While I could have gone with these skills myself I have more combat focused ones and rather use them for these. This is also a very important skill to have so I have a backup guy trained as well Ymira who is in the screenshot. Jeremus is the main healer with skills like first aid (heals over time), surgery (keeps troops from getting killed), and wound treatment (healing between combat rounds). It all about finding that balance between what I already have and filling in gaps when needed to make me overall stronger. While it can depend on what skills they already come with I do sometimes just decide I rather use something for what they are not trained in. Some are set up purely for combat and others grant some kind of buff to the group. I just made sure they would not be insulting each other nonstop and driving me up a wall before leaving during the night. While I did not focus on having the “right” ones for raiding or this or that. After a while, they could even leave your party. If they become “upset” they will let you know and it will lower morale. On top of that some hate raiding, others pillaging, and even others get bored. Some of them hate each other so it’s best not to have all of them in the same group. They also have their own social aspects each. Once I send this batch out on their own I’ll have to get new ones. For the time being the group I have stays with me. I could even grand them their own land one day if I progress far enough on my own. Some such skills are Ironflesh for more health, decent riding skills, and some points in leadership to command a bigger army and reduce the overall cost of troops for themselves. With that in mind, there are other skills beyond just party ones I want to to make sure they all have. Later on in-game if become a king myself and start my own kingdom I can send them out off into the world with their own army and they will go around attacking, defending, getting captured and all sort of things. If they are knocked out they do not provide their bonus so some of them it’s nice to double up on and having a backup for just in case. While they cannot get killed they can be knocked out. Some of the skills in the game are label “party” and the companion or me depending on who has the highest skill will grant it to the entire party. Thinking Short And Long-TermĬompanions can be a major key to get and build up as they along with there fighting skills in battles and being much stronger than a normal unit can offer party skills as well. Some of them are selling goods, others are just there for some short lore and that is about it. They could have a ransom broker, a bard, travelers, random troops to hire and some other NPCs as well. You can find a lot more than just Companions randomly in them as well. That must not be cheap for the barkeep to keep up on that place. We can see there is almost no one in this massive one. Some can be massive while others barely holding a few tables. While each tavern is different in shape and sizes if they are in the same region they do feel similar. If you have not guessed it this one is in a very hot and sandy location. As such, I spent quite a lot of time going around to different kingdoms and taverns having my fill of beer and searching for recruits.Įach region has their own feel to the kinds of taverns they have. They can appear anywhere and unless you have already met one and talk to them that is the only way to go. To acquire these guys and gals you randomly search for them in different taverns around the map.
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Otherwise, money goes into my own gear and building up business for now. In the short term, I don’t spend much money on them outside of buying horses when they have some of the riding skills.
#Mount and blade noble companions upgrade
Later on, as I upgrade my own gear I start to pass things down to them or buy them something when I find a decent deal. This allows them to have some chain mail, upgraded weapons, some of their armor slots to be filled. One easy way I choose to gear them up is by farming Sea Raider since they drop some better gear you can get early in the game. You also have to gear form them up which becomes quite expensive. They level up like your own character and you can even spend points on attributes, skills, and proficiencies for them. Unlike other troops in the game, these guys and gals cannot be killed. This is where things require a bit of balance between short term and long term thinking in tactics and where you to want to end up. While also raising some funds as well in doing in between the long distance traveled between taverns. It was about time I started to go around the kingdoms and find some companions I’m lacking to join my cause.