Tutorial

ACOK 2.1 Tutorial (Make sure you have the 2.1 file and 2.1 patch files) http://www.moddb.com/mods/a-clash-of-kings/downloads If you don't get the patch many of this mods quests and features do not work correctly.

"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." Ramsey Snow

Your background story determines your starting stats a great deal, here are a couple of the better options.

Gregor Start: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=661677261

Little Finger Start: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=661677344 Put Fog of War on.

Naming your character in Game of Thrones can mean a lot about who you are. Westeros you have two names.

Bastard Surnames:

Crownlands - Waters

Dorne - Sand

Iron Islands - Pyke

North - Snow

Reach - Flowers

Riverlands - Rivers

Stormlands - Storm

Vale - Stone

Westerlands - Hill

Those born in Essos only have one name.

I suggest you think of yourself as a peasant teenager in this mod. As so you need to work your way up in the world. You know you can change your name in this mod but you can also update your look as the years go by. SAIL as much as possible. SAIL THE SEA! Start the missions at The Wheeping Town and Old Town. If you have to travel by land use small movement clicks, never use large movement clicks ever.

During your first year in the game you should join a famous Lord to be trained, paid, fed, and clothed. Do not join the Northern Lords they don't fight enough, join the Riverlands if you want to be allied.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=661677128

List of Famous Lords who have Valyrian Swords: Join one of these lords so you can steal their swords.

Lord Randyll Tarly - The Reach - Heartsbane

King Renly Baratheon - The Stormlands - Briene of Tarth is a companion - Oathkeeper

Corbray - Vale - Lady Forlorn

Harlaw - Iron Islands - Nightsfall

Drumm - Iron Islands - Red Rain

Royce - Vale - Lamentation Roxton - Reach - Orphan-Maker

Moredo Rogare - Essos - Truth

http://omegaswords.com/guide-to-the-swords-of-westeros-infographic/ and yes all Valyrian swords are in mod.

You will need to get your strength up to 12 for first promotion 14 16 18 and so on. It is a good idea to get some strength for the higher promotion asap. Each promotion gives you more pay (coins) and training (Experience) per day.

While your in a retinue you have the opportunity to pick up gear off the battlefields. Lords of armies can not do this. This is the only way to get many of the special gear in this mod. Also while in a retinue you get to have the chance to recruit special units not available any other way during the game. You can also get special gear given to you that your unable to buy from markets by getting promotions in the Lords army.

Here is a image showing what you should invest your wealth earned during your time of military service http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=643067870 You can also invest your coin at the Iron Bank of Braavos.

After your first year or so in a retinue; I suggest taking the next year in game to complete the storyline missions. http://acok.wikia.com/wiki/Quests

This is a in-game list of the quests that work properly in the ACOK 2.1 patch. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=655053031

Never go on the common quests or missions in this mod until you have finished the storyline missions.

There are meny more Valyrain swords in this mod that can be gotten through missions and from taking certain cities. Dawn and Blackfyre can be gotten from taking Starfall and Volantis while having a certain renown and honor requirements.

Step 1: Complete the few quests at The Wheeping Town and Old Town. Step 2: Explore the white places, lore sites, for experience and loot. Step 3: Join a famous lords retinue, try and pick up their valyrian sword. Step 4: Earn around 10,000 to 15,000 coin from military service to invest. Step 5: Complete the storyline quests to cause the invasion events. Step 6: Begin life as a trained, wealthy, and respected man in westeros.

Unique Units:

Unsullied - Grazmak mo Senko - Random Taverns

White Harbor Knights - Fishfoot Yard - White Harbor

Gold Cloaks - Own Kingslanding - recruit them

Golden Company - Fighting the Targaryen's - capture them

Hardcore starting goals for this mod:

1. Do not let Kingslanding be lost by the Westerlands.

2. Help the Iron Islands last the test of time.

3. Capture all Kings in the game and recruit them as companions. The kings must be captured and have no lands to be recruited.

4. Capture and recruit all companions in Ramsey Snow's retinues to your army.

List of Kings who have unique companions:

King Rob Stark - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=663434728