They start with 100 points in Roguery, 80 in Trade, and 80 in Steward.

What’s great about the “Swift” companions? They are well suited for leadership roles. These are very well rounded and useful companions, being very good at a lot of different skills.

They also get 90 points in one-handed, and 120 in crossbow making them equally useful in the battle part of a siege as the building part.

They start with 80 points in engineering.

What’s great about the “Engineer” companions? This fine addition to any group of soldiers, the engineer will make your later game much easier when you start besieging cities and castles, as well as building upgrades to those towns faster.

They also have 150 two-handed, 185 in bow, and 110 athletics.

What’s great about the “Of the Wastes” companions? These companions are not only exceptional scouts, allowing your party to see further and track other parties more effectively, but they are also superb archers.

They also start with 140 in two-handed, 110 in polearm, and 90 in one-handed, so they aren’t useless on the battlefield either.

What’s great about the “Smith” companions? This is good for the sake of creativity with your weapons, but also in allowing you a good way of avoiding putting out huge amounts of money on your weapons.

Has 110 points in Athletics, allowing them to cover ground on foot at high speed.Ĭompanions with the “Smith” suffix in their name will boost your ability to craft weapons at the blacksmiths in each city.

Strong combat skills, with 200 points in two-handed, 170 in polearm, and 150 in one-handed.

What’s great about “Bloodaxe” companions? BloodaxeĬharacter’s with this suffix added to their name are exceptional warriors, making them a good addition to your party as early on as possible to balance out your low-level soldiers.

From there, click one and it will tell you where they were last seen go to the tavern there and recruit them. Once there, click the “Wanderer” filter, and you will see all the companions in your campaign. Open your encyclopedia “N” by default, and go to the “Hero's” tab. How to get them?Īs with all companions in Bannerlord at the point of this article’s writing all companions can be found spread across the taverns of Calradia’s many cities. So without further ado, here is my list for the top ten companions available in the game right now. Each randomly generated character gets a title attached to their name (the accursed, the lucky, the horsethief, etc) and it’s through these titles that we can assess how good each individual companion is. Taleworlds has said they intend to expand on this system in the near future, but that doesn’t mean there aren't’ companions that aren’t clearly better than others in the game right now. This means that companions will be randomly generated for each game rather than having named companions with unique backstories. In its current state, Bannerlord doesn’t have a fully implemented companion system.

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