How to get the corpse boots?

[Erdrick27]

I'm thinking I may have missed my chance, I got the corpse out of the tree on day 1 by shooting it down and did the autopsy. After it got late my partner went to bed and I tried to go get the body out of the car but the entire car was gone. Are the boots any good? What skill do they boost? For anyone who managed it, how?

[Du-Vu]

Yeah, if you send the corpse away, the boots are gone. You basically need to keep the corpse in town and go looking for it after Kim goes to sleep. I haven't done it yet, but I can see it being a whole chain of events -- collecting the whole suit of armor has its own achievement.

[Sisyphus]

The boots boost authority I think. As for the armour, it's a quest, an achievement, and otherwise I'd have to go into spoilers but the armour comes in useful later.

[Hetmasteen]

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

Yeah, if you send the corpse away, the boots are gone. You basically need to keep the corpse in town and go looking for it after Kim goes to sleep. I haven't done it yet, but I can see it being a whole chain of events -- collecting the whole suit of armor has its own achievement.

That's odd. I'm on my 1st day and I told Kim to go to sleep. I went out back where the body was and the only option I have with the dead body is to talk to it. No option to take the boots off.

[Du-Vu]

I feel like you probably need the specific quest for it? Doesn't seem fair, but I could see it working like that. As long as you don't send the body back to the precinct, you've still got a chance at it.

[Baumi]

Originally posted by Hetmasteen:

That's odd. I'm on my 1st day and I told Kim to go to sleep. I went out back where the body was and the only option I have with the dead body is to talk to it. No option to take the boots off.

Yeah, same problem. Decided to come back later, and the option to take the boots off disappeared. Very disappointing.

[Clown Reemus]

Did y'all get the body off the tree first? If not, you can't get the boots.

[MrMurLock]

I finished examining the body, got it down from the tree, did the autopsy and THEN stuffed it into a freezer.
Afterwards I got Kim to go sleep, then went and twisted the boots off the body.

[Dirty Wizard]

I autopsied the body on the 2nd day, then ended the dialogue without bagging it and walked away with my partner following me. I finished a few quests for the rest of the day, then pretended I was going to bed so my partner went to sleep in his room. Then I snuck back out and twisted the boots off at 23:00, it seems like the annoying kids don't ever sleep so I had to do it in front of them. Then I went to the kitchen in the hostel and cleaned the boots in a pot of boiling water and vinegar. Then the next day I bagged the corpse and sent my partner away with it.

TBH the boots don't seem to be worth it on their own, they give +2 authority but -1 composure, maybe you get a special bonus for collecting the entire set, we'll see

[Kelibath]

I'm impressed you managed to get the boots off after sneaking out, still in the yard - I couldn't get them at all after the item found in the face was bagged. Even with Kim asleep and the body still lying there! Seems like you need the fridge for it.