.hack//G.U. Last Recode

.hack//G.U. Last Recode

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Bikman's Quest - Vol. 1
By Azure Fang
A player location and general tips guide for one of the most irritating quests in .hack//HISTORY!
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Overview
Bikman's campaign becomes available after completing the quest "Bikman's Art Supplies" and requires you to speak with all 135 different players in .hack//Rebirth. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! Due to how players are populated into the game, there's a pretty good chance this will be the LAST thing you finish in //Rebirth. This guide aims to provide a full list of players, where they can be found, and general tips to make this task much less frustrating.
General Mechanics
The first thing to understand is that all "players" can be grouped into four general spawning categories:
  • Mac Anu: These players will only appear in the Mac Anu root town.
  • Lumina Cloth: These players will only spawn in the Lumina Cloth root town.
  • Both: These players will spawn in both Mac Anu and Lumina Cloth.
  • Medic: These players will only spawn in fields or dungeons, in groups of three.
If you're looking for a Mac Anu player in Lumina Cloth, you're going to be disappointed.

Second, due to engine limitations you will only find 6-8 players in a root town at any given time. To simulate a more populated feel, these players are constantly moved to out of view locations to stand, run around, or warp in and out as you navigate through the town. The only way to change the current set is to cause the game to reload the town.
General Tips
Mac Anu
Mac Anu can be both easy and frustrating to hunt down your targets. While there seem to be multiple places to reload the area, such as entering a shop or @HOME, none of these actually cause the player set to refresh. The fastest way to cause a player set in Mac Anu to refresh is to warp to Lumina Cloth and back, though logging out or running an area will also work.

When hunting players, the Dome and its bridge are the best places to look. When you zone into the dome, 0-6 players will be standing around the portal. Just outside the door, the entire current player set will constantly spawn at the door and run to the bridge, or spawn on the bridge out of sight and run to the door, all in a perpetual loop. Stand at the foot of the door stairs and watch the names go by - once you've seen 6-8 unique names, refresh for a new set.

Lumina Cloth
Lumina Cloth trades more convenient reloading for more difficult player tracking. By running Limit (single) battles in the Arena, you can casually level up your Book of 1000 while refreshing the player set - spawn in, check for players, run one battle, repeat. Otherwise, refreshing requires root town travel or logging out and back in.

The easiest way to actually track the players per spawn is to get them to stand on the runway. Run up to the counter, then check the sides of the platform near the portals, as both sides can house 0-3 standing players. Then run down the runway - both sides of the path have multiple standing points to check. If you haven't seen 6-8 unique names, circle around the back of the warp point and back to the runway to find the standing groups have changed. Repeat until you've seen 6-8 unique names, then refresh.

Fields/Dungeons
There are two sets of players that can be found in areas and dungeons. The most important are the Medic players, which appear on warp platforms and provide healing and random buffs. The second are any player that can appear in Mac Anu, which will be resting at platforms or caught in battle areas.

When selecting an area from the root town, you will see two numbers above the area's element indicator. The number on the left is the amount of players (not including PKers) in the area, while the number on the right is the amount of players in that field that you have already met - if the number on the right is lower than on the left, the area is guaranteed to have players that you have not met. Every time you change area words, even if it's just to cancel the menu and re-open, these numbers will re-randomize, allowing for significantly easier hunting of Medic and Mac Anu players.

It should be noted, however, that all standing players in an area will warp away the moment the field's objective has been completed, be it by completing the Judge's Symbol or beating the boss. When using areas to hunt players, go to every platform before completing the area objective to ensure contact.
Human Male Locations
Name
Location
Ninjato
Both
Eddie
Both
Rudolph
Both
Nogmung
Both
Oimatsu
Both
IGA
Both
Vergilius
Both
Midnight-Head
Both
DOMINATOR
Both
Rider Chyob
Both
Lieutenant Okada
Both
Corporal Yano
Both
Ookami Itto
Mac Anu
SideWinder
Mac Anu
tres
Mac Anu
Ubadama
Mac Anu
Heretic
Mac Anu
Kunio
Mac Anu
Encephalon
Mac Anu
Lonely Wolf
Mac Anu
Boltz
Mac Anu
Dimitri
Mac Anu
MAXBURST
Mac Anu
Aralagi
Mac Anu
Aryosha
Mac Anu
Mihirogi
Mac Anu
Nagi
Both
Kazuki
Both
Blue Eye Samurai
Both
Mark
Both
Wise Dragon
Both
Battery Tomekichi
Both
Yoshio
Lumina Cloth
Katar
Lumina Cloth
Nagare
Lumina Cloth
Dragonfly
Lumina Cloth
Colt 31
Lumina Cloth
Pokuri
Lumina Cloth
EXILE
Lumina Cloth
Fang
Lumina Cloth
Chamnosuke
Lumina Cloth
NonBE
Lumina Cloth
AK47
Lumina Cloth
Pilgrim
Lumina Cloth
Lettuce Taro
Lumina Cloth
Machida Man
Lumina Cloth
Takowaza380Yen
Lumina Cloth
Great Leo
Lumina Cloth
Ayuo
Lumina Cloth
JJ
Lumina Cloth
Flamberge
Lumina Cloth
Human Female Locations
Name
Location
Schrodinger
Both
Trigger
Both
NAOO
Both
Isolde
Both
Wang Lin
Both
Chobi
Both
dr. D
Both
Henako
Both
Syake
Both
Senion
Mac Anu
Inui
Mac Anu
angel hair
Mac Anu
Olive
Mac Anu
Heavenly Flower
Mac Anu
-COOH
Mac Anu
Mile
Mac Anu
Moonlight Dance
Mac Anu
Alice
Mac Anu
Pen Pen
Mac Anu
Abcinian
Mac Anu
1/2
Both
Aira
Lumina Cloth
Menou
Lumina Cloth
Chrysanthemum
Lumina Cloth
Punisher Mitch
Lumina Cloth
Black Pearl
Lumina Cloth
meruru
Lumina Cloth
Heart in Brocade
Lumina Cloth
Hiira
Lumina Cloth
NiangNiang
Lumina Cloth
Ayame
Lumina Cloth
Rental Daughter
Lumina Cloth
Kiira
Lumina Cloth
Sapphire
Lumina Cloth
Madame Insane
Lumina Cloth
Jade
Lumina Cloth
Joanna
Lumina Cloth
Ruby
Lumina Cloth
Aleneor
Lumina Cloth
Onyx
Lumina Cloth
Beast Male Locations
Name
Location
Barson
Both
Pale
Both
Nuada
Both
Tanu
Both
Vanguard
Both
Sky
Mac Anu
Seisaku
Medic
Hideyo
Medic
BJ
Medic
Osamu
Medic
GENPAKU
Medic
Ryotaku
Medic
Towa
Both
Shirochan
Lumina Cloth
Eteman
Lumina Cloth
Yatsufusa
Lumina Cloth
Chamee
Lumina Cloth
Suzuki Pig
Lumina Cloth
Pochi
Lumina Cloth
Beast Female Locations
Name
Location
Ingrid
Both
TomCat
Both
Sagittarius
Both
Quasar
Both
GATES
Mac Anu
b1u3
Mac Anu
Mikatan
Mac Anu
Tiphereth
Mac Anu
Lady of the Lamp
Medic
Florence
Medic
Rintaro
Medic
Ougai
Medic
Agnes
Medic
Telese
Medic
Amber
Medic
William=G
Medic
Doyle
Medic
Watson
Medic
Phelix
Medic
Jill
Medic
Yoko
Lumina Cloth
Cecile
Lumina Cloth
Kanko
Lumina Cloth
Evil Woman
Lumina Cloth
Ishikari Cat
Lumina Cloth
34 Comments
kouma001 23 Apr @ 11:38pm 
This is, without a doubt, THE MOST ANNOYING side quest in vol 1.
SosuGabenu 2 Apr @ 11:43am 
God bless you and your family for this guide, i wish there were one for the lucky animal BS. Thank you nonetheless:p4g_smiling:
DCPower13 27 Dec, 2023 @ 11:34am 
Thanks for the guide! I was down to the last 3, all human females. Another hour of searching had gone by all while trying out different combination of party members. Then I thought, Kuhn is such a ladies man, what if...so I added Kuhn and only Kuhn to the party. I found all 3 missing females within 5 minutes!
Nik1eo 21 Jun, 2021 @ 11:24am 
Thx man <3
SotiCoto 23 Sep, 2020 @ 2:19pm 
Well... after all the hype I was half expecting this to be difficult... but it really wasn't.
I just popped the cheevo...
Now I've just got to get all the Lucky Animals, all the bounties, all the Mecha Gruntie encounters, etc...
Azure Fang  [author] 6 Nov, 2019 @ 9:15am 
I haven't read as much Lovecraft as I should, but it wouldn't surprise me.
G_Whizard 6 Nov, 2019 @ 1:11am 
Off topic....but seriously, am I the ONLY one who saw "Bikman" the npc painter and immediately saw the obvious HP Lovecraft reference to Pickman's Model? Y'know, the one about the painter?
Artemis 10 Jul, 2019 @ 4:52pm 
Got this game during this sale and cleared the story for Vol 1 but man is this quest such a pain to do. So glad you have this guide up lol.
NubsPixel 10 Jul, 2019 @ 8:23am 
After almost 5 hours of trying, i finally got my last 2 NPC; Evil Woman and EXILE

Just got the game during the sale and what @Brian012 said is true. Only Haseo in party spawns certain NPC more. Having a different party member spawns different NPC more. The theory of certain NPC spawns at certain time of day might also be true, as when i was using Haseo alone, it spawns different NPC multiple times at specific hours/minute. But as to what NPC did spawn, i don't keep record on that. I will say that i was trying it since 11.00 until 17.00

Not gonna do extensive research on this, but it should give tips to other 100%-er to not die of boredom like i did.

also Necro-ed!
Brian012 20 Jan, 2019 @ 1:54am 
@Azure Fang. So, Machida Man FINALLY appeared! I tried going into Lumina Cloth with more than just Haseo and it wasn't too much longer before I found him. Phew! I did seem to see some of the more-rare NPC-PCs when I had a party, instead of solo Haseo. So perhaps that has something to do with it? I also considered, maybe time-of-day by the PC clock, but I kind of doubt that.

Oh man, YEAH! That WOULD be awesome! Even if they got a console re-release, even if only a digital store download, like for the PS4, it would be awesome!

LOL You might find this funny. I didn't really, but when I would play the original quadrilogy, and Kite would use his dual-blade Thunder Dance attack, my dad, for some BIZARRE reason would swear he heard Kite yell "Booger Dance!".. I guess it is kind of funny, but I think he was messing with me a bit. I mean, the words sound NOTHING alike.

Anyway, now with Bikman done, now I can continue on with the story and finish Vol 1. :)