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

Intelligence attribute skills

Steward – increased by gaining party morale from food variety (quartermaster), improving settlement prosperity and building projects (governor), and spending time in your settlements (clan leader); boosts your party’s size

Note: The Steward skill is your best bet when increasing your party’s size, and the mechanics are further explained in our mini-guide.

Level 25:

• Tax Collector – +10% tax from villages; governor effect
• Supreme Authority – +1 influence if you’re a ruler; clan leader effect

Level 50:

• Agriculture – +30% farm production
• Prominence – +1 influence if you’re a vassal; clan leader effect

Level 75:

• Nourish Settlement – x4 settlement prosperity growth while you’re waiting there
• Warmonger – less influence needed to summon vassals for war; army commander effect

Level 100:

• Bannerlord – +2 party size for each fief that you own
• Logistics Expert – parties in armies you lead move faster; army commander effect

Level 125:

• Prosperous Reign – x2 village growth rate
• War Rations – -20% food consumption; quartermaster effect

Level 150:

• Enhanced Mines – +50% tax income from mines
• Swords As Tribute – +10 party size for every vassal; does not seem to be working

Level 175:

• Man-At-Arms – +5 party size for each fief that you own; does not seem to be working
• Mount Expert – -10% trade penalty for horses; surgeon effect

Level 200:

• Reeve – +1 companion; does not seem to be working
• Stand United – if you’re leading a siege, any party that leaves or enters the area must engage your army first

Level 225:

• Food Rationing – -40% food consumption in a settlement if you’re under siege
• Assessor – +10% tax from villages; governor effect

Level 250:

• Ruler – +1 companion for each town you own; clan leader effect
• Agrarian – +30% farm production; governor effect

Level 275:

• Reconstruction – faster recovery for villages after being raided; governor effect

Medicine – increased by helping soldiers heal in settlements; improves casualty survival and healing (surgeon and governor)

Level 25:

• Self Medication – +10% character healing rate
• Preventive Medicine – +10% HP

Level 50:

• Triage Tent – +20% healing rate for party when stationary on world map; party member effect
• Walk It Off – +10% healing rate for party while moving on world map; party member effect

Level 75:

• Mobile Aid – -50% penalty to party speed due to wounded members; party member effect
• Doctor’s Oath – medicine recovery chance also applies to enemies; party member effect

Level 100:

• Best Medicine – +10% healing rate when at high morale; party member effect
• Good Lodging – +10% healing rate when resting in towns; party member effect

Level 125:

• Siege Medic – 30% of siege bombardment casualties are wounded instead of getting killed

Level 150:

• Pristine Streets – +1 settlement prosperity each day; governor effect
• Bush Doctor – +20% village hearth growth rate and +20% party healing rate when waiting in villages; governor and party leader effect

Level 175:

• Perfect Health – +20% clan member fertility; clan leader effect
• Health Advice – +10% clan life expectancy; clan leader effect

Level 200:

• Physician of People – +1 settlement loyalty each day; governor effect
• Clean Infrastructure – +1 prosperity each day for every town project related to health and sanitation; governor effect

Level 225:

• Cheat Death – one-time chance to avoid death when terminally ill
• Fortitude Tonic – -50% chance of heroes dying in battle; party leader effect

Level 250:

• Horse Healer – +30% chance per day for a lame horse to recover

Level 275:

• Minister of Health – troops gain bonus HP before battles

Engineering – increased by building and successfully operating siege engines; improves production of siege engines and buildings and types of siege engines that can be used

Note: Head over to our siege warfare guide for more tips.

Level 25:

• Construction Expert – +30% construction speed for castles and walls; governor effect

Level 50:

• Ballistics – +30% effectiveness of catapults

Level 75:

• Imperial Fire – can build fire-throwing versions of siege engines; party member effect

Level 100:

• Improved Masonry – fortifications are stronger; governor effect

Level 125:

• Armorcraft – +10% armor effectiveness

Level 150:

• Good Materials – +20% HP for siege engines; party member effect

Level 175:

• Heavier Siege Engines – +20% increased bombardment damage vs. other siege engines; party member effect

Level 200:

• Wall Breaker – increased damage to walls during sieges; party member effect

Level 225:

• Resolute – lower morale loss during sieges; party member effect

Level 250:

• Builder – x1.5 speed for building development; governor effect

Level 275:

• Everyday Engineer – +60% effectiveness for default town projects; governor effect

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is available now via Steam’s early access program. For more information, check out our guides and features hub.