Last updated: 9 September 2026

KCD2 Legacy of the Forge DLC Guide How to start it, Prestige, and the forge questline

Legacy of the Forge is the second story expansion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and it takes Henry in a different direction than the base game or Brushes with Death — instead of another string of combat quests, it hands him his adoptive father Martin's old forge in Kuttenberg and asks him to rebuild it into a working blacksmith's business. This guide covers how to unlock the DLC, what the new Prestige system actually does, how forge rebuilding and commissions work, and what the main questline covers.

01How to Start Legacy of the Forge

Legacy of the Forge unlocks after Henry completes the main story quest "Speak of the Devil" in Kuttenberg — you need to be far enough into the Kuttenberg chapter of the main campaign for that quest to be available, but you do not need to finish the entire main story first.

Once unlocked, a purple quest icon appears on the map in eastern Kuttenberg, near the pond used for laundry and the Hole in the Wall tavern. The marker sits at a run-down, boarded-up building — interact with it to trigger the opening scene, in which residents who knew Martin explain what happened to his old forge and Henry gets permission to start rebuilding it.

You don't need a high Blacksmithing or Craftsmanship skill to take on the DLC. Only a couple of quests in the entire expansion require Henry to personally use the forging minigame; most of the blacksmithing work can be delegated to hired staff once your workshop is running, so a character built for combat or stealth can still play through the whole storyline.

02The Prestige System, Explained

Prestige is the new progression stat introduced specifically for this DLC, and it runs alongside — not instead of — your regular Groschen income. Where the base game gates upgrades behind money and skill levels, Legacy of the Forge gates most of its forge upgrades, decorations, and advanced features behind Prestige instead.

• What raises it: completing commissions for townspeople, finishing the DLC's quests, and generally doing quality work at the forge. Reputation is meant to reflect how well-regarded Martin's rebuilt forge becomes among Kuttenberg's burghers.
• What it's required for: almost every purchasable furniture piece, decoration, and cosmetic upgrade for the forge sits behind a Prestige threshold rather than just a Groschen price. Hiring more capable staff, unlocking advanced blueprints, and progressing the main questline to its later quests all require a minimum Prestige level too.
• How to grind it efficiently: after finishing the early quest Klaus' Introduction, daily Guild Quests become available, marked with orange icons around Kuttenberg — usually a handful of new ones each day. Nearly every quest and commission in the DLC rewards some Prestige, so simply working through available tasks keeps it climbing.

Practically, this means you can't just buy your way through the DLC's forge upgrades with a large Groschen stockpile from the main game — you need to actually run commissions and complete quests to unlock the later tiers, even if money isn't a constraint.

03Rebuilding and Running the Forge

The core loop of the DLC is equal parts questline and light management sim. Henry's forge has a workspace plus adjacent private quarters, and both can be customized extensively — the customization system offers over 100 million combinations once you count every furniture, layout, and decoration choice.

• Commissions: NPCs bring requests to the forge — repairing gear, crafting specific items, or fulfilling orders — which pay Groschen and Prestige on completion.
• Staff: as Prestige rises, you can hire workers to handle blacksmithing tasks without Henry doing the minigame himself, letting the forge generate income passively while you're off doing other things in Kuttenberg or Trosky.
• Sales Chest: an automated sales feature that lets your forge assistants sell inventory on your behalf, providing a passive Groschen trickle instead of manually visiting merchants for every item.
• Guild activities: beyond the story quests, the Blacksmiths' Guild offers repeatable side content — commissions, contests, and other daily tasks — that keep paying out Prestige and Groschen well after the main questline ends.

04The Main Questline

The story follows Henry uncovering what happened to Martin's forge and his legacy in Kuttenberg, opening with the quest Adept and building toward a final quest, The Last Step, which wraps up the Martin's Legacy arc. Named quests along the way include Magdalena's Axe, Klaus' Introduction (which unlocks the daily Guild Quests), Martin's Dream, and Old Plans, interspersed with the repeatable Guild Activities described above.

Sources differ on exactly how many of these count as "main" quests versus side content tied to the Blacksmiths' Guild, since several blend directly into the Prestige grind rather than standing apart from it — but the throughline from Adept to The Last Step is consistent across walkthroughs, and completing it is what resolves Henry's arc with his adoptive father's memory.

05Notable Rewards

Beyond Groschen and Prestige, the questline hands out several unique items tied specifically to this DLC, including the Heirloom Sword, a joke weapon called Fakescalibur, and St. George's Sword, along with a set of Kuttenberg-themed armor pieces unique to the forge storyline. Completing the DLC to its final quest is also tied to its own set of trophies/achievements, separate from the base game's list.