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Smithing is an in-game skill that can often be missed in Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord due to the game’s intense and well-structured battle and political system. However, it is a skill that can bring you many benefits
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When you start smithing your own weapons early, you not only save money and get great damage, but you are also setting yourself on a path to earning a lot of denars in a short amount of time, which can greatly improve the quality of your overall gameplay.
How To Start Smithing
The good news about smithing in Bannerlord is that you don’t need much to get started. You just need a selected amount of raw materials, and your character’s stamina (which replenishes when resting in towns). Here’s the list of all the raw materials you can find in the game:
- Iron Ore
- Crude Iron
- Wrought Iron
- Iron
- Steel
- Fine Steel
- Thamaskene Steel
- Hardwood
- Charcoal
Every big town will have a blacksmith and the first time you arrive there you will immediately be presented with a few choices. As you will see in their menu, you will first need to craft simpler weapons/weapon parts and with time you’ll move up to better ones.
Actions available to you are:
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Refining materials |
Turning one material into another. |
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Smelting Weapons |
Breaking down weapons into materials. |
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Forging New Weapons |
Creating weapons from materials. |
You will get XP for completing all of the above-described actions at the blacksmith. Still, there is a stamina limitation to how many actions you can perform when there. When your character gets tired of smithing, you need to rest a day in a populated place (not outside) to replenish your strength.
Companions are a great asset when it comes to smithing. When your primary character’s stamina bar empties, simply select a companion to smith for you. The more of them you have, the more you can smith in one go.
When starting out, you should know that Hardwood is the most important smithing material as it is refined into charcoal, which is essential for getting the finer metals that you need to forge weapons.
You can get Hardwood by trading with towns and villages. For example, we found that a trader at Makeb had more than 500 Hardwood in his stash, but this might not be the case in your playthrough. Whatever the case may be, make sure to travel around different places and look for this valuable material.
Villages around the map will be marked with small icons that represent which goods are present in their area, so when on a hunt for Hardwood look for a small log icon next to a place.
How To Earn From Smithing
You can earn plenty of denars with smithing and that’s one of its main perks. When you’ve got a weapon that you’re satisfied with, it’s time to get rich.
The lowest tier of weapons you can make can be sold for 500 denars but when you perfect smithing and start making the highest level items available, you will be looking at 30,000 to 40,000 denars a piece.
When you are satisfied with the sum you have in your pocket, start smelting your crafted weapons as that will unlock new parts for you, and those new parts will allow you to make even stronger weapons.
Pugios give the highest amount of material when smelted. You can buy them from traders or get them as loot after battle.
Forging two-handed swords is the easiest way to start as a beginner, since they will allow you to learn plenty of new parts and are pricey when sold. Also, they give a great amount of XP.
You can sell weapons to towns and villages but in the future, you should be looking for lords as they have more money. Your best bet is to find a major army on its way to a big offensive, where there are at least five to ten lords present. Talk to each one of them and you’ll see that they will have significantly bigger budgets for buying than town traders.
To trade with lords you need to:
- Select ‘There’s something I’d like to discuss’.
- Select ‘I have a proposal that may benefit us both’.
- Add the items you want to sell in your trade window.
- Select ‘Denars’ from their menu and drag the line increasing the amount of money you want them to pay you.
Remember that the lord will accept the offer as long as the bar above is green. When it turns red he won’t pay the money you’re asking.
Keep in mind that not all lords will want to trade with you. You will need to talk to a representative of a faction with which you’re in good relations.
If you have your own kingdom, you can summon your lords for a campaign. Once they’re all in front of you, you can sell your expensive weapons to them and let them go. To exploit this, you can call them back every seven to ten days, and they’ll come back with a fresh budget.
