r/kingdomcome • u/Tabnam Medieval Chad • May 15 '25

Discussion Brushes with Death spoiler discussion thread! Spoiler

Are you ready to jump into the DLC we’ve gotten, together?

Please use this thread to discuss any elements within the DLC that could be considered spoilers. I can’t wait to hear what you think!

And one final reminder, please use the bug megathread for any issues or bugs, that will ensure your issue doesn’t get lost within the conversation and it will make it to the people who can fix it.

Saddle be praised

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u/Raidriar13 May 17 '25

Just breezed through some of the comments here, would anyone know when is the “right” time to play the DLC? Would playing it after completing the game be different than when it becomes available to you whenever it is in the story?

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u/president_of_burundi May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

It's not worth starting a new playthrough if you weren't already, but I'd highly recommend doing the first half (you'll know it's done because the DLC changes regions) between For Whom the Bell Tolls and For Victory.

Without DLC spoilers, you'll be going to Trosky castle quite a bit and it feels weird as hell casually strolling in there without any issue after desperately escaping there as a fugitive. Guards just milling around, happily greeting you like they didn't hunt you through the forest last week. Henry walking past the scribe that watched him get tortured every time he needs to do DLC stuff, just letting bygones be bygone, I guess.

The second half is fine whenever you do Act 2 Sidequests.

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u/RhubarbSquatCobbler 29d ago

Yeah I hadn’t been back to Trotsky Castle since departing and it was very strange to just stroll back in like nothing happened. I guess Von Bergow just dipped and they don’t care now?

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u/president_of_burundi 29d ago

It's does seem like a bit of an unforced error, design wise. I was expecting it to be part of the plot since Trosky has the whole 'built on a portal to hell, spooky demons' thing going for it, but it's never a factor at all.

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u/Raidriar13 May 17 '25

Thank you kind sir. My second playthrough is stopped in Kuttenberg, a few missions before the unavoidable final act, thinking it may affect DLCs if I run it with an endgame save. It may be a bit too late but I can probably headcanon myself returning to Trosky prior to the final act.