Mercenary contract

[TheHaluzer Official™]

Hai!
I don't want to join a facton couse i want to do my own. And Swadia is at war with Kingdom of Nords and i absolutly hate the nords. So i thought myself i want to become a mercenary becose in a early saved game i had the offer to become a mercenary and i thought that would be great and that now it would fit perfectly. But somehow he wont offer me that offer. And i don't know why? Like how much relaton do i need with him? i got 8 now.

[Morkonan]

You should talk to one of the kingdom's Lords and see if they will give you the dialogue that lets you know the King will hire you on as a mercenary.

https://mountandblade.fandom.com/wiki/Mercenary

[ULTRA]

I believe the deciding factor is how much renown you have. You need a certain minimum amount that's less than what it would take for an offer of vassalage. I don't believe it requires more than a relation value of 0 with whoever recruits you.

[TheHaluzer Official™]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

You should talk to one of the kingdom's Lords and see if they will give you the dialogue that lets you know the King will hire you on as a mercenary.

https://mountandblade.fandom.com/wiki/Mercenary

Thanks for the answer! I apprecate it. The thing is i know where to get one that i have to talk to the king but the situation is that he only wants me as a vassal and i don't want that i want to be free and just aid factions. Example if Khergit (My favorit) Lost 90% of their terrority to the nords i want to join and aid them until they got their homeland back and then do what i want maybe join Vaegis next time.

[TheHaluzer Official™]

Originally posted by Mountain Man:

I believe the deciding factor is how much renown you have. You need a certain minimum amount that's less than what it would take for an offer of vassalage. I don't believe it requires more than a relation value of 0 with whoever recruits you.

How about 1570 renown? Thats what i have.

[ULTRA]

Haha, that's way way more than enough. I've done it at like 30 renown before I think.

[TheHaluzer Official™]

Originally posted by Mountain Man:

Haha, that's way way more than enough. I've done it at like 30 renown before I think.

For some reason when i had over 1130 renown i dident get the mercenary contract but now when i made a new game i directly got it. So whats the deal how does this work i don't get it. Is it that if you have above 50 that you can't get it anymore? And hows it working when you have your own kingdom? can you be a mercenary?

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by TheHaluzer Official™:

Originally posted by Mountain Man:

Haha, that's way way more than enough. I've done it at like 30 renown before I think.

For some reason when i had over 1130 renown i dident get the mercenary contract but now when i made a new game i directly got it. So whats the deal how does this work i don't get it. Is it that if you have above 50 that you can't get it anymore? And hows it working when you have your own kingdom? can you be a mercenary?

You surpassed the requirements for becoming a mercenary and went straight to "Lord-worthy" material. At that point, AFAIK, you'd have to try to get a merc contract with another King. Even then, I think you'd be out of luck. (I've never been able to get a merc contract with a King after having surpassed the Lord requirements. BUT, it's supposed to be possible... /shrugP)

You can't be a mercenary as a King. Unfortunate, I know. :) It'd be nice to be a sort of "Robber Baron."

In PoP, you can, however, end up getting a castle through one of the Knighthood Order questlines and doing so won't make you a "King." That's the only time in a mod I've had a walled fief that wasn't awarded by a King. AFAIK, that special questline that grants you that castle doesn't cause you to create a new kingdom if you're not a Lord in a major faction, giving the possibility to roleplay out a sort of "Mercenary Company" kind of game, I guess. But, actually completing that quest requires a pretty big army of experienced troops.

[TheHaluzer Official™]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

Originally posted by TheHaluzer Official™:

For some reason when i had over 1130 renown i dident get the mercenary contract but now when i made a new game i directly got it. So whats the deal how does this work i don't get it. Is it that if you have above 50 that you can't get it anymore? And hows it working when you have your own kingdom? can you be a mercenary?

You surpassed the requirements for becoming a mercenary and went straight to "Lord-worthy" material. At that point, AFAIK, you'd have to try to get a merc contract with another King. Even then, I think you'd be out of luck. (I've never been able to get a merc contract with a King after having surpassed the Lord requirements. BUT, it's supposed to be possible... /shrugP)

You can't be a mercenary as a King. Unfortunate, I know. :) It'd be nice to be a sort of "Robber Baron."

In PoP, you can, however, end up getting a castle through one of the Knighthood Order questlines and doing so won't make you a "King." That's the only time in a mod I've had a walled fief that wasn't awarded by a King. AFAIK, that special questline that grants you that castle doesn't cause you to create a new kingdom if you're not a Lord in a major faction, giving the possibility to roleplay out a sort of "Mercenary Company" kind of game, I guess. But, actually completing that quest requires a pretty big army of experienced troops.

Thanks! for the answer. Very goof informaton there. Thought i prefer to stay native and just tweak the game