No fences in UC?

[Ciaran Zagami]

So I decided to do a thief run, I stole some Hash from the Swamp people and went to sell it in the UC (my character is a hiver so I can't go to holy nation)

I've been to Heng and Stoat and there is no fence in the bar like their usually is.

Is my game bugged? Are their spawns random? Do they have open/close times like regular shops????

[Shidan]

They're pretty rare in the UC, only a 20% chance to spawn in each town. On the other hand, their towns can have Shinobi Thieves towers, which contain a fence to sell illegal items to.

[Ciaran Zagami]

Originally posted by Shidan:

They're pretty rare in the UC, only a 20% chance to spawn in each town. On the other hand, their towns can have Shinobi Thieves towers, which contain a fence to sell illegal items to.

Is that 20% chance rolled at game start and never again? What about their spawn rate in other territories?

And I can’t enter the shinobi towers without a lot more cash lol

[Shidan]

It's rolled for each town individually the first time you visit the town in question.

As for other territories, they've got an 80% in the HN, a 50% chance in Shek Kingdom, and a 20% in Waystations.

[Bandy]

If memory serves, I too stole a garru load of hash and had a miserable time finding a place to sell. But seem to recall selling it to hivers was not an issue. Didn't get much for it, but then, it was not bought...

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by Bandy:

If memory serves, I too stole a garru load of hash and had a miserable time finding a place to sell. But seem to recall selling it to hivers was not an issue. Didn't get much for it, but then, it was not bought...

The only places you can get a lot of has from are the secret drug lab or the swamp towns (or the greyflayer smugglers) all of which are close to Flats Lagoon where it sells well. Cannot sell Hash to fences either, only to the shinobi trader in their towers if selling where it is illegal (which is why Flats Lagoon is nice, same markup as UC North but legal to sell).

[Fnordian23]

I recommend Drug dealers in bars mod, which gives a chance to spawn a Dealer with an orange backpack in UC bars. He has 25,000 and buys at full price. I also like Mediocre black equipment mod which spawns traders in almost every bar, they don't buy illegal goods but will buy stolen no problem. They also have a good selection of armor and clothes that is black and has a stealth boost. It's more convenient than waiting for daylight stores and more immersive then selling all your looted weapons to a bartender.

There's also other mods that add wandering merchants including the menders one and more trading caravans. They aren't as reliable but give a chance at a friendly face and shop in the wilderness.

I hardly ever see thief fence characters, but yeah the Shinobi fences are reliable to find. They buy / sell gear back at the same 50% discount. They buy for less and sell for less so it is better to sell to other merchants first if it's not hash or bloodrum, or has too high of a fencing risk chance. But 50% off ninja rags and a katana can be a nice deal better than other shops.

If you move a few towns away or to a different faction, or find a waystation, you can usually fence stolen goods no problem.

If you get into the hash trade you will probably want some of these mods and / or join Shinobis. One last mod UC drug cartels gives more options to loot it from enemies and bases without (spoiler) going to the swamp.