Renown | Caravan The Banner Saga Guide

You should spend almost all Renown points on developing the characters

Renown works as both currency and experience points. They can be used for:

• buying supplies and artifacts;
• getting heroes to higher levels.

As I mentioned on the previous page, spending Renown to buy supplies is not a good idea and you should use it as a last resort. Buying artifacts at marketplaces is an even worse idea. They are very expensive (up to a few dozen points for each) and mostly don't give a bonus that will suddenly make a character invincible. Moreover, many artifacts can be found and since each hero can hold only one artifact, you won't need many of them.

Renown points are mainly used to get heroes to higher levels of experience. In the beginning you may think it's not pricey - advancing from 1st to 2nd level costs only five points. However, with each level the cost increases by 5 points and advancing from 4th to the highest, 5th level costs 20 points.

After winning a battle you'll know how many points you got

That's all about spending Renown points, now some information about acquiring them. Just like with supplies, you might get Renown by progressing in the main story and making right decisions in additional events (walkthrough mentions every opportunity to get more Renown)

Battles are also a very good "source of income", you may even get over a dozen points in each. That's why you shouldn't avoid battles.