There’s no real benefit from having a full hauberk under your breastplate, since the latter does everything that chainmail does only better and with less weight. The only thing mildly inaccurate about the KCD armor system, is that a knight in full plate/brigantine armor would probably not be wearing a full hauberk but rather a gambeson with patches of chainmail sewn it at the vulnerable joints (armpits and inner elbow surface as well as bellow the tassets).

This armor “can” be put on by just the man himself, it will just take longer and will be a pain in the butt.Īlso, we are talking about 1404 in the game, which is the very beginning of 15th century - I don’t think many full-plate suits of armor would have been availabe in Bohemian backwater at that time, but gamers want equipment choice - so devs put in a bit more than is realistic for this region and time, but there’s almost nothing in the game that had no chance of appearing in the region, so we are to suspend the disbelief a little, it’s not a documentary after all. The gameplay is also the reason for lack of squire, you wouldn’t want to sit through 15 minute cutscene each time you’re switching outfits, would you? Henry is homme d’armes(man at arms) or quickly becomes one, as soon as Radzig sends him off to join guard in Rattay - which basically means any non-knighted non-noble armed warrior servant of a lord.Īt that point realistic armor is whatever Henry can afford, ± gameplay considerations.

Kingdom come deliverance armor