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Wanderer Controls
Provides live controls for wanderer counts, cultures, genders, town placement, refresh behavior, and cleanup.
Player guide
Install, configure, and troubleshoot Wanderer Controls.
Use the sections below for setup, requirements, settings, compatibility, removal, and troubleshooting.
Overview
Take full control of wanderer spawns in every town
Description
Tired of wanderers being spread thin, locked to the wrong cultures, or cluttering your encyclopedia after you're done with them? WPS Wanderer Controls gives you a full MCM settings panel to manage exactly how many wanderers appear in each town, which cultures and genders are allowed, and how cleanly the mod can be removed.
All settings are live — no restart required.
Features
- Configurable Count — Set 0–10 wanderers per town. 0 = vanilla behavior, no mod interference
- Refresh On Visit — Wanderers are reshuffled each time you enter a town
- One Wanderer Per Culture — Guarantees cultural variety up to your count limit
- Spawn In Culture Cities — Restricts wanderers to towns that match their home culture (Nord wanderers only in Nord towns, Empire wanderers only in Empire towns, etc.)
- Culture Filters — Toggle each of the 7 cultures independently: Empire, Sturgia, Aserai, Vlandia, Khuzait, Battania, Nord (Warsails DLC)
- Gender Filters — Toggle male and/or female wanderers independently
- Smart Creation — Generates new wanderers if not enough exist in the pool to fill your target count
- Cleanup On Disable — When count is set back to 0, mod-created wanderers are automatically removed on next load or town entry, keeping your encyclopedia clean. Hired companions are never touched.
- Full Localization — All messages and MCM settings are translated into 13 languages. Language is selected automatically from your Steam/launcher setting; English is always the fallback.
Requirements
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord v1.3.0 or higher
- Harmony (required)
- Mod Configuration Menu (MCM) v5.9.0 or higher (required)
Installation
- Install Harmony and MCM if you haven't already
- Extract the WPS_WandererControl folder to your Modules directory:
- Mount & Blade II Bannerlord\Modules\
- Launch the game through the official Bannerlord launcher
- Enable [WPS] Wanderer Controls in the Singleplayer > Mods section
- Ensure it loads after Harmony and MCM (see Load Order below)
Vortex
Click "Mod Manager Download" on the Files tab
Let Vortex install the mod
Enable the mod in Vortex and deploy
Launch the game and enable in the launcher
Load Order
- Bannerlord.Harmony
- Bannerlord.ButterLib
- Bannerlord.UIExtenderEx
- Bannerlord.MBOptionScreen (MCM)
- Native
- SandBoxCore
- SandBox
- StoryMode (optional)
- WPS_WandererControl
- [Other mods]
Configuration
- In-game: ESC → Mod Options → [WPS] Wanderer Controls
- General
- Wanderers Per Town (0–10) — How many wanderers appear in each town. 0 = vanilla, no changes
- Refresh On Town Visit — Reshuffles wanderers each time you enter a town
- One Wanderer Per Culture — Selects one wanderer from each enabled culture first before filling with randoms
- Spawn In Culture Cities — Only allows wanderers in towns that share their culture. Works with all 7 cultures and handles sub-culture variants (Empire West, Empire South, etc.)
- Cleanup Wanderers On Disable — When count is set to 0, removes mod-created free wanderers automatically. Enabled by default.
- Culture Filters
- Allow Empire
- Allow Sturgia
- Allow Aserai
- Allow Vlandia
- Allow Khuzait
- Allow Battania
- Allow Nord (Warsails DLC)
- Gender Filters
- Allow Male
- Allow Female
Safe Removal (mid-campaign)
This mod is designed to be safely removed at any point in a campaign:
Open MCM and set Wanderers Per Town to 0
Make sure Cleanup Wanderers On Disable is ON
Enter any town — mod-created free wanderers are removed automatically
Save your game, then uninstall the mod
Wanderers you have hired as companions are never removed regardless of settings.
If you remove the mod without completing steps 1–3, generated wanderers remain as world characters and can leave extra encyclopedia entries. Use a backed-up save when changing the mod list.
Compatibility
- Warsails DLC and its Nord culture are supported.
- The mod uses campaign behavior rather than direct Harmony patches, but overhauls can still interact if they replace wanderer creation, culture data, or town placement.
- Unknown culture identifiers use the fallback behavior.
- Designed to be added to or removed from existing saves when the Safe Removal steps are followed.
- Potential conflicts:
- Mods that also dynamically move or replace wanderers in towns may interact with the refresh system. Both mods should still work, but wanderer counts may not be exact.
Known Issues
- Need help? Open the Nexus Mods Bugs tab and include the game version, mod version, MCM settings, complete load order, and the behavior you saw.
FAQ
Q: Will this work on existing saves?
A: Yes — it can be safely added to an in-progress campaign.
Q: Can I remove it mid-campaign?
A: Yes. Set Wanderers Per Town to 0 and enter a town before uninstalling. See Safe Removal above.
Q: What happens to companions I hired through this mod if I uninstall?
A: Nothing — they are never removed by the cleanup system and remain in your party.
Q: Does it work with the Warsails DLC?
A: Yes. Nord culture is fully supported as a culture filter and with Spawn In Culture Cities.
Q: Does "Spawn In Culture Cities" work with sub-cultures like Empire West / Empire South?
A: Yes. The mod normalizes sub-culture IDs so all Empire variants are treated as Empire.
Q: Can I use just the culture filters without changing the wanderer count?
A: No — filters only apply when count is set to 1 or higher. Setting count to 0 disables all mod behavior.
Q: Will there be conflicts with other wanderer mods?
A: Wanderer-relocation mods may interact with the refresh system because both can change town placement or roster counts. Test the combination on a backed-up save.
Credits
- Created for the Bannerlord community by WPS Mods
- Uses Harmony by Andreas Pardeike
- Uses Mod Configuration Menu (MCM) by Aragas / BUTR team
- Thanks to TaleWorlds for modding support
Request support or a new idea
Having trouble with this release? Visit its Nexus page for downloads, bug reports, and player discussions. Have an idea for a new mod, feature, port, or compatibility update? Send WPS a gamer request.