Cure Fred ending & cure potion

Two conditions to keep together

The cure badge is a separate result from Defeat Fred Ending. Simply reaching the last stop with a potion in your inventory is not the condition: the potion has to cure Fred, and the ride must finish with him alive.

Keep the cure potion for Fred

Once you obtain the cure potion, set it aside from sale cargo and ordinary supplies. Make sure the player responsible for using it can locate and equip it before the story transition at the last stop.

The official badge identifies the potion but does not give ingredients or a crafting station. Use the acquisition instructions shown inside the current Beta build. Do not assume that a healing item or an unrelated potion substitutes for the specifically named cure potion.

Coordinate the attempt before arriving

The failed cure attempt near 28:09 in DV Plays’ recording is a useful caution: the group prepares to throw the potion, the attempt does not succeed, and they switch to killing Fred. That clip demonstrates the importance of the final action, but it is not a successful cure walkthrough.

1. Tell the group you are attempting Cure Fred.
2. Choose one player to carry and use the cure potion.
3. Keep the potion available through the final ride and scene transition.
4. Stop teammates from treating the encounter as an ordinary damage race.
5. Use the potion on Fred as directed by the game and observe the result.
6. Finish the ride and check for the Cure Fred Ending badge.

Avoid losing the attempt at the last moment

For a solo run, the coordination problem is simpler, but the item and no-kill conditions remain. Keep a normal combat loadout for the journey and make the ending decision before the final fight.

• Do not sell or casually use the cure potion before reaching Fred.
• Know which player has the item before the final scene starts.
• Do not assume the cure worked because an item was consumed.
• Watch the encounter outcome and let the game complete the ending.
• If Fred is killed, treat that as a defeat-ending result.

Cure Fred, Defeat Fred and Case Closed

Cure Fred asks for the potion and a no-kill finish. Defeat Fred asks for a kill at the last stop. Case Closed is another named objective: keep Detective Jack Hollow alive until he finds Fred.

Do not treat these three badge descriptions as interchangeable. Pick the intended task at the beginning of a run, then use the NPC guide to keep track of the characters and conditions that matter to it.