Retinues – Custom Clan and Kingdom Troops (for v1.3) (War Sails compatible)

Build, equip, and evolve your own army: retinues, clan trees, kingdom trees, and doctrines.

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.

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🏷️ VERSION: This is the mod for Bannerlord v1.3, you can download a v1.2.12 compatible version of the mod on the Steam Workshop (link) or on the Nexus Mods Retinues page.

🐞 BUG REPORTS: Please file bug reports either on the Discussions tab or (preferably) on the Nexus Mods Bugs Tab and not in the comment section.

📂 SOURCE CODE: Available on GitHub.

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• ⚔️ Retinues & Progression – Recruit followers from regular troops of your culture, then train and equip them to 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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• (Optional) If you manually installed anything from Nexus Mods before, remove old copies of Retinues and its dependencies from your Modules folder.
• (Optional) In Steam, Unsubscribe from:
  • Retinues
  • Harmony
  • ButterLib
  • UIExtenderEx
  • Mod Configuration Menu v5 (MCM)
• Click Subscribe from this page (not from your "Subscribed Items" list).
• When Steam shows the "Additional Required Items" popup, choose "Subscribe to All".
• Start the launcher and check that you have the following versions in your mod list:
  • Harmony – 2.4.2.0
  • ButterLib – 2.10.2.0
  • UIExtenderEx – 2.13.2.0
  • Mod Configuration Menu v5 – 5.11.3.0
  • Native, StoryMode, SandBox, etc. – 1.3.13
  • (Optional) War Sails – 1.1.1

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• For full uninstall details and recovery steps, see the Uninstallation Guide[bolaft.github.io].

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• MCM: From the main menu, see the Configuration Guide[bolaft.github.io] for details.

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• EN, FR, CN (human translated, thanks to @Cartoonist57 for the Chinese translation)
• BR, DE, IT, JP, KO, PL, RU, SP, TR (machine translated)

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• Q: Can I use this with modded items?
  A: Yes, but if the modded items are not worn by any troop then you’ll have to either enabled the "unlock by discards" option, unlock all items from the config menu or use the cheat console (see below) to unlock items individually.
• Q: Improved Garrisons doesn’t detect my custom troops, the recruiter just hangs there doing nothing.
  A: You need to enable the "All Lords Can Recruit" option in the mod config.
• Q: How can I equip my troops with smithed weapons?
  A: You have to unlock the Clan Traditions doctrine perk first.
• Q: Why do some of my troops spawn naked?
  A: You probably enabled an alternate equipment set and left it empty. Otherwise, enable "Force Main Battle Set In Combat" in MCM.
• Q: I should have unlocked this feat but it’s not progressing.
  A: You may have a mod conflict; you can unlock the feat using the cheat console (see below) or disable feat requirements altogether from the config menu.
• Q: Can I add Retinues to an ongoing save?
  A: Yes.
• Q: Can I uninstall the mod and keep playing on the same save?
  A: Yes, see the Uninstallation Guide[bolaft.github.io].

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• COMMANDS: See the Cheats Console Guide[bolaft.github.io] for details.

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Thanks to @Cartoonist57 for the Chinese translation, to @george-sx for his contributions, and to all players who help improve the mod by providing feedback and reporting issues.