Enlisted
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #197 of 678 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
ENLISTED
Enlist with any lord. Follow orders. Climb the ranks. Retire with honor.
WHAT IS THIS MOD?
Enlisted transforms Bannerlord into a deep soldier career simulator. Instead of managing an empire, you serve one. Enlist with any Lord, follow their orders, earn your wages, and let the world unfold around you.
It features 275+ narrative content pieces spanning 9 military ranks from fresh recruit to senior commander, built to be lightweight, open-source, and compatible with naval mods and UI overhauls.
A Note on Open Source:
Contributions are welcome. Whether it's bug fixes, features, or balance tweaks, PRs are encouraged on GitHub.
MAIN FEATURES
⚔️ THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER
Simple Enlistment: Ask any lord, "I wish to serve in your warband," and you're in.
True Immersion: You march, eat, and get paid by your lord. Live inside their campaign loop.
Crash Guards: Built-in safety checks for sieges, encounters, captivity, and naval integration.
Companions: Your companions stay with you during service. Toggle who fights vs who stays back.
Temporary Leave: Visit family, conduct trade, rest and recover. Just don't go AWOL.
🛡️ CHAIN OF COMMAND
Automatic Deployment (T1-T6): Auto-assigned to formation based on your equipped weapons. The Order of Battle screen is suppressed to keep you in the moment.
16 Military Orders: Chain of command issues orders from sergeants, lieutenants, and your lord.
- []Basic Duties (T1-T3): Auto-assigned mandatory tasks (guard duty, camp patrol, firewood detail, equipment checks, muster, sentry).
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]Advancement Orders (T4+): Optional missions you can accept or decline (lead patrol, scout route, train recruits, escort duty).
85 Order Events: Dynamic events fire during order execution with 15-35% chance per duty period.
Follow Orders: F1-F9 keys are disabled. You don't give the orders; you follow them.
📈 RANK & PROGRESSION (9 TIERS)
Climb the ladder through 9 distinct tiers based on battle XP, service time, battles fought, reputation, and discipline:
T1 → T2 → T3 → T4 → T5 → T6 → T7 → T8 → T9
Culture-specific rank titles, narrative "proving events" at key promotions, equipment tier unlocks, and officer privileges at higher ranks.
💰 PAY & MUSTER SYSTEM
12-Day Muster Cycle: Wages accrue daily in a ledger, paid out every 12 days at ceremonial muster events.
8-Stage Muster Ceremonies: Immersive pay day events with stages including pay line, baggage check, inspection, recruit, promotion recap, and retinue management.
Period Summaries: 12-day recaps with combat/training/orders/XP breakdown.
Pay Tension System: When pay is late, tension rises and unlocks special choices.
⛺ CAMP LIFE & DUTIES
Two-Layer Camp System:
- []Background Simulation: Autonomous company life runs automatically (soldiers get sick, injured, or desert; equipment breaks; morale shifts).
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]Camp Opportunities: 29 contextual player activities with fitness scoring that adapts to your preferences.
38 Player-Initiated Decisions: Training (weapon drills, sparring), social (join the men, write letters), economic (gambling, loans), career (request audience, volunteer), information gathering (rumors, scouts), and more.
Fatigue System: Actions accumulate fatigue; rest recovers it. Fatigue affects performance and event outcomes.
Medical Care: 15 injury types with severity levels, treatment decisions, recovery chains, and surgeon interactions.
🛠️ EQUIPMENT & QUARTERMASTER
Quartermaster System (10+ Subsystems):
[]Equipment purchasing with reputation-based discounts (0-30%)
[]6 Quality Tiers: Shoddy, Standard, Serviceable, Fine, Masterwork, Legendary
[]Upgrade System: Sequential quality improvements with real stat bonuses using native ItemModifier
[]Gauntlet Grid UI for browsing and upgrades
[]Buyback service (30-65% value), tier gates by rank
[]Officers Armory (T7+): Elite g
Enlisted transforms Bannerlord into a soldier career simulator, letting you enlist with any lord, follow orders, and climb ranks. It features 275+ narrative pieces, 16 military orders, and 85 order events, with crash guards for stability. Open-source and compatible with naval mods and UI overhauls.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Deep immersion for role-players (313 endorsements, 50k downloads).
- Open-source with GitHub contributions welcome.
- Built-in crash guards for sieges, encounters, and naval integration.
⚠️ Cons
- No explicit install instructions or requirements listed.
- May require a new save for full functionality (not stated).
- Compatibility with other mods beyond naval and UI overhauls is unverified.
For Bannerlord players tired of empire management who want a grounded soldier's life. If you enjoy following orders, climbing ranks, and emergent storytelling, this is for you. Skip if you prefer leading armies or sandbox freedom.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex to install and manage Enlisted alongside other mods.
- Check the GitHub source for detailed documentation and troubleshooting.
- Start a new campaign to ensure the mod's systems integrate cleanly.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Bannerlord Mods
- Author
- Arkpoint
- Version
- 0.9.1.5
- Downloads
- 50,412
- Endorsements
- 313
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 11/22/2025
- Updated
- 1/4/2026
🧩 Commonly Used Together
Users add these mods to the same collections — a real compatibility signal, not an AI guess.
🔧 How to Install Bannerlord Mods
Use Vortex or manual. Enable mods in launcher. Harmony required.
📖 Full step-by-step install guide for Bannerlord →
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