Mastering Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Perk System: A Prioritized Guide
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's expansive open world and character customization can feel overwhelming. This guide highlights the most impactful perks to prioritize early on, regardless of your chosen playstyle. While any build is viable, these perks offer significant advantages.
Disclaimer: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 allows for diverse character builds. Whether you favor brute force or diplomacy, many approaches succeed. This guide focuses on generally beneficial perks.
Essential Early Perks:
Main Level:
- Opportunist: Mitigates reputation loss by 10%.
- Charming Man: Amplifies reputation gains by 10%. Maintaining a strong reputation is crucial, especially during initial playthroughs. Prioritize these two perks early.
- Martin's Heritage: Boosts Sword Fighting, Crafting, and Survival skill experience by 10%. (Alternatively, choose Radzig's Heritage for Heavy Weapon, Shooting, and Scholarship.) The choice depends on your preferred skill specialization.
- Good Natural: Provides +2 to Persuasion, Impression, and Presence, enhancing diplomatic options.
- Blood of Siegfried: Permanently increases armor rating by 10 points.
- Heroic Vigour: Each Vitality level grants an additional Stamina point (retroactive).
Strength:
- Hard-Working Lad: Halves the weight of sacks and unconscious bodies, increasing carrying capacity by 8 pounds.
- Pack Mule: Increases carrying capacity by 12 pounds.
- Strong as a Bull: Increases carrying capacity by 20 pounds. These three perks are vital for carrying looted items, regardless of your build.
- Heracles: Grants +1 Charisma for every 5 Strength levels, benefiting even stealth-focused characters.
Agility:
- Creeping Phantom: Boosts sneaking speed by 15%.
- Finesse: Increases slashing damage by 5%.
- Viper: Increases piercing damage by 5%. These perks are essential for combat effectiveness, particularly Creeping Phantom for stealth.
Vitality:
- Ascetic: Slows Nourishment depletion by 30%.
- Well-Dressed: Slows dirt accumulation by 20%. These perks significantly improve the overall gameplay experience by reducing mundane chores.
- Marathon Runner: Reduces Stamina consumption during sprinting by 20%.
- Diehard: Prevents death from fatal wounds, restoring 25% health (with a cooldown).
Speech:
- Hustler: Facilitates selling stolen goods, granting Stealth and Thievery experience.
- Jack of All Trades: Provides +2 to skill checks and doubles experience gained from them.
- Partner in Crime: Allows selling stolen goods without detection. The Speech perks are incredibly powerful, particularly for non-combat scenarios. Hustler is especially valuable for supplementing income and skill progression.
These prioritized perks offer a significant advantage in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, regardless of your chosen playstyle. Remember to consult additional resources like The Escapist for further game tips and strategies.
