Mount And Blade 2 Prisoners

During your conquest of Calradia in Mount & Blade Two: Bannerlord, you'll encounter situations in which you tin have prisoners, potentially bringing them into your army or selling them off for some quick Denars.

Although you can choose to ignore prisoners entirely, capturing them does come up with certain advantages.

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Here's a quick breakup of how prisoners work in Bannerlord: how to capture them, and so either recruit or bribe them.

How to capture Prisoners

Subsequently winning a boxing in Bannerlord, the results screen will brandish how many of your enemies have perished, how many have been routed, and how many have been left wounded. You'll then be given a gamble to capture those survivors and add together them to your party. Instead of actually joining your ranks, they exist in their ain subgroup then don't worry if your ground forces is already reaching full capacity.

To encounter how many prisoners you lot currently have, but hover over the party size icon near the bottom right corner of the screen.

How to recruit Prisoners

Afterward capturing a prisoner, it's possible to recruit them into your army. This can ofttimes be cheaper and more than convenient than visiting settlements and recruiting from in that location. Not simply that, but depending on the kinds of enemies y'all defeat in battle, you may find yourself with a option of more exotic, well-trained troops to add to your party.

While some prisoners will escape your clutches, others will effectively break and can exist brought under your banner. This is influenced by your character'southward Charm skill – to see who can exist recruited only popular open the party menu and click on a prisoner to encounter if they're gear up to be converted.

It can be tempting to eternalize your ranks, but make sure you but recruit prisoners that fit your particular fashion of army. If you're simply going for mass rabble or need some extra cannon provender then you can afford to be less discriminate, of course.

How to Ransom Prisoners

You lot may not desire to bother recruiting any prisoners at all and that's fine though they do notwithstanding hold some value.

Prisoners can easily be ransomed past visiting any large settlement or metropolis that has a tavern district. Simply navigate to the tavern in the settlement menu and y'all'll see two options. Yous tin either bribe all the prisoners you've captured for a total sum or bribe them individually.

The cost on their heads will depend on their feel level and combat prowess. A lowly looter will only bag you lot a few Denars whereas veteran soldiers and elite warriors will fetch far more. Meanwhile, named characters you capture are frequently worth over one,000 Denars, so you might desire to ransom them earlier they try and escape!

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