Yes but you can't get fiefs if you're under contract with a faction, it would go to a noble or ruler. So if you are, break the contract. If you are independent, then attack one of their parties of villages. Then you will be able to besiege their settlements. 2. Just hop into town, buy all the food, smack a rebel lord, then siege the city. Their food will be empty, and even if it takes a day or two to reach a lord and defeat them, I've never seen a rebel city have more than 3-5 days of food even if they get resupplied. Thanks I wasn't sure why it wouldn't let me attack. Not sure there is any benefit in NOT doing that. Considering the feudal system wasn't exactly like Bannerlord's faction system. In Bannerlord becoming a vassal means basically becoming permanent part of a nation. In history vassals could enjoy various degrees of freedom. SO, I could only really find one reliable source thus far. Receive. This would be the way we recommend for you to get a castle. If you manage to get to clan Tier 2, you can now join a faction as a vassal. Once you’ve done that, you can just help their armies conquer a castle, and you have a chance, based on your relationship with the influential lords of the kingdom, to gain the fief in a vote. Become king and adopt greedy policies. Make war and sell war loot. Vassalage-> Friends with king-> take town-> receive town as fief and profit. I don't make a lot of money, but +2k denars a day from Epicrotea and a castle means I'm never scrambling for funds. Smithing is a game breaker. Become a Mercenary in Bannerlord. advertisement. Once you've completed the first quest to Rebuild Your Clan, you can become a mercenary for a kingdom. Find a lord for a kingdom you're interested In the early game when I am a merc I have to go to the ruler and ask to be a vassal. Thank you in advance for any info. The other merc clans are mercs only, and are prone to switching factions as they please. I convinced one of the minor factions to join my kingdom, and even gave them a castle, but it didn't take long for them to leave my From the patch notes. Kingdoms at war with powerful enemies will now offer higher payments for mercenaries. In addition to this, the ruler's economical situation is important too while determining payment. With this change, mercenary factions will now generally prefer to take a contract from factions which have powerful enemies and rich rulers. Or fight hideouts. Fight that battle, capture the bandits, and give as many of the highest value ones to the quest giver and you’ll get tens of thousands of denars. When you resupply at villages, hover over the notables to quick look and see if that’s the quest. Accept it and come back within a month for a BIG pay day. Join Mercenary Faction. I would love to see the ability to join the different Merc Factions and potentially even getting the ability to recruit their special units. Then you can raise through the ranks there and potentially even take it over at one point. That being said essentially that is what you are when you become a mercenary already. VssX.