.

Mount and blade realistic mod