Almost everything requires maintenance in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2; Henry gets dirty, tired and hungry, food spoils, and your clothes, shoes, armor and weapons lose durability through usage, and so on. There are other pages covering how to deal with Henry’s creature needs, but this page will provide details for repairing your clothes, armor and weapons in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Page Breakdown¶
| Quick Search |
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| Durability and Quality |
| Broken and Degraded Gear |
| Repairing Gear |
Durability and Quality¶
Pretty much every bit of equippable gear has durability, and as this gear is exposed to the rigors of the world, they’ll degrade. The lower an item’s durability is, the worse its stats will be - torn clothes might grant you less Charisma and make you Conspicuous, rent and dented armor will offer less protection, and blunted weapons and creaky bows will deal less damage. This isn’t a novel concept in gaming, and it should be a natural enough instinct to repair your gear as it gets damaged to keep it fully functional.
Gear can have four quality levels, with higher quality gear having better stats.
Broken and Degraded Gear¶
Losing stats as durability decreases is worrying enough, but if gear becomes too damage it can permanently lose quality or even be rendered useless. If you check your inventory screen, you’ll notice colored seals rating an item’s quality: Bronze (low), Silver (medium), Gold (high) and Henry’s (best). Higher quality items have better stats than their lower-quality counterparts, and if an item sustains too much damage it could be degraded to a lower seal, even if you subsequently repair it! Items that lose all their durability are broken and forever rendered useless.
You will see sword and armor debuff icons to the right of your Health bar if you’ve got a piece of gear in particularly poor condition. Be sure to repair damaged gear before it degrades or breaks!
(1 of 2) As gear is used, it’ll lose durability, reducing its stats.
As gear is used, it’ll lose durability, reducing its stats. (left), Different merchants repair different types of gear - blacksmiths will take care of your arms and armor, tailors will tend to your clothes, etc. (right)
Repairing Gear¶
Since Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 leans into various survival and simulation aspects, however, keeping your gear in tip-top shape isn’t as simple of a matter as going to fix-it merchant and clicking on the hammer icon. Instead, different merchants specialize in their own types of gear - a blacksmith isn’t going to patch your breeches, and a tailor doesn’t know how to hammer your helmet back into shape. So… it’s a little bit more of an annoying version of the “go to merchant, press the hammer button” standard.
Hunting around for the right merchant who is both willing and able to repair your gear is a chore, but on the plus side most clothes don’t need to be repaired regularly. Presumably you’ll be fighting in your armor, and that’ll go a long way towards ensuring you can get most of your kit serviced at a blacksmith, save for picking up the odd item off defeated enemies, which will rarely be in a good state of repair. Another exception are shoes - these wear out as you roam about and will need regular maintenance, which brings us to our next aspect of repairing gear… repair kits.
(1 of 2) If you can’t be bothered to seek out specific merchants on the regular, you can buy repair kits.
If you can’t be bothered to seek out specific merchants on the regular, you can buy repair kits. (left), Repair kits restore durability to certain types of gear - buy a Cobbler’s Kit and a Marksman’s Kit to tend to your shoes and bows and the rest of your gear can be fixed up by paying a blacksmith. (right)
Merchants are a chore. They charge you money, don’t fit into your pockets and won’t follow you around to be handy when you need them. Fortunately various repair kits exist that allow Henry to mend his gear on the go. Different kits repair different gear, and there are several types, including an Armourer’s Kit, Blacksmith’s Kit, a Cobbler’s Kit and a Tailor’s Kit. Keeping an Armourer’s Kit, Blacksmith’s Kit and Cobbler’s Kit handy are wise moves, as your arms, armor and footwear are the items that will most likely be in need of repair as you explore. These are relatively cheap (30~ groschen) and can be purchased from all sorts of merchants… but keep in mind that repair kits themselves have a durability stat which decreases with use. The more gear you repair and the more damaged this gear is, the more durability it’ll require from your repair kits.
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