Boss Bandit Parties

Recommended to install before starting a new campaign.

Overhauls the vanilla bandit rosters and adds a Boss unit to each Mountain

Bandit, Forest Bandit, Sea Raider, Desert Bandit, and Steppe Bandit party,

while keeping the existing party composition system intact.

tested on game version 1. 4. 8

1. 3. 15 Compatibility: The mod's code and data are compatible with 1. 3. 15 at the source/API level, but it has not yet been rebuilt and tested in-game. Please report any issues you encounter.

1. 5. 3 Compatibility: The mod's code and data are compatible with 1. 5. 3 at the source/API level, but it has not yet been rebuilt and tested in-game. Please report any issues you encounter.

Available in two versions:

x1. 5 — Bandit party size increased to 1. 5× vanilla

x2. 0 — Bandit party size increased to 2× vanilla

Safe to add to an existing save. Bandit and civilian party sizes only

change for parties spawned or replenished after installation; existing

parties are not resized.

Do NOT remove this mod mid-playthrough. Bandit parties spawned by this

mod contain custom bandit troops that replace the vanilla ones

(including the new units), and removing the mod will crash the game

when loading the save.

New unit: Plunderer (replaces 25% of Looters)

  New unit: Looter Boss

Removed stone weapons, slings, and related ammunition from bandit troops and replaced them with alternative weapons.

Civilian party wages reduced (applied immediately, independent of party respawn timing)

Encyclopedia updated for the revised bandit roster

Cultural armor matching:

Looters — Empire

  Forest Bandits — Battania

  Mountain Bandits — Vlandia

Sea Raiders — Sturgia

Desert Bandits — Aserai

Steppe Bandits — Khuzait

Upgrading from an older version

The Looter Boss timer counts 14 days from the first time you load the

save with version 2. 2 or later. Looter parties spawned before that

point do not get a Boss.

Version 2. 3. 0

Consolidated changes and additions from versions 1. 0–2. 1 into the

current release.