Most Karma you've earned in a playthrough without cheats?

[masterofflys]

My first character finished up with 214 total karma. Just finished my second run with 218, but I know I can get at least one, possibly two more points on top of that next time around. In the interests of getting the most potential out of my runner(s), I was wondering if anyone has done better, and what opportunities I might've missed.

[Mauman]

215.

I was human, which may account for the extra point. No idea how you got 218.

[Sky]

Originally posted by masterofflys:

My first character finished up with 214 total karma. Just finished my second run with 218

Can you list the most hidden bonus objectives karma points that you remember?
Are there any in DeckCon 2056?

[gkathellar]

216, myself. Wonder what I missed?

[masterofflys]

I don't remember there being any in DeckCon. Honestly, I surprised myself with the extra points this time around. The most signifcant things I remember from this run were that having Gang and Shadowrunner eti. from the start gets you a karma point each in the Walled city mission at the start of the game- strength also works here, but I play a ranger elf/decker so that's a no-go.

The reason I know you can exceed 218 is because I missed reliable Matthew's karma reward this time around- wanted to see what happened if I denied him his 'medicine', and was locked out of further conversation with him beyond buying drones.

I also suspect there's an extra point I missed in Prosperity tower. I Kept the laser prototype from the Ares run, so the other team didn't help me infiltrate Prosperity at the end of the game. This forced me into the loading bay entrance route, so I couldn't pose as a maintenance worker when speaking to the manager in B3 (you have to talk to her to make your delivery if you go in this way. This is important, because if you do pose as a new worker, she gives you a task to reboot some systems or other on that floor, which IIRC, rewards you with a karma point. (you can still get the point for changing into the maintenance uniforms though!)

I also wondered if doing Bao's mission to deal with Law was meant to reward you with karma, but it didn't give me any... or any Nuyen, so the whole mission felt rather pointless in this regard. Bug maybe?

As for the rest of the missable karma rewards, I'm blanking on where exactly I picked them up. I will say that I tend to play as nonviolently as possible while fulfilling as many optional objectives as I can. I imagine a lot of the karma comes from that. Going to start my third run soon, using the new beta build. Will see if I can beat 218!

[SpiceMustFlow]

I have 220 with my human rigger. 202 spent according to my save file, with 18 left over.

[masterofflys]

Very nice. As I said, I think I can reach 220 myself, though that would actually be 221 with a human character. Did you ever pick up any bonus karma through drone control that you remember?

[Sky]

I agree that doing the bonus objective by not harming any Yellow Lotus does not give any bonus karma, even the nuyen bonus stays the same (750). I also think that it may be a bug,

There's also a second possible bug when breaking into Bao's lair with a decker - you do not get any karma for unlocking the door even thou persuading the guards or unlocking the ghost door both give karma. Reported it as a bug, we will see if they fix it.

[masterofflys]

It's funny you mention that, I could swear I got a karma point for hacking that entrance in my first run, maybe a later patch messed it up?

[Sky]

Hmm, maybe you need to hack it personally and if Isobel hacks it there is no karma.

[masterofflys]

Could be it, I always go with a decker, so I wouldn't have noticed that.

[Sky]

221 Karma with Orc. Have a compelte karma + nuyen + items guide in a spreadsheet - https://payhip.com/b/HroB

[masterofflys]

Haha, I'll stick with trial and error thanks ;)

[Voldski]

Think 217 scourging the place for them