How to Get the Hermit’s Sword in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (Hermit Quest Guide)

Unlocking the secrets of the Hermit quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 requires a bit of detective work. This guide will walk you through each step, ensuring you successfully obtain the hermit's sword.

Table of Contents

• Starting the Hermit Quest
• Gathering Information
• Confronting the Hermit
• Choosing Your Path: Help or Harm?
• Acquiring the Sword

Starting the Hermit Quest

The Hermit quest automatically unlocks upon completing several blacksmith Radovan quests. After recovering the lost cart, report back to Radovan. He'll then reveal his plan to forge a wedding gift – a sword – initiating the Hermit questline. Before you can meet the hermit, however, you must gather information from the villagers in Troskowitz.

Gathering Information

1. The Tavern: Begin at the Troskowitz tavern. Speak with Innkeeper Betty, exhausting all dialogue options. Then, converse with other villagers (such as the alehouse maid or trader) to glean further clues.

2. Eyewitnesses: Interview Gerda, who witnessed a mysterious apparition. You can either pay her or attempt a dialogue check to obtain her testimony. Next, speak with Stanislav in Apollonia; again, payment or a successful dialogue check will yield the information you need.

3. Evidence Gathering: Locate the cross mentioned by Gerda. You'll need a spade (purchaseable from the Troskowitz trader or found in cemeteries) to dig up the grave. Examine the discovered documents and artifacts related to the Knights of the Cross. Finally, investigate the black horse in the clearing near Apollonia, marked on your quest map.

Confronting the Hermit

With your evidence secured, proceed to the hermit's hut. Without evidence, he will be uncooperative. Once you engage him, choose dialogue options that reveal your findings. The hermit, revealed to be Konrad, will confess his true identity. Before handing over the sword, he tasks you with delivering a cross to a widow named Margaret.

Choosing Your Path: Help or Harm?

Upon returning to the hermit's hut, you'll encounter Crusaders. You face a choice: aid the Crusaders in killing Konrad or assist Konrad's escape. If you choose to kill Konrad (the easier option), the fight will be significantly simpler, especially with the aid of your companions and the Crusaders. Afterward, you can negotiate with the Crusaders to return the documents for a small fee.

Acquiring the Sword

Locate the two entangled oak trees north of the hermit's hut. The hermit's sword is embedded in the ground. Retrieve it and return to Radovan in Tachov to complete the quest.

This concludes your journey to obtain the hermit's sword. For more Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 insights, check out The Escapist for additional tips and information.