Especially because plate armor is not immune to fist fight because fist is blunt weapon and it damages armor and deals damage :-/ Just a little glitch.
I prefer the loud and proud method longsword plate armor than I raid bandits and sell all there loot faster way to make cash easy 2k-3k at a bandit camp
Once you learn combos, the sword fighting becomes much easier. It's a shame reviews are hating on this game for "clunky" melee, when they haven't even played enough of it to learn some attacks. I love how you need to practice sword fighting and archery to get better with them.
Im getting pretty good at sword fighting now, i can take on 2 people no problem but if a third shows up i struggle. Bows on the other hand are a bit frustrating. The way i have been using them is basically to let go of the trigger as soon as i hit full draw. 7/10 i usually hit my target.
Best way to be a archer, pro tip 1. Find a lodging close to a forest 2. Hunt in the forest 3. Bring back meat 4. Cook it 5. Sell it 6. Repeat 7. Buy a horse 8. Repeat
Okay, so everything with the archery in this game just clicked for me perfectly for some reason. You don't shoot just after it's fully drawn, you wait a half second, when you see your character lower the bow slightly before you shoot, then your trajectory for the arrow won't be higher than you'd expect. Now that I realized this, I hardly ever miss anymore. I kept getting really mad because I'd think I'd have lined up the perfect shot, but it always shot slightly higher than I expected, but then I'd over compensate. Just wait until your character fully draws the bow, wait a tiny bit until you see him drop it slightly, then release. As for lining it up, I really don't know how to explain that. I practice archery in real life and this is about the same view you'd get, so I guess I'm kind of used to it. Hope this at least somewhat helps!
Dude I’m playing this in 2024 for the first time. Was having trouble with the archery tournament for the keg of wine bc I’m only lvl 1 atm. And this comment was %100 more helpful than the video (good vid but) you helped me so much and I won 32 to 31 on my first attempt after reading your advice. Thank you!
And as take the arrow out and skin it by going into an inventory then after taking all the hare still has an arrow in it and its completely in tact. This is like a ps2 game
@@lynchinjesus If it's trash why are you watching a kcd video on youtube for one, and second why did it win like 12 awards get rpg and best pc game of the year awards? Also why are people still talking about it over a year and a half after release if it was trash wouldn't people not even mention it?
@@blueozzie4263 not sure. Maybe a lack of good games on the market? People have a poor standard for quality. Skyrim was great. Do something like that. Dont make something under developed and has shit controls and call it "edgy" or "hyper realistic" because its not. If a character is worse at everything than you are in real life why the fuck am i playing this bullshit.
Really you can just go into the fight using heavy armor and a bow, most enemies do not have face protection, legolasing them feels like cheating but so pleasurable
I do instinctual shooting irl, and find I get better results applying that process when shooting bows in game. The game developers really made it feel real.
I haven't tried it yet, but the description on the Cuman bows clearly says they are made for horseback shooting so... It seems some bows work on horseback.
If you ride past an enemy and perfectly time the swing of your sword you can effectively one shot them, but it's very difficult. If you slow down they will just unhorse you.
Bow from horseback was the only way I killed all the Cumans during the quest Run!. Went in with 50 Better Long Distance and 50 Better Hunting Arrows (gained illicitly from the Skalitz guardsmen). Jumped on a horse and ran up and down the hill there popping Cumans on the charge. I suck at melee so it worked for me.
@@josetorres3355it's easy to make it permanent. create a notepad called user.cfg in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance and in it paste the same command wh_pl_showfirecursor=1
As someone who wants to play a stealthy character (assassination, sneaking around bandit camps, picking them off one at a time with a bow etc) this was pretty useful! I had just been focusing my vision at the center of the screen to hit targets, but was having mixed results, and now I understand why. Pretty useful stuff!
I finally got the game with all DLC on Amazon for 20 bucks and I'm loving it. I know the bows are cool and all but when you have a sword that does 70+ stab damage and you just head stab and perfect block/parry or clench enemies, it's not hard to take out a whole group of enemies. Hell, I killed all the bandits in Pribislavitz because I was getting frustrated they kept catching me posioning their food.
I spent 2 hours grinding out my Str and Agi with Cap Bernard for the longbow. Str 15 agi 10 I believe 1 up from this vid. So Ye 2 hours grinding. Finally got it thought ye going to go hunting. Got on my horse and started riding to the woods. 2 or 300 yards later tripped on a rock by the river and died. My 1st death after fighting loads of bandits etc from a rock or something after grinding 2 hours lol. Had to do it all again. Remember guys going to do something like that sleep or save 👍
Forkinator pretty much. It was either I fell off the horse fell down a small river bank or a bug but end result is I died. I’ve fell off 1 time after this but took only 10%hp damage.
That is why you should ride safely and responsibly. :D No really, fast horse riding on a very uneven terrain can sometimes damage you. My horse jumped a steep hill and it hurt me. Had I went slow it would just ride down the slope. Of course it was hard to see it in the tall grass. But it all seems pretty much natural. Even better it would be if instead of damaging me the horse would indeed fall frontally and threw me off.
Here's a tip! Dip your arrows poison! Make some poison and then apply it to a piercing arrow and it will inflict poison and that poison status effect won't ever wear off the arrow even when you decide to retrieve the arrow from a freshly poisoned corpse. Also there's SO many fun things to put on your arrows so that slightly makes up for the fact that there's no skills in the bow tree. I suggest getting the doll maker potion and dipping some arrows in that so you can pretty much paralyze people.
Go practice on the flock of sheep near the fighting arena where you train with captain Bernard. Its a really good way to level up your archery, stats (except speech), and hunting. They also respawn instanly if you go far enough and then come back. If you do it during work hours no one will see you. And if you're caught you can just pay off the fine using the money you get from the mutton and sheep skin.
I found sword fighting too hard, especially against multiple opponents, so I went with the bow, either picking them off at range silently, or running backwards while they're swinging their weapons at me. The fight with Runt was extremely easy when you have a bow, a single arrow to the face kills him instantly.
You’d think that logically, strength would be have a major effect on archery in terms of how steady you can be and on the stamina consumption on extended bow draws, with agility affecting the speed of the draw and reload of the arrow while the actual archery skill affects all parts minimally although but has perks to choose such as a park to have a speed draw at high levels, where Henry puts the arrow on the right hand side of the bow to shoot faster and a crosshair perk (also at high levels) which shows the area where the arrow may land within the stopping range of the arrow.
Screw the crosshair, just like swords you need to practice and shoot instinctively just like real life. This is probably the most accurate to real archery. As someone who has shot a longbow for 8 years it is pretty close to the mark to realistic. I never had a problem with archery in this game besides the random inaccuracy not user inaccuracy.
I had problem in IRL archery to always shoot arrows in the same place. It was because I haven't practiced enough to always draw it correctly in the same way. But I do not like how the bow wobbles in the game. That just does not happen. Once you draw it it stays in place. Inaccuracy comes from improper handling, release, bad distance judgment etc...
I have done a lot of archery IRL as well. I have never stood square shouldered with arms straight out and shot from the chest. Animation limitations are the reason for the crosshair.
An actual tip that properly does what the title of this video implies: go to Ledetchko and find Vatzek; you can play this game called "Chumps" with him, shooting logs that float on the river - and if you win, you can make quite a bit of coin but more importantly, it levels your bow skill by quite a bit and it's much more reliable than searching for game in the woods. Also if you score 17+ (out of 20) in the game, you'll get an extra bit of training from Vatzek - this is very useful when you've leveled up quite a bit because it doesn't matter what skill level you are and you'll get an extra bit of training for free (probably worth a whole level up in bow).
Im pretty early on in the game and using the capon bow. From the horseback ive taken down ambushing bandits or ruffians with a single shot. So yeah the bow does pay off if you put some effort into it. And yeah kingdom come does not spoil the player without effort put into it...
Before I watched this video and other archery rip videos, my method of aiming was a bit above the knuckle, and a tiny bit to the left. It worked well for me, for the most part. I still never really got the hang of longer range archery on moving targets, but I’m slowing getting better
1 way to help your bow skill, When you critically injure a foe and you have the "mercy kill" option, instead of doing that, quickly take out your bow and you can get a free shot in on a still target.(gotta act quick though as they die in a few seconds anyways)
Maybe the one thing I find odd is that henry, living in medieval times, would have known how to use a bow somewhat. He talks of hunting, and knows that boars need spears to take them down, arrows wont work. Still, great game. On my second playthrough now :)
Thank you. I didn't even need to put the dot I just needed a visual indicator so now I know that it laughs with his hand I have a mental cross hair... Preciate it this was extremely helpful
Console players! Use a little blob of blue tack! Works wonders for a crosshair, when you have the regular “crosshair” (bow not equipped) put the tack either on it or slightly above it, deffo improved accuracy when hitting people center mass.. then better from there.
I mean it's based on realism... but still manages to be a game. What you just said is simply nitpicking. What else... "it's not realistic that you whistle, and then a horse magically appears in front of your eyes".
Aim the bow with Henry's hand. Focus on his pointer finger knuckle. Line up the target and put the knuckle just below the targets knee. The bow shoots a little high , so arrows will hit the thighs or waist. Either way you'll do good damage and the enemies will break and run or surrender a lot sooner than usual. As you progress Henry will line up the targets faster and he will reload faster and use less stamina. Also ride your horse everywhere you go to build up the horsemanship skill. Unlock the knight perk the first chance you get. The knight perk means ALL attacks from horseback do more damage.
Oh dear god thank you so much for this video, I've been struggling with the bow aiming since the beginning as my fav fighting style implies stealth and ranged weapons. I didn't manage to get the bow from Sir. Capon but I got another one which is suitable for my stats. I'm playing on Ps4 so I hope it will help me with the hunting quests and archery!
i’m glad I stuck to using the bow and arrow since I won the capon bow. It’s difficult to use but it’s so satisfying when you get the one shot one kill.
The crosshair is kinda cheating and ruins archery. The problem in a lot of games, that archery is too easy, and archers become the most casual unskilled players in the game. However archery is difficult here. Ranged combat is rewarding, but risky and requires skills to work.
not that much when you reach lvl 5 and your arms stop moving randomly (so you can hit everything all the time) IMO they should divide that reduction on all levels (up to the max lvl) so you get a progressive reduction in movement, right now its hard before lvl 5 but when you reach it, it becomes really easy.
You don't even have to install a mod. All the mod does is change the 0 to 1. Just enter wh_pl_showfirecursor = 1 and use it to get used to here the arrow flies and then turn it off when you don't need it. There's a difference between relying on the reticle and using it to help you get better
I leveled up most of my stats by killing the sheep and cows in skalitz while waiting for the rest of the game to download. I have really slow internet so I did that all day for almost a week. Henry was basically a beast when he woke up in rattay 😂
Didn’t even need a PC to play this game but it was the first game I got when I got my PC. It introduced me to the common sense keybinds and also providing one of those Skyrim level RPG experiences that I love. The only thing more compelling about Skyrim is the lore behind the Races and the political system in play. Kingdom Come lacks magic and racial variety, but it’s focus on realism is an experience of its own.
Archery range - win beginner, 7 points, win advanced, 13 points, win master, 20 points. You get only 4 points if you lose. So you do get experience shooting inanimate objects, just slower.
The archery constestt in Ledetchko is an easy way to level up your skill. You get a chunk of bow XP when you win and only cost you 10g. If you are decent, betting the max 50g will give you a return of 150g. It also doesnt glitch out as often as the other archery contest.
Instead of the different ways of getting the “crosshair” that the developers left out for a reason, you could simply not buy the game and claim everywhere that you finished it in a speedrun of 6 hours.
I'm sitting here listening to this tip about putting tape on your screen on PS4 while my monitor already has the tape and dot still on it lol the tape idea is insanely easy and can be taken off later. I went from not being able to hit a hare 5 feet away to dropping bandits on horseback from 200-300 feet away like it was nothing lol it's crazy how useful this trick is
I'm now a guard in Rattay. After my basic training with Bernard and competition with Hans Capon, I went back to the range for some practice. I learned: let stamina recover fully after every shot. Release at high point of first wobble, at this range aiming at "V" of target stands. I was getting groups on the target instead of one hit in 5. Large groups, yes, but building consistency, when I couldn't hit a rabbit at 2 yards on first playing. Good luck, and have fun!
Takes exactly 48 chump runs to get into 20th level- and at the very start and end you can spend the time it takes for your opponents to finish, jumping against those hay drying structures. Leveling Vitality with jump spam and Archery seem wierdly synced in the chump runs. Takes a little more than three ingame days and vitality gets at level 20 too. Mute for a nice podcast and go!
You can level up at the archery range in Rattay in the tournaments. If the other shooters stop firing just wait an hour in game. If run out arrows but it says you still have some just equip arrows from inventory a this game has so many glitches but it is still great
There is No Realism with Archery in this game. At No point Ever does anyone swing the bow side to side like they show in this game.. that Never happens.
Damn dude, didn’t know you got down like this. Thanks for the tips, loving this game. I appreciate everything you say, I really hope you can find a game again.
They need a patch lockpicking. Its so bad with a control. I say instead of the little ball going back to the middle just have it stay where you move it they way it moves more like a mouse on a computer does. Its not so bad on the computer.
If you look at the hands when shooting arrows you will notice that most gloves have a corner in the 3d models that you can use as a guide for the horizontal center. look at the middle of the video in the archery range when he puts on the dot
Not sure if you're being sarcastic but I practice archery with a longbow shooting off the knuckle. You don't aim down the shaft. You aim at the center of your target with your eye and let the rest of your body put the arrow there without ever actually looking at the bow or arrow. It's all about muscle memory of your entire body.
Three fingers under the arrow, and you "aim" with the shaft. Don't think anyone used that technique back in the day though. (And it's kinda cheating imo) People who don't do trad archery don't seem to really understand how we aim. It's like throwing a rock, you just throw and your body does the rest.
They aren't longbows, they're hunting bows. Or "combat" bows as he liked to call them. You do sight down the shaft with these. Even in "traditional" archery. I own several period appropriate bows and dabble in fletching. Clorox, he's saying that there are sense an archer can use that we don't have access to. It has nothing to do with muscle memory using a controller.
When i put an arrow in the head of a random villager for no reason, they didn't seem to really take much damage, even after i shot another for good measure. What kind of effect does arrow quality, stats and bow quality have, beyond the basic stuff like aiming?
arrow quality and bow damage are huge. I can one shot boars now with "better quality hunting arrows" and an ash bow whereas it used to take me 6 arrows with regular hunting ones and capons bow.
the dmg of the bow is important, but in the early game, the quality and type of arrow is more important. hunting arrows are better at taking down animals, wounding is great for light armored targets, and piercing for armored targets, for example. learning alchemy is also good, since you can poison the arrows. also your stats are important. not only having higher stats lets you use better bows, but different types of arrows have effect multipliers, that scale with your stats.
Whenever I'm about to use a Bow, I use my right hand to pull out the trigger button (R2, I'm on PS4) and with my left hand I place my finger in the middle of the screen and aim like that It works pretty well, I managed to get teo headshots at the archers at pribylavitz (I was taking cover in the wall)
I've shot a few bows and the bow action in this game is about as realistic as you'll find. Even the view while targeting is pretty close to what it really looks like.
If you're wanting to put a small piece of tape on your tv screen, simply just put away your bow and the small reticle in the middle of your screen will appear. Then just put the tape over that, instead of trying to do what the guy in the video says.
I feel like a champ being able to hit a doe from 20 meters, I remember when I first used the bow it was the most hellish thing ever, as well lock-picking but now it’s more easy.
For me I aim it like you’d aim a bow in real like with the tip of the arrow you have a general idea of where it will hit, also to easily level up bow skill, just go and murder chickens with a bow, you won’t get in trouble or have any repercussions
Great video I just started to play the game and I had no clue the huntsman dude could do that. I also was already thrown in the rattay jail because i accidentally executed a lady after knocking her out 😂
I found that if you backpaddle away from enemies while shooting one arrow each into their head is an unstoppable method and a broken one too. You have to wear full plate armour though so that their swings don't hurt you. You literally oneshot everyone without a mask and it's quite boring if you ask me. I cleared a bandit camp consisting of five enemies with only five arrows.
I'm better with a bow than any other weapon. Being able to kill at range is a huge advantage. I haven't used the reticle trick because I eventually learned the "sweet spot" for my bow after training with it for hours and hours.
Ah, so static targets get no experience increase? I had a feeling that might have been the case as I spent some time over the last few days visiting the archery range just on my own, in what seems to me a reasonable expectation that “using” the bow would gain experience regardless of your target, but AI was getting the feeling I wasn’t getting anywhere so thanks for that heads up. :) What about the archery competitions using those same targets? I seem to remember seeing a stat rise message... but now I’m not sure I did.
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Plate armor and maces are over-rated. My Henry rocks a long bow, green hose, and a green feathered cap. Then I go rob the rich and also rob the poor.
I favor archer/rogue type chars in RPGs over heavy armor and fighters. Stealth is more fun.
Especially because plate armor is not immune to fist fight because fist is blunt weapon and it damages armor and deals damage :-/ Just a little glitch.
I prefer the loud and proud method longsword plate armor than I raid bandits and sell all there loot faster way to make cash easy 2k-3k at a bandit camp
Ah, you're an equal opportunity robber.
High end Piercing arrow nullifies All that Plate armour too. I mastered the get close draw arrow run up and head shot method.
"less utilized" lol, nope. when i find a camp of like, 5 or more bandits, i go full on mongolian horse archer
same lmao it is the way
hell yes!
TENGRI IS PROUD!
You mean full Cuman
I started playing last week and I told my buddy today I wanted to learn the bow so I could ride horse back and shoot people like a Mongolian
Using the bow was basically my attempt to avoid the difficult sword-fighting. I love the bow in this game now!
Once you learn combos, the sword fighting becomes much easier. It's a shame reviews are hating on this game for "clunky" melee, when they haven't even played enough of it to learn some attacks. I love how you need to practice sword fighting and archery to get better with them.
Like when fighting Runt. Bow ftw
Im getting pretty good at sword fighting now, i can take on 2 people no problem but if a third shows up i struggle. Bows on the other hand are a bit frustrating. The way i have been using them is basically to let go of the trigger as soon as i hit full draw. 7/10 i usually hit my target.
yeah at first you think theres not much to the fighting, till you discover you actually have to play it to unlock skills and all
5th time being killed so I used the bow, only had 2 arrows, headshot with the second arrow, never cheered for a game victory since i was a kid lol
Best way to be a archer, pro tip
1. Find a lodging close to a forest
2. Hunt in the forest
3. Bring back meat
4. Cook it
5. Sell it
6. Repeat
7. Buy a horse
8. Repeat
Buying a horse? I thought you get one anyway.
@@17MrLeon theres a bunch of better horses you can buy
I know but he is talking about not having one at start.
Jiří Dušek go buy one from a horse master lol
archery in this game is hard to master... but once you get used to it give so much satisfaction ... love it
Okay, so everything with the archery in this game just clicked for me perfectly for some reason. You don't shoot just after it's fully drawn, you wait a half second, when you see your character lower the bow slightly before you shoot, then your trajectory for the arrow won't be higher than you'd expect. Now that I realized this, I hardly ever miss anymore. I kept getting really mad because I'd think I'd have lined up the perfect shot, but it always shot slightly higher than I expected, but then I'd over compensate. Just wait until your character fully draws the bow, wait a tiny bit until you see him drop it slightly, then release. As for lining it up, I really don't know how to explain that. I practice archery in real life and this is about the same view you'd get, so I guess I'm kind of used to it.
Hope this at least somewhat helps!
Dude your a life saver I just gotta remember my reticle and the instant I see my hand fully drop I release been hitting non stop
Dude I’m playing this in 2024 for the first time. Was having trouble with the archery tournament for the keg of wine bc I’m only lvl 1 atm. And this comment was %100 more helpful than the video (good vid but) you helped me so much and I won 32 to 31 on my first attempt after reading your advice. Thank you!
Once you get good with a bow, a face shot to anyone usually drops them as long as their face is exposed. I love it.
If your enemies were that accurate there'd be a lot more incentive to wear close-faced helmets in the game.
you can't get good without cheating. the game is broken.
@@ongobongo8333 you just suck
@@ongobongo8333 bullshit
Speech 6 - hah, peasant!
Yea well to be fair u cant even see his face :D
"Fail" how dare you speak to me like that I have grouchins out the ass my G
0:22 "This is a historically accurate game based on realism" he says as a hare slides down the slope as if it were covered in soap :D
And as take the arrow out and skin it by going into an inventory then after taking all the hare still has an arrow in it and its completely in tact. This is like a ps2 game
It actually is realistic. Of course you can act like a virgin and pin out the tiniest things. But overall the game was very well done.
@@TheUFCMMA youre a fucking idiot and this game is complete trash.
@@lynchinjesus If it's trash why are you watching a kcd video on youtube for one, and second why did it win like 12 awards get rpg and best pc game of the year awards? Also why are people still talking about it over a year and a half after release if it was trash wouldn't people not even mention it?
@@blueozzie4263 not sure. Maybe a lack of good games on the market? People have a poor standard for quality. Skyrim was great. Do something like that. Dont make something under developed and has shit controls and call it "edgy" or "hyper realistic" because its not. If a character is worse at everything than you are in real life why the fuck am i playing this bullshit.
When in doubt, legolas your opponent in the face.
Really you can just go into the fight using heavy armor and a bow, most enemies do not have face protection, legolasing them feels like cheating but so pleasurable
For accuracy, it helps if you have real archery experience. Imagine the arrow is a laser pointer. Find the dot
I do instinctual shooting irl, and find I get better results applying that process when shooting bows in game. The game developers really made it feel real.
They need to work on horseback combat
I haven't tried it yet, but the description on the Cuman bows clearly says they are made for horseback shooting so... It seems some bows work on horseback.
they work, i killed a group of 5 people by running arround with the horse and using the bow.
I meant using a sword or axe on horseback. Bow on horseback is OP haha very fun stuff!
If you ride past an enemy and perfectly time the swing of your sword you can effectively one shot them, but it's very difficult. If you slow down they will just unhorse you.
Bow from horseback was the only way I killed all the Cumans during the quest Run!. Went in with 50 Better Long Distance and 50 Better Hunting Arrows (gained illicitly from the Skalitz guardsmen). Jumped on a horse and ran up and down the hill there popping Cumans on the charge. I suck at melee so it worked for me.
Just type in console: wh_pl_showfirecursor 1
J6a6c6k where should i do it ?
@@ourcityfootball758 press the ~ key on your keyboard, it's left to the 1 key
Is this permanent or you have to type this into the console every time you open the game?
Jose Torres you have to type it in every time
@@josetorres3355it's easy to make it permanent. create a notepad called user.cfg in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance and in it paste the same command wh_pl_showfirecursor=1
Another tip for a archer crosshair: Alot of modern gaming monitors have an option to display a crosshair in their options menu.
And I still miss hares 1m away!
As someone who wants to play a stealthy character (assassination, sneaking around bandit camps, picking them off one at a time with a bow etc) this was pretty useful! I had just been focusing my vision at the center of the screen to hit targets, but was having mixed results, and now I understand why. Pretty useful stuff!
I finally got the game with all DLC on Amazon for 20 bucks and I'm loving it. I know the bows are cool and all but when you have a sword that does 70+ stab damage and you just head stab and perfect block/parry or clench enemies, it's not hard to take out a whole group of enemies.
Hell, I killed all the bandits in Pribislavitz because I was getting frustrated they kept catching me posioning their food.
Same, I killed all bandits there but mostly with silent kills or with a piercing arrow in the back of the head.
I actually really like the challenge of firing arrows without a reticle, makes it more satisfying when you get it right.
I spent 2 hours grinding out my Str and Agi with Cap Bernard for the longbow. Str 15 agi 10 I believe 1 up from this vid. So Ye 2 hours grinding. Finally got it thought ye going to go hunting. Got on my horse and started riding to the woods. 2 or 300 yards later tripped on a rock by the river and died. My 1st death after fighting loads of bandits etc from a rock or something after grinding 2 hours lol. Had to do it all again. Remember guys going to do something like that sleep or save 👍
What? You tripped? And it somehow killed you?
Forkinator pretty much. It was either I fell off the horse fell down a small river bank or a bug but end result is I died. I’ve fell off 1 time after this but took only 10%hp damage.
That is why you should ride safely and responsibly. :D
No really, fast horse riding on a very uneven terrain can sometimes damage you. My horse jumped a steep hill and it hurt me. Had I went slow it would just ride down the slope. Of course it was hard to see it in the tall grass.
But it all seems pretty much natural.
Even better it would be if instead of damaging me the horse would indeed fall frontally and threw me off.
That's why you shouldn't drink and ride... lol
Well you are quite smart
Here's a tip!
Dip your arrows poison!
Make some poison and then apply it to a piercing arrow and it will inflict poison and that poison status effect won't ever wear off the arrow even when you decide to retrieve the arrow from a freshly poisoned corpse.
Also there's SO many fun things to put on your arrows so that slightly makes up for the fact that there's no skills in the bow tree.
I suggest getting the doll maker potion and dipping some arrows in that so you can pretty much paralyze people.
Go practice on the flock of sheep near the fighting arena where you train with captain Bernard. Its a really good way to level up your archery, stats (except speech), and hunting. They also respawn instanly if you go far enough and then come back. If you do it during work hours no one will see you. And if you're caught you can just pay off the fine using the money you get from the mutton and sheep skin.
I found sword fighting too hard, especially against multiple opponents, so I went with the bow, either picking them off at range silently, or running backwards while they're swinging their weapons at me. The fight with Runt was extremely easy when you have a bow, a single arrow to the face kills him instantly.
cringe
Cringe
who puts tape on their screen or marks it
Casuals
crackheads
loosers.
Use bluetack you filthy casuals
A dot of bong resin
You’d think that logically, strength would be have a major effect on archery in terms of how steady you can be and on the stamina consumption on extended bow draws, with agility affecting the speed of the draw and reload of the arrow while the actual archery skill affects all parts minimally although but has perks to choose such as a park to have a speed draw at high levels, where Henry puts the arrow on the right hand side of the bow to shoot faster and a crosshair perk (also at high levels) which shows the area where the arrow may land within the stopping range of the arrow.
Screw the crosshair, just like swords you need to practice and shoot instinctively just like real life. This is probably the most accurate to real archery. As someone who has shot a longbow for 8 years it is pretty close to the mark to realistic. I never had a problem with archery in this game besides the random inaccuracy not user inaccuracy.
I had problem in IRL archery to always shoot arrows in the same place. It was because I haven't practiced enough to always draw it correctly in the same way.
But I do not like how the bow wobbles in the game. That just does not happen. Once you draw it it stays in place. Inaccuracy comes from improper handling, release, bad distance judgment etc...
I'm not doing archery in real life. I'm playing games to have fun. I want crosshair. There should be an option to turn it on/off.
OMG like please tell us more about how you archer in real life, like OMG Archer AF.
I have done a lot of archery IRL as well. I have never stood square shouldered with arms straight out and shot from the chest. Animation limitations are the reason for the crosshair.
OMG like totally tell me story about how you archer again, like OMG archery AF
I LOVE this game. Yhos second play through years later makes me love it even more.
An actual tip that properly does what the title of this video implies: go to Ledetchko and find Vatzek; you can play this game called "Chumps" with him, shooting logs that float on the river - and if you win, you can make quite a bit of coin but more importantly, it levels your bow skill by quite a bit and it's much more reliable than searching for game in the woods.
Also if you score 17+ (out of 20) in the game, you'll get an extra bit of training from Vatzek - this is very useful when you've leveled up quite a bit because it doesn't matter what skill level you are and you'll get an extra bit of training for free (probably worth a whole level up in bow).
Im pretty early on in the game and using the capon bow. From the horseback ive taken down ambushing bandits or ruffians with a single shot. So yeah the bow does pay off if you put some effort into it. And yeah kingdom come does not spoil the player without effort put into it...
The best tip for archery is the tip at the end of the arrow shaft... you want the tip to hit what you aim at
Captain Cokecan yep! The arrow files where it's pointed.
you guys are kidding, right?
The pointy end goes into the Cuman
Before I watched this video and other archery rip videos, my method of aiming was a bit above the knuckle, and a tiny bit to the left. It worked well for me, for the most part. I still never really got the hang of longer range archery on moving targets, but I’m slowing getting better
One thing I noticed is you never seem other people riding horses , apart drommwhen your riding somewhere with people for missions.
Horses were a royal privilege. Henry was given a horse by a nobility.
This is mega late but horse combat was planned but cut out before release.
1 way to help your bow skill, When you critically injure a foe and you have the "mercy kill" option, instead of doing that, quickly take out your bow and you can get a free shot in on a still target.(gotta act quick though as they die in a few seconds anyways)
Maybe the one thing I find odd is that henry, living in medieval times, would have known how to use a bow somewhat. He talks of hunting, and knows that boars need spears to take them down, arrows wont work. Still, great game. On my second playthrough now :)
Thank you. I didn't even need to put the dot I just needed a visual indicator so now I know that it laughs with his hand I have a mental cross hair... Preciate it this was extremely helpful
Console players! Use a little blob of blue tack! Works wonders for a crosshair, when you have the regular “crosshair” (bow not equipped) put the tack either on it or slightly above it, deffo improved accuracy when hitting people center mass.. then better from there.
I just want to add that a good bow will not fire bad arrows effectively and vice versa. Good video.
"Based on realism."
Rabbit corpse glides to him.
Edwin Frerichs You know what he means
2:33 *coughs* PC Master Race
Don't forget about the "Bowman" potion, very easy to make with a little alchemy knowledge!
Berthold is always angry and yelling at me, and refuses any training :(
That's why he's shouting, his headgame is weak
Seriously, step your game up
why is the colossal titan mad at you ;)
I'm a god at sword fighting in this game so I never really touched bows...great vid
"Historicly accurate game, based on realism"
Hare slides down on grass like its vaseline after being killed to death.
Love the game tho;)
I mean it's based on realism... but still manages to be a game.
What you just said is simply nitpicking. What else... "it's not realistic that you whistle, and then a horse magically appears in front of your eyes".
2018 me had no idea how good this was. Now in 2024 on my second playthrough i understand how good it is.
Aim the bow with Henry's hand. Focus on his pointer finger knuckle. Line up the target and put the knuckle just below the targets knee. The bow shoots a little high , so arrows will hit the thighs or waist. Either way you'll do good damage and the enemies will break and run or surrender a lot sooner than usual. As you progress Henry will line up the targets faster and he will reload faster and use less stamina. Also ride your horse everywhere you go to build up the horsemanship skill. Unlock the knight perk the first chance you get. The knight perk means ALL attacks from horseback do more damage.
if you have a PC "wh_pl_showfirecursor 1" is a good way to get better at archery :)
Thank you so much for the tip on unslotting the arrow with the A button
Oh dear god thank you so much for this video, I've been struggling with the bow aiming since the beginning as my fav fighting style implies stealth and ranged weapons. I didn't manage to get the bow from Sir. Capon but I got another one which is suitable for my stats. I'm playing on Ps4 so I hope it will help me with the hunting quests and archery!
i’m glad I stuck to using the bow and arrow since I won the capon bow. It’s difficult to use but it’s so satisfying when you get the one shot one kill.
The crosshair is kinda cheating and ruins archery. The problem in a lot of games, that archery is too easy, and archers become the most casual unskilled players in the game. However archery is difficult here. Ranged combat is rewarding, but risky and requires skills to work.
not that much when you reach lvl 5 and your arms stop moving randomly (so you can hit everything all the time) IMO they should divide that reduction on all levels (up to the max lvl) so you get a progressive reduction in movement, right now its hard before lvl 5 but when you reach it, it becomes really easy.
nah the cross hair would balance out the difficulty, I get the challenge but the mechanic should be playable to some degree in the early stages
You don't even have to install a mod. All the mod does is change the 0 to 1. Just enter wh_pl_showfirecursor = 1 and use it to get used to here the arrow flies and then turn it off when you don't need it.
There's a difference between relying on the reticle and using it to help you get better
Hanzo main?
Csaba S. its a good thing I can play however I want :)
Line shots up with the wrist, not the arrow head. The dot would be lined up with the wrist so imagine your dot being the wrist of the the character.
Can't wait to get home and try some of these tips!
I leveled my strength up to the max by beating cows
I leveled up most of my stats by killing the sheep and cows in skalitz while waiting for the rest of the game to download. I have really slow internet so I did that all day for almost a week. Henry was basically a beast when he woke up in rattay 😂
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@@purpleey real life
Aah i tried beating sheep but they are too fast and small :/
Didn’t even need a PC to play this game but it was the first game I got when I got my PC. It introduced me to the common sense keybinds and also providing one of those Skyrim level RPG experiences that I love. The only thing more compelling about Skyrim is the lore behind the Races and the political system in play. Kingdom Come lacks magic and racial variety, but it’s focus on realism is an experience of its own.
i love how i can kite entire encampments with a a bow, such realism lol
I love this game so much. It’s perfect
A little tip, get a crosshair sticker and put it where the crosshair is usually. A lot easier to aim
-aims bow at deer
-lets arrow loose
-arrow shoots off to the side almost parallel to the bow
"Realistic"
Look up "the archers paradox".Arrows curve away from a bow as they accelerate.That is realistic.Modern compound bows just have ways around it.
Helpful video. Enjoying the game. Archery can be good fun after you get round how to aim. :-)
Archery range - win beginner, 7 points, win advanced, 13 points, win master, 20 points. You get only 4 points if you lose. So you do get experience shooting inanimate objects, just slower.
The archery constestt in Ledetchko is an easy way to level up your skill. You get a chunk of bow XP when you win and only cost you 10g. If you are decent, betting the max 50g will give you a return of 150g. It also doesnt glitch out as often as the other archery contest.
Instead of the different ways of getting the “crosshair” that the developers left out for a reason, you could simply not buy the game and claim everywhere that you finished it in a speedrun of 6 hours.
Took 5 mins to figure out they left the drift animation for the bow on Henry's hand before his left hand sways you let go the arrow works everytime.
I'm sitting here listening to this tip about putting tape on your screen on PS4 while my monitor already has the tape and dot still on it lol
the tape idea is insanely easy and can be taken off later. I went from not being able to hit a hare 5 feet away to dropping bandits on horseback from 200-300 feet away like it was nothing lol it's crazy how useful this trick is
you know something is wrong when you cant hit a rabbit 20 feet away from you
wh_pl_showfirecursor 1
Jeremiah Sam need to add an = before the 1
JacketsNest101 no he doesn't. his is the way ive been doing it and it works
Alec Robbins no it doesn't, at least not for me
I like how when you talk about realism the rabbit slides over the dirt as if it was ice
Where can I find or buy a decent bow and arrows? Regrettably I sold Capons early on as I didn't see myself using it
I saw a lot of bows sold by the hunter
And the hunter is located near the inner upper gate, near the little church, dont get confused by the huge church by the shops in the town
There are Hunters in Talmberg and Rattay that sell Archery gear, as well as Hunting and Archery skill training every 5 levels for cash.
or stun the guard take their arrows:D
The huntsmen in rattay
I'm now a guard in Rattay. After my basic training with Bernard and competition with Hans Capon, I went back to the range for some practice. I learned: let stamina recover fully after every shot. Release at high point of first wobble, at this range aiming at "V" of target stands. I was getting groups on the target instead of one hit in 5. Large groups, yes, but building consistency, when I couldn't hit a rabbit at 2 yards on first playing. Good luck, and have fun!
100 lb draw weight? 250 to 300 was common for war bows. Archers were buff as hell.
Takes exactly 48 chump runs to get into 20th level- and at the very start and end you can spend the time it takes for your opponents to finish, jumping against those hay drying structures. Leveling Vitality with jump spam and Archery seem wierdly synced in the chump runs. Takes a little more than three ingame days and vitality gets at level 20 too. Mute for a nice podcast and go!
You can level up at the archery range in Rattay in the tournaments. If the other shooters stop firing just wait an hour in game. If run out arrows but it says you still have some just equip arrows from inventory a this game has so many glitches but it is still great
Sinew bow, better piercing arrows dipped in bane potion.
My favorite style of combat.
There is No Realism with Archery in this game. At No point Ever does anyone swing the bow side to side like they show in this game.. that Never happens.
don't forget that henry is at first a clueless peasant and wouldn't know how to aim a bow properly much less aim it
Damn dude, didn’t know you got down like this. Thanks for the tips, loving this game. I appreciate everything you say, I really hope you can find a game again.
They need a patch lockpicking. Its so bad with a control. I say instead of the little ball going back to the middle just have it stay where you move it they way it moves more like a mouse on a computer does. Its not so bad on the computer.
Timetodiddl maybe hold a and track??? Idk I dont have a problem with current lockpicking
I never had problem with lockpicking
Get good
If you look at the hands when shooting arrows you will notice that most gloves have a corner in the 3d models that you can use as a guide for the horizontal center. look at the middle of the video in the archery range when he puts on the dot
Yep, the realistic bows that don't let you aim down the shaft.
Not sure if you're being sarcastic but I practice archery with a longbow shooting off the knuckle. You don't aim down the shaft. You aim at the center of your target with your eye and let the rest of your body put the arrow there without ever actually looking at the bow or arrow. It's all about muscle memory of your entire body.
you cant use your muscle memory in a game, so maybe dont pull stupid arguments out of your ass?
Three fingers under the arrow, and you "aim" with the shaft. Don't think anyone used that technique back in the day though. (And it's kinda cheating imo)
People who don't do trad archery don't seem to really understand how we aim. It's like throwing a rock, you just throw and your body does the rest.
They aren't longbows, they're hunting bows. Or "combat" bows as he liked to call them. You do sight down the shaft with these. Even in "traditional" archery. I own several period appropriate bows and dabble in fletching.
Clorox, he's saying that there are sense an archer can use that we don't have access to. It has nothing to do with muscle memory using a controller.
i wasnt the first one to start namecalling in this discussion pal
0:28 "This is a historically accurate game based on realism" he says as a dead rabbit slides across the ground towards him
or maybe learn to shoot XD just aim center to screen. its really easy tho...
You get a good amount experience for achery and hunting by killing livestock and dogs in towns without being seen ( with arrows of course)
When i put an arrow in the head of a random villager for no reason, they didn't seem to really take much damage, even after i shot another for good measure. What kind of effect does arrow quality, stats and bow quality have, beyond the basic stuff like aiming?
arrow quality and bow damage are huge. I can one shot boars now with "better quality hunting arrows" and an ash bow whereas it used to take me 6 arrows with regular hunting ones and capons bow.
the dmg of the bow is important, but in the early game, the quality and type of arrow is more important. hunting arrows are better at taking down animals, wounding is great for light armored targets, and piercing for armored targets, for example. learning alchemy is also good, since you can poison the arrows.
also your stats are important. not only having higher stats lets you use better bows, but different types of arrows have effect multipliers, that scale with your stats.
crosshair is pussies! Just play the game without it and Get Good! Don't cheat. Man..
it's not like this game has multiplayer idk why it matters to you that some guy somewhere is "cheating"
No one said anything about crosshairs.
Oh man, thanks a lot! I've probably been using the wrong bow all this time!
Wow putting your own cross hair on the tv works👍👍👍
Whenever I'm about to use a Bow, I use my right hand to pull out the trigger button (R2, I'm on PS4) and with my left hand I place my finger in the middle of the screen and aim like that
It works pretty well, I managed to get teo headshots at the archers at pribylavitz (I was taking cover in the wall)
Man i love this game to this day i still play the hell out of it
Once you get a horse, the bow is the absolute best way to take out camps as a horse archer. You gain experience quickly.
I've shot a few bows and the bow action in this game is about as realistic as you'll find. Even the view while targeting is pretty close to what it really looks like.
I need some real life archery training to get good in this game! 🤣 I swear I use about 15 arrows for 1 rabbit
If you're wanting to put a small piece of tape on your tv screen, simply just put away your bow and the small reticle in the middle of your screen will appear. Then just put the tape over that, instead of trying to do what the guy in the video says.
I feel like a champ being able to hit a doe from 20 meters, I remember when I first used the bow it was the most hellish thing ever, as well lock-picking but now it’s more easy.
Early game archery build: Shoot at point blank, run away (sprinter trait so you can gain distance) Draw bow, shootpoint blank again.
I use the bow a lot. It does a ton of damage, and I also dip my arrows into poison. Super good.
Trying to hunt rabbits at the beginning. Wow this game is hard but it’s pretty immersive
Thanks man, very informative . Stay Frosty
For me I aim it like you’d aim a bow in real like with the tip of the arrow you have a general idea of where it will hit, also to easily level up bow skill, just go and murder chickens with a bow, you won’t get in trouble or have any repercussions
Great video I just started to play the game and I had no clue the huntsman dude could do that. I also was already thrown in the rattay jail because i accidentally executed a lady after knocking her out 😂
I found that if you backpaddle away from enemies while shooting one arrow each into their head is an unstoppable method and a broken one too. You have to wear full plate armour though so that their swings don't hurt you. You literally oneshot everyone without a mask and it's quite boring if you ask me. I cleared a bandit camp consisting of five enemies with only five arrows.
Put a piece of tape on your tv over the yellow dot then use a pen to color in the yellow dot then you always have a dot for your bow aiming
Most modern gaming monitors have a built in crosshair function. It defeats the point of not having a function ingame to enable/disable crosshairs.
War blows could sport pull weights of over 200 lbs, and some crossbows would have up to 800 lbs draw strength
I'm better with a bow than any other weapon. Being able to kill at range is a huge advantage. I haven't used the reticle trick because I eventually learned the "sweet spot" for my bow after training with it for hours and hours.
Ah, so static targets get no experience increase? I had a feeling that might have been the case as I spent some time over the last few days visiting the archery range just on my own, in what seems to me a reasonable expectation that “using” the bow would gain experience regardless of your target, but AI was getting the feeling I wasn’t getting anywhere so thanks for that heads up. :) What about the archery competitions using those same targets? I seem to remember seeing a stat rise message... but now I’m not sure I did.
I have an 80 pound recurve bow, it was quite a challenge at first to draw.