Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord lets players live a life in medieval times. Do you want to be a knight for a kingdom? You can do that. Do you want to lead a band of mercenaries and lend your sword to any kingdom that offers the most gold? You bet you can do that. Do you want to be a workshop owner and earn a living the good old fashioned way? Yes you can, and that’s what I’m going to show you today. IN this guide, I will show you the best workshops to own, and the worst workshops to avoid.
Most Profitable Workshops Tier List
Sometimes, it’s nice to have some income from the side while you’re off doing adventures out in the land. One way to make passive income besides caravans are workshops. These are essentially shops that you own in the game that will generate income as time goes on. However, these shops need management and care in order to work correctly, some more than others.
There are workshops that need constant managing that will take up most of your time, and there are other workshops that can practically run itself. Here, I will show you a tier list of the workshops that are available in the game:
S Tier
- Wool Weavery – Wool Weavery is a very stable and does not require micro managing. You can get a decent profit without having to look at the menu for it. The best part about this is that it is profitable in most of the towns in the game.
- Silversmith – If you are looking for the best of the best, then you will need to get yourself a Silversmith. It has the best overall income and like the Wool Weavery, it does not require any micro managing. Not only that, but output builds up continuously, giving you more profit than the Wool Weavery. It can do well in most towns, but it does the best in Diathma and Ortysia.
A Tier
- Tannery – A Tannery can be profitable under certain conditions. If placed in a town that is above 6000 for Prosperity, the town will want more and more Leather, which is a luxury item. It can generate some good income, but only if you micro manage sometimes. Otherwise, it will generate low income.
- Velvet Weavery – Same with Tannery, Velvet Weavery is very good in under certain conditions (placed in a right town with 6000 and up Prosperity). However, Velvey Weavery has a high chance of flooding the market with its produce, which is something that must be avoided at all costs as it will do more damage to the economy.
- Winery – This one is a lot more stable compared to Tannery and Velvet Weavery. However, it does come with a bit of a downside. For some reason, there are some areas where wine is practically non existent. If you open a winery in those towns or villages, you will not be able to up the price. If you find the perfect spot that has wine being sold, but not too much, then you can earn a profit by having a winery there.
- Oil Press – If you have an oil press situated in a good area where there is no competition, then it is stable income. However, they are concentrated on one part of the map, which means that oil presses can only make profit in that one area.
C Tier
- Linen Weavery – The Linen Weavery is a bad investment, as the workshop requires constant managing and high Prosperity. If the Prosperity drops, then the income will be reduced, and the only way to keep Prosperity up is by managing the workshop at all times.
- Pottery – While Pottery is very good for income, it produces so much products that you can’t keep most of them and will have to constantly manage the shop and its produce every 5 to 10 minutes to avoid overproduction.
- Brewery – You would think that since we’re in the medieval times, a Brewery would be a smart choice as a business. However, the world is already full of well established and much more popular breweries. You will be competing against them in an already saturated market. You will most likely lose more than gain any gold.
- Smithy – Smithy used to be a great workshop prior to patch 1.1.4. However, thanks to the recent patch, the Iron Ore has been both buffed and nerfed. The buff comes in the form of the Smithy having low cost in running for a day, which is great. But the nerf comes in multiple forms. Iron Ore is so cheap that you can just buy it instead of producing them, workers in the Smithy are inconsistent and will produce either 200 a day or 50 a day. It’s just a huge gamble.
- Wood Workshop – Something seems to have gone wrong with the Wood Workshop, as it seems to be affected by patch 1.1.4. Products are not consumed at all and the shop goes idle a lot of the times, no matter where you place them. It’s more of a nuisance than anything at that point.
That’s all you need to know on what the best and the worst workshops are. Did this tier list help you understand these workshops better? Let us know in the comments below.
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