I must admit that I’ve hardly seen the Charm skill get boosted due to improved relations since you mostly just get a point or two. It’s increased by improving your relations with characters, socializing with them, as well as whenever you barter. The Charm skill is your best bet due to the perks, but it can take a while to level-up. “Prominence” (+1 influence if you’re a vassal).

Note that the Steward skill, meanwhile, only has a couple of weak influence-related perks - ie.

Sadly, this requires you to have a level 250 Trade skill to be unlocked.

As for the Trade skill, the “Influential Trader” perk lets your caravans and workshops generate influence.

The Charm skill has several perks such as “Champion” (+10 influence from winning tournaments) and “Immortal Charm” (+1 influence for every Charm level above 250).

You can also increase this via skills and perks:

Donating troops – Donating troops to an ally’s settlement adds influence too.

This will add +1 influence per day depending on its level.

Building a Forum – If you own a town/main settlement, you can build a Forum and continue to upgrade it.

Again, bigger battles mean bigger rewards.

Winning battles while you’re with an allied army – As long as you’re a vassal and you’re partaking in field battles and sieges, you’ll see an increase of influence via the victory screen.

Here are your means of increasing its amount: It’s actually one of the toughest resources to amass because of how ridiculously slow it can be.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord‘s mid to late-game experience revolves around influence. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – Increasing your influence For more information, check out our Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord guides and features hub. It’s possible that some mechanics may change in due course, so please inform us if we need to update certain details. Note: This guide is intended for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord‘s early access stage. In this mini-guide, we take a look at the different actions and decisions that are possible for vassals such as gaining influence and increasing your Charm skill. Let’s say you’ve managed to reach clan rank 2 in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord and you’ve sworn fealty to a ruler.

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