Kenshi Training Tutorial Pt1, Money Money Money, Thieving, Sneaking, Lockpicking and Assassinations

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  • *IMPORTANT I say I start as "The nobodies" but I actually picked "The Freedom Seekers" make sure you pick the freedom seekers.
    Fair warning we exploit the game mechanics like crazy and this is pretty much cheating in many respects.
    To train fast you need to acquire a variety of tools, blueprints and equipment. The difficulty is in getting your hands on those tools early in the game, the easiest thing to acquire is money. Using Money you can give yourself several advantages. This video covers how you can power level skills that are very useful for taking shortcuts in this game. Namely Thieving, Sneaking, Lockpicking and Assassinations. All you need is an enemy Ninja with a busted leg.
    Credits song : The Emperor's New Nikes - DJ Williams
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  • @kevinstanton3491
    @kevinstanton3491 2 роки тому +344

    To be fair, if I saw a bull trying to sneakily walk through my store of electronics I would probably keep staring at the bull too.

  • @clbrans1
    @clbrans1 Рік тому +78

    The fact that you kidnapped and stripped a cripple to train skills on a "helpless" target, only to be forced to retreat when he started fighting back is why I love Kenshi.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +40

      You hear stories of people who keep prisoners around to let out and beat up, only for the prisoner to eventually get tough enough to beat up the players team and just escape.

    • @comatose1818
      @comatose1818 5 місяців тому +5

      ​@@FrancisJohnYT yeah the xp they gain is also nice causes a back and forth, I usually end up killing them before that thpugh, after a trainee gains up to 50 in a combat skill I "initiate" them by making them kill their first target, that beimg the training "dummy"

    • @detectivewhocoulditpossibl6834
      @detectivewhocoulditpossibl6834 5 місяців тому +3

      @@comatose1818 hardcore stuff man. I like to use some sort of recruiting mod, usually the lore friendly one but recruit anyone if I'm feeling like an unbalanced playthrough. Then you recruit the training dummy after you're done with them and send them out into the wastes to prove themselves. This can honestly lead to some really interesting stories, especially when you see your former training dummy again in a slavemonger caravan.

    • @asimplewizard
      @asimplewizard 14 днів тому

      Old comment but if they can defeat my guy, I let them go.
      If I like them, I'll let them fight me last in the rotation to give them the best chance to win.

  • @asureaskie
    @asureaskie 2 роки тому +134

    ...I have to admit, I never realized you could ally with the Gutters. You have taught me something wonderfully broken today, FJ, and I will immediately indulge in it.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +21

      In theory you could do the same thing with Bugmaster to become allied with the spiders as well, though it would cost a hell of a lot more as slaves are valued on there stats.

    • @mayday3025
      @mayday3025 Рік тому +14

      It’s also a way to Recruit Skeletons without mods. Drop ‘m down near a slaver, make HIM the bad guy. Then “free ” him and feel good about yourself. Works 40% all of the time!

  • @shyshai4448
    @shyshai4448 2 роки тому +278

    Ironically, starting as a slave is also a good way to train up efficiently. You can do all the above exploits, but if you get caught, they will beat you up (toughness and combat training), lock you, and heal you up. The feed you just enough to not die, so you always have a malnutrition malus. Which, ironically again, is a good thing. The debuff to stats makes them level faster. It's absolutely free and also, relatively risk-free.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +86

      Oh we have some tricks we can break out to level up combat stats and toughness, I just wanted to ally with the beak things early so we could open up the map.

    • @ahmataevo
      @ahmataevo 2 роки тому +111

      @@FrancisJohnYT - Fun fact - the beak things in earlier versions of Kenshi could talk. One of the things they said was "Relax. Enjoy death."

    • @Pelelrt
      @Pelelrt 2 роки тому

      @@ahmataevo i would run like hell when a monster like that exist

    • @bencoad8492
      @bencoad8492 2 роки тому +40

      @@ahmataevo lol why did they take that out thats funny

    • @Quoxozist
      @Quoxozist Рік тому +47

      Agreed, the slave start in Rebirth with the two characters is the best start in the game by far - spend every day running around fighting guards and every night sneaking around stealing and knocking out guards, you level so fast no exploits are required - by the end fo the second in-game week, you're stronger than most of the guards (all stats in the high 50's-low 60's) and have enough athletics to simply run right out the gate past them if you want...but also high enough martial arts skill from all the unarmed fighting to beat the shit out of every guard in the camp LOL. Personally I like to knock a few of em out and throw them in their own cages at night....their friends let them out in the morning, put shackles on them, and treat them like every other prisoner LMAO after a few days, most of the slaves are former paladins, and you can free all the other slaves.

  • @boast03
    @boast03 2 роки тому +30

    When you are allied with Gutters, you can pickup a beak-thing. Now imagine everyone of your party is carrying one.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +9

      I tried doing that but could not pick one up, I was hoping to carry a few into some towns.

    • @boast03
      @boast03 2 роки тому +6

      @@FrancisJohnYT thats strange. Maybe it was in sneak or non-sneak? I could do it immediately. Just walking up to one, long right-click, pick up.

  • @mattgrostick1499
    @mattgrostick1499 2 роки тому +46

    I need a series of FJ tutorials for real life.

    • @hiredgoon4269
      @hiredgoon4269 2 роки тому +9

      Come on now, everybody knows that you just gotta put yourself into prison and it's an instant acquittal.

    • @whoknows8223
      @whoknows8223 Рік тому +6

      I can assure you all of the tips in this video do apply for real life.
      Like getting yourself a bull to help you rob a shop etc. It works 100%

  • @JackdotC
    @JackdotC 2 роки тому +80

    I would like to recommend anyone playing for the first time, do not do the things in this video. Play the game how it is meant to be played, at least in your first play through. Getting in over your head, learning just how strong your opponent is, and then coming back to kick their ass is the fun of the game. If you are strong enough to wipe out everything on your first try you lose a lot of what makes kenshi personal.
    When I made my first base, it was constantly raised by dust bandits, and they would occupy my building and kick my squad out. I would have to go and hire mercenaries to have them clear the base for me. After my squad became powerful we went out and wiped all dust bandits settlements from the face of the earth. Doing it felt personal, it was my revenge, rather than just to decrease dust bandits spawns.

    • @christianzilla
      @christianzilla Рік тому +4

      That's good advice.

    • @xXlizamaXx
      @xXlizamaXx Рік тому

      Francis pointed out this gets exploity fast, this comment is unnecessary as it is pedantic, there are a million more videos showing how to "properly" play kenshi. Worthless advice.

    • @runnergo1398
      @runnergo1398 Рік тому

      You said "do not do the things in this video" then told us what to do lol.

    • @sethiddings7293
      @sethiddings7293 Рік тому +2

      Agreed. You CAN break the game and just go on a big power trip. Just like playing D&D, you can min max your character and make yourself Godlike, most people try to do that when they first play, after awhile though you realize there's only so much fun in that. Past that it's about making a realistic character and stepping into their shoes to make a story. For that, Kenshi is an S tier sandbox.

    • @tooslow4065
      @tooslow4065 Рік тому +2

      better idea for any new players: you bought the game, play it any way you like to.

  • @evanwarped5870
    @evanwarped5870 Рік тому +6

    "Having a reasonably fast stealth bull is pretty handy" not something I thought I'd hear today. 😂

  • @alecsealy6006
    @alecsealy6006 2 роки тому +34

    Theres a really small robotics shop in mongrel, with only the robot shopkeeper looking over his supplies, if u manage to knock him out, his shop inventory is easily worth 100k+
    You have to wait for the shop to restock before you do the same thing again.

    • @whoknows8223
      @whoknows8223 Рік тому +11

      Oh yeah I just started few days ago and stealing from him regulary lol. Good tip on knocking him down

    • @JB-xl2jc
      @JB-xl2jc 11 місяців тому +4

      @@whoknows8223 Kinda makes you wonder how all these Mongrel shops keep getting resupplied lol

    • @whoknows8223
      @whoknows8223 11 місяців тому +5

      @@JB-xl2jc they knock out other shopkeepers and steal their goods

  • @mcbrite
    @mcbrite Рік тому +9

    This is just what I needed! Not so much to copy the strat on my first playthrough, but to get a look into how the mechanics fit together... I always struggle in open world games if they just plunk me down, but don't give me ideas on what I'm even ABLE to do in their particular game world... - So I prefer watching something like this first and then my brain is brimming with ideas I would like to try, as I get into the game!

  • @ennou1236
    @ennou1236 2 роки тому +28

    A couple of tips with thievery is that you can turn off certain lights to make the place dark and harder to detect you and, you can use multiple backpacks in your inventory and transfer those, just remember to put back on the right backpack before unpausing

  • @MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMax
    @MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMax 2 роки тому +9

    If I ever play, I am definitely training a stealth thief bull. Don't care how difficult, that is now my primary mission in playing Kenshi,

  • @salemprompthous3820
    @salemprompthous3820 2 роки тому +11

    Allied with Gutters by day 11.... Usually takes me a lot longer, and I've never really utilized it by settling in Gut. Thanks for that great tip 😁

  • @JohnSmith-eu2dt
    @JohnSmith-eu2dt 2 роки тому +18

    Yes! Was hoping you'd show us how to ally the gutters! Love your style and these kinds of videos.

  • @yowlrdubz
    @yowlrdubz Рік тому +10

    Finally! This is the diabolical, mechanic-abusing guide I have sought 😈 thank you

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +7

      I made this guide because it was the one I wanted when I first started :)

    • @christianzilla
      @christianzilla Рік тому +2

      I hate using mods, so this video was just perfect. I may never use the intel, but I just love sitting on it... just in case.

  • @PierreKT792
    @PierreKT792 2 роки тому +10

    Oh man you got me laughing so hard with that Distracto-Bull ! Great video !

  • @stryker1599
    @stryker1599 Рік тому +24

    While Frances does say to start as 'The Nobodies' you actually need to start as 'The Freedom Seekers'
    The nobodies spawns you in different locations and only leaves you with 5 people and not 6.
    I was wondering why it was not working until i made myself really watch the intro and not just listen.

  • @factandsuspicionpodcast2727
    @factandsuspicionpodcast2727 Рік тому +5

    Man, you are a life saver. Every time I start one of these games that require a PhD to get into I find that you have guides for them.
    Thanks to you I was finally able to get into Starsector and it turned out to be among my all time favorites.
    I'm hoping the same will be true of Kenshi.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +4

      I feel like Starsector and Kenshi are games that are not quite big enough to have decent tutorials for them. You have to spend hours reading old forum posts to figure out how to play them well. It's really a pity as they are great games and deserve more players.

  • @AnotherSpaceCowBoy
    @AnotherSpaceCowBoy 2 роки тому +11

    For the "Make Gutters allies" trick, it's more easy when ground floor cages are already full. The slave trader will just enslave the gutter man (3-4s animation) and move away. That's all. No cages interaction. After you buy the slave, the trader (or a guard) will do another short animation for "release". This last animation can be interrupted. Pick up/Drop and the loop starts again. It's not very long and cost something like 400k. I did it with speed #2. If the loop is done fast enough, the slave will never have time to wake up (he must not be awaken for the trick to work).

  • @wirthiwirth7166
    @wirthiwirth7166 2 роки тому +15

    This was interesting. All those stealing shenanigans reminded me of Divinity Original Sin and the infamous "bucket over shop keeper's head" exploit from Skyrim :)
    I really enjoyed seeing a few other games presented which I didn't really know before. Well I knew Starsector and have played it a lot before but you played it completely different. Maybe people like the idea of a random monthly "new" game you try out a bit. You could make a vote for those.
    Looking forward to the final episode and the Rimworld Ice Sheet challenge which I hope will be done without relying on the cannibal trait. Otherwise it would just be too easy.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +10

      Oh I'm going to try random pawn start, so no picking stats or traits. I'm sure the first dozen or so will die at least. But we should figure out how to survive... eventually.

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi 2 роки тому +2

      @@FrancisJohnYT Seconding Wirthi wirth's suggestion of a "random monthly 'new' game you try out a bit". I've loved both series immensely.

  • @doomcrowx11
    @doomcrowx11 Рік тому +3

    I have tried this start now 40 times, and 40 times it has started me in the Shenn Desert Waystation without fail.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +3

      Sorry about that.
      IMPORTANT I say I start as "The nobodies" but I actually pick "The Freedom Seekers" make sure you pick the freedom seekers.

  • @mariano_molina
    @mariano_molina 2 роки тому +6

    Yes, let the power of cheesing flow through you.

  • @SaneTrinity
    @SaneTrinity 2 роки тому +13

    you can always lock pick a cage, so starting with hardest one you can find is a god idea.
    @edit: damn that beak things exploits in a nice one, while i was aware you can use it to ally normal factions and recruit unlimited skeletons i was not aware you can ally gutters, just brilliant!

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +8

      Hummm that means we don't need to join the thieves guild that early. Makes things a bit more straight forward.

  • @Don-ds3dy
    @Don-ds3dy Рік тому +4

    The world of Kenshi is so freaking cruel and harsh, the game practically forces you to take up life of a criminal...but now thankfully I know how to do it right 👍

  • @chossachossa
    @chossachossa Рік тому +1

    first off, great video so thankyou for making good and relevant content. Second thankyou for not beggin for a like or a sub.... i swear youre the only youtuber that doesnt and that(and the content) is the reason ive subbed and liked. cheers mate

  • @Pancake_Nix
    @Pancake_Nix 2 роки тому +3

    Will love to check it out once I'm deep into my first play-through. But until then I'm gonna give it a like cos I'm sure you put in some effort. Will be looking forward to checking it out soon!

  • @iriemk9543
    @iriemk9543 Рік тому +3

    I rarely comment on this tube here, but I feel compelled to say "Thanks a lot, FJ!" This is just the thing I would have wasted way too much playtime to figure out before I can start enjoying the game. Precisely how I abused FO3, FNV, FO4 and a slew of others. Thanks so much for making it easy on me, and darn the haters who think this is game-breaking abuse. I like game-breaking thiefly abuse^^. Awesome vid, keep it up.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому

      Thanks, I feel bad if all the time I spent learning a game goes to waste. Far better to share it with other people who end up on the same path, saving other people a bunch of time is what I would like everyone to be doing.

    • @iriemk9543
      @iriemk9543 Рік тому +1

      @@FrancisJohnYT Did you know that No-Face can be recruited afterwards? Drop him back on his island, he thanks you (I suppose for getting him out and bringing him "home", not the abuse you inflicted on him) and runs off, supposedly looking for his family - in one big loop around the Gutter. I suspect this would work after buying him/bailing him out just once, without the whole shebang, maybe this is another way to befriend Gutters. Will try on the next go around.
      Come back later, he recognizes you and you can talk to him, not much in terms of dialogue though. His stats are crazy good, like you'd expect if you seen him fight. Waaay better than any other recruit I saw on the wiki or found during the last few days of play. But you need to meet some pre-requisite for the recruit dialogue to show, otherwise he only offers you money and says he can't leave his family.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому

      @@iriemk9543 I never thought to try, that is a hell of a lot of effort to go through to recruit him though. 400k is a bit expensive. I assume their is a cheaper way?

  • @villanex3708
    @villanex3708 Рік тому

    Man why i never find out about you the commentary is just perfect was worth watching 1h vid and enjoying

  • @Vampirspiegelei
    @Vampirspiegelei Рік тому +2

    Having a reasonably fast stealth bull is very handy!!!

  • @richard2mitchell
    @richard2mitchell 2 роки тому +3

    This is the type of video I love

  • @Liednard
    @Liednard Рік тому

    That's for the amazing tutorial, already did many playthroughs and watched many guides, still learned a ton, completely amazed you can ally Beak things!

  • @peanut211
    @peanut211 2 роки тому +1

    After hearing all your woes of Beak Things, it feels so exhilarating to see you now breaking the game and making them no longer capable of laying a hoof on you.

  • @knicechawt
    @knicechawt Рік тому +2

    24:40 so good at robbery he can do it in his sleep

  • @mrvashbrazil
    @mrvashbrazil Рік тому +3

    I use the same strategy of leveling thievery, but I start as a slave. Loving your series that is giving me the same meaning I used (up thievery) but in an even more fun and different way. Use some mods for aesthetics, like Weapons Look metal, Dialogue Expansion, Let s talk, racial diversity, fixing clipping, better crop fixes, Hives and Canibal Expanded, Reactive Wolrd, Animation Overhaul, Race blood, sensible spider range and Dark UI

  • @Tamizushi
    @Tamizushi 2 роки тому +5

    Delicious cheese. Delicious mozzarella. I love me some cheddar in the morning. I will eat all the brie, just all of it.

  • @mickeh7298
    @mickeh7298 2 роки тому +6

    Beak Thing nests in Vain are a gold vain. You just need 30 carry weight, 20 mph and a bull/garru.
    Find one close to a village, lure them in and you got a 100K worth of eggs, skin and meat.
    There are three villages close to Stenn Desert, so getting to them is not risky.

    • @ahmataevo
      @ahmataevo 2 роки тому +4

      The desert city bank restocks same frequency as vendors, for about 100K per thieving run. It can be hard finding vendors who can buy that many leviathan pearls though.

    • @sebastiangibson9671
      @sebastiangibson9671 Рік тому

      @@ahmataevowell tbf you can buy alll the scrap master high end stuff and then use the beak thing eggs to fund it making it a very quick way to get edgewalkr weapons

  • @barrett5229
    @barrett5229 Рік тому +1

    Incredible guide!! Only snag I’ve run into is not being able to find an animal trader

  • @iumiforgot
    @iumiforgot 2 роки тому +3

    found out a way to cheese assassination skill. Just get an ally, probably any ally will do but I found this out with the skin bandits, allying with them allows you to try to stealth KO their leader (with a STUPID high assassination skill) and they will not agro on you, they say they will, but then just go back to reigning. Every failure gets you about 3-5 levels, and then you have the most powerful attack in the game practically max level.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +1

      You can do the same with the shinobi thieves guild, once you join them you can practice on them to your hearts content.

  • @qpAHT0M
    @qpAHT0M Рік тому +4

    you can reset 'stolen' flag from any items with Item Furnace for x2 profit. Or use item special container, like Boltbox for bolts

  • @ObscuriaDragunAed
    @ObscuriaDragunAed Рік тому +2

    That part where you got rid of your bounty by just walking into the prison cell reminds me of Otis from the Andy Griffith show; he was so used to getting arrested for drunk and disorderly he just would get shit-tanked and stumble into a prison cell and lock himself up until morning lol.

  • @JessWLStuart
    @JessWLStuart 2 роки тому +1

    LOL! Looks like you got to this "Perfectly Balanced Game" before the Spiffing Brit did! Well done!

  • @clukskin
    @clukskin Рік тому +1

    entertaining and i really loved the outro too

  • @RanOutOfSpac
    @RanOutOfSpac Рік тому

    “Find yourself a cripple.”
    You got it boss!

  • @a.retired.villain
    @a.retired.villain 2 роки тому +5

    What is the "or" key? You mention it several times and I'm not sure what you're talking about.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +5

      The R key on the keyboard, it tells your pawn to stop what they are doing. So if while paused you told them to say move somewhere by accident and you want to cancel that move as they are currently committing a crime, the R key stops them and causes them to stay where they are.

    • @a.retired.villain
      @a.retired.villain 2 роки тому +7

      @@FrancisJohnYT Thank you. I've been watching your stuff for years and this is the first time that your accent (I know you don't hear it, nor do I hear my own) has caused me any issues understanding.
      Keep up the good work!

  • @MonsieurBro
    @MonsieurBro 2 роки тому +2

    No idea if it's due to a mod doing something or pure vanilla Kenshi jank, but a great place to train stealth and other thief stats is the Exile Camp right below the Waystation west of Squin. For some reason they don't mind you sneaking around the camp, even in full sight, but will also attack you if you regular walk into the camp (or just quickly provoke them).
    From there, the game considers them all hostile (with the little red cursor on mouse-over), but they don't bother you if you're sneaking, leading to huge stealth gains. I did a bit of stand-up-fall-over toughness training with them too, since you can just hop in one of their beds, no problem, and then sneak out after you've finished letting them beat you up enough

  • @K0YK
    @K0YK 2 роки тому +3

    The developers should watch this video and use it as a list of things to fix lol. Another fun thing you can do is the merchant start, you start allied with the merchant guild so while in a town you can literally pick up garrus from a caravan and loot their inventory while they are on your shoulder, without having to farm stealth and other skills.

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi 2 роки тому +2

      They're well aware of everything and left it in deliberately.

    • @EssDubz
      @EssDubz Рік тому +1

      @@KainYusanagi I think they just didn't want to spend the time debugging. Kenshi 2 won't have so many easily exploitable things I imagine

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi Рік тому +3

      ​@@EssDubz They spent years debugging, actually. A lot of idiosyncracies of the game are due to the engine, with some even being ascended memes that the playerbase embraced and didn't want fixed. Kenshi 2 is being built specifically to deal with most of them, at least the ones that are engine-based, since it's in a new engine (from OGRE to Unreal Engine 4).

    • @danielgriff2659
      @danielgriff2659 Рік тому

      @@KainYusanagi how soon? Cant wait for Kenshi 2... hope they drop the Holy Nation bs...

  • @leoandersson24
    @leoandersson24 Рік тому +1

    What are the odds, i legit saw harp walk in to the bar at the way station as I was following ur video

  • @szerocools
    @szerocools 2 роки тому +3

    Now i understand why you didnt want to use Stealth on your last playthrough.

  • @buzzip64
    @buzzip64 2 роки тому +5

    How did I not know there was a Gutter faction?

  • @Pasta221
    @Pasta221 Рік тому +1

    your exploit just demonstrated monopoly and capitalism, everyone is out of money and you got all the money lmao, great video!

  • @TheJpf79
    @TheJpf79 Рік тому +1

    Trader starts of in Heng with an adult bull, it's in the middle of heft and that way station you start at in the vid.
    Can level the bull at the same time as your character. If its still a pup you can level it but need to wait until it grows so the stat modifiers comes off and you get your proper level.

  • @yummi1739
    @yummi1739 2 роки тому +3

    for assassination training. pls pin this or something
    you can on unpaused hold shift and spam right click and get like 30 attempts in 1 animation of an assassination attempt. overpowered as hell and you can knock out ppl even with 10% chance if u do it properly

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +3

      I have tried this but can't get it to work, does this require the waypoints mod or is this vanilla? Can you provide more details?

    • @yummi1739
      @yummi1739 2 роки тому

      @@FrancisJohnYT
      ua-cam.com/video/wxhcoqw0V4E/v-deo.html ive made a tiny showcase of what i mean because my brain is a mush and i cant explain anything with words

  • @spatrk6634
    @spatrk6634 2 місяці тому

    thievery and stealth are op.
    basically you steal, sell stolen goods in another faction town, and then if you find correct container you steal those items you sold right back and repeat.

  • @WiseIdiot9
    @WiseIdiot9 Рік тому +4

    26:53 The or button? I can't quite understand what you said here. Apologies, can you clarify? Appreciate the video!

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому

      The "R" button, it's my accent and you are not the first to get confused 😃

  • @theDigited
    @theDigited Рік тому +2

    Garrus can train stealth too, and run faster than bulls.

  • @tylergreen4977
    @tylergreen4977 3 місяці тому

    Bull with a thievery chance lmfao I love it so much.

  • @sik3xploit
    @sik3xploit Рік тому +1

    "Skeletons are objectively better than everyone else." Yeah, and that's why they are hated by everyone too!

  • @opsude2162
    @opsude2162 Рік тому +1

    this is insanely good content

  • @raismin739
    @raismin739 2 роки тому +2

    oh my god making beak thigs ally is so broken!! they are defenetely the most scary things on genshin and you can became ally with them?? wow

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +1

      Cant claim credit for figuring it out, was directed to a reddit thread. Feels totally broken as it makes traveling almost risk free.

  • @ozanuguz3277
    @ozanuguz3277 4 місяці тому +1

    11:00 bro i wish you healed that poor guy

  • @TcSomers
    @TcSomers Рік тому +2

    Is there any reason you hold right click and select stealth KO instead of...just right clicking on them? There's no mechanical difference right?

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +1

      I have had issues with misclicks in the past, I prefer to be real careful when it comes to stealth KO.
      But barring that their is no mechanical difference.

  • @zumzum3954
    @zumzum3954 6 днів тому

    Dam what a guide I have been doing everything the hard way so far 😂

  • @MegaSquiddie
    @MegaSquiddie 2 роки тому +5

    Stealth is easy you can do it faster if you go to the Swamped Lab South west of Shark the blood spiders stand on the other side of the locked gate can still see you and you just patrol back and forwards levels you 1-80 in about 2 minutes

    • @sebastiangibson9671
      @sebastiangibson9671 Рік тому

      Damn I’d already killed the blood spiders there but when I start a new playthrough I’ll try it

  • @ericmyrs
    @ericmyrs 2 роки тому +2

    Francis, we're not Irish, we don't have an Ó key :)

  • @joreecollins2336
    @joreecollins2336 2 роки тому +5

    getting locked up and practicing lockpicking that was is my fav

  • @YamiNoDaisuke
    @YamiNoDaisuke Рік тому +1

    "find yourself a cripple"
    Funny quote

  • @sumdud2129
    @sumdud2129 2 роки тому +8

    Now that the Kenshi playthrough is over, what's next?

    • @davidjr4903
      @davidjr4903 2 роки тому +3

      Hopefully Don't Starve Rog or Darkest Dungeon 😊

    • @sumdud2129
      @sumdud2129 2 роки тому +1

      I vote is on a darkest dungeon speed run on blood moon difficulty, see how quickly he can defeat the darkest dungeon.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +18

      I promised to do a Rimworld playthrough, was thinking of doing the Ice sheet challenge.

    • @davidjr4903
      @davidjr4903 2 роки тому +3

      @@FrancisJohnYT Oooh nice, that was my fav type of playthrough when I last played RW even going as far as putting permanent winter and cold freeze and everything to lower the temp as much as possible especially starting with nothing or as close to it as possible, pro tip cannibalism is OP for that scenario as corpses don't spoil

    • @davidjr4903
      @davidjr4903 2 роки тому +3

      @@FrancisJohnYT But I'd really love to watch you learn and master Don't Starve Reign of Giants and also Darkest Dungeon and other games cuz uve done a lot of rimworld

  • @breannathompson9094
    @breannathompson9094 9 місяців тому

    I have been way too nervous to steal as a robot with the stealth debuff but im trying it anyway now lmao. I do enjoy not needing to eat myself if i have the bull.

  • @TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4
    @TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4 Рік тому

    Stealth bull is my new favorite protagonist

  • @macelharen
    @macelharen Рік тому +3

    28:48 - to see shinobi trader's thieving backpack stats and price
    34:17 - something about the "ore"/"OR"/"r" key
    36:00 - post bankrupting the city
    44:12 - what to do when ur spotted
    48:21 - making friends with the Gutters
    56:49 - what we're all here for
    interlude comedy sequel - ua-cam.com/video/NlpKKL4EGYw/v-deo.html
    actual part 2 of the tutorial - ua-cam.com/video/dAn_rIqtvu8/v-deo.html

  • @h.f.v.1428
    @h.f.v.1428 9 місяців тому

    The thief build is good becau7se you will never be without money, i make a char with that skills near lv 100 (except thievery that i know how to train now with this video), and my money making was only exploring ancient buildings, taking beak thing eggs and knocking out people with bounties (but that way is good you have more people with sneaking + strengh because you can find more bounties in the same place)

  • @LocalDiscordCatgirl
    @LocalDiscordCatgirl 7 місяців тому

    There’s a legal way to double your money early. Head to Port South, buy everything from the slave materials shop, resell literally anywhere.

  • @MrBentmonkey
    @MrBentmonkey 2 роки тому +1

    Grey Desert Waystation is generally speaking very busy, you can get all different kinds of bandits attacking the place which you can choose to help against and loot them for easy early cats. you can even buy and fix the tower to have a base of operations there. Its centrally located so you can get to most anywhere you want quite easily.
    Assassination, sneak and thievery are all broken at high levels the AI doesnt handle them well at all and you can just cruise through the game if you want, stealing all the cats ko ing all the bounties and "winning" the game in that sense.
    Armor plating makes for decent strength training material.
    You can ally with almost any faction using the free from slavery method. Free beak thing omelets for life.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +1

      Money printing is pretty easy this way for sure, it's not worth the effort of stealing beak thing eggs to sell, robotic repair kits are more valuable and more compact.
      I want to see how quickly we can get to the point of training 10 trainees up to level 80 ish is all the combat stats, I'm thinking strength is going to be the slowest one we level.

    • @charrali245
      @charrali245 Рік тому

      @@FrancisJohnYT Probably way too late with this reply but i read on the wiki that you can set a group member to block and then exile them or kick them from the group (sets them to drifters faction) and they will be stuck on block.
      Load the trainee up as heavy as possible, carry someone and use either the heaviest weapon you have for ultimate strength gain or go unarmed to power-train martial arts, dexterity and strength at the same time.
      As you train your ex-friend will be leveling his defence too so it scales with you to 100 if you are patient.
      Another version of this is to find a hostile skeleton and hope one of their legs falls off, put them in a skeleton repair bed and just beat them forever but this will be slower unless you plan on dragging Cat-lon or Tinfist to a repair bed minus a leg... Also works with iron spiders but that's janky and also slower than the block method as "sleeping" things only level toughness and no combat stats leading to slower xp gains as you become more powerful than they are.
      Or for the simplest and dirtiest version find a bonedog or similar, have it be put into a time out by some passer-by, carry it to a bed and hit it with blunt weapons for a morally bankrupt yet very successful training method that can level martial arts, blunt and pole arms (with staff) to the 80s in an ingame day or two, bonus strength xp if malnourished so keep hunger just above 100 and technically you will be getting the xp rates of someone at 30 str when you are at 100, have an arm broken for a further 33% decrease to effective strength for 33% bonus xp per strike.

  • @elonmuskes4874
    @elonmuskes4874 2 роки тому +1

    loving it

  • @marius1741
    @marius1741 2 роки тому +2

    would love to see you play some farthest frontier

    • @oaenek5993
      @oaenek5993 2 роки тому +1

      Me too, but maybe when more is known about the game. I'd rather watch FJ play and explain a game he's mastered than see another Lets Play noob fumble around and miss obvious things in the game.

  • @nomadgamer168
    @nomadgamer168 Рік тому +2

    What is the "or"-key? Several times you said: To stop moving, hit the or-key.

  • @ryanmaris1917
    @ryanmaris1917 Рік тому +1

    If you just wanna earn or are at a point where you need to earn cats, going to the swamp buying drugs (hash) then traveling to the flat lakes city is really good for making money. You don’t need to worry about being caught smuggling and you can just sell the drugs for a 705% mark up. Once you have a few companions and animals you can clear out at the hash and usually all the cats from the stores you sell them at. If that happens you can head to Mourn, however there’s an increased risk of running into beak things. Luckily most of the Beal things you run into a fairly well feed and won’t try to eat you alive.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому

      With max stealth and thievery you can clear out an entire city of money. Usually faster than the city can reset so you end up sleeping for a few hours until they get more money to steal.

  • @MrEarlSwift
    @MrEarlSwift 3 місяці тому

    The funny thing is, leveling up your bull as the thief is meta.
    If you get caught the crime will have been committed by the bull, not your men, so the guards will dogpile the bull and beat the jesus out of it, but then will just leave because the bull cannot have a criminal record as an animal.

  • @nedobedogaming8928
    @nedobedogaming8928 2 роки тому +3

    Im just speaking for myself here but much prefer a let`s play, your last one was my favourite for years. would love an ultra modded series.....

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +5

      This is more of a reminder for me so that next time I play I have a video I can look at to refresh me on all the exploits.

  • @davidjr4903
    @davidjr4903 2 роки тому +2

    2:50 "we've got ourselves a weiner" 😂

  • @edgarasruksenas4911
    @edgarasruksenas4911 2 роки тому +1

    Hi, please do RimWorld next. Multiple religion, have to accept all quests and all colonists :D you promised 400 colonists run and you are 200 short.
    Whit love form France 💕

  • @louisbuss6068
    @louisbuss6068 11 місяців тому +1

    doing all that in 11 ingame days is insane... i did it in 57 xD

  • @santiagovallejo4518
    @santiagovallejo4518 Рік тому +1

    im having so so so so so much problems doing the gutters allies, idk why my slavers just let him (no face) wake up and he become a slave and follows me around whit out fighting the guards

  • @darthbrooks4933
    @darthbrooks4933 2 місяці тому

    “Gutters are now your allies.”
    Wait, what?!

  • @rawheadrexx11
    @rawheadrexx11 Рік тому +1

    awesome vid

  • @xyvernthederg5760
    @xyvernthederg5760 2 роки тому +2

    this entire video is why i dont steal/use Assassination lmao

  • @ardbug9577
    @ardbug9577 Рік тому +1

    I never tried the stealing thing so this is rather fun. I bought the house in Heft and it has 2 skimmers inside, lovely, and no mercenaries on the roof of the bakery, is there a particular reason that it has to be the merc captain or will any target do over there ?
    (edit) in fact I cant get the crossbow to do what you do at all, when I target the guy in the same chair as you my character just start running down the stairs, he has no melee weapon equipped and is on hold and passive ... was this fixed ?
    (edit 2) nevermind, Im an idiot, he wasnt set to range :D

  • @Petq011
    @Petq011 2 роки тому +2

    Soo, you are basically selling all of the bar owners NFT-s? 😅🤣

  • @MrNewber01
    @MrNewber01 2 роки тому +1

    28:21 there is also a bakery open at night in heft

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому

      Did not notice that, would explain the people on the roof though.

  • @TheMiniMadCat
    @TheMiniMadCat Рік тому +1

    I'm sorry to have to ask but what on earth is the or key? You mention it a few times in relation to stopping your pawns from moving about but IDK what you mean. Thanks for the vid!

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +1

      It's the "R" key, my Irish accent makes that unclear.

    • @TheMiniMadCat
      @TheMiniMadCat Рік тому +1

      @@FrancisJohnYT omg now i hear it I feel ridiculous for asking, thanks!!! XD

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +1

      @@TheMiniMadCat If you check the comments you will find you were not the only one. Try sorting by the newest 😃

    • @TheMiniMadCat
      @TheMiniMadCat Рік тому +1

      XD fair! Don't whatever you do change it, if it gets that many comments, then you know you're doing something right!! ❤

  • @Sicundercover
    @Sicundercover Рік тому +1

    Not sure if they changed something but I was never able to get the Gutters allied. Spent 700k and never never got the ally message. Did manage to ally with the Slavers but not the Gutters.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому

      Kenshi has not been updated in ages, everything should still be the same.
      You have to be sure that the target is unconscious all the time, if you buy him while he is conscious that is considered a hostile act.

    • @Sicundercover
      @Sicundercover Рік тому +1

      @@FrancisJohnYT I bought him when he was unconscious, but every time they put him back in the cage he would wake up immediately and I would have to knock him out again. I think some of my failed attempts to knock him out may have skewed it a bit, it took another 300k but I eventually got him.

  • @The8dan
    @The8dan 5 місяців тому

    the reason his 90% lock picking is lower is because you get like a half success rate on lock picking when you are trying to lock pick cages/poles/etc from inside

  • @mattfirestone1
    @mattfirestone1 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder if Sapiens is a game you'd like?

  • @kazimirmcfoster5631
    @kazimirmcfoster5631 Рік тому +3

    What is the Or key you say stops you moving?

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому

      The "R" key
      Might be my accent :)

    • @kazimirmcfoster5631
      @kazimirmcfoster5631 Рік тому +1

      @@FrancisJohnYT Thanks man. I usually understand you very well but for some reason all i heard was or. I've been watching for a few years now and i have to say you produce some very good videos on all the games i love. thanks for all you do :)

  • @DemocritusX
    @DemocritusX 2 місяці тому +1

    Hmmmm...
    Okay you're progressing 100 times faster than I am doing (just got the game) but this is getting close to just editing all stats up in some save file.
    Not going to do all this - wanna get beaten up and enjoy the game as it's meant to be enjoyed.

  • @michaelrunningdeer8778
    @michaelrunningdeer8778 Рік тому +1

    I can not get this starting location i wondered if its been changed

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  Рік тому +1

      IMPORTANT I say I start as "The nobodies" but I actually picked "The Freedom Seekers" make sure you pick the freedom seekers.

  • @Jokken111
    @Jokken111 Рік тому

    This is the 4 time I am seeing this.

  • @archangel8172
    @archangel8172 Рік тому

    I wounder now, can you make a thief bull? Train their thieving skills and just use their backpack directly afterwards?

  • @grandfremdling3841
    @grandfremdling3841 2 роки тому +1

    Nice

  • @bradmonk69
    @bradmonk69 2 роки тому +11

    i'll have this on in the background so you get the watch time, but i wont pay attention as i actually want to play this game to its fullest. have a good weekend, francis.

    • @FrancisJohnYT
      @FrancisJohnYT  2 роки тому +2

      Yeah we are not playing this the way it was intended, this is more of a on a repeat playthrough version.