Retinues - Custom Clan and Kingdom Troops
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.9% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #91 of 678 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Custom Clan & Kingdom Troops
Build, equip, and evolve your own army: retinues, clan trees, kingdom trees, and doctrines.
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Retinues lets you create special, limited-count units that you can fully equip and train, as well as full-fledged custom troop trees for your clan and kingdom. Unlock new gear by defeating enemies, spend earned experience to raise skills, promote retinues through tiers, and (once you own a fief) unlock and redesign your clan troop tree. Later, founding a kingdom opens kingdom troop trees and king’s guard retinues. Optional Doctrines grant passive bonuses, but require the player to accomplish special feats before they can be unlocked.
Source Code: available on GitHub.
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✦ FEATURES
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[]Retinues & Progression – Recruit special followers from regular troops of your culture, then train and equip them to slowly grow them into elite warriors.[/]
[]Custom Troop Trees – Unlock and design unique clan and kingdom troop trees, editing upgrade paths and equipment as your domain expands.[/]
[]Equipment & Gear Unlocks – Earn new weapons and armor by defeating enemies, then outfit your troops using an intuitive equipment screen with shared stock.[/]
[]Skills & Promotions – Your troops gain XP from battle; spend it to improve their skills and shape them as you see fit.[/]
[]Doctrines & Feats – Unlock passive bonuses and special abilities through a light tech-tree of doctrines, earned by completing unique feats.[/]
[]World Integration – AI lords recruit your custom troops, customizable militias defend your settlements, and all features blend seamlessly into campaign gameplay.[/]
[]Global Editor – Change any troop or hero in the game, from lords and ladies to shop workers and tavern maids.[/]
[]Highly Configurable & Compatible – Tailor every rule to your playstyle; built to work with custom cultures, overhauls, and other mods.[/]
[]War Sails DLC – Compatible with War Sails (optional, the DLC is not required).[/]
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⚙️ INSTALLATION
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[]Download and extract the main archive corresponding to your Bannerlord version into the game's Modules folder.[/]
[]Do the same for each of the required dependencies:
[]Harmony – >=2. 4. 2. 0 (or 2. 3. 6. 0 if using the v1. 2 version of the mod)[/]
[]ButterLib – >=2. 10. 2. 0[/]
[]UIExtenderEx – >=2. 13. 2. 0[/]
[]Mod Configuration Menu v5 – >=5. 11. 3. 0 (note for v1. 4 beta: as of 16/04/26, MCM is not yet updated for the beta)[/]
[]If you previously used the Steam Workshop version, Unsubscribe from Retinues and its dependencies.[/]
[]If Windows blocked any downloaded DLLs, unblock them or use the "Unblock Dlls" tool as described in the Troubleshooting page.[/]
[]Enable the mod in the launcher and check that all versions are correct.[/]
❌ REMOVING THE MOD
For full uninstall details and recovery steps, see the Uninstallation Guide.
🛠 CONFIGURATION
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[]MCM: From the main menu, see the Configuration Guide for details.[/]
🌍 TRANSLATIONS
[*]EN, FR, CN[/
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[]Download and extract the main archive corresponding to your Bannerlord version into the game's Modules folder.[/]
Retinues is a comprehensive gameplay overhaul for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord that lets you create, equip, and train custom retinues, plus design full clan and kingdom troop trees. It features gear unlocks, skill progression, doctrines, and deep world integration, with 1,076 endorsements and 126,023 downloads.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 1,076 endorsements and over 126k downloads.
- Deep customization: build your own army from the ground up, from gear to skills.
- Actively maintained—last updated July 2026, so it's fresh for current game versions.
⚠️ Cons
- Highly complex systems might overwhelm players who just want quick tweaks.
- Requires a fief to unlock clan troop trees, so early-game impact is limited.
- No explicit install instructions in the description—you'll need to know modding basics.
For Bannerlord veterans who want to craft a truly personalized army and kingdom. If you love micromanaging troops and progression systems, this is your jam. Skip if you prefer vanilla simplicity or want a quick, drop-in tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex to handle installation and load order—it'll save you headaches.
- Start by recruiting a few retinues from your culture's troops to learn the system before diving into troop trees.
- Check the GitHub source code link for troubleshooting and detailed documentation if you hit issues.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Bannerlord Mods
- Author
- bolaft
- Version
- 1.3.14.30
- Downloads
- 126,023
- Endorsements
- 1,076
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 9/26/2025
- Updated
- 7/27/2026
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Use Vortex or manual. Enable mods in launcher. Harmony required.
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