Best way is to get a companion to 100 smithing with all those perks that let you refine new materials, and have your main character get the perks that make weapons better and get more mods etc. You can also smelt weapons to get steel. 7. aaronrizz. 2 yr. ago. Human Made. Money is everything in Caladria. It’s used to pay the wages of the armies you field, buy better weapons and armor, and make diplomatic dealings go your way. Just like real life! Lucky for you, we’ve put together a guide on the best ways to make money in Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord to help get you up and running. Or fight hideouts. Fight that battle, capture the bandits, and give as many of the highest value ones to the quest giver and you’ll get tens of thousands of denars. When you resupply at villages, hover over the notables to quick look and see if that’s the quest. Accept it and come back within a month for a BIG pay day. Recruitment of troops may be accomplished through several ways in the Mount&Blade series. Recruit cultural troops from villages Hire Mercenaries from taverns Free the prisoners of enemies Conscript your prisoners Hire Mercenaries from Mercenary Camps (With Fire & Sword only). Steal Garrisons from freshly occupied castles or settlements. (Must be vassal of the attacker; this does not negatively My clan is tier 2 an all of this began around tier 1. There isn't much I can do with the rebels. I can't become their mercenary but it seems as though I can fight them and maybe execute them. There doesn't seem to be any quest to eliminate them either on the behest of their enemies. There aren't many dialogue options to interact with the rebels. A heavily-garrisoned town will count for around 500 troops including the militia, and AI kingdoms also get around 200-300 extra troops per clan and mercenary company. Since the player only has their personal clan before becoming a kingdom, it's unlikely the player will ever start with more than 1800-2500 when they declare their new kingdom. Here are the best factions in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord, in order of best to worst: (+) 20% less garrison troop wages. (+) Being in an army brings 25% more influence. (-) Village hearths increase 20% less. (+) 50% less speed penalty and 15% sight range bonus in forests. (+) Towns owned by Battanian rulers have +1 militia production. 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. d7x35q.