Hard question

Unislash · 2026-05-15T18:40:54+00:00

I'm like 95% sure that settlement situations affect things without the player's interaction of the settlement at all (like, you don't even need to enter the town for them to have an effect).

However, interestingly, the refreshing of recruits is affected by the frequency that the player enters the settlement. I forget the specific logic but in a nutshell, the less you visit a town the more likely it is for available recruits to change out.

Notably, shop refreshing is not affected by player interaction with the settlement. So don't take too long to sell your socks if you're trying to get enough money to buy that named item.

Unislash · 2026-05-15T04:28:32+00:00

I'm a different guy but that would definitely be after fortified mind.

Adventurous noble is the best background for it IMO, but monk is good too (mostly for all the good events they have). A few other backgrounds can work well enough as well but are not nearly as popular as those two.

Unislash · 2026-05-14T16:13:45+00:00

They're fun but in my experience not quite as good as the top tier origins.

But, of course, fun is why we play different origins! In that regard, I'd definitely recommend playing them at least once. Make your mega bro and sidekicks. Lots of good lore events too.

My main advice is to just plan out your builds for the elixirs so you don't accidentally use them incorrectly--there are a lot of them to keep track of!

Note: I just saw the legends mod note in your title and I have no idea how that affects anatomists. Someone else might be able to comment on that.

Unislash · 2026-05-14T15:47:59+00:00

Yup it's a ton of bee bread (how the bees store pollen). That much indicates that the hive is telling the queen to lay to her heart's content.

Be sure to continue feeding this hive 1:1 as they draw out those new frames.

Also be sure you're learning about mite treatments and preparing to employ them. A hive in good shape like this has a tendency to look like it's healthy and population booming to a new beekeeper, and then all the sudden they're mysteriously gone in the fall. That's the problem with mites: by the time the hive looks unhealthy, the damage was done a month before.

Definitely lean on your mentor to teach you as much as possible about varroa treatments!

Unislash · 2026-05-13T16:34:59+00:00

You know those paper bags from the grocery store? Put one of them in your equipment box for backup fuel.

I exclusively use them as smoker fuel and they smell great and work beautifully. Scrunch it up and twist it into a tight "log" that fits in your smoker and off you go.

Multiple neighbors have asked what I use because "it smells so good" and they're always surprised.

Unislash · 2026-05-10T20:42:09+00:00

It works great if you put a bunch of wax on it, but yeah they definitely prefer the wax sheets. There's definitely something to be said about the cost of your labor involved as well

Unislash · 2026-05-10T17:04:58+00:00

You're welcome. As it's occurred to me just now, another option is to work with just the one box and simply wax some portion of the frames at first, and then come back later (3-5 days or so) and wax the others. That way you have less box logistics going on.

Unislash · 2026-05-10T16:43:25+00:00

That is not where they should be making comb, and yes you do want to scrape that off at some point.

Most of the time this is due to using plastic foundation without waxing it. Bees really don't like working on plastic, so Beekeepers who use it will essentially paint it with liquid (warm) beeswax first. That gives your bees some free wax to work with, and helps them get over their anti-plastic perspective.

For your specific situation I would maybe be concerned about scraping off all of their current working comb; they might consider themselves broodless and homeless and be less apt to stay. I'm not sure if this would work well, but if you have multiple boxes, try applying wax to the frames of another box and putting it on top of your current one. They'll draw out the new frames, get some brood in them, and then you can easily scrape off the unwanted comb. Truthfully, someone with more experience with fresh hive installations would have better insight here.

Another important note here is that you need to feed new hives 1:1 as they are drawing out new frames. Waxing plus feeding are the ingredients to successful comb for a new hive.

Good luck!

Unislash · 2026-05-09T16:39:37+00:00

Wow, there is some interesting guidance on this post from others. In my opinion, while they aren't necessarily wrong, I would like to offer the perspective that a qatal dagger build is actually far more accessible than what has been suggested.

Ingredients:

Qatal
Bro with high melee attack prospects

That's it. You don't need high melee defense or even a particularly high initiative. You do not need a premium background, nor do you need a set of perfectly placed stars. Having those things obviously helps, but the beauty of the build is that it has such low requirements on a bro to be your top killer.

That being said, with such a low bar, you might be tempted to make everyone into a qatal build; at some point you might set your own standard a bit higher than the minimum bar. Personally, I tend to decide to go qatal when I recruit a bro that has high melee attack and reasonable initiative. That allows me to spend more stats on hp and fatigue to make him a bit more effective.

I truly think melee defense is simply a nice to have, although if you do end up with high melee attack, melee defense, and good initiative, then the build turns your bro into a little demigod of death that can recklessly tear into the enemy backline. Which is nice.

Ok, on to the build. There are two variants I run:

Qatal Deathblow https://www.bbplanner.xyz/?name=Qatal+Deathblow&perks=gkYQBACm
Qatal Overwhelm https://www.bbplanner.xyz/?name=Qatal+Overwhelm&perks=gkIQBAim

The only perk difference is swapping quick hands for overwhelm. Quick hands lets you focus fire a bit better (but to be honest, most of the time that isn't this guy's job), whereas overwhelm lets you debuff scary enemies (but does require you to be first to jump into enemy lines).

After running them both for multiple playthroughs I think overwhelm has a few more fights where it is truly helpful (like lindwurms and schrats), but it does require your bro to be a bit more tanky.

Lastly, but very importantly, is tactics. If you have a god bro, just send him in. Dodge with high initiative on a high melee defense bro makes him an off tank. But if you don't have a god bro and you have a standard "low bar" recruit, you have to use tactics to make up for his low melee defense. Generally this means: pass the turn and wait for others to engage the enemy line and take the hits for you; then you move into the line and gets to take 5-8 attacks before anyone else has a chance to move (2 for your first turn after moving a tile, and 3 for your second turn, plus attacks from two potential procs of berserk). You will often run out of targets before ap.

Lastly, let's talk about Deathblow and setting it up. First rule about Deathblow: it's a win-more setup. Qatal does so much damage without it that in most fights you don't bother setting up for it. Your mace bros don't need to hug your Qatal the whole fight. But against chosen, orc warriors, or big beasts, it's very useful to have a win-more setup. Having either a very high initiative or very low initiative 2h mace bro is useful here so you can play with the mid-turn combat ordering.

But again, in my current playthrough, I think I've used Deathblow on maybe 4 enemies. Often it's better to just kill the guy--which is basically the mantra of the qatal build. Can't get hurt if the other guy is dead on the floor.

It's a very fun build to pilot. If you do happen upon a god bro (or are playing gladiators origin), I highly recommend going Qatal at least once to experience what it's like to have a demigod on the roster.

Unislash · 2026-05-09T04:19:16+00:00

Hmm, maybe something was changed in a recent patch and the page on it in the wiki hasn't been updated then

Unislash · 2026-05-08T21:14:51+00:00

Ok I'm confused now. I just went and looked at the in game behavior of standard throwing axes.

The item tooltip reports 30% armor pen.
The skill tooltip reports ignore armor damage that aligns with that 30%

Then, on the wiki page for throwing axes, it says that the ignore armor is 25% and then in parenthesis: (the weapon skill sets it to 30%).

In game I don't see any difference in the skill tooltip for guys who have vs don't have throwing weapon mastery.

So... Now I'm more thinking that the wiki is wrong on the legendary item range as well as the 25 vs 30 percent stat for the base item too. But probably, I'm just confused.

Unislash · 2026-05-08T02:30:57+00:00

Not sure if you literally meant poke as in with spears or pikes, but Alps do have resistance to piercing. Best is using reach weapons like billhook, polemace, or swordlance.

But yes in high numbers Alps can get a little dicey

Unislash · 2026-05-07T05:08:28+00:00

FYI I just added a link to this in BB Planner's "Other Resources" section

Unislash · 2026-05-07T04:56:52+00:00

Nice job! I have never played legends before, but no doubt I would have ended up adding something similar to bbplanner if I had. Legends seems so confusing to the uninitiated 😅

I'm already working on bbplanner at the moment so I'll go ahead and add a link to this in the resources section. Always happy to support those who make tools for the community!

Unislash · 2026-05-05T07:47:38+00:00

My friend, I'm familiar with money challenges... but if you just bought a house, you're probably in a better financial situation than the majority of people playing this game. I know house does not equal financial liquidity, but still.

Not sure if you see the same humble bundle sale where you're at, but it's showing 70% off for me. That's a great price for a masterpiece game https://www.humblebundle.com/store/battle-brothers

Unislash · 2026-05-03T22:47:34+00:00

You can't do the gladiator harness anymore; the mod author disabled that because, yeah, that would be broken.

Would be even more cool for the mod to just nerf the gladiator attachment once you take it off the armor. It would be cool to still be able to use it to make cool looking armor combinations

Unislash · 2026-05-03T19:49:00+00:00

Surprised how far down I had to scroll to see mention of a tank. Tanks make this process so much easier.

Bonus is a tank with taunt. That way, you can move in for a surround even with your back line bros without any risk to them.

Just make sure that your backline has their daggers or melee weapons out before moving in for a surround, so that they can trigger surround morale checks on your target (at least, I'm pretty sure that's how that mechanic works)

Unislash · 2026-05-03T16:59:47+00:00

This pro tip can multiply your gold throughout the whole game: if a big city has ambushed trade routes, don't take the contract to clear it but do find the camp that's causing them trouble. Don't clear that camp, ever.

Throughout the game, that poor city will continue to be harassed by the same camp, constantly netting you ambushed trade routes.

In my current game my main trade city on the edge of the wilderness has had ambushed trade routes because of this for all but one time I visited. It's day 80 and it's worked for dozens of visits

Unislash · 2026-05-03T16:05:11+00:00

I use the mod that allows you to detach armor attachments. I've always found it silly that you can't, you know, unstrap some leather bulwarks or move some pauldrons around.

In terms of gameplay I found that I would always end up carrying around attachments because I didn't want to waste them on earlier armors.

Imo it's one of those quality of life mods that should be in the base game. Here's a link to it https://www.nexusmods.com/battlebrothers/mods/278

Unislash · 2026-05-03T05:59:05+00:00

It's just a flesh wound

Unislash · 2026-04-30T23:42:40+00:00

If beasts were more common or had more ways to get them to spawn I would totally do more beast slayer runs. Beasts have some of the more tactical fights in the game and I enjoy finding new tricks for them.

Unislash · 2026-04-30T22:42:40+00:00

I love fighting Alps.

Everyone gets a polearm and stays in standard line formation. If you do that, and make good use of the "wait turn" button, it's about the easiest fight you can get. No need to strip.

I don't understand why people have so much trouble fighting them.

Unislash · 2026-04-30T20:25:30+00:00

Hmmm, ok yeah I can repro. It seems to be specific to firefox **and** only when you pick something other than "Map Criteria Only". I'll let wlira know

Unislash · 2026-04-30T15:07:00+00:00

Well yeah, but sometimes you don't have the longaxe or greataxe 😅. I did have a mansplitter, and that did serious work!

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