VH → Bandit's Hideout

Quest Info

Start Location	Hot Springs Town Adventurers' Guild
How to Start	Talking to the Guild Master
Pre-requisites	Achieve a guild rank of 15 by completing other quests from the Adventurers Guild's Request Notebook
Repeatable	No
Gold Reward	1500G + 1500G; half of the reward money is awarded in advance, and the other half when the quest is completed
EXP Reward	150EXP
Available for	Nanako
Notes	Warning: After finishing this quest, starting another guild quest (such as Merchant Escort) before completing the two nights of training (by staying at the inn) may prevent you from training Nameless Stance and being able to start the Rescue Ashley quest. A possible fix to this bug may be by adding Erika to your party, speaking to the Guild Master, leaving the guild hall, and then resting at the inn. In any event, if you decide that you want to do another guild quest before training Nameless Stance, you should be sure to save the game before accepting the guild quest, just in case the fix to the bug doesn't work.

Guide

• Go to the Blood Brother Gang's hideout.
  • To get there, head out the east gate.
  • Keep heading east until reaching a cabin, when there a man will direct Nanako towards the hideout.
  • Follow the dirt path until it forks, head north into the trees at the fork.
  • Navigate through the trees and enter the cave.

• Once inside the cave, inspect all eight sparkling points. One will be inside a room.
  • It's recommended you save before inspecting anything.

• After mapping out the area Nanako will head deeper into the cave. When passing a room she will hear footsteps and enter it.
• Inside the room Nanako meets Ashley, they talk for a bit then bandits eventually enter the room looking for Nanako..
• Ashley attempts to seduce them in order to distract them, but Nanako can't stand watching and eventually attacks the bandits.
  • Losing to the bandits will cause a game over where Nanako is locked in a room and raped by the bandit gang.

• After defeating the bandits Ashley and Nanako decide to escape together.
• The next two rooms have guards walking along set paths. If they spot Nanako they will automatically catch her.
  • Being spotted will cause a game over where Ashley and Nanako are raped in the room they just left.

• After making it past all the bandits Ashley and Nanako find themselves in a room with an underground river. Ashley, realizing they have little time, decides to lower Nanako's body temperature so she can drift down the river without drowning.
• When Nanako finally washes up on a shore she's found by Erika who nurses her back to health. After talking for a bit they board a horse train and head back to Hot Spring Town.
• Return to the guild and turn in the quest. Erika will join your party. While Erika is in your party, you can read her Secret Diary.
• Go to the inn and rest.
  • Nanako will begin her training for the Nameless Stance.
  • After two nights of training Nanako will be ready to begin Rescue Ashley.

After the Quest

After the end of the Bandit's Hideout quest, you can return to the map, but only if you use your Portable Portal to teleport there. If you try to walk there, Nanako will refuse to enter. Once you teleport to the Bandit's Hideout map, retrace your steps to the cave entrance. You will see that it is now blocked with a sign saying "Off Limits". Continue walking south past the cave entrance, and you will find a VH Heart hidden among the foliage.

Also, if you go to the second floor of the inn, you can find Serena in one of the rooms, although of course Nanako and Serena are complete strangers. This mysterious blonde–haired little girl will also be mentioned by the Guild Master and the conclusion of the Rescue Ashley quest.