The DLC “Legacy of The Forge” will be released on September 9, 2025, for all versions of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz has already played through the new adventure and reveals what to expect without any spoilers.
Anyone who has read my review of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 knows that the RPG from Warhorse has a very good chance of becoming my game of the year 2025. I had so much fun with Heinrich that I am looking forward to the story DLCs of the RPG since their announcement – normally, such content packages rarely bring me back once I’ve finished a game.
One of these DLCs – “Legacy of The Forge” – will be released for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on September 9, 2025, for PC, Xbox Series S|X, PS5, and PS5 Pro, and I have already played through the story content of the package.
If you want to do the same, you need either the Gold or Collector’s Edition of Kingdom Come 2, the currently 22.50 euro expansion pass on Steam, or the DLC as a standalone purchase (the exact price of “Legacy of The Forge” is currently not visible in the stores; the previous DLC “Encounters with Death” costs 5.99 euros without discount).
Back to the Roots
In the new DLC, you can expect a journey into the past of Heinrich and his adoptive father Martin. He was known to be a blacksmith and learned his iron-forming skills in Kuttenberg. However, the once-famous forge fell victim to a fire. Today, only an old woman named Magdalena lives in the ruins.
When you visit the decaying forge in the southeast of Kuttenberg with Heinrich, you will automatically activate the first story sequence of the new DLC. In conversation with Magdalena, there is an exciting option for you: to rebuild the forge where Heinrich’s father learned his craft and restore its former glory.
This includes uncovering a buried project of the old master blacksmith that would benefit all people in Kuttenberg, which at the time was doomed to fail due to betrayal and selfishness.
Here you can see the trailer for the new DLC:
Get to the Blacksmith Hammer
However, you can’t just implement all this. Only members of the local Craft Guild are allowed to run a forge in Kuttenberg. Additionally, you need money, an excellent reputation as a blacksmith, and assistance in realizing the project. There is a lot to do!
If you didn’t enjoy blacksmithing in the main game, you probably won’t have much fun with “Legacy of The Forge.” Both in the guild’s suitability test and in daily operations at your new forge, you need to swing the hammer to create swords, axes, and horseshoes.
For those who have never played Kingdom Come: Blacksmithing is linked to a kind of mini-game, where you work through various steps and must pay attention to strike rhythm, heat of the object being formed, and strike position.
Fulfilling customer requests not only earns you money but also increases your reputation in the town. The same goes for other new activities that come with the DLC to Kuttenberg. Sometimes you will need to help your new guild colleagues return stolen goods. Or friendly duels await you with the sword, in fistfights, archery, or dice.
You can also increase your reputation by donating to the church or for upcoming tournaments, or by supporting the renowned figures from the rat hole during some night-and-fog actions. Each day, you only have a selection of tasks available that rotate in the morning.
By the way, not only Karsten was able to play the DLC; colleague Jasmin also had the chance to peek into the new content:
A Grindy Experience That Is Worth It
It’s worth boosting Heinrich’s reputation as a blacksmith in Kuttenberg. The higher your reputation, the more options you have to renovate and expand your forge and the associated property.
Over time, you can give the main house a shingle roof, limestone facade, decorative grape vines, and an inviting shop sign. Then you can continue in the garden with a stone fountain, a barn with cows, a paved path, and a gate with wrought iron decoration. And your chamber also needs a complete makeover, with nice furniture and a warming ceramic oven.
Great: Many of the purchases provide you with tangible benefits. If you read books under a chandelier, it increases the reading quality in the chamber and earns you blacksmithing reputation more efficiently. Honeycombs will provide you daily with honey. If you indulge in an alchemy greenhouse, you can brew potions at home.
Building such a cozy yet useful home for Heinrich out of the burned ruins is highly motivating and satisfying. And it offers veterans of Kingdom Come 2 a great opportunity to invest the riches accumulated over time into a nice side project. Such a stable with a pigsty can cost as much as 1,200 coins.
A Heartwarming Story
There is another reason why boosting your reputation is worthwhile! Not only are the upgrades to your home linked to your blacksmith reputation, but so are other contents, including important milestones of the new story. You may need to grind these new activities for several days to raise your reputation enough for the story to continue.
This is to prevent you from seeing everything in a very short time. However, this artificial barrier made me feel somewhat slowed down in two places. It also didn’t help that many of the new tasks feel rather generic (and thus like work).
No wonder: Most activities in the blacksmith career are procedurally generated. Only behind a few of the side quests are stories worth mentioning that entertain well. However, the clear highlights are the sections of the main story of the DLC.
In these, we learn not only more about Heinrich’s father but also about other residents of Kuttenberg who had connections with the forge and who have not had it easy over the years. Some of these broken personalities find through Heinrich a fulfilling task, a chance at redemption, or a new home.
All the story threads then come together after a few hours in a feel-good ending when the major project for Kuttenberg is finally completed successfully, and all the helpers can bask in the applause of the townspeople. It may sound cheesy, but it’s a heartwarming moment when considering what many of the characters have gone through.
What Else Does the DLC Bring?
Apart from the new content surrounding the blacksmith career, there are primarily technical improvements in Kingdom Come 2:
- a new HDR mode for corresponding monitors
- a dynamic HUD system that allows you to hide certain interface elements dynamically
- an extended photo mode with even more options
- support for Intel XeSS, a new upscaling technology that works similarly to Nvidia’s DLSS-SR, but primarily maximizes Intel GPUs
Is “Legacy of The Forge” Worth It?
Even though I sometimes got annoyed with the slow pace of the new DLC story and found some of the blacksmith activities quite generic, I still had several hours of fun with Heinrich’s new adventure.
Kingdom Come 2 is simply a fantastic RPG, and the DLC touches on many different areas like fighting, dice, archery, puzzles, fistfights, break-ins, and more, despite the focus on blacksmithing.
Moreover, in the main quests and selected side quests, you get to experience all the strengths that made the stories of the main game so entertaining: memorable characters, quirky situational comedy, and well-written and voiced dialogues. If you enjoyed all that in the main game and have no aversion to blacksmithing, go for it!
By the way, it will be exciting again in Q4, as the perhaps most exciting DLC for Kingdom Come 2 will be released then. It goes to the monastery – veterans of the first part of the RPG series know what that could mean! You can find more details here: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2: Roadmap announces new monastery quest
