Stronghold

IF YOU'RE COMING FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS (before 2. 0)

This update is NOT compatible with old versions

This mod allows you to build your very own base on the map. Here, you can customize the buildings of the town, you can store items and brothers to retrieve later, you can build and upgrade locations to get unique buffs, and more.

With the new 2. 0 version, this mod aims to be available past the early game. I want to avoid making an easy mode mod, giving the player plenty of choices with pros and cons when upgrading the base. That said, balance is hard, and if you find that something is too good or too weak, too expensive or too cheap, please inform me.

How to install the mod

Like most other Battle Brothers mods, just download the .zip file and place it in the Battle Brothers/data/ folder. Do not unzip the contents of the file, keep them as a zip. If you’ve got the game on Steam, you can right-click it in the library and go to manage -> browse local files to quickly find the install location.

You’ll also need modding script hooks, as well as MSU.

While Stronghold does not (currently) require Modern Hooks, MSU does, so get that too from here.

Furthermore, you’ll need at least the Blazing Deserts DLC, and probably some of the other major ones. I haven't really tested it without the DLC.

This mod can be added to ongoing campaigns. However, once you've built a base, it can no longer be removed from that save.

How to build your first base

To be able to build your first base, you’ll need to open the retinue menu. You’ll find the icon of a stronghold in the top left. Click on it.

You’ll be greeted by an overview page, giving you some information about the requirements and uses.

A fulfilled requirement will have a green font, a missing one a red font. Being able to build a port is not a requirement.

You’ll also need over 500 renown, a number of crowns, can’t be on an occupied tile with a town or other things on it, and you can’t have an active contract.

If you fulfill all the requirements, you’ll be able to click the Yes button:

After accepting, your new base will appear at your current location. You’ll also get a contract, which states that enemies will attack you. These enemies hail from the closest lair or settlement to your base. Nobles are included, unless you have more than 70 relation with them. A small band of mercenaries will spawn to assist you in the battle, and wait for the enemies at your base.

Make sure to meet the attackers around your base, so that the mercenaries can join you, and you’ll be fighting on a special terrain.

Once all attacks have been repelled, your base is now completed.

A base starts