Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is an action role-playing video game that offers a first-person open world adventure experience in a medieval European era. Throughout the journey of Henry in KCD2, you can shape his play style in three different ways: Soldier, Adviser, and Scout. The Scout play style is all about stealth and it involves unique thievery mechanics like lockpicking, pickpocketing, and stealth takedowns/kills. All of these mechanics can be of great help, especially when you are trying not to raise any suspicion. However, you must first learn these mechanics and one of the most essential mechanics is Pickpocketing. In this guide, we will tell you how to do Pickpocketing in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
How Pickpocketing Works in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Unlike other RPGs where pickpocketing is simple and easy to do, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 keeps the realism and keeps it hard. There is no doubt that new players will struggle with pickpocketing in KCD2 due to the difficult mechanics behind it. You specifically do not need anything to perform pickpocketing but you have to keep in mind a handful number of things.
Gaining Time for Stealing – Pickpocketing in KCD2
Pickpocketing is performed on NPCs with pouches, either on their back or at the front. The pouches on the front side are way harder to rob than the ones that are on the backside. Whenever you place your aim on the pouch of an NPC, you will get the option to “Rob”. Holding the respective key to perform the rob action will display a dial that starts the pickpocketing mini-game. The initial two seconds are necessary to accumulate to initiate the stealing process. Moreover, the rest of the time you gain by holding the robbing action button, it accumulates the total number of seconds that you will have to perform the stealing and leave the pouch before the victim catches you.
Furthermore, while you are gaining the time for the stealing, you have to focus on the middle of the dial. If the inside of the dial is blue, you are safe. But if the dial is starting to turn red, it means there is a chance that the victim will catch you. You must let go of the robbing action if the dial turns redder to start the stealing process with the amount of time you gained.
Stealing Process – Pickpocketing in KCD2
The second phase of the pickpocketing mini-game is the process of stealing the items from the pouch and getting out safely. Once you are in the pouch, you will see a yellow bar on the outer edge slowly decreasing. This yellow bar indicates the amount of time you have to steal and get away. Moreover, the first slot of the pouch will be a door, it is where you will start. You can either go right or left and interact with the “?” icon to reveal the goods.
After revealing the item, you can take it by pressing the interaction key. As you take an item, a second will be deducted from the total time. Now, for you to secure the item, you have to go back to the door icon and interact with it to exit the pouch before the total time runs out. If the time runs out during the stealing process, the victim will catch you and call the guards on you.
Tips and Tricks for Pickpocketing in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Here are some of the tips and tricks that will help you with pickpocketing in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Always take a good look at the surroundings before attempting to rob an NPC. Make sure that there is no seeing you.
If you are getting a red dial as the time starts, let it go and leave the pouch. Wait for a bit and try again.
Anywhere from 7 – 10 seconds is a decent time for you to steal an item from the pouch.
The essential items like Groschen, Keys, or a quest item will be somewhere in the middle. Always go straight to the middle items first to steal them successfully before the time runs out.
You can rob an NPC repeatedly.
Best Perks to Get for Pickpocketing in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
In addition to these simple tips, there are certain skills and perks that can help you improve in pickpocketing. Thievery is a main skill of Henry and as you partake in activities like pickpocketing, lockpicking, and takedowns, you will earn experience in thievery. Gaining enough experience will unlock some points for you which you can allocate to perks in the thievery skill.
Here are some skills that will help you in pickpocketing in KCD2.
Nimble Fingers: When in the time-collecting phase of the pickpocketing minigame, you’ll gain time 10% faster.
Rapid Flight: If you fail to successfully return through the doorway box during the thieving mini-game, you won’t steal anything, but your victim won’t notice you. However, this perk has a 3-minute cooldown before it can be active again.
Inconspicuous: The person you’re robbing may not see you, so you can reach even into their front pouch. However, the victim will still feel a presence of some kind while you are robbing them.
That is all related to pickpocketing in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
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