For newcomers
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 multiplayer roleplay: how to play
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was made for one player. KCD:MP, a free mod made by its fans, lets it be played together, and on Blood & Banners RP it is played as roleplay: you live one character in and around Kuttenberg in the year 1403, among other players, and what you do there stays done.
The launcher is new and not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC": choose More info → Run anyway. It talks only to www.bloodandbanners.net, and fetches the official KCD:MP client from GitHub, checked against its published SHA-256.
Is there multiplayer in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2?
Not from Warhorse Studios. Online play comes from KCD:MP, the fan-made multiplayer mod, which adds a list of public servers. Each server runs a game mode of its own. Ours is written for roleplay from the first line: a lethal blow wounds rather than kills, the watch hunts the wanted, Cuman riders fall on the towns, and coin is earned in the realm and nowhere else.
What you need
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, your own copy, from Steam. The system requirements are the game's own.
- A character, written on this website. It is free.
- Our launcher, free. It fetches KCD:MP for you, so there is nothing else to install.
- English, the realm's common tongue, and the age of 16 or more.
Nothing else costs anything. There is no pay-to-win: patronage buys thanks and honour, never coin, goods or skill.
How to join Blood & Banners, step by step
Own the game on Steam
Buy Kingdom Come: Deliverance II on Steam and keep it up to date. The system requirements are the game's own, as its Steam page lists them: if your PC runs the game, it runs the realm. Our launcher is a Windows program.
Write your character in the book
Register here with a name that fits Bohemia in 1403: a first name and a family name, a trade or a place, such as "Jan Kovar" or "Mikulas of Rattay". That name is your login, and your password is the same for the website and the game. You must be 16 or older.
Download the Blood & Banners launcher
Download the launcher and open it. The first time, it fetches the official KCD:MP client for you (about 160 MB) and checks it against its published checksum. It also installs the realm's own mods and keeps itself up to date.
Sign in and play
Sign in with your character name and your website password, and press Sign in and play. The game starts on our server; there is no address to type. Keep Steam running.
Take your first steps
You arrive by the Suchdol fortress with 150 groschen and the quest A Stranger in Kuttenberg. Find Matej the Herald on the town-hall square, and he will show you the money-changer, the town hall and the quest board.
/helplists every command.
Already have the KCD:MP launcher? Use your registered character name, find Blood & Banners RP on its server list or join play.bloodandbanners.net:7777, and give your website password in the game's box. The joining page has the details.
Playing it as roleplay
On a roleplay server the aim is not to win a match but to play a person. Speak as your character; out-of-character talk has its own channels, /b and /ooc. Kill only for a reason your character would stand behind, and value your life when a blade is at your throat. Read the rules before you set out, and what KCD2 roleplay is if it is new to you.
What awaits you in the realm
- Cuman raids. Riders fall on the towns; the players hold the walls, and their dogs fight beside them.
- Pets and dogs. War dogs, tracking hounds and guard dogs from the kennel master, and a bond that grows.
- Merchants. More than eighteen merchants, and every garment, weapon and piece of armour in the game.
- Survival. Thirst and waterskins, hunger, the cold of the night, the campfire and the bedroll.
- Law and crime. Bounties, the watch, the cell and the pillory, and wounds that are not yet death.
- 36 quests, 22 trades, factions with their own heraldry, property, courts and tournaments: the guide has a page for each.