What changed in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord in 2026

A spectator overlay adds displays, camera controls and other spectator-oriented changes.

Fixed a bug that caused out of bound borders to appear at spawn points in Town Outskirts, Harbour of Ovsk and Tsagaan Castle maps.

Fixed a bug that caused some mariner troops to be missing the mariner skill.

Fixed a bug that prevented the disbanding of a clan party from working properly.

Fixed a bug that caused rain to appear inside interior keep scenes when they were entered via the Talk option.

An Alt-key highlight has been added to the throwable axe barrels on the escape ship in Free the Sea Hounds' Captives.

Finer control over clan party behavior with direct toggles for various actions.

Fixed a bug that caused module mismatch popup to trigger endlessly when continuing a campaign.

Multiplayer captains can issue targeted charge orders to infantry, ranged and cavalry formations.

Fixed a bug that caused the player to get stuck in an endless dialogue screen with another party.

Formation markers will not be visible after a certain distance and are now configurable.

Four new battle terrains added to the campaign map.

The launcher now renders using DirectX 11 to resolve issues with outdated drivers.

Your position on the trait spectrum is now visually presented.

Fixed a bug that caused banner animation issues during the Seaborne Village Raid on the world map.

Personality traits now provide new positive and negative effects, enhancing character development.

Fixed a bug that caused AI parties to engage the player individually instead of waiting to attack together.

Fixed a crash that occurred during a crafting order creation.

Fixed a bug that caused hand animations to be broken when using certain helmets and gloves.

The second ship's maximum health and maximum fire health have been increased.

Fixed a bug that caused the 'Buy Products' village menu option to disappear instead of being disabled and showing a tooltip.

Fixed a bug that caused convoy parties to wait on land during the disbanding process.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player lost the battle in Seaborne Village Raid mission but won it in the battle simulation afterwards.

Fixed a bug in caravan encounters that caused equipment to be placed incorrectly.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the town to which the target village in Extortion by Deserters quest is bound to, rebels.

Party stances have been replaced with behavior toggles for better gameplay impact.

Fixed a crash that occurred after the loot screen of an interrupted siege.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the 'engage' order was active for any player formation as the last enemy troop died.

Players can now choose from various starting scenarios, player starts, and modifiers in Sandbox campaigns.

The allied ship's troop count has been increased to 14.

Fixed a bug that caused value inconsistency between the devastate/pillage/mercy tooltip and results.

Scoreboard now prioritizes showing player's ships first in formation order.

Fixed a bug that caused modded world maps to get stuck while loading.

Fixed a bug that caused enemy troops to spawn inside water during the Army of Poachers quest.

Fixed a bug that prevented the Photo Mode's Depth of Field from working when it is turned off in graphics settings.

Fixed a bug that caused Sturgian Victory music to be played instead of Nord when winning an encounter.

Increased the base multiplier for higher base XP gain.

Reduced Lighter Oaken Kite Shield weight from 3.2 to 1.8.

Fixed a crash that occurred when starting the Naval Storyline quest while continuing the Family Feud quest.

Reduced required progress for defection and marriage persuasions by 1 and added cooldowns for failed attempts.

Fixed a crash that occurred when a random event resulted in releasing prisoners.

Fixed a bug that caused besieging troops in certain scenes to move to the gate instead of distributing among the siege towers when the ram was destroyed.

New server configuration options for streamers have been added.

The loyalty threshold for gaining a militia bonus toward rebellion has been increased from 15 to 25.

Players can permit or forbid village raids, garrison donations, army participation and, in War Sails, fleet ownership.

Fixed a bug that allowed some Nord female dresses to be equipped by male characters.

Fixed a bug that caused a delay in updating the party troop capacity when switching from land to sea and vice-versa.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to an error in the Merchant Prince perk.

Resolved navigation issues for naval patrols in curved rivers.

Fixed a crash that occurred when entering a Scourge of the Seas quest due to unrelated quests.

Fixed a bug that caused incorrect notification info regarding released prisoners when the Blood Feud with the captor has ended.

Added a new 'Watch Game' option for custom servers, allowing players to spectate matches without taking up a player slot.

Fixed a bug that caused some camera views to appear stretched on ultrawide displays.

Fixed a crash that occurred during missions due to a broken reference on agents.

Fixed a bug that prevented the editor's ship scripts from registering ship information from modules other than NavalDLC.

Fixed a bug that caused troop upgrade XP to be increased when transferring the troops to the left side and then back in the party screen.

Fixed a bug that prevented the player from correctly starting at the ship helm when choosing to control the captured ship.

Fixed a bug that caused the Battle music to disappear during the finale of the Naval Storyline missions.

War Sails adds paid ferries between certain coastal villages and an advanced sandbox start with a small trading ship.

Fixed a bug that prevented the first enemy ship from firing its ballista in Break Out of Omor Estuary.

Grouped each outcome with its probability for easier reading.

Executing a clan member can trigger a reciprocal blood feud, settled through ransom brokers or improved relations.

Adjusted Shipmaster XP gain from sea travel to scale with the number of ships in noble parties.

Reinforcements now spawn closer to their expected approach direction, improving deployment.

Reworked the outcome panel for random events to show results as a clear bulleted list.

Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking on a party portrait in your army after a siege battle.

Battle sites and wreckages can now appear on the campaign map after battles, allowing for investigation.

Added a new Streamer Mode to Clan Matches and all Custom Server modes, featuring new displays and camera controls.

Boatswain skill experience is now gained by maintaining high party morale at sea, not from ship damage.

Added renown rewards for successfully completing naval storyline quests.

Fixed a bug that prevented some civilian agents from blending in their animations in civilian scenes.

The maximum security penalty on loyalty has been increased by 25%.

Fixed a bug that caused the war declaration notification to show when the conspiracy clan was created during the main storyline.

Fixed a bug that caused all naval battles to end with the Battanian Victory music.

Skolderbrotva troops and their leaders have been updated with Nord culture items.

Characters in the naval storyline dialogues now have added postures and animations.

Fixed a bug that prevented the player from interacting on the campaign map after joining a siege assault as a separate party.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player used cheats to kill their character during War Sails storyline missions.

Resolved an issue where losing the Seaborne Village Raid was incorrectly considered a win.

Fixed a bug that caused the NestedPrefabs folder to be deleted when the 'Publish Module' function was used.

Fixed a crash that occurred when attacking quest parties during the 'Locate And Rescue Travellers' quest.

Fixed a bug that caused invisible or incorrectly placed trees on Skolder Hideout, Cypegos Blockade and Proving Grounds maps.

New battle terrain scenes were added near Ortysia, Quyaz and Baltakhand.

Fixed a bug that prevented subsequent order messages from displaying while giving orders with a controller.

14 armor pieces now appear in Nord town shops instead of Sturgia.

All ships are anchored during the boss fight with Purig, preventing interruptions.

Security now starts penalizing loyalty above 60 instead of 50.

Troops now try to form a column first before following the unit in front of them.

The fireship's health has been increased to make it harder to sink before reaching the target ship.

Fixed a bug that caused relation penalties to be applied twice when attacking a caravan/convoy or villager parties.

Updated the layout to connect choices and their consequences more clearly.

Sea Raider troops' equipment has been updated with Nord culture items.

Shipmaster XP gains have been adjusted to improve progression across the early, mid, and late game.

Campaign scenarios and player starts can now be chosen to shape Calradia, with various modifiers available.

Localization has been improved for all languages.

Fixed a bug that prevented the captain effect of the Inspiring Leader perk from applying.

Reduced friendly bump attacks made by troops in a shield wall by improving combat collisions.

Fixed a bug that caused weaker enemy noble parties to engage the player's army after a village raid.

Fixed a crash that occurred on the Save/Load screen due to an error in referencing saved content while loading.

Fixed a crash that occurred when launching the game due to old mod shader cache files from previous versions.

Fixed a bug that caused kingdoms created during the game to have incorrect formal names.

Added bonus Shipmaster XP for commanding a fleet.

39 new naval random events introduced, affecting traits, skills, party, items, or gold.

The loyalty threshold for a settlement to enter a rebellious state has been increased from 25 to 35.

Corrected a bug that caused position errors of the player's party after setting sail.

Renamed to Kingdom.FormalName; code referencing the old property must be updated.

Blood Feud info is now always visible on party/army tooltips.

Fixed a bug that caused Seaborne Village Raids simulated battles to run indefinitely.

AI now considers tasks and proximity to settlements before engaging with pirates.

Fixed a bug that caused red exclamation icons to show next to the official modules.

Fixed a bug that prevented some friendly ships from reaching their target, instead of boarding the nearest enemy ship in the 'Capture the imperial merchant Crusas' mission.

Fixed multiple crashes related to gameplay and UI interactions.

This function replaces the isDistanceDependent parameter removed from the GetMobilePartyVisibilityAndInspectedState model function.

Each personality trait now carries specific effects, influencing AI behavior and gameplay.

Reduced Heavy Axe swing speed from 93 to 86 and handling from 93 to 88.

Added bonus Shipmaster XP for traveling as part of a fleet.

The equipment and skills of the Vlandian Merchant, Sea Hound Recruit, and Sea Hound Thug troops have been updated.

Fixed a bug that caused the player party to become stuck with no input after joining, or traveling to join, an ongoing battle that ended with the enemy army or party being destroyed.

Executing clan members can now start Blood Feuds, affecting relations and gameplay.

Adjusted settlement security & loyalty to make management choices more consequential.

Fixed a bug that prevented the save/load screen search bar from functioning correctly.

Enhanced visuals of the world map and reduced visible grid lines.

Improved AI decision-making when encountering pirates at sea, reducing unnecessary interruptions.

Fixed a bug that caused incorrect pathfinding on the campaign map.

Fixed a bug that caused incorrect pathfinding on the campaign map.

Reduced effects of most non-governor perks by 50% when used in naval battles.

Improved decision-making for AI noble parties when encountering pirates at sea.

Reduced effects of most non-governor perks by 50% when used in naval battles.

Fixed a bug that caused incorrect weather on the campaign map based on campaign time.

Fixed a bug that caused the lost battle simulation of Seaborne Village Raid to be considered a win.

Fixed a bug that caused incorrect weather on the campaign map based on campaign time.

Players can now moor ships in neutral or allied towns and configure fleet composition without selling or sending to clan.

Increased experience gained from repairing ships and changed how Boatswain skill experience is gained.

A ferry system enables travel between some coastal villages without owning ships.

Fast Mode is now integrated directly into the game rather than the launcher.

Battle sites and wreckages added to enhance visibility of battles outside the player's immediate vision.

Fixed a bug that caused ship collisions to have excessive camera shakes or deal damage multiple times.

Players can now moor ships at town ports and configure fleet composition without selling or sending to clan.

Fixed a bug that caused the lost battle simulation of Seaborne Village Raid to be considered a win.

Improved terrain features and visuals of the world map, and reduced visible grid lines.

Players can now choose advanced starting options for quicker access to later game content.

Increased the amount of Boatswain experience gained from repairing ships.

A ferry system allows travel between coastal villages without owning ships, with costs based on party size and hostility.

Fixed a bug that caused position errors of the player's party after setting sail.

Fixed a bug that caused position errors of the player's party after setting sail.

Fixed a bug that allowed naval battles to start with undermanned ships deployed.

39 naval random events added, affecting character traits, skills, party, items, or gold.

39 new naval random events that affect character traits, skills, party, items, or gold based on actions at sea.

Community voting in late November, with winners announced in January after developer judging.

Build ships from any era or culture, ranging from rowboats to warships.

Create Seaborne Village Raid scenes capturing coastal assault chaos and atmosphere.

A competition celebrating modding creativity with over €30,000 in prizes, running from 14 August to 22 November.

Create total or partial conversion mods utilizing War Sails for naval gameplay.

Fixed a crash that occurred in kingdom and clan pages of the encyclopedia.

Fixed a crash that occurred during cloth simulation.

Fixed a crash that occurred in missions when you attempted to defend a village during a raid, while the village did not have any militia.

Fixed a bug that caused formation targeting to incorrectly select formations that are behind the player character.

Improved the save / load times on PS5.

Fixed a bug which caused the .sack bulk shader cache file to massively increase in size when compiling shaders.

If you deploy your own troops without filling the fleet's full capacity, the remaining space will be filled with allied troops.

Fixed a crash that occurred when mods re-added existing keys to save metadata.

Fixed a crash that occurred when attacking a raiding party on the campaign map.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to high memory usage on Xbox.

Fixed a bug that caused boarding hooks to be disabled on places where they overlapped with ship upgrades containing shields.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to a null reference in AI behaviour code.

Made the banner layers unlimited in the banner reader.

Fixed a crash that occurred in battles due to memory ordering.

Fixed a crash that occurred after exiting a conversation.

Fixed a crash that occurred in Captain Mode when cavalry charged into a formation that braced spears/pikes.

Fixed a bug that caused visual glitches and could induce a crash during longer playing sessions on Xbox.

Fixed a bug that prevented 'Hail to Gunnar's contract.' option from appearing during the War Sails storyline.

Hovering over a ship shows a tooltip with its owner.

Added manual ship selection for seaborne village raids.

Adds the Rhodoks as a fully playable culture with unique armor, weapons, and new gameplay elements.

The War Sails Modding Kit has entered Closed Beta, allowing modders to create new ships, scenes, and mechanics.

Introduces a title system for rulers and nobles based on their holdings, with cultural and gender variants.

Weekly immersive multiplayer community event focusing on medieval battles and roleplaying.

Allows players to reset attributes and focus points for themselves and companions, with adjustable costs.

The submission deadline for the community map-making competition has been extended to August 15, 2026.

Join the 85th Bannerlord Multiplayer event on July 4th for a hack & slash experience.

Fixed a crash that occurred when two armies are besieging the settlement while the player defends the siege.

Fixed a bug that caused inconsistencies with ship icons on the scoreboard.

Fixed an MP community server stability exploit related to map ID names.

Fixed a bug that allowed non-shallow draft ships to join naval raid simulations.

Fixed a crash that occurred when starting coastal village raids.

Fixed a bug that caused the conversation to open again after having already interacted with the army.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to excessive memory usage when opening the party and port screens together.

Fixed a bug that displayed the 'Leave' option when you tried to help a village under raid.

Fixed a crash that occurred upon starting an encounter during the tutorial.

Two new body armors and nine new Nord helmets added.

Party wages and food consumption reduced while at sea.

Two new ships added: Battanian Barlinnger and Nord Battle Knarr.

Multiple bugs related to naval parties and travel have been fixed.

Changes to war declarations and alliance formations to reflect world state.

Major improvements to naval battle mechanics and victory conditions.

Introduction of First Mate and Navigator roles for crew management.

Experience gain for troops in naval encounters increased by 50%.

AI nobles now actively seek out town and village ports to harass enemy parties.

Stealth missions now reward players for avoiding detection.

AI army creation requires more influence and results in fewer but stronger armies.

Changes to melee unit behavior and cavalry advantages in auto-resolve.

New Viking-era activity allowing fleets to raid coastal villages.

River travel speed increased by 50%.

Initiating a raid requires 15 healthy troops and shallow draft ships. Village militia will decide to resist or allow raiding based on power balance.

Fixed crashes when loading a save file with War Sails and lifting a blockade during a siege.

Looting begins immediately if the militia does not resist; otherwise, a raid mission is triggered.

Attacker horse archers receive a 50% power penalty; defender archers receive a 10% power bonus.

Several villages repositioned closer to the coastline, creating new offensive naval action opportunities.

Players and AI can now raid or defend coastal villages directly from the sea or rivers.

The level progress bar on the Character screen now shows current XP instead of skill points.

Resolved a visual bug causing army members to break formation while raiding a village.

Added ability to make port in villages for trading, recruiting, and resupplying without disembarking.

Added fore battlements to Dromakion and Qalguk.

Fixed issues with controller dpad navigation for custom battle troop weight sliders and dropdown selections.

Increased Berserker Cloak body armor from 14 to 20, replaced helmet, and improved axe damage.

Fixed a crash that occurred when launching a siege attack after lifting the naval blockade.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player was taken prisoner, and the captor party was defeated by a party that was at war with the player.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the player was taken prisoner with the 'Escort Merchant Caravan' quest active.

Fixed a crash that occurred during the 'Disrupt Supply Lines' quest due to improper target settlement selection compared to the quest party's navigation capabilities.

Fixed a bug that caused the player to be shown as the ruler of multiple kingdoms.

Fixed a bug that caused the 'Naval Wardenships' policy effects to apply to mercenary clans.

Fixed a crash that occurred during battles due to the physics simulation.

Fixed a crash that occurred during battles due to a combat-related issue.

Fixed a crash that occurred during the transition to the boss fight in the 'Free the Sea Hounds' Captives' quest.

Fixed an issue where some naval storyline voice lines did not match their corresponding text.

Fixed a bug that caused the quest update sound to play every time you killed an enemy in the hideout after the campfire was activated.

Fixed a crash that occurred due to a multithreading issue in the rendering system.

Fixed a bug that caused shared wars not to apply in alliance calculations, which could prevent alliances from forming.

Fixed a crash that occurred when an army left a siege.

Fixed a crash that occurred when a troop died while the order menu was open.

Fixed a crash that occurred in mods using custom audio.

Fixed a crash that occurred when a minor clan that should be hostile to a kingdom incorrectly joined that kingdom.

Fixed a bug that prevented the additional 6 focus points from being applied in new campaigns.

Fixed a crash that occurred on the weekly tick due to an issue with handling a dead hero.

Fixed a crash that occurred when the besiegers lost all their ships during a blockade battle.

Fixed a crash that occurred in battles due to many kill feed elements.

Fixed a crash that occurred while loading battle scenes due to an issue with formation calculations.

Fixed a crash that occurred on the campaign map due to an issue in handling nearby pirate parties by the 'Amnesties for Pirates' policy.

Fixed a crash that occurred when exiting to the main menu during a conversation with a character who is removed from the location at the end of the dialogue.

Fixed a crash that occurred during the conversation with the henchman after completing the 'Rival Gang Moving In' quest.

Added new voiceovers covering events, quests, and locations encountered during the naval storyline.

Fixed a bug that caused rescued siblings to be missing or have incorrect stats in naval playthroughs.