Easter eggs are secrets or references to other fictional works and culture. This page aims to list all the Easter eggs found in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
There might be more Easter eggs in the game than those listed here. If you find one, do not hesitate to update this page!
- For the item Easter egg, see here.
Cultural references[]
Assassin's Creed[]
During the quest A Needle in a Haystack, Henry can have this line of dialogue: "Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Isn't that so?" This is a famous tenet from the Assassin's Creed video game franchise.
Breaking Bad[]
There is an unobtainable joke item in the game which is a direct reference to Breaking Bad, the crystal meth. The crystal methamphetamine is what Walter White and Jesse try to cook during the series. The item description reads: Crystal meth is not available in the Dark Ages. Let's cook!, "Let's cook!" being a sentence commonly heard throughout the series.
It can be noted that there are two other similar joke items in the game: the coffee and the magic PI - mushroom. The former referring to nothing in particular and the latter being a reference to Pi, the famous mathematical constant.
Game of Thrones[]
There is a possible reference to Game of Thrones in the form of a shortsword named needle, Needle being the name of the sword wielded by Arya Stark in both the books and the series. This may or may not be an intentional Easter egg as needle is a reasonable name for a stab-focused sword, and the description of the sword does not hint a GoT Easter egg.
Hansel and Gretel[]
South-west of Uzhitz, in the woods, there is a burned down house that has 3 references to the story Hansel and Gretel: there are bread crumbs along the path leading to the house, there are cages near the furnace where in one cage is a skeletal children's hand and in the furnace are the remains of a child.
In the burned house is a sack with some minor loot: a dagger; a poppy; a pair of roe-deer kidneys; a valerian and a wormwood.
Harry Potter[]
South-west of Sasau, in a grave near the west bank of the river, is an Easter egg about Quidditch, the Harry Potter magical sport. The skeleton in the grave is likely Harry himself, wearing a red cape, on his broom and with the Golden Snitch in his right hand.
Hot Fuzz[]
Nicholas, the Talmberg huntsman is a reference to the comedy movie Hot Fuzz. His full name is Nicholas Angel, a lot like his movie counterpart tasked to find missing swans, the KC:D Nicholas Angel chases hares in the quest Hare Hunt.
H.P. Lovecraft[]
The Necronomicon (book I book II) are books of black magic directly taken from H.P. Lovecraft lore. The player is tasked to retrieve it from the Sasau Monastery during the quest Restless Spirit.
Lorem Ipsum[]
While within the Sasau Monastery precinct, notably (but not necessarily) during the In the Cloister quest, one of the prayers chanted (as "ambient music" for the region) by the monks will be the Lorem Ipsum text. In short, that Latin text is a common "placeholder text" used by designers in website mock ups. The portion "sung" in the game is the first sentence of the placeholder:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
This prayer has less probability from being played between the other possible ones. The prayer, as played in the game, can be checked in this video from youtube .
The easter egg was actually confirmed by the developers themselves in their 2nd anniversary live stream, at around 21m20s.
Monty Python[]
The achievement for the Hardcore DLC 'Tis but a scratch is a reference to a famous quote in the Monty Python film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). The scene can be seen here.
The sheer difficulty of the achievement reflects the stubbornness of the Black Knight to never surrender in the scene.
Otesánek[]
Otesánek is a Czech fairy tale about an ever-hungry living log of wood. Its body can be found deep in the Rattay Woods, East of Rattay. The player can retrieve a woodcutter's axe on Otesánek, and there are two loot able sacks near-by which contain respectively:
- an Aqua Vitalis, a communion chalice, 78.6
, a necklace and a Saviour Schnapps. - a Buck's Blood potion, 48.7 and a necklace.
Pomlázka & Easter event[]
The Pomlázka (wikipedia article) was added in the game during the Easter update (1.4) along with the easter egg (item) and the golden egg. It is part of the Czech Easter tradition to gently spank girls on the backside with the Pomlázka. It can be found during Easter in the Sasau Monastery.
The Easter event was a giant egg hunt that lasted for a few days at the launch of patch 1.4. Players were tasked to find the elusive golden egg, and many Easter eggs (red, blue and green) appeared in nests and chicken coops.
Superbad[]
McLovin, an achievement in the base game is a small Easter egg about the 2007 comedy movie Superbad. "McLovin" is the name on the fake ID of one of the movie protagonist uses to buy liquor.
The Godfather[]
East of Uzhitz, in the Uzhitz Woods, is a grave with an interesting layout when dug out: a dead man lying on his back, head on a pillow and with a severed black horse head on his legs. This is a reference to a famous intimidation scene in The Godfather (1972). The scene can be seen here.
The Lord of the Rings[]
There are two LotR Easter eggs in the game.
- The horse Shadowfax, Gandalf's steed is in the game (see below).
- The description of the torch: "May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out" is a quote from "The Lord of the Rings", The Fellowship of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. These words are spoken by Galadriel to Frodo, when she gives him the phial with the light of Eärendil’s star.
The Witcher[]
There are several separate Easter eggs about The Witcher.
- Geralt's horse, Roach and Ciri's horse, Kelpie are present in the game (see below).
- Another is a perk, namely, the Witcher perk. The perk allows Henry to drink more potions, witcher potions being an important part of the lore of the series, and its icon is a wolf. "Geralt of Rivia", the protagonist of The Witcher series is a witcher from the "School of the Wolf" and is nicknamed "White Wolf".
- During the main quest Night Raid it is sometimes possible to see an NPC with white hair and carrying one or two swords on his back. It is meant to resemble a witcher. The NPC sometimes has a kettle hat or the swords can be missing so he is a rare sight.
- The charlatan when talking to other NPC sometimes has this line of dialogue: "Ah, that's a dark matter. A cavalcade of ghostly riders appeared in the sky above Poland. People say they're raiding secluded houses and abducting children." This is a reference to the Wild Hunt, a group of elven sky raiders in The Witcher lore.
- It can also be considered a reference to the Wild Hunt in general and not only related to The Witcher.
UFO[]
Out of bounds, south of Rattay, is an UFO and 4 crop circles of varying sizes. The crop circles could be the different brush sizes the game developers used to make the landscape, and the UFO model is just an unfinished kettle-like helmet (the blacksmiths are commonly seen hammering one), albeit giant sized.
Without the use of console commands or cheats, it is very hard to see this Easter egg because it is out of the reachable map, to see it, position yourself at the exact place where the flag is on the map below. You have to walk against the border of the map for some time for Henry to finally reach a position with a good view.
Wolverine[]
Deep inside the Talmberg Woods, north of Neuhof one can find a skeletal hand with metal claws buried in a small rock cairn. This is a reference to Wolverine.
Horses[]
All the named horses in the game are named after famous horses of fiction or mythology, or even real-life horses:
- Agro (Agro) is the horse featured in the game Shadow of the Colossus where she is the steed of the Wander, accompanying him through The Forbidden Lands. The stablemaster references her injury when crossing a collapsing bridge, causing her hind leg to limp.
- Al-Buraq (Al-Buraq), meaning "lightning", was a white winged horse (sometimes portrayed with a human face) who, according to Islamic mythology, carried the prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem, to heaven, then returned him to Mecca.
- Bayard (Bayard) was a mythical French horse from Chanson de geste with the magical ability to change size in order to carry multiple riders. In some accounts, Bayard was almost killed when he was pushed into the river with a stone fastened to his neck, only to break the stone with his hooves and escape.
- Binky (Binky) is a horse in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, where it is the only white horse in existence (the others being pale or grey) and serves as Death's mount, existing outside of space and time.
- Boxer (Boxer) likely references the novella Animal Farm (1945), written by George Orwell. Hardworking, strong but also a bit dim-witted horse character.
- Bucephalus (Bucephalus) (βουκέφαλος, lit. "ox-head") is named after the famous greek warhorse belonging to Alexander the Great.
- Chollima (Chollima) in Chinese translates to "thousand li horse" (a 'li' being a measure of distance, equivalent to 1/3 mile or 1/2km). It was the name of a winged horse in East Asian mythology, who was too swift and elegant to be mounted by any mortal man.
- Epona (Epona) is a reference to a character in the Zelda game series sharing the same name Epona, where she is the loyal mount of the main character Link. A game mechanic involves Link playing a pipe or flute to summon her by playing Epona's Song. The two share the same distinctive chestnut coat with pale mane and tail.
- In Gallo-Roman religion, Epona is a goddess of fertility and the protectress of horses.
- Hatatitla (Hatatitla) is the black horse of Old Shatterhand, a hero from Karl May's wild west novels.
- Kanthaka (Kanthaka) appears in Buddhist text as the horse of Prince Siddhartha, who latter became the Buddha. Legend says that Kanthaka died of a broken heart following his prince's departure, was later reborn as a brahmin (a class of priests), and went on to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
- Kelpie (Kelpie) is Ciri's horse in The Witcher video game series.
- A Kelpie is shape-shifting water spirit in Scottish mythology, who sometimes appears as a human, or a horse.
- Nuckelavee (Nuckelavee) is a horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology that combines equine and human elements. It has its origins in Norse mythology. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature was held responsible for droughts and epidemics on land despite being predominantly a sea-dweller.
- Olena (Olena) was an American Quarter Horse, winner of the 1970 NCHA Futurity Champion.
- Pebbles (Pebbles) refer to the real Pebbles, a famous British-bred Thoroughbred race horse.
- Pegasus (Pegasus) in Greek mythology, was a demi-god who took the form of a pure-white winged horse.
- Pie (Pie) may refer to "The Pie", a horse in the book and film, "National Velvet".
- Podagros (Podagros) in Greek mythology, Podagros the Swift was one of the flesh-eating horses known as the "Mares of Diomedes". The hero Hercules (or Heracles) is tasked with stealing the horses as part of his Twelve Labours.
- Roach (Roach) the horse's name and the nationality of her previous owner is a obvious reference to Roach, which is the name of any horse owned by Geralt of Rivia from the Witcher series by polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
- Roan (Roan) is a horse coat colour pattern characterized by an even mixture of coloured and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane and tail—are mostly solid-coloured.
- Rocinante (Rocinante) was the name of Don Quixote's horse, the protagonist from the book, "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha" by Miguel de Cervantes.
- Schemig (Schemig) (Šemík in Czech) is a reference to the horse of Horymír, mythical Bohemian lord and hero. Shemir is the most famous horse in Czech mythology.
- Shadowfax (Shadowfax) - meaning 'shadow mane' - was a horse featured in the film and book series The Lord of the Rings, a magnificent steed ridden by the wizard Gandalf.
- Shadowmere (Shadowmere) was a horse featured in the Elder Scrolls series, appearing in two games and originally belonging to Lucien Lachance. It is a pitch black steed with glowing red eyes, and is rumored to come from hell itself.
- Sleipnir (Sleipnir) was the name of the eight-legged horse of Odin, and was often used to journey to Hel, the Norse afterlife.
- Trojan (Trojan) is a reference to the famous trojan horse, an enormous wooden horse built by the Greeks after the 10-year siege of Troy. The Horse was dragged inside Troy as a prize, but unbeknownst to the Trojans, it contained several Greeks. Under the cover of darkness, they crept out of the horse and opened the gates to let in their army.
- Tulpar (Tulpar) in Turkish mythology, Tulpar was an exceptionally swift, winged horse, often used to hunt.
- Uchchaihshravas (Uchchaihshravas) (sanskrit: उच्चैःश्रवस् and translates into "long-ears" or "neighing aloud") is a seven-headed flying horse. It is mentioned in the Mahabharata.
- Warhorse Jenda (Warhorse Jenda) is a reference to Daniel Vavra's dog 'Jenda', which died during development, and also the name of the studio, 'Warhorse'. See here.
Other secrets[]
Cutscene hens[]
According to KC:D developers in this Reddit thread, there is a running joke in every single cutscene in the game where a hen in some form can be seen. It might sometimes be hard to see.
Dabbing & Graves[]
A few rock throws south of Vranik is a grave with a teenage skeleton dabbing inside. The small sack contains four herbs. Nothing too major to see here, just one of the many graves with a peculiarity, the other noticeable graves are:
- The grave with all the baby remains inside.
- The grave of the skeleton with a giant head.
- The grave with the double-headed, flute-playing skeleton.
- There are more...
Dead witch[]
A dead witch having visibly crash landed while flying on her broom can be found south of Neuhof, east of Rattay. She can be looted for some minor loot: an amor potion; a dagger; a herb Paris; a valerian and a witch potion.
Drone[]
There is a crashed drone in a tree in the From the Ashes version of Pribyslavitz. It is believed to reference a drone the KC:D development team crashed in a tree when taking images for the game. A series of screenshots can be found on this Reddit thread.
Horse armour[]
East of Ledetchko, in the middle of a cliff, is a giant nest with a dead horse and a dead chicken in it. It is the only place in the base game to find horse armour, namely a chanfron and criniere. You can also loot a noble's bridle and 60.7 
in the nest.
The giant-sized nest and the fact that there is a dead horse in it could be yet another reference to The Witcher series, more precisely to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt when at the beginning of the game a Griffin (the first monster the player has to kill in a contract) attacks Geralt and steals a merchant's horse before his eyes.
The horse armour could be a reference to the infamous Oblivion paid DLC which introduced horse armor.
Pile of tires[]
In a ruined estate in the Sasau Woods, far west of Samopesh, there is a pile of truck tires in a ruined house. It is quite hard to get to, as the player has to crouch under some fallen beams and then make his way through the thick bushes.
Also, in a near-by house, a giant skeleton can be found half buried in debris.
Secret church chest[]
Not exactly an Easter egg but still worth mentioning is the secret chest from the bell tower of St. Matthew's Church. The chest is inaccessible under normal circumstances and contains the following: 20.3 ; 4 bandages; 7 pieces of charcoal; 2 dried meats; a green merchant's hat; a copy of Old Father Czech and the recipe for Bivoj's Rage potion.
Spooky Camera[]
In the DLC A Woman's Lot, while playing as Theresa, if you go to the deepest end of the Skalitz mines you can find the spooky Polaroid which takes a picture of the player (with the flash on) and immediately spits out the image of a standing Theresa.
Soothsayer[]
The soothsayer is an old woman who will very rarely come to Rattay or Sasau. She will tell Henry 3 different fortunes, for which Henry can pay 1 or not. The fact that she is so elusive, tells fortunes that may or may not be true and that she tells exactly 3 of them could make her a reference to M'aiq the Liar, a running source of misinformation in the The Elder Scrolls video games series.
Traffic cones[]
There are at least 2 traffic cones to be found in the game. The traffic cones resemble the ones used during the beta of the game to delimit the work-in-progress areas of the map. All those traffic cones have long been removed since but these ones have been added in their place.
- Vranik Forest
One is inside the Vranik Forest, south-east of Vranik. It is near an interesting site in a small watchtower along with a chest. While impossible to reach normally, it is possible to wake up next to it after drinking Henry to oblivion. Another method to get into the tower is a technique called 'beef jumping' (youtube tutorial).
The chest contains quite a lot of loot: 14 apples; a Bailiff's mace; 6 bandages; a Cuman metal shield; a Decorated German bascinet; 20 Dried meat; an even number die; a copy of Evil Morals in Bohemia; 193.1 ; 11 hardboiled eggs; 20 mead; 20 moonshine; 20 spirits and a copy of Tavern Life III.
This cone could possibly be a reference to the British science-fiction comedy Red Dwarf. In an episode (watch it here), one of the characters wakes up hangover with a traffic cone in his bed.
- In a shack
Another is inside a closed shack between Merhojed, Talmberg and Ledetchko. This one is hard to see, being inside the closed hut. It seems that there are no legitimate ways to get inside the shack apart from 'beef glitching' your way into the shack since drinking oneself to oblivion will not work in this case.
The chest contains very similar loot to the first one: 17 apples; a Bailiff's mace; 5 bandages; a Cuman metal shield; a Decorated German bascinet; 10 Dried meat; an even number die; a copy of Evil Morals in Bohemia; 193.7 ; 15 hardboiled eggs; 20 mead; 20 moonshine; 20 spirits and a copy of Tavern Life III.
Credit[]
Due to the nature of determining who found what Easter egg first, it is very hard to say where credit should be. The sources that were used to make this page:
- Gamepedia: The old Gamepedia wiki on KC:D had a page on Easter eggs.
- Reddit: The KC:D subreddit had some good infos on it, especially schwarzenekker for the first mention of the UFO Easter egg on the net.
- Youtube: There are some good videos there that sum up the Easter eggs, although many are missing, and comments from these videos too.
- A lot of blogs, examples: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- And obviously this Fandom has awesome contributors who had already worked on the Easter eggs.