The Safecracker is one of three preparation tasks for the heist in Open Sesame!. You can hire one of two experts, Quinto or Casimir Bassi, and the choice changes how the heist plays out.
How to start Open Sesame: The Safecracker
It starts when you agree to join the heist at the herbalist’s hut. The suggested level is 34 and it gives 150 XP.
Quinto
Quinto is locked in a cage at a mercenary camp southeast of the herbalist’s hut, held by Hans of Cidaris, whom you may know from Contract: The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest. Talk to Quinto in his cage, not to Hans. Hans wants 200 crowns, or 400 if you squeezed him for more money on that contract. You can haggle him down, or win him over with gwent or a fistfight. Losing either doubles the price.
Casimir Bassi
In Alness, Casimir stands on his roof threatening to blow himself up because his wife cheated on him. Mock him into a fistfight or use Axii and he agrees to help. Sympathizing with him, or telling him to wait, makes him go through with it.
Which one should I pick?
- Quinto: you can talk your way past the guards, but he misses a trap and you fall into a pit of arachnomorphs. In the vault he sides with Horst Borsodi.
- Casimir: his explosion forces a fight with the guards but disables the trap. In the vault he sides with Ewald Borsodi.
Tips
- Want both for a bit of extra XP and no failed objectives? Free Quinto first and tell him you don’t need him yet. He waits at the Oxenfurt gate at midnight. Then go and hire Casimir.
- Casimir must be hired on the spot. If you put him off, he dies and Quinto is your only option.
- Axii on Casimir needs Delusion level 2.
