this is all interesting but still in my view Taleworlds made companions too weak and they barely level up in playthroughs. For instance army surgeon would certainly have higher medicine skill, I'd say 200 at least. So would engineer. Some experienced veteran would have basic skill of scouting, tactics, engineering, first aid, at least 50. It's a bit ironic that lords have high skills that specialized people don't, seems unrealistic.
I mostly agree with that - combat abilities from a high level companion is way below what my expectations are, medicine and tactics are really really hard to level up and most skills are a real grind for companions. I do find them to be quite powerful in some respects though - a good governor can really turn a fief from a dump into a money maker quickly. I really like scouting and steward companions too, but medicine and engineering are rough lol I hope they rework medicine and engineering before release! Thanks for watching!!
Their equipment kind of makes sense in the fact they are so down bad they are basically slaving themselves out for a mere 500 gold my guess is they sold most of their gear for food long ago
I up engineering very fast puting companion in catapult if he kill soldier he up fast. The problem is put him in catapult because others soldiers stay in catapult is very boring similar cavalary in infantary in field battle.
One thing to remember: Trade has a lot of quartermaster perks, so Spicevendor is the best quartermaster possible. At least the Trade 50 "Caravan Master" perk is really useful for the Quartermaster, so its worth it to send quartermasters to run caravans if they lack that skill
Finally, the last episode of the companion series! (Sort of... I'll do a follow later talking about my favorite companions to hire/marry). Thank you for sticking with me through this series and I hope this is helpful to you! Also, I started a Patreon finally. I kept getting told to start one, I caved :P All guides, databases, discord, website and info will ALWAYS remain free and supporting the channel it option! I love you all and thanks for watching!
@@agungsuryapangestu2446 Lol it is pretty sad isn't it... You can promote them to a noble by giving them a fief (if you are the leader of a kingdom) and then arrange a marriage then. Otherwise it's not possible :(
@@agungsuryapangestu2446 try cheyron campaign helper and marry anyone mods. I use campaign helper to get my companions married to each others, for instance tracker marries huntress, battanian fairhair and battanian wandered, etc. I make my waifu companion with detailed character creation mod (I had one look hot like my ex gf, she ain't in my current playthrough), I take the battanian one cursed haha
Yea i got shield maiden and she following me from beginning until I manage take all caladria then she die.... For fak sake Well at least her shield cant be splinter by man anyway
Thanks for this guide. I struggle a lot with choosing the right governor in every situation. I’ve always focused militia for defense or engineers for build speed while neglecting loyalty. I had no idea it was this important. Though, I won’t look forward to grinding their skills. I wish companions with active town projects would get engineering exp cause it just makes sense; I hate training engineering.
I agree with everything you said - spot on! Loyalty is actually the most important stat - you want it at 100 at all times if possible. You get huge bonuses to tax income, building speed, etc. when you are at 100. It's such a pain to grind out the perks for companions, but I hope the first episode on how to farm XP for companions helps out. It should help cut down on some of the grind :) Thanks as always for watching and helping with the algorithm!
for those wondering, now prisoner governor perks works. I tested in a campaign with cheats, 50 noble prisioners and all the governor perks for 95%, and in 1 and half year only 2 escaped
One way I found to quickly raise a companions trade skill without using a caravan comes when you can have them form a seperate party and if you work in smithing and give them a bunch of valuable swords to sell that can quickly max their trade skill
This has answered all of my 1.8.0 playthrough companion/governor questions and my god am I grateful. My wandering governor has been driving me insane, trying to figure out what janky math they used to calculate garrison wage reductions has taken years off my life, and having a compiled list of the best starting companion for each role just saved me several future headaches. Thank you, Strat!
Nice, I'm happy to hear all the data being put to use! :) I'm going to redo all of these builds once the website is up, making it much easier to use. Instead of the database only, I'll also include a screenshot of the perk selection (so you would only have to remember top or bottom perk to pick). Thanks for watching!!
Hey buddy! Keep up the great work. Any time I make a new character I always end up checking a bunch of your videos for information and they've always been a huge help. Thanks for making my games better.
Your videos are incredibly detailed and give a HUGE amount of information in a very short period of time. Because of this it is sometimes hard to keep up. In this video i'd love to see the actual character build ingame which i can "just copy". Right now i have to rewatch each segment multiple times in oder to remin myself how to skill my companions. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching Bram! Yeah you're right, I had plans for hosting all of the info from each guide on a website but the person working on it ditched the project after a few months so I have to start over again :( Once I get that up and running it will be much easier.
Strat. STRAT! I just needed to say, you are beautifully thorough, all of your tests you put the work in to show were EXACT questions I've had in the year of playing Bannerlord. But expected never to know. Thanks for your hard work learning a ton
Hey Rodelero! I'm happy to hear that :D I put a ton of time and effort onto these videos so it's great to know that they are actually useful! I appreciate your support all this time as well.
The real meta way of playing the game is going to be this: Step 1: Grind to a point where your party uses up no food and you receive wages back. Step 2: Wait in town for 200 years, only pop out to find spouses for your children, grand-children, nephews, nieces, etc. Step 3: Mold every family member into the perfect fit for any role. Step 4: Level them all up. Step 5: Give up halfway through. Step 6: Roll a mounted archer with only CTR and END instead. Step 7: Pew, pew, pew, pew!
I had fun with a mounted lancer until I had my heir take over as a mounted archer. However the most slept on build is the maxed out throwing character, the 275 perk is the most entertaining ability in the game. 250 not 275
Hahaha well in all fairness most of this you don't need, but it can be fun to use :) It's a bit min-max but even if you only get a couple of the perks in each category it will still help a ton. I'm glad to hear the guides are being helpful!
Even though I like to play the game without external help, the ammount of research went into this guides is astonishing. I love the spreadsheats, so if I am looking for something I need it's so easy to find, the perks in game are one big maze.
this is great. only thing i was missing is the party size perks for party leaders. i find those pretty important, especially if i want to make them noble later on.
Oh yeah, that's a good point for the party leader companions. I'm going to do a follow up video showing how to use the notion databases so it would be easy to filer for all the party size perks. I'll use that one as the example :) Thanks for watching!
I've never actually gotten far enough in a campaign to conquer towns of more than 2-3 different cultures... But the way I usually set it up is I have by brother (Vlandian), my wife (Imperial), and his wife (Battanian or Aserai) be geared towards governorship as much as possible, generally getting loyalty and prosperity buffs with a few militia and garrison cost perks sprinkled in. And they do a solid job - 150 Bow and 175 Athletics is very achievable and can stop the loyalty bleeding pretty well, - it's my own food and money management and general impatience that's the problem lol fantastic work on this man! Excited to hear your thoughts on your own companion picks in your campaigns
That's a very smart move - you can expand into several different areas without worrying about rebellions! Lol I know what you mean about own money management. I tend to build an army that I can't afford to pay for because I want to expand quickly. It's a double edged sword - if you manage to pull it off you can have half the map in no time, OR you can end up bankrupt with nothing left haha Thanks for watching!
@@Strat-Guides Is it more valuable for your older brother to focus on loyalty in bow/athletics, 225 riding+filler, or ~200 polearm and maybe a control skill for garrisons with your remaining 9 points? Everything in Intelligence is maxed.
I haven't played bannerlord since beta 1.3 or something like that i forgot, it was just when it was released and maybe 2 months into it and i stopped haha now I'm looking to start over with the full release, and i feel the need to say a biiiig THANK YOU for your guides and effort you put into your videos. They'll help a looooot.
Parade skill in charm has been changed now. Previously it gave +5 Loyalty while our character is in a settlement we own but now it gives +1 and its a personal skill which means if all companions in our party have it then it will stack. I have tested it with 1 of my companion and it adds +2 to loyalty.
@@Strat-Guides I really dont think its a nerf. Just think 5 or even more companions having Parade perk. You can leave them in ur settlement to increase loyalty along with governor and go about ur business doing quests or fighting battles while they stabilize ur new settlement. This was not possible before.
Lol I know what you mean, I restart my campaigns all the time when I find out new info :P Yeah this one took forever to compile all the data and search through to make good builds,, but I'm really happy it's done now and I can move on haha Thanks for watching!!
A few things about this video specifically. First of of all , this is a very advanced topic. Prolly one of the last things anyone would try to achieve in campaign. Also , without any cheats involved , levelling a companion for some of those builds is only possible in theory. In reality , he might die from old age before you're done. Secondly , either something changed since you created the list , or there's some RNG involved when it comes to wanderer stats. For example , my Empire surgeon had intelligence 3 instead of 4 and was level 11. Other wanderers could have the same stats as in your list , such as the Aserai Scholar. But not all. Just a friendly warning to others that might be invested into this in their playthroughs. 3rd. It's worth noting that some of those companion versions might not even spawn for a long time , ever since early access it always seemed random and even though it's more normalised nowadays , it's still possible not to get some. For example , my last campaign , quite deep into end-game , main character is old and still , no ''knowing'' wanderer spawned at all. Lastly , despited all of the above , this is amazing work , can't even begin to imagine how much time you invested into it , thank you. Liked + subbed.
Only thing I'd have added here are all the companions who can start with a loyalty skill at base. Sometimes, you don't have time to train a dedicated governor, depending on what's going on, so knowing who you can grab that has a +1 loyalty skill can be a big help. I suppose people can just look it up, but based on some of the comments I'm seeing some people think that you really need to grind a companion to being the best version of these builds displayed, where in actual play being functional out of the gate, if less effective, has some comparative benefits, especially for players who won't grind anyway. Vlandian Black (1), Aserai Wastes, Aserai Falcon, Aserai Golden, and Aserai Wanderer (2) all qualify, and tells me that, in the majority of games, conquering Aserai should be easier than other nations because you're likely to have at least 2 companions you can hire, respec, and instantly use as a governor for more Loyalty than base. Sadly, all these companions start at a relatively high base level, so they're not your long-term choices if you intend to grind the cream of the crop displayed above, but I know for some of you this will be a far more practical list. One thing I'll point out about the above list is 3 of them happen to be your high Tactics companions, so can have utility early in a campaign as caravans, which they should be best-in-slot at, and then be transitioned into a governor role once you need them to be, so they have merit beyond just having +1 loyalty over a generic hire.
The biggest problem is not being able to respec nobles :( If they change that, it becomes much easier since we can just marry someone with the appropriate skill levels. Wanderers are good in that regard but generally don't have as much skill. Yeah you're 100% right, those are great companions to look for!
Nice work on the guide. Party leaders have always been difficult to generalize. As part of your army most of the time it makes sense to focus on stewardship and medicine. Wages and casualty rates are some of the most visible impact on the game. I used to have one operating independently on bandit hunting duty with cunning as the main stat as it covers scout (for move speed), tactics (for autoresolve) and roguery (gained from prisoner ransoming and hiring). All good until he gets drafted into another army so its hard to say if the decision made a difference compared to another companion who is not so religiously spec-ed.
I remember another video where you hop between fiefs that are under attack that have Fian Champions in the Garrison, if Garrison wage reduction for mounted troops applies to Khan's Guards and my math is correct then the daily wages would be: 1530 a day for 200 Fian Champions at 55% wage reduction 630 a day for 200 Khan's Guards at 85% wage reduction which would actually be insane to have 400 Khan's Guards for less than half the price of 200 Fian Champions
The perks are just stupidly dispersed. Why does a 250 skill in archery increase tax? Are they afraid to be shot at with arrows from afar by the marksman governor if they don't pay? The government perks have to be mostly concentrated in a management skill tree which is leveled f.e. by schooling (like a companion being parked in a fief, buying expensive books, ...) and ... governing. And btw it is not the greatest design that you need a companion as governor. There should be local notables for this.
Lol I've been saying this exact thing since I did the full perk testing series almost a year ago :) A lot of them don't make much sense - they give 10% damage increase at level 50, but then that same stat line at 250 gives 2%???? I guess so lol
For me, the best companion for leading an army is a companion with high level of medicine Administrator levels up by itself, so does explorer (its not that big of a deal), and being engineer is mostly optional unless you want them to siege by themselves Medicine is the hardest skill to level up and the best to keep the soldiers alive, and since steward levels up alone, you are better recruiting high medicine companions for your army groups Ignoring the Golden companion, which is always the best for everything...
@@Strat-Guides I can understand! Some viewers might gloss over it, but other more meticulous ones I’m sure would greatly appreciate it :) Ive grabbed a few of your sheets from discord and reference them but can’t help but feel like I’m not making the most use quite yet lol. Regardless, love your content! Bannerlord is lucky to have a creator of your caliber covering the finer details of the game.
Great vid! Thanks In terms of empire culture bonus (-garrison cost), in my games it applies only to the Empire fiefs. Even as a Aserai lord, owning any Empire fief gives the - garrison cost. Being an empire lord doesn't give non-empire towns - garrison cost. Same applies to governors, empire governors don't give - garrison costs, With the right governor perks, you can have 0 garrison costs or even make money from your garrison. Adding in bonus to taxes, you can make a lot of money per day from a good highly prosperous town.
Yeah I just found that out yesterday lol seems like a bug because it's listed on the empire culture bonuses. I remember testing it for the culture guide I made a few months back, but I guess I never checked with non-empire characters or non-empire fiefs :(
Thank you Xavier! I appreciate that :) I don't know for sure, but I suspect Bannerlord's player base is small to begin with. There are usually 10 - 15k monthly players on the steam reporting, plus maybe another 25% or so from epic so it's not a huge pool to begin with. Plus I'm still new to making videos and have a lot to learn still!
One thing I could never fully figure out - how do the companion's positive / negative traits (Generous, Calculated, Cruel, impulsive etc.) play into the campaign? the one thing I've notices is far is that if a cruel companion ends up leading a party that you take in your army to siege a town, then there will be a cost in influence if you want to show mercy to the city or to plunder it, if it goes against their traits. I also take it that some of the negative perks are needed for companions that would be put in charge of the crime alleys in the various towns. Beyond these, do those traits matter? I'm thinking that they would influence the companion's behavior when promoted to small clan leader - an honorable companion would not desert while a devious / backstabbing one would gladly jump ship to another kingdom.
For any of those that like doing long ass play throughs like me. Set up your lineage to fulfill these roles. I grab companions for the roles my heir, his siblings and their wives can’t fill. For example. My heir his wife does stability my brothers all are my role masters. And their wives are garrison wage mitigation. Everything else my companions do. Build speed. Quests. Caravans.
Lol This whole series was really deep with info so don't worry! I was a baby a couple weeks ago before I started this :) Hope all is well with you Polish!
I'll be starting on episode 2 for Tamerlane later this week! Sorry for the delay, the companion guide series got out of hand lol I was expecting to do a single episode and be done with it but then I kept going down the rabbit hole... Thanks for watching!
As a medevial warfare nerd, I would like to akshually that the point of castles is you didn't need a lot of blokes to defend them, otherwise there's no point to them is there? Most had 10 and a washerwoman
Yeah for sure, I usually recommend getting rid of all garrisoned troops unless your fief is on the border of the warzone. I prefer to boost up militia and play wars defensively at the start, bait them in to the siege and pick them off after they assault.
Are the prisoner escape chance perks fixed by now? Btw the amount of work, testing that you put into your videos is insane. Keep it up! My kingdom needs you
Good question, I didn't see anything in the notes but I have not tested it yet! I do need to retest all of the perks again at some point so I can update the database. Once we get past the full release I'll start planning that out :)
I'm dying to see that Joker stuff. Another amazing guide, you ALWAYS deliver excellence man. I have been playing Project Zomboid recently and it's amazing. Are you into that kind of games?
Thanks! I started messing around with Joker stuff last night :) I've seen a few videos of project zombiod, it looks really fun! My only issue there is I already have a few games on my list to move onto next. I know for sure there are 20+ other games I could cover on the channel, but if I try to cover too many then the quality will suffer. I know how I am haha Shiny object syndrome :)
Not sure if it is a new one or not but Vlandian Wainwright fits the Max Prosperity and Income as well as speed builder. Might be better than some since they start with decent 2 hand, 80 engineering and 343223 starting AP. Either 10 or 11 spawn cant remember now.
Also might be interesting to see what the max 'cheapest' governor you can make with each of the better companions. I had a lucky spawn and got seven listed at levels 10 and 11. Another six at level 12 and five at level 13. What free focus points they start with and best way to allocate them as they level up to get the max amount of governor perks easily. While the 200+ perks all look great its a massive grind for them, especially for 'casual' players. But if you could find one with 12-15 governor perks spread across a few 100-125 and a few 75s skills then you have something. basically a jack of all trades governor with maybe a decent focus on one of the ones you have done here.
With the new changes to medicine what's the best way to use it now, is it worth having a companion just for that or should you just build your character to max out intelligence. At that point wouldn't you also want to just spec into all intelligence perks anyway so you don't need an independent steward, surgeon, engineer? Or is it still beneficial to delegate some perks even when maxing a stat?
It's a lot easier to get XP for medicine now so I think taking it with your main character and 10 intelligence points is worth it. You can handle steward, medicine and engineering all with that character and hit 330 for each.
Is there any spreadsheet/guide that links each companion to their uses? Because damn ... there are just too many of them to remember whenever you pass by them, thinking "is he of any use?" One that includes both Governor, Captain and Party Leader roles.
Lol you can't go wrong with Derthert on the thumbnail :P I need to get a little more creative with him though, maybe I can edit his mustache to make it even more outrageous? Thanks for watching!!
20% garrison cost reduction from Empire culture depends on settlement culture, not the owners culture. Taleworlds jebaited all those people rolling empire mains KEKW
LOL wtf? I remember testing this before, but I didn't test empire culture in non-empire towns so I didn't catch it. This has got to be one of the sneakiest case of TW Maths I've seen before :D Thanks for sharing!
@@Strat-Guides an idea for a vídeo ir the intro/outro of a video: hows life? You had that time off and had to explain it in the "im back" vídeo. Some of us are overjoyed for your videos, but also dont overdo it or have a burn out. Errar gaming junior is healthy? The familly is ok? Are you ok? We love you and we want your well being
After seeing the "4% escape chance means 4 out of 100 will escape my village yearly" dunno if math works that way, probabilities aren't that linear... Or are they? Maybe Taleworlds didn't put too much work into it, but they for sure would win the lottery every day if math worked that way
@gonsalomon they are terrible at implementing math in their game so just assume you're dealing with the class clown that flunked algebra - whatever equation you think that kid would come up with is probably closer to what they're using lol
Bonus on main character 'governed settlements have increased militia recruitment by 0,5 per day' works on all towns/castles when character is on the map or main character must be in town/castle????
So any perk that is tagged as "governor" means that it has to be on a companion (wanderer, nobles, family member, etc.) and it will not work with our main character. That companion has to have the perk unlocked AND they have to be assigned as the governor of the settlement you are trying to boost. The perk will only work for that fief, none of the others. I hope that clears it up!
My question is how do you change their selected skills... For instance you need "To be Blunt" for your stabilizer build and ever companion I get always has the opposite skill selected.
If you visit the tournament master at any town (they are at the arena, you have to go there in person - the top option) you will see chat options to redo your own perks or redo perks for your companions. You'll have options to go through which attribute and then the skill.
You may have already spoken about it but what's your background before this channel ? I am really amazed by the quality of your analysis of all the data
In university I studied physics and astrophysics (never used it outside of school though). For work, the majority of my time was spent in sales/management and I also started my own businesses to get out of my job. I started some eCommerce stores (Amazon and ebay) and manage a rental portfolio. In pretty much everything I do, I spend a lot of time collecting and analyzing data so it all helps!
@@Strat-Guides Thats not far from what i thought and it explains a lot ! Im glad you end up helping the bannerlord community with all those skills you've gathered lol
Hey, great work, I hope Taleworlds will improve skill leveling for companions in the future, so this information will be truly useful. Btw, do you know what companions enlist to tournaments if they have one of melee skills >100? Last patch it allow to level up melee skills for companions. Also, companions enlisted to tournament count as "Lord with known fighting skills" and affect reward value. In current run I have 8 companions + wife enlisting and get top tier helmets and good weapons almost every tournament.
Thank you! Yeah it takes a really long time to level up companions. I hope they add a multiplier to companion XP since it's harder to level them than the main character. I thought all companions in your party enlist, but now that I think of it I've never actually tracked or tested it! That's a good point, I'll try it out :)
I covered how to level up skills in the first episode of this series, not sure if that's what you're asking? I can give you a quick recap, but I recommend watching that one (It's time stamped so you can skip to these parts). Tactics is leveled by companion leading a party and their troops getting kills in battle. Leadership is easier now, just get kills with non-bandit troops. You also get a little XP for recruiting prisoners (You can give prisoners to companions to convert for you), recruiting troops from towns and villages and leading an army. Roguery XP is earned by having bandit troops in their party get kills, raiding villager party, raiding caravans and raiding a village.
My question was about the effects of party leaders having those skills, for example whether it's worth prioritizing companions with high tactics/roguery/leadership for party leaders instead of companions with intelligence potential.
Oh gotcha, yeah they will have an effect for a party that is running on their own, but to be honest AI party's are really bad and are best held with the main party in an army. Tactics can help a lot for caravans too actually.
Whats best role for brother ? Party leader , Governor or Just Quarter master? Edit : I am thinking of using him as a quarter master & Smith & Soldier : 2 Handed Infantary with High Athletics.
@@Strat-Guides Thanks alot, he has 7 int 5 focus points to reach 288 max steward. I am thinking instead of hiring another guy i also put focus points to engineering so that he can help with projects. The thing is if you use him as quartermaster and captain (for infantary sword and shield imperial legionaries) in order to have nephews you also have to bring his wife with your party. So picking a fighter wife is better. i guess ? (High riding high polearm or one handed skill wife is what iam thinking to make her captain of the cavalries, since i maxed archery and gonna lead aserai and eventually battanian fian champions ) So can you tell me which wife is better for that ? And i need a fighter wife too to have more children myself (she will be always with me in the party) But i lost 2-3 possible good governors that way does it worth it ? ;S
Tbh I never cared for companion governers, only used my wife as a governer or my brother but ever since you could respec your companions, your vids have helped alot for my campaigns
I'm glad to hear that! Yeah the respec is huge. I really hope they fix it so we can respec family too. It's silly that you can't but I suspect it's just a bug and not intended.
It is pretty remarkable how complex this game is under the hood. It really is a genre unto itself which combines FPS combat, RPG and strategy/tactics. The unfortunate thing is how many of the core features are still quite simplistic. Take for example "companions." You can be a Monarch, one of the most powerful persons in Calradia, and you are still going to have to go out there and hustle to find the right companion. Not only that, but the selection is no better than when you were a vagabond refugee with barely 1000 Denars in your pocket. Even worse, the methods to instruct them to train themselves in any particular area (not to mention the facility of them doing it) are just as coarse when you are an Emperor as they are when you are a bandit captain. I'm TRYING to get through one campaign with a "beat the game" smiley face using completely vanilla. This compulsion is bolstered by the fact that game updates seem to break a lot of the mods. But once I master this vanilla thing, I'm going to mod the ever loving stuffing out of this game and have ALL of the QoL and basic social/institutional functionality that TaleWorlds apparently just couldn't be bothered to create. I'll write the damn mods myself if I have to! 🤣
at this point I'm expecting strat to get 1b denars, max companion skills, every town producing over 20000 denars having 15000 prosperity, max loyalty and 1000 militia in his fredrick campaign. also you ned to do 1 more companion video how to edit the games code so that they don't give 50% of their party to a new settlement
OMG I absolutely HATE when they do that! I found a good workaround, but it's still a pain. Go right next to the town you want to enter, disband your clan parties and leave them outside, do your business inside but don't let time pass, exit the town and call them back in. It's the only way I can get around it :(
great guids man! I think i will use mine siblings in mine next campaign as goverrnors based on these builds. I think its possible to combine some of them, al be it with some sacrefices to their speciality. Mine elder brother is gonna be the stabilizer, combined with the millitia increase perks since i assume that will be the first one i need, en since he has great combat skills the gring will be alright, Then i wanna combine the speed builder and prosperity booster, since this will take up most of the time , i think it might me beneficial to do both at the same time.. With the last sibling, i'll focus on the max income, using spare focus points to get as many as possible of wage reduction as well. I did wonder if the poject booster perks you listed with the siege specialist could be usefull for the speedbuilder and max prosperity builds as well? Is there a specific reason you let them out? Thnks for the great content!
Nice, the governor builds are REALLY powerful :) Yeah I think the most important thing is to have loyalty at 100 no matter what build you're doing. The bonuses are too good. Thank you for watching :D
I have two questions, what is the throwing daggers are you using for civil outfit ,second question; when will we see the next episodes of the Emir Temur series ?
I am actually not too sure how to use this guide. I just rescued by siblings and they are clean slate with focus and attributes free to assign from 0. Do I go down the list like the first perk on the list should be the most important?
Oh nice, that's a bug but a really nice one! I love starting a character from 0 and being able to assign everything myself :) I would pick the categories that have the most perks in them (i.e. steward had 8 perks, 1H has 2 perks, make sure you go with steward first)
What about a build where u are just starting out as a rebellion kingdom with 1 town, and u can't rely on villages whatsoever since they are razed 24/7?
Taleworlds shoudl add trainers into the game. like NPC whom you can pay to train your or your companions skills. They could even make it super expensive. Helps with the leveling feeling so difficult on some odd skills in the game, and also a late game money sink.
Im not having an issue of HOLDING fiefs im actually having an issue where I keep being GIVEN fiefs after doing most of the legwork conquering them? Ive got like 11 fiefs and making like 25k a day total but my overhead is like 23k? I figured out last night I can lower and limit the garrison counts in castles and cities which was taking up most of my daily overhead. And I've got as many workshops as my tier 5 clan can hold but they're only making me like 100 denar a day? And any caravan I send out gets jacked eventually? (I try to make sure caravans have high riding and scouting, but they still get grabbed). And how do I GET RID of companions on console? I can't seem to find a way.
And can my wife get pregnant if she's in my party but set as my quartermaster? Cause I only managed to have 1 son and now were both in our 40s so I doubt she can get pregnant again?
Nope, that's all done by hand by me lol it's a long process :P It's all hosted on the discord server though if you ever wanted access to it. It's all free :) discord.gg/v86qW3mENU Check the useful guide info section and look for the one with this video's label.
If you have a steward companion who has no Trade perks ( in trade there are perks who work only for steward ) and you have let's say 300 Trade , then you have the benefits from the perks (at least the ones who are not for stewards ) ?
It will only give benefits for those perks that are labeled Steward - otherwise you cannot use trade perks with a companion. The same goes for the skill itself that reduces trade penalty, it only works on the main character. One caveat - it does work for companions if they run their own caravan!
@@Strat-Guides So I get a bonus from all the perks who are Personal ? If a perk has half for steward and half is personal i will get the bonus only for half?
Everything is hosted on the Discord server under the Useful Guide Info section! You'll see a couple databases for this series of videos and screenshots of the governor builds below that. Discord link is in the description of the video!
They torpeded this game when they made leveling NPC's stupid slow. a govenor with what you need them to do takes months if not years to get them to any respectable level any longer. I just put any one in that position now and get roughly the same results. They usually die of old age as well before they get anywhere.
That's a good question, I don't think I've really done an analysis on him! I can do that and add it to the beginner's guide I'm doing this month (before full release). Thanks for bringing that up!
do you do any modding? i think it would be good if this could be made into a QoL mod. like a drop-down menu on each person that would select the traits to choose below for whatever role you have selected for them. you select your plan for the person from a drop-down menu or something, and the appropriate skills are somehow highlighted, and that wouldnt interfere with game mechanics, so, less complicated than some mods.
Leadership is done by having non-bandit troops get kills and roguery is done by winning battles, collecting prisoners and selling them off at town. They will automatically sell their prisoners once you go into a town.
Does it matter if the commander is mounted? For example: i am a commander of an archer group even though I have a horse, will my perks still affect the archers?
No, they will still give their bonuses. One thing to keep in mind, if you have a single cavalry unit mixed in to a formation, the game will usually space the units out as if all units were cav - so your shield wall will have tons of gaps and archer line formation will be very spread out. Just something to keep in mind!
not rltd to video, but is there way to remove Arrows and Javelins from ur body i hate when i have 6-7 javelins stucking out of me or my horse xD or jav in my toe
this is all interesting but still in my view Taleworlds made companions too weak and they barely level up in playthroughs. For instance army surgeon would certainly have higher medicine skill, I'd say 200 at least. So would engineer. Some experienced veteran would have basic skill of scouting, tactics, engineering, first aid, at least 50. It's a bit ironic that lords have high skills that specialized people don't, seems unrealistic.
I mostly agree with that - combat abilities from a high level companion is way below what my expectations are, medicine and tactics are really really hard to level up and most skills are a real grind for companions. I do find them to be quite powerful in some respects though - a good governor can really turn a fief from a dump into a money maker quickly. I really like scouting and steward companions too, but medicine and engineering are rough lol I hope they rework medicine and engineering before release!
Thanks for watching!!
And they have no equipment when you hire them. Even though some say they are a fighter.
Their equipment kind of makes sense in the fact they are so down bad they are basically slaving themselves out for a mere 500 gold my guess is they sold most of their gear for food long ago
I up engineering very fast puting companion in catapult if he kill soldier he up fast. The problem is put him in catapult because others soldiers stay in catapult is very boring similar cavalary in infantary in field battle.
One thing to remember: Trade has a lot of quartermaster perks, so Spicevendor is the best quartermaster possible. At least the Trade 50 "Caravan Master" perk is really useful for the Quartermaster, so its worth it to send quartermasters to run caravans if they lack that skill
That's a great point!
I'm amazed how knowledgeable you are at this game and how detailed you're videos are!! Appreciate all dedication and time you put into them!!👍👍🤩🤩
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching. 😀
Finally, the last episode of the companion series! (Sort of... I'll do a follow later talking about my favorite companions to hire/marry). Thank you for sticking with me through this series and I hope this is helpful to you!
Also, I started a Patreon finally. I kept getting told to start one, I caved :P All guides, databases, discord, website and info will ALWAYS remain free and supporting the channel it option! I love you all and thanks for watching!
mate companion can married or not?because see them die without child make me sad @@
@@agungsuryapangestu2446 Lol it is pretty sad isn't it... You can promote them to a noble by giving them a fief (if you are the leader of a kingdom) and then arrange a marriage then. Otherwise it's not possible :(
@@agungsuryapangestu2446 try cheyron campaign helper and marry anyone mods. I use campaign helper to get my companions married to each others, for instance tracker marries huntress, battanian fairhair and battanian wandered, etc. I make my waifu companion with detailed character creation mod (I had one look hot like my ex gf, she ain't in my current playthrough), I take the battanian one cursed haha
Yea i got shield maiden and she following me from beginning until I manage take all caladria then she die.... For fak sake
Well at least her shield cant be splinter by man anyway
@@agungsuryapangestu2446 Oh no!! That's pretty epic that she lasted that long though, good on her :D There is a special place in Valhalla for her.
Thanks for this guide. I struggle a lot with choosing the right governor in every situation. I’ve always focused militia for defense or engineers for build speed while neglecting loyalty. I had no idea it was this important. Though, I won’t look forward to grinding their skills. I wish companions with active town projects would get engineering exp cause it just makes sense; I hate training engineering.
I agree with everything you said - spot on! Loyalty is actually the most important stat - you want it at 100 at all times if possible. You get huge bonuses to tax income, building speed, etc. when you are at 100. It's such a pain to grind out the perks for companions, but I hope the first episode on how to farm XP for companions helps out. It should help cut down on some of the grind :) Thanks as always for watching and helping with the algorithm!
for those wondering, now prisoner governor perks works. I tested in a campaign with cheats, 50 noble prisioners and all the governor perks for 95%, and in 1 and half year only 2 escaped
One way I found to quickly raise a companions trade skill without using a caravan comes when you can have them form a seperate party and if you work in smithing and give them a bunch of valuable swords to sell that can quickly max their trade skill
This has answered all of my 1.8.0 playthrough companion/governor questions and my god am I grateful.
My wandering governor has been driving me insane, trying to figure out what janky math they used to calculate garrison wage reductions has taken years off my life, and having a compiled list of the best starting companion for each role just saved me several future headaches.
Thank you, Strat!
Nice, I'm happy to hear all the data being put to use! :) I'm going to redo all of these builds once the website is up, making it much easier to use. Instead of the database only, I'll also include a screenshot of the perk selection (so you would only have to remember top or bottom perk to pick). Thanks for watching!!
Hey buddy! Keep up the great work. Any time I make a new character I always end up checking a bunch of your videos for information and they've always been a huge help.
Thanks for making my games better.
I'm so glad to hear that! Hopefully you don't end up restarting a bunch haha I'm guilty of that all the time :) Thanks for watching!
Your videos are incredibly detailed and give a HUGE amount of information in a very short period of time. Because of this it is sometimes hard to keep up. In this video i'd love to see the actual character build ingame which i can "just copy". Right now i have to rewatch each segment multiple times in oder to remin myself how to skill my companions. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching Bram! Yeah you're right, I had plans for hosting all of the info from each guide on a website but the person working on it ditched the project after a few months so I have to start over again :( Once I get that up and running it will be much easier.
Yeah the videos are so dense with the information for a new player, I feel myself stupid and struggle to keep up. Great work.
Strat. STRAT! I just needed to say, you are beautifully thorough, all of your tests you put the work in to show were EXACT questions I've had in the year of playing Bannerlord. But expected never to know. Thanks for your hard work learning a ton
Hey Rodelero! I'm happy to hear that :D I put a ton of time and effort onto these videos so it's great to know that they are actually useful! I appreciate your support all this time as well.
The real meta way of playing the game is going to be this:
Step 1: Grind to a point where your party uses up no food and you receive wages back.
Step 2: Wait in town for 200 years, only pop out to find spouses for your children, grand-children, nephews, nieces, etc.
Step 3: Mold every family member into the perfect fit for any role.
Step 4: Level them all up.
Step 5: Give up halfway through.
Step 6: Roll a mounted archer with only CTR and END instead.
Step 7: Pew, pew, pew, pew!
LOL That's a great idea!
I had fun with a mounted lancer until I had my heir take over as a mounted archer. However the most slept on build is the maxed out throwing character, the 275 perk is the most entertaining ability in the game.
250 not 275
@@ourtube4266 Especially with 250 impale perk, it's sooo nasty :D
Thanks!
No problem :D
Your vids are like the masterclass i never knew i needed
Hahaha well in all fairness most of this you don't need, but it can be fun to use :) It's a bit min-max but even if you only get a couple of the perks in each category it will still help a ton. I'm glad to hear the guides are being helpful!
Even though I like to play the game without external help, the ammount of research went into this guides is astonishing. I love the spreadsheats, so if I am looking for something I need it's so easy to find, the perks in game are one big maze.
Lol yeah the perks are something else in this game!
These guides were excellent, thank you!
this is great. only thing i was missing is the party size perks for party leaders. i find those pretty important, especially if i want to make them noble later on.
Oh yeah, that's a good point for the party leader companions. I'm going to do a follow up video showing how to use the notion databases so it would be easy to filer for all the party size perks. I'll use that one as the example :)
Thanks for watching!
YOOOOOOOOO! Great series on these companion classes brother can't wait to see what you decide to do next!
Thank you for watching! There is so much info packed into these, I hope it's not an overload lol
I've never actually gotten far enough in a campaign to conquer towns of more than 2-3 different cultures... But the way I usually set it up is I have by brother (Vlandian), my wife (Imperial), and his wife (Battanian or Aserai) be geared towards governorship as much as possible, generally getting loyalty and prosperity buffs with a few militia and garrison cost perks sprinkled in. And they do a solid job - 150 Bow and 175 Athletics is very achievable and can stop the loyalty bleeding pretty well, - it's my own food and money management and general impatience that's the problem lol fantastic work on this man! Excited to hear your thoughts on your own companion picks in your campaigns
That's a very smart move - you can expand into several different areas without worrying about rebellions! Lol I know what you mean about own money management. I tend to build an army that I can't afford to pay for because I want to expand quickly. It's a double edged sword - if you manage to pull it off you can have half the map in no time, OR you can end up bankrupt with nothing left haha
Thanks for watching!
@@Strat-Guides Is it more valuable for your older brother to focus on loyalty in bow/athletics, 225 riding+filler, or ~200 polearm and maybe a control skill for garrisons with your remaining 9 points? Everything in Intelligence is maxed.
@@toggle3927 it really depends on that you need. I do like having loyalty governors that help stabilize a fief quickly
nice breakdown. Skill trees very much feel like an afterthought at this point. Thanks for making some sense of them for us.
Thanks for watching! I wish it worked differently for companions because it's so much more of a chore to level them up than the main character.
I haven't played bannerlord since beta 1.3 or something like that i forgot, it was just when it was released and maybe 2 months into it and i stopped haha now I'm looking to start over with the full release, and i feel the need to say a biiiig THANK YOU for your guides and effort you put into your videos. They'll help a looooot.
Parade skill in charm has been changed now. Previously it gave +5 Loyalty while our character is in a settlement we own but now it gives +1 and its a personal skill which means if all companions in our party have it then it will stack. I have tested it with 1 of my companion and it adds +2 to loyalty.
Yeah they nerfed it pretty hard. In all fairness, +5 was way too OP lol
@@Strat-Guides I really dont think its a nerf. Just think 5 or even more companions having Parade perk. You can leave them in ur settlement to increase loyalty along with governor and go about ur business doing quests or fighting battles while they stabilize ur new settlement. This was not possible before.
@@sid7337 True, that's a good point. Time to grind that Companion XP now :)
I honestly admire how you actually explained it in very simple terms! So helpful! Take care always
If only this had come out before I started my newest play through lol, great video man! You really put in the work on these.
Lol I know what you mean, I restart my campaigns all the time when I find out new info :P
Yeah this one took forever to compile all the data and search through to make good builds,, but I'm really happy it's done now and I can move on haha
Thanks for watching!!
@@Strat-Guides You go about the data collection pretty methodically so I imagine its a hell of a time sometimes lol
A few things about this video specifically.
First of of all , this is a very advanced topic. Prolly one of the last things anyone would try to achieve in campaign. Also , without any cheats involved , levelling a companion for some of those builds is only possible in theory. In reality , he might die from old age before you're done.
Secondly , either something changed since you created the list , or there's some RNG involved when it comes to wanderer stats. For example , my Empire surgeon had intelligence 3 instead of 4 and was level 11. Other wanderers could have the same stats as in your list , such as the Aserai Scholar. But not all. Just a friendly warning to others that might be invested into this in their playthroughs.
3rd. It's worth noting that some of those companion versions might not even spawn for a long time , ever since early access it always seemed random and even though it's more normalised nowadays , it's still possible not to get some. For example , my last campaign , quite deep into end-game , main character is old and still , no ''knowing'' wanderer spawned at all.
Lastly , despited all of the above , this is amazing work , can't even begin to imagine how much time you invested into it , thank you. Liked + subbed.
Awesome guide! I really enjoy having that stats and strats to min/max my characters. Still havent conquered the known world yet though xD
Thank you for watching! WC is not too bad, it's more of a mental challenge than a skill :)
You never disappoint my man, great guide as always
Thanks for watching!! :D
@@Strat-Guides always
These guides help a lot thanks for doing them
No problem, I'm happy to help!! Thanks for watching :)
Only thing I'd have added here are all the companions who can start with a loyalty skill at base. Sometimes, you don't have time to train a dedicated governor, depending on what's going on, so knowing who you can grab that has a +1 loyalty skill can be a big help. I suppose people can just look it up, but based on some of the comments I'm seeing some people think that you really need to grind a companion to being the best version of these builds displayed, where in actual play being functional out of the gate, if less effective, has some comparative benefits, especially for players who won't grind anyway.
Vlandian Black (1), Aserai Wastes, Aserai Falcon, Aserai Golden, and Aserai Wanderer (2) all qualify, and tells me that, in the majority of games, conquering Aserai should be easier than other nations because you're likely to have at least 2 companions you can hire, respec, and instantly use as a governor for more Loyalty than base. Sadly, all these companions start at a relatively high base level, so they're not your long-term choices if you intend to grind the cream of the crop displayed above, but I know for some of you this will be a far more practical list.
One thing I'll point out about the above list is 3 of them happen to be your high Tactics companions, so can have utility early in a campaign as caravans, which they should be best-in-slot at, and then be transitioned into a governor role once you need them to be, so they have merit beyond just having +1 loyalty over a generic hire.
The biggest problem is not being able to respec nobles :( If they change that, it becomes much easier since we can just marry someone with the appropriate skill levels. Wanderers are good in that regard but generally don't have as much skill.
Yeah you're 100% right, those are great companions to look for!
Nice work on the guide. Party leaders have always been difficult to generalize. As part of your army most of the time it makes sense to focus on stewardship and medicine. Wages and casualty rates are some of the most visible impact on the game. I used to have one operating independently on bandit hunting duty with cunning as the main stat as it covers scout (for move speed), tactics (for autoresolve) and roguery (gained from prisoner ransoming and hiring). All good until he gets drafted into another army so its hard to say if the decision made a difference compared to another companion who is not so religiously spec-ed.
LOL I hate when that happens - they join the allied army and march off to a 95% chance of getting captured :( Thanks for watching!!
I remember another video where you hop between fiefs that are under attack that have Fian Champions in the Garrison,
if Garrison wage reduction for mounted troops applies to Khan's Guards and my math is correct then the daily wages would be:
1530 a day for 200 Fian Champions at 55% wage reduction
630 a day for 200 Khan's Guards at 85% wage reduction
which would actually be insane to have 400 Khan's Guards for less than half the price of 200 Fian Champions
The perks are just stupidly dispersed. Why does a 250 skill in archery increase tax? Are they afraid to be shot at with arrows from afar by the marksman governor if they don't pay? The government perks have to be mostly concentrated in a management skill tree which is leveled f.e. by schooling (like a companion being parked in a fief, buying expensive books, ...) and ... governing. And btw it is not the greatest design that you need a companion as governor. There should be local notables for this.
Lol I've been saying this exact thing since I did the full perk testing series almost a year ago :) A lot of them don't make much sense - they give 10% damage increase at level 50, but then that same stat line at 250 gives 2%???? I guess so lol
For me, the best companion for leading an army is a companion with high level of medicine
Administrator levels up by itself, so does explorer (its not that big of a deal), and being engineer is mostly optional unless you want them to siege by themselves
Medicine is the hardest skill to level up and the best to keep the soldiers alive, and since steward levels up alone, you are better recruiting high medicine companions for your army groups
Ignoring the Golden companion, which is always the best for everything...
Thanks! I needed this
No problem, happy to help :D
the blooper reel at the end was priceless...lol..
Lol man you should hear half the stuff I have to delete to keep my videos clean :P Thanks for watching!!
Have you made the Notion database video yet?
No i haven't. I've had it on my list for a long time but didn't think anyone was really interested in it.
@@Strat-Guides I can understand! Some viewers might gloss over it, but other more meticulous ones I’m sure would greatly appreciate it :) Ive grabbed a few of your sheets from discord and reference them but can’t help but feel like I’m not making the most use quite yet lol. Regardless, love your content! Bannerlord is lucky to have a creator of your caliber covering the finer details of the game.
Great vid! Thanks
In terms of empire culture bonus (-garrison cost), in my games it applies only to the Empire fiefs. Even as a Aserai lord, owning any Empire fief gives the - garrison cost. Being an empire lord doesn't give non-empire towns - garrison cost. Same applies to governors, empire governors don't give - garrison costs,
With the right governor perks, you can have 0 garrison costs or even make money from your garrison.
Adding in bonus to taxes, you can make a lot of money per day from a good highly prosperous town.
Yeah I just found that out yesterday lol seems like a bug because it's listed on the empire culture bonuses. I remember testing it for the culture guide I made a few months back, but I guess I never checked with non-empire characters or non-empire fiefs :(
The FF6 kefka theme at the intro! ♥
Yeah!! I used it again for the Joker building video :) I love that song
@@Strat-Guides Great video btw, I always check out your channel every new Bannerlord patch :)
@@alemaoph5604 I appreciate that! It really helps the channel a lot :)
Your content is amazing! How do you not have more subs
Thank you Xavier! I appreciate that :) I don't know for sure, but I suspect Bannerlord's player base is small to begin with. There are usually 10 - 15k monthly players on the steam reporting, plus maybe another 25% or so from epic so it's not a huge pool to begin with. Plus I'm still new to making videos and have a lot to learn still!
One thing I could never fully figure out - how do the companion's positive / negative traits (Generous, Calculated, Cruel, impulsive etc.) play into the campaign?
the one thing I've notices is far is that if a cruel companion ends up leading a party that you take in your army to siege a town, then there will be a cost in influence if you want to show mercy to the city or to plunder it, if it goes against their traits.
I also take it that some of the negative perks are needed for companions that would be put in charge of the crime alleys in the various towns.
Beyond these, do those traits matter? I'm thinking that they would influence the companion's behavior when promoted to small clan leader - an honorable companion would not desert while a devious / backstabbing one would gladly jump ship to another kingdom.
For any of those that like doing long ass play throughs like me. Set up your lineage to fulfill these roles. I grab companions for the roles my heir, his siblings and their wives can’t fill. For example. My heir his wife does stability my brothers all are my role masters. And their wives are garrison wage mitigation. Everything else my companions do. Build speed. Quests. Caravans.
12:08 does infantry mean all foot troops or does it mean melee foot troops?
Damn, I kinda feel like a baby now and papa strat holds my hand and walks me through Bannerlord basics
Lol This whole series was really deep with info so don't worry! I was a baby a couple weeks ago before I started this :)
Hope all is well with you Polish!
The ending was the most interesting part
Here's hoping the next episode is Tamerlane, surely I can't be the only one interested in that campaign.
I'll be starting on episode 2 for Tamerlane later this week! Sorry for the delay, the companion guide series got out of hand lol I was expecting to do a single episode and be done with it but then I kept going down the rabbit hole... Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this good work!
Thank you for watching!!
Very informative, thank you!
No problem, thanks for watching!
@@Strat-Guides Always!
As a medevial warfare nerd, I would like to akshually that the point of castles is you didn't need a lot of blokes to defend them, otherwise there's no point to them is there? Most had 10 and a washerwoman
The burp at the end is priceless lmao 😂
Haha sometimes you try to talk but those come flying out instead :D
You need to keep your prosperity and garrison size in check since higher number means high food consumption. I learned this the hard way.
Yeah for sure, I usually recommend getting rid of all garrisoned troops unless your fief is on the border of the warzone. I prefer to boost up militia and play wars defensively at the start, bait them in to the siege and pick them off after they assault.
Are the prisoner escape chance perks fixed by now?
Btw the amount of work, testing that you put into your videos is insane. Keep it up! My kingdom needs you
Good question, I didn't see anything in the notes but I have not tested it yet! I do need to retest all of the perks again at some point so I can update the database. Once we get past the full release I'll start planning that out :)
Works for the governor perks at least, i tested it today
I'm dying to see that Joker stuff. Another amazing guide, you ALWAYS deliver excellence man. I have been playing Project Zomboid recently and it's amazing. Are you into that kind of games?
Thanks! I started messing around with Joker stuff last night :)
I've seen a few videos of project zombiod, it looks really fun! My only issue there is I already have a few games on my list to move onto next. I know for sure there are 20+ other games I could cover on the channel, but if I try to cover too many then the quality will suffer. I know how I am haha Shiny object syndrome :)
Not sure if it is a new one or not but Vlandian Wainwright fits the Max Prosperity and Income as well as speed builder. Might be better than some since they start with decent 2 hand, 80 engineering and 343223 starting AP. Either 10 or 11 spawn cant remember now.
Also might be interesting to see what the max 'cheapest' governor you can make with each of the better companions. I had a lucky spawn and got seven listed at levels 10 and 11. Another six at level 12 and five at level 13. What free focus points they start with and best way to allocate them as they level up to get the max amount of governor perks easily. While the 200+ perks all look great its a massive grind for them, especially for 'casual' players. But if you could find one with 12-15 governor perks spread across a few 100-125 and a few 75s skills then you have something. basically a jack of all trades governor with maybe a decent focus on one of the ones you have done here.
With the new changes to medicine what's the best way to use it now, is it worth having a companion just for that or should you just build your character to max out intelligence. At that point wouldn't you also want to just spec into all intelligence perks anyway so you don't need an independent steward, surgeon, engineer? Or is it still beneficial to delegate some perks even when maxing a stat?
It's a lot easier to get XP for medicine now so I think taking it with your main character and 10 intelligence points is worth it. You can handle steward, medicine and engineering all with that character and hit 330 for each.
@@Strat-Guides The chad 10 intelligence build. Should be quite handy to free companions up for combat captain roles as well.
Is there any spreadsheet/guide that links each companion to their uses? Because damn ... there are just too many of them to remember whenever you pass by them, thinking "is he of any use?"
One that includes both Governor, Captain and Party Leader roles.
Again a great Guide!
Problem is I have to watch it multiple times to remember anything 🥴
Thank you!! Yeah this one was really dense - I put time stamps for each section so you can refer back to them easier in the future :)
HE LISTENED. When in doubt use Dethert in the thumbnail
Lol you can't go wrong with Derthert on the thumbnail :P I need to get a little more creative with him though, maybe I can edit his mustache to make it even more outrageous?
Thanks for watching!!
20% garrison cost reduction from Empire culture depends on settlement culture, not the owners culture.
Taleworlds jebaited all those people rolling empire mains KEKW
LOL wtf? I remember testing this before, but I didn't test empire culture in non-empire towns so I didn't catch it. This has got to be one of the sneakiest case of TW Maths I've seen before :D Thanks for sharing!
and here i was, about to ask if the 20% was based on main charather culture or the governor culture. answer? neither
@@AzoiatheCobra I tested it last night and for sure that's how it works lol Makes no sense!
@@Strat-Guides an idea for a vídeo ir the intro/outro of a video: hows life? You had that time off and had to explain it in the "im back" vídeo. Some of us are overjoyed for your videos, but also dont overdo it or have a burn out. Errar gaming junior is healthy? The familly is ok? Are you ok? We love you and we want your well being
You should be able to leave a companion at the arena to train certain skills.
u can cover most of those perks with ur brother, outside of the campaign u will need at least 2 or 3 chars (?)
After seeing the "4% escape chance means 4 out of 100 will escape my village yearly" dunno if math works that way, probabilities aren't that linear... Or are they? Maybe Taleworlds didn't put too much work into it, but they for sure would win the lottery every day if math worked that way
@gonsalomon they are terrible at implementing math in their game so just assume you're dealing with the class clown that flunked algebra - whatever equation you think that kid would come up with is probably closer to what they're using lol
@Strat-Guides just imagine how much poker tables would go bankrupt rofl
Bonus on main character 'governed settlements have increased militia recruitment by 0,5 per day' works on all towns/castles when character is on the map or main character must be in town/castle????
So any perk that is tagged as "governor" means that it has to be on a companion (wanderer, nobles, family member, etc.) and it will not work with our main character. That companion has to have the perk unlocked AND they have to be assigned as the governor of the settlement you are trying to boost. The perk will only work for that fief, none of the others. I hope that clears it up!
My question is how do you change their selected skills... For instance you need "To be Blunt" for your stabilizer build and ever companion I get always has the opposite skill selected.
If you visit the tournament master at any town (they are at the arena, you have to go there in person - the top option) you will see chat options to redo your own perks or redo perks for your companions. You'll have options to go through which attribute and then the skill.
You may have already spoken about it but what's your background before this channel ? I am really amazed by the quality of your analysis of all the data
In university I studied physics and astrophysics (never used it outside of school though). For work, the majority of my time was spent in sales/management and I also started my own businesses to get out of my job. I started some eCommerce stores (Amazon and ebay) and manage a rental portfolio. In pretty much everything I do, I spend a lot of time collecting and analyzing data so it all helps!
@@Strat-Guides Thats not far from what i thought and it explains a lot ! Im glad you end up helping the bannerlord community with all those skills you've gathered lol
Hey, great work, I hope Taleworlds will improve skill leveling for companions in the future, so this information will be truly useful.
Btw, do you know what companions enlist to tournaments if they have one of melee skills >100? Last patch it allow to level up melee skills for companions.
Also, companions enlisted to tournament count as "Lord with known fighting skills" and affect reward value. In current run I have 8 companions + wife enlisting and get top tier helmets and good weapons almost every tournament.
Thank you! Yeah it takes a really long time to level up companions. I hope they add a multiplier to companion XP since it's harder to level them than the main character.
I thought all companions in your party enlist, but now that I think of it I've never actually tracked or tested it! That's a good point, I'll try it out :)
Might have missed it in one of the previous videos, but what about tactics, leadership, and roguery skills for party leaders?
I covered how to level up skills in the first episode of this series, not sure if that's what you're asking? I can give you a quick recap, but I recommend watching that one (It's time stamped so you can skip to these parts). Tactics is leveled by companion leading a party and their troops getting kills in battle. Leadership is easier now, just get kills with non-bandit troops. You also get a little XP for recruiting prisoners (You can give prisoners to companions to convert for you), recruiting troops from towns and villages and leading an army. Roguery XP is earned by having bandit troops in their party get kills, raiding villager party, raiding caravans and raiding a village.
My question was about the effects of party leaders having those skills, for example whether it's worth prioritizing companions with high tactics/roguery/leadership for party leaders instead of companions with intelligence potential.
Oh gotcha, yeah they will have an effect for a party that is running on their own, but to be honest AI party's are really bad and are best held with the main party in an army. Tactics can help a lot for caravans too actually.
I missed the Varangian Guards live stream last night. Will it be uploaded to UA-cam?
oh crap, that was supposed to go up, let me see what happened to it! UA-cam might have switched the settings on me.
Whats best role for brother ? Party leader , Governor or Just Quarter master?
Edit : I am thinking of using him as a quarter master & Smith & Soldier : 2 Handed Infantary with High Athletics.
If you can get high intelligence (above 7 by level 20 or so) then I think Steward is the best use imo.
@@Strat-Guides Thanks alot, he has 7 int 5 focus points to reach 288 max steward. I am thinking instead of hiring another guy i also put focus points to engineering so that he can help with projects. The thing is if you use him as quartermaster and captain (for infantary sword and shield imperial legionaries) in order to have nephews you also have to bring his wife with your party. So picking a fighter wife is better. i guess ? (High riding high polearm or one handed skill wife is what iam thinking to make her captain of the cavalries, since i maxed archery and gonna lead aserai and eventually battanian fian champions )
So can you tell me which wife is better for that ? And i need a fighter wife too to have more children myself (she will be always with me in the party) But i lost 2-3 possible good governors that way does it worth it ? ;S
Tbh I never cared for companion governers, only used my wife as a governer or my brother but ever since you could respec your companions, your vids have helped alot for my campaigns
I'm glad to hear that! Yeah the respec is huge. I really hope they fix it so we can respec family too. It's silly that you can't but I suspect it's just a bug and not intended.
Is this a teaser on the joker run:)
Absolutely :D
It is pretty remarkable how complex this game is under the hood. It really is a genre unto itself which combines FPS combat, RPG and strategy/tactics.
The unfortunate thing is how many of the core features are still quite simplistic. Take for example "companions." You can be a Monarch, one of the most powerful persons in Calradia, and you are still going to have to go out there and hustle to find the right companion. Not only that, but the selection is no better than when you were a vagabond refugee with barely 1000 Denars in your pocket. Even worse, the methods to instruct them to train themselves in any particular area (not to mention the facility of them doing it) are just as coarse when you are an Emperor as they are when you are a bandit captain.
I'm TRYING to get through one campaign with a "beat the game" smiley face using completely vanilla. This compulsion is bolstered by the fact that game updates seem to break a lot of the mods. But once I master this vanilla thing, I'm going to mod the ever loving stuffing out of this game and have ALL of the QoL and basic social/institutional functionality that TaleWorlds apparently just couldn't be bothered to create. I'll write the damn mods myself if I have to! 🤣
Literally nothing in this game deserves to be called "complex". Its a shit game belongs in the garbage can.
well...guess I'm restarting....these would be good before starting a kingdom while having a few rebel cities captured.
at this point I'm expecting strat to get 1b denars, max companion skills, every town producing over 20000 denars having 15000 prosperity, max loyalty and 1000 militia in his fredrick campaign. also you ned to do 1 more companion video
how to edit the games code so that they don't give 50% of their party to a new settlement
OMG I absolutely HATE when they do that! I found a good workaround, but it's still a pain. Go right next to the town you want to enter, disband your clan parties and leave them outside, do your business inside but don't let time pass, exit the town and call them back in. It's the only way I can get around it :(
Im looking for a companion governer focused on training troops.
great guids man!
I think i will use mine siblings in mine next campaign as goverrnors based on these builds. I think its possible to combine some of them, al be it with some sacrefices to their speciality.
Mine elder brother is gonna be the stabilizer, combined with the millitia increase perks since i assume that will be the first one i need, en since he has great combat skills the gring will be alright,
Then i wanna combine the speed builder and prosperity booster, since this will take up most of the time , i think it might me beneficial to do both at the same time..
With the last sibling, i'll focus on the max income, using spare focus points to get as many as possible of wage reduction as well.
I did wonder if the poject booster perks you listed with the siege specialist could be usefull for the speedbuilder and max prosperity builds as well? Is there a specific reason you let them out?
Thnks for the great content!
Nice, the governor builds are REALLY powerful :) Yeah I think the most important thing is to have loyalty at 100 no matter what build you're doing. The bonuses are too good.
Thank you for watching :D
I have two questions, what is the throwing daggers are you using for civil outfit ,second question; when will we see the next episodes of the Emir Temur series ?
So all throwing daggers can be used for civilian loadouts! It really makes like easier :) I'll be working on Amir Timur this week!
I am actually not too sure how to use this guide. I just rescued by siblings and they are clean slate with focus and attributes free to assign from 0. Do I go down the list like the first perk on the list should be the most important?
Oh nice, that's a bug but a really nice one! I love starting a character from 0 and being able to assign everything myself :) I would pick the categories that have the most perks in them (i.e. steward had 8 perks, 1H has 2 perks, make sure you go with steward first)
Governor selection could make Machiavelli jealous.
But there is no equal to Jeremus lol
Lol too bad there is no perk to terrorize the population to increase loyalty :D
For the stabilizer build, how we can find tracker and ragged? Even if i started a new gameplay, they seems not spawn anywhere.
What about a build where u are just starting out as a rebellion kingdom with 1 town, and u can't rely on villages whatsoever since they are razed 24/7?
Taleworlds shoudl add trainers into the game. like NPC whom you can pay to train your or your companions skills. They could even make it super expensive. Helps with the leveling feeling so difficult on some odd skills in the game, and also a late game money sink.
Yeah I would definitely use this - paying to have skills trained up would be amazing!
Or implement the trainer skill and mechanics in warband. I mean they had it before…
Im not having an issue of HOLDING fiefs im actually having an issue where I keep being GIVEN fiefs after doing most of the legwork conquering them?
Ive got like 11 fiefs and making like 25k a day total but my overhead is like 23k?
I figured out last night I can lower and limit the garrison counts in castles and cities which was taking up most of my daily overhead. And I've got as many workshops as my tier 5 clan can hold but they're only making me like 100 denar a day? And any caravan I send out gets jacked eventually? (I try to make sure caravans have high riding and scouting, but they still get grabbed).
And how do I GET RID of companions on console? I can't seem to find a way.
And can my wife get pregnant if she's in my party but set as my quartermaster? Cause I only managed to have 1 son and now were both in our 40s so I doubt she can get pregnant again?
If you still need help I think you just talk to them and tell them you no longer need their services
@@nunyadambidness8568 all I can do is either promote them to a different role or end convo. (And im trying this on companions, not family members.)
Try talking to them outside on the campaign map. You won't have the option to do it if you're inside a fief.
Is there a spreadsheet available for this governor guide? I didn't see it in the website
How do you get the table data is that a mod?
Nope, that's all done by hand by me lol it's a long process :P It's all hosted on the discord server though if you ever wanted access to it. It's all free :) discord.gg/v86qW3mENU Check the useful guide info section and look for the one with this video's label.
@@Strat-Guides wow dude your insane...insanely good
Do the prisoner escape perks still not work?
I have not had a chance to test them out yet, but will do that soon!
If I'm battanian and I take a Battanian city, will my culture bonus outweigh the negative from having a governor of a different culture
Yeah you should be fine unless you have other bad modifiers like starving or very low security.
@@Strat-Guides awesome thanks for the reply
If you have a steward companion who has no Trade perks ( in trade there are perks who work only for steward ) and you have let's say 300 Trade , then you have the benefits from the perks (at least the ones who are not for stewards ) ?
It will only give benefits for those perks that are labeled Steward - otherwise you cannot use trade perks with a companion. The same goes for the skill itself that reduces trade penalty, it only works on the main character. One caveat - it does work for companions if they run their own caravan!
@@Strat-Guides So I get a bonus from all the perks who are Personal ? If a perk has half for steward and half is personal i will get the bonus only for half?
I'm always looking for a good surgeon companion for the first few weeks in game.
Yeah those guys are the best ones most of the time! Although now that I input all the starting levels, I'll probably go after those level 8s too!
where can i find those spreadsheets with the companions and nobles?
Everything is hosted on the Discord server under the Useful Guide Info section! You'll see a couple databases for this series of videos and screenshots of the governor builds below that. Discord link is in the description of the video!
They torpeded this game when they made leveling NPC's stupid slow. a govenor with what you need them to do takes months if not years to get them to any respectable level any longer. I just put any one in that position now and get roughly the same results. They usually die of old age as well before they get anywhere.
Do you have a build for the brother ? where you add the points?
That's a good question, I don't think I've really done an analysis on him! I can do that and add it to the beginner's guide I'm doing this month (before full release). Thanks for bringing that up!
do you do any modding? i think it would be good if this could be made into a QoL mod. like a drop-down menu on each person that would select the traits to choose below for whatever role you have selected for them.
you select your plan for the person from a drop-down menu or something, and the appropriate skills are somehow highlighted, and that wouldnt interfere with game mechanics, so, less complicated than some mods.
I don't, I'm not technically savvy in the slightest hehe but I agree, that would be a really helpful mod to have!
Hey SG where did you get that awesome perk table you use? Did you make it yourself or can I find it online? Thanks!
Yeah it's a database I created by hand and is posted on the Discord server under the useful guide info section!
@@Strat-Guides Thanks!
How do I level leadership and roguery on a companion?
Leadership is done by having non-bandit troops get kills and roguery is done by winning battles, collecting prisoners and selling them off at town. They will automatically sell their prisoners once you go into a town.
What about tactics? Its work for campanion party liders ?
Yeah tactics works for party leaders but it's really slow to level up. You'll be lucky to gain 100 levels in 50 years before they die lol
what happend. Now it's a bit random?
found a battanian wanderer but it wasn't lvl 11, but 12. I guess they train by them selfs dunno
Does it matter if the commander is mounted? For example: i am a commander of an archer group even though I have a horse, will my perks still affect the archers?
No, they will still give their bonuses. One thing to keep in mind, if you have a single cavalry unit mixed in to a formation, the game will usually space the units out as if all units were cav - so your shield wall will have tons of gaps and archer line formation will be very spread out. Just something to keep in mind!
not rltd to video, but is there way to remove Arrows and Javelins from ur body i hate when i have 6-7 javelins stucking out of me or my horse xD or jav in my toe
Lol I know what you mean! None that I am aware of, just exiting the battle and reengaging but that's a bit of a cheese move... Thanks for watching!
Strats stats does it again
Lol thanks for watching! Power to the Spreadsheets :D
11:14 oh, its a bug. My fantasy says he travels arround to win tournaments for the Clan.... just kidding ^^
LOL he's just a slacker and doesn't want to be tied down to a single fief his whole life :P Thanks for watching!