Becoming President Without Fancy Cupcakes

The cheapest way to becoming Class President so you don't have to go through Minnie's Route completely broke.

Introduction

One of the achievements that you can get in Wolf Hall that you couldn't do in Horse Hall was become Class President. In fact, you need to be class president in order to romance Minnie or befriend her, as well as to access some of the side romances. The easiest way to do this is to take the advance from your parents and spend it on those fancy cupcakes. However, that option usually leaves you with little to no money left to spend on other things in the game like charms, enhancements, or to buy your way to more money by playing Bingo.

However, there is a way to become Class President alongside Minnie for the low low price of $40. And that is what this guide is here for. Follow these simple steps and you too can be class pres and walk away with $90 dollars left in your pocket (assuming you didn't spend any money beforehand).

Step 1: Flirt for Your Life

Now in order to become class president for the lowest price possible, you need the right personality. If you try to run for president without it, even when following the rest of the instructions below, you will fail. There are four potential personalities that your Wolf can have, and the one you need is Flirty.

In order to get the Flirty personality, one generally has to do flirty things. It doesn't have to be your only personality trait, but you will need to have it say that you are flirty when you look at your Codex Entry before you visit Potsdam after you decide to run. Here are most of the ways you can gain points for Flirty that I've found in the game so far.

• When you ask William questions on the first day, ask about dating.
  
  
• When Potsdam asks why you missed orientation, say arriving fashionably late. This will also give you a point in Scheming.
  
  
• When you talk to William after meeting Minnie, say that she's cute.
  
  
• When you talk to Donald about what his pranks will get him, talk about dates.
  
  
• When Angela asks why it's a good morning, say it's cause you're looking at her.

These are the only opportunities you'll have to get Flirty points before you have to meet with Potsdam to choose your name. It's generally a good idea to check your Codex entry after every question before then to make sure that people say you have a Flirty personality. It can be shared with other personality traits; I managed to become president using this method with sporty, scheming, and flirty at the same time. But you need to have Flirty in order for this method to work.

Step 2: Befriend William

Remember how in Horse Hall having William on your side is a good thing? Well, it's basically the same thing here. Without William's support, you will not be able to become president using this method. So we need to get enough points to be his friend so that he'll offer advice and support us when we run for office. You'll know if you have enough points if when you tell Potsdam you want to run, you don't get a message about Low William when she asks about him.

There are a few ways to get William points.

Points I'm sure about:

• When William gives you the scavenger hunt for Freshman Initiation, do not make answers up and joke about it when William comes to collect it. If you do that, you will lose a William point. But be warned that choosing to make up answers will give you 2 Laid-Back points so that could cause problems with keeping the Flirty Personality.
  
  
• After passing your first exam, go to the food court on Saturday for a scene with William, Virginia, and Ellen.
  
  
• If you do fail the first exam, choose Don't Go when William comes to talk to you. If you pick the other option, you will lose a William point.

Doing this will get William on your side and that's a big boost towards becoming president.

Special thanks to Kyusyn for providing the info on what will get you William points and what won't!

Step 3: Join Sports Club and Chorale

I will admit I am unsure if joining the other two clubs will do anything for your Election options. The two boosts that I've definitely seen are from Sports Club and Chorale so definitely join those.

You won't need to do anything special to join the Chorale I believe, but you probably shouldn't mention that you can't sing to Donald when he asks about it. For Sports Club however, you cannot be Laid-Back. If you are, then you won't get the choice to choose. Being Sporty means that you will join automatically and being neither will give you the option to choose. Be careful though as I'm pretty sure joining the sports club when not Sporty will give you a Sporty point and that could override Flirty.

Step 4: Election Week

After befriending William, joining chorale and sports club, and making sure we're flirty, it's time to talk to Potsdam. After we tell Potsdam that we want to run for office, we will be able to talk to her on Monday the week of elections to figure out our campaign. There are some things we will need to do here.

• When Potsdam asks us what our campaign name is, pick The Golden Eagle. You actually get a hint for this when talking to William when your Wolf brings up Eagles. This method will not work with any other name.
  
  
• When Potsdam offers the advance from our parents, take it. We need at least $40 dollars for this method to work and at this point, we will only have $30. But that still gives us $90 to play with after the election is over, which isn't bad at all.
  
  
• When we get the chance to buy things, buy everything except the fancy cupcakes. This will give you enough points to worry Minnie.
  
  
• If you do all this, Minnie should show up at your door on Friday to offer the chance of being co-presidents. There is no way to defeat Minnie so take the deal. Then you'll become Class President, get the achievement if you didn't already have it, and walk away with $90.

Conclusion

And that is how you become Class President for the cheapest amount possible. I hope this helps those of you out there looking for a cheaper way to Political Power and leaves you some money for other things in the game. If you have any comments for things I missed, feel free to let me know and I'll be sure to update the guide! Thanks for reading and good luck with Magical Diary: Wolf Hall!

[mooskym]

I can confirm what @Kateye said. You do not need to buy posters to become class president! Buttons and normal cupcakes (for a total of $35) is enough, as long as you follow the rest of this guide.

[Idunhaël]

I can only do it when Scheming+Sports Club+Chorale. Could never manage to get William on my side, not even after we shared a cookie.

[Kateye]

You can save $5 by not buying the posters. They don't provide any campaign points on their own, they just prevent you from losing points if you don't buy the buttons, while buttons give +1 campaign point AND prevent you from losing points. (You lose 2 campaign points if you don't buy EITHER the posters OR the buttons. Buying both provides no benefit).

[magicalkits]

Thanks for telling me. I tried on my own and failed but I won with this guide. Nicely done

[SimplyUnknown]

Edited and corrected. Thanks for the clarification!

[Kyusyn]

No problem, happy to help. :)

One thing though, perhaps I wasn't quite clear on it- actually doing the scavenger hunt DOESN'T get you a William point.Actually doing the scavenger hunt or skipping it and picking *apologize* (my mistake on that, I thought "Play Dumb" was neutral too but it also loses you one point, same as "Joke about it") both net 0 William points, only difference being the 2 lazy points for skipping it (and the slight stress for doing it).

And just to be clear, you don't get a Minnie point for the doing scavenger hunt either. ;P

[SimplyUnknown]

@Kyusyn: Thanks for the info on William! I've edited the guide and credited you as well!

[Kyusyn]

So after some testing (with the debug console, but shhhhh don't tell nobody :P), a few interesting notes on William-

1. You CAN skip the scavenger hunt with as long as you don't choose "Joke about it" afterwards. Doing the scavenger hunt has no positive effect for William. You still get the lazy points though.

2. At the conclusion of Initiation, it doesn't matter if you put the blindfold on immediately or hesitate.

3. For the first exam you can either pass it and go to the food court to eat with William, Virginia and Ellen; OR you can fail and when he talks to you afterwards choose "Don't go". Both give +1. Picking "That would be best" loses you a William point

4. Choosing to help Ellen, distract Damien or opt out surprisingly has no effect. You can totally bail on that noise and William will still help your election. Nothing gained or lost for any option.

In short, the only thing that REALLY matters when it comes to William is your choices directly after the first exam.

[Kyusyn]

I can pretty much confirm that failing the first exam loses points with William, if you fail he approaches you that Saturday and basically says he should probably leave you alone since you seem pressured. You can ask him to stay which may reduce the loss or negate it, but if you're going for budget president there's no reason to fail the first exam anyways.

[rosetiger12]

So that's how you can have money to go to the hockey game. Thanks for the advice!