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Ben Arthur

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Overview

Ben Arthur is the Medieval cobbler, a community historian and thoughtful source of practical advice. His current gameplay consists of conversation, a one-time Intelligence reward, Leather Boots and gift crafting, community scenes and a possible musical-performance reaction. He is married to Rose Arthur.

Quick Stats

Attribute Value
Age 65
Era / alignment Medieval / Neutral
Location Cobbler Shop, Merchants' Quarter, Kings Demesne
Schedule and shop hours Every day, 6 AM–9 PM
Favorite stats Intelligence 45, Creativity 35, Technology 50
Special relationship skill Storytelling

Meeting Ben and Building Affection

  1. Visit the Cobbler Shop, 6 AM–9 PM, for the automatic one-time introduction The Cobbler Shop. It awards 5 base affection. The highest answer is “Free wisdom from sixty-five years? Best deal in Kings Demesne.”, 4 base choice points.
  2. Use Talk to Ben Arthur: 15 minutes, 1 base affection, five times per day, available from Stranger. The handler awards 1 despite the higher configured action display value.
  3. At Known and Communication 68, select Wisdom of Endurance. This one-time 30-minute action grants Intelligence +1 and 14 direct affection. It does not teach Storytelling.
  4. Use the community scenes below for additional interactions, checking every other character's required stage. Some have choice awards rather than a fixed completion reward.
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.

Crafting

Action Requirement Cost Result
Craft Leather Boots Stranger or higher; carry 10 Leather; do not already own Leather Boots 60 minutes, 10 Leather Leather Boots key item; once; no configured affection award
Craft Moonfang Choker Stranger or higher; carry all listed ingredients 4 Void-Touched Fang, 4 Mutagenic Ichor, 5 Leather One Moonfang Leather Choker consumable gift; repeatable; no configured extra time, gold or affection award
Start both from Ben Arthur's shop menu while he is present. The Boots action consumes Leather and runs its crafting scene before adding the key item. It disappears once completed or when you already have those Boots. Leather Boots are a key item, separate from footwear sold for brothel workers.
The Choker uses dungeon drops plus ordinary Leather. Its high daily limit allows repeated crafting when you have materials. The resulting gift is used in specific NPC training-upgrade routes, including Ava and Eva's Ours on Purpose; crafting it does not automatically give it to another character.

Community Scene Walkthrough

Automatic scene Location Requirements Base reward
The Missing Ingredients Mystery General Goods Store Hailey: Known+; Kalb: Acknowledged+; Ben Arthur: Acknowledged+; 6 PM–9 PM 0
The Midnight Mystery Secluded Sanctuary Jade: Acquaintance+; Aziza: Known+; Ben Arthur: Acknowledged+; Not away on vacation: Jade; 10 PM–midnight / midnight–2 AM 0
The Time Capsule Discovery Cobbler Shop Ben Arthur: Acquaintance+; Silas: Known+; Fernando: Known+; Jade: Known+; Not away on vacation: Jade; 9 AM–6 PM 0
The Midnight Stargazer Secluded Sanctuary Aziza: Acknowledged+; Ben Arthur: Acknowledged+; 10 PM–midnight / midnight–3 AM 0
Evening Revelations Exotic Goods Merchant Jade: Friend+; Ben Arthur: Acquaintance+; Not away on vacation: Jade; 7 PM–9 PM 5
What the Leather Would Bear Cobbler Shop Active brothel worker: Ryia; Not away on vacation: Ryia; Ben Arthur is present; ordinarily 6 AM–9 PM 8


All listed automatic community scenes complete once. The Base reward column gives Ben's fixed completion award; 0 means no separately configured completion award, not necessarily no reward from choices.
  • The Missing Ingredients Mystery: visit General Goods 6 PM–9 PM, with Known Hailey and Acknowledged Kalb and Ben. It has no configured fixed Ben completion award.
  • The Midnight Stargazer: at the Secluded Sanctuary 10 PM–3 AM, with Acknowledged Ben and Aziza. Choose “Different perspectives create deeper understanding.” for Ben's highest bonus, 10 base points. The balanced answer gives Ben 8, and the stars answer gives 7; Aziza instead prefers the stars answer.
  • The Midnight Mystery: return to the sanctuary 10 PM–2 AM, with Acquaintance Jade, Known Aziza and Acknowledged Ben. Jade must be home rather than vacationing. No fixed Ben completion award is configured.
  • The Time Capsule Discovery: visit the Cobbler Shop 9 AM–6 PM, with Acquaintance Ben and Known Silas, Fernando and Jade. Jade must be home. No fixed Ben completion award is configured.
  • Evening Revelations: visit the Exotic Goods Merchant 7 PM–9 PM, with Friend Jade and Acquaintance Ben, Jade home. Completion grants 5 base affection each.
  • What the Leather Would Bear: recruit and keep Ryia, worker 30, active and home, then visit the shop while Ben is present. It gives 8 base points to Ben and 5 to Ryia, plus choices. For Ben, the best sequence is Caring +3 → Funny +3. It has no additional affection-stage requirement.
The late sanctuary scenes are plot appearances outside his ordinary shop schedule. Travel to their listed locations; they are not buttons in Ben's shop menu.

Musical Performance Reaction

After composing at least one song, use Perform Song at the Rowdy Alehouse. It costs 60 minutes and 30 energy, and each venue can be performed at once per day. Ben's reaction is one of five randomly selected alehouse reactions, rather than a guaranteed result.
The chance of any reaction starts at 25%, increases by 5% each for Master Performer, Stage Presence, Musical Virtuosity and Storytelling, and by 5% for owning a Lute, up to 50%. On a successful reaction roll, the game selects one of the venue's five scenes.
If Ben's scene appears, completion grants 8 base affection. Choose “That's a beautiful way to put it, Ben. Music and cobbling aren't so different after all.” for 4 base choice points; the grandfather joke gives 2 and the critic answer gives 1. This reaction is repeatable on later eligible performances.

Optional Private-Client Bookings

Ben Arthur enters the Receive a Client roster at brothel reputation level4. Start this action at the Rose & Thorn entrance with Netorare enabled, while operating a brothel. The hotel branch does not provide this system.
The roster selection is random among eligible clients, so starting a booking does not guarantee Ben Arthur. The system has a shared once-per-game-day booking allowance, separate from his ordinary Talk counters. A completed accepted visit takes 30 minutes and pays the offered fee directly, with possible tip and quality bonus. Declining the booking or an unwilling worker's response takes 10 minutes and still uses the booking allowance, without the accepted-visit payment.
Use an eligible worker who is active, healthy, on shift and available, rather than resting, away at the resort or assigned as the Ballroom apprentice. Active monster workers need 30 Tamed. Ben Arthur has no configured family-exclusion entry. His authored preference is thoughtful company, with Jade listed as his favorite; special pairing scenes exist for A.R.I.A., Jade, Willow.
The actual shared service logic uses Loyalty/Tamed for willingness and the average of Dexterity and Ability for quality. For monsters, Agility supplies the Dexterity slot. Appearance and Charisma affect tip calculation (Allure and Aura for monsters). The client's legacy favorite, stat and weight fields do not replace these implemented calculations or the uniform client selection.
Even a worker strong enough to exceed the difficulty retains a 10% upset chance. Client visits award business and selected-worker rewards separately; they do not grant ordinary Ben Arthur affection or NPC intimacy experience. A successful worker praise bonus can give the selected worker's NPC 5 direct affection, rather than Ben Arthur.

Current Route Limits and Troubleshooting

  • Ben's authored personal route has no H2H, romance date, apartment visit or ordinary gift action. Higher affection does not create one.
  • Talk is five times per day and awards 1 base point. Storytelling improves relationship gains but is not taught by Wisdom of Endurance.
  • Wisdom of Endurance needs Communication 68 and Known.
  • Bring 10 Leather for the one-time Boots, or the complete dungeon-drop recipe for a Choker. There is no gold substitution in either recipe.
  • Community scenes require the listed other-character stages, and Jade/Ryia vacation status where applicable.
  • Ben's performance reaction is random. Performing repeatedly on later days creates further opportunities; it is not selected directly from his action menu.

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