In Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the Speech and Charisma stats determine your ability to persuade the game's NPCs through dialogue checks, like deciding to throw manure at an NPC's house with your friends. One way to improve your chances of passing these checks is by raising your Speech skill with the Highborn or Lorborn perks unlocked at level 4. Both of these perks will enhance your Speech skill based on the class of people you are speaking to.

However, you can only choose one of these perks, making it a critical decision early on. Since you can't have both Highborn or the Lowborn Perks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, here is why you should pick one over the other and how that will impact your game.

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Highborn & Lowborn Perks in Kingdom Come: Deliverance

As mentioned above, you cannot pick the Highborn and Lowborn perks at the same time. When you choose one, the other becomes unavailable. Since you can't pick the other perk, you must decide how to roleplay your character in Kingdom Come: Deliverance based on which class of people you will interact with the most as you complete quests and the main story. Outside of increasing your Speech skill, here is precisely what happens when you pick these perks and who you'll have more luck influencing the most.

What Does The Highborn Perk Do?

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When you pick the Highborn perk, your Speech will be raised by +3 when speaking with any wealthy or noble people in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Here are the types of characters that are considered Highborn:

  • Bailiff
  • Bartender
  • Burghers
  • Innkeeper
  • Mercenary
  • Merchant
  • Nobleman
  • Officer
  • Priest
  • Townsman

Burghers, Knights, and Noblemen are the hardest Highborns to pass a persuasion check during dialogue.

What Does The Lowborn Perk Do?

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When you pick the Lowborn perk, your Speech will be raised by +3 when speaking with any commoner in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Here are the characters that are considered Lowborn:

  • Armorsmiths
  • Blacksmiths
  • Cobblers
  • Commoners
  • Tailors

The Lowborn perk is most useful when getting a better price for buying or selling armor sets or weapons with the above Craftspeople.

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Which Perk Should You Choose?

Based on the above information, choosing the Highborn perk is better than selecting the Lowborn perk for passing persuasion dialogue checks in the game. Most Lowborn people lack the necessary Speech skill and Charisma stat to challenge a player who has only improved their Speech skill and raised their Charisma stat a little, making the Lowborn perk the less practical choice. Instead, you can steal from or intimidate Lowborn people when the need arises. Either of these options may result in having to fight them occasionally, but this won't be an issue anyway.

Finally, while the Highborn perk in Kingdom Come: Deliverance offers fewer persuasion dialogue checks, it is recommended because these impact the game more than the ones you will experience with the Lowborn perk. In addition, passing these persuasion checks is a lot harder, so the +3 benefits you more with this class of people.