(To recruit soldiers for your party, visit nearby villages and click 'Recruit volunteers.' Varying amounts will join, or not. It'll go through a couple stages, but it's calibrated for a starting character with zero army, and it'll introduce you to some of the core mechanics: recruiting, leading a field battle, assaulting a bandit lair, and an encounter that's somewhat similar to a siege battle. What to do?įollow the intro quest line with the merchant until completion. Now, after you've created your character, you're dumped into the world unceremoniously, only to be abused by the local banditry. Hope this helps, good luck and have fun out there!įirst, if you haven't found it already, you'll want this guide on-hand. Also, any experienced players are welcome to post additional suggestions. Feel free to post questions here in the comments or in your own threads, this sub is pretty helpful. It can be really bewildering at first, but hopefully these will help you get oriented.

I'd written this up for a friend of mine who recently started playing M&B:W, and given that the game is on various sales right now, thought it might be useful for other players who just picked it up and are starting out their first game.

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