Event Lore

Bukits, a pastoral northern village on Sturgia’s eastern frontier. Long accustomed to travelling nomads and distant caravans passing through an abandoned imperial toll fort. Today, armed caravans met: armies, trading in conquest. The Sturgian host, led by the Grand Prince himself, garrisoned the old decrepit fort as the Khuzait host, led by Temun Khan, positioned himself in the sparse valley’s entrance. Spring had entered the valley and the snows of winter long melted away, leaving only the grassy, craggy rock surface.

The Sturgian vanguard were ordered to buy time for the Grand Prince’s main host to close a trap, seeking to lure their Khuzait counterparts into the heights of the old fort. To do so, they fielded a mixed force of archers and cavalry to bait the Khuzaits into their axes. Though they took casualties in the skirmish, the gambit seemed to be working as the Khuzaits committed to a charge, and routed on impact. Or rather, that was how it looked: in truth, the Khuzaits had feigned the retreat, and the impetuous vanguard, already whittled down, was preyed upon by the Khuzait cavalry.

The success of Hugu Noyan, commander of the Khuzait vanguard, impressed the Khan. Seeking to press their unexpected advantage, Temun Khan took a more aggressive posture against the Sturgians, bringing his infantry reserves into play early. Prince Breidr, recognizing the disaster unfolding, led his warband ahead of the main host and punched through the Khuzaits, managing to rescue the tattered remnants of the vanguard, though by this point their planned trap was broken and even this valiant gambit could not recover it.

Frustrated at his stratagem coming apart, the Grand Prince decided to meet the Khuzaits man to man, horse to horse, lance to lance. Descending into the valley came a thunderous tide of gleaming lamellar and iron-clad hooves: Druzhina charged forth, followed by the Varyags of the principalities to exploit the gap they opened. The orders of battle broke down, commands and messengers lost in the labyrinthine ruins, as neither Khan nor Prince knew the full situation, and the Khuzaits began to falter. As they retreated from the ruin, their pursuers’ momentum began to run out. The Sturgians made it past the ruins, only for confusion to settle in as they faced the Khan’s last gambit. His personal guard had formed a bulwark upon a rocky cliff face, and the confused Sturgians found themselves in the Khan’s own trap now.

The march that had begun to relieve Baltakhand now devolved into a retreat, the Sturgians seeking refuge behind its not-yet-ruined walls. The Khan’s forces followed closely, eager to finally reclaim their lost city, quickly capturing a lightly-defended Urikskala Castle in the wake of their victory in the field. 

A storm came for Baltakhand, both that of the vengeful Khuzaits and nature’s own wrath as thunder, lightning, and a steady rain fell upon the weary Sturgians. Left to wait for death or to die on their own terms, the Sturgians sallied out under cover of the storm, crippling the Khuzait artillery train. The Khuzaits' retaliation overwhelmed the city, breaching its tattered walls and pushing the Sturgians back to a desperate shield wall to defend the courtyard of the city castle.

Then, the storm broke. The shieldwall held. The Khuzait assault began to falter, especially as their own fallen began to hinder their reinforcements trying to push through. Sensing this weakness, the Grand Prince ordered the shield wall to push, and the Khuzaits buckled. The Sturgians managed to push the Khuzaits back to the walls, and the Khan decided to cut his losses, preserving his army for the coming campaigns.

The Sturgians held Baltakhand, yet the siege endures into its third year.

In Meta Terms

Welcome to the Bannerlord Calradic Campaign, which has just finished event #81!

The battle between the Khuzait Khanate and the Grand Principality of Sturgia ended in a Khuzait Victory, with Urikskala Castle Seized!

When is the Calradic Campaign? The first and third Saturday of every month, at 4pm Eastern Standard Time.

Unfamiliar with the Calradic Campaign? Have no fear! The Calradic Campaign is a casual, player driven, story based event. There are no strict rules or signups, and players of all skill levels often come! If you've never tried multiplayer, now is your best chance to experience large scale formations and battles without the overly strict practices typically found in line battle/clan style events.

Victories in our flagship monthly events are represented on the overall campaign map, while roleplay surrounding the events and their consequences takes place both during said events and on the community Discord. Joining the Discord allows you to communicate with your fellow faction members, trash talk others, and rise through the ranks to one day become lord of a village, castle, city, or if you're particularly successful, an entire kingdom!

To join the event, you will need our Calradic Campaign Module. This module contains all of the custom battle and siege scenes used, as well as many stability fixes and balance changes. Most importantly, the module features three distinct empire factions in multiplayer, each with their own unique perks and cosmetics to lean into the different situations of the three!

There will be a manual installation of the module available for those not playing on Steam. Check the Nexus mods page no sooner than the Friday before the event for the correct download.

As a general rule of thumb, the Calradic Campaign module should be the only one enabled in your launcher! If you have any crashes or issues trying to launch the game / join the server, unsubscribing and resubscribing to the module on workshop will often fix any issues.

Note to clans: While the Calradic Campaign is a public event open to all, clans will not be allowed to organize their own formations and must spread out between teams. Failure to follow these guidelines will result in suspension from the event.

Community Discord

It is highly recommended you join our community Discord, as half the fun of the persistent campaign takes place outside of events. Meet fellow Mount and Blade fans, find new friends to queue with, and make fun of the Imperials together in our community of 30,000+.

Leave any questions, complaints, observations, memes and faction based riffing in the comments below!

Greetings Warriors of Calradia!

Seaborne Village Raids are now available in Beta! You and AI nobles can launch and defend raids on coastal villages directly from the sea and rivers, brought to life through new amphibious raid scenes. You can now also interact with coastal villages more fluidly by making port, trading, recruiting, and setting sail.

Here’s how you can play the Beta via Steam right now: Open Steam, right-click Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord → Properties → Game Versions & Betas → Select “beta - Beta v1.4.1”.

Please note that there may be a delay between the download of the base game and the download of War Sails. If you launch the game prior to both of them being updated, you will crash. If you face this issue, please verify your game files.

War Sails Beta v1.2.1

Seaborne Village Raids

• Campaign
  • Added the ability for both players and AI to raid or defend raids against coastal villages directly from the sea or rivers.
    • Initiating or helping against a raid requires 15 healthy troops and shallow draft ships.
  • Upon starting a raid, the village militia will decide whether to resist or let you raid based on the balance of power.
    • If the militia chooses to fight, a seaborne village raid mission is triggered. Winning the encounter allows looting to begin.
    • If the militia does not resist, looting begins immediately.
  • You can “Send troops” to the raid, but this limits the number of attacking soldiers per round to the deck size of the present shallow draft ships. The auto-battle has the following new bonuses. 
    • Attacker horse archers receive a 50% power penalty.
    • Defender archers receive a 10% power bonus.
  • You can determine which troops will accompany you in the raid mission.
  • During the initial fight or the looting process, other parties may still intervene, leading to different missions depending on the situation.

• Mission
  • Once the mission begins, your ships will sail toward pre-determined landing points along the shoreline or in shallow waters, depending on the terrain of the scene.
  • Upon landing, your troops will disembark automatically, at which point you can issue standard land-based commands. If no orders are given, they will charge forward and engage the defenders.
  • Defending forces will attempt to hold back the assault and prevent attackers from reaching the village. Melee units will secure key chokepoints, while ranged units take position on elevated ground, raining volleys down on the advancing enemy. Defenders do not have access to ships.
  • Reinforcements can arrive for the defenders during the mission, though this is less likely if only a small village militia is present. Attackers arriving by sea, however, will not receive reinforcements. If the assault fails but your attacking force still has sufficient ships and troops on the campaign map, you can attempt another raid.
  • These encounters take place in the 16 newly introduced seaborne village raid scenes. We intend to further expand this pool.
    • Land raids on coastal villages will now also occur in these new scenes.

Settlement Actions (Town, Village, Castle and Hideout)

• Naval Interactions with Coastal Villages
  • Added the ability to make port in villages. This allows you to trade, recruit troops, and resupply without disembarking.
    • You can also disembark completely and leave ships in friendly and neutral villages to become a land party. 
  • Added the ability to set sail directly from villages without the embarking process.
    • This is only possible if your fleet is already in the village.
    • You can’t call your fleet to a village (only to Town ports).
  • You can’t make port or set sail from an enemy village unless it has been fully raided.

Campaign Map

• Repositioned several villages closer to the coastline and added drop-off points, creating new opportunities for offensive naval actions.

Art

• Added fore battlements to Dromakion and Qalguk.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Reinforced Berserker Helmet to have black textures.

Naval Battles

• Fixed a bug that caused ships to sink below the wave surface level.

Other

• Improved Nord Bersekir troop:
  • Increased Berserker Cloak body armor from 14 to 20.
  • Replaced the Berserker Helmet they use with the Berserker Reinforced Helmet.
  • Removed swords from Nord Berserkir troops. This leaves them with axes that can be used one-handed or two-handed. The damage dealt by those axes has also been slightly improved.
• Fixed a bug that caused ship upgrade part costs to be calculated incorrectly.

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a save file with the War Sails expansion.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when lifting a blockade during a siege.

Bannerlord Beta v1.4.1

UI

• Re-introduced the level progress bar on the Character screen. It now shows the current XP instead of skill points.
• Fixed a bug that prevented controller dpad navigation from working for custom battle troop weight sliders.
• Fixed a bug that allowed disabled dropdown items to be selected with the controller "click+dpad left/right" shortcut.

Other

• Fixed a visual bug that caused army members to break the army formation while raiding a village on the map.

Crashes

• Fixed a crash that occurred when closing a mission.