Near the beginning of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s story, you’ll meet two important characters, Bozhena and Pavlena, who help nurse Henry and Hans before they travel to Troskowitz. However, shortly after your arrival, you can revisit Bozhena, who reveals Pavlena has gone missing.
Where has Pavlena gone, and what can you do to find her? Figuring this out is part of a side mission, Bad Blood, in which Bozhena asks you to discover her whereabouts. Here’s a complete guide on the Bad Blood quest in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Bad Blood quest walkthrough
You’ll start the Bad Blood quest by returning to Bohzena’s cabin after your first trip to Troskowitz. While things seem normal initially, she’ll reveal that Pavlena has gone missing after traveling to Troskowitz to sell wicker baskets. Although she was supposed to return shortly after, she suddenly disappeared. No one knows what happened.
You can ask Bohzena questions about Pavlena, including whether she’s really Bohzena’s daughter or if anyone would want to hurt her, leading to some Speech checks that can lower your reputation if you fail them. However, as long as you agree to help Bohzena find Pavlena, you’re not required to ask further questions unless you’re curious about the situation and want to risk a slight dip in reputation.
Search Pavlena’s room for clues
Once you agree to find Pavlena, your main goal is to find her in Troskowitz, with the optional task of searching her room. Her room is on the top floor of the cabin, where you can investigate her bed, wicker baskets, and, most importantly, a felt cap on a stool. Spotting this cap reveals she’s potentially seeing someone in Troskowitz, giving you a clue that’ll help you later in the quest.
Ask about Pavlena in Troskowitz
Our next destination is Troskowitz, where we need to ask the locals about Pavlena’s whereabouts. Many will tell you they only recognize the locals or haven’t seen her but will point you to various characters with more information. In particular, NPCs like Scribe Gaibl, Bailiff Thrush, Gerda, and Apothecary Emerich, located in the western parts of town, will all provide tips on where to find her.
Regardless of who you choose, everyone will point you to one place: the woodcutters on the east side of Troskowitz. More specifically, they’ll mention Roman, a young woodcutter whom you and other townsfolk suspect is on more than friendly terms with Pavlena.
As you head towards the woodcutter’s area, you’ll almost immediately spot Woodcutter Dushko searching for Roman. He quickly reveals that he saw Pavlena with Roman, prompting you to dig deeper and investigate Roman’s house.
You can also try to learn more about Roman or even ask for payment before searching the house using Speech checks. In particular, you can learn about Pavlena being pregnant, which can help you on several occasions throughout this quest. Generally speaking, as long as your stats are level seven or higher and you’re nice about it, he’ll say yes to most of your questions or comments.
Search Roman’s house
Two ways to get into Roman’s house are to lockpick the front entrance or use the ladder to sneak inside. Considering there’s a second way in, I’d recommend the ladder on the right side of the building. The game will tell you you’re entering a private area, but as long as no one is actively hunting you, you’ll be good to go either way.
After entering the house, search each room until you find a kitchen and a small dining area. Investigating the table reveals that Roman and Pavlena recently ate together, giving you enough information to return to Dushko and learn more about their favorite spot down by a stream.
Find the clearing that Dushko mentioned
Now that you’ve determined where Roman and Pavlena might’ve gone, it’s time to travel south to their rendezvous spot. Arriving here, you’ll find multiple food items you can pick up, eat, or sell later, alongside some torn cloth and a bloodied rock you can investigate.
If you’ve already completed Mutt’s quest and reunited with him, you can use him to sniff the blood on the ground to lead you toward Pavlena and Roman. Otherwise, following the blood trail northeast will bring you to Roman. Or, well, what used to be Roman. There’s no sign of Pavlena yet, but we’re getting closer to uncovering this mystery.
With this new discovery, head north to find a pig herder searching for his lost pig. Asking him various questions will reveal that this body is, in fact, Roman’s, and he was with Pavlena before this unfortunate incident. Hugo, the pig herder, suspects a farmhand named Straw has something to do with it, pointing you directly west toward a nearby farm.
Confronting Straw
Upon arriving at the farm, you’ll find Straw standing in a small spot next to the log cabin and a chicken coop. He’ll reveal that he was involved and that Pavlena was involved, prompting several high-level Speech checks that have high odds of failing unless you’re completing this quest later in your playthrough or have spent some time leveling your Speech and raising your Charisma. An average early-game player is unlikely to succeed most of them.
That said, if you fail these checks, Straw will start attacking you. Although he’s out for blood, he’ll quickly yield if you get a few solid hits on him. He’ll tell you everything, from visiting the tavern with his farmer, Jakesh, to discussing a revenge plan to scare Pavlena in exchange for dating one of Jakesh’s daughters. Roman attempted to defend Pavlena, causing Straw and his brother, Ota, to retaliate. Pavlena’s fate is still unknown, but you’ll learn that Ota brought her to a gorge south of Zhelejov.
Now that you’ve heard everything, you can decide what to do with Straw. You can either kill him right there, let him go, or bring him to the Bailiff and let him decide. The choice is entirely up to personal preference.
Find the gorge where Ota is holding Pavlena
As you head south of Troskowitz toward the next quest marker, you’ll find several rocky hills and a sleeping dog. If you’re skilled in stealth, you can sneak past the dog and climb the ladder. If you’re not or fail the attempt, it’ll bark at you before attacking you if you get too close to the camp’s entrance.
You have two choices: run away and climb up the ladder or kill the dog. This interaction will partially depend on your skill, but it is possible to escape this fight unscathed if you’re determined to keep the dog alive.
From here, your choices will significantly impact how the Bad Blood quest ends. Prepare yourself, as each dialogue option and action from here onward can
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Bad Blood quest endings
After climbing the ladder, you’ll discover Ota holding Pavlena at knife point, threatening to kill her if you get too close. Depending on what you do at this point, you can either save Pavlena’s life or cause Ota to kill her. It is very easy to provoke Ota enough to kill Pavlena and attack you if you make him angry or threaten him. If you want her to survive, stay peaceful and avoid provoking him.
Pavlena dies ending
Generally speaking, any interaction with Ota that angers or scares him will cause him to kill off Pavlena. Similarly, if you approach him quickly without trying to negotiate, he’ll kill her and attack you, prompting you to enter another fight. You must negotiate with Ota and cooperate if you want to save Pavlena.
If Pavlena dies at any point during your interaction with Ota, you’ll have to deliver the news to Bohzena. She’ll, understandably, be upset about the situation. Depending on your dialogue choices from here, you can sympathize with Bozhena or Jakesh to influence your reputation with here or even end the quest outright. She can also ask you to get revenge by killing Jakesh. It’s entirely up to you if you accept or try to find other alternatives.
Pavlena lives ending
At any point in this dialogue with Ota, if you threaten him, anger him in any way, or fail certain Speech checks. Your safest bet is to pick the following options:
- My name is Henry.
- Bohzena sent me.
- Why are you doing this?
- Let her go, and I’ll let you go.
- I’ll convince Pavlena to keep quiet.
The last check requires high enough Charisma to persuade him that you and Pavlena will stay quiet. While other options, such as “I’ll put in a good word for you with His Lordship”, can also work if you have a higher Impression than Persuasion or Intimidation, these options will often work for you.
If you let Straw go during your confrontation with him, you can tell Ota about it, making convincing him to let Pavlena go slightly easier. Despite this, it’s still pretty easy to pass these checks and save her.
Once you convince Ota to let Pavlena go, she’ll immediately start attacking him, killing him. You can talk to her about it and ask questions, influencing your reputation with her, before bringing her back home.
The two of you will explain the situation to Bohzena, prompting her to ask you to kill Jakesh, much like the previous ending. Like before, you can accept, refuse, or persuade her to reconcile with Jakesh. This choice entirely depends on your personal preference and will either lead to you killing Jakesh or getting the two to reconcile.
Killing Jakesh ending
If you fail the Speech check to resolve Bohzena and Jakesh’s situation, you can get a quick kill on him. He’ll usually stay at his farmhouse in Troskowitz or pray at his son’s grave, where you can get the kill without arousing suspicion by going at night and sneaking up behind him or into his home. Watch out if he’s outside, as he can run away and alert the guards if you don’t eliminate him quickly enough. Getting the kill and returning to Bohzena will instantly wrap up the Bad Blood quest.
Reconcile Bohzena and Jakesh ending
If you want to avoid death in this quest, you can try to resolve the conflict between Jakesh and Bohzena. Even if you fail the check with Bohzena originally, you can still talk to Jakesh to learn more about the situation, including what happened to his son and his involvement (or lack of) with Straw and Ota’s actions.
From here, you have the following options to try out:
- Pavlena is pregnant.
- Indirect guilt is still guilt. (Persuasion)
- Revenge never ends well. (Impression)
- If you don’t make amends, I’ll kill you. (Intimidation)
- I won’t try to convince you.
If you know of Pavlena’s pregnancy, choosing this will resolve the conflict, with Jakesh giving you 150 Groschen. Otherwise, you can try to convince him through one of the three dialogue options, but these require fairly high Speech stats and can easily fail. Failing any of these will require you to kill him to complete the quest.
Regardless of whether you kill him or cause the two to settle their conflict, dealing with Jakesh will complete the Bad Blood quest, rewarding you with money, a change in reputation depending on your dialogue choices throughout the quest, and skill training from Pavlena.
