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Top 10 Mods for Mount & Blade to Sweeten the Anticipation for Bannerlord

We have chosen the hottest modifications for the games released in the Mount & Blade series, which should provide hundreds of hours of fun.

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The Last Days of the Third Age (Mount & Blade/Warband)

The title seems to be pretty self-explanatory. As indicated in the header, the modification allows the players to take part in the events described in The Lord of the Rings novels. The story arc begins shortly before the war for the Ring breaks out. For some time, the player can travel peacefully and perform tasks until the conflict starts and Middle-earth becomes swarmed with hostile forces. The creators offer nearly 20 political factions representing the main races of Tolkien's world, i.e., humans, elves, dwarves and orcs, divided into various "nations". The essence of the game is to participate in the armed conflict, but nothing stops you from choosing a more "roleplay" approach and focus on quests, contacts with NPCs as well as exploring a variety of fun features. Interestingly enough, the authors have adapted the mechanics to a certain extent to reflect the spirit of Middle-earth; for example, there's no money, and various resources, as well as points of influence and rank points, serve as currency.

The Last Days of the Third Age of Middle Earth (as that is the quite lengthy title of the discussed modification in all its glory) was originally created for Mount & Blade, but eventually was also conversed to support Mount & Blade: Warband. What's interesting is that it wasn’t a separate file package that was published, but rather a small patch that ensured compatibility of the original game with the newer version. The mod is available in version 3.3 and there is nothing to indicate that the next update will appear in the near future. Frankly, there's not much room for improvement here anyway.

  1. Download The Last Days of the Third Age for Mount & Blade
  2. Download The Last Days compatibility patch for Mount & Blade: Warband (Mod DB)

Christopher Mysiak

Christopher Mysiak

Associated with GRYOnline.pl since 2013, first as a co-worker, and since 2017 - a member of the Editorial team. Currently the head of the Game Encyclopedia. His older brother - a game collector and player - sparked his interest in electronic entertainment. He got an education as a librarian/infobroker - but he did not follow in the footsteps of Deckard Cain or the Shadow Broker. Before he moved from Krakow to Poznan in 2020, he was remembered for attending Tolkien conventions, owning a Subaru Impreza, and swinging a sword in the company's parking lot.

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