1. Right-click on M&B Bannerlord --> Manage --> Browse local files

Now open the folder: Modules

Open the folder SandboxCore (ignore the other folders for now)

Now head for the folder ModuleData

Open the spnpccharacters.xml with any editor ( I recommend Notepad++ )
(!BUT FIRST MAKE A COPY JUST TO BE SAFE!)

(!! BEFORE YOU CHANGE ANYTHING, MAKE SURE YOU MADE A COPY OF THE .xml !!)

This should look like this now:



You can skip the following textwall if you want and head to the next section :)


Under skills you can change the value of the skills,
under equipment you can change the equipment the unit has. (some might have multiple equipment trees. you can give the trees different equipment, so that the unit gets randomized equipment in battle.)

for example: EQ-tree 1 got 1 sword:
<equipment slot="Item0"
id="Item.sturgia_sword_2_t3" />

and EQ-tree 2 got an axe:
<equipment slot="Item0"
id="Item.sturgia_axe_3_t3" />

now the unit can hold a sword OR an axe in battle, since both weapons are for item slot 0 ("Item0") so there is a 50% chance for one of the items. if you make 3 different "Item0" weapons there is a 33.333333% chance and so on.

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Character sektion

<NPCCharacter id="sturgian_soldier" <-------- don't change
default_group="Infantry" <-------- infantry, archer or chavalry etc
level="16" <------- level of the unit
civilianTemplate="NPCCharacter.sturgia_troop_civilian_template_t2" <--- Character model
name="{=brlJJW5I}Sturgian Veteran Fyrd" <-------- Ingame Name
occupation="Soldier" <---- don't change
culture="Culture.sturgia" <---- don't change
skill_template="NPCCharacter.infantry_heavyinfantry_level16_template_skills"> <--- don't change

:D
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Gear section

<equipmentSet> <--- Start <...>
<equipment slot="Item0" <---- item 1
id="Item.sturgia_sword_2_t3" />
<equipment slot="Item1" <--- item 2
id="Item.northern_round_shield" />
<equipment slot="Item2" <--- item 3
id="Item.northern_spear_2_t3" />
<equipment slot="Head" <--- Headgear
id="Item.goggled_helmet_over_leather" />
<equipment slot="Cape" <--- Shouldergear
id="Item.wrapped_scarf" />
<equipment slot="Body" <--- Bodygear
id="Item.northern_padded_gambeson" />
<equipment slot="Gloves" <--- Handgear
id="Item.highland_gloves" />
<equipment slot="Leg" <--- Thicc legs
id="Item.highland_boots" />
</equipmentSet> <--- end (always with </...>)

easy isn't it? just don't do any spelling mistakes and it will work out :D


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Skill sektion (oh i'm so organized xD )
just dont change the names of the "<skill id="..." and you will be fine. just touch the numbers and destroy the balance of the game, haha. or fix the heavy lancers...you know which ones...

<skills>
<skill id="Athletics"
value="70" />
<skill id="Riding"
value="30" />
<skill id="OneHanded"
value="70" />
<skill id="TwoHanded"
value="40" />
<skill id="Polearm"
value="70" />
<skill id="Bow"
value="30" />
<skill id="Crossbow"
value="10" />
<skill id="Throwing"
value="40" />
</skills>

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Facetime. Honestly, i never touched this.

<face>
<face_key_template value="NPCCharacter.villager_sturgia" /> <---- change to make beautiful
</face>

In the spitems.xml you can find all the precious item-ID's your heart desires.



Now have fun messing with the game. :D

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The original xml is gone! What now?!

If you f'ed it up and forgot to make a copy of the xml. you can always delete it and repair M&B Bannerlord via Steam. After that, the old xml should be back.

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Timesaver:

copy the xml, and edit the copy on a second screen, while playing. so you can look up the armor etc ingame.

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how to get all items ingame:

\documents\mygames\Mount and Blade II Bannerlord\Configs\engine_config.txt ---> cheat_mode = 0

change the 0 to a 1
now you are able to look up all ingame items if you open your inventory. and then search for the ID in the spitems.xml via search.

Praise the sun and have fun! :)

If anyone with the actual technical know-how is here: i'm open for any corrections and detailed information. i will edit the guide accordingly :)

Closet Deadpooler :

Found the file for parties:
partyTemplates.xml

You can find it in SandBox/ModuleData
<MBPartyTemplate id="ID_template" >
<stacks>
<PartyTemplateStack min_value="4" max_value="36" troop="NPCCharacter.(id of troop)" />
</stacks>

And you can edit existing parties here to add in new troops.

I *think* you might be able to assign upgrades with this line from the file you mention in your post:

<upgrade_targets>
<upgrade_target id="NPCCharacter.company_of_the_boar_tier_3" />
</upgrade_targets>

Where company_of_the_boar_tier_3 is the unit's id in the file, I have no idea of how recruiting is handled or how you could assign new units to say a player cultural group or something. You could probably do it with a party template file, by having them be prisoners or an enemy you could recruit but I haven't seen any party templates in that file.
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Is this okay for you? If not, i will delete this section :)

This might help with the units spawning in the towns. Might not work, got no time to actually test it :'D






or like this, I feel like the latter was the actual functional one. (Been a while)