In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, the reputation that follows Heinrich has direct effects on the game. MeinMMO explains the system and provides useful tips on how to optimize your reputation farming.
What is the reputation system? Every region in medieval Bohemia that you can explore has its own opinion of you. All NPCs and quests located in that region influence your reputation. You should keep an eye on your reputation, as it directly affects how NPCs interact with Heinrich.
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How reputation works in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
The symbols mean the following: For each region and each group of people, you have a symbol that indicates the level of your reputation.
- White: You haven’t been in this area yet, or this group of people doesn’t know you yet.
- Prison: You have committed crimes and are being searched for in this region. If guards discover you, you will be arrested.
The smileys are divided into the following gradations:
- Red (20-0)
- Light Red (21-40)
- Orange (41-60)
- Light Orange (61-80)
- Gold (81-100)
In the upper right corner, you can see a “reputation worsens” or “reputation improves” indicator with certain actions or selected dialog options. When this symbol flashes, your reputation will improve or worsen by five points.
Reputation with merchants: Each merchant has its own reputation with you. You positively influence this by conducting a successful trade. If you annoy the merchant, for example, by being impatient during bargaining with your offered prices, your reputation will drop.
A good reputation
Advantages of a good reputation
If your reputation is in the higher ranks, meaning with a golden or light orange smiley, you can enjoy the following advantages:
- With merchants, you get better prices, and during bargaining, they are willing to deviate more from the original price.
- NPCs will be friendlier towards Heinrich.
- Possible crimes will be forgiven more quickly by NPCs or guards. If you are caught committing a crime, you have the opportunity to persuade the NPC or guard not to impose a penalty on you.
How to increase your reputation
- Complete quests: Carry out tasks and quests diligently for NPCs.
- Dialog options: If you have gathered enough persuasion skill, it is more likely that you will succeed with positive dialog options, such as Impress or Persuade.
- Killing: As banal as it sounds, sometimes it helps to eliminate the NPC that is lowering your reputation.
- Pilgrimages: You can initiate a pilgrimage with a priest. The cleric will send you to a chapel where he has to pray.
- Indulgence shrines: At indulgence shrines, you can show remorse by paying groschen.
Important: Pilgrimages and indulgence shrines only increase your reputation but do not absolve you of penalties for crimes you have committed.
Sometimes you can also cheat your way into a good reputation. For example, by simply telling an NPC that you have completed something for him.
Skills for reputation enhancement: If you acquire these skills, you will receive benefits for your reputation:
- Charming Man (Main Skill): Heinrich’s reputation will increase by 10 percent more with each reputation boost.
- Memorable (Main Skill): Positive and negative changes in Heinrich’s reputation have a higher impact and can reach more groups of people.
- Village Hero (Main Skill): If Heinrich achieves a reputation over 60 points in a region, he receives a bonus of 2 to strength, agility, vitality, and persuasion there.
- Opportunist (Main Skill): If Heinrich’s reputation worsens, it will now drop by 10 percent less.
A bad reputation
Disadvantages of a bad reputation
If your reputation is symbolized by red or dark orange smileys, you have the following disadvantages:
- Merchants offer you worse prices or may not want to trade with you at all. If you recently annoyed one during bargaining, he will be reluctant to bargain again.
- Sleep spots may be withdrawn from you or will not be offered to you in the future.
- If you have a very bad reputation with important story NPCs, you may receive a game-over screen.
How to lower your reputation
- Crimes: Committing crimes is never a good idea, at least if you get caught.
- Quests: If you do not fulfill quests as the NPCs would like, or fail to complete a quest, for example, due to a time limit, your reputation will worsen.
- Dialog options: If you choose mean dialog options, NPCs will be outraged. Moreover, it does not go over well if you lack enough persuasion skill for a dialog option. A failure automatically results in a reputation drop.
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