Getting drunk in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 leads to some buffs and debuffs, but this condition can persist and turn into a hangover you’ll want to cure fast. While getting drunk can help delay fatigue, give you slight nourishment, and give you a small Strength bonus, it lowers your overall Charisma and Stamina. You can even become addicted to alcohol, so you should try to cure its negative effects.

Sleeping after being drunk leads to a hangover, which lowers the majority of your stats and makes you more sluggish while fighting. Long-lasting hangovers will prevent you from leveling up stats in KC: Deliverance 2, preventing you from growing stronger until it wears off. Quick remedies for being drunk or hungover can help you stave off the negative side effects of excessive alcohol use.

How To Cure Drunk State

Brew A Potion Or Adopt The Right Skill

There are two reliable methods for curing drunkenness – either using a potion or resting. As you begin to drink, a blue bar above your health will start to fill as your vision becomes blurry, and it gets harder to walk. As you can no longer sprint reliably, you’ll be in a drunk state, which will subside if you simply stop consuming alcohol for an extended time.

If you’re too drunk to wait for it to fade, you can make a special potion called Hair O’ The Dog to cure your drunkenness. This potion can be bought from apothecary shops or taverns in different areas, but you can also make it yourself. To craft a Hair O’ The Dog potion, follow these simple steps:

Gather Ingredients – 1x Sage, 1x Mint, 1x St. John’s Wort
Pour Water Into a Cauldron
Put St. John’s Wort and Sage Into the Cauldron
Boil For 3 Turns
Grind The Mint And Add it to the Cauldron
Pour To Create Potion

While it can be tricky to explore KC: Deliverance 2‘s large world maps to find the ingredients you need, the recipe for Hair O’ The Dog is fairly simple. Depending on how well you brew the potion, its strength may vary between a Weak, standard, or Strong variant of the elixir. The Weak Hair O’ The Dog will simply lower drunkenness, while better versions eliminate the status, along with potential hangovers.

There are a variety of skills you can get through your Drinking stat, which improves as you push how much alcohol it takes to get you drunk. Some, like Nightcap, allow you to avoid getting hangovers after sleeping while drunk, as it makes beds 10% more comfortable.

Sleeping will always cure you of a drunken state, but it does carry some risks. You don’t get as much rest when you fall asleep drunk, so you’ll have much lower Energy and Stamina when you wake up. On top of that, those who drink too much have a chance to awaken hungover, which leads to another host of problems.

How To Cure Hangovers

Make Another Elixir As A Remedy

You’ll immediately know if you have a hangover when you wake up from being drunk, as your screen will be blurry and movement will be difficult. Strength, Vitality, Speech, and Agility all decrease when you have a hangover, while other negative stats like Conspicuousness go up. Hangovers fade over time, but there are too many negative effects that linger for a long time, making things like combat in KC: Deliverance 2 impossible.

The best way to cure hangovers is through two different potion remedies – Hair O’ The Dog or Marigold Concoction. Both the standard and Strong versions of Hair O’ The Dog cure drunkenness and hangovers, but Marigold Concoction is designed to address hangover debuffs. To create Marigold Concoction, follow these steps:

Gather Ingredients – 1x Nettle, 2x Marigold
Pour Water Into a Cauldron
Put Nettle Into the Cauldron
Boil For 2 Turns
Grind The Marigold And Add it to the Cauldron
Pour To Create Potion

Be careful not to be too indecent with your actions while drunk or hungover, as it could easily lead to punishment in KC: Deliverance 2​​​​. Losing a reputation from drunken antics could lead to more issues with quests and character relationships.

Strong versions of Marigold Concoction will instantly cure your hangover, while also healing Henry 40 health over a minute. The standard Marigold Concoction helps hangovers pass 100% quicker and heals 25 health per minute. Unfortunately, brewing a Weak Marigold Concoction will only help hangovers pass 50% faster and heal 15 health per minute.

While it may take you time to consistently make Strong potions, it will become easier as your stats improve. However, the best strategy to cure drunkenness and hangovers in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is to drink in moderation ahead of time so that either condition is never too severe.