The Tsardoms Total War Team proudly presents a preview for the condottieri and mercenary scripts which will be available from the next version (these will be available both in the 1345 and the 1448 campaign). The condottieri scripts will involve historical condottieri which will spawn at specific times and the other mercenary companies will appear randomly for various factions. The player will generally have a choice to either pay money and recruit these mercenaries or otherwise face them in battle.
This script is an extended version of the Catalan Company and the Condottieri scripts where are already available in the 1345 campaign. We hope to have even more of these scripts in the future with more mercenary companies and more famous condottieri.
Condottieri
Niccolo di Pitigliano
- Available for Naples (1463), Florence (1473), Venice (1495)
- if the player is neither Naples, Florence or Venice then he will spawn as a rebel general in 1463 in Romagna
And if you refuse:
Roberto Malatesta
- Available for Milan (1465), Florence (1479), Venice (1482)
- If the player is neither of the above factions he will spawn as rebel army full stack near Rimini
Francesco II Gonzaga
- Available for Venice in 1489 and Milan in 1502
- if the player is neither Venice nor Milan he will spawn outside of Mantua in 1489 with a rebel stack
Guglielmo Montferrato
- Available for Milan - 1455
- if the player is not Milan than he will spawn as a full rebel stack next to Asti
Giovanni della Banda Nere
- available for the following factions in 1520 age 22: Florence, Milan, Genoa, Ferrara, Austria, Swiss, Venice, Sicily-Naples, Naples (1345 campaign), Sicily (1345 campaign)
- for all other factions he should spawn in 1520 close to Forli
- his armies include mounted arquebusiers, musketeers, black band arquebusiers
Federico da Montefeltro
- Added for 1345 and 1448 campaigns
- For 1448 campaign - Milan (1460) - age 38, Naples-Sicily (1460) - age 38, Florence (1467) - age 45, Ferrara (1467) - age 45
- For all the other factions he can spawn as a rebel character next to Urbino in 1449 (age 27)
- For 1345 campaign - Milan (1444) - age 22, Naples (1442) - age 20, Florence (1444) - age 22
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta
- For 1448 campaign - Milan (1453) - age 36, Naples-Sicily (1453) - age 36, Florence (1452) - age 35, Venice (1461) - age 44
- For all the other factions (except Ottomans) he can spawn as a rebel character next to Rimini in 1460 (age 43) - this is both for 1345 and 1448 campaign
- For Ottoman player - spawn Venetian army under Sigismondo in 1461 near Mystras
- For 1345 campaign - Venice (1439) - age 22, Milan (1440) - age 23, Naples (1447) - age 30, Florence (1440) - age 23
- event if the player is any other Italian faction
- if the player is Ottoman he will face Malatesta in battle in Greece
Vitelozzo Vitelli
- 1496 - Florence - age 38
- If player is not Florence then he will spawn outside of Arezzo in 1484 (age 26) with a full rebel stack
- His armies include mounted arquebusiers, rotulari and pikemen
Other Mercenary Companies
Albanian Mercenaries
- Available for the following factions: Serbia, Ragusa, Naples-Sicily, Byzantines, Ottomans, Epirus
Stack if you accept:
Arvanite Heavy Lancers
Stradiots
Stradiots
Albanian Cavalry
Albanian Cavalry
Albanian Horse Archers
Albanian Horse Archers
Stack if you refuse:
Albanian Nobles
Stradiots
Stradiots
Stradiots
Arvanite Heavy Lancers
Arvanite Heavy Lancers
Arvanite Heavy Lancers
Albanian Cavalry
Albanian Cavalry
Albanian Cavalry
Albanian Horse Archers
Albanian Horse Archers
Albanian Horse Archers
Albanian Archers
Albanian Archers
Albanian Archers
Albanian Spearmen
Albanian Spearmen
Albanian Spearmen
Albanian Spearmen
Turkish Mercenaries
- Available for the following factions: Serbia, Ragusa, Epirus, Byzantines, Wallachia, Moldova, Crimean Khanate
Stack if you accept
Turkmen Tribal Horsemen
Turkmen Tribal Horsemen
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Medium Cavalry
Turkoman Medium Cavalry
Stack if you refuse:
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Lancers
Turkoman Medium Cavalry
Turkoman Medium Cavalry
Turkoman Medium Cavalry
Musellem Cavalry
Musellem Cavalry
Musellem Cavalry
Turkmen Tribal Horsemen
Turkmen Tribal Horsemen
Turkmen Tribal Horsemen
Turkmen Tribal Horsemen
Turcopoles
Turcopoles
Turcopoles
Akinji Horse Archers
Akinji Horse Archers
Tatar Mercenaries
- Available for the following factions: Poland, Wallachia, Moldova, Hungary
Stack if you accept:
Tatar Horse Archers
Tatar Horse Archers
Tribal Skirmishers
Tatar Lancers
Tatar Light Lancers
Tatar Light Lancers
Stack if you refuse:
Tatar Lancers
Tatar Lancers
Tatar Lancers
Tatar Light Lancers
Tatar Light Lancers
Tatar Light Lancers
Tatar Light Lancers
Nukers
Nukers
Nukers
Tatar Horse Archers
Tatar Horse Archers
Tatar Horse Archers
Tribal Skirmishers
Tribal Skirmishers
Tribal Skirmishers
Kipchak Archers
Kipchak Archers
Kipchak Archers
Tatar Foot Archers
Hussite Mercenaries
- Available for the following factions: Bosnia, Hungary, Austria, Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Poland, Moldova, (also Croatia and Bulgaria for 1345)
Stack if you accept:
Bohemian Flailmen
Bohemian Flailmen
Hussite Pavise Crossbowmen
Hussite Pavise Crossbowmen
War Wagon
War Wagon
Stack if you refuse:
Bohemian Flailmen
Bohemian Flailmen
Bohemian Flailmen
Bohemian Flailmen
Bohemian Flailmen
Hussite Halberdiers
Hussite Halberdiers
Hussite Halberdiers
Hussite Halberdiers
Hussite Pavise Crossbowmen
Hussite Pavise Crossbowmen
Hussite Pavise Crossbowmen
Hussite Pavise Hookgunners
Hussite Pavise Hookgunners
Hussite Pavise Hookgunners
War Wagon
War Wagon
War Wagon
Swiss Mercenaries
- Available to: Venice, Genoa, Milan, Florence, Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Hungary, Austria, papal_states
Troops if offer accepted:
Swiss Pikemen
Swiss Pikemen
Reislaufer Pikemen
Swiss Halberdiers
Swiss Halberdiers
The player will not face the Swiss in battle if he refuses.
Vlach Mercenaries
Available for the following factions:
Poland (Kamenets (1448), Halych (1345)), Genoa (Chilia), Golden Horde/Crimean Khanate (Cetatea Alba), Hungary (Gyulafehervar), Serbia (Branicevo (1345), Smederevo (1448)), Ottomans (Turnovo),
Roman Empire (Varna), Bulgaria (Turnovo)
Stack if you accept:
Calarasi Horse Archers
Calarasi Horse Archers
Viteji Horse Archers
Curteni Lancers
Curteni Lancers
Vlach Horsemen
Stack if you refuse:
Mounted Plaiesi
Mounted Plaiesi
Calarasi Horse Archers
Calarasi Horse Archers
Calarasi Horse Archers
Curteni Lancers
Curteni Lancers
Curteni Lancers
Viteji Horse Archers
Viteji Horse Archers
Vlach Horsemen
Vlach Horsemen
Vlach Spearmen
Vlach Spearmen
Vlach Spearmen
Voinic Spearmen
Voinic Spearmen
Mosneni Archers
Mosneni Archers
Mosneni Archers
Hajduk Mercenaries
Available for the following factions: Bosnia, Hungary, Serbia, Albania, Wallachia, Moldova, (also Croatia and Bulgaria for 1345)
Stack if you accept:
Hajduk Crossbowmen
Hajduk Crossbowmen
Voynik Halberdiers
Uskok Arquebusiers
Serbian Gusar
Serbian Gusar
Stack if you refuse:
Serbian Gusar
Serbian Gusar
Serbian Gusar
Mounted Plaiesi
Mounted Plaiesi
Strazha Spearmen
Strazha Spearmen
Hajduk Crossbowmen
Hajduk Crossbowmen
Hajduk Crossbowmen
Hajduk Crossbowmen
Krajsnici
Krajsnici
Krajsnici
Martolos Axemen
Martolos Axemen
Voynik Halberdiers
Voynik Halberdiers
Uskok Arquebusiers
Lefegii Handgunners