Red Sabre HideoutReport
English：Red Sabre Hideout · Locations
The Red Sabre home base in the south-western Swamp, twenty-two members plus the boss. It is called a hideout but a single Map of the Swamps puts it on your map; the only thing in it worth the trip is the Meitou Horse Chopper on the boss.
The Red Sabre Hideout is the faction HQ of the Red Sabres, in the south-western part of the Swamp, with the Red Sabre Boss sitting inside it.
The name is a little misleading. Nothing about this place needs a systematic search — read a Map of the Swamps and it is marked for you, alongside Mud Town, Rot and the rest of the swamp settlements.
The doorstep is the fight
The building holds about twenty-two Red Sabres plus the boss himself.
The Red Sabres are set to be always hostile when approaching the player: no talking, no toll. Walking up to the door is the same as starting the fight, and twenty-two sabres inside one building makes this one of the hardest encounters in the Swamp. The zone itself is not especially dangerous. This house is the exception.
What is in it
The site carries a gear Artifacts value of 10,000 Cats, which means its armour and weapons are generated through the Artifacts system and are not junk. Total item count is 30, and it refreshes every 24 hours, so in principle it can be farmed.
What you actually pick up is mostly bandit housekeeping:
| Category | Items |
|---|---|
| Food | Foodcube, Bread, Dried Meat, Meatwrap, Gohan, Rice Bowl, Dustwich |
| Drink and drugs | Grog, Bloodrum, Cactus Rum, Sake, Hashish |
| Medical | Standard and Advanced First Aid Kits, Splint Kit, Advanced Splint Kit |
| Sellable odds and ends | Luxury Goods, Pearl Cup, Pearl Urn, Motor, Book |
| Backpacks | Scavenger's Basket and Small Backpack (common); Medium Backpack and Trader's Wooden Backpack (uncommon) |
There is also a pile of empty rum bottles, empty grog cans, wooden bowls and water jugs worth almost nothing. Those still occupy slots in the count of 30.
The weapon
One thing here is worth the walk: the boss's Meitou-grade Horse Chopper.
Meitou is the top rung of weapon manufacture, grade 15. The Horse Chopper itself is the plainest sabre in the game — more damage than a katana, more weight, -4 attack and +4 defence, and bandits everywhere carry one. The grade is the whole difference. A Meitou example is an early-to-mid game rearming of your entire squad, and it is not locked in any chest. Win the fight and it is yours.