MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Legend of the Kestrel Lancers

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● Join forces with House Davion's Kestrel Lancers to experience the 4th Succession War ● Progress through a new Linear Campaign to achieve key strategic outcomes ● Fight alongside large combined forces in all out war ● Experience intense urban combat in large all city settings with massive destruction Experience the 4th Succession War Fight in battles set during the famous Inner Sphere conflict and experience first-hand the frontlines of the 4th Succession War with 14 new campaign missions New Linear Campaign Features a new linear campaign with unique mechanics, authored missions, and custom dialogue and cinematics All Out War Experience All-Out-War scenarios with large-scale expansive combat in 7 new questlines that include 10 new "battle" scenarios Large City Urban Combat Fight in new cities that are massively larger than any previously experienced, never knowing what's around the next corner New 'Mech Variants Over 20 new variants of existing 'Mechs, New Kestrel Lancers 'Mech skin, and 5 new 'Mech-specific skins New Garrisons Discover new Garrisons including Orbital Guns firing on invasion forces, and a new 'Mech Factory Garrison featuring MW5's first indoor play space New Biomes Battle in new Mega-city, Jungle, and Tourmaline Desert biomes New Procedural Content New Procedural Content including new random rewards from Assassination Missions, and surprise Artillery on Raid Missions FREE Update content ● New ability to switch player control to any AI Lance 'Mechs ● New melee combat with the ability to damage enemy 'Mechs with your 'Mechs' fists ● Other new quality of life updates including an updated HUD, and more!

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Release date:
22 September 2021
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Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (209)
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Game features

Co-op

Description

● Join forces with House Davion's Kestrel Lancers to experience the 4th Succession War
● Progress through a new Linear Campaign to achieve key strategic outcomes
● Fight alongside large combined forces in all out war
● Experience intense urban combat in large all city settings with massive destruction

Experience the 4th Succession War
Fight in battles set during the famous Inner Sphere conflict and experience first-hand the frontlines of the 4th Succession War with 14 new campaign missions

New Linear Campaign
Features a new linear campaign with unique mechanics, authored missions, and custom dialogue and cinematics

All Out War
Experience All-Out-War scenarios with large-scale expansive combat in 7 new questlines that include 10 new "battle" scenarios

Large City Urban Combat
Fight in new cities that are massively larger than any previously experienced, never knowing what's around the next corner

New 'Mech Variants
Over 20 new variants of existing 'Mechs, New Kestrel Lancers 'Mech skin, and 5 new 'Mech-specific skins

New Garrisons
Discover new Garrisons including Orbital Guns firing on invasion forces, and a new 'Mech Factory Garrison featuring MW5's first indoor play space

New Biomes
Battle in new Mega-city, Jungle, and Tourmaline Desert biomes

New Procedural Content
New Procedural Content including new random rewards from Assassination Missions, and surprise Artillery on Raid Missions

FREE Update content
● New ability to switch player control to any AI Lance 'Mechs
● New melee combat with the ability to damage enemy 'Mechs with your 'Mechs' fists
● Other new quality of life updates including an updated HUD, and more!

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
Processor:
Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Additional Notes:
Broadband internet connection is needed to play and host Co-op games. Internet Connection is NOT Required for Single player once the game is downloaded.

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 (64-bit version)
Processor:
Intel Core i7-6700K/AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/AMD RX Vega 56
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Additional Notes:
Broadband internet connection is needed to play and host Co-op games. Internet Connection is NOT Required for Single player once the game is downloaded.

User reviews

misterbogs
Recommended | 25 Feb 2026

(You can check the MW5 Mercs' website for the DLC contents) To be honest I like this DLC, gives you a lot of challenge just to clobber the Capellans good like the punching bags they are. DLC Campaign starts at 3026, you'll have 6 months to prepare for the incoming missions. Love the mission format, the first 2 missions are of the Galahad wargames, then after it you'll have approximately a 2 year break to prepare for

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RentACop
Not recommended | 01 Feb 2026

Join the strongest nation in the Inner Sphere and invade the smallest one, culminating in you getting your righteous revenge on them for having the audacity to shoot back. I think at one point you're supposed to be stranded behind enemy lines for awhile but since the game mechanics don't support that at all it ends up feeling just like any other mission. This is actually essential DLC though, since it allows you to

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p_bachman
Recommended | 30 Jan 2026

I enjoyed my experience playing this DLC. I did so after switching from the disaster of Windows 11 to Bazzite Linux, which in and of itself made the gameplay better graphically to better appreciate some of the various locales in battle. I can sum this DLC up as follows: go places, do some stuff, go other places do more stuff, then scramble doing yet more stuff with a reduced force of mechs and minimal support. If

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