Chapter 2 walkthrough

You owe Locke, you run the saloon in Blueberry, and you are collecting six recommendation letters. Nerdy Geek states the six letters directly. A review and the wiki both put an estate auction, Earl’s missing tools, the first guest room, and Charlie Duff’s barter inside Act 2. The Chapter 3 news post talks about the town defense in the previous chapter, and a Steam thread about the end of Chapter 2 describes Locke and the defense, so I treat the fight as the handoff, not as Chapter 3’s opening.

Story tasks in this stretch are also why closing feels broken. Threads say you cannot close or sleep, and time stays frozen, until the beat ends. Joystick Diaries names that fence as one of the reasons the chapter feels harsh. It is not a separate bug from the sign. The sign page is customers and closing.

The following sequence is one competitor page that says it paraphrases a full Act 2 playthrough. Status: 1 source. I am not calling it official.

1. Open the bar and hear the estate auction.
2. Doc’s mixer.
3. Learn the tools were stolen.
4. Follow the toolbox: Casey, the holder, then cover from the sheriff.
5. Renovate the first guest room.
6. Barter with Charlie, and deliver a crate to the sheriff.
7. Rent the room and cover for a guest.
8. After close, stay for the contract conversation.

The toolbox itself, once you are told to find it, is the desk in W’s upstairs room according to the stuck-quest thread and an older Prologue location guide. Full steps for that quest stay on the quest row. Previous card: Chapter 1. Next card: Chapter 3.