It's great when you're in a siege and want to quickly get to the frontline on horseback but then get under the safety of barricades as fast as you can.Īlthough not as important as the Encyclopedia, you can edit your banner anytime by pressing B.

You can also use Z to get off your horse. Braking is also great for turning attack into defence you can make a quick turn and face your opponents. This is very useful when you hit a tree or get stuck in the middle of some enemy infantry. You can use them as melee weapons by pressing the button and then make them throwable again by pressing it again.Īnother trick that might help you when riding into danger: you can accelerate by double-tapping W and stop by double-tapping and holding S. Also, it seems that you can't couch your lance when riding another soldier's horse, but we don't know if it's a bug or a feature, yet. There are only a few polearms that can do that, and those are the ones with 'couched' stats in the inventory menu. It will have enough speed bonus damage to kill almost everything, from recruits to nobles.īut not every lance can be couched. This will make it unnecessary to time your thrust because when a lance is couched it will automatically damage an enemy that comes into contact with its pointy end. When you're on a horse, you can couch your lance to your side and make it deadlier on the battlefield by pressing X when an icon is visible above your health bar. The last seen location of a noble can be found in the top right corner of their profile and it will be updated regularly. Mostly you'll use it when you want to find the whereabouts of a certain noble (particularly for the Neretzes' Folly quest, just you wait and see).

To access this essential resource, press N on your keyboard and you will enter the Encyclopedia.

Strangely, it's not visible on the main screen (world map). The encyclopedia is a must-know feature for every Bannerlord player, as it provides important information about almost every aspect of the game, as well as the current condition of the factions involved. But here we have highlighted some important aspects of the game that you might not know when starting it up, hopefully stopping you from having to go through what we've been through by optimising your experience.Ĭall them tips, a beginner's guide, or whatever you like, but here are 12 things that can help you get started in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. Considering this extended period of iteration, the game has a bunch of interesting features, but many are not covered in the tutorials and new players can feel lost if they don't know where to look. After almost a decade of development, Tale Worlds Entertainment finally launched Mount & Blade II: Bannerlords on Steam Early Access.

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