Embarking on your *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* adventure? Creating Henry can feel overwhelming with so many choices. This guide highlights the best perks to prioritize early on, streamlining your character build.

Disclaimer: *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2* offers incredible freedom. Whether you envision a brute-force knight or a silver-tongued diplomat, most builds are viable. However, some perks provide significant advantages regardless of your chosen playstyle.

Best Perks in *Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2*

Main Level Perks

• Opportunist: Reduces reputation loss by 10%.
• Undaunted Cavalier: With Charisma above 20, your armor receives a +15 bonus.
• Burgher: +1 bonus to Strength, Agility, Vitality, and Speech in towns and villages.
• Martin’s Heritage: 10% increased experience gain in Sword Fighting, Crafting, and Survival.
• Radzig’s Heritage: 10% increased experience gain in Heavy Weapon, Shooting, and Scholarship.
• Good Natural: +2 to Persuasion, Impression, and Presence, making convincing others easier.
• Blood of Siegfried: +10 armor at all times.
• Heroic Vigour: Each Vitality level grants +1 Stamina (retroactive).
• Charming Man: Increases reputation gain by 10%.

Prioritize Opportunist and Charming Man to maintain a stable reputation. Choose between Martin’s and Radzig’s Heritage based on your preferred skills.

Strength Perks

• Hard-Working Lad: Halves the weight of sacks and carried bodies, increasing carrying capacity by 8 pounds.
• Pack Mule: Increases carrying capacity by 12 pounds.
• Strong as a Bull: Increases carrying capacity by 20 pounds.
• Heracles: +1 Charisma for every 5 Strength levels.

Focus on increasing carrying capacity with Hard-Working Lad, Pack Mule, and Strong as a Bull. Heracles benefits both strength and speech builds.

Agility Perks

• Creeping Phantom: 15% faster movement while sneaking.
• Finesse: +5% slashing damage.
• Viper: +5% piercing damage.

These are crucial for stealth and combat effectiveness. Creeping Phantom is highly recommended.

Vitality Perks

• Ascetic: Slows Nourishment decrease by 30%.
• Well-Dressed: Slows dirt accumulation by 20%.
• Marathon Runner: 20% slower Stamina consumption while sprinting.
• Diehard: Prevents death from fatal wounds, restoring 25% health (with cooldown).

These perks improve comfort and survivability.

Speech Perks

• Hustler: Easier to sell stolen goods, gaining Stealth and Thievery experience.
• Jack of All Trades: +2 to skill checks and doubled experience from them.
• Partner in Crime: Sell stolen goods undetected.

Speech perks are exceptionally powerful, particularly Hustler and Jack of All Trades.

This selection of perks provides a strong foundation for any Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 playthrough. Remember to explore further and tailor your build to your preferred playstyle. Check out The Escapist for more helpful guides!