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I really enjoy Kingdom Come Deliverance 2; honestly, it might be my favorite game of 2025. I’ve completed all the DLC and explored nearly every side quest. I’ve so much worked with iron that I hear the constant sound of hammering even when I try to sleep at night. But that’s beside the point — I love it as a game. It didn’t always feel that way, though. Since I skipped the first game, I was dropped into a world of complicated rules and mechanics I didn’t understand. I started out in the mud, trying to climb the ranks to nobility with only stubbornness, weak stats, and a nasty arrow wound. It was tough, and I didn’t realize at the time that the game was subtly guiding me toward opportunities to become more than a poor peasant.
### How to get started
The map in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is massive. I knew I wouldn’t be able to really explore without a horse — which I didn’t have. I didn’t even own decent shoes! If I wandered the Bohemian wilderness unarmed or without a way to get around, I risked getting attacked by bandits. Honestly, they wouldn’t have had much to steal from me anyway. Out of desperation, I bet everything I had on a dice game in the game, only to lose it all to a guy who kept insisting he wasn’t cheating, even when I wasn’t asking.
It wasn’t like this was a new problem for me. Early on, trying to handle bandits at Bozhena’s house in the story’s beginning went badly, full of flailing, head injuries, and muffled “I surrender” shouts. Maybe it was my fault for choosing the “Advisor” playstyle—it made me good at trivia but didn’t do much for sword fighting.
Clearly, I needed to change my approach. After wasting too much time figuring out what to do first or how to progress, I finally understood I couldn’t just play this like a typical RPG. It’s a game that demands immersion. Charging around trying to fight everyone like in Skyrim was probably going to get me killed.
### Early missions and the first hours
Instead, I decided to embrace my role as a regular person and take advantage of that. When the game offers you options, like apprenticing with a blacksmith or a miller — which I initially thought were just side choices — I found that doing both turned out to be smart. Each provided surprisingly useful skills. I didn’t expect bread makers to teach me the sneaky art of stealth kills, but they sure knew how to slit throats. Learning blacksmithing became a steady way to make money, and when I discovered the legendary axe by the lake, I knew how to sharpen and reforge it into something effective.
Once I had a basic understanding of daily life, I started trying out riskier stuff. I didn’t have the best gear — just some decent steel and enough Brunswick armor spots to avoid instant death. More than that, working with a local potion maker taught me how to craft Marigold Decoctions — the healing potions! That made it possible to run away from angry Cumans, chug healing juice, then turn back to fight with renewed strength.
The balance of being an ordinary man by day and a warrior by night really paid off. Eventually, I was able to roam freely, revisiting earlier areas and clearing out every enemy I found. I even set up a good money-making system, so by the third act, I was rolling in Groschen.
### A key tip for playing
What I want to emphasize is this: the biggest tip you’ll hear for KCD2 is to accept that you can’t be a hero overnight. The game rewards patience and steady progress. It’s a slow build, but if you work at it naturally, you’ll get there eventually. Boldness alone won’t get you through — persistence makes the difference.
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