Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 NPCs Can Catch You If You Don’t Bathe And Smell Bad

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is out now on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, and it’s off to an enormous start. It’s also been discovered that the game has an odor system where NPCs can literally sniff you out in stealth sequences if you’re too stinky.

Clips of this have made their way across the internet following the game’s launch this week. Senior game designer Ondřej Bittner shared some insight on the mechanic in an interview with GamesRadar.

Bittner said, “Basically, if you get the debuff that, you know, your body odor, you smell, there’s like a circle around you. If this happens, you’re basically ‘broadcasting’ your presence due to your smell.

“Basically, you’re broadcasting, like, ‘I’m here.’ So yeah, we added that. It’s actually smelling. If he would just wash or go to the bathhouse, this wouldn’t happen.”

So there you have it. If you’re trying to be stealthy in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, be sure to bathe first. Or else you might find yourself in a situation similar to what you see below.

GameSpot’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review scored the game an 9/10, while other outlets scored it highly as well. On GameSpot sister site Metacritic, the game has an aggregate rating of 88. The game reached nearly 160,000 peak concurrent players on Steam on launch day.

If you’re just getting started with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, be sure to check out GameSpot’s extensive guides hub that covers things like how to fast travel, the campaign length, romance options, and lots more.

Looking ahead, Warhorse will support Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 with a range of expansion content, including a hardcore mode, more quests, and other story content via a paid expansion pass.