The Last Gambit (Covenant)

## Description

The Last Gambit is a Covenant which the player can join by speaking with The Ringleader, inside of The Hidden Refuge, which resides in The Far Reach. It runs more like a business than a covenant though and so the primary goal is to collect Coins.

## Lore

The Last Gambit is a band of outcasts and renegades, who likely left their homes and stumbled into this business much the same as we the player did. The employee's of The Ringleader seem distant, and are likely wanderers themselves, and they see The Ringleader as someone to be feared. The Ringleader himself is a seemingly busy guy, too busy in fact to even talk to you if you're not talking business. This is of course until you join the Covenant to which he greets you with open arms. He informs you that he's expecting a new hire, and if you choose you may lie to him and say that is you. There's room to speculate that you never successfully lied to him at all, that there was no new hire whom with you swapped places. In fact, it was The Ringleader's idea all along that you specifically joined the Covenant, because he conned you. He made you believe that you tricked him but in reality he tricked you into joining. His entire business model is collecting money from you, and giving none back. If this theory is correct then all employee's of The Ringleader are also being conned, and the reason why pay might not hold up for much longer, as one employee NPC dialog suggests, is because the song has killed most of the worlds population, there's no one left to scam.

## Location

From The Gray Garden, if you're looking at The Sugar Flow Cafe you'll turn left and walk toward a passage inbetween the last ruined building and the ascending rocks. Through there you will find a serise of ladders that allow you roof access, and once on top you will go forward and to the right to find another passage inbetween the rocks. This will enter you into The Far Reach, and from there you'll want to turn immediately left, and continue until you find a ruined bridge. Walk along the ropes, as it's easier than jumping across every wooden plank. Once across, continue up the rocks until you hit an abandoned village and then turn left and enter the ruined wooden building in the side of the wall. After entering the building, walk to the back left corner of the room to enter a passage shrouded by a sheet and walk down the rock steps into The Hidden Refuge. From there walk to the end of the room and you'll find The Ringleader who you can talk to to join the Covenant.

## Progression

The Covenant Item of The Last Gambit are Coin Pouches. They act as the item with which, when given to The Ringleader, deepen your allegience to The Last Gambit. They are obtained by a random chance every time you collect coins after you join the Covenant, and the chance you obtain one is dependant on how many Coins you collect. Collect 50 Coins, and you have a 50% chance of also earning a Coin Pouch, anything equal to or over 100 Coins is a 100% chance to earn a Coin Pouch, and you will only earn 1 regardless of how many Coins over 100 you obtain in a single sitting.

Upon certain Coin Pouch turn-in goals met, The Ringleader will reward you with a set of 3 abilities, they are as follows.

### Ability #1: Bargainer (Passive)

Bargainer is a passive upgrade that allows the player to haggle with the Merchant NPC's around the map to net more Coins for every item sold. It will allow you to earn an extra Coin for every item you sell, however this extra Coin is not included in the random chance to earn another Coin Pouch.

* Requires 15 Coin Pouches.
* Will cost 200 Coins to purchase once the above requirement is met.

### Ability #2: Coin Toss (Active)

Coin Toss allows the player to chuck 10 Coins worth of a Coin in the direction they point their cursor, it will literally cost 10 Coins to use every time. If you do not have 10 Coins then this ability will simply do nothing. It can be used to hit a player and tag them in combat, reducing their movement speed, and increasing the cooldown of their jump, allowing you to close the gap of a runner. Coin Toss has a 15 second cooldown inbetween uses.

* Requires an additional 15 Coin Pouches
* Will cost 200 Coins to purchase once the above requirement is met.

### Ability #3: All In (Awakening)

All in is a duration buff ability that will increase your weapon damage output by 25%, but increase your damage received in all forms by 50%. As well as the aformentioned affects, it will place glowing red horns of the player for the duration of the buff. The buff will last for 30 seconds, and after expiry it will have a 17 second cooldown before it can be used again.

* Requires an additional 20 Coin Pouches
* Will cost 200 Coins to purchase once the above requirement is met.

## Continued Progression

After turning in all 50 Coin Pouches required for the abilities this Covenant provides, The Ringleader will continue to ask you for Coin Pouches. This is because after an additional 50 Coin Pouches, making 100 turn-in's in total, you will obtain max Gambit, and the title **the Last Gambit**.