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Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is taking to the seas, as the sport’s first growth, War Sails, will introduce naval warfare to the distinctive medieval action-RPG sandbox on June 17.
War Sails will increase Mount & Blade 2’s world map and introduce a completely new area to the world of Calradia: the Northern Kingdoms and its surrounding sea. It is there the Viking-themed Nords name house, and they are often traded with, recruited, or battled towards, identical to Mount & Blade 2’s different factions.
However the true star of the growth is the introduction of naval battles, the place gamers can grasp the wind, improve and customise ships, and defeat their enemies on the excessive seas. Rivers come into play as properly, with gamers capable of sail up them to strike into enemy territory, reduce off provide traces, and blockade enemy cities.
War Sails will characteristic 18 ships to select from that may be upgraded with varied siege engines, battering rams, and sails. Battles on the excessive seas will likely be gained not simply by uncooked firepower, however by additionally mastering the sport’s wind and water physics and strategically taking out the sails or oars of enemy ships to disable them.
It is a huge second for developer Taleworlds Leisure, who used the announcement of the War Sails growth to additionally announce Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has bought greater than 5 million copies because it first launched on Steam Early Entry in March 2020. The sport acquired its 1.0 replace in October 2022, when it additionally launched on Xbox Collection X|S and PlayStation 5.
Taleworlds confirmed the launch of War Sails will coincide with the sport’s free patch v1.3 replace, with extra free updates deliberate that can add options like stealth and disguise methods, the power to parley, fight enhancements, and new weapon sorts. Taleworlds stated extra particulars about these methods will likely be shared in “due course.”