Hidden CAW officer help?

[sWX]

I noticed that one of my created officers is showing up on list in the Territory Info screen, but isn't appearing in the list of people I can talk to while on a Stroll. I know some of the default officers don't appear on the list until you find them, but I wasn't expecting this with one of my own CAWs.

I've been all over the territory and can't find her, which is a little annoying. I unlocked every fast travel point in the territory and even fast traveled to various cities hoping for clues, but nothing. Anybody experience this? If so, how did you solve it? Thanks if you can help.

[エメベアー]

think of it like this: They are busy in that month. You should be able to find your CAWs in some other month.

It's not something I used much, but you can also use the City Board from the territory they are to call upon them on the next strolling.

[sWX]

Thank you, I appreciate your input. However, I'm not so sure that's what was happening -- I spent in-game years checking, to no avail. She just wouldn't pop up. She also would not appear on ANY signpost I checked -- and I checked both the territory she was listed in, as well as most others in the land.

Also, aren't "busy" officers usually busy because they are given an order by a leader? She was listed as Unaffiliated in the Territory Info menu the entire time.

However, she did eventually pop up. It took a LOT of waiting, but it happened -- she was just suddenly available in the major city of the territory she had been listed in (one I'd checked many, many times, as it's where my character's primary Hideaway was). I didn't do anything special other than wait and keep exploring in Stroll mode, unlocking fast travel points about the land. So if anyone else runs into this problem, that MIGHT help, though I can't confirm my actions actually did anything.

As a side note, if anyone wants to know where certain hidden officers are in the Yellow Turban scenario, I found Zuo Ci in a northern temple (Baima or Wuwei? very north, in the snow), Dian Wei at a bonfire in the center of the land, Xu Shu and Pang Tong next to a bridge, and Sima Yi somewhere I forgot. If anyone wants specifics, I'll boot up my game and tell you exactly where they are located.

[Xherdos]

Originally posted by sWX:

Thank you, I appreciate your input. However, I'm not so sure that's what was happening -- I spent in-game years checking, to no avail. She just wouldn't pop up. She also would not appear on ANY signpost I checked -- and I checked both the territory she was listed in, as well as most others in the land.

Also, aren't "busy" officers usually busy because they are given an order by a leader? She was listed as Unaffiliated in the Territory Info menu the entire time.

However, she did eventually pop up. It took a LOT of waiting, but it happened -- she was just suddenly available in the major city of the territory she had been listed in (one I'd checked many, many times, as it's where my character's primary Hideaway was). I didn't do anything special other than wait and keep exploring in Stroll mode, unlocking fast travel points about the land. So if anyone else runs into this problem, that MIGHT help, though I can't confirm my actions actually did anything.

As a side note, if anyone wants to know where certain hidden officers are in the Yellow Turban scenario, I found Zuo Ci in a northern temple (Baima or Wuwei? very north, in the snow), Dian Wei at a bonfire in the center of the land, Xu Shu and Pang Tong next to a bridge, and Sima Yi somewhere I forgot. If anyone wants specifics, I'll boot up my game and tell you exactly where they are located.

Huh that is interesting is there a map that shows where they are and at which Era :D?

Found some of the area's where they can appear it's those special Culture Things like the Longzhong where Zhuge Liang can appear.

[justbystander]

where do find xu shu? what the name of bridge? sorry bad english

[Lockhart]

I have found 10 hidden officers so far but I did not list down the eras. There is a system to it. In some of the region capital city's sign post, an unnamed NPC that you can talk to is present if there is a hidden officer in the region. The NPC will give hints of their location. I have posted this in エメベアー's game mechanics guide comments.

Here is the location of the signposts of the NPC. I won't write the exact location so that people can enjoy looking for them.

1. Cai Wenji - Wuwei
2. Dian Wei - Puyang
3. Dong Bai - Changsha
4. Lu Xun - Jianye
5. Pang Tong - Jiangling
6. Sima Yi - Luoyang
7. Xu Shu - Wan
8. Xu Zhu - Xuchang
9. Zhuge Liang - Xiangyang
10. Zuo Ci - Ye

Originally posted by sWX:

Thank you, I appreciate your input. However, I'm not so sure that's what was happening -- I spent in-game years checking, to no avail. She just wouldn't pop up. She also would not appear on ANY signpost I checked -- and I checked both the territory she was listed in, as well as most others in the land.

Also, aren't "busy" officers usually busy because they are given an order by a leader? She was listed as Unaffiliated in the Territory Info menu the entire time.

However, she did eventually pop up. It took a LOT of waiting, but it happened -- she was just suddenly available in the major city of the territory she had been listed in (one I'd checked many, many times, as it's where my character's primary Hideaway was). I didn't do anything special other than wait and keep exploring in Stroll mode, unlocking fast travel points about the land. So if anyone else runs into this problem, that MIGHT help, though I can't confirm my actions actually did anything.

As a side note, if anyone wants to know where certain hidden officers are in the Yellow Turban scenario, I found Zuo Ci in a northern temple (Baima or Wuwei? very north, in the snow), Dian Wei at a bonfire in the center of the land, Xu Shu and Pang Tong next to a bridge, and Sima Yi somewhere I forgot. If anyone wants specifics, I'll boot up my game and tell you exactly where they are located.

Can I ask the scenario you are playing? Maybe there is a hidden trick to it.

Originally posted by justbystander:

where do find xu shu? what the name of bridge? sorry bad english

Since Xu Shu is hard to find, He is in a bridge north of Fan Castle. Fan Castle is south of Wan.

[Sage Pirotess]

Originally posted by Lockhart:

I have found 10 hidden officers so far but I did not list down the eras. There is a system to it. In some of the region capital city's sign post, an unnamed NPC that you can talk to is present if there is a hidden officer in the region. The NPC will give hints of their location. I have posted this in エメベアー's game mechanics guide comments.

Here is the location of the sign posts of the NPC. I won't write the exact location so that people can enjoy looking for them.

1. Cai Wenji - Wuwei
2. Dian Wei - Puyang
3. Dong Bai - Changsha
4. Lu Xun - Jianye
5. Pang Tong - Jiangling
6. Sima Yi - Luoyang
7. Xu Shu - Wan
8. Xu Zhu - Xuchang
9. Zhuge Liang - Xiangyang
10. Zuo Ci - Ye

Originally posted by sWX:

Thank you, I appreciate your input. However, I'm not so sure that's what was happening -- I spent in-game years checking, to no avail. She just wouldn't pop up. She also would not appear on ANY signpost I checked -- and I checked both the territory she was listed in, as well as most others in the land.

Also, aren't "busy" officers usually busy because they are given an order by a leader? She was listed as Unaffiliated in the Territory Info menu the entire time.

However, she did eventually pop up. It took a LOT of waiting, but it happened -- she was just suddenly available in the major city of the territory she had been listed in (one I'd checked many, many times, as it's where my character's primary Hideaway was). I didn't do anything special other than wait and keep exploring in Stroll mode, unlocking fast travel points about the land. So if anyone else runs into this problem, that MIGHT help, though I can't confirm my actions actually did anything.

As a side note, if anyone wants to know where certain hidden officers are in the Yellow Turban scenario, I found Zuo Ci in a northern temple (Baima or Wuwei? very north, in the snow), Dian Wei at a bonfire in the center of the land, Xu Shu and Pang Tong next to a bridge, and Sima Yi somewhere I forgot. If anyone wants specifics, I'll boot up my game and tell you exactly where they are located.

Can I ask the scenario you are playing? Maybe there is a hidden trick to it.

Originally posted by justbystander:

where do find xu shu? what the name of bridge? sorry bad english

Since Xu Shu is hard to find, He is in a bridge north of Fan Castle. Fan Castle is south of Wan.

None are hidden. If you played dw9. You would see the starter, home cities of all officers 94 playable. Hence I always know where to look.

[Lockhart]

Originally posted by Sage Pirotess:

None are hidden. If you played dw9. You would see the starter, home cities of all officers 94 playable. Hence I always know where to look.

I get what you mean. What I meant as hidden are those officers who do not appear on the map. They appear "hidden", I agree though that none of them are hidden. This feature is actually one of the few things I liked in dw9e. Though, I wanted this feature to also include CAWs.

[sWX]

Lockhart got to the answer before I could (and probably said it better than I could have). Just to echo her/him, yeah, by each signpost is often a non-officer NPC who will give a hint as to a hidden (from menu) officer's location (most people inside the cities themselves just say random things that don't give such clues).

As for what scenario I was in when my CAW was playing hide-and-seek with me, it was the Yellow Turban one. The reason it drove me so crazy is because she was supposed to be my character's wife, so I needed her for the children I'd planned out!

I also wish more officers were hidden but with more to it then just a brief clue and stumbling into them... a special event or mission or chain could've been interesting.

[Lockhart]

I wish I can duplicate that hidden CAW of yours but not with a wife character. I would lie the coolness of finding hidden CAWs. Makes them feel special somewhat.

As for how I found officers not in the map, I saw this back in gameplay preview prior to the release. In that show, they used Zhuge Liang. I have been looking for those officers since I got the game. I also confirmed it before since there are rebellions by officers not in the map so that's when I got a clue that they existed. I knew Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Cai Wenji, Pang Tong and Zuo Ci were "hidden". I found Dong Bai first by exploring. In one of my playthroughs, I found an NPC in Changsa that gave Dong Bai's location. That's how I figured it out.

I will be checking the eras later and will list them but right now, I am still unlocking all DLC and unique titles. I have 3 more to go; Xiao He, Zhang Liang and Yu Meiran. I only play once a week so it will be a while.

In case you don't know, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu have slightly better fame stats with their title. The only 4 somewhat "unique" non-DLC titles. A lot of people probably know caiuse I talked about titles a lot in the mechanics guide.

I am a dude by the way.

[sWX]

Good luck with the checking, I too am trying to get all those unique titles... some are easy (anything with Good/Evil + Command especially, just need to spam one button) but anything involving the Intellect stat is a PAIN unless you want to establish your own kingdom (and sometimes I don't).

[Algester]

Dong Bai isnt located in Chang'sha she's located in Chang'an I noticed this when Zhong Hui created a Vagabond Unit and she was there (kinda in character of her)

[Lockhart]

Thanks, I double checked. She is indeed in Chang'an I must have confused both Changs. I'm still unlocking all titles but I'm kind of busy lately so I only unlock a title once every 1-2 weeks. I still have around 70-80 to go.