Taiga Bandit

Taiga Bandit
Troop Information
Culture	Bandits
Wages	11-6 denars/week
Acquired from...	Prisoners
Upgrades to...	Vaegir Recruit
Upgrade Cost	40 denars
XP for Kill	124 experience
Ransom Value	104 denars

Taiga Bandits are bandit archers in Mount&Blade: Warband.

Tactics

Roaming the snowy plains south of Rivacheg and east of Khudan, they spawn in groups of 4-58.

Taiga Bandits' standard tactic is to swarm the enemy, launching arrows and javelins at them before closing in with their melee weapons. Much like Mountain Bandits in Warband, Taiga Bandits with bows will stay back to shoot at their enemy while the rest of the group rushes ahead with swords, lances, and javelins. When encountered en masse, Taiga Bandits can hit disproportionately hard as they are very proficient archers as well as employing deadly jarids when they close in.

Lacking heavy armor, they are very easily beaten by cavalry charges and heavy infantry. As they are not mounted, they are one of the ways to safely acquire a lance for free.

Default Stats

Note: Troops have a set of default stats; at the beginning of a new game, these stats are randomly adjusted for each type of troop. The following is the default set for this troop as seen within the game code and may not reflect the specific stats you will see during actual gameplay. For more information, see troop stats.

Taiga Bandit - Default Stats and Equipment

Attributes Stat Points Level 15 Strength 7 Agility 5 Intelligence 4 Charisma 4 Health 42 Armor Head (Possible) Cap With Fur (Possible) Steppe Cap Body Nomad Armor Leather Jerkin Hand None Foot Nomad Boots Hide Boots Skills Skill Points Ironflesh ? Power Strike ? Power Throw 3 Power Draw 4 Weapon Master ? Shield ? Athletics ? Riding 1 Horse Archery ? Looting ? Trainer ? Tracking ? Tactics ? Path-finding ? Spotting ? Inventory Management 2 Wound Treatment ? Surgery ? First Aid ? Engineer ? Persuasion ? Prisoner Management 1 Leadership 1 Trade 2 Proficiencies Weapon Type Points One Handed Weapons 110 Two Handed Weapons 110 Polearms 110 Archery 110 Crossbows 110 Throwing 110 Weapons Melee Light Lance Spear Nomad Sabre Flanged Mace Ranged Nomad Bow Short Bow Arrows Javelins Jarids Shield (Possible) Leather Covered Round Shield Mount None

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