#Mount and blade pretenders upgrade

Joelainen: As noted above, it's how happy the lords are with their King. Like in Warband, you can work for a faction as a mercenary (get a bit of money, no chance at land, option to renew your contract or not each month), or as a vassal. If you want to be a vassal you must work for a faction (one the existing ones, or one of the pretenders to the throne) before you have any land, and then be awarded land by your liege. Robb1993: If you have your own territories you are in a way your own King, albeit of a rebel/bandit faction (which is pretty awesome actually). The camp mercenaries should be your elite forces, too expensive to sustain a whole army of them. Swedish Lifeguards) and these are the bread and butter of your armies.

When you come to belong to a faction you can hire troops from their cities (i.e.

#Mount and blade pretenders upgrade

Tavern mercenaries never upgrade, but camp mercenaries can upgrade in experience to regular, veteran, and elite, as well as upgrade in gear by using your own wealth. Polish scythe-wielder -> Poor Musketeer -> Veteran Poor Musketeer, etc.). Faction troops generally have regular, veteran, and elite levels (the village troops only go to veteran, but they usually upgrade from what they were down two paths (i.e. WF&S is significantly different from Warband in recruitment and troop upgrades. Octavio: You can only recruit from villages when you have 12 troops or less. I hate to say it because I love these forums but you guys would have a lot better luck at the Taleworld's forum.