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Rakanishu

Walkthrough and QA reference for Rakanishu (SW_Rakanishu).

At a glance#

JournalSW_Rakanishu
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries6
Completion branches2
Starts byRecord route requires playtest verification.
Key locationsManaan, Bazaar
Key charactersRakanishu

Walkthrough#

1. Reach journal stage 5#

Route needs playtest verification. No literal journal setter was found for this stage in the parsed dialogue/MWScript evidence. Follow the surrounding quest context and verify whether this entry is reachable, indirect, optional, or historical.

Expected journal update — index 5: I have met again with Rakanishu on Manaan.

2. Reach journal stage 10#

Route needs playtest verification. No literal journal setter was found for this stage in the parsed dialogue/MWScript evidence. Follow the surrounding quest context and verify whether this entry is reachable, indirect, optional, or historical.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have swindled Rakanishu into giving me a reward for saving him, he will not speak to me again.

3. Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar#

Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar.

Expected journal update — index 15: Rakanishu is on Manaan seeking a different life than he had on Tatooine. He is tired of the hostility of the desert.

4. Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar and ask about different life — Finished#

The records expose more than one way to reach this journal update:

  • Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar and ask about different life.
  • Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar.

Expected journal update — index 20: I have offended Rakanishu and he will not speak to me again.

Known item transfer: 400 × Credits (gold_001).

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

5. Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar and ask about different life — Finished#

Speak with Rakanishu in Manaan, Bazaar and ask about different life.

Expected journal update — index 25: I have recruited Rakanishu in joining me in exploring the galaxy.

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

Endings & branches#

The journal has 2 explicit finished entries. Treat them as branch coverage targets during playtesting:

  • Index 20: I have offended Rakanishu and he will not speak to me again.
  • Index 25: I have recruited Rakanishu in joining me in exploring the galaxy.

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 400 × Credits (gold_001)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp) — Manaan, Bazaar

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Manaan, Bazaar
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_Rakanishu Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 6

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I have met again with Rakanishu on Manaan.0
10—I have swindled Rakanishu into giving me a reward for saving him, he will not speak to me again.0
15—Rakanishu is on Manaan seeking a different life than he had on Tatooine. He is tired of the hostility of the desert.1
20FinishedI have offended Rakanishu and he will not speak to me again.2
25FinishedI have recruited Rakanishu in joining me in exploring the galaxy.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I have met again with Rakanishu on Manaan.

Direct setter: No literal Journal <quest> <index> command was found in the current plugin for this stage. Treat this as a QA flag: it may be a developer note, branch reached indirectly, or state written by code outside the parsed MWScript/result-script patterns.

Stage 10

I have swindled Rakanishu into giving me a reward for saving him, he will not speak to me again.

Direct setter: No literal Journal <quest> <index> command was found in the current plugin for this stage. Treat this as a QA flag: it may be a developer note, branch reached indirectly, or state written by code outside the parsed MWScript/result-script patterns.

Stage 15

Rakanishu is on Manaan seeking a different life than he had on Tatooine. He is tired of the hostility of the desert.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 1873853411594623813 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp). locations: Manaan, Bazaar. conditions: Journal SW_Rakanishu Equal 0; Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “Yes the life on Tatooine was hard, unforgiving, hostile, and pointless. I’m looking for a different life now.”.
PlaySound3d "SW_PludetiGreet"
Journal SW_Rakanishu 15
AddTopic "different life"

Stage 20 — Finished

I have offended Rakanishu and he will not speak to me again.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 246811771860311411 under topic different life; speaker Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp). locations: Manaan, Bazaar. conditions: Journal SW_Rakanishu Equal 15; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “Bantha fodder! Leave me be.”.
PlaySound3d "SW_PludetiGreet"
Journal SW_Rakanishu 20
goodbye
  • Dialogue INFO 22868133221692221238 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp). locations: Manaan, Bazaar. conditions: Journal SW_Rakanishu Equal 0; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “A reward? Here, take these credits, and do not speak to me again.”.
PlaySound3d "SW_PludetiGreet"
Journal SW_Rakanishu 20
player->additem "gold_001", 400

Stage 25 — Finished

I have recruited Rakanishu in joining me in exploring the galaxy.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 28595226821842927321 under topic different life; speaker Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp). locations: Manaan, Bazaar. conditions: Journal SW_Rakanishu Equal 15; Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “Interesting, I suppose for the time being that could be appropriate. Where to?”.
PlaySound3d "SW_TtokkGreet"
Journal SW_Rakanishu 25
AddTopic "friend"
AddTopic "follow"

Dialogue speakers:

  • Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp) — Manaan, Bazaar

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_RakanishuScript — Npc Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp); placed in Manaan, Bazaar

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Manaan, Bazaar
Journal-state readers (1 code sites)
  • Script SW_RakanishuScript. attached to Npc Rakanishu (SW_JawaComp); placed in Manaan, Bazaar.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I have met again with Rakanishu on Manaan.
  • Reach index 10: I have swindled Rakanishu into giving me a reward for saving him, he will not speak to me again.
  • Reach index 15: Rakanishu is on Manaan seeking a different life than he had on Tatooine. He is tired of the hostility of the d…
  • Reach index 20 (Finished): I have offended Rakanishu and he will not speak to me again.
  • Reach index 25 (Finished): I have recruited Rakanishu in joining me in exploring the galaxy.
  • Branch coverage: this journal has 2 different Finished entries; test each reachable completion branch.
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_Rakanishu. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.