

When you have a question about a certain statistic or the finer points of the game, then it is time to reach for the manual. It is highly recommended that new players go through the tutorials accessible from the main menu, and read all pop-up help tips that the game provides. New players should be able to get all of the information they need about the basics within the game itself. This manual is primarily designed as a reference tool. Mount & Blade: Warband does not give you objectives or a fixed storyline however, it does offer you a rich and interesting setting in which to determine your own objectives while creating and living your own story. If you want to make your bid to the throne of Calradia yourself, thats possible too, but it will take a lot of skill and the ability to find trusted allies and vassals, whom you can depend on. You may obtain great wealth and power, become one of the trusted vassals of a king conquer and own villages, castles and towns command armies, and if you like, even lead rebellions and replace kings with other claim holders. You dont need to remain a penniless adventurer, either. In time, you will be well known in many places as you make friends and enemies with other characters, which in turn will allow you to affect events in profound ways. Instead of giving you a fixed path to follow, Mount & Blade: Warband lets you freely adventure in this world.

Caravans travel between towns, sometimes being waylaid by bandits villagers take their goods to markets armies assemble to move across the land, besieging towns or castles and raiding settlements. You will soon notice that the world itself is dynamic. You may roam around the map visiting towns and villages, trading, pursuing various quests, taking part in tournaments, or trying out a myriad of other activities.

The game offers you a great deal of freedom in this world. IntroductionN MOUNT & BLADE: WARBAND, you play as an adventurer in the medieval land of Calradia, a fictional land devoid of magic and high fantasy, instead bearing many similarities to our world in the Middle Ages.
