KCD2 Lions Crest: Gaibl, Chapel, Five Caches

KCD2 lions crest is The Lion's Crest: a five-cache Brunswick hunt that starts with The KCD2 lions crest quest starts with Scribe Gaibl in Troskowitz after the prologue. KCD2 lions crest is not a base-game treasure map and it is not inside the Expansion Pass. Pre-order, a later standalone purchase, or Royal Edition can own it. Gold Edition plus the pass still needs a separate KCD2 lions crest entitlement.

Quick answer: Enable KCD2 lions crest, reach free movement in Troskowitz, and ask Gaibl about armour. Buy or steal a shovel before you leave town. Decode the riddle to the Chapel in the Rocks north of Trosky Castle, move the cross, then dig. Follow Maps I–IV through the wolf den, Vidlak rocks, Zhelejov forest, and the Treasure Hunters' Camp. Loot every sack and chest. An empty landmark usually means KCD2 lions crest never started.

#How to Start KCD2 Lions Crest

PowerPyx, IGN, and GameRant use the same KCD2 lions crest gate: finish the prologue until Wedding Crashers is available, then talk to Scribe Gaibl in Troskowitz. He sits west of the tavern under the quill icon. Owned copies show a purple DLC pin. The dialogue that starts KCD2 lions crest asks where to find armour and carries a blue crest.

If Gaibl has no special line, treat it as an ownership or install problem first. Confirm KCD2 lions crest on the same store account that owns the base game using the KCD2 DLC ownership checks. Restart after enabling it. Visiting the chapel coordinates without an active journal can show ordinary rocks and no Brunswick items.

Community threads also mention Bara the beggar as an early pointer. Ask on the first talk if you want that hint. Gaibl remains the reliable KCD2 lions crest start; missing Bara does not delete KCD2 lions crest.

The game does not tell you that KCD2 lions crest needs a shovel. PowerPyx and PC Gamer both send you to the Troskowitz trader or the cemetery east of town. Pack a weapon, food, and a save. A horse helps with the later weight; the KCD2 horse guide covers early travel.

KCD2 lions crest is not The Lion's Den. That later quest shares a name and nothing else.

#Solve the KCD2 Lions Crest Riddle

The nearby KCD2 Trosky Castle guide separates the castle's later interior access from this outdoor riddle route.

The first KCD2 lions crest objective is a riddle, not a map pin. GameRant and IGN decode it the same way:

The crone and the maiden are Trosky Castle's two towers.
True midnight means north, the twelve on a clock.
Two guards of stone are the rock gap that hides the shrine.

That points to Chapel in the Rocks, a cave shrine in the forest north of Trosky Castle. It is not a chapel inside the castle. From Troskowitz, ride north past the castle, take the left fork at the woodland shrine, then look south of the road for a rock enclosure with a stone cross and candles. VG247 notes the crevice opening faces north, so you often walk around and enter from the far side.

Interact with the cross to push it aside, then dig. If you only pray, you have not finished the first KCD2 lions crest cache. GamesRadar and PC Gamer agree the first chest holds Brunswick's gauntlet and dagger, Maps I and II, plus small valuables and a skill book.

The KCD2 riddle guide helps if other Trosky texts are also stalling you.

Source: PC Gamer

#KCD2 Lions Crest Map Route

KCD2 lions crest uses five Trosky locations. After the first dig you hold Maps I and II and can solve them in either order. Maps III and IV come from those caches. In KCD2 lions crest, open the sack, chest, skeleton bag, or cairn. Reaching the landmark is not enough.

Order	Landmark	What to do before you leave
Riddle	Chapel in the Rocks, north of Trosky Castle	Move the cross, dig, take Maps I and II.
Map I	Wolf hunting spot north of Tachov	Drive off wolves. Loot the sack between two straight trees. Take Map III.
Map II	Crosses in the rocks west of Vidlak Pond	Use the fallen trunk. Open the chest below the cross. Take Map IV.
Map III	Cross and skeleton north of Zhelejov Wagoners' Inn	Loot the shrine, then the bag by the skeleton.
Map IV	Treasure Hunters' Camp between Bozhena's hut and Nomads' Camp	Clear or sneak the camp. Dig the cairn with the wooden cross.

IGN and the wiki put Map I at the wolf den and Map II at Vidlak. Prima and GamesRadar match the same five KCD2 lions crest sites even when they list loot in a different order. Treat the drawings as the source of truth if a video skips a bag.

Source: PowerPyx

Wolf packs punish a fresh Henry. You can fist them for Lent, rush the sack and run, or return with better gear. The final camp is the other hard KCD2 lions crest fight. Night stealth works; the KCD2 torch guide is for seeing the cairn, not for walking through the firelight.

Source: PowerPyx

If the wolves or camp guards keep breaking the route, use the KCD2 armor guide to fix protection and noise before returning; the KCD2 lions crest treasure itself should not be your first combat set.

Gaibl's poleaxe diagram is separate from the five caches. Help Radovan during Wedding Crashers if you want to forge it; Frankfurt steel can come from the Apollonia cave on the early map trail. That forge step is optional. KCD2 lions crest completes when the fifth KCD2 lions crest cache is looted.

Source: PC Gamer

#When a KCD2 Lions Crest Cache Looks Empty

For KCD2 lions crest, search the interaction, not the picture. Steam reports of a missing Vidlak chest often resolve by moving the cursor between the cross and the bag until Open appears. In KCD2 lions crest, some players blame the Pray at Shrines perk for eating the prompt. Treat that as a community workaround, not a patch note.

If every KCD2 lions crest site is empty, KCD2 lions crest is not active on this save. Confirm ownership, restart, then talk to Gaibl again. Do not assume a YouTube coordinate dump replaces the journal.

A leftover map in the previous container is the other common KCD2 lions crest stall. Ride back one step and open every sack before you blame the next drawing.

#When to Run the Treasure Route

Situation	Timing	Tradeoff
Fresh Troskowitz Henry	Start after Gaibl, pause before wolves or the camp	Early armour, two hard fights later
Cautious Henry	First chapel now, remaining caches after a real weapon	Slower, fewer reloads
Stealth Henry	Night visits at the camp	Lower combat, higher crime risk
Combat Henry	Clear wolves and bandits, then loot	Safer search, damaged gear
Completionist	Empty every nearby container	More weight; use the horse

KCD2 lions crest armour is most useful while you are still in Trosky. It is not a reason to suicide into five wolves in rags. Keep one save before the chapel dig and another before the final camp.

#Mistakes That Lose Time or Supplies

Expecting Expansion Pass or a late Gold purchase to grant KCD2 lions crest.
Looking for a chapel inside Trosky Castle.
Arriving at the first shrine without a shovel.
Praying at the cross instead of moving it and digging.
Leaving a cache before taking the next map.
Mixing KCD2 lions crest with The Lion's Den or ordinary treasure maps. For those separate four named routes, use the KCD2 treasure map guide.
Treating a missing chest as a broken install before you hunt the Open prompt.

If the journal and inventory disagree, count Maps I–IV before repeating a KCD2 lions crest site. Returning to Gaibl adds flavour. It does not spawn a missed bag.

#KCD2 Lions Crest FAQ

#Does the Expansion Pass include the quest?

No. Deep Silver's Royal Edition lists KCD2 lions crest. The Expansion Pass lists the three story packs and seasonal shields. A store page that bundles Gold with the pass is not a KCD2 lions crest receipt.