Dust King Tower

The Dust King Tower, home of the famous Dust King, is located in the Border Zone on the edge of a cliffside overlooking the river below. The tower's fortifications consist of Level 3 walls, a gate and 5 mounted crossbows on the walls. Defenders can number up to 20+ Dust Bandits and a handful of Dust Bosses, presumably lieutenants of the King. Unique Recruit Cat is imprisoned on the third floor of the tower, on the prison level.

Residents

• Dust King
• Dust Boss (4 to 5)
• Dust Bandit (4 to 6)

Housemates (Dust Tower Guards)

• Dust Boss
• Dust Bandit (5 to 10)
• Dust Bandit Bowman (1 to 5)

Prisoners

• Cat

Items

This location has a gear Artifacts value of 10,000 Cats, meaning it will spawn armour and weapons from the Artifacts system. This location also has a total item count of 30 items and it refreshes every 24 hours.

Possible Stock
Item		Average Price	Chance
File:Advanced First Aid Kit.png	Advanced First Aid Kit	c.265	Common
File:Advanced Splint Kit.png	Advanced Splint Kit	c.311	Common
File:Bloodrum.png	Bloodrum	c.1,328	Common
File:Book.png	Book	c.300	Common
File:Bread.png	Bread	c.488	Common
File:Cactus Rum.png	Cactus Rum	c.520	Common
File:Chewsticks.png	Chewsticks	c.152	Common
File:Cup.png	Cup	c.6	Common
File:Dried Meat.png	Dried Meat	c.78	Common
File:Dustwich.png	Dustwich	c.730	Common
File:Empty Grog Can.png	Empty Grog Can	c.3	Common
File:Empty Rum Bottle.png	Empty Rum Bottle	c.3	Common
File:Foodcube.png	Foodcube	c.874	Common
File:Gohan.png	Gohan	c.444	Common
File:Grog.png	Grog	c.1,155	Common
File:Hashish.png	Hashish	c.144	Common
File:Luxury Goods.png	Luxury Goods	c.240	Common
File:Meatwrap.png	Meatwrap	c.658	Common
File:Motor.png	Motor	c.421	Common
File:Pearl Cup.png	Pearl Cup	c.240	Common
File:Pearl Urn.png	Pearl Urn	c.600	Common
File:Rice Bowl.png	Rice Bowl	c.186	Common
File:Sake.png	Sake	c.428	Common
File:Sleeping Bag.png	Sleeping Bag	c.605	Common
File:Splint Kit.png	Splint Kit	c.212	Common
File:Standard First Aid Kit.png	Standard First Aid Kit	c.147	Common
File:Water Jug.png	Water Jug	c.30	Common
File:Wooden Bowl.png	Wooden Bowl	c.12	Common
Backpack		Average Price	Chance
File:Medium Backpack.png	Medium Backpack	c.1,500	Uncommon
File:Scavenger's Basket.png	Scavenger's Basket	c.250	Common
File:Small Backpack.png	Small Backpack	c.1,000	Common
File:Trader's Wooden Backpack.png	Trader's Wooden Backpack	c.800	Uncommon

Tips

• The best way to unlock the front gate is from the side of the staircase, rather than going directly in front of the gate itself. From this position, you're less likely to be seen (you're behind the main wall, not the transparent gate), and are less open to crossbow fire from the turrets. You can even open the gate from here without drawing any alarm, allowing your entire group to enter the base without resistance.
• Upon entering the gate, you will most likely be swarmed. With low level characters, you will no doubt be wiped, and once downed the Dust Bandits will pick you up and imprison you inside of cages on the third floor. The Dust King will either be outside, and can easily be lured to a safer place away from the tower, or he will be inside and will be one of the last bandits to come after you. In the case of the former, you can get him to chase you far away from the aggro range of the others. Otherwise, you will have to fight through the rest of the bandits, which can easily result in a wipe and party deaths.
• It is possible to claim the Dust King's bounty very early in the game if one hires a team or two of Mercenaries to storm the tower for them. Simply unlock and open the gate and enter with your hired blades, and wait for him to go down to collect the bounty. The disadvantages of this are that a single character is unlikely to be able to collect all of the loot from the tower, and missing out on the experience from both Dust Bandit raids, and the fight itself.

Trivia

• If you become allied to the Dust Bandits faction through either FCS or the slavery trick, you can enter and use the camp beds inside of the tower, as well as man the Mounted Crossbows on the wall. Despite the fact that the bandits inside will say you're trespassing, they will never become hostile or raise an alarm, and you're free to remain inside as long as you want.