The only other way I know is smithing which I’m terrible at and don’t really understand is there any other ways to make money that aren’t through war and smithing. Smithing is the best, caravans and workshops help with passive income, but selling loot is a good non-skill way. Build yourself a little merchant scheme. Buy low sell high.

New to Bannerlord online, but not new to Mount and Blade. I started a couple days ago and have 60 Leadership, and am part of a clan. Wanted to know some tips and tricks to make a good amount of money. I finally have a hang of the game, and just mostly have been grinding out some skill levels.

Companions best suited for making money in Bannerlord tend to be on the pricey side 70-80 gold is also roughly what your entire escort should cost daily, so escalating that just to have one more sword along is far from cost-effective. You gotta gain that influence. I make my money from war, and when the war ends I’ll improve my fiefs, and attack bandits. Once I’m low on funds I’ll use my influence to encourage my nation to start another war. Join an army, destroy the enemy, and enjoy the loot. I’ll get around 150,000+denars by the time the war ends. I think the best way to make sure your workshops are making money is to look at the resources of surrounding towns and build a shop that utilizes recourses that are plentiful in the region to decrease materials cost. For example, in Khuzait you'd most likely make a wool weavery because it seems like every town produces sheep in Khuzait. ^{Sell to make profit: Sell each type of horse to the city while still “in the green” (still making money on the trade). End transaction. Decrease prices: Sell all remaining horses to the city to reduce the price (The more horses you sell the lower the price will be for the next round and the more profits you will make). End transaction.} Best Ways to Make Money in Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord. There are multiple ways to get a large amount of money in this game. Some are quicker than others, while some require you to be toward the end game. We provided two ways for players early in the game and the last one for players who are farther in. Smelting and Selling Weapons Keep making 2h until you unlock javelins. click on the trade screen again, transfer all your donkey to the seller, then transfer all their sumpter horse to you, then trasfer back all your donkey to your inventory, click accept. Repeat steps 3 to 4 until the town run out of money, in which you can choose to wait for a day or go to another town Making money is actually quite easy, if you know what you are doing. I've had passive income up to 20k/day with caravans and workshops doing ~500/day (from 100/day - 1500/day). Lets start with the cities. Prosperity of a city determines how much it consumes and how much money it makes. ^{This will be our main source of materials. So to make good money fast in Bannerlord you will want to follow these steps: Gather as many companions as you can find in Calradia. Travel to small hardwood-producing villages and buy as much as you can find. Defeat bandit parties and hoard all of the weaponry. Head to a Smithy.}

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There's a generalized formula for how much profit/loss you get for each upgrade. Recruitmient/upgrade costs change based on perks. Just plug your gold/influence per troop in up top. As a general rule at low values tier 3 troops sell for the most and tier 4 troops are profitable at high merc prices (210+).

Money making has been massively nerfed around the board and likely will continue to get balancing. Bannerlord money is actually already really close to Warband. I usually played PoP mod so I might be somewhat off with these numbers, but my dyeworks/leathershops costing 10-12k would usually net me 400-600 every week. 2TmgH.