Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord – Trading Tips for Beginners

by Falagar / Articles, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord / 22 Apr 2020

Trading Tips for Beginners

First, be skeptical of trade guides that tell you exactly what to buy and where, to make a profit. Most won’t take into account that each town’s workshops are unique in each playthrough, so prices can vary wildly on specific goods from game to game. Villages, however, are always the same: You can safely trust them to have good regional prices on exactly what they produce, and to craft the same things every game. The universal principle to make money is buy green and sell red.

That said, here are some general tips:

-Some items are only produced in specific parts of the map. There’s no salt production in the northwest. The north, far east, and southern desert have few olives and no grapes. Dates come exclusively from the south. Cotton is only grown in the northeast. Furs are generally worth more the further south you go.

-Staples like grain are produced everywhere, but large cities never have enough. Keep track of which towns have high prosperity levels: They’ll pay a boatload for basic foodstuffs like grain and fish.

-Nobody ever seems to have enough beer. Always buy cheap beer, wine, or oil. They’re rations for your troops and can sell for 200-300% its base value.

-Mouse over the hammer at the top of a town’s shop to see what its villages produce and the kinds of workshops it has.

-Villages have fixed prices on their product, so stop at them as you go in case you get a great deal.

-Sumpter Horses, Camels, and Mules can slow down your party, but add a lot to your carrying capacity. Proper horses add to your total inventory space and speed up the party.

Falagar

He is the founder and editor of Magic Game World. He loved gaming from the moment he got a PlayStation 1 with Gran Turismo on his 7th birthday.
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