Is Luquin no longer recruitable?

[Kyo21943]

So after messing around for 3 hours by infiltrating Tengu's Vault and carefuly knocking out and kidnapping guards to lock them up (funny enough, other guards treat them as slaves and put shackles on them/remove weapons, lol) i managed to bail out Sinklyde, Espher and Luquin.

However upon reaching the "safe distance" only Sinklyde and Espher joined my faction while Luquin simply talked about how "'he was imprisoned for 15 years'asked if Tengu still ruled, then 'how [Player Character] just unleashed his worse nightmare'" before walking off.


I'm quite confused because the Unique Recruits page on the game's wiki say Luquin is recruitable and when i searched for more info on Luquin within the Steam Forums, some players seem to have somehow too recruited him.

So, is that information outdated? Is he no longer available as a recruit? Or is there something i missed? (Only thing i can think about is killing Tengu before bailing him out)

[Hidalgo]

I think maybe is random, in my case Luquin joined me and Espher left me after escape.

[Immaluckez]

Originally posted by 82DK-R Kyo21943:

So after messing around for 3 hours by infiltrating Tengu's Vault and carefuly knocking out and kidnapping guards to lock them up (funny enough, other guards treat them as slaves and put shackles on them/remove weapons, lol) i managed to bail out Sinklyde, Espher and Luquin.

However upon reaching the "safe distance" only Sinklyde and Espher joined my faction while Luquin simply talked about how "'he was imprisoned for 15 years'asked if Tengu still ruled, then 'how [Player Character] just unleashed his worse nightmare'" before walking off.


I'm quite confused because the Unique Recruits page on the game's wiki say Luquin is recruitable and when i searched for more info on Luquin within the Steam Forums, some players seem to have somehow too recruited him.

So, is that information outdated? Is he no longer available as a recruit? Or is there something i missed? (Only thing i can think about is killing Tengu before bailing him out)

May i know what mod u using ?

[Kyo21943]

Originally posted by Hidalgo:

I think maybe is random, in my case Luquin joined me and Espher left me after escape.

I hope not, don't get me wrong i had fun but i'm not a fan of wasting 2 hours and not even being sure i will get Luquin.
Specially if it's import-wise.

Originally posted by Yamete:

May i know what mod u using ?

Um, what do you mean?
I don't use any mods... except one which buffs Bonedogs and a mod for resetting faction reputation.

If you're asking how did i infiltrate the Vault, it was all vanilla.

I had my main character with 100 on almost all stats, specially Stealth,Thievery, Lockpicking and Assasination (robbing people blind is EXTREMELY profitable while letting you keep on the move), i lured a Skimmer group towards a patrol outside the vault, which prompted some gate guards to run to help.

I intercepted a lonely guard running to support and robbed him of everything, i had a disguise rate of 75% but i never got discovered as long as i didn't sneak in another's guard view. (tho sometimes their detection is bs), because of the massive stealth and knockout debuffs by samurai armor, i had to remove it every time i wanted to knockout someone which made it extra risky to do so. (pause is a MUST all the time, can't stand up without armor, can't sneak with armor, avoid being spotted as much as possible).

So, i just robbed the Meitou Jitte from the warden and his (better) body armor, got to the last floor and proceeded to knockout and imprison all guards who came up (which makes even more guards come up to shackle their former companions lmfao, that needs a fix), while equipping all prisioners with weapons and armor.
Even after breaking havoc on the understaffed place, i was the only one who didn't get knocked out unconsious and Espher & Sinklyde went into the dying state. (remove all items from your inventory before going in case you get capture but always carry a medkit and splits, maybe a decent weapon too)
Took me 3 in-game days and lots of reloads to successfully break them out... and even then, only the 3 recruitable characters survived and they were all in recovery comas... Hex was a alive and consious too, but she's not recruitable.. however, along with Luquin and Yabuta of the Sands they are the best and most dangerous/resilient fighters, equip them with your best guard loot.

Some prisioners are also good at being disguised (specially Hex), however if you want to free all recruits, you MUST fight your way out, i don't think you can escape with all recruits being disguised since they have terrible stealth stats and Espher gets instantly detected, while Luquin says "Fck it" and starts attacking guards (NPC Yabuta of the Sands will instantly go on a murder sprint too, release her last... also, some NPCs can escape after being unshackled but others can't, like Luquin, they need to be picklocked out)

It was a very fun experience, but too time consuming for my liking.
Which is why i'm a bit angry that Luquin doesn't seem to be a guaranteed recruit.

[Kyo21943]

Nevermind, i can confirm his recruitment is random.

This time i tried doing something much easier, disguising as a guard, releasing him and then carry his unconsious body just outside the Vault, besides the usual dialogue, instead of leaving he mentioned how things change in so many years and he would need someone as skilled as [player character] to take down Tengu.
I don't know if you require negative UC relations but he did mention it was good i had issues with them.

Tbh it's quite annoying that you seemingly recruit only 2 characters per import considering how hard it is to free them... unless you exploit the game with a maxed out character.

[TrollPlayerMx]

Originally posted by 82DK-R Kyo21943:

Nevermind, i can confirm his recruitment is random.

This time i tried doing something much easier, disguising as a guard, releasing him and then carry his unconsious body just outside the Vault, besides the usual dialogue, instead of leaving he mentioned how things change in so many years and he would need someone as skilled as [player character] to take down Tengu.
I don't know if you require negative UC relations but he did mention it was good i had issues with them.

Tbh it's quite annoying that you seemingly recruit only 2 characters per import considering how hard it is to free them... unless you exploit the game with a maxed out character.

you cant make a war party and wipe them? ill try it when i have time

[Kyo21943]

Originally posted by Suggar Daddy:

you cant make a war party and wipe them? ill try it when i have time

I can but i'd rather not have almost everyone injured and spend more resources than what i may get back, specially twice.

Plus, new players definitely cannot take on Tengu's Vault.

[Shidan]

Luquin does have a 100% chance to join, as long as he's still below level 25 in combat skills. As he starts at level 19-25 for some of his combat stats, it's possible he will spawn as unrecruitable, or close enough that in the escape he gained enough exp to be unrecruitable.