I left the tutorial village of Skalitz only after I was level 3-5. I picked _all_ the herbs in the entire town, increasing many of my stats in the process. Picking a lot of Nettles, for example, gave me a vitality bonus, because Nettles are "poisonous". I also improved Strength and leg-strength by picking the herbs. I would sell off as much as I could, and then just drop all the excess, as you don't have a horse yet and potential buyer's are limited. I improved my unarmed combat (as well as stats) by punching all the cows ( knocking them out/killing them, but they will eventually return, although be careful you're not seen doing this by wandering villagers. It's not as easy doing this with sheep, as they run away too fast, so more time is spent herding than punching. I practiced stealth, knocking out wandering villagers (Deutch has good gear to sell later), picking up a bit of gear to wear and (mostly) sell, although as some was marked stolen I kept it to sell later. I did most of this _before_ collecting the beer for the trip home, as that part is timed, and will eventually lead to the cut scene of the village attack. The point is, do whatever you can, before leaving Skalitz. Oh, and as I played on console, "saving" by sleeping/using a Savior Schnapps wasn't possible/viable, I would often do so by "save and exit to menu"; a little tedious, but better than losing a lot of progress by doing a forced reset. In fact, while playing the game I have almost never used a Savior Schnapps, but just exit save...hundreds, and I mean hundreds of times. Anyway, that's what I can remember of my early gameplay, and maybe it will help new players get a jumpstart on the game.
I may be a little late but if you put the stuff you were stealing from the folks in skalitz in the chest in your home they will stay there until you return later on when you burry your parrents. Just take every item out of the chest BEFORE you dig the grave. After you wake up in rattay you can find all your items in the chest next to your bed and they are ready to be sold. (Just make sure that you save before taking everything out of your chest in skalitz because there is a bug where some stuff might vanish when you go to rattay)
I learned the hard way that "Save & Exit" is not a true save. If you reload after, say, a mistake, the game doesn't take you back to your last Exit Save. It takes you to your last Sleep or Schnapps Save. Save & Exit only serves for returning after an exit.
I personally dislike VR, but for those that enjoy it, it would no doubt be amazing. Even better if you book a trip to Rataje nad Sazavou afterwards and see the real life location that the game takes place in.
Man I'm waiting on that episode 5! Idk why your channel was so hidden, but this playlist is literally the most thorough and well made kingdom come content on UA-cam.
Thank you! Part 5 will just contain some random tips that I've forgotten to share in their respective chapters. I'm currently swamped by my bannerlord videos, but I'll try to make part 5 when I find some time.
ypu can skip some steps. I dont use any of the recipes but shortcuts instead. sometimes it results in less than optimal amount but it is way easier and quicker
Late tip, at level 0 alchemy, number of bellow pulls does matter when considering boiling as you have mentioned in this video, but at high enough alchemy skill (not with perk) the bellow equates to one pull per one turn (boiling/not)
i've used this since the start, never had any potions fail even at lvl 0 with just using the 'one pull one turn' idea as long as you let the fire die out before pulling again
Pronunciation tips, because English spelling is silly: chamomile: the h is silent - "camo-mile" (stress on the first syllable) thistle: the second t is silent - "thissle"
Hey Hal just found out today that if you read a lot and have lvl 14 you can have cartographer perk this will unlock the whole map even places where you never been before and also revaled every cave and hunting spots so it will make it easier. I just cant stop watching your videos i just wached this one like 5 times great job
Cartographer seems like a very useful skill to have if you know how to navigate the map in hardcore mode. And I'm glad you like these guides... I wish all my videos were just as good. :)
The channel isn't big because tutorials are a very specific type of content. They simply don't have any "viral" potential, because people have no motivation to share it with their friends, unlike funny-kind of videos.
I can confirm the mint garden in the woods. I found it late into my first play through, around the release date. So I don’t remember where exactly it is, but it does exist. And it’s fucking amazing.
It is really useful to hunt with your dog since it increases the hunting and houndmaster at the same time and also increases the hound obedience. After catching game I give one meat piece as reward (increase obedience too). I prefer to increase archery on contests since the arrows are free. After some practice one can even use the contest as a form of revenue as the advanced one rewards Henry with 270$.
Wow. I know all these things as I have somewhat less then 300 hours played on the game yet I watched the whole video. That's how you know it's a good video. Really good job, I must check some of your other videos real quick!
This video took about a month to be written, narrated and edited. Subscribing takes just a few seconds and it would mean a lot to me. DISCLAIMER: Simmer is not the right word to be used in the context of this video. But I like it better than saying "Warming the solution up". Also added timestamps for people who might want this video in small doses.
Ok I subscribed, but still god damn, this alchemy stuff seems complicated as all hell to me, but I'm sure I'll need it, so... (About to start my first play through)
@@ekaprasetya2764 I consider 2 ad breaks fair on a well edited video that's about 25 minutes long. You wanna see ''lots of ads'', there's a certain gta5 channel who spams useless content in the form of 10:02 minute long videos, with 0 editing and about 20 ad breaks per vid. Ironically, people don't complain about ads on his videos. Here's a comparison, the yellow things on the bottom of each vid are ad breaks: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/297396009414164481/680364551786856449/too_many_ads.jpg
Can you give a tutorial on combat oriented stealth? Like taking on groups of enemies found in camps. Or just group combat in general. Specifically that one mission from the main story where you storm a camp with a small army guarding it?
I'm still kinda new to the game but when i find a bandit camp I'll wait until night when most of them are asleep and their weapons and armor are in the camp chest. Stealth kill the sentries if i can. Pickpocket the sleeping guys. If they wake up, they'll probably run away. Let em run, hide, and they'll come back and go back to sleep. Repeat this process as long as you want until it's time to kill them
Hey mate, just wanted to say your video series on KCD is remarkable and criminally underappreciated by the UA-cam algorithm gods. Just wanted to pass on my appreciation and I hope sometime in the near future you get the attention and views you deserve :)
This guy making the alchemy cooking process harder to understand. What i actually do for 1 turn cooking is press L2 once for bellowing and R2 once for the sandglass to be active.Once the sandglass stop working that is one turn. Easy
@@Halcylion While lethal, it takes about minute or so to fully take effect. In such time, your opponent can and most likely will chop you into bits. Dollmaker is instant, will slow them down considerably, and even weaken them. Give you time to move away, and fire more arrows.
Just fire an arrow and back up a good distance. The target will run to where you had first fired, and if you're back far enough, and eventually your stealth improves (and your gear visual/conspicuousness/noise is low enough) they won't detect you, so "rinse and repeat". To kite targets, just fire an arrow near them, if your aim isn't quite great yet, to draw them out from groups. And avoid shooting into thick groups of enemies, to avoid drawing out too many.
For newer players: put removable marker ( or a tiny piece of wet paper if you want ) on your screen where the dot From the game HUD is. Will make archery super easy.
When I first started alchemy, I would prep my stuff before I did the whole boiling and base process. get things ground up and put it the bowl ready to go, then proceed through the steps. As I got the feel for it better I would try to consolidate my time and make things closer together.
I get that your way is the most efficient. I guess I'm trying to add that if you find these instructions to be a little complicated, just do this ya know?
Pro-tip place tiny tape or dry erase marker on to where the aiming dot before you pull the bow and at 4:40 aim right in-between V on the shooting mat to get center hits.
something I've learned personally is, you've only need to follow the potion script for the first time. then after that most of the potion doesn't need more than 3 bellows, also no need to wait for cool down. just wait till boiling action is done and drop your ingredients. btw the marigold potion doesn't even need boiling just put water and dump the herbs and collect it in vial.
I don't know if I explained it in this video, but the 5th one was supposed to be about trading and making money... which I accidentally talked about in the thief guide, because I got carried away. But perhaps I will find enough subjects to fill a 5th video, so I may get around to making it in the near future.
Alchemy is a lot simpler than you described it. Cook, simmer, boil etc are all the same. Just pull once on the bellows to heat for one turn. When cool pull once again for second turn etc as required. No need to use the pointless hour glass.
Are you sure alchemy is as easy as you described it BEFORE obtaining that perk which allows you to make mistakes when brewing potions? (it's called "Trial and Error" I believe) Because without that perk, if I brew potions without following the exact steps, I either fail the brewing process entirely or I make fewer potions than I would if I followed the instructions outlined in the recipe. But of course, this all becomes irrelevant once you obtain the Routine perk which allows you to autobrew 3 potions at once.
@@Halcylion Yes, because I chose not to have that perk as it seemed pointless. If you follow the recipe you get the potion and after that you can autobrew.
Hey Hal. Esti roman? abia acum am vazut acest ghid. apreciez foarte mult toate proiectele tale, mai ales in M&B. merci mult pentru tot efortul si tine-o tot asa :)
Archery skill only increases by shooting animate objects--animals & people. Shooting targets doesn't help, though still useful for helping you get the hang of it.
I put a little dot with a whiteboard marker on my screen, where the yellow UI dot is, which makes aiming the bow MUCH easier. Over time I find I don't need it, but it's still very useful until you get a feel for shooting arrows.
another tip if you want a little cheat. Press the ` key and type wh_pl_showfirecursor 1 and enter. make sure you typed it in before you take out your bow. I read that the dev got it in but did not turned it on maybe for some 'realism'.
I am curious, can you bulk make potions, for example, you want to make the savour potion twice, could you not double the recipe to the letter and get double the results?
There's the "Routine" perk in the alchemy skill, which allows you to instantly make a potion you've already brewed before. Routine II allows you to instantly brew 3 potions at once from the same ingredients.
aha, "musetel". am mai vazut niste video-uri de-ale tale dar nu aveam idee ca esti de-al nostru. felicitari pentru canal, tin-o tot asa, ia si un subscribe de la mine.
i literally fail every try i do. i dont know what im doing wrong?! i think its the cooking timings... but i followed the guide.distill when still fire?
if you can pull off perfect shots, you could turn a 1v5 bandit fight into a 1v4 even 1v3 before the fight even begin, i took on three heavily armored foes and headshot one of them and fought off the other two, made fuck ton of money selling their stuff
To get the wine prize for Lady Stephanie, I bought a bow and high-quality arrows and practiced a lot. In the competition I concentrated on being consistent from shot to shot and ignored what the other archers were doing. I was surprised when I won.
Alchemy is the best skill. It’s profitable, boosts other skills, and can be applied at the very beginning of any play through. The Lazarus potion is the most expensive so I’m always filling my pockets with comfrey. Neuhof is a great place to find it but you can also find woodland gardens or walk along rivers. Even the river outside Rattay will give up comfrey if you follow it west. Valerian is found almost anywhere so I’m not worried about looking for it.
On Hardcore, alchemy is indispensable... not so much for selling potions, because you get paid pennies on the dollar for everything you sell, but the potions you make can save your butt countless times, as well as speed up your character development.
Both. The higher Henry's skill level, the easier it is to aim the bow, but it's possible shoot stuff down with your skill alone even if Henry is a total dummy.
just tell me where to find these sneaky rabbits, i can find them only in the forest from the quest with Hans. I can't find rabbits anywhere else when I'm hunting.
i find it easyer to hit things as they move i cant hit shit when i'm moving tho and its 50/50 if me and what ever i'm aiming at is not moving first thing i did on hardcore was my alchemy saves and poison helps alot haha
So 2 turns is just getting to boiling.? 3 pulls would be 1 turn, 4=2 turns wouldn’t 5 pulls = 3 turns? how do you get 6 pulls for 3 turns? I haven’t tried alchemy yet it’s so confusing..
first pull begins the warm up, second confirms it. Third should begin boiling, 4th confirms boiling. After that, pull 5 adds another full turn of boiling, and the 6th adds another, for a total of 3 turns.
@@Halcylion maybe it has been changed, but for me, it works by one pull = 1 turn off either boiling or cooking, and I get all bonus brews based on my level
@@damienw4958 there are quite a few things that have changed since I published my tutorials for this game. I wouldn't be surprised if alchemy changed a bit too.
Halcylion no, hes correct and it didnt change, ever. Has been like this since release and i remember it well from my 1st playthrough, because of that surprise in merhojed, that had my henry turn into an absolute fucking hardcore nerd for 3 straight days to get things right. Smoked some herbs and got my medical degree😏 Generally cook for 1 hourglass=1pull. Cooling starts as soon the fire is out, the simmering sound has ceased and only glowing ember remains. Both methods work in the end, so it doesnt matter
@@jaxmorris6865 Logically, ''trying'' implies an inability to succeed, because when something is achieved, you no longer categorize that as ''trying'', but as ''doing''. Following the same logic, if you could, you'd have phrased your sentence as ''During the archery contest, I was aiming at Sir Hans and put an arrow in his arrogant face.'', or something like that. But it's a good you couldn't, (or didn't) since Hans becomes Henry's best bro.
the 5th one was supposed to be a money guide, but I kinda explained all about money in the 2nd episode. 5th one is gonna have some random tips and tricks... when I actually have time for a bit of KCD again.
Because the marginal profits they would make (from those who don't understand the available languages) can barely cover the cost of hiring translators and voice actors for every quest in the game. In Romania for example, only the poor and uneducated need things dubbed to them in romanian, because the rest of us speak at least one other language: english, french, german or russian. A romanian dub would only benefit that small percentage of people who aren't capable of paying for the game anyway, so why spend time, money and effort to translate your game for them? The only way I see this game translated is with a mod that lets you change the subtitles, and a community that volunteers to translate the game in their language, for free. The voice would still be english, but the subtitles can be in whichever language the community bothered to translate to. Even this would be a massive endeavor, since this game has thousands of lines of dialogue. It would take about the same effort as translating 10 seasons of some TV show... In a nutshell: it's not worth it.
@@Halcylion subbed in Romanian would be a good idea. I think the Gov should have grants for that kinda think. I don't get why warhorse didnt have a Czech version internally that they could have released.
No need to ever use a Savior Schnapps, if you don't want to. I assume you're playing on console, where we've no access to mods like they have on pc, so just "save and exit to menu". A little tedious, but you can do this kind of save forever and it costs nothing but a little bit of time to "continue". If something doesn't go your way then you'll need to reset the game, but "save and exit to menu", followed by "continue" has been my method from day one. Eventually you don't need to do this as often, when your skills improve.
Kill the sheep behind the area where sir Bernard is. Nobody can see you , they respawn every often, and you improve your skill (level 5 is when you no longer flay your arm and can hold the bow properly allowing for far more accuracy.)
wrong you do NOT need to read the rezept to brew the potion. if you know what you need and to do (or just experiment) you can brew the potion and will unlock the rezept that way. or you can just look on the internet if you lazy. also the sandclock is usless. if it says cook for 2 turns u just need to heat 2x and you done. if you get a higher alchemie skill or pick the perk thats allows you to get more fails you can exploit this to skip some steps in the brewing process like heating.
Um... everything you say is true. It's also what I say at various points throughout this very same video. I have rewatched it and I'll give you the exact timestamps where I say the things you mentioned. First things first: Do not misinterpret what I'm about to say as anger or anything like that. I'm trying to make things absolutely clear. With that said, I do not disagree with anything you've said, I'm merely stating that I've said the exact same things throughout this video. English may not be your first language, and if you have some trouble understanding some of the things I've said, you might have missed some of the points I've made. Hell, english is not my first language either, and because I mispronounce some things, it may be even more difficult to understand me at times. All right, your first point: you do NOT need the recipe for the potion. But a new player has a choice: either he can do the immersive thing and obtain a recipe, read it and apply the instructions to brew his potion; OR alt-tab from the game and read a lousy wiki. Another option would be to remember how to brew a potion, but how can he remember if he never read the instruction or the wiki? Now, initially I did say you NEED the recipe, and I was partially wrong. You still need it to automatically place all the ingredients for that particular potion; And then, I had to explain the instructions, in case people want to read those instead of the wiki. Where do I say that? 16:33 I mistakenly say that you need to read the recipe and without it you fail. As I say that, I overlay the text INCORRECT over it, and immediately after, at 16:40 I correct myself and say that recipe is not an absolute requirement. It's still preferred you have it though. 16:59 - I confirm that you DO NOT need the recipe and can brew any potion even on a new character, as long as you follow the precise instructions. 17:10 - I say it again, loud and clear. I like repeating stuff I say, to make things crystal clear for people who might not understand it the first 2 times I've said it. Second point of yours: Hourglass being useless. That's what I said while explaining the brewing process 13:13 , pay attention to the words: "Instructions tell you to boil it for 3 turns. 1: you CAN measure it with the hourglass (CAN means it's entirely optional, and it can help you) OR you can follow my guidance, but for that I will explain the 3 stages of cooking" Then I go at length telling you how many times you have to pull the lever to reach the turns you need. Then, at 14:15 , I say you CAN verify with the hourglass (again, "can" means it's optional). As for the third thing you've said, I don't think I've mentioned that one. I believe, around the 24:00 minute mark, I said: " I can talk about the perks in game but you can read them by yourself, because I don't want to make the video longer than necessary" . With this essay written, I'd like to thank you for the feedback though.
wow, I did not know you can que up boiling turns. go figure. 150 hours and I never knew. I want to return the favor: you can brew without beeing able to read. you can even autobrew without going to read. I just did a no reading playthrough. Although you can read recipies without beeing able to read, the book will be gibberish. but remembering the recipie (or googling it) will allow you to brew it and you can even let the game write it into your book as well.
I'm trying the Trial-and-Error achievement, so no reading for me for a good while, but still went to the Alchemist, looked at the book, first easy recipe for schnapps, and I could actually read the recipe, the letters are just jumbled, but you can figure it out xD I found it fun. I'm not sure about the harder recipes.
I left the tutorial village of Skalitz only after I was level 3-5.
I picked _all_ the herbs in the entire town, increasing many of my stats in the process. Picking a lot of Nettles, for example, gave me a vitality bonus, because Nettles are "poisonous". I also improved Strength and leg-strength by picking the herbs. I would sell off as much as I could, and then just drop all the excess, as you don't have a horse yet and potential buyer's are limited.
I improved my unarmed combat (as well as stats) by punching all the cows ( knocking them out/killing them, but they will eventually return, although be careful you're not seen doing this by wandering villagers. It's not as easy doing this with sheep, as they run away too fast, so more time is spent herding than punching.
I practiced stealth, knocking out wandering villagers (Deutch has good gear to sell later), picking up a bit of gear to wear and (mostly) sell, although as some was marked stolen I kept it to sell later.
I did most of this _before_ collecting the beer for the trip home, as that part is timed, and will eventually lead to the cut scene of the village attack.
The point is, do whatever you can, before leaving Skalitz. Oh, and as I played on console, "saving" by sleeping/using a Savior Schnapps wasn't possible/viable, I would often do so by "save and exit to menu"; a little tedious, but better than losing a lot of progress by doing a forced reset. In fact, while playing the game I have almost never used a Savior Schnapps, but just exit save...hundreds, and I mean hundreds of times.
Anyway, that's what I can remember of my early gameplay, and maybe it will help new players get a jumpstart on the game.
I may be a little late but if you put the stuff you were stealing from the folks in skalitz in the chest in your home they will stay there until you return later on when you burry your parrents. Just take every item out of the chest BEFORE you dig the grave. After you wake up in rattay you can find all your items in the chest next to your bed and they are ready to be sold. (Just make sure that you save before taking everything out of your chest in skalitz because there is a bug where some stuff might vanish when you go to rattay)
I learned the hard way that "Save & Exit" is not a true save. If you reload after, say, a mistake, the game doesn't take you back to your last Exit Save. It takes you to your last Sleep or Schnapps Save. Save & Exit only serves for returning after an exit.
Archery: "Ok got it" 👍, Hunting: "Uh I see, I see" 👍 Herbalism: "Easy peasy" 👍
Alchemy: (Goes back to picking herbs)
I never knew about pulling the bellows multiple times to increase heat. I have always just pulled it once per turn needed.
Epic, I just have to learn Latin to play an aliterate Henry.
Either memorize the page or take a picture of it, not that hard
You have no memory. Maybe try to be smarter.
@@2kmichaeljordan438 nah just look closely the other two sentence ending is sound stupid
Did you mean *illiterate*? Because if so, that's an AMAZING joke, regardless of if it was intentional.
The irony in OPs comment. Lmfao.
Imagine how fun this would be if this was a vr game...
I personally dislike VR, but for those that enjoy it, it would no doubt be amazing. Even better if you book a trip to Rataje nad Sazavou afterwards and see the real life location that the game takes place in.
Imagine how shitty the framerate would be, considering most systems can barely run the game
Oh shit
Man I'm waiting on that episode 5! Idk why your channel was so hidden, but this playlist is literally the most thorough and well made kingdom come content on UA-cam.
Thank you! Part 5 will just contain some random tips that I've forgotten to share in their respective chapters. I'm currently swamped by my bannerlord videos, but I'll try to make part 5 when I find some time.
Did the 5th video come out? I started my first play through the other day and as I watched your bannerlord vids checked these out.
Weird I always took it at 1 pull of the bellows for 1 turn of boiling. Never failed for me.
ypu can skip some steps. I dont use any of the recipes but shortcuts instead. sometimes it results in less than optimal amount but it is way easier and quicker
Late tip, at level 0 alchemy, number of bellow pulls does matter when considering boiling as you have mentioned in this video, but at high enough alchemy skill (not with perk) the bellow equates to one pull per one turn (boiling/not)
i've used this since the start, never had any potions fail even at lvl 0 with just using the 'one pull one turn' idea as long as you let the fire die out before pulling again
Pronunciation tips, because English spelling is silly:
chamomile: the h is silent - "camo-mile" (stress on the first syllable)
thistle: the second t is silent - "thissle"
the tips are appreciated.
Personally I think Dr Samuel Johnson was a drunk!
Hey Hal just found out today that if you read a lot and have lvl 14 you can have cartographer perk this will unlock the whole map even places where you never been before and also revaled every cave and hunting spots so it will make it easier. I just cant stop watching your videos i just wached this one like 5 times great job
Cartographer seems like a very useful skill to have if you know how to navigate the map in hardcore mode. And I'm glad you like these guides... I wish all my videos were just as good. :)
Bro thank you so much man! Your content is pro I don't understand why your channel is not bigger. Thank you again!
The channel isn't big because tutorials are a very specific type of content. They simply don't have any "viral" potential, because people have no motivation to share it with their friends, unlike funny-kind of videos.
I can confirm the mint garden in the woods.
I found it late into my first play through, around the release date. So I don’t remember where exactly it is, but it does exist. And it’s fucking amazing.
It is really useful to hunt with your dog since it increases the hunting and houndmaster at the same time and also increases the hound obedience. After catching game I give one meat piece as reward (increase obedience too). I prefer to increase archery on contests since the arrows are free. After some practice one can even use the contest as a form of revenue as the advanced one rewards Henry with 270$.
Wow. I know all these things as I have somewhat less then 300 hours played on the game yet I watched the whole video. That's how you know it's a good video. Really good job, I must check some of your other videos real quick!
haha musetel.....the odds of finding of fellow countryman!
This video took about a month to be written, narrated and edited. Subscribing takes just a few seconds and it would mean a lot to me.
DISCLAIMER: Simmer is not the right word to be used in the context of this video. But I like it better than saying "Warming the solution up". Also added timestamps for people who might want this video in small doses.
Great work, well enjoyed.
Ok I subscribed, but still god damn, this alchemy stuff seems complicated as all hell to me, but I'm sure I'll need it, so...
(About to start my first play through)
Ok...I'm subscribing...just FYI So many commercials on your vids...
@@ekaprasetya2764 I consider 2 ad breaks fair on a well edited video that's about 25 minutes long. You wanna see ''lots of ads'', there's a certain gta5 channel who spams useless content in the form of 10:02 minute long videos, with 0 editing and about 20 ad breaks per vid. Ironically, people don't complain about ads on his videos.
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Can you give a tutorial on combat oriented stealth?
Like taking on groups of enemies found in camps. Or just group combat in general. Specifically that one mission from the main story where you storm a camp with a small army guarding it?
I'm still kinda new to the game but when i find a bandit camp I'll wait until night when most of them are asleep and their weapons and armor are in the camp chest. Stealth kill the sentries if i can. Pickpocket the sleeping guys. If they wake up, they'll probably run away. Let em run, hide, and they'll come back and go back to sleep. Repeat this process as long as you want until it's time to kill them
@@neilrubi1505 Yea just kill them in their pyjamas haha
Nice to see a Romanian doing such a complex and good video! Mulțumesc !
alchemy is one of my favorite mechanics. it's really fun, for some reason
Hey mate, just wanted to say your video series on KCD is remarkable and criminally underappreciated by the UA-cam algorithm gods. Just wanted to pass on my appreciation and I hope sometime in the near future you get the attention and views you deserve :)
And I just want to say thank you for the kind comment!
This guy making the alchemy cooking process harder to understand. What i actually do for 1 turn cooking is press L2 once for bellowing and R2 once for the sandglass to be active.Once the sandglass stop working that is one turn. Easy
I just started this game. I’ve been looking for a channel like this, thank you.
Love that last little showcase showing the true pontential of brewing
first vid. i watch and ....."musetel" :))))....noh salut domnule halcylion....buna treaba...tine-o tot asa :)
Multumesc pt. comment!
Thanks for the tips. 👍 I'm addicted to this game right now.
Broooooo mușețel. Doar pentru asta ai câștigat un subscriber
9:52 "Woe betide you if you pull anything that isn't a weed."
Coating your arrows with the Dollmaker Poison is a godsend for combat.
Or bane potion.
@@Halcylion While lethal, it takes about minute or so to fully take effect. In such time, your opponent can and most likely will chop you into bits. Dollmaker is instant, will slow them down considerably, and even weaken them. Give you time to move away, and fire more arrows.
Just fire an arrow and back up a good distance. The target will run to where you had first fired, and if you're back far enough, and eventually your stealth improves (and your gear visual/conspicuousness/noise is low enough) they won't detect you, so "rinse and repeat". To kite targets, just fire an arrow near them, if your aim isn't quite great yet, to draw them out from groups. And avoid shooting into thick groups of enemies, to avoid drawing out too many.
For newer players: put removable marker ( or a tiny piece of wet paper if you want ) on your screen where the dot From the game HUD is. Will make archery super easy.
I used black thread, to create a large crosshair on my tv. A little annoying when watching regular programming, but much easier with in-game archery.
or you just type wh_pl_showfirecursor 1 in the console on PC
ma bucur sa vad un tutorial facut de un roman la un joc de calitate
When I first started alchemy, I would prep my stuff before I did the whole boiling and base process. get things ground up and put it the bowl ready to go, then proceed through the steps. As I got the feel for it better I would try to consolidate my time and make things closer together.
That's the best way to do it, once you understand how it works.
I get that your way is the most efficient.
I guess I'm trying to add that if you find these instructions to be a little complicated, just do this ya know?
the garden by the executioners house in Rattay also has mint, herb paris,wormwood
Pro-tip place tiny tape or dry erase marker on to where the aiming dot before you pull the bow and at 4:40 aim right in-between V on the shooting mat to get center hits.
Omg "mușețel"! Are you romanian? Wooo me too! Just found out that the best KCD guides are made by a romanian!
Omg I didnt know you had a video about kcd ! I love this game
Musetel? are you from Romania?
something I've learned personally is, you've only need to follow the potion script for the first time. then after that most of the potion doesn't need more than 3 bellows, also no need to wait for cool down. just wait till boiling action is done and drop your ingredients. btw the marigold potion doesn't even need boiling just put water and dump the herbs and collect it in vial.
i think you need the perk that allows you to mess up one step during the cooking
Are you still planning to make that 5th video? I'd really love to watch it!
I don't know if I explained it in this video, but the 5th one was supposed to be about trading and making money... which I accidentally talked about in the thief guide, because I got carried away. But perhaps I will find enough subjects to fill a 5th video, so I may get around to making it in the near future.
@@Halcylion You did indeed mention it. But you also said that you would make a new video about character classes and more tips and tricks!
Alchemy is a lot simpler than you described it. Cook, simmer, boil etc are all the same. Just pull once on the bellows to heat for one turn. When cool pull once again for second turn etc as required. No need to use the pointless hour glass.
Are you sure alchemy is as easy as you described it BEFORE obtaining that perk which allows you to make mistakes when brewing potions? (it's called "Trial and Error" I believe)
Because without that perk, if I brew potions without following the exact steps, I either fail the brewing process entirely or I make fewer potions than I would if I followed the instructions outlined in the recipe.
But of course, this all becomes irrelevant once you obtain the Routine perk which allows you to autobrew 3 potions at once.
@@Halcylion Yes, because I chose not to have that perk as it seemed pointless. If you follow the recipe you get the potion and after that you can autobrew.
Theres mint in front of pesheks house, rattay mill. Just by the bench where theresa often sits on during the day.
Hey Hal. Esti roman? abia acum am vazut acest ghid. apreciez foarte mult toate proiectele tale, mai ales in M&B. merci mult pentru tot efortul si tine-o tot asa :)
Multumesc pentru comentariu! :)
Coming back to the game now and starting off with good tips, thank you :)
Archery skill only increases by shooting animate objects--animals & people. Shooting targets doesn't help, though still useful for helping you get the hang of it.
Shooting targets does increase your skill, but only in archery contests and it's considerably slower than shooting animals or people.
It does increase outside of contests. But only 1XP per shoot or even a bit less, while in contest you again more. The most XP are still Cumans.
I put a little dot with a whiteboard marker on my screen, where the yellow UI dot is, which makes aiming the bow MUCH easier. Over time I find I don't need it, but it's still very useful until you get a feel for shooting arrows.
I made a crosshair with black thread, going from edge to edge of my tv.
another tip if you want a little cheat. Press the ` key and type wh_pl_showfirecursor 1 and enter. make sure you typed it in before you take out your bow. I read that the dev got it in but did not turned it on maybe for some 'realism'.
yeah, the guide ends for me, when you said "shoot those rabbits", cause its fck impossible XD
Sneak super close, then shoot them worked for me.
20:00 Pulls 5 times: "4 pulls in total!"
I am not even playing the game, but still enjoyed the playlist. I might start playingsince i is on my pile of shame
I am curious, can you bulk make potions, for example, you want to make the savour potion twice, could you not double the recipe to the letter and get double the results?
There's the "Routine" perk in the alchemy skill, which allows you to instantly make a potion you've already brewed before. Routine II allows you to instantly brew 3 potions at once from the same ingredients.
So this guide is more or less a "How to be a Ranger/Forester"
Yep, that's pretty much it.
I believe ten pulls of the bellows equates to three turns.
aha, "musetel". am mai vazut niste video-uri de-ale tale dar nu aveam idee ca esti de-al nostru. felicitari pentru canal, tin-o tot asa, ia si un subscribe de la mine.
i literally fail every try i do. i dont know what im doing wrong?! i think its the cooking timings... but i followed the guide.distill when still fire?
Halcylion Are you Romanian?
Da.
Nice. Oh btw I didn t know u were Romanian. Niceeeee accent!!!
You also dont NEED to be able to read to use alchemy. If you google the recipe, remember it or can decypher the gibberish which isnt that hard.
if you can pull off perfect shots, you could turn a 1v5 bandit fight into a 1v4 even 1v3 before the fight even begin, i took on three heavily armored foes and headshot one of them and fought off the other two, made fuck ton of money selling their stuff
Just learning about alchemy, then a wild muşețel appears, apoi si cana cu centenarul :)) bravos, ai subscribe si de la mine!
If the archery range competition don't fully aim the bow.. Let the bow curve parabolicly
To get the wine prize for Lady Stephanie, I bought a bow and high-quality arrows and practiced a lot. In the competition I concentrated on being consistent from shot to shot and ignored what the other archers were doing. I was surprised when I won.
Took me hours of practice to really learn how to use the bow in a decent manner
Alchemy is the best skill. It’s profitable, boosts other skills, and can be applied at the very beginning of any play through. The Lazarus potion is the most expensive so I’m always filling my pockets with comfrey. Neuhof is a great place to find it but you can also find woodland gardens or walk along rivers. Even the river outside Rattay will give up comfrey if you follow it west. Valerian is found almost anywhere so I’m not worried about looking for it.
On Hardcore, alchemy is indispensable... not so much for selling potions, because you get paid pennies on the dollar for everything you sell, but the potions you make can save your butt countless times, as well as speed up your character development.
Nice transition bro.
Not sure if shooting targets increases skill but I know winning archery competitions does increase your skill.
Nice transition 9:29
"Muşețel". I understood that world.
What language is that?
Great job. Truly.
Arrow useless against heavy armor? Damn that is good realism. But minus point for armor piercing arrows.
Really useful guide! Thanks!
So is that 4 pulls for 1 turn of boiling? I saw you do 3 pulls for the last bit of boiling before, so just look for bubbles maybe??
4 pulls for the first turn, 5 for the second, 6 for the third.
@@Halcylion yeah that does work thank you
is the archery skill number based or skill based?
Both. The higher Henry's skill level, the easier it is to aim the bow, but it's possible shoot stuff down with your skill alone even if Henry is a total dummy.
just the guide i need now
just tell me where to find these sneaky rabbits, i can find them only in the forest from the quest with Hans. I can't find rabbits anywhere else when I'm hunting.
Without realizing, you answered your own question when you called them ''sneaky''. They're found in every forest, but they are very difficult to see.
Such a good video!! Thank you!
Mushetzel of doom
eii Romania ! salut! musetel ❤ best tea / ceai 😂
Chiar acum beau o cana de ceai de mușețel. :)
Do you have a turorial for the best perks for hardcore mode?
Not at the moment.
@@Halcylion ok i really enjoy your hardcore coverage of KC:D. Thanks for your time and tips. Love to see more.
Cheers
I know you can better kill guards or something on the paths between Rattray and neuhof
One more thing apparently bundle alchemy and brewing gave more potions and xp than autobrewing ( 4 potions and 40 xp).
I remember getting the ability to salt the meat I believe I turned it into jerky
I like this guy
Good content, good work
i find it easyer to hit things as they move i cant hit shit when i'm moving tho and its 50/50 if me and what ever i'm aiming at is not moving first thing i did on hardcore was my alchemy saves and poison helps alot haha
So 2 turns is just getting to boiling.?
3 pulls would be 1 turn, 4=2 turns wouldn’t 5 pulls = 3 turns? how do you get 6 pulls for 3 turns? I haven’t tried alchemy yet it’s so confusing..
first pull begins the warm up, second confirms it. Third should begin boiling, 4th confirms boiling. After that, pull 5 adds another full turn of boiling, and the 6th adds another, for a total of 3 turns.
@@Halcylion maybe it has been changed, but for me, it works by one pull = 1 turn off either boiling or cooking, and I get all bonus brews based on my level
@@damienw4958 there are quite a few things that have changed since I published my tutorials for this game. I wouldn't be surprised if alchemy changed a bit too.
Halcylion no, hes correct and it didnt change, ever. Has been like this since release and i remember it well from my 1st playthrough, because of that surprise in merhojed, that had my henry turn into an absolute fucking hardcore nerd for 3 straight days to get things right. Smoked some herbs and got my medical degree😏 Generally cook for 1 hourglass=1pull. Cooling starts as soon the fire is out, the simmering sound has ceased and only glowing ember remains. Both methods work in the end, so it doesnt matter
During the archery lesson i was trying to shoot hans
Good thing you couldn't.
Halcylion who says i couldn’t
@@jaxmorris6865 Logically, ''trying'' implies an inability to succeed, because when something is achieved, you no longer categorize that as ''trying'', but as ''doing''.
Following the same logic, if you could, you'd have phrased your sentence as ''During the archery contest, I was aiming at Sir Hans and put an arrow in his arrogant face.'', or something like that.
But it's a good you couldn't, (or didn't) since Hans becomes Henry's best bro.
Halcylion why are you an ass hole
i still cant believe the 5th one hasn't come out yet =(
the 5th one was supposed to be a money guide, but I kinda explained all about money in the 2nd episode.
5th one is gonna have some random tips and tricks... when I actually have time for a bit of KCD again.
Foaie verde musetel
"Health redistribution skills"
Just beautiful
Why don't they make it in more languages?
Because the marginal profits they would make (from those who don't understand the available languages) can barely cover the cost of hiring translators and voice actors for every quest in the game. In Romania for example, only the poor and uneducated need things dubbed to them in romanian, because the rest of us speak at least one other language: english, french, german or russian. A romanian dub would only benefit that small percentage of people who aren't capable of paying for the game anyway, so why spend time, money and effort to translate your game for them?
The only way I see this game translated is with a mod that lets you change the subtitles, and a community that volunteers to translate the game in their language, for free. The voice would still be english, but the subtitles can be in whichever language the community bothered to translate to. Even this would be a massive endeavor, since this game has thousands of lines of dialogue. It would take about the same effort as translating 10 seasons of some TV show...
In a nutshell: it's not worth it.
@@Halcylion subbed in Romanian would be a good idea. I think the Gov should have grants for that kinda think. I don't get why warhorse didnt have a Czech version internally that they could have released.
Just spent 2 hours grinding alchemy and then died in fast travel..... I had 100 savior schnapps 🤦♂️🤦♂️
No need to ever use a Savior Schnapps, if you don't want to. I assume you're playing on console, where we've no access to mods like they have on pc, so just "save and exit to menu". A little tedious, but you can do this kind of save forever and it costs nothing but a little bit of time to "continue". If something doesn't go your way then you'll need to reset the game, but "save and exit to menu", followed by "continue" has been my method from day one. Eventually you don't need to do this as often, when your skills improve.
Kill the sheep behind the area where sir Bernard is. Nobody can see you , they respawn every often, and you improve your skill (level 5 is when you no longer flay your arm and can hold the bow properly allowing for far more accuracy.)
Or even better: Drink a bowman's brew to instantly gain those 5 levels in archery. :)
@@Halcylion the video was great, along with the whole series!
@@fancypants9558 Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
You are awesome!!!!!!!!
Merci, monsieur!
at the end was 5 pulls
Recipes are easy. If you want a brain tickler you can do it without learning how to read.
20:09 I think it was 5 pulls
wrong you do NOT need to read the rezept to brew the potion. if you know what you need and to do (or just experiment) you can brew the potion and will unlock the rezept that way. or you can just look on the internet if you lazy. also the sandclock is usless. if it says cook for 2 turns u just need to heat 2x and you done. if you get a higher alchemie skill or pick the perk thats allows you to get more fails you can exploit this to skip some steps in the brewing process like heating.
Um... everything you say is true. It's also what I say at various points throughout this very same video. I have rewatched it and I'll give you the exact timestamps where I say the things you mentioned.
First things first: Do not misinterpret what I'm about to say as anger or anything like that. I'm trying to make things absolutely clear. With that said, I do not disagree with anything you've said, I'm merely stating that I've said the exact same things throughout this video. English may not be your first language, and if you have some trouble understanding some of the things I've said, you might have missed some of the points I've made. Hell, english is not my first language either, and because I mispronounce some things, it may be even more difficult to understand me at times.
All right, your first point: you do NOT need the recipe for the potion. But a new player has a choice: either he can do the immersive thing and obtain a recipe, read it and apply the instructions to brew his potion; OR alt-tab from the game and read a lousy wiki. Another option would be to remember how to brew a potion, but how can he remember if he never read the instruction or the wiki?
Now, initially I did say you NEED the recipe, and I was partially wrong. You still need it to automatically place all the ingredients for that particular potion; And then, I had to explain the instructions, in case people want to read those instead of the wiki. Where do I say that? 16:33 I mistakenly say that you need to read the recipe and without it you fail. As I say that, I overlay the text INCORRECT over it, and immediately after, at 16:40 I correct myself and say that recipe is not an absolute requirement. It's still preferred you have it though. 16:59 - I confirm that you DO NOT need the recipe and can brew any potion even on a new character, as long as you follow the precise instructions. 17:10 - I say it again, loud and clear. I like repeating stuff I say, to make things crystal clear for people who might not understand it the first 2 times I've said it.
Second point of yours: Hourglass being useless. That's what I said while explaining the brewing process 13:13 , pay attention to the words: "Instructions tell you to boil it for 3 turns. 1: you CAN measure it with the hourglass (CAN means it's entirely optional, and it can help you) OR you can follow my guidance, but for that I will explain the 3 stages of cooking" Then I go at length telling you how many times you have to pull the lever to reach the turns you need. Then, at 14:15 , I say you CAN verify with the hourglass (again, "can" means it's optional).
As for the third thing you've said, I don't think I've mentioned that one. I believe, around the 24:00 minute mark, I said: " I can talk about the perks in game but you can read them by yourself, because I don't want to make the video longer than necessary" .
With this essay written, I'd like to thank you for the feedback though.
wow, I did not know you can que up boiling turns. go figure. 150 hours and I never knew.
I want to return the favor: you can brew without beeing able to read. you can even autobrew without going to read. I just did a no reading playthrough. Although you can read recipies without beeing able to read, the book will be gibberish. but remembering the recipie (or googling it) will allow you to brew it and you can even let the game write it into your book as well.
Thank you for returning the favor. However, I already knew all that. :)
I've stated that at 16:40
I'm trying the Trial-and-Error achievement, so no reading for me for a good while, but still went to the Alchemist, looked at the book, first easy recipe for schnapps, and I could actually read the recipe, the letters are just jumbled, but you can figure it out xD I found it fun. I'm not sure about the harder recipes.
Jokes on The Devs. I s*ck at Combat so I use my Hungarian blood to best even 6-7 people at the same fight with the power of Horse Archery.
I don’t think it takes this long anymore
Musetel :)))
11:48 Romania
musetel? esti roman? 😂
Da. :)
Herb collection is great for making money. Nice video but you're wrong on this.
Ok.. I kept watching and you contradicted yourself by saying it was worthwhile.