How criminal status works and lowering it in Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord

You have the option to become a Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord criminal. If you do, it means that you will make yourself an enemy of certain factions in the game. This route could prevent you from entering certain towns and castles, and make navigating the world a bit more difficult. However, it could make it easier to work with other factions who are against them, and it could prove to be a lucrative lifestyle if you're cunning enough.

For those looking for the crime rate, you can't find it in most of the pages you visit. There is no criminal information on your character page, your encyclopedia, or whenever you check out the cities you want to visit and their respective pages. If you try to approach a town or a castle to pay a fine, you won't be able to do so. Most of all, you have to go for a walk to do other things so that it goes away naturally. After a little while, your status as a considered criminal should disappear, provided you do nothing else to increase it.

Criminal status and not having a good reputation with a faction or members of a faction work a little differently. For example, if you have criminal status, you are prohibited from entering castles or larger settlements in the game, but they will not hunt you down. If you have a negative reputation with a faction, their wandering caravans and armies will hunt you down and attempt to attack you. You have the option to fight them, surrender, or try to break free from the situation. You know you have a bad reputation with a faction if you see their nameplates in red when you walk around their territory or near their towns.

If you have a bad reputation with someone, try to avoid their faction for a while and get out of their area. For those who are trying to lower your criminal status, most of the time it's gone after a few days in the game, especially for those who did it for a mission, like fencing goods out of a town.

We'll update this guide as we learn more. We are still in the learning stage of the game, and this information may change in future updates.