Mastering Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's perk system is key to a successful playthrough. While character builds are flexible, some perks offer significant advantages regardless of your chosen playstyle. This guide highlights the most impactful perks to prioritize early on.
Table of Contents
- Best Perks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Main Level Perks
- Strength Perks
- Agility Perks
- Vitality Perks
- Speech Perks
Remember, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 allows for diverse character builds—from brute-force knights to silver-tongued diplomats. However, certain perks provide broadly beneficial advantages.
Main Level Perks
- Opportunist: Mitigates reputation loss (10% reduction).
- Undaunted Cavalier: Provides a +15 armor bonus with Charisma above 20.
- Burgher: Grants +1 to Strength, Agility, Vitality, and Speech in towns and villages.
- Martin’s Heritage: Boosts Sword Fighting, Crafting, and Survival skill experience gain (10% increase).
- Radzig’s Heritage: Enhances Heavy Weapon, Shooting, and Scholarship skill experience gain (10% increase).
- Good Natural: Improves persuasion (+2 to Persuasion, Impression, and Presence).
- Blood of Siegfried: Increases armor rating by 10 points.
- Heroic Vigour: Adds 1 Stamina point per Vitality level (retroactive).
- Charming Man: Amplifies reputation gains (10% increase).
Prioritize Opportunist and Charming Man to maintain a stable reputation. Choose between Martin’s and Radzig’s Heritage based on your preferred skill specialization.
Strength Perks
- Hard-Working Lad: Halves the weight of sacks and carried bodies, increases carrying capacity by 8 pounds.
- Pack Mule: Increases carrying capacity by 12 pounds.
- Strong as a Bull: Increases carrying capacity by 20 pounds.
- Heracles: Grants +1 Charisma for every 5 Strength levels.
Focus on the carrying capacity perks (Hard-Working Lad, Pack Mule, Strong as a Bull) for efficient looting and transport. Heracles benefits both strength and speech-based builds.
Agility Perks
- Creeping Phantom: Increases sneaking speed by 15%.
- Finesse: Boosts slashing damage by 5%.
- Viper: Increases piercing damage by 5%.
These perks are crucial for stealth and combat effectiveness. Creeping Phantom is particularly valuable for faster movement during stealth.
Vitality Perks
- Ascetic: Slows nourishment depletion by 30%.
- Well-Dressed: Slows dirt accumulation by 20%.
- Marathon Runner: Reduces Stamina consumption during sprinting by 20%.
- Diehard: Prevents one fatal blow, restoring 25% health (with cooldown).
These perks enhance survivability and convenience. Prioritize Ascetic and Well-Dressed for a smoother gameplay experience.
Speech Perks
- Hustler: Facilitates selling stolen goods, providing Stealth and Thievery experience.
- Jack of All Trades: Grants +2 to skill checks and doubles experience from them.
- Partner in Crime: Allows selling stolen goods undetected.
Speech perks are exceptionally powerful. Hustler and Jack of All Trades are highly recommended for their versatility and synergistic benefits.
These are the top-tier perks for a strong start in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Consult additional resources like The Escapist for further game tips and strategies.
