How to get Clan to tier 4, and how to manage your Clan - help please

[Jack Greedy]

Im in love with this game, but please help me know little more about clan management. I want to learn about clan for making my own kingdom with it in the future. What is clan, is that only me and heroes i recruited or will recruit , plus my troops. Does my heroes can command their own armies? Etc.

As im using beta 1.4.1 [ as today is 15 may of 2020]

Developer notes for patch 1.4.1 - part of update that describes kingdom / clan management independent of main quest like before.

===Kingdoms and Diplomacy===

- Implemented War and Peace Kingdom Decisions that are accessible from the Kingdom Diplomacy Screen.
Kingdom Decisions now show support for all types of decisions.

- Implemented Sandbox Kingdom Creation, which is possible through the clan screen and not dependent on the main storyline. Players need to have at least 1 settlement and a tier 4 clan.
Then players can select their kingdom's culture (consisting of their settlements' culture or their own clan's culture), select their initial policies (up to 4) and, finally, select the name for their new Kingdom.

Fixed a bug where traits and skills did not affect persuasion chances.

Fixed a bug where safe passages that were previously agreed upon were not working as intended after the game was loaded.

[AfLIcTeD]

Your clan consists of you, your companions and your spouse and family.
Your companions can form a party like any other lord. They will recruit troops like other lords, but they cannot form an army or join another lords army. Only yours.
Getting to clan tier 4 though is going to take some work and will require a lot of renown. What I would suggest is taking a weak fief and just try to defend it. Defeat any armies that try to siege it, this way you don't need to go searching for enemies, they will come to you. Once you get tier 4 you can make your own kingdom.

[Jack Greedy]

Thank You kindly Sir!

[katzenkrimis]

A clan is the name given to a group of heroes working together under the same banner, they can be related to each other or just good friends.

Heroes are the lords and ladies, wanderers, and nobles inhabiting the game world. At the start of the game you are the only member of your clan.

In the clan screen you can see your banner, clan leader, clan name, clan tier, finance and four tabs labelled Members, Parties, Fiefs, and Other. You can click your banner to change it at any time. The same is true of your clan name.

Yes, your heroes can command their own armies.

Clan 4 will take several hours.

[Jack Greedy]

Can i make hostile action against village and take plus manage that village or just loot it?
I mean if im not under any lord command and independent from any kingdom. In other words, can i have some villages but not any castles or towns as independent . I learned that i can be granted a fief [ village for example ] when serving a Lord.

[AfLIcTeD]

No it has to be castle or town. Villages are connected to them.

[[Kartell]Captain Data]

Originally posted by Wulfryk:

Can i make hostile action against village and take plus manage that village or just loot it?
I mean if im not under any lord command and independent from any kingdom. In other words, can i have some villages but not any castles or towns as independent . I learned that i can be granted a fief [ village for example ] when serving a Lord.

Renown is earned in battles and tournaments or by cleaning out hideouts. So the best way to do in early game is to hunt down looters and the like.
Once your clan is Level 1 (which is a requirement for the quest "Rebuild your Clan") you can join any lord as a mercenary. And once your clan got enough renown to move to Level 2, you even can become a vassal.

And once you're a vassal and once you take part in army battles, you usually will earn renown rather quickly. Also, if your party is big enough to take on single lord parties, you also will earn more renown than fighting bandits.

[Jack Greedy]

Thank You Data. Now it's lot more clear for me. I wonder if Devs add some more options in the future, like governing only one or few villages and staying out of conflict with major powers.