What changed in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord in 2021

New maps introduced for multiplayer with a winter theme.

Introduced a sandbox feature allowing players to grant peerage to companions, creating new noble families.

Implemented preset commands for quick communication among teammates.

Added new progressive multiplayer badges that can be unlocked by completing challenges.

Introduced a benchmark mode to test CPU and GPU performance using scripted battles.

Changed player score calculation to emphasize teamwork over final blows.

Introduced a new multiplayer customisation system that rewards players with Loot for playing, allowing character and troop appearance customization.

Expanded the game's artwork collection with new tavern menu backgrounds for each major culture.

Added a new issue quest that allows players to engage in betting and fixing tournaments.

Implemented Spear Bracing in singleplayer battles and sieges, providing new tactical options.

Added new crowns that players can acquire when granting land and titles.

Added short animations for players to encourage teammates or taunt opponents.

Introduced an MVP award to highlight the standout player from each team every round.

Previously 125

Previously 76

Fixed an issue that caused the wrong item to be granted and displayed when unlocked.

Fixed an issue that prevented free sigils from being used.

Resolved several crashes that occurred due to specific combinations of customisable items in multiplayer.

Includes Bodhran, cornu, dombra, oud, flute, hurdy-gurdy, vielle, kemane, harp, khomus, nay.

Tooltip now shows explicit effects of hero roles on the party.

Adjustments made to reduce save game issues when removing mods.

Implemented cloth physics for certain saddle reins.

Resolved a crash that occurred when a mount killed an agent in multiplayer matches.

Reduces spikes in performance.

Introduced two new Battanian armours and one new Aserai armour.

Fixed crashes that occurred during scene loading, loading older save files, and various other scenarios.

New feature allows players to compare wealth in the Clan encyclopedia list page.

Made various optimizations to improve combat performance.

Includes Dyopalis, Vealos, Tevea, Aeoria, Gaos, Tismil, Usek, Halisvust, Etirfurd, Hongard, Palisont.

Optimizations made to lower CPU memory usage during gameplay.

Changes made to quest logs and NPC interactions for better clarity.

Bracing feature is now enabled for spears with handles of 230 base length and above.

Addresses cases of excessive points in one attribute or skill.

Sound improvements for Aserai, Vlandia, Empire & Sturgia scenes.

Players can now make peace with rebel clans through dialogue.

Character limit on chat messages reduced from 500 to 100.

Resolved an issue where empty chat messages would cause the client to crash.

Players can send up to 5 messages in the span of 15 seconds. Exceeding this limit will block further messages.

Added checkbox to disable auto recruitment on settlements.

Successful crafting orders now give +2 relationships with notables and +4 with lords.

XP capped to 75 for tier 1, 150 for tier 2, 250 for tier 3, and 300 for tier 4 or more.

Raids from bounded villages now affect security value instead of loyalty.

Updated Custom Battle to allow selection of individual troop types in formations.

A new campaign intro video has been added to establish the setting of Calradia.

Added new idle animations for NPCs based on traits and relations.

A new visual representation of the player character added to the save/load screen.

Updated war tab in Kingdom Diplomacy for better conflict overview.

New players receive special gear and elite units upon joining a faction.

Character level no longer affects learning rates, allowing more freedom in character development.

Expanded crafting system with orders from notables and nobles for weapon production.

Assign general stances to subordinate parties to influence their behavior.

A new mode that restricts the campaign to a single save file for increased difficulty.

Added 36 new scenes including 23 villages, 3 castles, and 10 towns.

New difficulty presets for campaigns, including Freebooter and Warrior settings.

Added three new battle crowns for character customization.

New production icons added to village nameplates for easier resource location.

New button to trigger a leadership election in your kingdom.

New feature to limit wages of clan parties and garrisons.

Resolved an issue where horse sounds would not play in certain situations during multiplayer.

AI will now make more accurate attacking and defending behaviour decisions.

Improves performance and memory usage.

Players can now navigate selected screens with the Dpad.

Players can rescue clan and family members from enemy settlements.

Implemented a visual system to display map events instead of 3D icons.

Players can now capture and enhance moments in the game.

New gameplay feature allowing players to execute prison breaks.

Perks now have additional effects, providing more options for character development.

Significant improvements to combat AI behavior and tactics.

New decision for conquerors to pillage or show mercy to settlements.

New Sandbox mode added for players to explore.

DLSS technology implemented to enhance graphics performance.

Combat experience is now more evenly distributed among troops.

New unit categories like skirmishers added to improve tactical gameplay.

Better target selection and financial management for AI leaders.

Improvements to clan and family interactions, including education for offspring.

Significant improvements in performance and stability, with FPS increases in battles and campaign map.

Players can categorize their save files for better organization.

Players can now initiate conversations on the campaign map.

Winners of the Screenshot Contest announced, capturing iconic moments.

1st Place: Craglowe by BeefBacon, 2nd Place: Meteora Terra by Yurek, 3rd Place: Kingstranding by Methking.

1st Place: Battle of Pendraic by KleiosCanvas, 2nd Place: Hand-drawn Calradia’s Chronicle by heymangame, 3rd Place: Untitled by omerburakonal.

Announcement of winners from the Scene Design, 2D Art, and Screenshot contests.

Addressed a client crash that could occur during matches.

Resolved an issue that was causing servers to crash.

Fixed a crash that occurred when capturing the last settlement of a kingdom that was a target in the conspiracy phase.

Change flanks and deployment order.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player was killed while locked onto a target during a practice fight.

Added a 'Lock Item' button to smelting items in the Smithy along with a warning if the player tries to smelt a locked weapon.

Automatically tracks settlements in the player's faction that are under attack.

Inventory items of the same type are now arranged by their value when sorted by 'Type'.

Prevents unwanted teleportations of clan members.

Formation AI siege behaviour scoring has been revised significantly.

Siege event icons on settlement nameplates are now visible during the bombardment phase.

Attackers were repeatedly visiting nearby towns to heal their wounded troops, creating a siege heal loop.

Formations will now spawn within one of the four flanks during open field battles.

Fixed a DLSS related issue with medium shading quality causing corrupted images.

Fixed a DLSS related issue with the resolution scale causing a dark screen.

Since some notifications aren’t dismissible and are required for progression.

Caused some ranged siege weapons and special archer positions to be left unused.

Players and AI can now choose to 'Devastate', 'Pillage' or 'Show Mercy' to settlements that have been successfully sieged.

If any changes have been made.

Fixed an issue that caused conversation tag weights to be set improperly.

Fixed an issue with slow walking speeds when taking control of a unit in Captain Mode.

Fixed a bug that caused security-related perks to give negative security to settlements.

Loads the latest save game.

Fixed a crash that occurred when a value that was higher than is allowed was pasted in integer input fields.

Added a new casualty report option for non-hero troop kills/deaths.

A new multiplayer game mode for single combat duels, allowing players to select classes and compete in arenas.

New option for successful besiegers to pillage settlements for gold and morale boosts.

Camera now prioritizes cycling through important characters first during death sequences.

Hotfix enabling NVIDIA's Deep Learning Super Sampling for improved image quality.

New option to remove non-hero character names from the killfeed for a more compact display.

Introduction of 6 new siege scenes including 4 cities and 2 castles in the beta version.

A new system for selecting battle scenes based on world map locations, enhancing strategic gameplay.

Classic sandbox mode allows players to create characters and forge their own path without a storyline.

Addition of 9 new Celtic inspired helmets to the Battanian armoury.

Javelin stack size decreased from 4 to 3.

Extra stack size decreased from 8 to 6.

Extra stack size decreased from 8 to 6.

Veteran Bowman units now use Nordic Shortbow.

Stack size decreased from 4 to 3.

Better Javelins Perk grants 3 Jereed instead of 6; Jereed Perk grants 3 Jereed instead of 6.

Swapped Long Sword and Pilum Perk; Spear Perk changed to Faster Sword Perk, grants Pugio.

Fixed a bug that caused the cursor to permanently disappear on the campaign map.

Various throwing weapons increased in damage

Enhanced visibility of the 3D gamepad cursor on the campaign map when zoomed out.

New option to lower game volume while the game is out of focus.

From 10 to 13

Hitpoints from 125 to 140, Armour from 10 to 15, Weight from 4.7 to 3

Steward, Roguery, Tactics and Trade

From 37 to 40

From 11 to 13

From 41 to 44

Resolved various crashes occurring during scene loads, inventory actions, and campaign map encounters.

Resolved bugs related to various combat-related perks and skill trees.

From 7 to 8

From 1x to 1.25x

From 44 to 36

Various Menavlion types reduced in damage

From 200 to 180

Light Crossbow from 65 to 60, Crossbow from 78 to 72, Arbalest from 90 to 85

From 23 to 28

From 95 to 84

Bronze Reinforced Highland Large Shield, Iron Reinforced Highland Large Shield, Leather Bound Kite Shield, Worn Kite Shield

From 39 to 42

From 4 to 0

From 25 to 17

+2 for light cavalry, +1 for heavy cavalry

From 10 to 11

Accuracy: 95, Damage: 63, Speed: 80

From 59 to 69

Players can now choose to 'Devastate', 'Pillage', or 'Show Mercy' to settlements after sieges.

New option for tracking non-hero troop kills/deaths.

-4 for light cavalry, -8 for heavy cavalry

Hitpoints from 160 to 100, Armour from 15 to 5, Weight from 3.2 to 1.2

By 20

From 98 to 93

From 10 to 13

From 8 to 3

From 43 to 46

All axes and some 2-handed weapons

Optimized memory allocations to reduce frame drops on the world map.

From 15 to 16

From 4 to 0

From 2x to 2.5x

Hitpoints from 190 to 230, Armour from 12 to 15

From 42 to 34

From 39 to 43

To Light Crossbow Perk

XP needed to upgrade to tier 4 and tier 5 troops has been slightly increased.

Fixed an exploit that allowed players to donate and take back prisoners non-stop for infinite influence.

Resolved an issue where quest givers asked for 0 quest items and offered 0 gold reward.

Resolved a crash that occurred when logging into the lobby.

Resolved an issue that blocked certain quests from being completed because of modified items.

Resolved an issue causing heroes with a child to have another child faster than normal.

Fixed a bug that caused kingdom leaders to become an army member when the player asked them through a dialogue.

Reverted the recent friendly fire change in Siege game mode due to a crash that might relate to this change.

Added 8 new Horses.

Slightly decreased charge damage for heavy cavalry horses.

Temporarily disabled a performance optimization due to the disconnects it caused from the MP Lobby.

Fixed a bug that caused the daily project bonus to be 0 on the settlement management menu.

Fixed some perk icons.

Replaced one-handed and two-handed weapon skills for the Imperial Veteran Archer.

Deleting the 'offered amount' text in the barter screen no longer crashes the game.

Slightly increased charge damage for light cavalry horses.

Added quest giver name in the Landlord Need Manual Labor quest dialogues.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the main hero asked for the 'Lady's Knight Out' quest while the quest giver was outside of her settlement.

Fixed an issue that caused a crash while trying to open the quest screen.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to invalid items in towns.

Changed the weights of all 'Stronger Shield' perks to be the same weight as the default shields.

Oathsworn now has more athleticism skills than riding.

One of the Southern Noble Helmets is renamed to 'Southern Crowned Lord Helmet'.

Fixed the case of some longbows having Vlandian cultures set on them. They are now Battanian Bows.

Minor bug fixes for Medicine and Leadership skills.

Fixed a memory leak issue.

Fixed a Company of Trouble quest crash that occurred when successfully persuading a lord that was in the same army with the player.

Fixed the problem of some character creation choices having weapons that could not be used with civilian equipment.

Fixed an issue that caused players to be stuck in photo mode when it was opened in arenas.

Fixed a bug that caused the player to gain charm experience after a rebellion started.

Fixed a crash that occurred while the 'Lady's Knight Out' quest was active and the quest giver left her settlement.

Added the winter version of Isle of Deriad.

Fixed an issue that caused the scoreboard to not show up while pressing the scoreboard key.

Adjusted all horses charge damage.

Fixed a bug that caused the player to gain trade XP when storing items in towns.

Fixed an issue that caused some beard types to clip through closed helmets.

Did some improvements related to the rebellion clan destruction algorithm.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player died during the defence of a siege while in charge of a formation that was previously controlled by the AI.

Fixed a crash which occurred when the New Campaign button was clicked.

Fixed a crash that was caused by corrupted save files because of some unfinished raids.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player started a conversation with melee trainers.

If construction is 0 due to low loyalty, the construction completion time will be 'Never' in Town Management.

Added 2 new Lances.

Fixed a crash that occurred after heir selection if the husband/wife had been selected as heir and he/she had been in a fugitive state.

Fixed a bug that caused the dead lords to thank us after helping them on the battlefield.

Fixed an issue that caused the UI to disappear when a transfer order was given in the deployment stage.

'Agent without head in photo mode' bug has been fixed.

Fixed a crash that occurred while adding gold to a hero if the hero had more than 2147483647 gold.

Fixed a crash that occurred while creating a new rebel clan's banner.

Fixed an issue that caused weapons to be dropped on pressing Dpad down while the order menu was open.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to marrying your daughter to a hero.

Fixed a bug that allowed declaring of war on a neutral clan.

Fixed an issue where the mercenary soldiers would cost more than the shown amount.

Fixed wrong text showing when ransoming enemy lords.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the 'Conspiracy Base of Operations' quest was activated but there was no suitable hideout for the quest.