Next to Godliness is a side quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. After The Prey, Henry visits a recovering Sir Hans Capon in Rattay, who asks him to sneak to the bathhouse to have a bit of fun.
If you have any special dice, bring them with you.
This is a timed quest. Once your adventures in the bathhouse begin, you must finish by the morning, so get there early and complete the quest quickly.
Synopsis[]
In which I go to the baths to see Lord Capon, and what befalls us there.
Objectives[]
- Go in the evening to join Lord Capon at the baths.
- Ask Sir Hans if he needs anything.
- Play dice with Zdena the bathmaid.
- Speak to Sir Hans.
- Put your clothes in the trunk and get in the tub.
- Ask Lord Capon what's bothering him now.
- (Optional) Find the Sylvan red in the Rathaus cellar. (0/1)
- (Optional) Get a pitcher. (0/1)
- Go back to the bathhouse with the wine for Sir Hans.
- (Optional) Get flowers for Klara the bathhouse wench.
- See if Sir Hans is alright.
Walkthrough[]
When you speak with Hans in Pirkstein, he will complain about how bored he is due to being bedridden after The Prey and invite you to join him at the bathhouse after dusk; there's no point going earlier, as he'll be... busy. After 21:00, he will be drunk in the bath. He complains about the bathmaid Zdena's skill at dice: apparently, she won all his clothes at strip dice, while he couldn't win a single ribbon. You agree to play dice with her, with Hans chiming in with advice from the tub.
Playing dice with Zdena
After winning (or losing) the best of three, you casually mention you could do with a bath yourself. Hans orders you to strip and jump in (don't get too excited; he's not interested in your "hairy ass"). You can refuse, but doing so will skip significant dialogue and opportunities to raise your reputation with Hans, so go to the chest and strip down (or don't, for some alternate dialogue when you get in the tub fully clothed), and join him.
Hans offers you some wine, which you can accept or refuse; initially refusing gives you the option to pass a Speech check to point out you saved Hans' life, gaining reputation with him. You can then tell Hans about some of your latest exploits to earn his approval (such as Tough Love, having killed many Cumans (if you have the Cuman killer perk), and Lost in Translation). Klara, Hans' favorite bathmaid, then enters with some wine. Hans complains about the wine's vintage, then has a splendid thought: you should go to the Rathaus and fetch some of Sir Hanush's Sylvan red wine from the cellar. And... it'd probably be better if no one saw you doing it.
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As you don't really have a choice, take the keys from the chest and go to the Rathaus in Rattay. To get into the cellar, go down the side run of the Rathaus (near the armorsmith's shop), around to the back of the building, and then up some wooden stairs. The Very Hard locked door can be either picked or unlocked with Hans' keys. Then go down the stairs and open the Hard locked door to the cellar, again either by picking the lock or using Hans' keys. The wine is to your left against the wall in the far right cask, and the pitcher will be there as well.
Avoiding the cellar guard
Chances are you'll be stopped by the cellar guard, so tell him you're there to fetch Lord Capon's wine, then charm, intimidate, cajole, or bribe him into letting you through. Don't talk back, as he's a humorless sort and you'll end up in jail for a day and fail the quest. And if you convince him you're lost, don't get caught again, as he won't believe you a second time.
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Once you have the wine, return to Hans at the bathhouse, who is very amused that you actually went through with it. Now supplied with a fine wine, you, Hans, and Klara get down to drinking and cavorting. Determined to woo Klara, a very drunk Hans promises her a bouquet of her favorite flowers, which means you, equally drunk, are going flower-picking. Head to the tournament area within the city walls near the eastern gate. Head to the northeast corner of the courtyard and go through a door in the wall behind the well. Head left beyond the door, and all the flowers you need will be at the end of the garden: dandelions, poppies, sage, and roses (even though Klara asked for knotweed).
Facing off against Arse-and-balls - I mean, Archibald
Once you have the bouquet, a cutscene will see stumble back to the bathhouse, where a small crowd has gathered. Inside, Klara's sweetheart Archie has arrived, jealous and certain she's whoring herself out to the patrons. Hans makes fun of the villager, who loses his temper and attempts to drown the young lord. Luckily, you walk in just at that moment, and after a few seconds of confusion, Archie punches you.
A fight breaks out. Archie is easy to beat, but if you allow him to beat you up, he'll insult you and leave. Attacking him with your weapon will fail the quest, so it's best to fight unarmed. You will then reveal to a horrified Archie that he just attacked a lord, an offense which can see him hanged. Archie apologizes profusely, but Hans simply shoos him away, too drunk to care, before you and he laugh about the night's adventures and continue to drink.
"Is there any wine left?"
You will awaken the next morning outside the bathhouse. Talk to Hans, who is making his way back to Pirkstein from the bathhouse. He is not particularly concerned about what should be done about Archie, so you can either convince him to put him in the pillory to set an example, or tell him that forgiving a commoner for a drunken mistake would be the right thing to do. (Interestingly, you beat and scolded Archie for insulting a nobleman, just as you'd done when you first met Hans, and the young lord is now content to let the issue go; this is perhaps a sign of the pair's evolving maturity.)
You will receive up to 475 
(five lots of 75 and one of 100, probably dependent on quest performance), and if you won the strip poker game (best two out of three), the Strip die. You can also still try to give Klara her bouquet, but she will reject it. Luckily, Theresa appreciates flowers, so give it to her instead. Alternatively, you can give the bouquet to Lady Stephanie by choosing the option "I took the liberty...".
Notes[]
- The quest's title comes from the idiom "cleanliness is next to godliness".
- Although it is possible to steal Hans' clothes, it seems he will then spend the rest of the game in his underclothes. Returning them to the chest the next morning will ensure he puts them back on, but if the underclothes are already in the chest, it's too late.
- It's not possible to collect the roses until after Hans tells you to get them, so don't bother going to grab them while in Rattay for the wine.
- Hans' keys will remain in your inventory indefinitely.