The Gambling Den

The Gambling Den sits next to The Office on the Chapter I Green Hills spoke. It is the dice floor behind the Credibility / reassessment gate — not a separate overworld icon. Players come here for Against All Odds, Malia’s airplane tickets, and the Transparent Mug → Flower → Wrench → Core Key chain.

AndyLand chased dice-room crashes from 1.01 through 1.06. 1.07 fixed a rare teleport to the Gambling Den elevator when a walking NPC blocked you. Run this area on 1.08 (current Steam tip) even though 1.08 itself is mostly Misery Town / Camera polish.

How to Reach the Den

1. Recover Mouth in the Office spoke (spell Help Me Talk)
2. Pass the personality survey and enter the Office building
3. Complete every workstation call — tables on Office Phone Calls
4. Ride the elevator and request reassessment with money-first answers:
   • You need money
   • A million dollars
   • No weaknesses
   • Lie about experience
   • As company boss
5. Exit the elevator onto the gambling floor
6. Immediately pick up the Transparent Mug on the floor to the right

If dialogue choices look wrong or missing, you are on a pre-1.07 build.

Against All Odds

Steam achievement: beat all three dice gamblers (~31% at launch).

Gambler	Notes
Green Boss	First table — learn the timing
Baby Man	Middle opponent
Copy Printer	Last table; finish all three on the same visit if you can

This is a mini-game, not a first-person brawl. Tips: Mini-Games. Wins also produce Airplane Tickets for Malia, which the Office productivity / Core route expects in Chapter I.

You can skip the dice room for raw story movement, but you will miss Against All Odds and the ticket errand.

Flower → Wrench → Core Key

The mug you grabbed at the elevator is not the Timesville green mug used with the Camera. Different props.

1. Fill the Transparent Mug at the Office water cooler
2. Pour it on the plant → collect Flower (Sunflower spawn was unreliable before 1.04 — re-enter the room if the flower is missing)
3. Trade the Flower at the train station for the Wrench
4. Use the Wrench on the cooler panel → turn water on → Core Key drops
5. Smash the glass wall with the Wrench and talk to staff so productivity rises

Full item pages: Flower · Wrench · Core Key. Water from this cooler also counts toward Water Break (tracking fixed in 1.03).

Patch History for This Floor

Patch	Gambling Den / dice note
1.01	Rare dice crash still under investigation
1.04	Dice room temporarily recoded — later rolled back
1.05	Crash targeted again with original dice code
1.06	”I believe I have fixed the dice game crash this time” — use this or newer
1.07	Walking NPC no longer teleports you to the gambling elevator
1.08	No new dice rewrite; still the recommended library build

If dice still crashes on enter after 1.06+, email [email protected] with the save. Andy has replaced files for this room before.

1.06 also fixed bottom-right Office stairs layering — you walk those stairs on the way to this floor.

Stay and the Den

The Office Stay secret is the Telescope Morse chain at the train-station bench, not the dice tables. You can finish Against All Odds on a first file and still do Morse on the Stay reload. Do not confuse Gambling Den progress with the three Stay secrets (Stay Secrets).

Connections

• The Office — parent hub
• Chapter I — when you visit
• Office Phone Calls — Credibility gate
• Flower · Wrench · Core Key
• Achievements — Against All Odds
• Patch Notes

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why don’t I see the Gambling Den elevator? A: Finish all Office phone calls, then request reassessment with the money-focused answers listed above.

Q: Is the Transparent Mug the same as the green mug? A: No. The transparent mug waters the Office plant. The green mug is a Camera photo target in Timesville, restored in patch 1.08.

Q: Which patch fixed dice crashes? A: Andy iterated 1.01–1.06. Use 1.06+ (current tip 1.08) before long dice sessions.