The stats
💪 Strength
Damage, carry weight, heavy armour. Grows by fighting and carrying.
🏃 Agility
Speed, dodges, light weapons, bows. Grows by moving, dodging, shooting.
❤️ Vitality
The size of the stamina pool and how fast it refills, and how slowly Henry tires; maximum health is fixed and no stat raises it. Grows by fighting, combos and running.
🎭 Speech
How well Henry talks his way out of things. Charisma is not one of the four but a value derived from them: it is your clothes, your cleanliness and your smell, and it changes every time you wade through a river.
The skills
| Skill | How it grows | What it unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Brewing at a bench | Better potions, Saviour Schnapps |
| Craftsmanship | The forge, repairs | Blacksmithing quality; Reforged is Radzig’s sword |
| Drinking | Drinking | Less hangover, more tolerance; My Shoes! is getting robbed drunk |
| Horsemanship | Riding | Mounted combat, horse stamina; An Old Friend is Pebbles |
| Houndmaster | Mutt | Commands, tracking, the dog in fights |
| Scholarship | Books | Reading skill books, Latin, alchemy recipes |
| Stealth | Sneaking unseen | Lights Out is a stealth kill on a searching enemy |
| Survival | The outdoors | Foraging, hunting, weather |
| Thievery | Locks and pockets | Nimble Fingers is the hardest lock |
Perks and trainers
- Perks unlock at skill levels and are chosen, not given: read the two options, because several are trade-offs.
- Trainers in both regions sell skill levels for groschen; the cost climbs with the level. Books do the same slower and cheaper.
- Skill books need Scholarship to read; the first hours of reading pay for themselves many times over.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 17 September 2026 and re-checked on 1 October 2026 against Fextralife, PowerPyx, EliteGuias, Vandal and Warhorse’s stat descriptions. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.