Minor factions such as the mercenaries in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord also have their own unit trees. You’ll be able to get mercenary troops easily if you obtain a quest that requires you to find someone who’d recruit them.īandits, meanwhile, can even be upgraded into regular troops. Recruiting from towns, your prisoners, and unit upgrades There are also the Sword Sisters who, as far as I know, are the only female troops in the game: But, that’s only if you have the “Disciplinarian” perk from the Leadership skill - this perk works now thanks to the latest hotfix (v. Remember that the unit types for each town or village depend on who owned that settlement at the start of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord‘s campaign.