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.

October 12, 2018, 3:14 pm by SOLARIS
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Is he still available as a challenger? Or no longer?

October 12, 2018, 7:33 am by Eva
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Is he only at Apocalyptic Apothecary or am I missing something?

October 2, 2018, 3:51 am by Frieda
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Got him. Or should I say he got me.

September 27, 2018, 12:40 pm by n_zelda_n
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You're welcome!

September 27, 2018, 9:55 am by Jules
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~ Thank you! :)

September 26, 2018, 11:29 pm by Kinky
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The good news is, I oly visited twice, and non-consecutively, and I got him.

September 26, 2018, 1:25 pm by n_zelda_n
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SPOILER (click to toggle) Stalk him for 2-3days

September 26, 2018, 11:13 am by Jules
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Would anyone like to share how to unlock? please :)

September 26, 2018, 3:09 am by Sue
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Yay!! Finally :)

September 25, 2018, 8:34 pm by Cordyceps_sapiens
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Got him!

September 25, 2018, 8:26 pm by FuriousViolet
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I got him!

September 25, 2018, 6:58 pm by elka
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if people are still trying to get that info:

Beginning Stats: HEALTH 17,275 STRENGTH 6,750 DEFENSE 4,000 SPEED 5,555 EXP 7,500

September 23, 2018, 5:16 pm by moonstarr
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Just read the paragraph description on the new cash shop opponent, that eye. It seems to be referring to how Lukien is paranoid about being watched/people coming in every day. I am wondering about maybe putting the fifth win loot in my inventory from that eye and going in to stalk Lukien every day till he wants to fight.

September 23, 2018, 5:13 pm by SpiritedLass
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I give up along with everyone else - could staff please help with this.

September 20, 2018, 10:00 pm by StarShadow
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If it's been fixed has anyone found out how to unlock him yet?

September 20, 2018, 6:46 pm by extremist
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Has anyone got it yet? I put so much into it before the glitch I don't know where to start again.

September 20, 2018, 2:28 pm by Velociraptor
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Quote by Amber
is finally better (yay!) and has pushed a fix to the Friendly Challenger this month! Unfortunately the days you&;ve been visiting Grumpy Gus don&;t count, so go visit him a few more days and he should unlock <3

September 20, 2018, 3:02 am by Cordyceps_sapiens
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Any progress on this? How are we supposed to know if someone has solved it if the unlock is glitched?

September 19, 2018, 1:23 am by FCoD
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Aarrrgh matey, this be one hard puzzle to solve.

September 19, 2018, 12:29 am by extremist
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Is there going to be an update on whether the issue which is causing Lucien not to unlock...is resolved.

September 18, 2018, 11:02 am by moonstarr
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- all I know is it hasn't worked for me yet. Hopefully soon!

September 18, 2018, 10:20 am by StarShadow
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Has anyone gotten him yet or is the unlock not working?

September 18, 2018, 3:43 am by Yucee
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I have sympathy pains for everyone who has commented on this post rip all of you

September 17, 2018, 11:38 pm by Book
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SPOILER (click to toggle) Maybebthe word ‘engage’ is the key here? He didn’t react to me wearing an engagement ring on my HA, but maybe it’s something else I need to do with the item...?

September 17, 2018, 8:33 pm by jensen
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Quote by amber
i&;ve let know that ... lukien might be having some issues :x
sounds like his unlock isn't working right atm p:

September 17, 2018, 8:24 pm by SongSparra
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Has anyone unlocked him yet????

September 17, 2018, 6:27 pm by jKat
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anyone still working on this? I have tried lots of coffee items deleting drinking wearing donating. Lots of wardrobe items. Im just lost now?

September 17, 2018, 5:07 am by Frieda
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no outside Food and Drinks are allowed in this shop Show up every day for a while with your own brew, not one of his, like you're bringing in something to eat into his shop, or just a coffee. I mean, Get Mugged just started selling COFFEE again, coffee is brewed and Lucian didn't brew it....just a random thought.

September 17, 2018, 2:45 am by Namira
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SPOILER (click to toggle) It’s hard to read thru on my phone, has anyone tried items with “grumpy in the description? I’ve noticed Amber used the phrase “grumpy gus” more than once...

September 17, 2018, 2:39 am by Djinni
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SPOILER (click to toggle) not working
Watching Lukiens shop while empty

September 17, 2018, 1:50 am by Jeheace
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... Are... are his tattoos/runes... is that GALLIFREYAN?!?!?

September 16, 2018, 4:19 pm by PrincessJudith
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He has more a sneer to his look. Observe the raised upper lip.

September 16, 2018, 12:52 pm by Amber
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Not a clue! HE LOOKS GRUMPY, JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE.

September 16, 2018, 6:41 am by Judy
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Grumpy Gus??? Is that an affectionate term for Lukien or another clue???

potion? Entering different people in the potion lottery didn't work.

September 16, 2018, 6:16 am by edwin_kandani
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something about memory game i will trying all

September 16, 2018, 4:25 am by Ryuu
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Quote by Jeheace
What is that called, when you sing around some fancy glass or crystal and your voice resonates just right with the potion bottles and they all shatter???
I don't think that there's a special word for the act of doing it. Or, it might just be resonance? :d It's when the voice matches the natural frequency of the glass/resonates/it vibrates, and breaks. If there is a word, I can't find it. There might be!

On that note I tried having a Bottled School Girl Shriek in my inventory and checking out his shop (even though that sound is already 'trapped' I guess).

And, while I was there, I clicked his image to refresh the page 10+ times quickly. (i do not have the best internet, though)

Neither did a thing. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I guess I will just keep refreshing that shop messing with him every day until this is figured out. And, maybe, that's all it takes. ha.

September 16, 2018, 1:42 am by Jeheace
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What is that called, when you sing around some fancy glass or crystal and your voice resonates just right with the potion bottles and they all shatter???

September 16, 2018, 1:42 am by Jeheace
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What is that called, when you sing around some fancy glass or crystal and your voice resonates just right with the potion bottles and they all shatter???

September 16, 2018, 12:30 am by Kinky
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SPOILER (click to toggle) What if it's buying the same thing day after day at the same time? That would make me a bit panicky, for sure. I'd feel like someone was stalking me.

September 15, 2018, 9:35 pm by Kevin
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I’d just poke him a few times every day, that’d bother me

September 15, 2018, 8:59 pm by Ryuu
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other ideas So no one's figured this out yet? Oh man. :(

Well, here's another idea, if someone could help think of something to do with it: Fear of sleep? (or just bad dreams maybe?)

It's not really a common thing, but it was an idea I'd thought about before for this. Just thought that it was probably not it. ha. Might as well throw it out now. -If the drinking lots of coffee is still a thing with him, it might explain that. -It might have to do with the "always moving" keeping busy part. NO REST. -Then, there's also the idea of: "anxiety over the loss of time that could be spent accomplishing tasks instead of sleeping." -As well as the use of "panicked rage" because that's a feeling you can get when you've been having nothing but nightmares for the past week or more. (you know you've got to sleep, but, damn, you do not want to sleep because it's just going to be torture and make you feel horrible. That'll make you angry.)

Anyway, I don't know of good items to test this with right now. :d

Or, if it might be something like checking out his shop at "late" subeta times multiple days in a row or something. Like, when he "should be" sleeping.

Or, with that new Amber Hint while I was typing this: it might be just checking his shop so many days in a row and not leaving him alone and sleep has nothing to do with it. You're just hassling him and he doesn't like it. haha.

Good luck, guys~

September 15, 2018, 8:38 pm by Amber
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@gitto it won’t take you guys a full week to get it, but it does take a bit of time :)

September 15, 2018, 8:22 pm by Julie
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Nor having seven dwarves items in inventory and buying something did nothing.

September 15, 2018, 8:15 pm by Julie
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I tried the following:

[Spoiler] Went to buy anything in shop with: Chemistry items in inventory and wearing rune item, at the same time. Wearing a gnome item and buying from shop. Wearing a dwarf item (Grumpy) and buying from shop. Having dwarf item in inventory and buying from shop. [/Spoiler]

September 15, 2018, 7:50 pm by jensen
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Quote by amber
@/METROID no, think more scootle like
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This one wasn&;t actually made to take over a few days because we wanted to stump you, it actually fits in with the lore of the character. 😊
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I have faith in you guys! Just keep visiting grumpy gus of a potion maker the next few days and trying different things 😊
bolded the bits i think are the most important

it's definitely something you do over a few days, but it should be just a few days (i'm guessing less than a week) -- i was mostly joking when i said i'd be ok if we at least figured it out before his fear went live (in two weeks or so), and amber said "It shouldn't take you guys that long!"

September 15, 2018, 7:35 pm by Laurey
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It may not be multiple days in a row, but just doing the same thing repetitively until he gets annoyed enough to challenge us.

I'm not sure what the thing to be done is though.

September 15, 2018, 7:30 pm by gitto
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I'm less convinced it's something you have to wait for- why release a challenger and the loot if you can't unlock him straight away? Also I'm sure Amber said she didn't expect it to take a few days so I'm not sure it's about waiting days

September 15, 2018, 5:44 pm by Skrett
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I feel like you're on to something there! I am feeling less discouraged.

September 15, 2018, 5:36 pm by jKat
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maybe it cant unlock until 24 hours after his release whilst trying on stuff?

September 15, 2018, 5:21 pm by Toby
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Hm. Amber says "keep visiting" him "the next few days".

I think that itself might be a hint, especially combined with "if you can find the time" and "wishing you'd forgotten him sooner" from the news post. Maybe we need to do for several days in a row.

Or maybe it's something that plays out over several days? I was trying:

SPOILER (click to toggle) visiting him with a tattoo and then without one, I thought maybe he would be insulted by someone who only had a temporary tattoo

... maybe there needs to be more time between something like that, enough for him to feel betrayed/misled or something.

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