Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade	2008
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword	2009
Mount & Blade: Warband	2010
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord	2022

General information

Official website

Official TaleWorlds forums

Mount and Blade Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Thermida DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Developer website		Keys sold through eSellerate do not currently activate on Steam.
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam

DRM

Versions other than GOG.com need to be authenticated one time through the internet. Each Serial Key can activate M&B twice in a 60-day period. The game will need to be re-authenticated if the your computer hardware changes or if windows is reinstalled. If the game is not authenticated it will play in demo mode with game time limited to 30 game days. If the computer does not have internet access the game can be activated manually.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest version is Version 1.011 Enhanced. This is an update of the earlier 1.011 patch and is required by some mods.

Skip intro videos

Disable intro video^[1]
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename `binkplay.exe`.

Game data

In-game general settings/options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Mount&Blade
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22100/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Product keys are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MountAndBladeKeys

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Mount&Blade Savegames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/22100/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

Launcher audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

For the GOG.com version use Language.exe in the installation folder to change the game language.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Edit `language.txt` in the installation folder and replace with `en`.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
German
Polish
Spanish				Edit `language.txt` in the installation folder and replace with `es`.
Turkish				Edit `language.txt` in the installation folder and replace with `tr`.
Russian				Fan translation

Issues fixed

Manual activation page doesn't exist

The page has been moved to a new location.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 9
Shader Model support	2, 3	^{[citation needed]}

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Newton Dynamics
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (22100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Garrett on August 8, 2013

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (22100) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (22100) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Garrett on August 8, 2013

[1]

[Note 1]

Developers

	TaleWorlds Entertainment
Publishers
	Paradox Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 16, 2008