In order to become a vassal in Mount & Blade II Bannerlord, you must first become a mercenary of a kingdom. This is pretty easy to do, go find a lord in a castle and ask to join them as a mercenary. This is pretty easy to do, go find a lord in a castle and ask to join them as a mercenary. Become a mercenary of the empire and then kill bandits, then sell the equipment you got from the bandits. Once you get some good troops do caravan escort missions, those give a lot of money themselves but you'll also get money from the mercenary contract for killing the bandits that spawn, and the equipment. You need to be a tier 2 clan and then if you talk to Caladog (or if he dies whoever is in charge of battania) you can offer to become a vassal. You need to be Tier 3 clan before becoming a vassal. Talk to the Leader of the Kingdom/Empire that you want to become part of. Pledge allegiance. Mount & Blade 2 Bannerlord Vassal Beginner's Guide (CONSOLE)Remember these are only my thoughts and I look forward to reading yours in the comments below 🖖H If you plan on killing lords, it's actually easier to play with 0 towns. Just run across the map and kill them off one by one. With decent campaign map speed you can easy outspeed big armies, wait for the army to split up and pick the individual lords. Just make sure you can still sell your loot in at least 1 kingdom. How to start a caravan in Bannerlord. To start a caravan in Bannerlord, all you need to do is head into a town and talk to one of the notables that aren’t an outlaw. Out of the options, select the “I wish to form a caravan in this town” option. You will have to either pay 15k denars to form the caravan or pay 22k to form a higher-tier party. I don't think being a mercenary is meant to be an alternative to being a vassal, or comparable in terms of rewards - it's a stepping stone to it. It should probably be harder and take longer to become a vassal anyway, thus making more of a thing of spending time as a merc. peasants become mercs. you get them frequently as captives from looters. Bonus: Peasant do not cost upkeep as long as you dont promote them. Nice forgot about that, I usually ignore peasants because I thought they would be useless. There's a mod on the nexus that expands the mercenary troop trees, too. Again, being a mercenary is not meant to be your end game state. You are not meant to be able to have all of the benefits as a mercenary, hence the incentive to become a lord or an independent ruler. Thats to say nothing of the fact that the best way to get and maintain a large army is to build up a war chest first, and *then* expand your party. KGvw.

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