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[pudel]

I found a power leveling exploit. Get a quest to find Canker, you can get this at the wedding (maybe before, maybe after),if you finished the blacksmith cart quest. Get the quest from the ex bandit leader, to find a cankers camp in a forest between trokowist and a southern mill by extracting information from a bandit ambush.

Now two bandit ambuses will spawn at the south and north ends of the forest, and the will spawn immediately/endlessly after leaving, so you can fast travel between the town and the mill to trigger the ambuses.

Eventually the A.I will break and not even attack (at least on my file) so you can use whatever you want to level, can even practice pick pocketing. Good loot can also spawn on them though rare.

You may gave to walk into the ambush a preemptively attack the bandits first, that's how i may gave broke the quest.

Yeah, that was a bit immersion breaking. I ran into the first ambush...finished all four guys, looted them and ran to town to sell the stuff. I came back to find the Canker camp....and had the same ambush again.

 

[GymWolf]

Regretting getting this on PS5. Really think this game is meant to be played on PC. Just not a good experience with a controller, imo.

If it is about stealth takedown, don't wait for the second icon to come up, the timing is super tight, just press the first button when the blue icon is showed and then mentally count 3\4 of a second and press the block button, it should work most of the times.

If it is for the lockpicking, yeah it's trash but i can give you 2 hints:

Help the dude who can make you enter the wedding, not the blacksmith, the other one, his quest explain to you how to lockpick, steal and stealth takedown, and you can repeat the training of these things to get levels and perks, lockpick get slightly easier the higher is the level.

When you start lockpicking, you can check where the yellow ball position is, but you can exit and re-enter to change the position of the yellow ball in a more comfy position for you (hard to explain but try and you are gonna understand).


People started doing sidequest but i think the game want you to do a couple of main missions where it explain all the systems.

 

[pudel]

If it is about stealth takedown, don't wait for the second icon to come up, the timing is super tight, just press the first button when the blue icon is showed and then mentally count 3\4 of a second and press the block button, it should work most of the times.

If it is for the lockpicking, yeah it's trash but i can give you 2 hints:

Help the dude who can make yo enter the wedding, not the blacks ith, the other one his quest explain to you how to lockpick, steal and stealth takedown, and you can repeat the training of these things to get levels and perks, lockpick get slightly easier the higher is the level.

When you start lockpicking, you can check where the yellow ball position is, but you can exist and re-enter to change the position of the yellow ball in a more comfy position for you (hard to explain vut try and you are gonna understand).


People started doing sidequest but i think the game wante you to do a couple of main mission where it explain all the systems.

Yep, I have to say...lockpicking was a nighmare in the beginning. I had even trouble with easy chests. Its super important to level up yr thievery skill here. Once you get to the miller in the south he has a tutorial guy there and you can practice on one specific chest there. You quickly level up to 10+ level....and now lockpicking is easy af again.

 

[Gonzito]

People need to realize that this game is made hard in the beginning on purpose, and if you are struggling with lockpicking, stealing or any other skill, in order to level up you need to practice that particular skill over and over. Gaining skill points and leveling up will make those actions easier until you reach a point where it becomes so simple it becomes trivial. For example, I am able now to lockpick medium difficulty without any issues and I am playing with a controller on pc

Another thing that can help is reading books for those skills too, this will make it even more easier and faster

I personally think it's very well made because the game forces you to put effort into getting things instead of just giving them by default

 

[pudel]

Another thing that can help is reading books for those skills too, this will make it even more easier and faster

Yep, I make sure I always have one book to read before going to sleep. The scrible guy in Troskowitz is selling lots of skill books. And you can sell him back the finished books if you want to make them even a bit cheaper.

 

[SJRB]

I highly recommend getting a horse asap.

Makes a world of difference, especially with the quests where they send you all over the map.

You can get a horse super early in the game (for free):


Your own horse is in the castle east outside of Samine. Spot the horse (Henry will comment that it is your horse), then talk to the groom and tell him it's your horse. Use the "be reasonable" option and he should return your horse to you for free.


Now to find an affordable saddle because the saddler in town charges like 300 bucks for a saddle.

 

[MMaRsu]

Yeah but that horse pebbles is slow af

 

[PectacularOz]

People who didn't liked and had trouble with the beginning of the game are gonna LOVE the mission right after the wedding

Btw the game already had 1 soft crash and 2 hard crash bsod in like 15 hours, it was since dogma 2 that i didn't had bsod...

If you mean inside the castle, I actually loved it! But then Ive actually been doing smithing/alchemy

 

[SJRB]

Yeah but that horse pebbles is slow af

He's still faster than walking like a peasant, sire.

 

[GymWolf]

So you can only use 1 perk point per cat when go up a level? I still have 10 but there’s nothing I can spend it on. I as soon as I spended one the others became unavailable

Edit;

Never mind, I see now. Holy fuck

What did you saw now?

 

[GymWolf]

If you mean inside the castle, I actually loved it! But then Ive actually been doing smithing/alchemy

It puts you in a situation even worse than the beginning so people who didn't loved the beginning are gonna be ecstatic

I like it but many people are gonna hate this part.

 

[pudel]

Yeah but that horse pebbles is slow af

I dont know. There are lots of good perks for the horse. I had to make a race against one of these gypsy guys who has supposedly a better horse. But the guy had no chance at all (after I finally figured out the correct race track).

 

[Peroroncino]

Yeah but that horse pebbles is slow af

it's the best horse in the game after getting good old pebbles perk

 

[Kamina]

it's the best horse in the game after getting good old pebbles perk

how do i get it pack if i bought another horse?

 

[Gen.Grievous]

Yeah but that horse pebbles is slow af

Stick with pebbles and use normal travel (not fast travel) a lot.

how do i get it pack if i bought another horse?

Check Semine maybe?

 

[GymWolf]

how do i get it pack if i bought another horse?

Sell the horse to the gipsy camp and get pebbles.

 

[Myuni]

I stumbled upon a hatchet stuck in a log lying across a road and can‘t pick it up. Is that by design or a bug?

Also: wanted to pick up the spade from the old tutorial hag, but I can‘t find it anywhere. Did this bitch hide it from me?

I am very angry

 

[struggler_guts]

I stumbled upon a hatchet stuck in a log lying across a road and can‘t pick it up. Is that by design or a bug?

Also: wanted to pick up the spade from the old tutorial hag, but I can‘t find it anywhere. Did this bitch hide it from me?

I am very angry

Yeah that spade poofs after that intro quest, I looked everywhere lol but you can buy one for 20 schmeckles at the general trader in Troskowitz, the first town

I finally did the wedding and all the fun stuff after, I reaaally enjoyed the 12 tolls part.

Found out the truth about some heinous stuff, and didn't even have to

Spoiler

torture that dude

but what happens after is wiiiild

 

[pudel]

I stumbled upon a hatchet stuck in a log lying across a road and can‘t pick it up. Is that by design or a bug?

Also: wanted to pick up the spade from the old tutorial hag, but I can‘t find it anywhere. Did this bitch hide it from me?

I am very angry

You can get a spade for "free" at the cemetery west east of Trosko. Just make sure no one looks.

And yep, these "weapons in logs" are just pure trolling. I always want to pick them up as well.

 

[panda-zebra]

Felt like clearing the map and meeting loads of people was well worth doing before going to the wedding. There was still one person I didn't progress with frst, but wasn't going to go back to an old save file just for that.

Just exited the ceremony part now can't wait to get back to it this evening - sooo fucking good this game!

 

[struggler_guts]

Yeah I realized I forgot to go paint that cow and am sad but I've made too much progress to go back now

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Game is as good as I thought it'd be.

All the little QoL improvements in mechanics, gameplay, UI, graphics, hits all the high notes. You can put up with a little less polished edge here and there when the game is just overwhelming with quality and character all over the place.

I like how the game Incorporates the events of the first game while doing tutorial stuff. A little under 5 hours in, amazing as I thought it would be.

 

[pudel]

Felt like clearing the map and meeting loads of people was well worth doing before going to the wedding. There was still one person I didn't progress with frst, but wasn't going to go back to an old save file just for that.

Just exited the ceremony part now can't wait to get back to it this evening - sooo fucking good this game!

I am 60hrs in...still wasnt to the wedding (i could go any moment), still have the Cuman quest open and there are still a few questgivers shown on the map. Not sure if I ever make it to the wedding tbh.

 

[Kirkio]

Man I hate work, I just want to be losing all my groshen on the dice, picking herbs, getting bucked off pebbles and peering down every female npc's blouse I come across.
Instead I have to flick between spreadsheets to maintain the illusion of me working. Such a good game

 

[SJRB]

Man I hate work, I just want to be losing all my groshen on the dice, picking herbs, getting bucked off pebbles and peering down every female npc's blouse I come across.
Instead I have to flick between spreadsheets to maintain the illusion of me working. Such a good game

 

[Kirkio]

I shouldn't complain, I have it pretty good and I work from home 2 days a week. I just miss the days of having alot more free time. Few more hours to go anyway

 

[SJRB]

I shouldn't complain, I have it pretty good and I work from home 2 days a week. I just miss the days of having alot more free time. Few more hours to go anyway

Yeah I know what you mean.

I can already tell I'm never going to finish this game because I have maybe two hours a day where I can play a game.

100+ hour long games are just impossible for me lately.

 

[KyoZz]

"From whom the bell tolls" is probably one of the worst quest I have ever played. I see what they wanted to do but there is so many ways to soft lock yourself it's impressively stupid.

 

[Denton]

Man I hate work, I just want to be losing all my groshen on the dice, picking herbs, getting bucked off pebbles and peering down every female npc's blouse I come across.
Instead I have to flick between spreadsheets to maintain the illusion of me working. Such a good game

I took Steam Deck to the office and play KCD2 there. Works great!

 

[GymWolf]

"From whom the bell tolls" is probably one of the worst quest I have ever played. I see what they wanted to do but there is so many ways to soft lock yourself it's impressively stupid.

If it is the quest after the wedding, what do you been by soft lock yourself? Does the automatic save at the beginning of the quest get erased?
Because i kinda made a save and i already heard the bells 6 times without much to speak for in term of progress...
They can't be that stupid to force to you start the game again after people played for like 20 hours before even reaching the wedding..,

 

[TintoConCasera]

Yeah but that horse pebbles is slow af

Spend some time with her and you'll get a perk about how good friends you are, giving Pebbles a great boost to her stats.

 

[KyoZz]

If it is the quest after the wedding, what do you been by soft lock yourself? Does the automatic save at the beginning of the quest get erased?
Because i kinda made a save and i already heard the bells 6 times without much to speak for in term of progress...
They can't be that stupid to force to you start the game again after people played for like 20 hours before even reaching the wedding..,

It's hard to explain because there is so many steps and ways to do this quest but in short:
I was stuck beside a guard that won't move no matter what (throwing rocks wasn't working for whatever reason) and since I haven't talk to the right persons I don't have the right to be where I am so as soon as they see me it's over.
After 1 hours of save/loading I finally got an exploit to pass this and now I'm stuck on the fever potion, I need 3 Chrysanthemums but I only have 2

But the first time I did this I indeed had 3 Chrysanthemums but now only 2 after loading again because the potion was not perfect. And I don't know what the fuck I should do. It's tiring I've been doing this over and over again for like 4 hours now.

 

[GymWolf]

It's hard to explain because there is so many steps and ways to do this quest but in short:
I was stuck beside a guard that won't move no matter what (throwing rocks wasn't working for whatever reason) and since I haven't talk to the right persons I don't have the right to be where I am so as soon as they see me it's over.
After 1 hours of save/loading I finally got an exploit to pass this and now I'm stuck on the fever potion, I need 3 Chrysanthemums but I only have 2

But the first time I did this I indeed had 3 Chrysanthemums but now only 2 after loading again because the potion was not perfect. And I don't know what the fuck I should do. It's tiring I've been doing this over and over again for like 4 hours now.

Oh ok, yeah maybe adding a time component that stress you out was not the brightest idea but the concept is so bold that i can't fault them for trying.

 

[KyoZz]

Oh ok, yeah maybe adding a time component that stress you out was not the brightest idea but the concept is so bold that i can't fault them for trying.

Time is not an issue, I'm on the 4th bell so I think I'm fine. I just want to be done with that potion

Edit: had to reload an earlier save (lost 30 minutes... again...) and now I have 8 Chrysanthemums

This game can be so unfair.

 

[GymWolf]

Time is not an issue, I'm on the 4th bell so I think I'm fine. I just want to be done with that potion

I felt a bit overwhelmed because i think there are a shitton of ways to complete the quest and i had my feet in half of them but not deep in any of them if you understand what i mean.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Yeah, that was a bit immersion breaking. I ran into the first ambush...finished all four guys, looted them and ran to town to sell the stuff. I came back to find the Canker camp....and had the same ambush again.

I think the quest is straight bugged, I'll have to find the camp some other way.

 

[pudel]

I think the quest is straight bugged, I'll have to find the camp some other way.

No, just go further into the area after the first ambush. The camp is really not far away. (i came from north side/Trosko) (i had one ambush guy surrender and he told me where to look for the camp)

It seems when you run away in between..all encounters reset. Especially the ambush encounter...and they respawn everywhere in that area.

 

[geary]

 

[Gonzito]

Hahah the priest screaming about women being the devil in Trozkavice is so funny

 

[Emedan]

Sell the horse to the gipsy camp and get pebbles.

How so you get Pebbles?

 

[GymWolf]

How so you get Pebbles?

Dude asked what to do with the horse he already has.

If you are asking where to find pebbles, it's in a place with a name that rhyme with semen.

 

[PectacularOz]

"From whom the bell tolls" is probably one of the worst quest I have ever played. I see what they wanted to do but there is so many ways to soft lock yourself it's impressively stupid.

I loved it.
You're there with nothing, and constraints everywhere. You're forced to use what Henry's learned to complete it.

 

[PectacularOz]

It's hard to explain because there is so many steps and ways to do this quest but in short:
I was stuck beside a guard that won't move no matter what (throwing rocks wasn't working for whatever reason) and since I haven't talk to the right persons I don't have the right to be where I am so as soon as they see me it's over.
After 1 hours of save/loading I finally got an exploit to pass this and now I'm stuck on the fever potion, I need 3 Chrysanthemums but I only have 2

But the first time I did this I indeed had 3 Chrysanthemums but now only 2 after loading again because the potion was not perfect. And I don't know what the fuck I should do. It's tiring I've been doing this over and over again for like 4 hours now.

Potion can still be super low quality, same effect.
Also, there's multiple ways to get what you need. Consider what Henry is good at, not just what you're good at.

 

[Emedan]

Dude asked what to do with the horse he already has.

If you are asking where to find pebbles, it's in a place with a name that rhyme with semen.

after i replaced her?

 

[GymWolf]

after i replaced her?

I think we are talking about different things because i lost the plot dude

 

[pudel]

after i replaced her?

Good question. I would check where you bought yr new horse...assuming you was riding over there. Maybe she still stands around there somewhere. Or did you actually sold/traded Pepples in? (not sure if that even possible)

 

[Gonzito]

One frustrating flaw that the game has is the fact that you cant carry corpses in your horse. I am doing a side quest in which I have to carry a corpse for a burial and man, I have to walk very long. RDR1 had this feature in 2010...there is no reason for not having this as an option in 2025

 

[Sabejita]

Get stuck between 2 rocks, floating mid-air, lose 1 hour gaming.

I already lost another hour because I had the save bug that makes them load in 1mn instead of 5sec (it seems it's because of broken npc routines)...

Don't make a game so restricting when you can't code.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

No, just go further into the area after the first ambush. The camp is really not far away. (i came from north side/Trosko) (i had one ambush guy surrender and he told me where to look for the camp)

It seems when you run away in between..all encounters reset. Especially the ambush encounter...and they respawn everywhere in that area.

Thanks, i broke the quest trying to figure it out. I can use it to level thievery i suppose.

 

[Arsic]

Idk why but I’ve spent more time playing dice than anything else in this game.

I just want to be rich…