Can you Max Out Your Combat Stats in the Prologue? - Kingdom Come Deliverance

The fastest way I've found to max out weapon stats in KCD on PC. Not confirmed to be working on the PS4 version of the game.
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[@matman000000]

Zikmund's army arrives in Skalitz, but instead of a lively town, they only find burnt down streets lined with dead bodies. Even the Cumans haven't seen such senseless brutality. Carefully moving uphill, they arrive before the castle and see the only sign of life aside from crows feasting on corpses. It's Henry, covered from head to toe in blood. He stands up, looks deeply into Markvart von Aulitz's eyes with a bloodthirsty smile and utters those fearful words: "I feel quite hungry!"

[@SeanJGreen]

perfect 😂😂

[@zmannenxd8381]

Vengeance quest: complete

[@ironc5194]

🤣💀

[@matthaeusdecuiavia8637]

And then they see one guy still alive, covering in fear, with like 28000 stab wounds...

[@DynomitePunch]

i can just see henry sailing through the cuman army like a demon on the wind, sir radzig's sword in one hand, his father's smithing hammer in the other as he decimates the entire field like some whirling dirvish of destruction, turning kingdom come into a dynasty warriors game lmao, afterwards he becomes pardoned by sir radzig for his brutality as it was key to saving all of the kingdom

[@realDarkPeterson]

The Hungarians arrive, and while ordinarily, they would take the pleasure of slaughtering the village on their own, they become horrified, when they find a sole survivor of a previous massacre, rambling about a lone man who annihilated the entire population, including all the guards, by himself.

[@aymanelkadouri8235]

Lol

[@SilverFangedRat]

The last thing the lone man said was "I'm feeling quite hungry"

[@sebastianneshoda552]

+ they dont know who did such a horrible thing

[@internetguy2760]

Not Hungarians. They’re Cumans

[@user-yc1xe1pd1f]

⁠@@SilverFangedRatthe last thing that cumans heard 😂

[@fallenhope1]

Skalitz Population: Henry

[@urielseptim910]

A better question would be "How Many Stats Can You Max Out in the Prologue?

[@TheSidetrackYT]

I do wonder about the potential for others. There are only so many plants, so herbalism can't be maxed. Archery could be leveled if there was a reliable way to get arrows, and just train on the respawning animals, etc

[@JulianSloman]

@@TheSidetrackYT There is reliable arrows from guards - just knock them out instead of murdering them

[@wrath8542]

@@JulianSloman yeah idk why he murdered everyone

[@HerrLindstrom]

iirc you can max out your horticulture stat by collecting all of the plants and herbs in skallitz. can even sell them to make a nice hunk of gold early in the game. it's a definite exploit in the game because the gold value to weight ratio is better than most armor items in the game!

[@MarkoHolic]

@@HerrLindstrom wow did not knew this. But yea herbalism is a beast

[@romeocharles5229]

So basically to do this the main character snaps and just starts to kill his whole home town, BEFORE it is overtaken by raiders so he completely gets away with it

[@TheSidetrackYT]

what's the saying? "History is written by the victors" 😂

[@Tier1Norseman]

It makes the story telling more legendary to be pretty much the only survivor of the town and you can't be denied that. 😂😂😂😂

[@gabelachenman408]

I like how Henry wakes up one day and just terrorizes the entire village

[@krysa555]

Its possible to kill almost every person in Skalitz. Only Kunes, Mother, Father, Theresa and maybe one or two another person cant be killed. You can level up on two cows near the palisade. When you eventualy kill them, you can robbed them for meat. Drop the meat from inventory and run far enough to respawn that cows (somewhere about Kunes or the little fields acros the main street). After you get back to cows, you run across the cow place, turn back and cows will magicaly appear and the meat you droped is no longer marked as stolen, so you can sell it. If you repeat this process long enough you can buy everything in Skalitz and max out yourself. But its not necessery. When you got strength high enough (about 8-10), you can drop every guard one by one. Except two guards at the castle gate. You can beat them, but its tricky. I prefer bow and run and shoot tactics. Also there is a Bailiff and shop guard. Bailiff can be droped and he has a really nice loot. After you kill everybody that can defend themself. You can do whatever you want. But your reputation suffer a lot if you slaghter them all publicaly. But if you stealth kill everybody (yes, it is possible) your reputation will be fine. After that you shoud have a lot of stolen loot. You can put everything you have in the chest in your house before you leave the Skalitz, and after you come back to bury your parents, before you dig the grave take everything from the chest and start the script. After you woke up in Rattay, nothing is marked as stolen anymore. And if you dont have enough there is a way to earn infinite amount of money in short time before you do any of the quests in Rattay. Like a hundred thousand in five days. Yeah, it totally break the game. Love this game!

[@33GLOCK]

Lol 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@frantisekbartunek6890]

You can also level stats on sheeps near training place. Hunting sheeps with halberd was fun.

[@sergey_a]

You can kill Kunesh near his house. when I started the fight I was too strong and punched him to death.

[@isaacfullerton]

@@frantisekbartunek6890 I herded them all into the shed behind Kunesh’s place, they just stood still as I point blank riddled them with arrows.

[@jakubs.5966]

I was looking for cool way to start playing this game. Little cheesy, but I will try!

[@BlazinVoid59]

My suggestion is to let the first guy live. For me he kept waking up and returning to shoveling hay into the cart, so I could keep coming back to knock him out without any issue (especially once I killed the guards nearby after they ran towards me to arrest me after someone survived, but somehow they failed to spot me so I stabbed them in the back). Plus you can attack the horses there, strike them a couple times before they run away, they'll eventually return to their spots for Henry to attack more. I was using a save mod so I also accidentally discovered that a harder locked chest in one of the houses would relock after saving & reloading the game so I was also leveling lockpicking.

[@Trans_Wife_Beater]

I play on console, not showing knock out prompt, he keep talking to me even when I sneak. How fix?

[@MrMegamike2k]

This is the peak of entertainment right here!!!! What a good lad Henry is.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

100,000 VIEWS. Thank you so much everyone!

[@SilverFangedRat]

Deserved.

[@FVCK-TH1S]

Good shi bruh

[@notchs0son]

199k now so close

[@kassian82]

its 200k now

[@spicydeath82]

to be clear, you can buy a dagger in skalitz and insta kill people once your stealth is up there enough. no need to knock out first. though i will say it seems the stealth kill has a higher chance of failure than the knock out.

[@schwarzesfleisch5809]

Yes, you can, but on the second and more playthrough it's useless

[@nusretabi7222]

what stealth kill failure? It never failed for me once in my entire +200h

[@nusretabi7222]

@Florence Yeah I've failed knockouts too but never a stealth kill.

[@lukaspodhrazky302]

@Anon Commenter your Stealth needs to be high enough and you need to have a dagger in your backpack (not equipped). Pressing F knocks people out and holding F stabs them from behind which saves time.

[@judechauhan6715]

@Anon Commenter I think they meant once you unlock it just straight stealth kill them instead of ko then stomp

[@MoviesFreeGalore]

One of the most satisfying RPGs. You really do just start off as a broke, can't fight, useless asshole. Then you become a warrior and nothing was more satisfying than building weapon XP and gaining armor. Going from losing 1v1s to taking on 1v3s is a mechanic no other game has replicated

[@maomaeramnon3870]

Ever played fckn baldurs Gate? „No other game has replicated“ no sht they did it 20 years ago

[@MoviesFreeGalore]

@@maomaeramnon3870 Yeah, hey, apples? We got your son, the bucket of the paint over here. That's how close your comparison is of the two games and neither are relative in terms of combat.

[@kingsmanfl9647]

@@maomaeramnon3870 you sound slow

[@maomaeramnon3870]

@@MoviesFreeGalore you literally said „going from losing 1v1s to taking on 1v3s is a mechanic no other game has replicated“ so don’t put words in my mouth I didn’t say. I stated you statement is bullsht and yeah I get it I’m in a thread where people like the game the video is about so you will get away with commenting just wrong stuff if it feeds the narrative, or just have some fanboi start personally attacking me in favour of your argument :D You can praise a game without making wrong statements or bullsht comparisons to other games. There’s a lot of good stuff out there and probably way more bad games and annoying mechanics. Still, my comparison was based on your last sentence and discarding it is just because you can’t say you were wrong.

[@Addicted3D]

@@MoviesFreeGalore Gothic then i guess.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

I wanted to post a quick comment just to thank everyone for checking out my video! I made this thinking maybe 100 people would see it and now we've passed 50k views. Thank you all so much for watching and all the likes and comments, I'd love to get back into making more videos like this when I have more ideas!

[@username-np6nd]

Just got recommended to me, keep going!

[@philipprudek9537]

So, does this still work? After having this game for a while, I aquired the dlcs so I want to be as powerful as possible.

[@mori7423]

great vid! I really enjoyed it! But voice commentary would be much better!

[@TimurFearless]

With your strength, you could just intimidate the guards, to break the fight and it should be successful. So you don’t lose money or items like this. Just a little tip.

[@leonsvendsen]

@@philipprudek9537 still works I did this today

[@aristotlechiu5668]

When you do the glitch and punch the villager for hours I think it’s because you hit Frits accidentally and triggered a combat with him even if you aren’t actually fighting him and if you knock out all your friends it returns to normal when I tested it.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

Hitting Fritz... you're totally right. When i did the whole process again i didn't hit anyone else and it ended normally. Makes perfect sense

[@caseybennett1385]

@4:35?

[@Bralle9]

Do this, do all the Main Quests first except handing Them over to Henrys father, get the Axe, the coal and the Ale then kill johanka, initate the fight, max your stats and then save, then reload the save and the fight has ended but your Friends are stuck and you cant complete their Quest, but the Main Quest is intact

[@undead9999]

Henry is far more efficient than a whole army of Cumans Ahahah

[@vadimsimon5453]

Plot twist. Henry is Sigismund's best man

[@brunoclement123]

Plot twist: Henry is a sleeper agent brainwashed by Sigismund to activate when he hears a specific set of words

[@judgegeof2927]

Can you imagine stopping to have a snack while literally hitting someone while they are down? Lol. Great tips. Thanks!!

[@gokublack4211]

"i cant believe the cumans could've done this" Henry: yea the cumans

[@NeroNyte]

I assume this is how Batman mastered every form of martial arts.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

I distinctly remember the part where he punches a thug in the head in an alleyway for 4 hours 😂

[@andytheshark]

The villager, bloodied and bruised from two hour non stop beatdown: Ugh... Thank christ it's over. Henry whippin out the axe for round 2 The Villager: Fuck.

[@navyblustick7758]

Enjoyed the video so I checked your channel to see your other stuff. Bro left his mark and never returned.

[@iguessmynameitsthis6247]

i'd love to see a full playthrough with this done

[@chrishca438]

“New level in WARFARE” Henry: neat… **resumes punching**

[@ronny.wijaya]

Wowee +1 for this vids, you just made me see this game from different POV. The hunted become the hunter :D

[@ikaerus_1941]

I just bought the game during Steam summer sale, and this guide helps a lot.

[@killedirl]

omfg lol

[@Smarglenargle]

now i want to see you take out the entire cuman army around skalitz

[@venom-vd7yu]

For when your stuck in combat after ruffing up the villager for awhile, if you go and drop all of your stolen stuff in a empty and out of site barn. Then Run back to the guard and steal a beet. Pay the 60ish fine (mega oof). Run and pick your stuff back up.

[@ljcarthan3504]

OK here's the thing. You can only max out your stats during a single save session once you load the fight is over. My advice is to take unarmed up to level 20 because that's the hardest one to do unless you're getting into fist fights with guards. Even training with captain Bernard is hard to level up unarmored because once you beat him up the fight will end prematurely. After that kill the sheep and the cows which come back to life after you leave and come back to level up your other combat stats. Finally I completed everything be thing before doing this exploit so all you have to do is talk to Teresa to progress the game that should eliminate any loading hiccups

[@shush1558]

The combat goes away if you knock out your friends during the fight aswell I think

[@wildmoose3979]

Turns out they didn't need an army to raze skalitz, just one man who really didn't want to put effort into the main storyline

[@friedmetcalf2428]

Great Video!

[@judechauhan6715]

LOVELY!!! I knew at some point there would be another way to do this sooner or later since they patched out the training with vashek way. Wonderful method, I will have to try it myself. I'm glad people are still looking for these after they stopped patching it! Will make the usual level 20 before starting main storyline much quicker :D

[@alfonsolanzagortamarti3022]

Does it still work?

[@SidsWard]

@@alfonsolanzagortamarti3022 yes

[@cizzymac]

When Henry wakes up and chooses violence.

[@scroopynoopers8561]

Love the tips but the commentary was the highlight this is hilarious

[@Max2ds]

The enemy army is about to roll up to see henry sitting on a throne of bodies looking like Thanos from endgame

[@chopps_doc]

Amazing vid after... 14 years ? Oh god

[@TheMemeSharky]

Sadly, either no longer works on PS4 or is conflicted with the "A Womans Lot" DLC. Johanka is marked essential for me and can take no form of damage (ie, stealth knockout, stealth assassination, or general melee strikes) and the game will not allow any harm to her at least as far as the PS4 edition is concerned.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

That's so unfortunate! I guess i should specify this is confirmed for PC only

[@FuckerMother-qr5un]

Actually, it’s possible I was doin it just a lil while ago! It wasn’t letting me take her out until I reloaded a save, ur prolly to far in the story by now but when you create a new game just test it out again n make sure:)

[@TheMemeSharky]

@@FuckerMother-qr5un That is actually very peculiar. I received a PC this Christmas and got KCD for steam as well and I ran into the same exact issue as I did on PS4. Loading a previous save sounds like such a strange bug to let me knock her unconscious lmao

[@FuckerMother-qr5un]

@@TheMemeSharky yeah tbh I thought it was pretty weird that you’d gotta make a save beforehand, only worked till after I reloaded n was able to knock her out! I’m sure she is marked essential cuz she conflicts with the quest but since this “bug” isn’t patched u can just farm xp off those peasants xD

[@DieTabbi]

@@FuckerMother-qr5un HM I start KCD today and it is not working. I come from behind the guard and press F but the guard got me instanly

[@scasny]

i dont know why but the cut with the cuman at the end was hilarious for me.

[@curedanxiety1679]

this commentary is actually hilarious, well done.

[@SwankyJami]

Alright well time to give Kingdom Come a third try! I'm redownloading as I type this lol I remember trying to replicate the glitch that Jerma had in the prologue where it's the same strat of constantly hitting a non-killable npc to boost stats. Don't care how long it takes, I just wanna cheese the fuck out of it so I can enjoy the game more lol

[@darkushippotoxotai9536]

In woman's lot, I just grinded out for 6 hours in the archery contests to earn like 6000 groschen. Just brought all gear that was being sold, Killed all the cumans(Everyone who wasn't grouped up, atleast) and just blazed through the bandits and looters near Skalitz. Archery has to be the best early game money machine. Grinding the advanced contest nets you 60 groschen for like 3 mins of gameplay. With proper training, you can safely go 40 rounds without losing.

[@Matthieufleere]

You can win any one on one fight (or tournament) by: Walk into them Get the clinch Win the clinch and push them back Get one free hit in every time Walk into them immediately Repeat till they die

[@ExtremeMan10]

Yes but it only works 2-3 times on skilled opponents (Black Peter, Bernard etc.) as after that they will parry you and deliver damage

[@Matthieufleere]

@@ExtremeMan10 For me, I just keep doing that and kill them all with this. Won 10+ times using this. And indeed, they might counter you once or twice, but still... it's super easy like this.

[@ExtremeMan10]

@@Matthieufleere there is far better tactic. When in combat 1v1,all you have to do is run away few meters, and when they do the running attack on you then parry and you will 100% do riposte even in 2 defense. You can abuse this in tournament to take out more leveled opponents without problem. Plus the clinch is only worthwhile on maces because headknocker and later in the game bandits/cumans will use visors so no dice with swords stabbing.

[@feeniks100]

The title of this video should be, "What would happen if Henry was possessed by a demon and became the games main antagonist?"

[@TheSidetrackYT]

I think i saw that anime 😂

[@brennobrum1482]

Hey man, great vídeo! I will definitely try this! However I have a doubt, if we kill johanka, she will revive as nothing happened later in the game? Cuz she has some really important quests int he game

[@TheSidetrackYT]

"Prologue Johanka" and "main game Johanka" are treated as 2 separate NPCs so she still exists just fine in the main game whether you do this or not!

[@brennobrum1482]

@@TheSidetrackYT NOW I WILL DEFINITELY TRY THIS!!!

[@brennobrum1482]

@@TheSidetrackYT thx man!

[@otroweonllamadoseba]

@@TheSidetrackYT the smile that appeared in my face after reading this was one of the bigges i have ever had.

[@IIXLR8II]

If only I knew this 4 years ago, now I’m gonna play this again 😂

[@_LivinlikeDre_]

Me too lol

[@tomiv3751]

So much work 'thubs up'

[@Sargassian]

4:36 i like the way Fritz groans after being hit

[@leorodesp]

I really like the combat system of this game, you actually have to make an effort to learn to fight.

[@loganpittfitt]

this was awesome

[@faule_knochen1000]

You can also Level up Bows by frequently going to the cows and sheep. They respawn from time to time.

[@faule_knochen1000]

Speech also by bartering everything found like pick up all herbs for that skill and then sell them one by one while bartering. Endurance is just jumping fences. And stealth can be leveled by walking above the shop inside the locked room. Gonna take for ever but hey it's possible. Hunting can be leveled by looting the sheep's and cows. After cooking the meat you can sell it.

[@kevinfritts4750]

You edits are funny af

[@andriasariperdana5093]

This is even more chaotic than Call Me Kevin and I sustain!

[@TheSidetrackYT]

I take this as a huge compliment, thank you 😂

[@shakaama]

it makes no sense that the son of a blacksmith (the only guy in town the lifts weights all day and uses a sword more than the guards) wouldn't be a rockem sockem robot at the start of the game, especially since he's and adult now

[@navybr0wnie]

Henry woke up and chose violence, and have a reason to try and replay this game.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

This is what I'm aiming for!

[@cloverdog85]

I can't wait for #2

[@lavastt]

Henry: Some of you are cool, don't come to tavern tomorrow

[@cranberry7456]

This might have been patched since I'm pretty sure Johanka is now impossible to knock out.

[@TheHighborn]

i think you can max vit if you jump around enough

[@idolmike6779]

Come back, we need you

[@nordman111]

Okay so slaughter most the town before the army does🤣

[@TheSidetrackYT]

The lesser of 2 evils 🙏

[@ghastly9599]

Ayo. Highly considering restarting my questline for this

[@space1587]

Now new hero can defend all citizens from enemies!

[@anthonyhornbeck7420]

Wait how do they have a cross hair when using the bow. 😕 I don’t get one so I have to guess where to shoot

[@zanethezaniest274]

Another interesting fact: Kunesh is essentially unkillable in the prologue but he can still be knocked out which grants Stealth Exp, so if u have enough time and patience u can farm Stealth Exp. from old Kunesh. Combined with me stealth killing almost the entire town and choke slamming Kunesh to sleep, I got to Lvl 13 stealth. U could defo go higher if u have better patience though.

[@spicypuphboi2228]

How do you get behind him to do it?

[@SakiKawasaki-ib7lr]

Im at lvl 12 still in Skilatz rawaging.. ET TU BRUTE is wayy op skill

[@panzermeyer9944]

Not working on latest game version on PS4. That man will pass out with a few punches.

[@TheSidetrackYT]

Damn, thanks for the update

[@crovik7510]

How do you have enough strenght to choke out the original guard

[@hexerey]

Why tf do you have a dot in the middle of the screen while shooting a bow???

[@odiedodieuk]

Really tempted to try this game…

[@kylemckinney4071]

Do it it's challenging and very fun to play

[@ilikethefedorahat3461]

If you're up for a challenge do it! The combat mechanics are awesome and quite difficult to master, and the world is immersive asf!

[@Shadic24367]

I'd like to add, don't kill people often while you do this, your reputation with the villagers for the rest of the game will be like the lowest it can possibly go

[@NickShlyam]

What a drama level - man training to defeat evil but slowly becomes one.

[@submariner1984]

Have tried this 3 times now. Each attempt took me like 5 to 6 hours of button smashing. Crashed every time I tried using saviour snaps just after I reached max level

[@submariner1984]

Ahhh I figured out what I did wrong. In order to make this work you really need to prepare for a long gaming session (I play on ps4). You need to pick up the main quest as soon as you begin and complete it to the point where the only thing left is to turn it in. That's what I did . Also I had a few hours to spare before I started the deutz fight. I looted a halberd and started going for the cows. Did it so many times I bought up all the saviour snaps, marigold potion and antidote potions. Also all the wine and spirits. The bonus is that it get your vitality up to atleast 12 or 14. Wich means your stam reg is faster and you punch or hit more. Also leveled up my maintenance up to 20 because why not. At the end I had all combat stats up to 20 , stealth 10, herb 16, vitality 13, bow 6(killed all sheep) and had around 1100 groschen. Then I turned it in and just went to talmberg. Skipped the cumans.

[@kevn1ewis]

I’m trying it now but Johanka never leaves the bench in front of her house so I can’t take her out

[@zorskizor152]

lmao at the good day madam part

[@user-microburst]

Oh u can! I did it big time. It took time but I got out of the place being strong with sword and bow and a good lock picker among other stuff. I killed so many cows and sheep though, and suffocated guards

[@kennycarter5682]

I actually never left the prolonge, as I never could escape the soldiers

[@TheRixtah1]

My only thought is "why would you do that?"

[@StirlizZFapicon]

Johanka is immortal now

[@TRUProjectOMR]

So I can max everything as intended here, but the hang up is the cutscenes with Theresa and Dad. It hangs up there, never to play again on the PS4/5, no matter what the technique I use. I haven’t tried this on Xbox series x yet. (Yes. I’m a glutton for punishment)

[@ljcarthan3504]

Confirmed working for Xbox. They passed out all of these exploits but you managed to discover one the entire world missed good job. The best part is you might actually be able to keep your reputation upon leaving skallatiz

[@greywolf535]

I tried to knock out the first guy by the hay and I died in prison. This was my first playthrough

[@NomdePlume337]

Henry, the Butcher of Skalitz

[@Kogasengaha_Hishoshi]

2:42 *FIGHT BACK. FIGHT BACK!*

[@kingMeow]

This made me want to play the game again lol

[@TheSidetrackYT]

do it!! I've beaten it like 6 times, there's always more to explore

[@Smokejensen212]

Bro, I abused bernard on my 2nd run... I learned the hard way the first run.

[@redtsun67]

glad I wasn't the only person who ran around choking people out in the tutorial. I thought it was so funny. Then I got caught by a guard.

[@t3nta380]

Still waiting for that real life girlfriend DLC.

[@shiftycones7315]

Just a question does this still work? On the latest patches etc? I’m on PS4?

[@matthewkeating6970]

great vid

[@MrWrite22]

Not a single soul sees me kill but I still get a fine/jail time later

[@chadicus8725]

How are you gathering herbs without the animation playing?

[@Mirr0r_Man771]

you could put all your stolen goods in the chest in the living room of the smithy (home) and then go steal the bread and pay the fine to rid yourself of the 'in combat' swords - then go collect it again after?

[@Leonion6]

Heh, I just spent some time shooting at endlessly respawning cows and sheep. Got a few levels, then continued playing normally.

[@marioham7337]

i'm not just an outlaw. i am fucking villain 16th century outlaw

[@TheSidetrackYT]

Yee haw

[@aria.e]

Hi just wanna ask does this game have cliffhanger ending?

[@Bassalicious]

I like how Henry is strong and experienced with every weapon here but still too stupid to use any of them properly

[@TheGrace020]

Amazing

[@MultipleInterface]

I did some Skalitz shenanigans yesterday but nothing like this lol, too bad you have to kill Johanka to make this work this well so you can't do her questline later on in the game

[@mr.damagecontrol8500]

Haven't played for a year, come back and seems as though everything was nerfed. It's way to slow now! A year ago it wouldn't take long to max out sneak...now...it takes to long, along with strength. Ugh...