Mount & Blade: Warband
Released Mar 2010
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
97% positive · 172K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Mount & Blade: Warband released on March 31, 2010 and has received two DLC expansions over its lifetime — Napoleonic Wars (April 19, 2012) and Viking Conquest Reforged Edition (December 11, 2014) — both of which are fully released with no unreleased content remaining in the store listing.
The game has continued to receive occasional maintenance patches over the years, almost exclusively focused on the Viking Conquest DLC. These patches have not introduced new major content; they are bug fixes and smaller quality-of-life improvements to an existing DLC. The most recent developer communication was a bug fix patch on September 2, 2024 (Viking Conquest 2.069), which restored a single gameplay function. Prior to that, the previous patch was March 12, 2024 (2.068), with earlier ones in April 2023, March 2023, and so on.
There is no pattern of major new content releases post-launch — the two DLCs shipped in 2012 and 2014 respectively, and nothing of comparable scope has followed. The ongoing patches are maintenance work on the existing Viking Conquest DLC, not indicators of new content in development. TaleWorlds Entertainment's primary focus has clearly shifted to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, which entered Early Access in March 2020.
No future content has been announced for Warband, no unreleased DLC exists in the store, and no developer statement indicates plans for new additions. The game launched as a complete product and its DLC catalog is fully shipped. The last substantive developer communication was the September 2, 2024 bug fix patch. The game is complete.
Evidence
Viking Conquest Reforged Edition DLC released — the last major paid content addition to the game
Napoleonic Wars DLC released — both DLCs are fully shipped with no unreleased items remaining
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
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Developer
Publisher
TaleWorlds Entertainment
Achievements
80
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
Mount & Blade: Warband is a stand alone expansion pack for the game that brought medieval battlefields to life with its realistic mounted combat and detailed fighting system.
Mount & Blade: Warband is a stand alone expansion pack for the game that brought medieval battlefields to life with its realistic mounted combat and detailed fighting system.
- Graphical overhaul: Support added for HDR, FSAA, depth of field, soft particles, tone mapping, and many other effects
- New models with greater detail and high-quality textures
- Multiplayer battles with up to 64 players. Multiplayer modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Conquest, Battle, and Siege
- A campaign allowing you to become the ruler of a faction and convince lords to become your vassals
- The ability to upgrade your companions to vassals by granting them lands
- The ability to marry a lady of the realm for romance or cold political gain. Try to win a lady’s heart through poetry or bravery
- Improved mechanics for soldier morale: Soldiers will break and run away if their morale gets too low
- Pick any projectile off the battlefield for use as additional munitions
- New motion-captured combat animations
- Numerous improvements to the combat system: Your shield will still stop arrows even if you are not actively defending
- The ability to play multiplayer matches on random maps as well as hand-designed ones
- Multiplayer equipment system: Earn money by fighting opponents or accomplishing goals
- The ability to use most throwing weapons in close combat: Switch to using a javelin as a short spear when the enemy gets close
- Spend gold on more powerful equipment, using a carefully balanced system that will make combat more exciting without giving too much of an advantage to the leading team
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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