Embarking on your *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* adventure? The sheer number of ways to build Henry can be daunting. This guide highlights the most impactful perks to prioritize early on, regardless of your chosen playstyle.
Disclaimer: *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* offers incredible freedom; nearly any build is viable. However, certain perks provide significant advantages across various approaches.
Best Perks to Get in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Main Level Perks
- Opportunist: Mitigates reputation loss by 10%.
- Undaunted Cavalier: With Charisma above 20, your armor effectively increases by 15 points.
- 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 by 10%.
- Radzig’s Heritage: Boosts Heavy Weapon, Shooting, and Scholarship skill experience gain by 10%.
- Good Natural: Enhances persuasion, impression, and presence (+2).
- Blood of Siegfried: Increases armor by 10 points.
- Heroic Vigour: Each Vitality level adds 1 extra Stamina point (retroactive).
- Charming Man: Amplifies reputation gains by 10%.
Opportunist and Charming Man are highly recommended early on to manage your reputation effectively. Choose between Martin’s and Radzig’s Heritage based on your preferred skill specializations.
Strength Perks
- 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.
- Heracles: Grants +1 Charisma for every 5 Strength levels.
Prioritize increased carrying capacity perks. Heracles benefits even stealth builds.
Agility Perks
- Creeping Phantom: Increases sneaking speed by 15%.
- Finesse: Increases slashing damage by 5%.
- Viper: Increases piercing damage by 5%.
Creeping Phantom is essential for stealth. Finesse and Viper are crucial depending on your weapon choices.
Vitality Perks
- Ascetic: Slows nourishment depletion by 30%.
- Well-Dressed: Slows dirt accumulation by 20%.
- Marathon Runner: Reduces stamina consumption while sprinting by 20%.
- Diehard: Prevents death from fatal wounds (with a cooldown).
These perks improve comfort and survivability.
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 offer powerful synergies, particularly Hustler and Jack of All Trades.
These perks offer a strong foundation for your Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 journey. For more in-depth guides and strategies, visit The Escapist.
