Food Variety & Party Health

Food in Bannerlord is not just a binary "starving or not starving" mechanic. The variety of food you provide directly impacts your party's efficiency, morale, and health recovery rates.

Why Variety Matters

Each additional type of food item (Grain, Meat, Fish, etc.) provides a +1 Morale bonus to your party. With 9 different food types, you can maintain a high base morale even during long marches or sieges. High morale makes your "Steward" skill level up faster and prevents desertion.

The Kitchen Steward: Quartermaster Role

Assigning a Quartermaster in your Clan > Parties screen is essential.

• Steward Skill: The Quartermaster's Steward skill determines your party size limit and reduces food consumption perks.

• Leveling: Providing food variety is the fastest way to level up the Steward skill.

Party Health Recovery

Your wounded troops heal while moving on the map, but they heal much faster when stationary in a settlement.

• Medicine Skill: The Surgeon's skill is the primary factor.

• Food: A starving party heals very slowly or not at all. A well-fed party with high morale heals faster.

Shopping Lists

• The Poor Man's Diet: Grain and Fish. Cheap, keeps them alive.

• The Warlord's Feast: Grain, Fish, Meat, Cheese, Butter, Grapes, Olives, Beer, Dates.

  • Cost: Buying these in towns can be expensive. Try to raid a variety of caravans or villages to get luxury foods for free.

Siege Preparation

Sieges are the ultimate test of your logistics.

• Stockpile: Before clicking "Besiege", buy every scrap of food in the nearest village.

• Calculation: If your army eats 20 food/day and the siege will take 10 days, you need 200 food minimum. Bring 300 to be safe.