The ULTIMATE Guide To ARMY COMMANDING IN BANNERLORD!

Armies and commanding them in Bannerlord is much more in depth than warband. What are the formations? What are units about? and what is the best way of using them?

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[VVardaddy]

Ultimate Army Commanding. Do you mean F1, F3?

[MilkBreakMinecraft]

Great guide! One thing missing is selecting multiple groups (but not all) at once. This is done by holding CTRL and consecutively pressing the keys of the units you want to select.

[boomerix]

The easiest way to win battles:
Only have Horse Archers
Press F1
Press F3
Make loud throat singing noises

[PrinceofMacedon]

the ultimate guide, indeed - I'll remember this video if I ever get the game

[HandOfBlood]

Why you always speak like a callboy xD
Nice tutorials/guides btw, keep it up!

[metalfish]

You forgot to mention that you can click and drag while issuing movement orders to quickly get units facing the way you want. No one seems to mention this in every army commanding guide i see xD

[TheGmaxMan]

Squares and circles are different in a fundamental aspect. Circles tend to be hollow, so it places the most units at the edge (good for archers vs horse archers or flanking cav, but bad against heavy charges) while squares are "full", giving the most resistance against charges as the mass of the formation is greater, but fewer units in the border means fewer units fighting or firing. They do have distinct uses

[MegaVIDEOGAMEVIDS]

It would be cool (I don't own the game so I don't know if this is a feature) but remember how in Warband you could camp anywhere and then walk around your camp? They should allow for the same thing in Bannerlord and while in your camp you can train your troops a bit like the training stations in Warband and most importantly you could practice formations and tactics and stuff. Nothing to serious but just to make that camping feature more realistic I suppose.

[noobcanadiantrader]

Memorizing these simple shortcuts you can win 9/10 battles. 10/10 Especially if you outnumber them. Ready? the commands are.
F6.

[marinelli]

Just thought of something I want the devs or modders to add into the game:

Challenging an opposing factions lord to single combat. If you win your troops gain a big morale boost. Also trial by combat would be cool if you gain a criminal status in cities.

[moiqvfq]

I can’t the see the unit formation sign anymore after updating to 1.71

[spartnmarcen]

The Advance command has been my go to after learning it keeps men in formation as opposed to charge where they run like wild barbarians at the nearest enemy. It also gets archers into range without getting them into melee because they'll stop and shoot once in range. Unlike charge.

[MandaloreTheReclaimer]

I just want a testudo for my legionaries.

[Asealkaz]

Really want a “skirmish” feature where ranged units will follow enemies by keep their distance

A “brace polearms” command where troops with spears and other long pointy weapons can brace their weapons on the ground to counter cav charges

“Volley fire” for ranged units where they will all shoot in unison not directly at the enemy but up into the air so their missiles will fall upon the enemy.

“Fire here” ranged targets a location

[rutger]

It's a shame volley fire isn't a thing. I have crossbowmen that could fire a wall of arrows at once to intimidate the enemy, but alas.

[zipi]

@Resonant do they change the formation button on party screen? I dont have it on 1.7

[ionut]

dude, you have no idea how frustrated i got when i couldn't figure how exactly to split my cavalry in 2 so i am able to hold both my flanks from enemy cavalry, i don't like horse archers that much and sending 40 horsemen against 10 is a bit overkill and also leave the other flank exposed, so i wanted to split them in 2 groups of 20, but i was unable to figure it out how to actually do that, thank you for this

[Andre-Almeida]

Can you show how to start your own kingdom and how to make the most out of your shops

[StephanthePelted]

Gonna disagree with you on the horse archers AI charging into the enemy. From my experience, the horse archers will properly execute skirmishing and attempt to stay at a distance from the enemy cavalry charge and stick to the overall troops' formation... Not sure what went wrong for yours. Maybe its the overwhelming size of your own party, that the horse archers AI decided to charge the enemy to finish them off?

[Ray-yvkn]

Imagine this: a Total War overview/deployment screen at the beginning of the battle.

Edit: Note, I don't even play Bannerlord or Warband. I just love watching Ref's videos.