How to Level Up Your Skill in Kingdom Come: Deliverance

KC:D is jam-packed with ways to develop your character. Figuring out how you are going to have time to level up all 17 of Henry’s skills can seem like a daunting task. Luckily, there are two methods to skip the grinding and gain some quick XP – Skill Books and Skill Trainers. While both of these methods can be tricky to find and can find you emptying your pockets of your hard-earned groschen, it is more than worth it because of how long it can take to develop skills organically.

Below are some tips on how to use and find all of the Skill Books and Trainers available in the game.

Skill Books in Kingdom Come

KC:D offers a host of collectible items throughout the game. Perhaps the most valuable of which for players are Skill Books. Skill books are available for most Skills and Stats in the game – from Drinking to Vitality. They provide a static XP boost to the Stat associated with each book.

If you are looking for information about where to find books to boost your Stats check out our Stats Guide.

How to Use Skill Books

Each series of Skill Books in Kingdom Come has a name – EX: The Alchemist’s Dream for Alchemy. There are four books in each series as noted by the roman numeral after the book’s name. The later books in the series require higher proficiency in the stat before you can read them.

Book Order #	Associated Skill Level Required
I	0
II	5
III	10
IV	15

Reading books takes time. Meaning the higher your Reading Skill the quicker you will be able to digest the info in the Skill Book. You gain the XP from reading the book when you reach 100% reading completion. It is important to note that you have to be able to read to use the books. Meaning that you will have to visit the Scribe in Uzhitz in order to learn. The quest to do so can be started by talking to the Apothecary in Rattay.

Where to Find Skill Books

Skill books are located all across Bohemia. Skill books can be obtained in one of five ways:

By Stealing them (Lockpicking and Pickpocketing)
By purchasing them
By using Treasure Maps to find them
By completing quest
By having them gifted to you by NPC’s

Finding all 38 Skill Books (and the additional Stat Books) will require significant time, energy, money, and lock picks.

So how much do Skill Books cost in Kingdom Come? It depends on the book’s level. The first book in a series requires 50, the second costs 150 groschen, the third book in a series goes for 450 groschen, and the final books require 1350 groschen.

Here are the locations for each of the Skill Books available in-game.

Alchemy – The Alchemist’s Dream

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Rattay Apothecary	N/A
II	Brother Nicodemus – Sasau	N/A
III	In the cellars of the Inn in the Glade – near Neuhof	N/A
IV	Treasure map II	N/A

Drinking – Tavern Life

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Various Innkeepers
II	Fresco Master – Sasau Inn	N/A
III	Father Godwin’s Kitchen – Uzhitz	N/A
IV	Treasure map IV	N/A

Herbalism – Grasses and Herbs

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Herbalist of Samopesh	At an Accident
II	Herbalist of Neuhof	N/A
III	Gertrude – Herbalist in the forest between Talmber and Pribyslavitz	N/A
IV	Treasure map V	N/A

Horsemanship – Basic Horse-Riding Skills

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Johann – Horse Trader in Merhojed	N/A
II	Head Groom – Horse Trader Near Uzhitz	N/A
III	House to the north of Neuhof Stables on a shelf near the cooking pot	N/A
IV	Treasure map XX	N/A

Hunting – The Joy of Gutting

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Nicholas – Talmbreg Huntsman	N/A
II	Berthold – Rattay Huntsman	N/A
III	Shed inside the Baths of Talmberg	Can be found at an Accident
IV	Treasure map XVIII	N/A

Lockpicking

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Miller Woyzeck – Kohelnitz	N/A
II	Unobtainable in-game	Console commands
III	Wayfarers	Treasure map 1
IV	Treasure map XVII	N/A

Maintenance – Sharp as a Knife

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Rattay Blacksmith	N/A
II	Samopesh Blacksmith	N/A
III	Swordsmith Fink – Sasau	N/A
IV	Treasure map VII	N/A

Pickpocketing – The Rule of St. Nicholas

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Miller Peshek – Rattay	N/A
II	Miller Simon – Sasau	N/A
III	Ancient Map V	N/A
IV	Unobtainable in-game	Console commands

Reading – Primer

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Uzhitz Scribe	N/A
II	Uzhitz Scribe	N/A
III	Sasau Scrib	N/A
IV	Treasure map XIX	N/A

Stealth – Shadow Play

Book Number	Location 1	Location 2
I	Steal from the chest at the Rattay Refugee camp	N/A
II	Pick Kunesh’s Pocket – Rattay Refugee Camp	N/A
III	Pickpocket a Beggar	N/A
IV	Treasure Map XXIV	N/A

Skill Trainers in KC:D

Skill Trainers are NPC’s who are experienced enough in a particular Skill to be able to impart some of their knowledge onto Henry. They provide an easier path to Skill XP gain than Skill Books do because they require significantly less time to search for and require no reading time.

How to Train with a Skill Trainer

Training with skill trainers is fairly simple at face value. After all, all you have to do is talk to them to get your XP. However, skill Trainers do not come free or without requirements. There are four progressively more advanced levels of training. Training beyond basic will not be available to you right away. See the table below to understand the skill required, cost for, and XP gained from each tier of training.

Training Tier	Required Skill Level	Cost to Train	XP Gained from Training
Basic	0	60	50
Slightly Advanced	5	180	200
Advanced	10	540	350
Master	15	1600	500

Where all the Skill Trainers are Located in Kingdom Come

Trainers are found all across the map. Finding each one can be difficult. Luckily, we have compiled a comprehensive list of where each trainer can be found.

Warfare

None Available

Defense

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Captain Bernard	Rattay
Sir Robard	Talmberg

Axe

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Innkeeper	Inn in the Glade
Captain Bernard	Rattay

Sword

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Captain Bernard	Rattay
Sir Robard	Talmberg

Mace

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Captain Bernard	Rattay
Sir Robard	Talmberg

Bow

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Hunter Nicholas	Talmberg
Hunter Berthold	Rattay

Unarmed

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Punch	Sasau Fighting Arena
Fritz	Sasau Inn
Fisherman	Uzhitz Fisherman Camp

Alchemy

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Brother Nicodemus	Sasau Monastery
Apothecary	Rattay

Drinking

None available

Herbalism

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Herbalist Gertrude	In a hut in the forest to the west of Uzhitz

Horsemanship

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Zora	Neuhof
Vashek	Uzhitz

Hunting

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Hunter Nicolas	Talmberg
Hunter Berthold	Rattay

Lockpicking

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Miller Peshek	Rattay
Black Lukesh	Hut to the north of Talmberg Castle

Maintenance

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Blacksmith Mikkesh	Rattay
Master Ota	Sasau

Pickpocketing

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Charlatan	Sasau
Miller Peshek	Rattay
Black Lukesh	In a hut north of the Talmberg castle

Reading

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Scribe	Uzhitz

Stealth

Trainer Name	Trainer Location
Woyzeck	Kohelnitz during the side quest The Good Theif
Miller Simon	In a house near the Sasau Monastery
Matthew	Sasau Inn