While it's not a great source of renown, you can still earn over a couple of thousand denars. Winning the entire tournament will reward you with an item and money from your bets. Once joining a tournament, you can play the odds and bet money on yourself for if you win. If you're confident in your Bannerlord fighting skills, try them out in a tournament for some money! You can find which towns are hosting tournaments by asking in a town's Arena. Between winning the battle, ransoming the lord, selling prisoners, and selling loot.

Once you're experienced, fighting enemy lords can give anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 denars frequently.

Eventually you can become a Vassal to a kingdom and own fiefs that pay taxes to you.

Regardless of your party's size, you'll be rewarded with prisoners and loot after every victory. This unlocks several opportunities to join groups of lords for battles spanning hundreds of soldiers.

Prisoners can be sold to taverns for extra money too.

80 Looters can give 2,000 denars before selling looted items.

Once you defeat a group of Looters, you'll get a chunk of denars from winning alongside weapons and armor you can sell. Looters are among the easier enemies to fight in Bannerlord and provide a hefty amount of money too.

Caravans are a daily source of income that costs 15,000 denars and a compaion to create.

Villagers and caravans will also sell items they have.

Certain regions have more abundant resources.

You want to purchase green Trade Goods in the buy column, and sell Trade Goods marked as red in your inventory. Whereas if it's red in the buy column, it's expensive. If the price is green in the buy column on the left, it's cheap.

There's a new mechanic in Bannerlord that lets you compare a Trade Good's price to the realm's average. Similar to past Mount & Blade games, you make a lot of money by purchasing cheap items at one town or village and selling them elsewhere for a profit. If the life of a trader sounds appealing, this tip is especially for you.

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