Whether you’re looking to bash in a few skulls or fill an enemy’s eye sockets with some arrows, you always need the right gear to get the job done.  This page explains witch gear goes with what “class” so you can get the maximum amount of kills in your savage battles.  The following classes are not official classes recognized by Warband but are classes made up to help new players.  For the classes listed below we are allowing a in-game balance of $1,500 Denars.

 

Swadian

Zweihander

        Helmet: Helmet with Neckguard (Price $142)

        Body Armor: Haubergeon (Price $863)

        Gauntlets: None

Boots: Ankle Boots (Price Free)

        Weapon: Heavy Bastard Sword (Price $341)

        Shield: Plain Heater Shield (Price $74)

                    Total Price: $1,420 out of $1,500

Ah yes, the Zweihander, always available when you need to smash a few heads and crush your enemies with brute force.  With the nifty Heavy Bastard Sword you can easily smash shields and helmets. The sword offers you the ability switch to one-handed, and when you throw in a cheap shield you can stop those pesky archers from treating you like a pincushion with ease.

 

Cavalry

        Helmet: Helmet with Cap (Price $110)

        Body Armor: Aketon (Price $297)

        Gauntlets: None

Boots: Ankle Boots (Price Free)

        Weapon: Heavy Lance (Price $360), Sword (Price Free)

        Shield: Heater Shield (Price $160)

                    Total Price: $1,467 out of $1,500

Light Cavalry, able to smash through the strongest shields, swords, and bows.  Why attack an enemy on foot when you can you use your three-meter long advantage?  With Light Cavalry simple aim and charge!

 

Infantry

        Helmet: Helmet with Neck guard (Price $142)

        Body Armor: Haubergeon (Price $863)

        Gauntlets: None

        Boots: Ankle Boots (Price Free)

        Weapon: Short Arming Sword (Price $194)

        Shield: Plain Heater Shield x2  (Price $74 x2)

                    Total Price: out of $1,500

The best offense is a good defense right?  Charge any type of enemy with a small but fast sword with a sturdy shield and the enemy might as well surrender on the spot.

 

Crossbowman

Helmet: Helmet with Cap (Price $110)

        Body Armor: Leather Armor (Price $65)

        Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price 90)

        Boots: Ankle Boots (Price Free)

        Weapon: Siege Crossbow (Price $683) Sword (Price $130) Steel Bolts x2 (Price $210)

        Shield: None

Total Price: $1,498 out of $1,500

What’s the point of whacking away at a enemy when you can kill them from 200 yards away? Equipped with the most powerful ranged weapon in the game and you can pretty much destroy anything that is within range.

 

 

 

 

 

Vaegirs

 

Spearman

Helmet: Vaegir Helmet (Price $110)

Body Armor: Leather Jerkin (Price $321)

Gauntlets: None

Boots: Hide Boots (free)

Weapon: Awlpike (Price $517) Javelins (Price $360) Knobbed Mace  (Price $98)                                                                                                 Shield: Plain Kite Shield (Price $84)

Total Price: $1,490 out of $1,500

Sick of those mean calvary? well why not impale them with a three-meter long pole? when you add some javelins and a weapon that ignores armor and just let your weapon do the talking for ya.

 

Medium Cavalry

Helmet: Cap with Fur (Price $50)

Body Armor: Studded Leather Coat (Price $690)

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price $90)

Boots: Hide Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Lance (Price Free) Scimitar (Price Free)

Shield: Horsman’s Kite Shield (Price Free)

Horse: Courser

 

Swift, agile, and packing a punch.  The horseman can smash through your enemy, slash anyone who stops you, and trample anyone silly enough to stand still.  Wish the fastest horse around they won’t know what hit them.

 

Clubman

Helmet: Helmet with Lamellar Guard (Price $360)

Body Armor: Leather Jerkin (Price $321)

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price $90)

Boots: Splinted Leather Greaves (Price $310)

Weapon: Long Hafted Spiked Mace (Price $310)

Shield:  Plain Kite Shield (Price $84)

Total Price: $1,475 out of $1,500

You are a tank, who needs agility when you can get in and smash them to a pulp? Just equip your shields for the silly archers and run at them screaming your war cries.

 

Rapid-Fire Ranger

Helmet: None

Body Armor: Linen Tunic (Price Free)

Gauntlets: None

Boots: None

Weapon: Strong Bow (Price $432) Barbed Arrows x2 (Price $123) Knobbed Maxe (Price $98)

Shield: None

Total Price: $775 out of $1,500

Cheap, fast, and lets not forget the rapid fire murder machine capabilities.  Using this right you can take out absolutely anything, and when they get close you use your speed and lack of armor to run away and “kite” them into sweet oblivion.

 

Frontline Archer

Helmet: Cap with Fur (Price $50)

Body Armor: Leather Jerkin (Price $321)

Gauntlets: None

Boots: Nomad Boots (Price $90)

Weapon: War Bow (Price $728) Barbed Arrows (Price $124) Arrows (Price Free) Falchion (Price $175)

Total Price $1,488 out of $1,500

Ready to shoot the toughest enemies down or run into the fray and kill as many enemies as you can, this guy is great for someone that wants to be up close and ready to kill.

 

 

 

 

Khergit Khanate

Horse Archer

Helmet: Steppe Cap (Price $14)

Body Armor: Tribal Warrior Outfit (Price $728)

Gauntlets: None

Boots: Hide Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Khergit Bow (Price $269) Arrows (Price Free)

Horse: Steppe Horse (Price $230)

Total Price: $1,432 out of $1,500

The age old Warband question.  Cowardice or good tactics ?  Who cares! send a barrage of sharpened metal at your enemy and dance out of the way when they get near.

 

Lancer

Helmet: Steppe Cap (Price Free)

Body Armor: Tribal Warrior Outfit (Price $728)

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price $90)

Boots: Hide Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Lance (Price Free) Nomad Sabre (Price Free)

Shield: Round Cavalry Shield (Price $195)

Horse: Courser (Price $480)

Total Price: $1,488 out of $1,500

this guy can crash through enemy lines with ease and ruining the reputation of any honest warrior, the Lancer can end the lives of any if he deems so worthy of the death a lancer can dish out.

 

Infantry

Helmet: Steppe Cap (Price $36)

Body Armor: Tribal Warrior Outfit (Price $728)

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price Free)

Boots: Hide Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Hafted Blade (Price $350) Sabre (Price $191)

Shield: Round Cavalry Shield (Price $195)

Total Price $1,500 out of $1,500

Rush at your enemy with speed and armor combined, swift and very much capable of packing a punch.  Smash into a enemy line with your Hafted Blade and smack into archers with your shield and sword.

 

Foot Archer

Helmet: Steppe Cap (Price Free)

Body Armor: Khergit Lamellar Vest (Price $970)

Gauntlets: None

Boots: Hide Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Arrows x2 (Price Free) Sabre (Price $191) Khergit Bow (Price $269)

Total Price: !,430 out of $1,500

Who needs to be horse archer scum when you can peck out your enemies eyes with a quiver full of arrows? Sit back, relax and destroy the enemies front ranks with ease as you destroy them.

 

 

 

 

Nords

Berserker

Helmet: Nordic Warlord Helmet (Price $880)

Body Armor: None

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves

Boots: None

Weapon: Long War Axe (Price $510)

Total Price: $1,480 out of $1,500

Armor is for those who need it.  Charge your enemy at maximum speed and anyone who gets in the way will wish they had’nt. Archers will be your only fear but with the right tactics you will be up close and personal in a matter of second, and guess whos going to win that fight?

 

Raider

Helmet: Nordic Footman helmet (Price $150)

Body Armor: Leather Jerkin (Price $321)

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price $90)

Boots: Leather Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Nordic Short War Sword (Price $280) Light Throwing Axes (Price $360) Spear (Price $85)

Shield: Heavy Round Shield (Price 210)

Total Price: $1,496 out of $1,500

One of my favorite setups, this class is pretty much the handy man in the Nord community.  He has axes to butcher the archers, spears to destroy the cavalry, and a sword to take care of anything else that stumbles into his direction.

 

Longbowman

Helmet: Nordic Leather Helmet (Price $70)

Body Armor: Byrnie (Price $795)

Gauntlets: None

Boots: Leather Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Long Bow (Price $145) Arrows (Price Free) Barbed Arrows (Price $124) Nordic Short War Sword (Price $280)

Total Price: $1,414

With the Nords even the archers are geared for any and every kind of class. With tough armor, a powerful bow, 60 arrows, and a nasty sword they can pretty much clear out the battlefield alone.  Throw in a squad of screaming raiders into the mix and the enemy is just asking to be butchered.

 

Cavalry Scout

Helmet: Nordic Fighter Helmer (Price $240)

Body Armor: Leather Jerkin (Price $321)

Gauntlets: Leather Gloves (Price $90)

Boots: Leather Boots (Price Free)

Weapon: Light Lance (Price $180) Nordic Sword (Price Free) Javelins (Price Free)

Shield: Plain Cavalry Shield (Price Free)

Horse: Courser (Price $600)

Total Price: $1,431 out of $1,500

Every nation has a group of cavalry, and the same holds true for the Nords, ride around that battlefield picking off archers with your lance or relay information to your team, the Scout can do almost any situation that demands speed and power.