Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Best Perks to Get First

Embarking on your *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* adventure? Creating Henry can feel overwhelming with so many choices. This guide highlights the best perks to prioritize for a smoother, more effective playthrough, regardless of your preferred playstyle. Remember, *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* offers incredible flexibility; you can tailor Henry to your liking, making almost any build viable.

However, some perks provide significant advantages across various playstyles. Let's explore those:

Best Perks to Get in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Main Level Perks

• Opportunist: Reduces reputation loss by 10%.
• Undaunted Cavalier: With Charisma over 20, your armor rating effectively increases by 15.
• Burgher: Grants +1 to Strength, Agility, Vitality, and Speech in towns and villages.
• Martin’s Heritage: Provides a 10% experience boost for Sword Fighting, Crafting, and Survival skills.
• Radzig’s Heritage: Offers a 10% experience boost for Heavy Weapon, Shooting, and Scholarship skills.
• Good Natural: Improves persuasion, granting +2 to Persuasion, Impression, and Presence.
• Blood of Siegfried: Increases armor rating by 10 points at all times.
• Heroic Vigour: Each Vitality level adds 1 extra Stamina point (retroactive).
• Charming Man: Boosts reputation gains by 10%.

Prioritize Opportunist and Charming Man early 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 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.

Focus on increasing carrying capacity with Hard-Working Lad, Pack Mule, and Strong as a Bull. 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%.

These are crucial for stealth and combat effectiveness. Prioritize Creeping Phantom, then Finesse or Viper based 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 one fatal blow, restoring 25% health (with cooldown).

These enhance survivability and convenience. Ascetic and Well-Dressed greatly improve the overall experience.

Speech Perks

• 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 undetected.

These perks significantly improve gameplay. Hustler and Jack of All Trades are particularly powerful, enhancing both stealth and social interactions.

These perks provide a strong foundation for your *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* journey. For more in-depth guides and strategies, check out The Escapist.