Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord guide – Skills, perks, and leveling

Cunning attribute skills

Scouting – increased when you spot tracks and hideouts and travel on difficult terrain (scouts); improves tracking detection, information level, and spotting distance

Level 25:

• Pathfinder – +1% party movement speed during daytime; scout effect
• Night Vision – +2% party movement speed during nighttime; scout effect

Level 50:

• Navigator – +1% party movement speed; scout effect

Level 75:

• Investigator – tracks are more informative

Level 100:

• Farsighted – increased chance to spot other roaming parties

Level 125:

• Eye For Ambush – spot hideouts from further away

Level 150:

• Forest Lore – +5% movement speed and -50% food consumption while in forests
• Desert Lore – +5% movement speed and -50% food consumption while in deserts

Level 175:

• Hills Lore – +5% movement speed and -50% food consumption while on hills
• Marshes Lore – +5% movement speed and -50% food consumption while on marshes

Level 200:

• Forced March – bonus speed with high party morale; party member effect

Level 225:

• Grassland Navigator – +5% movement speed while in grasslands; party member effect

Level 250:

• Healthy Scout – +8% HP; party member effect

Level 275:

• Lay of the Land – +3% movement speed on campaign map; party member effect

Tactics – increased by commanding simulated battles, winning against difficult odds, or escaping encounters by sacrificing troops if necessary; improves simulation advantages and sacrificed troop counts when escaping

Note: Using the “send troops” command or auto-resolving slightly boosts the Tactics skill.

Level 25:

• Companion Cavalry – +10% enemy morale loss with cavalry attacks; party leader effect

Level 50:

• Tactical Superiority – +5% troop damage in simulations; party leader effect

Level 75:

• One Step Ahead – place all troops before battles; party leader effect

Level 100:

• Logistics – +20% ammo for ranged units; party leader effect

Level 125:

• Ambush Specialist – +60% archer damage in simulation battles when in forests; party leader effect

Level 150:

• Phalanx – +50% infantry damage vs. cavalry in simulations; party leader effect
• Hammer & Anvil – +50% cavalry damage vs. archers in simulations; party leader effect

Level 175:

• Elusive – -50% troops left behind when retreating; party leader effect

Level 200:

• Swift Regroup – -50% disorganized duration; party member effect

Level 225:

• Bait – +30% reinforcement distance for allies; party member effect

Level 250:

• Trusted Commander – reduced army cohesion decay; party member effect

Level 275:

• Rational Leader – decreased army supply consumption and disorganized duration; party member effect

Roguery – increased by ransoming prisoners, raiding caravans, leading bandit troops, infiltrating enemy towns, bribery, and escaping from captivity; improves post-battle loot gains

Level 25:

• Raiding Party – +10% faster village raids; party member effect
• Eye for Loot – +5% loot from village raids; party member effect

Level 50:

• Commanding Presence – lower relationship penalty when using intimidation

Level 75:

• For the Thrill – +10% morale from raiding villages; party member effect

Level 100:

• Scavenger – more loot from enemies; party member effect

Level 125:

• Concealed Blade – can use 1H weapon as civilian
• Slip Into Shadows – -20% chance of being caught while sneaking in towns; scout effect

Level 150:

• Negotiator – +50% easier bribes; scout effect
• Briber – higher chance that a bribe option appears during dialogue

Level 175:

• Camouflage – -10% chance to alarm enemy settlements when passing nearby; scout effect

Level 200:

• Escape Artist – +30% faster when escaping from captivity

Level 225:

• Bribe Master – -50% bribe amount

Level 250:

• Slave Trader – +20% better deals with ransom broker

Level 275:

• Merry Men – recruit bandits to your party; party member effect