West Of Loathing Poker Rules
Posted : admin On 4/6/2022| The Jewel Saloon | |
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Area | Dirtwater |
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57 votes, 13 comments. 29.7k members in the giantbomb community. A website about a website about videogames. So I maxed out the poker cheating skill and started playing poker in Dirtwater. I cheat the first turn, then check until the end. I've made 20,000 meat in about ten minutes, and if I spent half an hour more I would probably have enough meat to buy every single item in the game.
The Jewel Saloon is the bar and hotel in Dirtwater. The staircase to the left leads to your room, while the main entrance leads to the bar area. Doorways right of the bar area lead to the poker room, the kitchen, and the stage.
- 1The Bar
- 2Your Room
- 4The Kitchen
- 5The Stage
The Bar[edit edit source]
In the main bar area you can talk to the bartender to purchase a drink. You can also find William Ellsbury sitting at a table, a spittoon, and a slop vendor selling, well, slop.
Errands[edit edit source]
- The bartender asks you to fix the piano player (requires a needle and 5 Mysticality), for which you can receive 20 - 22 XP.
- 30 XP for bringing Ellsbury his helmet and a bottle of laudanum, then listening to his story.
- This can be repeated multiple times by bringing him a new bottle of laudanum.
Items[edit edit source]
- a filthy porcelain cow can be acquired by those brave enough to search the spittoon.
- a plate of slop can be purchased for 5 Meat from the slop vendor.
- a shot of Dirtwater Bourbon can be purchased for 5 Meat from the bartender.
Your Room[edit edit source]
Your room can be found to the left of the bar. It is unlocked by speaking with the barkeep. Things you may do in your room include:
- Sleep in your bed to end the day and empty your stomach, liver, and spleen. It will also remove most of your temporary effects.
- Please note that certain perks, which are different from effects, are permanent, and some (namely Cowrruption) can only be purified by following instructions at Kellogg Ranch.
- You can place items in your room including:
- Portable alchemistry set (Snake Oilers only)
- Portable arcane oven (Beanslingers only)
- Portable leatherwork bench (Cow Punchers only)
- You can use disposable binoculars to look out the window from your room. Locations that you may observe (unlock) from here are:
- You can insult yourself in your mirror to make yourself angry for a buff effect.
- Careful: if you make yourself too angry you will pass out and the day will end.
Items[edit edit source]
- a blank postcard can be found on your bedside table
The Poker Room[edit edit source]
In the poker room there is one table you can sit at and play poker. Each poker game consists of 3 rounds of play, during which you can attempt to increase your odds of winning, and/or the amount of meat in question. You can play repeatedly, but the more you win the harder it gets (and the more money it costs).
- The ante is 20 + (5 * pokerwins) meat, and you play with 2 others, so the starting pot is 3x that amount.
- Your initial hand is randomly selected and gives you your baseline chance of winning:
| Win Chance | Message |
|---|---|
| 10% | 'It's a totally garbage hand.' |
| 20% | 'It's a really terrible hand.' |
| 30% | 'It's a pretty decent hand.' |
| 40% | 'It's a really great hand!' |
- Your winning chance is then reduced base on the number of times you have won poker:
| Games Won | Chance Change |
|---|---|
| 6 - 15 | -5% |
| 16 - 30 | -10% |
| 31 - 50 | -15% |
| 51+ | -20% |
3 rounds are played. Each round you may raise, strategize, check, cheat, or fold.
- Raise
- One of the 6 stats (Muscle, Mysticality, Moxie, Grit, Gumption, Glamour) is randomly selected, and a threshold is computed based on pokerwins + random(1,3). If you have a corresponding stat level at or higher than the threshold, you can bet more meat (and your opponents match it).
- Strategize
- One of the 6 stats (Muscle, Mysticality, Moxie, Grit, Gumption, Glamour) is randomly selected. , and a threshold is computed based on pokerwins + random(1,3). If you have a corresponding stat level at or higher than the threshold, you gain 20% to your chance of winning.
- Check
- 5% is added to your chance of winning. There is a 50% chance of one of your opponents raising, which will allow you to call (bet the same amount), or fold.
- Cheat
- Cheating requires the Dirty Poker skill. Your chance of a successful cheat depends on your skill level:
| Dirty Poker skill level | Chance of Success |
|---|---|
| 1 | 25% |
| 2 | 40% |
| 3 | 55% |
| 4 | 70% |
- Successfully cheating raises your winning chance by 30%.
- Failing to cheat successfully reduces your winning chance by 10%
- Fold
- You quit, and lose whatever you have bet.
The Kitchen[edit edit source]
The kitchen contains the cook.
Errands[edit edit source]
- The cook can present you with a series of tasks:
- Bring him a shaker of saltpeter. The shaker can be found in a cabinet in the Administration/Mess Hall of Fort Cowardice, and returning it rewards you with 10 - 11 XP.
- Bring him a Southeast-Western Murder Pepper. It can be found by wandering in the area outside of Dirtwater. You will be rewarded with 10 - 11 XP.
- Using the key he gives you, pick up the sauté knife from the chef's P.O Box at the post office. Return it to the chef to gain 10 - 11 XP.
- Loot the grave of Dave J at The Daveyard and bring back his secret sauce recipe to the chef. You will gain 10 - 11 XP and a sloppy cowboy hat (Cow Puncher), sloppy chef's hat (Beanslinger), or sloppy tophat (Snake Oiler).
The Stage[edit edit source]
The stage area is where you will find the Dirtwater band as you populate it with band members. It is initially empty, although you can ring the cowbell.
Errands[edit edit source]
- 1 XP can also be gained by righting the fallen chair.
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West of Loathing may look familiar if you played Kingdom of Loathing, the cult browser MMORPG that surprised many a few years back. Asymmetric is back with a new, single-player RPG, this time transporting players to the fictional Wild West. It's shaping up to be a deep RPG experience, despite the stick-figure art that might suggest otherwise. At the same time, West of Loathing doesn't take itself seriously, and is better for it.Case in point, I was not expecting to find myself elbow-deep in a spittoon at PAX East, but there you are. West of Loathing continuously asked me if I was sure I wanted to continue down this path towards madness, but I persisted. The reward was . . . not great, which I guess was as to be expected. A filthy, cheap ring was all I had to show for my efforts.
West of Loathing is full of irreverent moments like this, constantly trying to break the fourth wall, but it’s never insufferable. At the Sherf’s Office (the painter messed up the sign, the sheriff confesses), you’ll need to help him track down the prison-cell door by taking out the Fricker Gang, a nasty group of bandits hiding out in a cave. Before you do that, though, there’s a goblin living in the saloon basement that needs dealt with, and a man who has turned into a cactus needs something to read to offset the boredom that comes with his new, sedentary lifestyle.
The writing truly breathes life into the game, and most of the interactions you have come with compelling, albeit humorous, dialogue options, some of which are gated by specific skill sets or item requirements. Once I gathered enough meat, the game’s currency, I could play poker with a pair of old men at the bar. One could con them out of their money if they had manipulative skills. I did not, but after making a steep bet, it turns out they had no idea what they were doing, so I made up the rules anyways.
The silliness is complimented by sound RPG mechanics. Players can choose from three customizable character classes, each a riff on traditional RPG tropes. I chose the Snake Oiler class, which equipped me with a suitcase full of serpents which I could use to whip enemies or send into battle as my pets. Also playable in the demo were the Cow Puncher, a melee class, and the Bean Slinger, a spellcasting class that also specializes in cooking.
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Battle is familiar turn-based RPG fare, but the quirky classes and ability to use random items you find in unexpected ways is quite refreshing. If you find yourself outmatched, you can toss a stick of dynamite at your foe to make quick work of things. I quite enjoyed using my pet snake to mop up damage while using my pistol to take care of business.As I played through the West of Loathing demo at PAX East, folks would pass the Asymmetric booth and do a double take, recognizing the same stick-figure art style from the web-based MMORPG they played years ago. People were stopping to thank the developers and ask for signatures -- something I didn’t see at many other booths during my treks across the show floor. Kingdom of Loathing has a fond cult following, and West of Loathing seems well set-up to follow in that legacy, attracting old and new fans alike.