Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 The Jaunt side quest guide

One of the first of many side quests in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is The Jaunt, where Blacksmith Radovan sends you out to find his missing cart of supplies as well as the crew that was transporting it. We’ve put together this The Jaunt side quest guide to help you complete the entire quest line.

How to start the side quest The Jaunt

You can start The Jaunt side quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 by heading to Tachov, the small village north of Troskowitz. Here you will find the Blacksmith Radovan, who previously informed you back in Troskowitz that he had some blacksmithing work for you. After completing the Blacksmithing tutorial by speaking to him and telling him you’ll work for him as a Blacksmith, he will then have a separate dialogue available for you in which you can ask him for more difficult work. He will then tell you that he had a wagon of supplies that never arrived, nor did the crew that was meant to transport it. This will officially start The Jaunt side quest and you should now have it in your Journal!

Head to Semine

The first task for this side quest is to head to Semine. Radovan mentioned that the laborers he hired to drive the wagon to Semine, so that is a good place to start looking. Semine can be found southwest of Troskowitz, so fast travel to Troskowitz, then head southwest out of the town and follow the road. As you reach Semine, a cutscene will start in which you will meet one of the town guards, Jurkov. He🔥 will challenge you to a fistfight, but thankfully due to being quite liquored up, is a pretty easy bout.

After the brawl, Captain Gnarly will speak to you and tell you to follow him to speak with Lord Semine about the 🐎wagon. Lord Semine will inform you that the wagon never reached Semine, so you three will have to go looking for it. Captain Gnarly mentions that you will need a horse to ride out and search with them, but that thankfully someone in town has one for sale for cheap. Exit the building and head southwest, not into the actual town 🌳of Semine, but rather into the wide-open area beside you.

Buy a Cheap Horse in Semine

Head into the horse stables and you will find an NPC named Groom Ballatay walking around. Speak with him and choose the option ‘Cheap Horse’, which as it turns out, is actually your horse, Pebbles! Unfortunately, Pebbles doesn’t have a brand, so you have no claim to him. As such, Ballatay wants 150 Groschen for Pebbles. You can choose the option to haggle the price down a bit, but the lowest I was able to get him to go was 138 Groschen.

You may need to do some other side quests or blacksmith some for Radovan to earn the Groschen to afford it. Once you have, return to Groom Ballatay and purchase Pebbles. If you don’t have nearly enough Groschen and don’t want to farm it, there are other ways to acquire a Horse.

Regardless of how you get a 𝔍Horse, return to Captain Gnarly and Lord Semine at the same guardpost you met them at, and inform them you are ready to head out.

Follow Lord Semine and Gnarly

Captain Gnarly and Lord Semine will head out of Semine on their horse, and you should follow close behind. If you fall too far behind, the side quest will fail. You can also hold the Left Alt key by defaꦐult to automatically follow them at the same tempo.

Along the way, Lord Semine will learn about your fight with Jurkov, and offer to duel you for fun as well. Accepting will gain you some reputation, so I recommend doing it! Furthermore, if you’re successful in the duel, Gnarly will give you his Cudgel as well as his shield, which is some decent equipment for early on!

After the duel, get back on your steed and continue following Gnarly and Semine until you reach Troskowitz. Once there, speak to Gnarly and Semine who will tell you to speak with the Troskowitz bailiff to inquire about the cart, but be sure not to mention them being there; they don’t want to risk drama between the two towns.

Talk to the bailiff

Head i🌃nside the building behind Gnarly and Semine and you will find Bailiff Thrush. Tell him you are looking for the wagon, and he wi💟ll inform you he saw the wagon hands quickly riding off with the wagon to the east towards Apollonia.

Outside, speak with Gnarly and Semine again and fill them in on what you learned. They will agree it’s best to ride after them immediately as it would be faster than sending a message to the guards there to keep an eye out. Hop back on your horse and once again follow Captain Gnarly and Lord Semine east towards Apollonia.

You’ll reach a crossroads to the east, and the two will bicker on which way to go. The Bailiff told you that the hands were speeding off in the wagon and that some goods even fell off the cart, so use that knowledge to determine which road to follow. A little way down the northern road that hooks east, you’ll find a sack of charcoal lying on the ground. Report back to Gnarly and Semine with the information.

Find the Wagon

After riding a bit further, Lord Semine will comment that you should have come across the wagon by now. He informs Gnarly to look ahead and tells you to double back and check if it’s off the road. Just behind you will be a road leading to your right, and you’ll see another sack of charcoal on the ground.

Head down that road and you will find the wagon, hidden behind some branches and brush. Hit the ‘E’ key to inspect it and you will call over Gnarly and Semine who suggest looking around the area on foot to see if you can find where the goods were moved too, which they will assist you in doing.

Scout out the Patrol

As you investigate the area, you’ll start to hear voices of a few people chatting. Gnarly suggests scouting out the area and passes the task to you. Double back just a bit and climb up the ledge there to get a good top view of the patrol around a campfire, taking note of there being three of them. Report back to Gnarly and Semine and tell them what you saw.

The two agree you’ll have to encounter the patrol, as it’s not the Blacksmith’s hands, so it’s unlikely they will just hand over the goods. If you want an advantage, mention the high-up spot you scouted from, and Gnarly will give you his Crossbow and 20 bolts so you can assist from above in helping thin the patrol with the Crossbow.

Assist in taking out the Patrol

Semine and Gnarly will charge the patrol, as you fire on them from the scouting spot above. They make pretty quick work of them, but if you’re able to land a shot or two with the crossbow, it will make the skirmish even easier. Afterward, be sure to loot the dead for Groschen and everything of value. One of them will have a set of keys on them which you can use to loot the chest near the campfire for some more goodies. Just keep in mind your limited carrying capacity, as you don’t want to be encumbered!

Speak with Semine and Gnarly and they will indicate this was just a part of the group of bandits, but that you should all go ahead and proceed forth and take them out. Make sure you’re prepared, then tell them you are ready.

Attack the Bandits with Semine and Gnarly

You’ll push forward and find the Blacksmith’s hired hands tied up and being interrogated by a noble who clearly intended to steal Semine’s goods from the wagon. Mid-discussion, Gnarly will take one of the bandits out with his crossbow, and the battle will begin.

There are four or five enemies in total here, which can certainly be overwhelming compared to your three. However, I still found the best strategy here was to team up and attack someone who was currently engaged in combat with Gnarly or Semine. If they are busy preparing to block an attack against them, and you sneak up and attack from behind, it’s an easy successful hit and big damage.

After taking♎ out the🌳 Bandits, Gnarly says he saw one of the hired hands making a run for it. Head southwest back towards the cliffs you scaled down to get here, and you will find the hired hand weakishly trying to get away.

You will have several choices in terms of dea♒ling with the hired hand who betrayed the Blacksmith. If you have high Intimidation or Persuasion, you can convince him to just turn himself i꧙n and come peacefully, regardless of what punishment he will receive from the law.

I tried both and failed, so had to decide between letting him bribe me and give me a valuable he scooped off the wagon in turn for letting him go or fighting with him right then and there. I’m going a more noble route so I refused to let him bribe me, which resulted in a quick (but easy) duel against the weakened hired hand. If you follow this route, make sure you loot his body afterward, as he has a few valuables on him including a map. Regardless of the choice you make, return back to Semine and Gnarly for the ride back to Troskowitz, and then return to Blacksmith Radovan to finally complete The Jaunt side quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

The Jaunt side quest Rewards

Semine will give you 80 Groschen for coming along with him and Gnarly, which is a nice chunk of change early ꦆon. The real rewards for this quest though lie on the corpses of the Bandits you just took o♎ut. Make sure you completely loot all of them, as well as the chest in the camp, before speaking to Semine and informing him you want a ride back to Troskowitz.

After you return to Blacksmith Radovan and tell him what happened, he will also give you a Curiass (Gold Quality Rusted Plate Chest Arm🐠or) which has some beefy defenses, making the entire quest worthwhile.