Friendly Thursday: Lukien

It's hard to really describe Lukien. He's the kind of person you just about remember seeing out of the corner of your eyes, but you can't really picture him. You might describe him as having some sort of tattoos, his eyes red…or was it blue? He's always moving about when you're buying potions. Mostly you're looking at the potions, Lukien isn't the kind to engage in idle chit chat.

He's not usually the sort to engage in anything, actually. Except, well, there is something that's likely to bring him to a panicked rage. If you can find the time to figure out what it is and unlock Lukien as a challenger, beware! He knows his chemistry, and he has quite the stock of potions guaranteed to have you wishing you'd forgotten him sooner.

September 15, 2018, 5:00 pm by Skrett
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Can we get an additional hint at some point? puppy dog eyes

SPOILER (click to toggle) Tried visiting with a camera item. Lukien doesn't strike me as someone who wants that kind of attention and there are a lot of camera items of reasonable prices. Nothing.

Visited with a Spydr in my inventory, because I don't think Lukien would appreciate being spied upon. Also tried wearing Spydr and visited. Nothing on both accounts.

Searched for items that had to do with being in the limelight / spotlight, but I didn't see anything that made sense.

September 15, 2018, 4:56 pm by jKat
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From Amber I have faith in you guys! Just keep visiting grumpy gus of a potion maker the next few days and trying different things

any relevance Grumpy?

September 15, 2018, 4:27 pm by thinking_kiwi
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sigh I give up, Lukien. Looks like finally got a win.

September 15, 2018, 3:04 pm by BlueRiver
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nothing Visit him with a

September 15, 2018, 2:38 pm by raul
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c'mon any tips i NEED that wearable

September 15, 2018, 12:57 pm by gitto
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Not sure if anyone has checked it out, but here's the post from when the magic box was closed and Lukien took over...

Ah, hello everyone. Greetings are as good a place to start as any, aren't they? But I'm far too busy to linger on them, so let's move right along.

A friend of mine--I'm sure you know him, he's that lad from the Magic Box, always has fairies fluttering about--has decided to up and move to the Vetan mountains. Something about being tired of the hustle and the bustle and wanting to own an adorable cabin. I zoned out after a while, truth be told. So he's gone now, meditating and feeding antlephore and probably searching for new fairies, and the Magic Box has closed its doors.

I was left to deal with all his old stock because I'm such a great friend with so much free time. I've got all the damn boxes sorted, and those of you in need of elixirs and potions can find them at my very own apothecary. The plushies have all been sent to Zuzu, whereas Tobias will handle all the magical toy-like things. Mauve took the clothes, because of course he did, while Rose took any accessories and if you're looking for the weapons, you'd best head over to the Weapons Warehouse.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to brewing my own potions.

September 15, 2018, 11:30 am by Delphi
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Okay so now you all see what my phone corrects Subeta to. o.O

September 15, 2018, 11:29 am by Delphi
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This has got to be the hardest thing out of all the Thursday challengers AND genetech combos! Substantial why you hate us? D:

September 15, 2018, 6:17 am by Dice
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I'd help, but the last few solutions have been pretty obtuse, so I have no idea where to start on this. It could be anything! I'm completely overwhelmed!

September 15, 2018, 2:39 am by Damon
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Nope did not work -Visiting with a mask on -visiting with medical items (pain meds, syringe, suture kit, etc) -Handcuffs

Mask was just random Medical items in case he doesn't like modern medicine? Cuffs... (it was mentioned he is always moving about) so he might not like to be tied down or forced to stand still?

Nothing worked anyway.

September 15, 2018, 12:59 am by jKat
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i just tried exploring everywhere then visiting Lukien and buying a potion from him.. no luck

September 15, 2018, 12:12 am by Toby
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Not working:

SPOILER (click to toggle) Visiting him with coffee, tea, water, soda items. Deleting a bunch of coffee items. Visiting him with expired coffee beans. Feeding expired coffee beans to a pet. Visiting him with an empty mug.

I'm autistic, so I have sensory issues, as well as social issues/social anxiety. I relate to the "panicked rage" feeling from certain things, and I feel like I'm familiar with some common triggers of that in others, so I'm kinda going through SubetaLodge and seeing what items might trigger that.

Visiting him with these didn't work:

SPOILER (click to toggle) Apple Perfume (could be overwhelming/annoying smell) Arid Six-Shooter (guns are loud and scary on a number of levels) Black Electric Razor (bad sound) Blue Brigand Plastic Raygun (the gun thing again) Blue Sidewalk Chalk (chalk = bad sound) Blonde Haircut Shears (maybe he doesn't want to have his hair cut)

along the social lines, visiting with these didn't work:

SPOILER (click to toggle) Black Mirror Black Webcam Lukien Sticker Lukien Trading Card Birthday Card Sticker

random phobia idea didn't work:

SPOILER (click to toggle) visiting him with clown items or while wearing clown items

September 14, 2018, 9:57 pm by Skrett
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Yes, I have, with the rune facial tattoo. And just plain naked. And as a creepy naked doll (uh, don't ask?). xD

September 14, 2018, 9:34 pm by jKat
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has anyone tried visiting him naked with just tattoos? naked and also having nothing in inventory at all including no locked stuff? Ive tried wearing a heap of stuff to do with time potions chemistry

September 14, 2018, 9:33 pm by Book
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The description of his trading card mentions that “you should be grateful”. Maybe something to do with ingratitude?

September 14, 2018, 7:44 pm by Solsticesprite
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I am rank 4 on Decanter High Scores with a total score of 155,703,. If it's Decanter of Indestructability related, it's not a cumulative thing.

September 14, 2018, 3:16 pm by DarkVixen28
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I agree with that the feeling behind the wording for Lukien is different from the others.

Thought Like pointed out the post makes referenced to memories, finding time, and being forgotten. Has anyone tried anything that may allude to heartbreak? A partner leaving or a friendship fading because one party can't seem to 'find the time' for the other? Perhaps one that ended in some sort of some argument? An argument ending with a friend walking away could certainly send someone into a "panicked rage" if it's happened before and tempers are already running high.

Or maybe something to do with being left out or ignored because they simply forgot poor Lukien existed?

Or maybe I'm just an idiot with wild ideas.

September 14, 2018, 3:03 pm by Finesse
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[Spoiler= Didn't work] Tried wearing a pocket watch, and several other watches, and then visiting his shop. None worked. Bought the winged egg alarm clock and tried visiting him with it in my inventory. [/spoiler]

September 14, 2018, 2:18 pm by Sovereign
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i cant figure anything else out so you know what @ Lukien ur potions suck square up and fight me loser.

September 14, 2018, 1:48 pm by Velociraptor
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no worky Tried wearing an ENGAGEment ring in his shop, waiting till it restocked, and buying an item. Tried flowering and kissing him.

September 14, 2018, 1:19 pm by Finesse
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SPOILER (click to toggle) Playing all of the games of memory and then visiting him didn't work.

September 14, 2018, 12:29 pm by Efferd
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SPOILER (click to toggle) How about recording him singing/taking photos of him? Microphone in inventory doesn't help though…

September 14, 2018, 11:19 am by Chocolate
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Joining this party a bit late. Anyone try trapping him in an elevator with a jabberjaw? Or presenting him an award, because being in the spotlight doesn't sound so great.

September 14, 2018, 10:07 am by Hunger
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[Spoiler]what about the memory game? I played once, but maybe you have to be very good(or very bad?) [/spoiler]

September 14, 2018, 8:47 am by METROID
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SPOILER (click to toggle) Tried donating all the Dark elemental potions to the donation center. Nothing. Played Mind Reader, but nothing.

I'm gonna keep trying Decanter and see if maybe we have to get to a certain level before failing. That seems the most likely idea to me. I think it would upset him if we got so far into a game of Decanter, only to botch it. It does require time, patience and RNG, if we are to take the "if you have the time to unlock" message in the news. everyone keep trying!

September 14, 2018, 8:33 am by raul
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Edit:

didn't work, halfway + thoughts Tried visiting him with Filled Clear Glass Vial, Filled Clear Handled Flask but no success. Also tried turning my pet into an Experiment using these vials and also didn't work, even as an active pet.

Will try to make a potion out of the glade but I'm afraid it might also not work.

September 14, 2018, 8:29 am by raul
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Well there are other subeta features that involve

SPOILER (click to toggle) potions. For instance, Peka Glade. Has anyone tried making the wrong potion? Or feeding the wrong potion to one of their pets? The one that will turn them into the experiment instead of a glade potion.

September 14, 2018, 7:24 am by Delphi
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Reeeeally want those wears so I hope he's not a super hard challenger. Lots of the Thursday guys have been really high tier.

September 14, 2018, 6:36 am by Elysium
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SPOILER (click to toggle) I had that thought too and gave it a shot, but that doesn't work either. And FYI it is just a strength booster

September 14, 2018, 4:41 am by Damon
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Tried, didn't work.

September 14, 2018, 4:37 am by Judy
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Untried He IS holding this in his hand... I have never used this and too chicken to try on my battler. Afraid to turn it into something else by accident. I would be happy to hear if someone else tried successfully...

September 14, 2018, 4:35 am by Lovely
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I don' have one so I can't try it but...

Idea Perhaps visiting him with an experimental pet as your active pet might trigger him... Especially since he takes so much care with his potions.

September 14, 2018, 4:05 am by everdear
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DONT HURT MY BBY ;-;

SPOILER (click to toggle) I tried visiting him with NO eyes and with anything BUT eyes on my HA. It didn't work, that's all I've got, I sit back and relate to Lukien again xD (Also Amber never fails to make me nervous!)

Maybe it's more like ... potion deleting related? "hurr hurr look what I do to the things you like"?

September 14, 2018, 3:34 am by Mythology
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Hmmmmmm.... MY HUSBANDO NOOOOOOO

But I wonder....

Idea

I remember a plot a while back, that mentioned Lukien basically lived on Coffee? Maybe that's a way to unlock him?

September 14, 2018, 2:37 am by demon
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man i love lukien he's my fave npc i'd smooch him

September 14, 2018, 1:46 am by Sovereign
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the more i read this the more odd some lines read to me and i keep cluing into them im not particularly sure if theyre anything more than mysterious wording to this mystery of a challenger but

Theorizing "If you can find the time" mostly piqued my interest since if memory serves the other friendly foes have just kinda been outright just "If you can figure this out" rather than finding the time to do so. odd, if anything

however; "you can't really picture him" "wishing you'd forgotten him sooner" these two stick out to me the most but im not sure what to make of that, at least in regards of what to do, exactly, but the oddly thematic way these posts tend to go, makes me feel like these are a little bit of a nudge in the direction of the answer ?

September 14, 2018, 1:29 am by Foxtrot
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[Spoiler] Tried to go off the double use of "engage" but wearing a wedding ring didn't work... [/spoiler]

September 14, 2018, 1:20 am by Ryuu
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LOTS of Did Not Work Thinking Runes: -Active pet sheeta (they have runes on them, but they didn't work for it. ;) ) -Active pet blob (they look like they could be living potion, so why not? haha.) -Active / experiment pet (just because that's my standard active pet.) -Used a sheeta elixir and a common potion; neither triggered anything.

Thinking singing and maybe making fun of him for doing that(?) [sub]or like Retsuko/Aggretsuko. ha.[/sub] and that previous guy had faries.

Tried -blank- in my inventory and checking out his shop -(all) CDs -Microphone -Music 101 -Music Theory Grade 1 -MusiNews Issue 1 -Snow Fairy minion -Ruined Glass Beaker

Tried wearing -blank- and checking out his shop -Micophone -Jar of Fairy Dust

Considered antisocial or introverted. But no good ideas for those.

Also thinking about how we had the thing that let us make items like: but I think that was plot only/no longer accessible. That item did not work.

Oh well. Whatever it is, it's probably going to be like the previous challengers: Ex. If it's an item, that item isn't retired, it can be obtained (relatively easily) & will replenish. Otherwise, they'd all be purchased up and it'd make it difficult for people to get him in the future. All of these challengers (so far) have been future-proofed like that.

September 14, 2018, 1:13 am by Sovereign
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boy youre an enigma

September 14, 2018, 1:10 am by Alcremie
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The question is, what is he afraid of? I'm sure y'all are determined to find out before this month's Cash Shop challenger, but for those who don't, we will have an idea by the end of the month. And for those who do find out how to unlock him as a challenger, then we have an idea of what he's afraid of and what the Cash Shop challenger will be!

September 14, 2018, 12:44 am by L0stS0ul
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SPOILER (click to toggle) Wearing and going to his shop and buying something didn't work.

September 14, 2018, 12:39 am by Kiarda
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Looks to me like he doesn't like being noticed?

September 14, 2018, 12:19 am by Book
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*rune reading kit, darnit autocorrect.

September 14, 2018, 12:18 am by Book
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Did anyone try putting on the tube reading kit or a similar wearable and visiting him?

September 13, 2018, 11:43 pm by thinking_kiwi
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didn't work* I can't english tonight asdvgavhd

September 13, 2018, 11:42 pm by thinking_kiwi
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also not worked -Minions related to music, noise, birds, parrots, cute, creepy crawlies, pixies or fairies in inventory. (Banshee, Dignity, Dream, Bright Eyes, Buccawneer, Giant Millipede, Cay Harpy, Chirpgold, Gutu, Ice Mice, Chirps, Common Grackle, Mimic Demon, Meadowlark, Dark Matter Sugar Pixie, Canard, Beat, Green Snow Fairy)

September 13, 2018, 11:28 pm by Synth
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Ooh, his loot is amazing. I hope we figure this out soon...

September 13, 2018, 11:26 pm by thinking_kiwi
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didn't work -Rune Reading kit in inventory -having 3 mirror named items in inventory -refreshing the apothecary page lots of times

September 13, 2018, 10:58 pm by Damon
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Nope Making a scroll and then bringing it to his shop did nothing.

Figure if you make a scroll not a potion it would piss him off.

September 13, 2018, 9:51 pm by jensen
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doesn't work (also i doubt the solution involves expensive retired items)

-- no idea how the trigger would work, but i hope it involves proving he sings top 40 pop hits while he brews

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