How to heal in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

Every way to regain health in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

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Want to know how to heal in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2? Particularly when you’re just starting your journey, it’s very easy to lose all your health in a short space of time in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 . After the first couple of missions, you’re released into the world as little more than a beggar starting from nothing, with no armour to protect you, and little in the way of combat skills. Knowing how to heal yourself up is an essential skill.

Below, we’ll walk you through every way to heal in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and the pros and cons of each method. We’ll go over everything from downing potions to consuming special foods, from sleeping in beds to bathing in tubs, and more.

How to heal in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

There are five ways to heal in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 after taking damage. You can sleep in a bed, go to a bathhouse, eat specific foods, drink specific potions, and unlock certain Perks that can either heal you up or improving the healing effect of the other options.

Generally: if you want to heal while in combat, then you should drink a potion such as a Marigold Decoction. If you’re out of combat, then the easiest way to heal is by sleeping in a bed. If you’re not near a bed, then you can make use of food, Perks, and Bathhouses (if you can afford it).

Let’s go over each different way you can heal, and the benefits and drawbacks of each method.

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Heal by sleeping

The easiest, most effective way to heal up your character is by sleeping in a bed. You can do this in any bed, even if you don’t own it - although if you don’t own the bed, then there’s a chance you’ll be woken up, and the healing process interrupted, by the bed’s true owner.

While you sleep, you’ll recover around 8-9 health points per hour . Of course, the downside is that a lot of time passes, and you also grow more hungry while you sleep. It’s the best way to heal, as long as you have lots of time on your hands.

Tip: You can increase the healing effects of sleep by drinking a Chamomile Brew potion, and unlocking the “Fundamentals Of Medicine” Perk in the Scholarship Skill list.

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Heal by eating food

Certain foods in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will heal a small amount of health when consumed. You can select any food item in your inventory and tap Q to view its stats. Look at the Health row to see if it’ll heal you at all.

Fruits and vegetables appear to be the most common food types that allow you to heal, although alcohol is more effective at healing you up (though that of course comes with the issue of drunkenness ).

But the best food for healing is Pepa’s Sauerkraut , a special food item that you obtain from Pepa in the forests below Semine in Trosky. By giving him a steady supply of fresh cabbage, you can gain an infinite supply of this wondrous healing food, which heals you for 10 hit points each time.

Tip: To improve the healing you get from food, unlock the “Cheers!” Perk, found under the Drinking Skill. This Perk will allow beer and wine to heal you for 5 health each time.

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Heal by drinking potions

There are two types of potions that directly heal you: Marigold Decoctions, and Saviour Schnapps. They both have other effects as well: Marigold Decoctions can reduce the effects of hangovers, while Saviour Schnapps will save your game (and at better qualities, buff your primary stats).

The amount these potions heal you depends on their quality:

• Weak Saviour Schnapps: Provides no healing
• Saviour Schnapps: +10 Health
• Strong Saviour Schnapps: +20 Health
• Weak Marigold Decoction: +15 Health over 1 minute
• Marigold Decoction: +25 Health over 1 minute
• Strong Marigold Decoction: +40 Health over 1 minute

Aside from these potions, you can also drink Chamomile Brew potions to dramatically improve the rate at which you replenish health while you sleep:

• Weak Chamomile Brew: x2 healing via sleep for 12 hours
• Chamomile Brew: x3 healing via sleep for 24 hours
• Strong Chamomile Brew: x4 healing for 24 hours

Tip: The “Water Of Life” Perk under the Alchemy Skill will allow Marigold Decoctions to heal you 25% faster. You can also unlock the “Enhanced Mixture” Perk (found under the Drinking Skill), which will give any potion a healing effect while you’re drunk; and the “Fundamentals Of Medicine II” Perk in the Scholarship Skill will give all healing potions a 20% boost.

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Heal by visiting a Bathhouse

Visiting a Bathhouse will instantly heal you up to full health and fix any injuries you’re suffering, as long as you pick either of the more expensive two options when speaking to the Bathhouse Owner. Either pick “Treat my wounds, give me a bath and wash my clothes “, or “I’d like the full service and some pleasant company” to gain the healing effect.

Visiting a Bathhouse and using its services will cost you something in the region of 10-50 Groschen depending on the service you’re after, your reputation, and your haggling skills. But it can be a nice and pain-free way to heal up if you’re not near a bed or don’t want to waste the day.

Tip: The “Next To Godliness” Perk, found under the Vitality Skill, allows you to replenish 10 Health whenever you wash at a trough or laundry spot, or when using the budget option at a Bathhouse. It also allows you to heal 25% faster while sleeping as long as you’re clean.

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Heal with Perks

I’ve already mentioned several Perks which enhance other healing effects or allow you to replenish health in certain circumstances. For the sake of ease I’ve collated all the Perks that affect healing below:

• Revenant (Vitality): Your health will gradually regenerate up to 50 health points. This effect does not apply if you are in combat or bleeding.
• Revenant II (Vitality): Your health will slowly recover up to 75 health points continuously. The effect does not apply if you are in combat or bleeding.
• Diehard (Vitality): A wound that would normally kill you won’t, and you’ll recover 25% of your health. Once used, there is a cooldown before the perk can be activated again.
• Next To Godliness (Vitality): Washing at a tub or pier or taking a bath in a bathhouse will cure 10 points of your health. Plus, if you go to bed clean, you’ll heal 25% faster while you sleep.
• Water Of Life (Alchemy): Healing potions heal you 25% faster.
• Cheers! (Drinking): Drinking wine or beer will heal you for 5 health points and spirits can cure poisoning. Bottoms up!
• Enhanced Mixture (Drinking): When you’re drunk, using any potion will heal you in addition to its own effect. The healing effect will be stronger the drunker you are (in the positive phase of drunkenness), but will never exceed 20 Health.
• Fundamentals Of Medicine (Scholarship): Bandages will be 25% more effective and the healing effects of food will be doubled. You will recover faster when sleeping, so you will take less time to fully heal.
• Fundamentals Of Medicine II (Scholarship): The effects of healing potions will be 20% stronger.
• Fundamentals Of Theology (Scholarship): You will be able to pray at shrines, crosses and similar places. If you do so, you will receive a buff that can protect you from mortal injury in combat and restore 25% of your health. The effect lasts for 12 game hours or until you use it.

If you need more help with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, we’ve got you covered. Head to our other guides on how to get a horse and how to get money fast in KCD2. We’ve also got pages on lockpicking and how to get Master Strike .

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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