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One of the nicer side tasks Henry will encounter in KCD2 are the riddles from Barley, the random friendly stranger. This man will appear all over the map and ask you a riddle, which will either be rewarded with 150 groschen or a skill xp reward. As you will always get more money, I suggest always taking the skill rewards. Anyway, here are all the answers to Barley’s riddles in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.
Where to Find Riddler Barley
The first thing you might want to do after your first or second encounter is to follow this task through to the end. Unfortunately, there’s no way to do this, since he spawns randomly in your way close to settlements.
Just keep an ear out, since he always hails you when you pass him by.
All Riddle Answers
Riddle 1
- Riddle: What belongs to you alone, but is used more often by others?
- Answer: My name
Riddle 2
- Riddle: Once upon a time there was a fool of a farmer. Family he had none, no stable boys either, so he talked to his animals instead. And, good man that he was, whenever he made a groschen or two, he shared it with them according to his own rules. Every hen in the coop was paid five groschen. Every bee in the hive is fifteen. And the spider in the loft bagged a full twenty groschen! And now you tell me, how much did the cat get?
- Answer: 10 groschen
The answer hinges on calculating payments based on leg count using a hidden multiplier. Here’s the breakdown:
- Animal Legs & Payments
- Hen: 2 legs → 5 groschen (2 × 2.5)
- Bee: 6 legs → 15 groschen (6 × 2.5)
- Spider: 8 legs → 20 groschen (8 × 2.5)
- The Pattern
Each animal receives 2.5 groschen per leg. This multiplier remains consistent across all creatures. - Solving for the Cat
A cat has 4 legs. Applying the formula:
4 legs × 2.5 = 10 groschen
Riddle 3
- Riddle: Jaromir the coachman hailed from Raborsch. One morning, he set off for Kuttenberg with an empty coach. Three lads boarded in Bohunowitz. When he arrived in Bojischt, one of the boys got out and a washerwoman took his place. In Horschan, the washerwoman went on her way and a pedlar and his daughter boarded. In Pschitoky, the remaining lads alighted and took the pedlar’s daughter with them. And straight away, two fishermen got in. And on reaching Kuttenberg that evening, they invited the coachman to the bathhouse and got pig-drunk. And now you tell me, what was the coachman’s name?
- Answer: Jaromir
Riddle 4
- Riddle: A bailiff has twelve men join up for service one day. The bailiff was glad, but soon discovered that he didn’t have enough gear for them in the armoury. So those twelve men filed onto the square for the next morning’s roll call. Six of them were wearing body armour, four had helmets. Only three of them wore both a helmet and body armour. Now, tell me, how many men were unlucky enough not to have either a helmet or armour…
- Answer: Five
This problem uses Venn diagram logic to calculate uncovered men. Here’s the breakdown:
- Key Numbers
- Total soldiers: 12
- Body armor (A): 6
- Helmets (H): 4
- Both armor and helmets (A∩H): 3
- Inclusion-Exclusion Principle
Calculate soldiers with at least one item: A + H – (A∩H) = 6 + 4 – 3 = 7 soldiers - Unlucky Soldiers
Subtract from the total: 12 total – 7 equipped = 5 unequipped
