Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Magic Horseshoes Walkthrough

Magic Horseshoes is a task in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Magic Horseshoes side task.

• Starting Location: Trosky Region > Semine
• Quest Giver: Guildsman Janek
• Requirement: Exact requirement unknown, for us it was available after Main Quest 7: Back in the Saddle (possibly can be done sooner), and having completed a large amount of other side quests/tasks in Trosky region (see our quest log screenshot in Starting Location below). Furthermore, this task seems to have been buggy at launch and was properly implemented later with the Horse Races DLC (Patch 1.3) on May 15th, 2025. So make sure you update your game.
• Reward: 3 x Cobbler’s Kit, 80 x Groschen
• Quest Type: Task
• Quest Description: Janek, the Semine saddler’s hired hand, is preparing for a big race, and he’s heard about magical horseshoes, thanks to which a horse never slips and runs as fast as the wind. If I could forge him such horseshoes, he would pay me well.

Objectives:

1. Find the horseshoes in the nomads’ camp
2. (Optional) Talk to the nomads about the horseshoes
3. Forge spiked horseshoes for Janek
4. Bring the horseshoes to Janek
5. Wait a few days and then collect your reward from Janek

Starting Location: Magic Horseshoes

This task can be started by speaking with Guildsman Janek at the Saddler in Semine at day. When he has the dialogue “I’ve heard you have work for a blacksmith”, he will give you this task.

You can be pointed toward this quest by speaking with tipster Innkeeper Lawrence at Zhelejov Wagoners’ Inn, or go and speak with Janek immediately and ask if he has any work for a blacksmith and agree to help.

This task was implemented with the free Horse Races DLC (Patch 1.3) on May 15th, 2025.

If Janek doesn’t have the dialogue, go clean up the other side content in Trosky region until the marker appears. Here’s the quest log of completed quests we had done when Magic Horseshoes was available, after Main Quest 7: Back in the Saddle:

Find the horseshoes in the nomads’ camp

Janek wants you to obtain some Magic Horseshoes that he thinks the Nomads have. You’ll need to head over to their camp to either find out how to make them, or steal them.

If you just want to take the horseshoes or aren’t able to pass the below speech check, go to the white tent on the map directly beside where the central map marker is, where Horse Handler Mikolai sleeps at night. When nobody is able to see you, rob the bag sitting inside the basket and take the Spiked Horseshoes.

(Optional) Talk to the nomads about the horseshoes

If you want to obtain the horseshoes in a legitimate way, you’ll need to find and speak to Horse Handler Mikolai who is typically hanging out around the entrance of the camp where the horses are located. He should be marked by a white horse icon on the map, but if he’s not at his usual spot skip time or check for him in the camp. Ask him “I hear you have some kind of magical horseshoes.”  If you pass this speech check you will automatically learn the blacksmith recipe Spiked Horseshoes.

Forge spiked horseshoes for Janek

If you received the recipe by speaking with Mikolai, you’ll need to head to a blacksmith station such as the one located in Tachov and create a pair of Spiked horseshoes. These require 1x Scrap metal, and are created in the same manner as Farmer’s horseshoes.

Bring the horseshoes to Janek

Once you have either stolen or crafted the Spiked horseshoes, return to Janek in Semine and turn them in to him.

Wait a few days and then collect your reward from Janek

Janek tells you that if you come back in a few days he’ll split the winnings for the race with you. After 48 hours the quest location will update to return to Janek, where you can speak with him for your reward, completing the task.

This finishes Magic Horseshoes side quest in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

For all other Quests refer to Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Walkthrough.