Castles restored

⭐ ⭐ (274 endorsements) 📥 20,679 downloads 📌 v1.1 📅 10/25/2024
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By Snorri · Scenes and Maps

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 3/22/2025 📅 Created: 10/25/2024

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 1.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #11 of 14 Scenes and Maps mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Work on 1. 3+, tho this mod need few fixes. Will work on it, maybe.

Mod for now is a little bugged, check bug section for more info.

About

If you felt that bannerlord have 8 scenes per culture, well it's becouse TW distributed them absurdly wrong, so I bring new scenes, restored some, and bring specialy selected few ones from Scene Design Contest, with fixing some of them, and in the end did even more work on fixing terible vanilla distribution.

All of those scenes work for things they are designed to do, at least as far as I tested/fixed them. Report bugs, most should be easy to fix outside those reported lower in "Known issues"

Battania

- 7 from 8 battania castles used same scene.... now it's 3,3,2 scene per castle.

- All villages scenes are chosen and changed by me, with 2 new scenes from design contenst (from witch, one I finished, fixed, and improved) and 3 new ones by me.

- I also changed Battania capital to different scene that I liked more.

Empire

- Castles got 1 new scene, and are hugly rebalanced, previusly from 25 castles, 17 of them used only 2 scenes, now it's 3-5 castles per scene.

- One village scene was used in 15 villages, and it match nearly none of them. Now you got 4 new scenes from SDC (some with fixes from me) and little rebalance of those most abused scenes.

Vlandia

-  One scene was used in half of vlandia castles, and it matched none of them XD. Now it's used in one, and those castles got better match.

-  Mostly rebalance of some villages, with introducing 2 new from SDC (with little fixes from me)

Sturgia

- One new town, yea, it was in game filles all along, and it's working, TW just forget to implement it into game.

- Small village rebalance with 2 new villages by me.

Khuzait

- One new castle, well... technicly it's a town, but all Khuzait towns alredy got unique scene, so I put it into castle, it works well.

- Small rebalance of less and most used scenes with 1 new scene from SDC.

Aserai

- Small rebalance of castles.

- Mostly small rebalance of most abused scenes, with introdution of one new from SDC.

I tried to match castles and villages to it surroudings, it wasn't easy, TW don't bothered also with making villages that would fit to many of production types that are in game, so don't expect that in most villages. If you see some village that don't much it's place on world map, give me a info, maybe will change it in next patch, I didn't go over all of them, it's simply too much of them.

🤖 AI-enhanced — based on mod data

Castles restored adds 1 town, 3 castles, and 13 new villages to the game, while remodeling the distribution of old ones. It uses hidden scenes from game files and some from Scene Design. A significant map overhaul for players seeking more locations and better placement.

✨ Key Features

Adds 1 town, 3 castles, and 13 new villages to the game.
Remodels the distribution of old scenes for a more logical layout.
Utilizes hidden scenes from game files and some from Scene Design.
Huge change to the map's scene distribution.

📊 Pros & Cons

✅ Pros

  • Adds 17 new locations, giving you way more places to explore and conquer.
  • Fixes the nonsense distribution of old scenes, so the map finally makes sense.
  • Uses hidden scenes you never saw before, plus some from Scene Design, so it feels fresh.

⚠️ Cons

  • Huge map changes might break saves or conflict with other map mods.
  • Only 274 endorsements out of 20k downloads, so some players may have issues.
  • Last updated in March 2025, but no guarantee it's compatible with the latest game version.
🎯 Is This For You?
This is for players who are tired of the vanilla map's illogical scene placement and want more towns, castles, and villages to discover. It's also for those who enjoy exploring hidden content and want a fresh map experience without starting a new game.
📦 Install:Easy· Under 1 minute

💡 Beginner Tips

  • Back up your save before installing, as the map overhaul may affect your current game.
  • Check if you have other map mods installed, as they might conflict with this one.
  • Explore the new villages and castles to find unique loot and quests.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Bannerlord Mods
Author
Snorri
Version
1.1
Downloads
20,679
Endorsements
274
Category
Scenes and Maps
Created
10/25/2024
Updated
3/22/2025

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