The combat arena in Rattay remains useful after the first tutorial fight there.

It also raises your Maintenance skill, which has a couple of pretty useful perks down the line. You should always do that, as a fully-repaired weapon sells for a much better price and it doesn't cost you anything but a few seconds of effort for each weapon.

Being the son of a blacksmith, you can use the grindstones that are scattered around the world to repair any bladed weapons through a simple minigame.

If you find yourself in possession of a very valuable stolen item, just stuff it into your trunk for the time being and you'll eventually be able to sell it legitimately.

On that note, the 'stolen' tag on items will eventually decay over time.

That meat will be marked as stolen (since poaching is illegal) but you can remove that just by cooking it at any cookpot (aim at the fire below the pot for cooking options) and sell it legally for the full price. Spend a few minutes killing a bunch of hares and deer and get a boatload of valuable meat. Using the water buckets in front of many buildings will remove the worst dirt, but you need to visit the baths every now and then to launder your clothes and armour to get them completely clean. If you're dirty and covered in mud, everybody will think less of you. If you wear heavy armour and fearsome (ideally bloodspattered) weapons, you'll be better at intimidation. If you wear particularly fancy clothes, you'll do better in speech tests. Consider using a mod to make it less of a nuisance. The minigame for lockpicking is kind of dire.When the priest in Uzhitz invites you to come drinking, say yes.Doing that will get you a reasonable set of starting equipment, a horse, and a couple of tutorial sessions for important things like combat, archery, and hunting. It's probably a good idea to postpone most open-world stuff and follow the main quest until it brings you to a place called Neuhof and resolved the issue there.

The first part of the story serves as an extended tutorial/introduction.

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