
Held in the archery ranges in major settlements, Henry can enroll in them by talking to archery masters for a small bet. If KCD captures some of that nature then thats super cool.An archery contest is a mini-game in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. In some places it was a place of refuge and safety, in others a place of darkness and mystery. I think “the forest” played an important throughout europe which changed over time & location. I agree with much of this, except maybe the woods always being scary part. Sorry for old response but this is interesting. These folks weren’t stupid given the knowledge base and the uber-creepy nature of the woods, hell, I’d probably have believed in the Witches’ Sabbat, too. Oh, and as an aside, wandering through the woods at dusk, especially when you come across one of those “interesting sites” that look like some pagan marker or shrine, it’s easy to understand how early-modern/late medieval Europeans could seriously entertain the idea of spirits, devils, witches, and the like. Just enough tension to make things interesting, but enough leeway to keep it from being too frustrating. The way the game does saving is pretty spot-on. From listening to what others said, I felt it would be to restrictive. When this game first came out, one of the reasons I didn’t get it then was the discussion of bugs and stuff, but another was the save system. Though I can now win advanced archery contests pretty regularly, in combat I still miss 2/3 of shots I take even at close range. You can practice without starting a contest as well, but the contest is nice since it shows you on the little diagram where your arrow landed. I think I spent a whole game day doing that.

Do basic or advanced archery contests in Rattay until you feel you’ve got it down. Not sure where the leader or the other bandit got off to. I kited two away and took them down with horse archery. Things didn’t work out well initially but I managed to finally mount up and get away. As soon as the fight initiated I tried to sprint to the horse.


So on the third time, I put my horse nearby before triggering the encounter and make sure to face him in a direction so that when I started galloping the second one foot found a stirrup I wouldn’t run straight into a tree or building. Since I had to redo it anyway, next time I tried fighting them and was promptly slaughtered despite my decent armor and occasional ability to block or land a blow. Initially that’s what I did, but died stupidly later before I could sleep and save.
