Mountain Bandits are bandits that roam the mountainous regions of Calradia, especially those controlled by the Rhodoks. They spawn in groups of 4 to 60. Mountain Bandits in the original Mount&Blade are mounted about half the time on Steppe Horses or black Saddle Horses. Because they were mounted, they were usually hard to fight for lone adventurers and low level characters. They were converted to infantry-only units in Warband. If captured in battle or rescued from another party's prisoners, Mountain Bandits can be upgraded to Rhodok Tribesmen.