The Khaganate goes to the clan with the most prestige so, send your heirs to be mercs and build up your clans territory until you become the heir of the current Khaganate. Empty holdings increase your population.ģ. Crusader Kings II - Horse Lords makes the nomads very different from other nations in the grand strategy game and the focus on combat and the simpler inheritance rules makes them well-suited for. County conquest any of your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as much as possible and if they have any holdings (castles. raid until you can upgrade your capitol's population buildings a few times and/or buy more troops that cost prestige.Ģ. This is really the basics of what you need to do:ġ. Upgrade your capitol holding a lot, that gives you a lot of bonuses and will increase your population so you can hire more troops.
As a nomad you can raid the clans you are feuding with as well as neighbors outside your current khaganate that are your same religion. Sending your child off to be a mercenary is a good way to build prestige and getting a war horse and raiding your neighbors also helps a lot. My guide will help you figure out how to increase population, but if you need help with prestige you can do that a number of ways. I am not sure if prestige or population is the reason you dont have a larger army. You can also war your fellow clans if you click on their leader and set a feud. Nomads depend a lot of prestige and emtpy holdings.
I can help I actually made a guide I will post it.