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Ramses recruitment guide
Ramses is a network-relevant character who responds to leverage and demonstrated competence. Treat his recruitment as negotiation, not simple dialogue.
Quick Answer
Find Ramses after progressing through the early network. Gather faction and relationship context first. Offer what your route can actually deliver. Save before the recruitment conversation.
Spoiler-Light Hint
If a recruitment scene feels like negotiation, list what you know, what you can offer, and what the other person fears.
Full Guide
Where to find Ramses
Ramses appears after you have established initial contacts in the network. He is not available in the very first hours. Progress through the Bootleg Bazaar and related early leads until his location is revealed through natural story progression.
Preparation
Collect faction standing information and relationship context before pushing recruitment. Ramses responds to demonstrated competence and concrete offers. Vague promises may close the recruitment route.
Dialogue strategy
Choose responses that reference specific facts you have gathered. If your build supports bluffing (high Nerve or Doppelgäng), it may work but creates future pressure. Honest leverage is usually safer.
After recruitment
Ramses changes available tasks, contacts, and potentially faction attitudes. Track these changes carefully as they may affect late-game routes.
Leverage checklist
Before speaking to Ramses, confirm three things in your notes: what he wants, what he fears, and what your current route can actually provide. If one of those is blank, keep investigating before forcing the recruitment scene.
Negotiation posture
Ramses responds better to competence than noise. Nerve can help in tense moments, but intimidation without facts can create future pressure. Statehood and Blueprints are safer if you want to read the political stakes before making an offer.
Common Mistakes
- Entering recruitment scenes with no notes.
- Confusing intimidation with leverage.
- Ignoring stress before tense dialogue.
- Forgetting to check new follow-up options.
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FAQ
Can Ramses be missed?
Community-reported: Ramses recruitment may lock if certain faction choices are made before meeting him. Save before major faction decisions.
What build helps with Ramses?
Statehood (Relation) and Blueprints (Relation) help with political leverage. Nerve (Relation) helps with tense negotiation moments.
Is Ramses worth recruiting?
For network-focused routes, yes. He provides access to additional tasks and information sources.
Related Entities
Sources and update note: Ramses recruitment guidance is source-checked against public launch-week guide coverage and community route notes. Exact locks are described conservatively because faction order can change route outcomes.
Last updated: July 9, 2026