Not everyone could read during medieval Bohemia, and those that could were often considered highborn. Henry picked up the ability to read during Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and fortunately, you can continue your studies with the sequel. Investing time into this skill is well worth your consideration as some of the better Perks in the game can be found here! Keep reading to learn how to level the Scholarship skill and which Scholarship perks to select in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2!

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Scholarship Uses and Effects¶

Scholarship revolves around the ability of reading literary scripts to understand more about medieval Bohemia and putting that knowledge to use in both conversations and other important tasks. The higher your Scholarship skill, the quicker you’ll be able to study a book when reading, this in turn grants you Skill XP based on the books contents.

As mentioned at the top of the page, man being well versed in literacy was a rather rare trait at the time that Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is set, and as such, gives you many opportunities to flaunt your knowledge in many conversations. You’ll often see an icon of an open book during conversations, and these can allow you to use your knowledge to make tricky tasks much more mundane, making Henry’s life much easier.

Beyond reading texts and skill checks during conversations, you’ll also find some of the game’s most useful Perks in this tree, meaning you’ll want to focus on leveling this skill as soon as possible. It’s entirely possible to have this skill around 18-20 before leaving the Trosky region if you know what you’re doing.

Leveling Scholarship¶

While most skills can be leveled by putting them into action, such as Alchemy increasing by brewing potions, or the Houndsmater skill requiring you to bond with Mutt, Scholarship is going to cost you if you want to raise it quickly (which you should, the Perks here are very useful!). The primary method for increasing the Scholarship skill is by reading books, of which Skill Books are the best source, and as such, outside of a few you can find laying around the Trosky region, the rest will come from purchasing from the Scribe in Troskowitz.

Outside of this, Scholarship will gain XP whenever you succeed at skill checks involving this skill, so always look to use this when available. You’ll also increase your Scholarship slightly when discovering new pieces of information for the Codex, so exploring the world and everything in it is always worth your time.

The final method for leveling your Scholarship skill, like with every other skill in the game, is by making use of Skill Trainers. There’s not much to know about Skill Trainers beyond discovering their location and paying the requisite coin per rank you want to learn. You can find out how much each one costs below:

A lot of Skill Trainers can be found by discovering new areas, some will become a Skill Trainer after completing a quest for them. One such Trainer is Aranka at the Nomad Camp, after completing The Voivode’s Curse, you can have her teach you Scholarship Basics at no cost. Alternatively, the Scribes in Troskowitz and Trosky Castle will offer opportunities to train you in Scholarship, with Trosky Castle’s Scribe offering it at Apprentice level for a larger XP boost.

Best Scholarship Perks¶

Every time your Scholarship skill reaches a new even level (so 6, 8, 10, etc.), you’ll get a Perk Point to spend, with each of these thresholds offering new Perks available to learn. While it is entirely possible to grab every Perk, that involves a massive amount of investment and as such, you’ll want to prioritize specific Perks. With that said, these are the Perks you should be looking to unlock as soon as possible:

Liberal Arts¶

You’ll need to wait until you hit Level 10 to be able to learn this Perk, but this is the primary reason why you want to focus all of your attention on leveling Scholarship as early as possible. This Perk will show the difficulty of every skill check in conversations, a massive boon. There are some caveats to this, however.

You’ll see next to a choice a difficulty, such as Easy, Medium, and Hard, and as always, you’ll see your rank in the associated choice above. This does not mean you’re guaranteed to succeed the check, as the difficulty does not take into account your reputation with the associated party and your specific skills. Still, if you have a decent reputation, a skill level of around 10-13, and are attempting a Medium check, odds are you’ll pass. There’s a lot of conversations in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and having this Perk as early as possible will tilt them in your favor massively!

Explorer¶

Along with Liberal Arts, one of the most useful Perks in the game. With this Perk acquired, it will completely uncover the game’s map and mark on there every Point of Interest, be it settlements, Fast Travel locations, or just random places that you may want to visit. This will make getting around so much easier and becomes especially useful for when you reach the second region, Kuttenberg, which is a lot larger than Trosky.

This skill does come with heavy investment into the Scholarship skill though, you’ll have to wait until you hit Level 18 so you won’t hit this in Trosky unless you’re willing to spend a fair amount of Groschen at Skill Trainers and reading books, just remember to sell them back!

Wonders of Nature¶

There are three Wonders Perks to purchase and all of them are very useful, each one will help two different skills increase quicker. Wonders of Nature would be our initial pick, this will help both Alchemy and Survival to increase quicker which are some of the most useful early game skills. Alchemy is a great way to make some early Groschen, so long as you’re willing to put the effort in, so that’s why we think getting this as soon as possible to boost that is well worth it.

Fundamentals of Medicine¶

There are two ranks to this Perk, and both are well worth getting as soon as you can. With the first rank, your Bandages will be 25% more effective and you will double the effects of Food. Additionally, you’ll also recover quicker when sleeping, so you won’t need to waste as many hours.

Once you get the second rank of this useful Perk, any Healing Potion will be 20% more effective, this is the main winner here. This will make Marigold decoctions and Saviour Schnapps far more effective, especially if they’re brewed at Strong or Henry ranks!

List of Scholarship Perks¶

The table below will list all of the Perks you can find in the Scholarship tree, along with what level and other requirements they may have:

There you have it; you now know how to level the Scholarship skill in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II along with knowledge on what the best Perks are to learn as soon as possible. With this, you can now freely explore medieval Bohemia with the whole map uncovered.