If you got your wealth through caravan raiding or attacking other lords. In my 2000 days save I've personally seen it flip more than 11 times. For example, Dhirhim will be taken by many factions over the course of the game. The first step is to find a major town that you know is safe. That'll cost a fair bit to upkeep every week, no doubt you'll be looking for a way to keep your cashflow coming in even while at peace. They'll more than likely be high level troops, in my case, Swadian Knights. No doubt you've amassed a decently sized army by this point. This is an example of how you could attack Swadia. This means that positioning yourself right outside Praven for example, and attacking a Swadian convoy, you'd be surrounded by hostile lords. However, once you ask for a fee, your relations with that nation's caravan will decrease and will effectively start a war.īe prepared to be at war with the faction who's caravan you're attacking. Then just wait, and you may charge them a fee.
The best place to find them is if you camp out on the paths, outside of one of the cities. Twenty Swadian Knights often fetches you about 600 - 800 Denners per fee. Now, depending on the size and strength of your army, the caravan will offer different amounts. Once you approach the Caravan, you'll get an option to say, "I demand something from you", from there you then hit "There's a toll to pass through here". If you don't match any of these requirements, taking a toll would be advisible. Often, the best time to attack is if you have high level units or you outnumber them. Then, either attacking them outright and taking everything, or asking for a toll.Ĭaravans often hold about twenty non-fraction cavalry and a few reserves of fraction troops. Do not assume an easy victory if your troops are not highly leveled.Ĭaravan Raiding is the process of sitting on a road, and waiting for an enemy caravan to appear. NOTE: DESERT BANDITS ARE PURE CAVALRY, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!. It's best if you sit around for a bit, wait for a party with either a few prisoners or just a nice looking one and chase it down. This will destroy and early source of income. I also advise that you do not go straight for the bandit lair. !ONLY GO TO THIS PLACE IF YOU HAVE GOOD LEVELED SOLDIERS, IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL GET SMASHED! The bandit lair can be located around this place: These can be a good source of early cavalry if you manage to rescue them. Many often have prisoners, mostley caravan guards or manhunters. The bandit lair in located right in the middle of the Sultanate and the further you go in, the more you will see of them. This is as, they are the second most valuable bandits in the game, with them selling for aorund 96 denners if captured and their loot isn't half bad either. However I find that the best method once you got some pretty decent troops, is to ride out to the Sarranid Sultanate and look for the "Desert Bandits" hideout. Rescuing prisoners and trying to do quests for lords. Well, if you want to become a warlord, best thing you can do is start attacking looters, and selling their stuff. This is as the bigger your army is, the more you can fight. Now, from the money you have made, go and recruit all the new soldiers you can. Ok so, either way you have gotten past that. Other than that, this will be continued in the next part. Either way, I advise you go back and help the merchant. Or a fool hardy try-hard who thinks he can survive on his own. If you've chosen to ignore the merchant, you are either a seasoned mount and blade warband player who knows what they're doing. Take everything you can and sell it off when you arrive back in the city, every denner counts early in the game. For taking this bandit lair, you get to loot the hell out of it. Now to take this, I always leave it a bit until I've got some battle hardened soldiers, as it can be suprisingly hard to take when you only have Swadian militia to fight alongside you with. NOTE: THEY WILL SPAWN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CITY AND THEIR NUMBER WILL BE IN BLUE.Īfter you have destroyed the looters, you will be given the location of the hideout, were the Merchant's brother is being held. He will ten tell you to go and look for some bandits. You can do this by going to any number of towns and clicking on the "recruit volunteers" tab, like so.Īfter you got five of these, you must return to the location in which you were given the task and check the tavern. If you have chosen to help said merchant, your first objective will be to collect five soldiers. By accepting this quest you get an extra 100 denners to build up your army, meaning, ten new soldiers.
This questline is opitional and is not required to do, but it can get you started. You will be presented with one of two options: After picking your background and story archĪfter getting assaulted by some thug and being dragged in by the merchant.