Hobo: Tough Life

Hobo: Tough Life

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Gen Sky Jun 9, 2021 @ 6:25pm
If my character have to join the gang, which gang is recommended?
Will you recommend the gang form at the beginning base (the gang members are formal prisoner) seem strong enough but many quests need to be done before join them?
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is there going to be a day where you don't ask to be handheld through the game atleast 2-3 times a day and just play the game or would you just like a 100% game walkthrough to read and follow step by step ?

pick a choice , go with it , try something different next playthrough
Gen Sky Jun 9, 2021 @ 10:17pm 
I have no choice coz my character die too many time :steamsad:
have a try playing with just a mouse and one finger to use the keyboard

you're dying so much because you're not learning from your failures , heck with all the handholding you're barely playing the game
Gen Sky Jun 9, 2021 @ 11:39pm 
Well this is very new game to me as homeless trying survive in cruel world, maybe i have born in the peace world maybe I have enjoy in law rule society, that's why my character never live longer due to my miss judgement :steammocking:

So would you help a pity hobo please?
NOIRE- Jun 10, 2021 @ 12:45am 
Originally posted by Genetic Sky:
Well this is very new game to me as homeless trying survive in cruel world, maybe i have born in the peace world maybe I have enjoy in law rule society, that's why my character never live longer due to my miss judgement :steammocking:

So would you help a pity hobo please?
How in the world did you manage to die so many times? In normal mode?!
Tbh i was planning to make a walkthrough for someone like you, but i gave up the idea mid way
This game becomes too easy once you know some aspects of it. You can completely avoid begging and stealing if you want and still can survive throughout the entire season very healthy
Gen Sky Jun 10, 2021 @ 1:47am 
My character is full of unlucky + sympathy that you can not imaging:
- He never experience the life like you that 1000 coin in the first day :steamsad:
- He never have dry & warmth cloth like you (raining day & night start from day-2, I sit infront of the desktop 20 minutes for doing nothing) :steamsad:
- He never get safety as you coz thug always run towards him at main entrance of train station, subway, labor office or even on the street (I know where thug standing & I never get close to them but thug is run towards character in my game) :steamsad:
- He never so lucky to find rare items or craft materials from the red bin, he need to buy from dealer :steamsad:

His experience put me in doubt once, you may have special commend (or hacker) otherwise you won't be good life & good luck in the game :steammocking:

p/s: I always choose Normal mode in the game
Last edited by Gen Sky; Jun 10, 2021 @ 1:53am
Gen Sky Jun 10, 2021 @ 2:08am 
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2511839112
This is one screenshot that thug run to my character when begging money at the main entrance of train station, thug also run toward my character at subway, labor office & some other shop that thug shouldn't appear but they does...

Please don't ask me why, because I don't have the authority to make my character so unlucky :cleandino:
emmietiie Jun 10, 2021 @ 6:06am 
I died a couple of times before I got good at begging and pickpocketing. Then I got rich very fast.

Here's some tips:

When you die, your stats apparently become lower, so you should either buy the amulet that resets your stats, or start a new savefile.

When stealing, always take the winning scratch cards. Thugs can't take these from you, so you can basically smuggle money safely. Sell them at a tobacconist before you need to buy something expensive.

Always carry good or quality smokes, so you can bribe thugs. The jokes about a rum diet and an invisible man have saved me from thugs, but maybe the outcome is random.

When you start, focus begging from women and young men. They are easier to persuade but give less money.

Always chat with people one time before trying to beg. When your skill increase, you can try to speak twice to increase your chances.

The "tough" characters give the most money, and often carry expensive items. These are the bearded man, the wide hat man, the business suit man, and the large man with a sidecut hairstyle.

Langos is one of the best NPCs to meet early on. He will ask you to steal scrap metal and building materials. Always pay him the full amount to increase his trust more, so you can buy the Insolence perk faster. This perk is great for begging.

When Langos sends you to steal building materials, just scrap them on the crafting bench to get free crafting materials.
Gen Sky Jun 10, 2021 @ 7:17am 
Thanks mate^^

By the way, do you join the gang & which gang that you prefer in the game?
petri.piira Jun 11, 2021 @ 11:29am 
You are correct, the thug near the train station can detect you. It happens to me when I have a lot of money, of course. Still, the thug only takes a third of what you have. It is often better to pay if you can't fight them yet. Except if you really need the money (a warm jacket being sold in the pawn shop the first time that game, you almost have the money for that, it is so late you can't beg the money again if you give some of it to a thug ... in that case, I would fight in early game, losing but keeping the money).
petri.piira Jun 11, 2021 @ 11:32am 
Oh, and the "gang" question. Does not matter, I think. You can join all of them, maybe. There seems to be very few long term consequences. Join those which you can't get the promise to vote you from otherwise. Those promises stay even if you lose position with them afterwards.
japanaman2 Jun 11, 2021 @ 1:29pm 
If you are stressing over this decision go do Crazy's quests to have an option to restore rep with a faction leader.

I recently screwed over Moiser by handing the special delivery to the pit boss but was still able to get back into Moiser's good graces with the help of Crazy. Not sure if i will still be able to get deluxe meth recipe yet or not form Don Kitty. Or if Mikey offers it as well at some point? So far this action allows for Leos to sell you some mid tier items every day you can flip for a profit. and gets you the pit bosses vote while still being able to have crazy restore rep with Moiser for cheaper meth, but learning the deluxe meth recipe is still up in the air for me. (There may even be a 3rd option here i am not seeing where you hand the special deliver to the cops but that is a test for another play through.)

As to which gang you should join getting into the fort Tony's gang is pretty advantageous early on go for that one 1st the rest will sort of happen as you play.

After that go focus on Bruno's gang so you can call off thugs and boost your attack.
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Vesperon80 Jun 11, 2021 @ 4:10pm 
Originally posted by japanaman2:
If you are stressing over this decision go do Crazy's quests to have an option to restore rep with a faction leader.

I recently screwed over Moiser by handing the special delivery to the pit boss but was still able to get back into Moiser's good graces with the help of Crazy. Not sure if i will still be able to get deluxe meth recipe yet or not form Don Kitty. Or if Mikey offers it as well at some point? So far this action allows for Leos to sell you some mid tier items every day you can flip for a profit. and gets you the pit bosses vote while still being able to have crazy restore rep with Moiser for cheaper meth, but learning the deluxe meth recipe is still up in the air for me. (There may even be a 3rd option here i am not seeing where you hand the special deliver to the cops but that is a test for another play through.)

As to which gang you should join getting into the fort Tony's gang is pretty advantageous early on go for that one 1st the rest will sort of happen as you play.

After that go focus on Bruno's gang so you can call off thugs and boost your attack.
As for deluxe meth, I still don't know what is required to learn it. 90 trust with Moiser and getting his vote wasn't enough for that. 100 trust with Ramsay wasn't enough. At some point, this option seemed to disappear in both of my playthroughs. Maybe betraying Don Kitty's little screw up to Moiser (when the unfinished batch that was stolen), which I haven't done. Maybe getting Moiser's trust to 100 (if that's even possible, by delivering his package correctly, but that would complicate getting Ferenz's vote). Maybe I must first cook meth to unlock the possibility (I never bothered). Or it's bugged (but I always rather assume I missed something).

Calling off thugs requires 100 trust with Bruno, which is only possible by selling him the liturgical items, as far as I know. And in late game, calling off thugs isn't needed anymore (with high attack and willpower, it's no problem to beat money out of them or intimidate them). Selling the stolen items from the church to Bruno also prevents getting Father Burian's vote (and getting +1 willpower), unless I missed something. Although I heard that not asking money for Mrs. Loudova's dog is enough to get Burian's vote without returning the stolen items to him, it didn't work for me. Maybe I missed something else with Burian, but I have no idea what and no one was able to answer that for me yet.
NOIRE- Jun 11, 2021 @ 4:16pm 
Originally posted by petri.piira:
You are correct, the thug near the train station can detect you. It happens to me when I have a lot of money, of course.
I need to correct this.
Thugs cannot detect you whether you have cash or not. He simply left his territory after some time and walk towards the station to disappear.
And there is only thug on that area (near bench far in front of station). So basically, you're just unlucky that he spot you on his way home.


Need to mention that half of the total of all the factions give really nice rewards for their early mission. The next mission usually need some levels in certain skill. So after you do their early mission, focus on surviving and improving your skill.

-Baron, quest from Struk to look for a corpse. +300c, Free clothes and a reward worth around 300c (you can choose a comfy bedding too)
-Bruno, quest from Fin, +300c and free stealing exp
-Moiser, quest from Ramsay, +300c, rewards worth 300c and 4 meth deluxe to sell (though its hard to sell w/o high WP or atleast expert speech skill)
-Father Burian, free Faith buff

Ferenz's cost you resources, Zachy's need you to get drunk using your own resources too. Crazy's doesnt cost you anything but you dont get money reward, as for Tony, you need to work for labor office a couple times just get inside the fort.
Vesperon80 Jun 11, 2021 @ 4:28pm 
Originally posted by NOIRE-:
as for Tony, you need to work for labor office a couple times just get inside the fort.
Or just doing some of the early quests is enough (without doing anything for the labor office). He's like you're the one who's helping people, come in. Not clear which quests unlock it, but it can be done early. Maybe something related to the charity.
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