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Brushes with Deathis the first expansion inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, offering 8–12 hours of gameplay. There are several quests that players can complete focusing onVoyta the Painter.Source of Inspirationis the second quest in the Brushes with Death DLCthat players can take up quite early in the game.
Though pretty straightforward, the quest involves finding the locations of certain flowers and mainly a pagan shrine, which can be time-consuming. This guide offers information on the quest, including details that will allow players to save time and complete the quest while also getting the trophy/achievement tied to it inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Source of Inspiration Quest Walkthrough In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
How to Start Source of Inspiration Quest In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
To start the Source of Inspiration Quest, players must talk toMaster VoytainsideTrosky Castleright after completing theSketchy Situation Quest, which starts the Brushes with Death DLC. During your conversation with him, you will learn about the pagan godVeles’s shrine, and Voyta wants to know its location. He will mention an old woman north ofTachovwho might know about the shrine.
Fast travel to Vidlák Pondif you have already been there, and talk toKvyetoslava. She will have a hard time remembering anything and will mention Valerian flowers that someone used to pick for her.
Finding Valerian In Source of Inspiration Quest In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
To acquire fiveValerianflowers for her, talk to her again about their location, andshe will mention that you’re able to go down to the stream or the meadow beside the cottage to find some. From the old woman, start walking north while paying attention to the ground below you, andsoon you will come across a bunch of Valerian flowers. Picking 2 batches should do the trick, and you can return to her.
How To Get Poet’s Gut Trophy/Achievement In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Kvyetoslava will then mention a dress that she used to wear but is not in the best shape at the moment, so you will have to fix it for her. If you have a tailor’s kit on you, you can use it on the dress to repair it immediately; otherwise, you will have torepair it atTroskowitzand talk to the tailor there.
The next section of the quest, where you have to give the dress, is important, as there is a missable trophy/achievement for players eager to collect all of them.You will need around 20 Charisma and Scholarship to pass the several skill checksneeded for the trophy. Reading books bought from scribes can increase yourScholarship, and the tailor in Troskowitz has quite a few clothing items that increase yourCharisma.
There is alsoScribe EraziminsideTrosky Castle, who can improve yourScholarshipif you pay him200 Groschen.
Talk to her and give her the dress. You will now have to pass four skill checks. Do not choose the third option, and after successfully passing all the checks, you will get the“Poet’s Gut” trophy/achievement.
Where to Find the Veles Shrine In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
After completing the skill checks, ask about the shrine again, and she will tell you three locations where the shrine could be. Two of these locations—the rocky hill between the ponds and the stream flowing past Nebakov Fortress—are normal pagan shrines, soyou do not have to visit them. Head for the third option, which is theriver tributary of Lower Semine Pond.
Fast travel toNebakov Fortressand make your way west through the forest until you reach the marker. There will be four bandits roaming around the shrine area that you must deal with before interacting with the shrine. you’re able to go for the offensive approach and take all of them on at the same time. However,if you want to play it safe, you can wait till 1 a.m.when all the bandits will be asleep andstealth kill them one by oneusing a dagger.
Once you have killed them, loot their bodies and the chest if you want, and go over to the shrine.Look around the shrine to complete the objective, and you may then head back to Voyta and tell him about the shrine and take him there.Talk to him after the cutscene finishes, and this will complete the quest.
