Where is moonshiner?

[Sweeny03]

Anyone know where I can find the moonshiner in early Act 2?  I have searched everywhere south that I can (Tyr, Aqueducts, etc.) but I'm not sure where he is at.  Is he past the hunters?  I still haven't figured out how to get past them   

[chucklas]

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Yes, he is past the hunters.  You should walk around in the south woods and there may even be a hunter that you can talk to to get some help.

[Lambonius]

There are four different ways to get past the hunters, depending on your class.  Listen closely to their dialog when you walk onto the screen and hear them talking--that should give you a hint as to one way to get by them.

[Sweeny03]

I tried running around in the woods but haven't found a hunter, only guards and Shaw. 


I am a rogue and they tell me to be quiet.  My first guess was to stealth past them (my stealth is maxed) but that obviously hasnt worked

[Lambonius]

He meant walking around in the SOUTH Woods, past the hunters.  You have to get by them first.  If you're a rogue, you have two options:

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The main solution is to buy the hunters something they've been craving for a while.  When you first encounter them, they talk about being pretty lonely...  I believe rogues may also have the option of using the thief tunnels to get further into the South Woods.  (We may have changed that though, I can't remember.)  Try warping there by map.

[Sweeny03]

I assume by being lonely you mean buying them one of the whores.  I tried that but never saw an option for doing so when talking to the whores. 


I didn't realize you could navigate around by using the map in the tunnels.  I had only used my map to access the thieves guild!  I am now in the south woods and found the hunter.  He told me to hide in the bush, but I don't think I have figured out how to get "deep" enough past it since Randy isn't showing up

[chucklas]

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you need to find the screen with the red bush.  when there, try to find a spot where you can hide (not behind the bush).

[Lambonius]

I assume by being lonely you mean buying them one of the whores.  I tried that but never saw an option for doing so when talking to the whores. 


I didn't realize you could navigate around by using the map in the tunnels.  I had only used my map to access the thieves guild!  I am now in the south woods and found the hunter.  He told me to hide in the bush, but I don't think I have figured out how to get "deep" enough past it since Randy isn't showing up

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For the whores, you have to actually click the purse icon on Big Red--though you're right, an option in dialog would be intuitive, too.  It'll only work after you've heard the hunters talk about it, too.  I'll make a note of that though, as we may be able to add the purchase option to the dialog box for our next update.

For Randy, you have to hide out and stake out the bush for a bit--click down in the lower right corner of the screen behind the tree and you'll trigger the scene.  We've actually changed the way this sequence works a bit, so it'll be a bit clearer what you're supposed to do after we release the update.

[Sweeny03]

Yeah I think thats a good idea I haven't found this section of the game to be super intuitive, which is frustrating.  I appreciate all the help I'm getting on the forums but I would be completely lost without you guys!


I've talked to Randy and gotten the directions to get to the moonshiner.  However, there is no way to walk behind the bush now.  The hunter said to "push on through" but instead it looks like getting past the bush, even after talking to Randy, is part of a puzzle unless I'm missing something? 

[chucklas]

Yep.  It is a puzzle. 

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How might you cause the bush to go away...?  Think fire.

[Lambonius]

I've talked to Randy and gotten the directions to get to the moonshiner.  However, there is no way to walk behind the bush now.  The hunter said to "push on through" but instead it looks like getting past the bush, even after talking to Randy, is part of a puzzle unless I'm missing something?

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Yes, it's a puzzle--that dialog has proven problematic, and I believe it is one of the things that has been tweaked for the update.  Basically, each class has a specific method they use to get past the bush.  For rogues, you need to find a way to burn it.