Question about Mutt's search perk

[acedefective13]

Does Mutt's search perk not working properly for you guys or did they nerf it in KCD 2? I feel like in the first game, Mutt can sniff out POIs in greater distance effectively, so effective in fact that he would start barking at chests inside peasant's home lol.

But, I've noticed in my current KCD 2 playthrough Mutt almost never bark when there's nests/hunting ground, and for other he would always literally needed to be in front of the POI then he'd start barking, like a couple of steps away when I could see the POI by myself. Does anyone else have this same issue?

[Spandex]

In my experience, Mutt's search works for some quests where he can smell something and track it.

Early game there's a missing person - when you get to the area, you can have mutt sniff out the location... but it's a straight path on a road so could more or less walk forward and look at ground...

I have however found that Mutt sniffs out stuff on his own - i was searching an abandoned shack in the wilderness during a quest - and I see Mutt standing next to a skeleton holding a key, that I had missed - so there's that.

[Appuleuss]

Originally posted by acedefective13:

Does Mutt's search perk not working properly for you guys or did they nerf it in KCD 2? I feel like in the first game, Mutt can sniff out POIs in greater distance effectively, so effective in fact that he would start barking at chests inside peasant's home lol.

But, I've noticed in my current KCD 2 playthrough Mutt almost never bark when there's nests/hunting ground, and for other he would always literally needed to be in front of the POI then he'd start barking, like a couple of steps away when I could see the POI by myself. Does anyone else have this same issue?

He does it when you choose "Free" it works exactly the same as KCD1. Search is used for sniffing quest items and finding the objective

[TECHNO VIKING]

Originally posted by Appuleuss:

Originally posted by acedefective13:

Does Mutt's search perk not working properly for you guys or did they nerf it in KCD 2? I feel like in the first game, Mutt can sniff out POIs in greater distance effectively, so effective in fact that he would start barking at chests inside peasant's home lol.

But, I've noticed in my current KCD 2 playthrough Mutt almost never bark when there's nests/hunting ground, and for other he would always literally needed to be in front of the POI then he'd start barking, like a couple of steps away when I could see the POI by myself. Does anyone else have this same issue?

He does it when you choose "Free" it works exactly the same as KCD1. Search is used for sniffing quest items and finding the objective

No, when you set him free, he also can search for stuff. Even Henry sometimes instead of "Free" says something like "Did you smell something? Search!"