Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has only been out for a day and yet it has already become the most successful launch of the year so far – almost 200,000 players dived into the medieval open world of Calradia on the day of the release.
However, it takes countless hours of playtime to work your way up from a simple citizen to a powerful ruler – no wonder that some players would like to speed up this process.
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Cheats for faster and easier progress
With some cheats that were already included in the previous Mount & Blade: Warband, you can speed up your progress on the way to the throne of Calradia immensely.
To unlock them, you first have to activate the cheats in the config file:
- Starts Windows Explorer and navigates to the Documents directory.
- Go to the folder of Mount & Blade 2: Banner Lord.
- Opens the Configs subdirectory and here the file engine_config.txt.
- In the 14th line you should see the parameter cheat_mode = 0.
- Changes the 0 to a 1 to activate the cheats in the game.
The following key combinations should then be usable in the game to give you advantages:
- Ctrl + H: Heals your character completely.
- Ctrl + left click: Teleports you on the world map to the clicked point.
- Ctrl + Shift + H: Heals your horse completely.
- Ctrl + F3: Kills a random enemy.
- Ctrl + F4: Strikes a random opponent unconscious.
Attention: In order to use the cheats, you may have to start a new game. In addition, of course, they only work in single player mode.
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Mount and Blade 2: Banner Lord – Preview video of the medieval dream
Unconfirmed cheats
Other cheats from the predecessor that we have not yet been able to test are also worth trying:
- Ctrl + X (in inventory): Supply yourself with 1,000 gold pieces.
- Ctrl + X (on the character screen): Provides your character with 1,000 experience points.
- Ctrl + L (on the character screen): Give yourself a level up.
- Ctrl + W (on the character screen): Increases skill with all weapons.
- Ctrl + X: (on the party screen): Gives the selected unit / companion 1,000 XP
- Ctrl + T: Reveals everything on the world map.
- Ctrl + F5: The AI controls your character in the current battle.
- Ctrl + F6: Strikes a random ally passed out.
- Ctrl + F9: Activates slow motion mode.
When does our test come?
Colleague Peter Bathge is working flat out on an early access test for Mount & Blade 2. You will probably find the article on April 1st on GameStar.de (no kidding). Until then, you will find everything you need to know about Mount & Blade 2 in our large plus overview.
