u/Yeetskidoodles

So as is pretty well known by now, Herbalist 9 is technically not achievable as Arthur. “Technically” because you need to glitch into New Austin.
But maybe one of the glitches some of us use is by design: “The Carcass Head”

I started a new play through last week and have been going about Chapter 2 hammering out Challenges, trying to find the most efficient way to do them. I’d gotten to Herbalist 7 and realised that I needed the Special Miracle Cure Pamphlet - which is on the side of Mount Shann up behind Vetters Echo.
Well, there’s a guaranteed Grizzly Bear in Vetters Echo - so Herbalist took a backseat to Weapons Expert.

Anyway, Herbalist 8 (craft 6 poison weapons using Oleander Sage). Need the pamphlets, no problem. But the interesting thing is that the challenges are set so that by Herbalist 9, you have poison weapons - importantly, Poison arrows - which are INSTRUMENTAL in the carcass head glitch.

I’m probably overthinking it.. but makes for an interesting theory

For those who have finished story more than once:
In spite of knowing that he’s never going to reach the gun, does anyone else go ham on the action button regardless?

So, I’m in Chapter 4 - the last story mission is did was “The Gilded Cage”, so I could get Algernon Wasp to unlock. I’d just finished up all of the Exotics and decided to go and see Mary Linton. (Oh by the way, I may have messed up the timeline a little because in the last Algernon cutscene, Arthur mentions that they almost made it to Tahiti - thing is, I haven’t done the trolley station robbery yet - is that not when Dutch first mentions Tahiti?)

Anyway, you guys know how during Mary’s mission, she says to Arthur that she wished he’d cleaned himself up? I got different dialogue - never knew that there WAS different dialogue. In the past, I always went to the saloon for a bath before doing her mission and still got the “clean yourself up” dialogue. But this time, she commented on how good he looked - saying he used to be “so skinny”. Is that because I’m making a point to keep Arthur’s weight at Perfect?

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When I was typing this up, Arthur and Mary were in the theatre 😅 I just finished the mission properly and had to laugh to myself: Arthur telling Mary that he wants to run away with her, but he needs money. And I’m like: “dude, we’ve done all the treasure hunts. You have $11K in your back pocket”