NPCs & their quest conditions

Who you need and what they ask

Doctor: preserve the clue

The hospital task depends on an incomplete code. Record the digits and their positions exactly as the Doctor gives them, then follow the keypad’s instructions. Keep any leading zero and avoid replacing your current clue with a number mentioned in somebody else’s run.

The hospital helper can organize the combinations implied by your clue. After opening the hospital, finish the reward interaction before returning to the bus; claiming the reward is part of the badge wording.

Noodle: save your empty cans

Junk King asks for payment entirely in empty cans. The important word is entirely: a payment that mixes in something else does not match the condition described by the badge.

Put empty cans aside while looting if this is the objective you want. Before paying, read the current request and make sure you can cover it using cans alone. The badge description does not specify a fixed number of cans, so use the amount shown by Noodle during your run.

Oscar Reed: track consecutive wins

Lucky Roller requires three wins in a row against Oscar Reed. Three wins spread across a longer sequence with a loss between them do not form the stated streak.

Keep the streak separate from your main travel budget. The footage shows in-game cash being risked during bids; fuel and ammunition remain necessary for finishing the ride. No reliable guaranteed-win sequence is established by the badge or the walkthrough.

Detective Jack Hollow: keep the escort alive

Case Closed requires Detective Jack Hollow to remain alive until he finds Fred. Treat this as an escort objective during the journey, rather than something completed merely by meeting the detective.

Ricoko’s route encounters the detective around a special barn section near 4:09. After a fight or departure, account for the character and avoid assuming a successful rescue means the whole objective is done. Coordinate the bus departure with whoever is watching the escort.

Fred: choose the ending as a group

Fred is the target of the cure and defeat endings. If a group is pursuing Cure Fred, the potion carrier and other players need the same plan before the final encounter.

Use the separate ending pages for preparation and keep the badge checklist open for the result. A successful combat finish can complete Defeat Fred while still missing the cure or detective objective you originally intended.