How to train Dark knights

[liek09]

I hired vaegir footmans and then train it to become Vaegir veterans--> Vaegir Horsemen --> Vaegir Knight.

Now my questions is how to train dark knights? what is the basic unit? Bandits? dark hunters? If that is so where can i find the city to hire them? Do i have to join the bandits first ?

 

[Nairagorn]

I don't think it's possible to join or hire them yet, in the current version.

 

[NorphTehDwarf]

I think you wait until bandits or someone has battled dark knights enough to capture a few, then you rescue 'em. I managed to get two that way in an older version.

 

[Tiedye]

Yeah, I thought of that, but the Dark Knights seem to slaughter anyone they run into. I've never seen one get capture by an NPC party.

 

[Golden Axe]

yeah - it's pretty hard to knock out a black knight, i tend to do around 0 damage with my hits from a club due to their armour.

 

[Mizkif]

I often see a couple of them being held prisoner by a group of farmers or refugees, but since you can't attack them...

 

[esquilax]

I found a complicated, but tested, method.

1. Find a party of Dark Knights.
2. Have them follow you.
3. Find a friendly party (say, if you're allied with the Swadians, a Swadian War Party*)
4. Make the Dark Knights attack the party by leaving their visual range when their nearest party is the target (Swadian War Party).
5. Attack the Dark Knights while they are battling the target.
6. Use a blunt weapon to knock as many Dark Knights as you can unconscious. Try not to knock any Dark Hunters unconscious, I'm not sure if the allied parties have limited prisoner slots.
7. When you win, half of the unconscious knights should be imprisoned by the Swadian War Party.
8. Go to the nearest enemy town and switch sides.
9. Attack the target, rescue Dark Knights from the Swadian War Party.
10. Party hard.

*Due to a bug (I think), you can attack Swadian Prisoner Trains when you are allied with the Swadians, so if your target is a Prisoner Train, you may skip step #8.

Between steps 2 and 3, the Dark Knights love to break pursuit and follow groups of refugees/farmers. You can solve this by going to the attack screen with them, then leaving. They pause for a bit afterwards, allowing the refugees/farmers to escape a little. If you repeat, they eventually leave the Dark Knight's visual range and follow you.

Getting Dark Knights on your team is a ludicrously drawn out process without cheats (I only did it once and took a long time), but with cheats (mostly the See All and Telport cheats) this process can be lucrative (I got about 30 Dark Knights in two hours, give or take).

Also, Dark Hunters aren't very good, and do not train into Dark Knights.

 

[Nairagorn]

Wow

 

[Varus]

Wow

well said.

 

[armagan]

Great method esquilax! *Goes to make dark hunters upgrade to dark knights*

 

[Tiedye]

Between steps 2 and 3, the Dark Knights love to break pursuit and follow groups of refugees/farmers. You can solve this by going to the attack screen with them, then leaving. They pause for a bit afterwards, allowing the refugees/farmers to escape a little. If you repeat, they eventually leave the Dark Knight's visual range and follow you.

As similar exploit can be used to trick them into attacking another party. If you talk to a friendly party, they will pause for a few seconds before resuming their course. Just keep talking to them until the Dark Knights are right on your tail, and then run away. The Dark Knights will attack the party while they're standing around, and you can jump into the fray.

Oh, and good job figuring out that stragey. I fully intend to try it out when I get home. Seems kind of evil, though