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Brushes with Death

Brushes with Death is the first story DLC for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, released May 15, 2025 with Update 1.3 for $5.99 on Steam. Henry helps the eccentric painter Master Voyta finish the most important painting of his life over 10 quests across both maps; it starts at a purple marker southeast of Trosky Castle, adds shield painting and has three endings.

Brushes with Death is the first story DLC for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, released on May 15, 2025 with free Update 1.3 and sold for $5.99 on Steam. Henry helps a mysterious, quirky painter who carries a painted human skull complete "the most important painting of his life", in quests across both maps, per its Steam description; PCGamesN names him Master Voyta. It starts with the quest A Sketchy Situation at a purple marker southeast of Trosky Castle, adds shield painting, and Warhorse says it has three endings.

A bearded man in a dark red turban hat with a gray feather and a black brocade coat holds a skull at arm's length; behind him moss-covered rocks carved into giant faces among ferns and trees.
From Brushes with Death: a painter in a feathered red hat and black and gold coat holds up a skull in a forest clearing beside a huge rock carved like a face. Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver

Quick facts

Buy Steam, or in the Expansion Pass and the Royal Edition
Price $5.99 on Steam, €5.99 suggested in Europe
Released May 15, 2025, 17:00 CET, with Update 1.3
Steam app 3368600
Quests 10, across the Trosky and Kuttenberg regions (PCGamesN)
First quest A Sketchy Situation, southeast of Trosky Castle (Game Rant)
Endings Three, plus a hidden moment (Warhorse)
Adds Shield painting, over 100 designs and color combinations
Length About 6 to 10 hours for everything (PowerPyx)

Release and price

Brushes with Death launched on May 15, 2025 at 17:00 CET alongside Update 1.3, which also added free horse racing, at a suggested price of €5.99, per PLAION's announcement. On Steam it costs $5.99, and PCGamesN gave the UK price as £4.99. Warhorse first showed it in a dev stream on Apr 24, 2025.

It is the first of three story expansions in the $29.99 Expansion Pass, with Legacy of the Forge and Mysteria Ecclesiae, and is included in the Royal Edition sold since Nov 12, 2025; see DLC and Expansion Pass and Editions and Where to Buy. Hotfix 1.3.1 on May 22, 2025 fixed Brushes with Death quest behavior.

How to start Brushes with Death

The DLC starts at a purple marker southeast of Trosky Castle, where the painter is tied to a tree, per Game Rant's walkthrough. The guides disagree on how far into the story you must be. PCGamesN says no particular base-game quest is needed; Game Rant's walkthrough lists finishing For Whom the Bell Tolls as a prerequisite, and its main quest list advises finishing Storm, the last Trosky quest, first.

The second half needs the Kuttenberg region. PowerPyx says the fifth quest, The Night-Mare, requires access to the Kuttenberg map, which opens with the main story's move there, and that the questline can still be played after the main story ends.

The painter and the story

The painter is a troubled artist with a skull. Warhorse's Steam post says Henry's decisions "determine the fate of a troubled artist and the legacy he'll leave behind", and the Steam description says the quests involve finding, persuading and sometimes eliminating characters for his painting (Steam). Warhorse's and PLAION's own texts do not name him; PCGamesN and Game Rant call him Master Voyta.

Low view of a bearded man in a red turban hat and black coat beside a young man in a red patterned shoulder cape and plate armor, both gazing upward; a stone tower on a rock stands against the sky behind them.
From Brushes with Death: the painter and Henry, in a red and gold mantle over armor, look up from below a hilltop tower. Warhorse Studios and Deep Silver

The story opens with a rescue. In A Sketchy Situation Henry drives off two wolves, unties the painter, and agrees to recover his brushes and, optionally, three dice from the thieves Yura and Clovis, who camp southeast of Troskowitz: beat Yura in a shooting contest and Clovis at dice, or beat them both up and loot them (Game Rant). Game Rant notes that killing the wolves rules out the Lent achievement. The painter then takes a room on the top floor of the left wing of Trosky Castle.

The questline crosses both maps. The first four quests play out in the Trosky Region and the last six around Kuttenberg, where the painter's work leads to a bailiff's painting in Pschitoky and to the carpenter Chrudosh, per PowerPyx and Game Rant.

Quests

# Quest Region Notes
1 A Sketchy Situation Trosky Rescue the painter; unlocks shield painting
2 Source of Inspiration Trosky A poem recited through four skill checks
3 Chiaroscuro Trosky
4 Portrait in Red Trosky Burkhard can be spared
5 The Night-Mare Kuttenberg Needs the Kuttenberg map
6 Man Proposes Kuttenberg A hard Speech check
7 God Disposes Kuttenberg Follows the choices of Man Proposes
8 "Stained Honour" Kuttenberg The bailiff's painting in Pschitoky
9 Root of Evil Kuttenberg Brew Henry's mandrake decoction
10 Unveiling Kuttenberg The finale and the endings

Source: PCGamesN's quest list for names and order; regions and notes from PowerPyx's roadmap.

Unveiling is the last quest. After Henry gives the painter the Mandrake Decoction in Root of Evil, he finds the carpenter Chrudosh through Carpenter Plank, tracks him from Maleshov with Mutt, frees him from the bandit Reaper's camp and recovers a statuette of the Virgin Mary, per Game Rant. See Mutt the Dog and Alchemy and Potion Recipes.

Endings

Warhorse says every step, conversation and task "completed (or ignored!)" decides which of three endings Henry reaches, and that "those who truly earn his trust" find a hidden moment (Warhorse on Steam). In Unveiling Henry either lets the painter finish, which rewards the Painter's Muse and Voyta's skull, or passes a Speech check to burn the painting, which gives no skull, per Game Rant.

The skull has a resting place. Burying it in Voyta's grave west of Bylany earns the achievement Rest in One Piece, held by 3.5% of Steam players (Oct 25, 2026), one of the game's rarest.

Rewards

Shield painting is the DLC's lasting reward. It unlocks in the first quest, and Warhorse says it offers over 100 unique designs and color combinations; PCGamesN lists color palettes, patterns and insignias (PCGamesN), and the painter paints Henry's shields at Trosky Castle (Game Rant). Some Knight Shield designs unlock only after the story ends, per PowerPyx.

The quests also give gear and achievements. Game Rant says "Stained Honour" rewards a Miser's Cuirass whichever choice you make, a detail seen only in its search summary (Game Rant), and the finale gives the Painter's Muse.

Achievement How Quest
Poet's Gut Win all four skill checks reciting the poem Source of Inspiration
Vengeance Solves Nothing Let Burkhard live Portrait in Red
Curiosity Killed the Cat Repair and return the madman's sword Man Proposes
Confessor The right dialogue in both quests Man Proposes, God Disposes
Painted Paint over the bailiff's painting in Pschitoky "Stained Honour"
Nothing But the Best Give the painter medicine of the highest quality Root of Evil
Rest in One Piece Bury the skull in Voyta's grave Unveiling
All Fun and Games Free Chrudosh, then talk to Stihlau Unveiling
Masterpiece Finish the story, any ending Unveiling
Bohemian Graffitti Repaint every type of shield Shield painting
Bohemians Rise Up! Repaint three Knight Shields with set designs Shield painting

Source: PowerPyx's trophy roadmap, Jun 22, 2025. PowerPyx counts eight of them as missable and suggests a manual save before starting; PowerPyx says Root of Evil's medicine is Henry's mandrake decoction, brewed at an alchemy bench. See Trophies and Achievements.

Frequently asked questions

How do you start Brushes with Death in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Go to the purple marker southeast of Trosky Castle, where the painter is tied to a tree, to begin A Sketchy Situation in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. PCGamesN says no base-game quest is needed, while Game Rant lists For Whom the Bell Tolls as a prerequisite and advises finishing Storm first.

How much does Brushes with Death cost? Brushes with Death costs $5.99 on Steam, and it is included in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's $29.99 Expansion Pass and in the Royal Edition.

How many quests are in Brushes with Death? Brushes with Death has 10 quests in PCGamesN's list, from A Sketchy Situation to Unveiling. The first four take place in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Trosky region and the rest in the Kuttenberg region.

Who is the painter in Brushes with Death? The painter in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Brushes with Death is Master Voyta, as PCGamesN and Game Rant name him, an eccentric artist who carries a painted human skull. Warhorse's own texts call him only "the painter" or "a troubled artist".

How many endings does Brushes with Death have? Warhorse says Brushes with Death has three endings shaped by Henry's choices, plus a hidden moment for players who earn the painter's trust. In the finale Henry either lets the painter finish or burns the painting.

What do you get from Brushes with Death in KCD2? Brushes with Death adds shield painting to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 with over 100 designs and color combinations, plus the Painter's Muse and Voyta's skull if you let the painter finish, and 11 achievements.

How long is Brushes with Death? PowerPyx estimates about 6 to 10 hours to finish Brushes with Death with all its achievements. Warhorse has not published a length for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's first DLC.

Sources

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Dev Livestream #7

Warhorse Studios

  1. Brushes with Death is the first story DLC for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, released on May 15, 2025 with free Update…
  2. Brushes with Death launched on May 15, 2025 at 17:00 CET alongside Update 1.3, which also added free horse racing, at…
  3. The second half needs the Kuttenberg region. PowerPyx says the fifth quest, The Night-Mare, requires access to the…
  4. The painter is a troubled artist with a skull. Warhorse's Steam post says Henry's decisions "determine the fate of a…
  5. Shield painting is the DLC's lasting reward. It unlocks in the first quest, and Warhorse says it offers over 100…

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Brushes with Death DLC Trailer

Warhorse Studios

  1. The story opens with a rescue. In A Sketchy Situation Henry drives off two wolves, unties the painter, and agrees to…

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Low view of a bearded man in a red turban hat and black coat beside a young man in a red patterned shoulder cape and plate armor, both gazing upward; a stone tower on a rock stands against the sky behind them.A bearded man in a dark red turban hat with a gray feather and a black brocade coat holds a skull at arm's length; behind him moss-covered rocks carved into giant faces among ferns and trees.

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