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Demo guide and first patch
🕑 Added 2020-01-30 21:42:46 +0000 UTCHi everyone! I've released the first patch for the demo to fix some typos and bugs (mostly sequence skipping). It should be perfectly compatible with your old saves, but let me know if new issues come up.
Additionally, I promised a short guide for the demo, as there are a few different ways to complete the first quest.
Demo guide (slight spoilers below... also, uh, a work in progress and not comprehensive)
The game starts with character creation. I know a lot of people stress out about having the right kind of character build (myself included), but I wouldn't worry about it too much at this stage, especially since nothing at character creation has too much of an impact on the game. Except possibly gender (as that changes sex a lot) but the female option isn't available in the demo anyhow.
Once you leave the character creation screen, you'll find yourself in the Courtesan's Guild Headquarters, and you'll greet your first companion, Diana. She speaks with you briefly, and you'll be able to earn a small trust bonus if you flirt with her.
At this point you may also notice that nearly every NPC can be spoken to. Some may give you some context about the setting or flavor text but mostly probably are just confused why some random stranger is talking to them.
After traveling to the underrail, Diana speaks some more, with different dialogue depending on your background. After boarding the train, you come across your first potential combat encounter. You may choose to fight, or attempt to talk the thugs out of it. If your Athletic attribute is high enough, you can also choose to curbstomp them through a dialogue choice.
After leaving the underrail, you can wander around Saint Gorfu but all the shops are closed. Upon nearing your Guild Hall, a cutscene will automatically play, introducing you to Zafra, another party member. You go inside and also greet Kore, another companion.
After finishing Diana's short tour, you can return to your room and go to sleep, at which point Kore will interrupt you and offer the game's first sex scene. The player can ask more about Kore, have sex, or decline and go back to bed.
In the morning, Diana will make a passing comment depending on whether or not you had sex with Kore, and give the game's first major task: Lifting the Mercantile Freeze.
On the ground floor of the guild hall, the player can introduce themselves to Windress, another companion, speak with Kore (with the option of having sex with her), and receive a minor task from Zafra. After that, the player is left to their own devices to find a way to lift the freeze.
At this point, you have a few options:
Shop owners: The shop owners will speak to you and give a little flavor text on themselves and the locale, but aren't much help otherwise.
Zafra's package: Can be found in the bodyshop at the southwestern corner of the map. Pick it up and return it to Zafra.
Officer Fthume: Located at the far northwestern end of the block is Officer Fthume. If you speak to him, he offers you the option of bribing him for more information regarding the freeze. If you give him money, he'll inform you that the constables are looking for a narsum smuggler. He asks you to return to him if you get a name. When you return, he asks for further evidence, prompting you to visit the bodyshop.
Miranda: A strange-looking woman near the statue of a giant sword. She mostly ignores you unless you are a cultist or shaper. Even then, she brushes you off. If you have a high enough rep with Three Moons however, she tells you who the smuggler is.
Skal: Windress's Old Watch contact is located between the underrail exit and the bodyshop. If you ask him about the freeze, he'll tell you to ask the constables. Once you've bribed Fthume and return, Skal says he knew about the narsum smuggler. If you have a high reputation with the Old Watch, you can ask him for a favor and Skal will tell you the smuggler is Tanka, allowing you to confront him. Alternatively, you can receive a minor task from Skal to place a bug on the Iron Cartel lieutenant Butch. Once the task is completed, Skal will tell you the smuggler is Tanka.
Butch: Butch and his crew are located just to the southeast of the guild hall. He is initially hostile and greets the player gruffly. If you call him out on being Iron Cartel, and you have high enough reputation with the cartel, he'll let you know the smuggler's Tanka. If you don't have enough rep, he'll ask you for a favor: placing a tracking device on Skal.
Bugging either Skal or Butch:
If your athletics attribute or charisma is high enough, you can place a bug on either one without them noticing. However, choosing the non-attribute check choice will result in losing Old Watch rep with Skal or a very, very difficult fight with Butch.
Kaywin: Kawyin is a mechanic working out of the body shop in the southwestern corner of the map. When you initially greet her, you can attempt to charm her, leading to a short sex scene.
After you discover that Tanka is smuggling narsum, you can confront her about her boss. That conversation either results in her giving you the basement access code, or refusing to do so.
You can also hack the basement door if your technology attribute is high enough.
Tanka: Once you enter the basement, you confront Tanka and have the option to let him go, convince him to turn himself in, demand money from him, or kill him and take what money he has on hand. Killing Tanka will have possible repercussions, although they are not yet implemented in the demo.
Once Tanka has been resolved, a cutscene plays with you talking to Fthume. The freeze has been lifted. You can speak with various npcs to get their opinion on the matter, or go back to your room and sleep to end the demo. Near your room, Kaywin will be waiting for you, and you can recruit her as a companion if you want.
