Minor Clans & Mercenaries Troops Guide for Bannerlord
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Looking to recruit some hot fresh Mercenaries? How about add some Minor Clans to your kingdom or party? In this video, I'll give you a detailed guide and troop review for all of the Mercenaries and Minor Clans in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord!
0:00 Intro & Summary
1:06 Mercenary Introduction
3:35 Where to Find Mercenaries?
8:25 Western Mercenary Troops
12:52 Eastern Mercenary Troops
18:29 Sword Sisters
21:24 Caravan Guards
25:07 Minor Clans Introduction
27:53 How to Get Minor Clan Troops
30:57 Hidden Hand Troops
32:47 Embers of the Flame Troops
33:51 Eleftheroi Troops
34:55 Legion of the Betrayed Troops
36:27 Brotherhood of the Wood Troops
37:55 Order of the Golden Boar Troops
39:11 Wolfskin Troops
40:30 Forest People Troops
41:36 Skolderbroda Troops
43:16 Lake Rat Troops
44:51 Karakhergit Troops
46:17 Beni Zilal Troops
48:44 Jawwal Troops
49:49 Ghilman Troops
51:44 What Do Minor Clans Do?
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Thanks so much for watching the video! I have a ton of guides linked in the playlist below as well as some choice videos if you're looking for a build for your first character!
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Unrelated to the video... in previous thumbnails there’s a bronzed spartan helmet, is that a mod or unobtainable from traders?
@@rjbandit7712 It's in the game by default! You'll find it in Empire cities that have high prosperity :)
@@italianspartacus I’ve searched everywhere and I can’t seem to find it, I’m level 37 with my character, been popping in and out of empire traders for over 25 years of in-game time 😂
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Another amazingly well done, (and up to date: aka currently relevant) in-depth, explanatory video on the Bannerlord Secondary Troop Trees to help me learn the ropes and get a grip on the many complexities of this dope-ass game!
Generally speaking, I'm not a min/max type of guy, and usually just go with whatever feels fun and/or right relative for each of my play-throughs for whatever game I'm into, but I also like being informed as much as possible and your videos have helped me sculpt my army and thus, my experience into something really cool and unique imo. Haven't had this much fun playing through, and learning about a game in a LONG time. Cheers!
you got the forest people and the brotherhood of the woods mixed up
It feels a bit of a shame and counter intuitive that the only way to recruit the minor clan units is to fight them. Would make more sense if you could befriend them and pay to recruit them once you've charmed them enough.
Fighting is a path to friendship
You can recruit prisoners of defeated enemies.
So if a merc party gets defeated by a lord and you then defeat this lord, you can recruit his prisoners wich will include those mercs.
Can't rely on this method tough
A bit late to respond but taverns sell a handful at a time. I have almost a fully army of mercs.
@@CallMeMatt0mercenary troops and minor clan troops are different.
@@kungfukitten6735 I realized my mistake but couldn't be bothered to remove it. Sorry about that.
Would like to see the minor factions having an expanded role/mechanics and easier to recruit, really good guide video
The Fouberie mod implements it fairly well, you can purchase the culture's minor clans at tavern districts in cities with that culture (e.g. hiring Legion of the Betrayed at any Empire culture town), and are about as expensive as mercenaries so it's not OP to recoup losses
me aswell. i dont like all the 'mods can' talk either haha. they call them minor "factions" so they should act like one!!
they seem more like minor mercenaries to me honestly, you cant marry them, they cant take fiefs- etc.
one other wish of mine is- rebels would actually rebel. like you took this town, and (if succesful) they just decide to live under another kingdom. like bruhhhhh you just fought to get yourself out of one haha.
@@games2am Honestly minor factions are really fecking boring, I mean all they are is gimped clans for hire, that may roam around at times when unemployed.
One thing to keep in mind is that there are some perks that give some significant wage reduction to mercenaries specifically, and they stack with the general wage deduction perks. If you get all of these perks you can actually end up paying a negative wage to mercenaries (or they pay you to fight for you). Pretty hilarious although it does require you take specific perks in a bunch of different skills to pull off.
Wait what skills do you need for that
I thought they patched that so it's impossible for that to happen now? Or is it just harder?
@@willroth7521 Streward and Trade both have perks that reduce mercenary wages by 25% (50% total) and steward has a perk that reduces all wages by 5%, and another 15% if you are in an army (you can make an army with your party and 1 solo companion in his own party for the bonus) and the final perk of steward gives a 0.5% wage reduction for every point over 250, so if you have 310 steward, that's another 30% wage reduction. With all those perks you have 100% wage reduction for mercenaries, and more if you go over 310 steward.
@@Timblebits Maybe they did, I have not tried this since launch, I just know it worked before 1.0. But you can at least get 100% wage reduction for mercenaries.
@@Jasta85 They are worth running long before that too of course, though maybe less if you're getting bandit freebies or just ripping recruits out of hostile villages.
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Ideal to give to your companion parties. If you have them as an army, they often give away troops to garrisons. By giving them "junk troops" you lose fewer of your faves. If you are on a long military campaign (and rely on recruitment from prisoners a lot) you can also bolster AI armies that took heavy losses.
While I did collect 200+ Sword Sisters in warband for funsies, I considered mercenaries overpriced emergency troops and mostly ignored em in Bannerlord.
😁).
I also liked to keep my troop roster clean and short, not filled with ones and twos of random subpar troops or caravan guards that don't upgrade.
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Funny enough I watched your old minor clan video yesterday and thought. I wonder when he's gonna update information. Bonus you included mercenary troops.
YES SIR! :D
One extra note, the gallant sword sisters don't require a mount to upgrade to mounted, this actually makes them actually a cheaper option for a troop that would generally require a war horse in a lot of cases, the extra 6 gold a day will take a while to equal the cost of a war horse.
If you want ranged cav, but are in the north western parts of the map, I think they are worth investing in.
My use of mercenaries are generally to fill a particular gap. They never are as bad as recruits are at fighting so if I was recently defeated I will pick up some mercenaries which will serve as the initial core of my army while I level up the more traditional troops. They enable me to take fights I couldn't with 20 or so largely recruits against the different bandit factions and to start the chain of leveling up those recruits faster. I will typically use my own garrisons for this sort of thing if they are in the area, but I will spend gold to reach the point where I can be doing bigger better things faster.
Eventually, I fire them when I'm at max troops again. I don't want them in my like final composition, but they are good tools to help you reach that final composition faster IMO.
Agreed, it’s a juggle of risk and reward, as long as you keep your troops busy they’ll pay for themselves, or die trying. Just having one or two mercs in a raw recruit party can bolster it very nicely.
You couldn't ask for a more informative video great work man.
Glad you liked it!! :D
As a new player to Mount and Blade, your videos have helped me immensely! Been loving Bannerlord thanks to you.
Thanks so much for watching brother!! Glad I'm helping you break into the game :)
Thank you! This is one of the most useful video's yet
I love to spice out my armies with minor clans and bandit troops, yet now I know I should be getting those veteran caravan guards to
my pleasure brother! :)
Actually, here's a way to get Caravan Guards (and Veterans, and Bosses, and Traders) *without* attacking Caravans (or hiring via the tavern place) - trail behind a caravan for a bit, and wait until it gets jumped, and beaten, by Bandits. Then, attack the weakened bandits, beat them, and "rescue" the prisoners - the guards and such that are still around. A similar tactic works for "recruiting" troops of minor factions - oh, and the Leader will thank you for rescuing them.
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I always wanted to see someone do a play through with the sword sisters. Gives me a Joan of Arc vibes.
Nuns with crossbow or medieval Amazonians 😂
They were literally just added to the game, wym always
@@INFJ-ThaneTr They have literally been in the game since war band.
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour they literally haven't been introduced to Bannerlord until 2 weeks prior to full release.
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour Yeah with the other guy, they were in the game but not attainable until very recently
Camels are taller than horses which makes it awkward to attack them even on horseback. I think the Ghulam is really good just because you almost have to dehorse them before attacking them directly.
Yeah but there is no armor available for camels so they get "dehorsed" incredibly easily compared to other cavs of the same tier.
They have great stats for a tier 4 unit but their mount has Tier 3 durability which sucks.
I'd love to see armor added for camels, that would make them more interesting to play with (and to use yourself, since camels are available mounts for your character as well)
I would like to see some of the merc units have slightly better equipment at higher tier. Especially the sword sister. Maybe have a combat line for her as well.
Woman not good in hand to hand combat.
I’d like to see an assassin variant, throwing daggers and short blades, much like the puppeteer.
@@tRicky198181 True. Women are best utilized as ranged, or sneak-attackers. We've generally got good aim, and steady hands...theoretically from nuances in our bodies' upper torso circulatory system. Women can go unnoticed in crowds, and undetected, mainly, through lack of suspicion in urban situations. They're great unexpected smugglers, poisoners, spies, assassins. While there will always be Joan of Arcs, Boudicas, and the enraged fed-up that take up arms - an expanded Rougery system that had many important female elements would be the most probable and interesting use for females.
_And godamnit Taleworlds...give them helmets!_
@@tRicky198181 The problem is trowing daggers arent good DPS wepons.
Great timing on this vid! I had been looking for something like this, but there isn't much out there with updated info on minor clan units.
Love your sense of comedy 😂 most people that make these tutorials have no social wits about them.
Hahahah thanks man!
Great video, really love your bannerlord content man.
Yay. Sword sisters!!!
Thank you for doing this video!
Great video Sparty!
I really wished they hadn't nerfed the minor clans as much as they did. Before the nerf, running into a comparable sized unit was a major challenge. Now they're more like a speed bump and annoying to have to police when they are constantly raiding your villages. The entire concept of minor clans needs a rethink and update.
I am brand new at this game and thank lord this describes a lot of new stuff for me
Thank you for the video!
When you have around 50 gallant sword sisters, it's very very impressive against almost everyone
It's not. Pitiful armor, no helmet, weak and low range crossbow. No reason to prefer them to any mounted archer (even bucellari) than nostalgy to Warband
I’ll stick to my khans guard
sword sisters are trash and cost more than regular units
@@DziaduSwierznowski I thought the difficulty of recruiting them in numbers was compensated for by a lower wage. You get a unit that performs better than other units that make comparable wages, even if you get the -4str penalty and other statistical limitations.
Thank you for the great video.
When I convinced the arboreals to join my kingdom after capturing their leader as a prisoner while they were a mercenary for Battania, they joined as a vassal instead of a mercenary and brought in a castle with them
15:00 - the Aserai Footman has a Mace and good shield, they are easy to get and train and relatively cheap too. For me, they have 100% rate of knocking out the bandits from the hideout. Same for the army of poachers and even for the deserters. not bad in a shield wall on the open battlefield and again, a really high rate of getting prisoners. And if they die - they are super easy to get in the Aserai lands (get the basic troops and train them up to tier III).
Love the M&B guides
Love the Valdor ref
Joining a minor clan would give them a actual purpose, and should be added to the game
In warband you has a mod you could enlist as a soldier in any lords army. Would be fun if they added that including being able to join the minor factions as a mercenary
Very informative.
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I miss warband's mercenaries (actually worth their price)
For Sturgian Infantry you need to Mix Axe and Spear for maximum Effect as the Axemen are better vs other infantry than the spears and the spears help deal with opposing Cav, personally i run a near 50/50 mix of Sturgian axe and spear for my main line infantry
Never had problems with full axe company, They shred cav's you just need to pack em tight and be infront with ur companions (All mounted) and tank the initial charge, Enemy looses momentum and they just walk into a meat grinder.
@@itzikashemtov6045 I keep a companion for my Archers and Infantry, and i dont let my cav tank the initial charge, more often or not against most armies ive managed to cleave my way through their cav before they charge in to break themselves on my shield wall, but when i do fight higher number of cav i have found having a mix of Axe and Spears to be brutal effective at ripping apart cav formations Followed up by infantry For Field battles, For a Defensive army i prefer having a mix of heavy axe and line breakers for the infanty
Veteran cav guards are not really slightly weaker "regular" heavy cavs, because their horses are practically unarmourded. It makes a huge difference
I've seen them pick up weapons from the dead in the middle of battle when there was space. Thought that was really cool. Anyway mercs are a quick way to get troops of decent skill. So of course it's better to get natural troops or pikemen but it's not always possible.
Mercenary macemen ironically don,t use their maces when attacking (at least in my battles) they have a sword that is placed out of view when you first look at em which they use. I noticed this when I tried to capture a bunch of bandits and they were getting slaughter rather than knocked out. I paid attention to the macemen in battle and sure as .... they drew their swords instead of their maces. The initial level of them the "swordsman" ironically has only a mace to use beside the javelins that you can tell to hold fire.
not sure if there’s a command to use blunt weapons like warband
@@waterafflictionthere isn’t which is dumb
That's because they use what's best against their opponent, if ya fighting heavy armour they'd of swapped back to maces, have tested this because I was raging over that when I first did bandit hideouts
Nice guides you have on your shoulders. I suggest also making a guide someday on tactics on the battlefield because i returned recently on the game but i noticed it changed a lot. Interface but also possible things todo.
I feel you I wanted them to add camel armor since launch
Wondering if you could do a best garrison troop video? Figure there’s so many different options you could have.
Thanks on investing time pal
I cant wait until you drop the video talking about the bandit units. i would like to do a full bandit play through but not sure how to set up the characters skill early game. Late game you get perk under rougery that makes bandit party offer too join you every time. It gets ridiculous at that point considering the AI never destroys Hideout so you can continuously replenish your force just by being fast enough to catch them.
I hope, if he does a bandit guide, he also covers the bandit units that aren’t listed in the Encyclopedia by default (Poacher, Mounted Pillager/Ransacker…)
@The Internet That would be cool, those units are pretty weak tho. Ives uses them.
I recently did an all-bandit unit playthrough, and it was a ton of fun! My Forest Bandits especially performed well above my expectations.
I recommend playing with the Fourberie mod so you can help grow the strength of local bandit groups and even turn a bandit hideout into your own stronghold. It adds a lot for immersion and general fun.
@@Sanguivore Yeah, it's one hell of a challenge. Forest bandits are comparable to some of the best archers. Unfortunately, on a playthrough like this, the only front-line infantry is available to sea raider chief, and they have their limitations.
A downside to the veteran caravan guards compared to the cavalry of the same tier is that they have little to no horse armor
For the lake rats, I also like that they have javelins rather than axes to throw. Mostly because javelins generally have bigger stacks.
The pole arm skill might be so they could, in theory, use a javelin as a spear. Not that they ever do.
Is it possible for you to review B.A.R.D Troops overall he just got done with all the faction just not the bandits or the minor Clan troops but is a good overall in my opinion.
And it might give him some pointers if he watches your videos on it.
is there a way to make your spearman put them in front of regular infantry if so can you make video on it and stuff of that nature
Doesn't the Elite Mercenary Macemen have a two-handed weapon in it's kit? I feel that something worth discussing as far as their usage is concerned.
What is the effect of deflect on infantry mercs if they are better on one hand than their equivalents already?
It would be cool of they let you customize units when you start a kingdom select a preexisting unit and have your own noble line, infantryman, ect unique to your kingdom to balance it I'd say make them cost more the better gear you put on them its a thought anyway and I'd it would make you feel more invested in your kingdom
How do you pick your army? “The coolest looking ones” ah a man of many cultures lol
How do you change the sets available per unit to reflect what they use on the field
Thx for this video, but I don't get my Mace mercenaries to use their maces. It is a pain in the....Do you know how to do it? they use shield and one handed sword.
I've had countless encounters with their parties that had like 90% regular troops and not their own special troops. Sometimes even zero clan troops.
I had a question. All im seeing in terms of troops to buy are recruits. Should I be buying a bunch of recruits and upgrading them a couple tiers?
For console you want to press the picture button opposite the menu button
In all of my playthroughs I just execute anyone in a mercenary clan and try to wipe them all off the map to help whatever faction I'm in (or my own kingdom) because it just makes the game more fun.
What helmet do you gave equipped? Is it a mod? I wants it lol
Speaking of Minor clans, do rebel clan’s count? Can they be recruited under your kingdom?
51:15 now that you’re mentioning camels I think they are the only creatures/anything that makes me feel bad in this game. When they’re trotting around in the desert getting arrows swamped on them. The way they run alone looks funny in the distance. Then their ex Master dies to the ground and they’re just roaming around as sheer terror continues to rain upon the rest of his fellow Comrades 😢😂
Picked shots, Mercenary connections, Contractors
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Why did I not watch this before I indulged into my sociopathic tendencies and executed every single one of these... I noticed the relation loses, but I did not give a damn. I was the necessary evil that we needed. These fellas just attack farmers that want to give us bread, milk and the like.
Honest work for honest pay,
but there's a minor faction in this farmers way.
I gotta get him and play,
a sweet Chopin song,
to say, so long.
It all started with...
One guy interrupted me while I was trying to just buy horses. I was minding my own business and there he was. Eltheroare or whatever the name. Their leader. I hid in the trees and won even though outnumbered. I was celebrating like crazy and even accidentally clicked on making peace with him, but after realizing how stubborn he was to not even accept peace I executed him.
Do not interrupt me while I am doing my choirs. Super annoying, why? I am one foot before the castle door. Just let me buy freaking horses!
- started playing a few days ago
To get the guards you could burn a bridge with a faction and farm the caravan ambush quests and just let them get slaughtered and hire the survivors.
Your videos are my go to for bannerlord 😁
What mods do you know that currently work that modify troop rosters?
Jackie Fish made a video on the mod My Little Warband, that allows you to have your own personal troop tree. I don't think it allows you to change the other rosters and where the players sees their troops as recruitable, the AI sees normal troops. (not 100% sure)
I saw a mod that allows alternate rosters to be loaded for modders (ATC something?), and a fragile looking mod that changed xml files to be loaded and save file versions in a different folder that should work but had a bunch of disclaimers about crashes. Iirc you needed to be in your own kingdom?
While it's so much better now, having game content like troops and their rosters as loadable files would be awesome. But tweaking risks making something unintentionally OP, so a balanced and playtested community fixed faction and minor faction list would be even better. I'm surprised I didn't find anything like that, did I just miss it?
If you ever come across something that fits the bill, lemme know! I’d love something like this as well.
My Little Warband is cool, but I too worry about the balancing of it.
Does going war with a minor faction damage your relation with the MAJOR faction (that the minor faction derived from)?
No. The only way that can happen is if they are currently hired by a major faction as a merc. Then if you start the fight, you accidentally declare war on the main faction. Just make sure you read their pop up bubble before attacking.
23:22 - What really turns me off from Vet. Vlandian Caravan Guards: They're riding a Rouncy. One of the worst horses of the game.
Top speed of 44, 200 health...abysmal, 22 charge damage. What good is their polearm skill - if they charge with the speed and force of a bicycle?
Your guide is great, and helpful. :) But a little closer look at mount quality could make it even better. Thanks for what you do!
Would love if you could rescue civvies and turn them into mercs like you could in Warband...
Be kinda neat if you could ransom prisoners from cities and that'd give you a time bonus to have them convert to you...
So how do you survive the early stages of your kingdom when others come with huge armies? Rn I barley have 150 troops and it just seems very difficult to survive. Thanks!
Make parties for your followers
Do they only Join you as mercenaries or can they join permanently?
Dear Italian Spartacus: thanks for the videos. Are you sending people to link with you on Telegram, or, is there a bot operating i n your Bannerlord videos? Thanks
I did not! I just searched and deleted them. Thank you so much
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Can you do an Empire build?
I like this guy I made rohirrim and Vikings and my game is infinitely better
After watching this i'm wondering if it's even worth it to recruit specialized units? Like Pikes for a frontline, skirmishers to flank etc. I know how to group it up but the scrolling thing is bad since you have to spend so much time getting the right units in each special group and then some die and you have to do it all over again.
Generally, not really unless I either have a lot of time between wars (in which chase, I don't mind taking a little extra time building up a large compliment of them) or I already have a lot of elite units and I need something to patch up where I'm lacking. Generally, though? Not really, I never feel I can obtain enough of them to make a huge difference, but usually if I'm struggling to come across something more reliably, I might hire some mercs on the campaign trail.
like, I used to pick up hired swords (or whatever they were called) and used them as legionaries. Certainly, sounds like mercs have some real nice fringe benefits that might sometimes be useful.
@@lordbiscuitthetossable5352 I would love to have a line of Pikes in the front backed up by stuff like Falxmen and then skirmiskers to flank. Lot's of groupes but I feel like if they changed it to so when you select a melee group and prioritize skirmishers you ONLY drag units with some kind of ranged weapon. Would make it so much more relaiable and I would for sure recruit mercs. I tend to always end up with Imperial melee core since it's just so damn strong.
I really wish there was a way to hire minor clan units, outside of prisoner recruitment I mean
I find even the nerfed Eleftheroi to be one of the biggest threat to my caravans due to their speed...
Please do an economy/gold making guide.
So can you recruit them permanently this way?
Would love to have armoured camelry lol
I find it stupid im a vassal for a kingdom and i have to pay mercenaries it’s bankrupting me and i didn’t even hire them is there a way to stop it because thats completely stupid some days im paying 6k
If minor factions join your faction they are still.mercenaries that can switch factions right? I kicked the Ghilmans out because everyone kept voting to give them fiefs and i didnt want them to defect with a fief
The bottom righthand side of your screen How did u get more info to show?
I'm not sure how on Console, but on pc just press the arrow and it'll expand that!
Why do units have attribute points in weapons that they aren't using?
They should have kept the hired blade as a mercenary and replaced the hired pikeman or make it so it can be a hired blade as well
If you wipe out all minor clans will you make more money as a mercenary after removing the competition?
30:09
Wait.
You can have minor factions as vassals?
I thought they can only be mercenaries.
Didn't minor clans used to go up to tier 5? I remember they used to be some of the top end troops I had thought.
@ 1:10 it's the Back/Select button on xbox
Touch pad on playstation.
Alright, 4th tier wage with 5th tier skills and equipment, you sold me on minor clans.
How do you enable the cheats?
Encyclopedia is opened on the select button on Xbox. If you didn't know, now you know.
The factions should be able to ally with each other
What's the point of having unique and rare units if you're going to nerf them?
Someone said the Sword Sisters are trash, but on Bannerlord difficulty maaaan those women do not f*ck around.
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