Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is available now via Steam’s early access program. You could head over to our mini-guide in case you need help with increasing your party’s size. Speaking of your party, companions will automatically take up one slot.

What’s clear is that they will ask you for quite a bit of gold in order to join your party. While most companions do have a backstory, I’ve yet to see if they provide personal errands or sidequests. You can click on the character’s portrait to quickly speak to them: Once you’ve clicked on the tavern district option, you might see an NPC there who’s a possible companion. If a settlement has a massive nameplate when fully zoomed-out and it looks like a castle when slightly zoomed-in, then there’s bound to be a tavern in there: Their most common watering hole, though, is a tavern. Calradia and its characters move with or without you, and there will be times when some companions might not be around unless you keep looking for them. When playing the campaign proper, however, you’ll experience Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord’s massive sandbox world. Still, your brother ends up leaving once the tutorial’s done. You’re even given a brief background while creating your character as to why your bro is running around with you. The first companion you’ll have in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is none other than your sibling. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – Finding and recruiting companions For more information, check out our Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord guides and features hub. It’s possible that some mechanics may change in due course, so please inform us if we need to update certain details. Note: This guide is intended for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord‘s early access stage. Here’s our mini-guide on how to find some of them. While you could go at it alone, it’s still fun to have companions around. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord takes place in the vast continent of Calradia.

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