Troop Equipment Upgrade (TEU)

Steel is no longer free. Your troops only upgrade when you can supply real gear. Losses cut deeper, victories feel earned, and your army grows the hard way. The early game becomes a grind of tight budgets, painful expenses and constant trade offs that shape your warband.

Video below showcases the functionality of this mod

https://youtu.be/S5-x53-Tmgw?si=ApXr73d5n9EKe0I3

Special thanks to SiegeTactics for making a showcase of my mod. Check out his channel for more Bannerlord related content!

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If you cannot provide the gear, you cannot upgrade your troops.
Upgrades use real items from your inventory or from the town market.
Nothing appears out of thin air and nothing is free.

To make this system playable, I strongly recommend using Culture Equipment Seeder (CES).
It keeps markets stocked with the right cultural gear and lets you set discounts that apply only during TEU upgrades. This keeps the experience challenging but not punishing.

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• Find a proper healer as soon as possible. Less dying troops is coin saved
• When you reach the point where you have plenty of coin and many troops ready for upgrades, start with higher tier troops first so lower tier troops use returned equipment first. This saves a lot of coin over the course of a campaign
• Defeating and recruiting bandits in the early game is a solid way to build capital while having better troops than recruits or peasants
• Finer Party Controls. With this mod you can more troops in battle by ordering your companions to follow you around. 2-3 small parties with low tier troops is better than one in the early game

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Upgrades slow down just enough to make the early and mid game come alive again.
You will fight real battles with low tier troops and learn to win with what you have.
You cannot rush to elite stacks and steamroll the map.
Your army grows piece by piece and every veteran feels earned.

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• Regular upgrades use gear from your inventory
• Town Menu -> Equip and upgrade troops -> automatically buys missing gear from the market and consumes its stock
• Old gear is returned based on your MCM setting

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• Weapons match by class and tier
• Armor match by tier
• Same tier items stay on the troop with no waste
• Returned gear can be worst quality or plain depending on settings

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• Returned item quality
• Notification toggles