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Arestes

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Overview

Arestes is the 26-year-old Master Thief who leads the Thieves Guild. Her content includes guild membership and rank scenes, a personal route with two heart-to-hearts and a stargazing date, repeatable rooftop visits, the Assassin combat path and the Phantom Stone.

Quick Stats

Attribute Value
Age 26
Era Medieval
Alignment Evil
Location Hidden Chamber, behind the Thieves Guild
Schedule All day, every day
Favorite stats Rogue 100, Ability 100, Perception 100
Special relationship skill Blackmail
Favorite gift in her profile Wine; no separate Give Wine action is currently offered

Finding Arestes and Joining the Guild

  1. At the Thieves Guild, reveal the entrance to the Hidden Chamber by learning Lockpicking and reaching Perception 60. These entrance requirements are separate from the initiation requirements.
  2. Reach Known with Shadow and Rogue 35, then select Thieves Guild Initiation with Arestes in the Hidden Chamber. It takes 30 minutes and is available once. The scene gives 3 base affection to each of Arestes and Shadow.
  3. Follow Shadow's trail in order: Whispering Woods → Tournament Grounds → Arcane Shop → Mountain Foothills → Archery Range → Castle Garden → Back Alleys. The final scene gives 5 base affection to Arestes, 10 to Shadow and 1 guild clout.
  4. Continue at the Thieves Guild for Shadow's Rules, then Food Vendors for The Fox's Ears, Caravan Rest Stop from 8 PM to midnight for Clearing the Road, and Food Vendors again for Good News Travels Fast. This enables the fencing service and the early heist route.
  5. Raise guild reputation/clout through guild activities and fencing. Return to Arestes for the rank scenes listed below.
Use Talk to Arestes after reaching Acknowledged to continue building affection: it takes 20 minutes, awards 1 base point and permits three uses per day. Her affection, guild reputation and completed story scenes are separate progression measures.

Personal Route Walkthrough

  1. Reach Known with Arestes and Thieves Guild reputation 120.
  2. Visit the Hidden Chamber for Rank Up: Shadowblade, then the Thieves Guild for The Arrangement. Complete both scenes.
  3. Return to the Hidden Chamber for The Guild Pretends Not to Know.
  4. Select the first heart-to-heart, The Private Ledger.
  5. Visit the Hidden Chamber again for A Seat Beside the Master.
  6. Start Stargazing with Arestes between 7 PM and 11 PM. This one-time date costs 150 minutes, $30 and 30 energy, restores 10 calm and gives 12 base affection before choice bonuses.
  7. At Friend, complete No Mask Between Us after the date and first heart-to-heart.
  8. At Romantic, start Rooftop Appointment between 7 PM and midnight. It costs 120 minutes and 50 energy, once per day. It is a repeatable apartment encounter with a choice branch; follow the offered branch through its final response for the completion reward.
  9. The separate animated Rooftop Arrangement requires Romantic plus at least 1,300 affection, the second heart-to-heart and the paid version. It uses the same evening window and 120 minutes/50 energy, once per day, with 80 base affection and 75 intimacy experience on a successful completed action.
The Early Watch is an independent shared scene at the Hidden Chamber when both Arestes and Keira are Friend. It is not a prerequisite for the rooftop route.

Action Reference

Action Start location Requirements Cost Reward Availability
Thieves Guild Initiation Hidden Chamber Stranger+; Shadow: Known+; Rogue 35+; Thieves Guild Initiation not completed 30 minutes No direct action award 1/day
Talk to Arestes Hidden Chamber Acknowledged+ 20 minutes 1 base points 3/day
Learn Investment Savvy Hidden Chamber Known+; Intelligence 19+; Not already learned: Investment Savvy 120 minutes, $500, 50 energy 10 base points 20/day
Assassin Hidden Chamber No affection prerequisite; Assassin combat path not yet acquired; Thieves Guild reputation 350+ 300 minutes, 150 energy, 150 calm No direct action award 1/day
Dark Consolador Hidden Chamber No affection prerequisite; Dark Consolador not completed; Do not already own Dark Consolador; Thieves Guild reputation 500+ 30 minutes No direct action award 1/day
The Private Ledger Hidden Chamber Known+; The Guild Pretends Not to Know completed; The Arrangement completed; Rank Up: Shadowblade completed 60 minutes, 10 energy Scene/choice reward Once
Stargazing with Arestes Hidden Chamber Known+; A Seat Beside the Master completed; 7 PM–11 PM 150 minutes, $30, 30 energy Scene/choice reward Once
No Mask Between Us Hidden Chamber Friend+; Stargazing with Arestes completed; The Private Ledger completed 60 minutes, 10 energy Scene/choice reward Once
Rooftop Appointment Hidden Chamber Romantic+; No Mask Between Us completed; 7 PM–midnight 120 minutes, 50 energy No direct action award 1/day
Rooftop Arrangement Hidden Chamber Romantic+; 1300 affection; No Mask Between Us completed; Paid version; 7 PM–midnight 120 minutes, 50 energy 80 base points 1/day


The skill lesson Learn Investment Savvy costs $500, 120 minutes and 50 energy, needs Known and Intelligence 19, and disappears after the skill is learned. A successful lesson awards 10 base affection. The daily allowance does not permit relearning an already acquired skill.
The Assassin lesson is a separate combat-path unlock, available at 350 Thieves Guild reputation while that path is still unacquired. It costs 300 minutes, 150 energy and 150 calm, gives 30 base affection through its scene and activates the path at zero path points. It does not require completing the romance.
At 500 Thieves Guild reputation, select Dark Consolador while you do not own that key item and have not completed its scene. It takes 30 minutes, gives 5 base affection and awards the key item on completion.
Listed relationship rewards are base values. Favorite stats add bonuses when their thresholds are met, and the special relationship skill doubles the adjusted base before the shared random roll. Equipment, buffs and alignment can further change the final reward. Raising affection does not replace quest flags or earlier heart-to-hearts.

Guild Ranks and Automatic Scenes

Return to the listed location with the requirements met. Each automatic scene is one-time. At Rank Up: Shade, Sophie must also be an active brothel worker and at Friend; raising guild reputation alone does not satisfy that scene.
Automatic scene Location Requirements Base reward
Shadow's Trail - The End Back Alleys Shadow's Trail - Castle Garden completed 5
The Phantom Stone Raid Thieves Guild Arestes: Romantic+; Keira: Romantic+; Shadow: Romantic+; Own 1 Thieves Gloves; Own 1 Dark Consolador; Active brothel worker: Shadow; Do not already own the Phantom Stone 8
The Phantom Stone Awakens Hidden Chamber Own 1 Phantom Stone 10
Rank Up: Cutpurse Hidden Chamber Thieves Guild reputation 10+ 3
Rank Up: Burglar Hidden Chamber Thieves Guild reputation 25+ 3
Rank Up: Prowler Hidden Chamber Thieves Guild reputation 50+ 5
Rank Up: Infiltrator Hidden Chamber Thieves Guild reputation 80+ 5
Rank Up: Shadowblade Hidden Chamber Thieves Guild reputation 120+ 5
Rank Up: Phantom Hidden Chamber Thieves Guild reputation 170+ 5
Rank Up: Shade Hidden Chamber Sophie: Friend+; Thieves Guild reputation 230+; Active brothel worker: Sophie 5
The Early Watch Hidden Chamber Arestes: Friend+; Keira: Friend+ 5
The Arrangement Thieves Guild Thieves Guild reputation 120+ 5
The Guild Pretends Not to Know Hidden Chamber Arestes: Known+; Rank Up: Shadowblade completed; The Arrangement completed 8
A Seat Beside the Master Hidden Chamber Arestes: Known+; The Guild Pretends Not to Know completed; The Private Ledger completed 9


Highest-Reward Scene Choices

The following categories give the largest Arestes bonus for each choice in order. Bonuses for other participants may favor different responses. The scene dialogue and outcomes are left for players to discover.
Scene Choices for Arestes, in order
Stargazing with Arestes Caring/Flirty +5 → Caring/Flirty +5 → Caring/Flirty +6
The Assassin Path Response +5 → Response +3 → Response +4
Dark Consolador Response +3 → Response +2 → Response +3
The Phantom Stone Awakens Caring/Flirty +4
The Guild Pretends Not to Know Caring/Flirty +4 → Caring/Flirty +5
A Seat Beside the Master Caring/Flirty +4 → Caring +5
Rank Up: Cutpurse Funny +3
Rank Up: Burglar Flirty +3
Rank Up: Prowler Caring +3
Rank Up: Infiltrator Caring +3
Rank Up: Shadowblade Caring +3
Rank Up: Phantom Caring +3
Rank Up: Shade Funny +2 → Funny +3 → Caring/Flirty +2
The Early Watch Funny +4


Heart-to-Heart Choices

Both personal conversations are one-time. The first needs the guild arrangement and its follow-up scene; the second needs the completed stargazing date and first conversation. These choices maximize base points.

The Private Ledger

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 Then start with what you want me to be now. 10
2 Maybe I am not a debt. Maybe I am trust. 11
3 Then let me be careful with it. 12
4 I want closeness with you. Not orders. Not debts. You. 14
5 Do not regret me. Choose me again, when you are ready. 16


No Mask Between Us

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 Maybe wanting me here is reason enough. 14
2 You can be a symbol to them and a woman with me. 15
3 Come closer and let me prove I can hold that trust. 18
4 draw her close and kiss her like an answer 21
5 It was trust. I will remember. 22


Heart-to-heart choice points accumulate and use the shared relationship calculation at completion. The listed points are base values, not guaranteed final affection gains.

Optional Higher-Point Answers

These special answers appear when their listed skill or stat requirement is met. Choose the unlocked special answer in that round for the higher base reward below. The ordinary answers still complete the conversation; these points enter the same affection calculation as other H2H choices.
Heart-to-heart Round Special-answer requirement Base points
The Private Ledger 3 Reading People skill 14 instead of 12
No Mask Between Us 2 Charm 45+ 17 instead of 15


Phantom Stone Walkthrough

  1. Reach Romantic with Arestes, Keira and Shadow. Keep Shadow active as a brothel worker.
  2. Obtain Thieves Gloves through Keira's route and Dark Consolador through Arestes's 500-reputation action.
  3. Visit the Thieves Guild while you do not already own the Phantom Stone to trigger The Phantom Stone Raid. Completing it awards the stone at level 1, 3 guild clout, and 8 base affection to each participant.
  4. With the stone in your key items, return to the Hidden Chamber for The Phantom Stone Awakens, worth 10 base affection before choices.
  5. At In Love with Arestes, use Intimate Bonding in the Hidden Chamber while holding the Phantom Stone. Each use takes 60 minutes, raises its level by 1, and can be used once per day. It has no configured money or energy cost and no direct affection award.

Fencing and Guild Protection

Fence Valuables appears in the Hidden Chamber after Good News Travels Fast. Have at least 10 Valuables. The trade takes no configured time and sells your entire current stack, not just ten. It grants gold, guild clout and 1–3 affection directly. It can be repeated when you obtain another eligible stack.
For a stack of N Valuables, guild clout is a random integer from roughly 70–130% of N, divided by 10, with a minimum of 1. Gold is twice a random integer from roughly 50–150% of N, plus a random 1 to effective Luck bonus. Integer rounding applies. You do not need to choose a dialogue category to obtain the fencing rewards.
Request Guild Protection is a separate location action. Own the Rose & Thorn, reach 180 Thieves Guild reputation, and pay $10,000. It is available once ever and adds 1 to the brothel's current promotion level. Its actual reputation threshold is 180; completing Rank Up: Phantom at 170 is not enough by itself.

If Progress Stalls

  • For the Hidden Chamber entrance, check Lockpicking and Perception 60; Rogue 35 is the initiation requirement.
  • For initiation, also check Known with Shadow.
  • Private Ledger needs the completed Shadowblade rank scene, The Arrangement and The Guild Pretends Not to Know. Reputation 120 without those scene flags is insufficient.
  • Stargazing starts only 7–11 PM, after A Seat Beside the Master.
  • Rooftop Appointment needs Romantic and No Mask Between Us. Rooftop Arrangement additionally needs 1,300 affection and paid access.
  • The Phantom Stone raid needs all three Romantic relationships, active Shadow and both key items.
  • Fencing needs the Kalb report scene and at least ten Valuables; guild protection instead needs 180 reputation, brothel ownership and $10,000.

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