We’re still neck deep in horseflies and looter gizzards here at the sinister RPS emergency underdome. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a hefty game with a lot of moving parts, and I expect to be playing and talking about it for a long time.

But right now the most important news is that a player has created a custom banner editor. You can now fly your own designs on flags, shields, and even over your own castles.

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Settlements of bugs and crashes burn behind them, but the campaign is not yet complete. This Friday, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord developers TaleWords took the fight against the game’s crashing to a new front. Patch e1.0.4 purged the game of 17 more crashes, with a scant few performance issues and balance oddities finding themselves caught in the crossfire.

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You could just buy weapons from traders in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord, but why would you do that when you can make your own? You’ll need to set things up first, such as getting some hardwood to refine into charcoal, as well as plenty of loot from fallen enemies to learn weapon parts, but with our help, you’ll soon be making wonderfully powerful weapons to massacre your foes with.

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When you begin Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord, you’ll only have a paltry sum of gold to your name. In order to build up your army and keep them fed, you’ll need to make some smart investments with traders and caravans. Money talks as they say, but in Bannerlord, gold is especially important to succeeding and you’ll want lots of it.

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Recruiting people to your cause in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord is key to achieving your goals, whatever they may be. The most valuable people though will be companions, who are people you can assign roles within your army and who can be upgraded in similar ways to your player controlled character. Finding them in the first place is a challenge, but once you have them you’ll likely want more specialised companions.

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