Never pay for upgraded caravans. All that extra 7.5k does is upgrade a few caravan guards to veteran caravan guards. It doesn't increase the caravan size or anything else. Just not worth it. The other thing, they might be attacked by looters, but once the battle commences, every bandit group in the area will pile in. Mount and Blade Bannerlord EASY MONEY 8k+ denar profit per day is fast to get. Around 13.5k denar is all you need to start buying your first wood workshops Caravans don't give trade xp at the moment. 1. Simla3132. • 4 yr. ago. Just buy all the wood from every village (+cities near them) and go to the south east and sell to caravans that want to go into towns (no trade penalty) But don't have any companion on you with a higher trade skill, otherwise they get the xp. And thats probably your have 2 caravans neither one of them have gotten captured or anything. been 2 months in-game (60 days in-game) neither has made ANY money whatsoever. in previous playthroughs, it'd show the money when you hovered over the gold, it'd show income and expenses, but atm nothing. I have failed this one more than seems correct. My reasons tend to be: Caravan moving faster than me (especially in 1.5.4 with the speed nerf). then getting killed by "something" off screen. Or It making it to the Bandits, and me sprinting as fast as my pathetic speed allows, and them all dying right as I arrive. How to fix caravan not making money in Bannerlord. There are many factors that can influence how much money your caravan is making in Bannerlord. Normally, a caravan should be able to make you at least 250 denars a day. If it isn’t, that means you are doing something wrong. T6rR. Everything you need to know to make a successful caravan. Caravans can be hard because they require so many skills. TRADE: pretty obvious, they make more money. SURGERY: less deaths durring simulations. SCOUTING: increase range of threats on map so they can escape quicker. TACTICS: this is probably the most important one (most people will say I started a second caravan with a companion with 0 trade skill. Immediately, my first caravan stopped making money and the new one was pulling in 1200/day somehow. Then all the goods in the game tanked in price. Grain for 6 gold everywhere. My caravans were pulling in money still but I couldn't trade for a profit with my main character. 1) make sure the caravan person has a fast horse and a good weapon and armour. 2) the caravan returns to the town it was created in after about 21 days.and then you get the main profit from it. 3) do not make your caravan at a town with a bridge next to itbandits block the bridge area and attack you. It is possible you caravan is bug'd or some other new problem though, so keep an eye on it and if it really never earns anything make a report with a .sav file. I hit my workshop limit, so I decided to start a caravan instead. Started it in a relatively safe and distant city from any wars. But just in case I paid extra to make sure they could handle a fight if it came to that (bands of 40-60 looters will rarely appear sometimes). I read that it takes about a week for it to start generating a profit. Well its been a little over that I think (I haven't

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