Drifter's LastReport
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A United Cities major town in the Hook, ringed by farmland outside its walls and held by Lady Merin of the Noble Circle. The farms draw repeated Outlaw Farmer raids, and anyone arrested here is sold into slavery.
Drifter's Last is a Major Town of the United Cities in the Hook, the southwestern region of the map. It forms a sharp pair with Clownsteady, the region's other Imperial town: Clownsteady has no noble and merely cages the people it arrests; Drifter's Last has a noble and sells them. For a player it is one of the few resupply points in the Hook, and the single worst place in the region to commit a crime.
You can walk to it, or reveal it by acquiring and reading the Map of the United Cities (Extended Territories).
Position and the farms outside
Drifter's Last sits in the Hook, with a number of farms just outside the town walls.
That ring of farmland is the key to reading the place. Unlike Clownsteady, which is transfused from distant slave farms, this town grows food on its own doorstep. The cost is that the fields are not inside the walls — they are exposed, and they are an invitation.
Lady Merin
The town is home to Lady Merin, a member of the Noble Circle.
In Imperial terms, that makes Drifter's Last an "owned" city. Its order, its guards and its handling of prisoners all run back to a noble rather than to some local official — which also makes it the place in the Hook where a player brushes up against Imperial noble politics most directly.
Danger: Outlaw Farmers
The area is frequently attacked by Outlaw Farmers.
This is the town's routine threat and the direct consequence of that ring of fields: where there is a harvest there are people who want to take it, and walls cannot protect land outside them. For a passing player it means running into groups of hostile farmers while moving around the outskirts; for anyone thinking of settling nearby, it means the ground outside the gates is not a safe gathering zone.
Do not commit crimes here
The consequences of being arrested differ sharply between the Hook's two United Cities towns:
| Place | What happens after they catch you |
|---|---|
| Clownsteady | Beaten, caged, healed |
| Drifter's Last | Enslaved and shipped to Slave Farm South |
So players looking to farm toughness and lockpicking off police training dummies should do it in Clownsteady, not here. Getting cuffed in Drifter's Last leads to slavery, not a cell.
Town overrides: two futures decided by two heads
Multiple World States can affect Drifter's Last, producing two overrides — and both triggers are written on the same pair of people: the town's noble Lady Merin, and Slave Mistress Grace of Slave Farm South.
Half-destroyed
Condition: Lady Merin is killed, but Grace is still alive.
The town stays under United Cities control and simply declines: ten buildings become ruins, commerce shrinks to the Drifter's Last General Shop, the Empire Armor Shop, a General Shop and one Empire Big Bar, plus barracks and four farm huts. It keeps the Empire Southwest Trade Culture.
In other words, cutting down the noble without touching the supply chain does not buy liberation — it buys a half-collapsed town.
Free Traders
Condition: Lady Merin and Grace are both killed.
The internal name of this version in the game files is Drifter's Last (override) prosperous — prosperous. That is the game's own verdict on this outcome.
Once the Free Traders take over, the town gains several things the Empire never gave it: four Adventurer Gate Guards, a Police Station, an Independent Bar, a Ronin Mechanical Shop, a Thieves Guild, and three civilian families. Its defences do not collapse; they get tighter than before. Trade-wise, both the Free Traders and the Empire Southwest trade cultures apply here.
These are not simply a worse and a better outcome. Half-destroyed is what Imperial failure looks like; Free Traders is what the place looks like once the Empire has left. And the name the game gives the latter is "prosperous".
See also
Buildings and shops
Armour Shop, Bar, Barracks, General Shop, Drifter's Last General Shop, Mechanical Shop, Ranger Shop, Noble House, Power Station x2, Small Shack x4 (Residential), 1x Empire Noble Merin (4), 1x Drifter's Last Shop (2), 1x Empire Armor Shop (2), 1x Empire Barracks (2), 4x Farm Hut UC (1), 1x General Shop (1)
Sells
Vendors here stock 89 items in total, grouped by category — every entry links.
Items
Advanced First Aid Kit, Armour Plating, Authentic Skeleton Repair Kit, Basic First Aid Kit, Book, Cactus Rum, Cactus, Chainmail Sheets, Copper Alloy Plates, Copper, Electrical Components, Fabrics, Fuel, Gears, Generator Core, Greenfruit, Grog, Hacksaw, Hemp, Iron Plates, Leather, Luxury Goods, Medical Supplies, Riceweed, Robotics Components, Sake, Simple Rug, Skeleton Repair Kit, Sleeping Bag, Splint Kit, Spring Steel, Standard First Aid Kit, Steel Bars, Strawflour, Water Jug, Water, Wheatstraw
Medium Armour
Armoured Face Plates, Armoured Hood, Flared Helmet, Iron Hat, Karuta Zukin, Kusari Zukin, Masked Helmet, Mercenary Leather Armour, Plate Jacket, Plated Longboots, Police Helmet, Visored Helmet
Crossbows
Bolts Heavies, Bolts Longs, Bolts Regulars, Bolts Toothpicks, Eagle's Cross, Oldworld Bow MkII, Oldworld Bow MkI, Ranger, Spring Bat, Tooth Pick
Light Armour
Bandana, Black Bandana, Drifter's Boots, Hachigane, Heart Protector, Rattan Hat, Red Bandana, Side-Angle Hachigane, Tagelmust, Turban
Nutrition
Bread, Cooked Vegetables, Dried Fish, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Meatwrap, Ration Pack
Backpacks
Large Backpack, Medium Backpack, Scavenger's Basket, Small Backpack, Trader's Wooden Backpack
Samurai Armour, Samurai Boots, Samurai Helmet, Samurai Legplates
Headgear
Footwear
Mercenaries
Vendors and stock here
Compiled automatically from the wiki's vendor data: shops that can appear in this settlement and what they may carry. Actual stock varies with world state and randomisation.
Drifter's Last General Shop
Advanced First Aid Kit, Authentic Skeleton Repair Kit, Bandana, Basic First Aid Kit, Basket Hat, Black Bandana, Drifter's Boots, Fabrics, Hachigane, Karuta Zukin, Kusari Zukin, Large Backpack, Masked Helmet, Medium Backpack, Plated Longboots, Rattan Hat, Red Bandana, Samurai Boots, … (30 items in all at this shop)
Empire Armor Shop
Armoured Face Plates, Armoured Hood, Flared Helmet, Hachigane, Heart Protector, Iron Hat, Masked Helmet, Mercenary Leather Armour, Mercenary Plate, Plate Jacket, Plated Longboots, Police Helmet, Samurai Armour, Samurai Boots, Samurai Helmet, Samurai Legplates, Side-Angle Hachigane, Visored Helmet
Empire Big Bar
Bread, Cactus Rum, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Grog, Meatwrap, Sake, Water, Water Jug
Empire Mechanical Shop
Armour Plating, Authentic Skeleton Repair Kit, Book, Chainmail Sheets, Copper, Copper Alloy Plates, Electrical Components, Fabrics, Fuel, Gears, Generator Core, Hacksaw, Iron Plates, Leather, Skeleton Repair Kit, Spring Steel, Steel Bars
Empire Ranger Shop
Bolts Heavies, Bolts Longs, Bolts Regulars, Bolts Toothpicks, Eagle's Cross, Oldworld Bow MkI, Oldworld Bow MkII, Ranger, Spring Bat, Tooth Pick
General Shop
Armour Plating, Authentic Skeleton Repair Kit, Basic First Aid Kit, Book, Cactus, Chainmail Sheets, Copper, Copper Alloy Plates, Electrical Components, Fabrics, Fuel, Gears, Grog, Hacksaw, Hemp, Iron Plates, Leather, Luxury Goods, … (27 items in all at this shop)
Independent Bar
Bread, Cooked Vegetables, Dried Fish, Dried Meat, Foodcube, Greenfruit, Grog, Meatwrap, Ration Pack, Water, Water Jug
Ronin Mechanical Shop
Armour Plating, Authentic Skeleton Repair Kit, Book, Chainmail Sheets, Copper, Copper Alloy Plates, Electrical Components, Fabrics, Fuel, Gears, Generator Core, Hacksaw, Iron Plates, Leather, Skeleton Repair Kit, Spring Steel, Steel Bars