Mysterious Ways is the tenth main quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. After finding the runaway stableboy in Ginger in a Pickle, Henry sets off in search of the limping man from Uzhitz who took part in the raid on Neuhof.
You may need a Bard potion and/or an Amor potion (both sold by the herb woman in the woods to the west) to increase your Speech or Charisma to convince Father Godwin, or an embrocation to gain a scribe's aid if you fail to convince Father Godwin.
Synopsis[]
Ginger is hiding out in the woods in fear of his life, because by chance he recognized one of the bandits involved in the Neuhof massacre, some fellow with a limp who lives in Uzhitz.
Objectives[]
- Find the Neuhof bandit in Uzhitz.
- Find out where the limping bandit lives.
- Visit Lubosh.
- Find out more about Limpy Lubosh.
- Talk to the priest.
- (Optional) Meet the parish priest in the tavern in the evening.
- Sit down with the priest.
- Earn the priest's trust.
- Help Godwin.
- Climb the bell tower.
- Give the sermon in church instead of Father Godwin.
- (Optional) Meet the parish priest in the tavern in the evening.
- Visit Lubosh.
- Talk to the Rattay scribe.
- Get embrocation for the Rattay scribe's aching joints. (0/1)
- (Optional) Get the scribe to help you.
- Get embrocation for the Rattay scribe's aching joints. (0/1)
- Look through the Rattay Black Chronicle for any record of Lubosh.
- Continue according to the clues in the Black Chronicle.
Walkthrough[]
With Sir Radzig heading for his camp near Merhojed and Captain Bernard returning to Rattay, it's time for you to go to Uzhitz to find the limping bandit. Ask around to find the man is known as Limpy Lubosh, and get directions to his house. Unfortunately, by the time you arrive, a large crowd has gathered outside, including the bailiff.
The villagers gather outside Lubosh's house
As you approach, you overhear the bailiff saying he needs to send word to Sir Hanush. Because you are under Bernard's orders, you step in to identify yourself as part of Hanush's entourage investigating the raid at Neuhof. At first, the bailiff is suspicious and denies any of his people were involved; however, he realizes you're right when you mention the limping bandit. The bailiff opens the door of the house to show you the mutilated corpse of Limpy, with the word "zrádce" ("traitor") written in his blood on the wall.
You ask permission to continue your investigation and receive the bailiff's full support. Immediately question the crowd to learn Lubosh was a petty crook and drunk who mainly kept to himself. However, some report he had recently been seen in the company of the local priest, Father Godwin, and nobody remembers seeing him in Uzhitz on the day of the raid. Be sure to also take Limpy's armor from the pile of hay next to his body and his sword from behind the woodpile along the wall between the two doors, which will give you extra dialogue options with the bailiff.
The mutilated remains of Limpy Lubosh
Follow your only clue and go see Godwin. He will tell you Lubosh was merely a lost soul, simple and rough but not bad at heart. He reveals he knows what Lubosh was doing on the night of the raid, but, much to your frustration, he cannot break his vows to reveal it. Ask him whether he can make an exception.
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If you are successful (see "Notes" below), after acknowledging saving innocent lives may be worth breaking the confessional seal, Godwin will give you the information you need to start On the Scent, which you'll need to complete quickly to track down the remaining members of Lubosh's gang before the other bandits do, as if they are all killed, you'll have no way of finding Runt.
Henry confides in Godwin about the attack on Skalitz
However, if you fail to convince the priest, plead that Lubosh was your only lead and other innocents might die if you don't find out who's behind it all. Godwin agrees to think about how he can help without breaking his sacred vows and tells you to meet him that evening at the local tavern. (If you don't meet with him that evening, you can attempt to apologize to him the following day and arrange to meet him again the next night. However, if you again fail to meet with him the next night, or fail to earn his trust or refuse to drink when speaking with him at the tavern, he will no longer assist you, and you will need to obtain the information by other means; see further below.)
That night after 19:00, you'll find Godwin and his concubine in the tavern. Chat with him about Skalitz and your family before getting to the business of what happened at Neuhof. If you don't make an effort by confiding in him, he won't trust you. Then, tell Godwin the bandits are still squabbling among themselves, which is how Lubosh met his end. Godwin will still refuse to break the confessional vow, but will tell you about the importance of a good and entertaining sermon, and begins berating the Catholic church for their greed, hypocrisy, and corruption. He will also advise you to read the sermons of Jan Hus, copies of which he keeps at the presbytery.
Drinking with Father Godwin
You and Godwin continue drinking and cavorting, getting steadily more drunk, until the bailiff interrupts and has you thrown out of the tavern, starting a brawl. You then fade in and out of consciousness, remembering only snippets of the evening: climbing the bell tower, having sex with an alehouse maid, pretending to be... sheep?, and greeting the beautiful dawn before Godwin throws up and you pass out again.
Finally, you and Godwin are awakened at his house by his concubine, who reminds the very hungover priest that he has to say mass, something he is in no fit state to do. However, Godwin has a better idea: you should say mass in his stead using one of Jan Hus' sermons, and in return, he will tell you about Lubosh's cronies. If it helps, grab the book of Jan Hus' sermons off Godwin's table.
If you don't say the sermon, if you make a mess of it, or if you didn't earn Godwin's trust the prior evening, the priest will refuse to help you, and you'll need to get the information another way. In that case, talk to the bailiff (who is very upset and threatens to put you in the stocks for brawling), who will suggest going to see the scribe of Rattay and checking his records.
The scribe reads the Black Chronicle
If you want the scribe's help reading the Black Chronicle, you'll need to get him some embrocation for his joint pain (unless you'd done so during a previous quest), which you can purchase from the apothecary downstairs. Give the scribe the medicine, then ask for his help. He'll look at the records and tell you to search for Reeky from Ledetchko. Alternatively, you can pick the Very Hard lock on the door of the room containing the book, but you'll need to have learned to read in this case, since the scribe won't be there to help you.
However, if you do give the sermon (a more interesting and amusing cutscene in any case), you will need to pass several skill checks in order to give a convincing mass and appease the villagers. As the priest told you the previous night, start off confident, try to be bold and engaging, with detailed descriptions of sin, and end on a high note - i.e., ensure the people of Uzhitz know they are lucky to have a priest like Godwin.
Preaching at Uzhitz
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Once the people have left mass satisfied, Godwin will praise your oratory skills and tell you the names of the others from Limpy's gang as also outlined in the Black Chronicle: Reeky, Timmy, and Pious.
Notes[]
- You can control whether you go binge-drinking with Godwin. With high Charisma (from wearing equipment such as the Warhorse armour and/or activating the Flower Power perk), you will likely get the desired information right away. However, if you want to witness arguably the best cutscene sequence in gaming history, either choose the Intimidation option in the first dialogue with Godwin (which is almost certain to fail), or wear clothes with low Charisma values and remove any herbs from your inventory to negate the Flower Power perk.
- The cutscene before the drunken brawl contains a continuity error. Godwin claims to be the only person around who can write, a strange assertion considering the scribe living across the street from his home.
- You can instantly skip the drunken brawl by simply running away from the scene; the quest will progress as usual. The same applies when you follow Godwin to the bell tower and when you and he are horsing around with the sheep.
- If you don't want to preach from the pulpit drunk or with a hangover, drink a Hair o' the Dog potion before entering the bell tower with drunk Godwin. This way, the potion's negative Charisma effect will have worn off by the time you do the sermon. Similarly, unless you want to preach in your underwear, make sure you put your clothes back on when following Godwin to the church in the morning.