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One of the biggest delights of jumping into a giant RPG is modifying your character’s stats. Whether through upgrades or buffs, it’s always exciting to create your ideal character build and experience the simple joy of watching the numbers get bigger.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is no slouch when it comes to deep role-playing systems, with many stats governing Henry’s interactions with NPCs and the world around him. One of the more important attributes you should keep your eye on is your Charisma value, which can help you get more favorable social interactions or even access to previously forbidden areas.
How To View Henry’s Stats
Before you worry about increasing Henry’s Charisma, it’s important to know what you’re starting with. During regular gameplay, you can open your inventory to see your Charisma value at any time, underneath Henry’s character model.
You’ll also want to check out the secondary stats screen, which you can find in the Player menu. Charisma is tied directly to your Dialogue stats (Persuasion, Coercion, Impression, and Domination), which you can view here. These relate to the different strategies you can use when in conversation with NPCs, though they are also informed by your Speech level.
How To Increase Charisma
The most efficient way to increase your Charisma (and the method you’ll likely first discover) is to change your clothes. Spending money on more extravagant, stylish clothing at tailors is recommended; it may be a bit expensive, but you can always haggle over the price to make the monetary blow more manageable.
It may be prudent to consider creating different outfit presets (which you can make in your inventory), such as one for combat and one for social interactions. There’s even a mission in the early game that requires you to construct an outfit with a decent Charisma value before you are allowed to begin.
After purchasing your new clothes, equip them in your inventory and watch your Charisma skyrocket. Make sure your most impressive duds are your outerwear in order to receive healthy stat bonuses; a luxurious shirt isn’t meaningful if it’s covered by ratty robes.
Of course, a well-dressed man doesn’t make an impact on anyone if he smells awful. Being caked in blood or mud isn’t appealing (in games or in real life), so if you find yourself looking like a murder victim, it’s best to wash up, as poor hygiene will tank your Charisma.
Thankfully, you have a lot of options to clean yourself. You can visit bathhouses, where you can clean your body and clothing for some Groschen, or opt for some quicker (though less thorough) results using a water trough. Additionally, you can wash Henry and his clothes at a Laundry spot, though soap will be required if you wish to use this method.
If you’re a skilled alchemist, you can also craft perfumes which will temporarily boost Charisma, though mixing multiple different scents will have a deleterious effect (again, like in real life).
Finally, you can invest in multiple skills to strengthen the Charisma stat. You’ll want to be on the lookout for these five when they become available.
|
Name |
Minimum Level |
Effect |
|---|---|---|
|
Heracles |
18 |
For every five levels of Strength you gain, your Charisma value increases by one. |
|
Charming Companion |
10 |
When Mutt is with you, your Charisma is boosted by three. |
|
Fundamentals of Law |
12 |
When speaking with the authorities, Speech and Charisma stats are boosted by two and potential fines are decreased by 20%. |
|
Flower Power |
8 |
If you have 30 unspoiled herbs (fresh or dry) in your inventory, Charisma is boosted by two. |
|
Knight in Shining Armour |
14 |
Wearing plate armour will grant you a Charisma bonus ranging from +1 to +4. |
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