Guide: Discover the Hermit's Sword in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Unlocking the secrets of Semine's wedding requires navigating a challenging questline. This guide details the Hermit quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, assuming you're progressing through the blacksmith's storyline.

Table of Contents

• Starting the Hermit Quest
• Gathering Information on the Hermit
• Interacting with Gerda and Stanislav
• Acquiring Evidence
• Confronting the Hermit
• Choosing to Aid or Eliminate Konrad
• Obtaining the Hermit's Sword

Starting the Hermit Quest

The Hermit quest automatically unlocks upon completing Radovan's tasks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. After recovering the lost cart, inform Radovan, who will then commission you to forge a wedding gift – a sword. This initiates the Hermit questline. Before interacting with the hermit, however, you must gather information from Troskowitz villagers.

Gathering Information on the Hermit

Begin by conversing with Innkeeper Betty at the Troskowitz tavern, exhausting all dialogue options. Subsequently, speak with other villagers (e.g., the alehouse maid or trader) to glean additional details.

Interacting with Gerda and Stanislav

Next, question Gerda in Troskowitz, a witness to a mysterious apparition. You can either pay her a small sum or attempt a dialogue check to obtain information.

Proceed to Apollonia and speak with Stanislav. Again, a dialogue check or a small payment will yield the necessary information.

Acquiring Evidence

With the gathered intel, locate the cross mentioned by Gerda. Dig up the grave (requiring a spade, purchasable from the Troskowitz trader or found in cemeteries) to uncover Groschen, documents, and artifacts related to the Knights of the Cross.

Review the documents. Then, proceed to the quest marker in Apollonia to discover a hut and a clearing containing a black horse. Examine the horse for further clues, preparing you for the hermit's confrontation.

Confronting the Hermit

Approach the hermit's hut. Note that without prior evidence gathering, the hermit will remain uncooperative. Armed with the necessary information, engage him in conversation. Select dialogue options like "You're suspicious," thoroughly exploring all related clues and evidence. Finally, choose "Out with it!" The hermit will reveal his true identity as Konrad. Before surrendering the sword, he tasks you with delivering a cross to a widow named Margaret.

Locate Margaret in the Apollonia cemetery, deliver the cross, and optionally assist her in burying Ambrose (Sinful Soul quest). You may return to Konrad immediately if preferred.

Choosing to Aid or Eliminate Konrad

Returning to the hermit's hut, you'll encounter Crusaders. You can either aid them in killing Konrad or help Konrad escape. If choosing to help Konrad, sneak towards the hut; he'll agree to speak once you've completed the prior tasks. Inquire about the sword's location. The choice to aid or kill Konrad rests with you. Killing Konrad is often easier, particularly with Mutt and the Crusaders' assistance. After eliminating him, speak with the Crusaders and offer to return the documents for a payment.

Obtaining the Hermit's Sword

North of the hermit's hut, locate two entangled oak trees where the sword is embedded. Retrieve it and return to Radovan in Tachov to complete the quest.

This concludes the Hermit quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Consult The Escapist for further game tips, including optimal perk selection and romance options.