Side Quests

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has dozens of side quests (Game Rant lists 42 in the base game) across the Trosky and Kuttenberg regions, paying groschen, gear, reputation and skill experience. The standouts include The Fifth Commandment, The Mouth of Hell, In Vino Veritas and the Kuttenberg Tournament, and For Victory! and Oratores cancel several unfinished ones.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has dozens of side quests across its two maps: Game Rant's list counts 42 in the base game, and their rewards are generally reputation, skill experience and groschen, with a few unique weapons, shields and horses. The best known are The Fifth Commandment (a serial-killer hunt with Katherine), The Mouth of Hell (which Warhorse calls the game's only survival horror quest), In Vino Veritas and the weekly Kuttenberg Tournament. Some can be missed: starting the main quests For Victory! and Oratores cancels several that are still open (Game Rant).

Quick facts

Count	42 side quests in Game Rant's list
Regions	Trosky (the first map) and Kuttenberg (the second)
Usual rewards	Reputation, skill experience and groschen (Game Rant)
Biggest cash rewards	Bellatores and "Lost Honour", 500 groschen each (TheGamer, Game Rant)
Points of no return	For Victory! (Trosky), Oratores (Kuttenberg) (Game Rant)
Added later	Executioner's Pride (Patch 1.3), a jester's quest (Patch 1.5.6, Jun 25, 2026)
Achievement	Been There, Done That: finish side quests before the plot cancels them (Game Rant)

Trosky region side quests

2:22:04 The Trosky Region side quests are mostly tied to the hunt for a wedding invitation and to finding Mutt. Two chains lead to the invitation in Wedding Crashers: Blacksmith Radovan's in Tachov (The Blacksmith's Son, The Jaunt, The Hermit) and Miller Kreyzl's at Lower Semine Mill (Materia Prima, Forbidden Fruit, Opus Magnum), per TheGamer.

Quest	Where it starts	Reward
Bad Blood	Bozhena, near Troskowitz	Reputation; Roman's necklace for Pavlena if Jakesh dies
Combat Training I and II	Bara (Troskowitz), then Tomcat (Nomads' Camp)	The Master Strike from Tomcat
The Blacksmith's Son, The Jaunt, The Hermit	Radovan, Tachov	85 groschen in The Hermit, then 25 groschen and the wedding invitation for Ambrose's reforged sword
Materia Prima, Forbidden Fruit	Kreyzl, Lower Semine Mill	The miller's chain toward the wedding
Opus Magnum	Kreyzl, Lower Semine Mill	The Lead Shot Gunpowder recipe
Mice	Innkeeper Prochek, Tachov	85 groschen; leads to Battle of the Frogs and Mice
Troubadours	George and Michael, Zhelejov	No pay; they play at the wedding
Invaders	Innkeeper Betty, Troskowitz	Not given in the guides read
Lackey	Gamekeeper's wife, northwest of Zhelejov	The Bird of Prey questline and a bed in his stable
Hunting the Werewolf	Shepherd Nolan, north of Semine	Devil's Dice, groschen, Survival and Vitality experience
Demons of Trosky	Chamberlain Ulrich, Trosky Castle	Not given in the guides read
Miri Fajta	The Voivode, Nomads' Camp	The amulet on the good ending
The Voivode's Curse	Aranka, Nomads' Camp	A Nomad's Hat; Lore, Alchemy and Survival lessons
Mutt	The pond by Henry's escape	Mutt, the Houndmaster skill tree, a cuirass and a sword

Source: PCGamesN's quest list for givers; rewards from the Game Rant, TheGamer and PCGamesN walkthroughs listed under Sources.

Kuttenberg region side quests

The Kuttenberg side quests are longer and pay more, and several join the city's guilds. The thieves' guild chain runs Feast for the Poor, The Thieves' Code and The Spark (Game Rant), and Ars Dimicatoria leads to the Kuttenberg Tournament.

Quest	Where it starts	Reward
The Fifth Commandment	Katherine, Hangman's Halter	150 groschen, Speech experience, Kuttenberg Knight Shield
Ars Dimicatoria	Menhard von Frankfurt, market street	Master Menhard's longsword, a hall key and bed, lessons
Kuttenberg Tournament	Menhard or Master Nicholas, swordfighting hall	200 groschen and a weapon or shield at first; later over 1,000 groschen
In Vino Veritas	Casper Rudolf, Vintner's Street	75 and 425 groschen, a Level 4 Drinking skill book
The Mouth of Hell	Villagers and Father Marian, Old Kutna	225 groschen
The Thunderstone	Kona, Grund	The Thunderstone: faster stamina regeneration, cheaper blocks
Bellatores	Jan Posy, Zimburg (north of Bylany)	500 groschen; leads to Skeleton in the Closet
"Lost Honour"	Sir Jezhek, a roadside encounter	500 groschen, Jezhek's Spurs (+7 Charisma), Lord of Holohlavy Heater Shield
Ransom	Jan of Suchotlesky, east of Bylany	150 groschen and Peter's sword (siding with Jan)
Absolver	Thomas of Kolin, Sigismund's Camp	About 600 groschen
Spoils of War	Captain Puta, Sigismund's Camp	175 groschen
A Good Scrub	Betty, Kingfisher Bathhouse	100 groschen and a lasting discount
Ill Repute	Betty, Kingfisher Bathhouse	Free baths at the new Municipal Bathhouse
Hush, My Darling	Martha, Miskowitz	60 groschen; the Henry the Matchmaker achievement
Dragon's Lair	Monk Slava, Bylany	Reputation across Kuttenberg
The Magic Arrow	Pasha and Hare, Devil's Den	Pasha's Crossbow and the Magic Arrow
Thou art but dust...	Brother Morticius, Sedletz	Craftsmanship experience
Feast for the Poor	Chenyek, Hole in the Wall	Lockpicks, potions and 100 groschen from Knuckles' wine job
Post Scriptum	Kvyertsolav, an inn on the western road	A letter for Scholarship 20; Markold's plate set if you attack him
Executioner's Pride	Executioner Heinz, Kuttenberg Gallows	The Executioner's Sword

Source: PCGamesN's quest list for givers; rewards from the Game Rant and TheGamer walkthroughs listed under Sources.

The best side quests

The Fifth Commandment is the side quest guides single out most. Katherine asks Henry to hunt a serial killer in Kuttenberg: he examines the body and the crime scene by a pond in the north quarter, uses Mutt to track a suspect by her scarf, and points Lumir to the Von Grolles; the killer is Hendl Von Grolle, per Game Rant's walkthrough. It pays 150 groschen and the Kuttenberg Knight Shield, and Game Rant says it is needed for one of the best Endings and, if Katherine kills Madeline, for her Romance.

The Mouth of Hell is Warhorse's own horror story. Quest designer Karel Kolman called it "the only quest in the game that could truly be described as survival horror" on Warhorse's Steam blog: cattle are being killed near a mine where a "pit to hell" opened, and Henry chooses between the young priest Marian's reason and foreman Vladimir's old pagan rites. In the mine a knight in bloody armor, Taras, steals Henry's gear, and escaping with his notes pays 225 groschen (Game Rant).

In Vino Veritas is the winemaking quest. Casper Rudolf, a new vineyard owner handing out free wine on Vintner's Street, wants the secret ingredient of the town's favorite wine, and QA tester Ivana Růžičková told Warhorse's blog its tasks can be done in different orders or skipped. Henry steals sulfur wicks and five seedlings from the Sedletz vineyard; the reward is 75 and 425 groschen and a Level 4 Drinking skill book (Game Rant).

1:08:00 The Kuttenberg Tournament repeats every week. Ars Dimicatoria settles a feud between two fencing guilds, and the winner founds the tournament: three events (Sword and Shield, Longsword, Free Combat) at 100 groschen each, each with a best-of-three semi-final and final (Game Rant). Narrative designer Jonáš Chmátal told Warhorse's blog that it runs for the townsfolk even if Henry never enters.

Forbidden Fruit was a Warhorse favorite too. The miller Kreyzl needs saltpeter, so Henry works for the gravedigger at a lye pit where dead animals are buried; QA tester Petr Šindelář named the gravedigger and the miller's assistant as his favorite side characters (Warhorse on Steam). Its chain ends in Opus Magnum, which teaches the Lead Shot Gunpowder recipe (Game Rant); see Firearms.

Thou art but dust... is the shortest ghost story. At the Sedletz ossuary Brother Morticius, who speaks in rhyme, asks Henry to stack 28 normal skulls, 26 cracked skulls and 239 bones, and the gravedigger then reveals the monk died long before Henry was born (Game Rant).

"Lost Honour" pays best for a duel. Sir Jezhek, met by the road, has lost his armor and horse to Zavish of Garbow; beat Zavish in Sigismund's Camp in three rounds (polearm, one-hander with shield, longsword) for 500 groschen, Jezhek's Spurs (+7 Charisma) and the horse Gringolet back, per Game Rant.

Missable side quests

For Victory! is the Trosky point of no return. Starting it begins the chain to Storm and locks out Demons of Trosky and Bad Blood, and Hans warns you to finish your business at its end (Game Rant).

Oratores is the Kuttenberg one. It automatically fails Bellatores, The Thunderstone and The White Roebuck after a warning, per the same Game Rant guide.

Some main quest choices close side quests. Wedding Crashers locks whichever invitation chain (blacksmith or miller) you did not finish, and siding with Hashek in Necessary Evil loses Gules' tasks about his band (Game Rant).

Some side quests fail on their own clock or exclude each other. Bellatores fails if you do not follow Jan Posy at once (TheGamer), Martha dies in Hush, My Darling if you are too slow (Game Rant), and Civic Duty and The Spark exclude each other (Game Rant).

The side quests also feed the ending. Siding with Chenyek in The Spark keeps the good ending open, and letting him be murdered blocks it, per Game Rant. The achievement Been There, Done That asks you to finish side quests before the plot cancels them (Game Rant); see Trophies and Achievements.

Side quests added after launch

Executioner's Pride came with Patch 1.3. Executioner Heinz at the Kuttenberg Gallows, south of the city, needs his sword reforged with a Hanged Man's Noose, a Ghostly Horseshoe (from a phantom horse at midnight in the burned forest between Grund and Kuttenberg), a Bezoar and a Hare Pelt, per Game Rant.

Patch 1.5.6 added "A Jester's visit" on Jun 25, 2026: a jester appears in front of the Hangman's Halter tavern with a new quest. The three story DLCs add their own questlines: Brushes with Death, Legacy of the Forge and Mysteria Ecclesiae.

Frequently asked questions

How many side quests are in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Game Rant's list counts 42 side quests in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's base game, across the Trosky and Kuttenberg regions. Patches and the three story DLCs added more, and many smaller tasks and encounters sit outside that count.

What is the best side quest in KCD2? Guides most often single out The Fifth Commandment, Katherine's serial-killer hunt in Kuttenberg, which Game Rant says is needed for one of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's best endings. Warhorse's own picks were The Mouth of Hell, Forbidden Fruit, the Kuttenberg Tournament and In Vino Veritas.

Which side quests can you miss in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, starting For Victory! locks out Demons of Trosky and Bad Blood, and Oratores fails Bellatores, The Thunderstone and The White Roebuck, according to Game Rant. Wedding Crashers also closes whichever invitation chain you did not take.

Which KCD2 side quest pays the most? Among Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's side quests, Bellatores and "Lost Honour" each pay 500 groschen, In Vino Veritas pays 500 in two parts, and Game Rant says later Kuttenberg Tournaments pay over 1,000 groschen per event.

What does the Kuttenberg Tournament give in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Game Rant says the first tournament paid 200 groschen plus a Shell Hunting Sword, a Horseman's Pick or a Kuttenberg Heater Shield, with entry at 100 groschen per event. It repeats every seven days once Ars Dimicatoria is done.

Do side quests affect the ending of KCD2? Yes. In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Game Rant says The Fifth Commandment is needed for one of the best endings, and siding with Chenyek in The Spark keeps the good ending open while letting him be murdered blocks it.