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Blacksmithing

In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 you forge weapons and horseshoes yourself at a smithy: learn a recipe from a sketch, heat the metal with the bellows until it glows straw yellow, hammer it evenly on the anvil, reheat as needed and quench it. Blacksmith Radovan in Tachov teaches it in The Blacksmith's Son, and it raises Craftsmanship.

In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Henry forges his own weapons and tools at a smithy in a hands-on minigame: you heat the workpiece in the forge with the bellows until it glows "the color of straw", hammer every part of it on the anvil, flip it, reheat it when it cools, and quench it in water when Henry says it is done, as Game Rant's blacksmithing guide describes. Henry is a blacksmith's son, and the craft returns from the first game as a skill of its own, Craftsmanship. Blacksmith Radovan in Tachov teaches it early in the Trosky region, and the Legacy of the Forge expansion builds a whole storyline on it.

A vaulted smithy lit by fire: a man in a brimmed hat and apron lifts a hammer above a red-hot bar on an anvil set on a stump; behind him men at benches and a doorway onto daylight.
From Legacy of the Forge: a smith in a hat and leather apron raises a hammer over a glowing blade on the anvil, other smiths at work behind him. Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver

Quick facts

Skill Craftsmanship
Teacher Blacksmith Radovan, Tachov (side quest The Blacksmith's Son)
First recipes Horseshoes and a Work Axe (Destructoid)
Recipes from Sketches, bought from armorers and craftsmen or looted
Common materials Steel, Scrap Metal, Fastening Material (Game Rant)
Quality Three tiers by skill and hammering; Martin's Secret (Craftsmanship 16) unlocks the best
Expansion Legacy of the Forge (Sep 9, 2025): Henry's own forge in Kuttenberg and the Blacksmiths' Guild

How to start smithing

Blacksmithing opens within the first hours, through the main quest Wedding Crashers. Game Rant explains that the blacksmith route (option B) into the wedding goes through Radovan in Tachov, a small village northwest of Troskowitz, and that players who pick the miller's route can still visit him. Talking to Radovan starts the side quest The Blacksmith's Son, in which he teaches Henry to forge, and he will repeat the steps on request.

The smithing route also brings a home. Working for Radovan gives Henry a bed and a chest in Tachov, a small base, Game Rant notes. Its early-game guide recommends helping Radovan rather than Miller Kreyzl for exactly that reason; the choice is a point of no return in Wedding Crashers, as the Best Early Choices page explains.

The first recipes are horseshoes and a work axe. Destructoid's guide says Henry learns both by reading the sketches in his inventory, and that Radovan also appears in Troskowitz after the prologue offering work.

Forging step by step

The minigame has four steps. The controls below are from Game Rant's guide (controller, then PlayStation, then keyboard and mouse).

  1. Heat. Click the anvil once you have the materials, then hold Right Trigger or Q to work the bellows, moving the workpiece back and forth so it heats evenly. Destructoid describes the glow going from red to orange to yellow; Radovan's rule is straw yellow. Take it to the anvil with A, Cross or R.
  2. Hammer. Strike with Right Trigger or the left mouse button: a tap hits softly, a hold hits hard. Hit every spot once, then flip the piece with X, Square or F and repeat. Sparks mean a good hit, and Henry whistles while the rhythm is right.
  3. Reheat. When the metal cools and dulls, send it back to the forge with A, Cross or R. A Game Rant guide to the reforged Radzig Kobyla's sword warns that reheating a blade a second time drops its quality one tier.
  4. Quench. Accept when Henry says the piece is done, and he quenches it in the water bucket.

Quality comes from the hammering. Forged weapons come in three quality tiers, and both accurate timing and a higher Craftsmanship skill push the result up, Game Rant says. Higher tiers deal more damage and sell for more. The Craftsmanship perk Martin's Secret (level 16) lets Henry forge a higher tier still, which cannot be found any other way.

Recipes and materials

Every recipe comes from a sketch. Sketches are sold by armorers and other craftsmen or found as loot, and reading one in the inventory adds it to the crafting menu under Swords, Longswords, Axes and Other, Game Rant explains. Materials such as steel, scrap metal and fastening material come from blacksmiths, craftsmen and chests. Since Patch 1.5 (Nov 11, 2025), the forge can draw materials from the shared stash and the horse's saddlebags, the patch notes say, and Patch 1.2 moved bezoar from alchemy into blacksmithing (notes).

Several quests ask Henry to forge a named item. The table lists those the guides describe, with the materials they give.

Item Where it comes up Materials Source
Horseshoes First recipes; Groom Peltzel's three sets in The Finger of God; Martha in Hush, My Darling (60 groschen) Not listed Game Rant, Game Rant
Toledo Steel Sword The Hermit: reforge Ambrose's broken sword for Radovan 1 Frankfurt Steel, 2 Scrap Metal Game Rant
Rikonaris' Saber The Voivode's Curse, at Tachov Charcoal Water, Iron, Fastening Material, Deer Skin, Copper, 2 Steel Game Rant
Absolver replica Absolver, Sigismund's camp Deer Skin, Eight-sided Sword Pommel, Horned Sword Guard, 2 Frankfurt Steel, 2 Iron TheGamer
Competition Sword Hammer and Tongs task, Grund Not listed PCGamesN
Sword of Sir Valentine Recipe from The Reliquary; PCGamesN's best one-handed sword Not listed PCGamesN
Reforged Radzig Kobyla's sword After The Storm, in Kuttenberg; needs Craftsmanship 26 3 Toledo Steel Game Rant
Executioner's Sword Executioner's Pride (added in Update 1.3), Kuttenberg Gallows Hanged Man's Noose, Ghostly Horseshoe, Bezoar, Hare Pelt Game Rant

The reforged Radzig Kobyla's sword shows how the tiers work. Game Rant says a normal run gives a Quality III longsword, and Quality IV needs Martin's Secret and a perfect forging run. The best blades are compared on Best Weapons and Armor and Melee Weapons.

Where the forges are

Forges stand at the region's smithies. The guides name these:

  • Tachov: Radovan's smithy, shop and bed, where smithing is taught (Game Rant's Tachov guide).
  • Trosky Castle: the castle smithy, whose smith sells the Falchion, Noble's Sword and Knight's Sword (PCGamesN); Game Rant's bathhouse guide places a bath near Osina's smithy.
  • Miskowitz and Grund, in the Kuttenberg region: blacksmiths with their own stock (PCGamesN).
  • Kuttenberg: the city's smiths and, with Legacy of the Forge, Henry's own restored forge (Warhorse).

Leveling Craftsmanship

Craftsmanship rises slowly, and smithing is only one source. Game Rant lists laundry, repair kits, sharpening on a grindstone and smithing, plus Craftsmanship books and paying a blacksmith for tips. PCGamesN adds that the Keen Eye perk turns paid repairs into experience. More routes are on the Leveling Guide.

The same skill governs repairs. Repair kits fix gear in the field, and some repairs stay locked until Craftsmanship is high enough, TheGamer explains; a smith repairs weapons for typically 50 to 100 groschen, and sharpening wheels at smithies are free. Warhorse warned that a broken sword "is gone for good".

Craftsmanship perk tiers open at even levels. The figures below are PCGamesN's May 16, 2025 perk list, with Locksmith's lockpick bonus from Game Rant; patches may have changed them since.

Level Perk Effect
6 Razor Sharp +10% damage on weapons you sharpen
6 Seven-League Boots 25% less stamina in boots you repaired yourself
6 Well-Fitted Self-repaired gear is quieter
8 Helping Hand Craftsmen's repairs 20% cheaper
8 Thorough Maintenance Gear degrades 10% slower
10 Hardened Steel Forged weapons degrade 20% slower
10 Keen Eye Paying for repairs gives Craftsmanship XP
12 Locksmith +3 Thievery for lockpicking; 1 to 3 extra lockpicks per item forged from scrap iron
12 Totally Legit Items lose their stolen status faster
14 Bowyer Bows and crossbows repaired with a bowyer kit deal 10% more
14 Thorough Maintenance II Gear takes 20% less damage
16 Martin's Secret Forge the top quality tier
16 Seven League Boots II 50% less stamina in self-repaired boots

Source: PCGamesN's perk list.

Smithing also unlocks a hidden perk. Game Rant's hidden perk list says Hammered unlocks after crafting 50 blacksmithing items (Strat Gaming Guides says 10) and makes heavy weapons cost 10% less stamina per swing. Other trees are on Perks.

Smithing for profit

Simple forged goods sell. Game Rant's money guide names the Tachov smithy as a money route, since horseshoes, swords and work axes are easy to make and sell, and better precision fetches more. PCGamesN lists smithing for Radovan among its legal ways to earn, and the Speech perk Polished Wares adds 10% when selling near-perfect equipment, its perk list says. No reputable outlet we read prints fixed sale prices for forged goods. The Money Making Guide compares smithing with other incomes.

Legacy of the Forge

The second story expansion is set around a smithy. Released Sep 9, 2025 for $13.99 on Steam, Legacy of the Forge has Henry rebuild the burned-down Kuttenberg forge where his adoptive father Martin trained, join the city's blacksmiths' guild, and reunite Martin's old colleagues to finish the astronomical clock, PLAION's release says.

It starts with a smithing exam. In the quest Adept, Master Bushek offers a guild handbook for 100 groschen and leads Henry to a trial of questions and a forged Blacksmiths' Guild longsword, Game Rant's trial guide explains. Its answers repeat the craft's rules: correctly heated metal is "Straw yellow", smiths whistle "To keep rhythm", and the final step is "Quenching". A Bronze result can be retried for 200 groschen.

The forge then earns money and Prestige. Game Rant's Prestige guide describes paid commissions from guild members handled by Magdalena, a Sales Chest for Henry's goods, three daily guild quests from 9:00 AM, and Master Bushek the Elder's recipe sketches. The full storyline is on Legacy of the Forge.

Frequently asked questions

How do you unlock blacksmithing in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, talk to Blacksmith Radovan in Tachov to start The Blacksmith's Son, where he teaches Henry to forge; it is part of the blacksmith route through Wedding Crashers, but miller-route players can still visit him, Game Rant says.

How do you make horseshoes in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 horseshoes are one of the first two recipes (with the Work Axe): read the sketch, then heat, hammer and quench at a forge, according to Destructoid. Several quests ask for them, such as Groom Peltzel's three sets in The Finger of God.

What color should the metal be in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Straw yellow. In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 the metal is ready when it glows "the color of straw", Game Rant's guide explains, and the Blacksmiths' Guild trial asks the same question.

How do you get better quality swords from the forge in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 quality rises with accurate, rhythmic hammering and a higher Craftsmanship skill, and the perk Martin's Secret at Craftsmanship 16 unlocks the top tier, per Game Rant. Reheating a blade a second time can cost a tier.

Is blacksmithing worth it for money in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Game Rant names forging horseshoes, swords and work axes at Tachov as an early money route, and Legacy of the Forge adds paid guild commissions and a Sales Chest.

What is Martin's Secret in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Martin's Secret is the Craftsmanship perk at level 16 in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 that lets Henry forge the highest quality tier of weapons, which cannot be obtained any other way, according to Destructoid.

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A vaulted smithy lit by fire: a man in a brimmed hat and apron lifts a hammer above a red-hot bar on an anvil set on a stump; behind him men at benches and a doorway onto daylight.

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