Improved Minor Factions
🟠 Updated over a year agoPreview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.9% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #205 of 678 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Features:
Minor Faction Hideouts
- Player, MF Lords, and Lords in Kingdom hiring MF can visit and recruit troops from MF Hideout.
- Every MF has exactly 1 active Hideout at all times (unless the MF has no Hideouts on the map).
- MF Hideouts have Notables that give quests.
- Player can raid MF Hideouts with base game Hideout raid mission.
- Player can wait at and recruit troops from MF Hideout if they have relation > 15 with the MF.
- MF gets income from prosperous Hideout but loses money if it was recently raided.
- Town near Outlaw hideout that shares a culture with the town owner loses prosperity.
- Hideouts have a militia party made up of the MF troops.
- Hideouts have no limit to the amount of troops in the raid battle.
- Upon player raid of Hideout, a new Hideout is activated for the MF and Notables are transported to the new Hideout.
- Hideouts deactivated upon MF destruction.
- Custom minor factions are automatically assigned some hideouts if there is availability. (including in the middle of old saves)
Nomad Camps
- Has all features of Minor Faction Hideouts.
- Nomad Camps automatically move locations after some time.
- Nomad Camp raids are village battles instead of Hideout Battles.
- Nomad Camps have more defenders than Minor Faction Hideouts
- MF Lord Needs Recruits Quest
- MF Notable Needs Recruits Quest
- MF Notable Needs Troops Trained Quest
- Notable near MF Hideout wants it cleared.
Future plans:
- Unique quests and/or mechanics for every MF
- Unique quests and/or mechanics for Mercenary, Outlaw, Sect, Mafia, and Nomad MFs.
Installation:
Put our mods in modules folder just as any other mod, run DLL activator or enable .dll files in our mod manually, note that many users don't need to do this, but if the game crashes during initial loading this is likely culprit. We recommend manually installing the mods, there seem to be problems such as crashes for some people when using vortex.
Partner Mods:
- Anno Domini 1259 (download the AD1259 version of IMF) (must load IMF after AD1259)
This mod is set in Europe in 1259. Has minor factions with hideouts/camps such as the: Order of Lazarus, Templars, Ghilman, Almogavar, Genoese Mercenaries, Cathars, Hashishin, Knights Hospitaller, Order of Santiago, Sami tribes, and Cumans.
- Realm Divided (Download the Realm Divided version of IMF) (Must load IMF after Realm Divided)
This mod overhauls Calradia and adds many new minor factions. Conceptually similar to Calradia Expanded. Author made a compatible version of IMF for it.
This mod allows you to play as any in-game lord. Including Minor Faction lords. IMF is compatible with this mod as of v0. 3. 5
Compatible With:
- Banner Kings (must load IMF after BK)
- Calradia Expanded + CEK (download the Calradia Expanded version of the mod) (must load IMF after CE)
- Eagle Rising (on Calradia map)
- RBM
- De Re Militari (load IMF after DRM)
- Old Saves that don't have IMF loaded
- Mods with custom Minor Factions (They also get their own MF Hideouts)
- Mods that overhaul equipment and/or troop trees
- Works with custom maps but hideouts need to be added by mod creators
Credits:
- ingrimsch6234 For making the AD1259 version
- Belisariusss for making the Realm Divided version
- potapjr For Hideout/Camp battle scene curation.
- [url=http://next.nexusmods.com/profile/kerem
Improved Minor Factions overhauls minor faction hideouts and adds nomad camps, letting players and lords recruit troops, raid hideouts, and complete new quests. It's a substantial gameplay expansion for Bannerlord players who want deeper faction interactions. With 434 endorsements and 47,293 downloads, it's a proven mod for enriching the mid-game.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 434 endorsements and over 47k downloads—clearly fills a niche.
- Adds real depth to minor factions, making them feel alive with hideouts, quests, and recruitment.
- Nomad camps are a fresh twist, with moving locations and tougher battles that shake up the map.
- Works with existing saves, so you can drop it in without restarting your campaign.
⚠️ Cons
- Installation requires manual DLL activation or a separate activator tool—not a simple drag-and-drop.
- No explicit compatibility notes for other mods, so you might hit conflicts with overhaul mods.
- Future plans for unique faction quests are just plans—current quests are generic and may feel repetitive.
For Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord players who want minor factions to matter beyond just being targets. If you're tired of hideouts being static and want recruitment, quests, and dynamic camps, this is for you. Skip it if you prefer vanilla simplicity or don't want to fiddle with DLL activation.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to run the DLL activator or manually enable the .dll files in the mod folder, or the mod won't load.
- If you're using other mods that alter hideouts or minor factions, test on a save before committing to a long campaign.
- Check your relation with a minor faction before visiting their hideout—you need over 15 to recruit troops.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Bannerlord Mods
- Author
- slelyukh
- Version
- IMFv0.3.5-BLv1.2.12
- Downloads
- 47,293
- Endorsements
- 434
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 5/3/2024
- Updated
- 5/22/2025
🧩 Commonly Used Together
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