User:Yuanchosaan/Tonberry Team/Manikin Ranching

Manikin Ranching is a mini-game in Tonberry Team. It can be accessed by speaking to Hanji at the Manikin Pens, located outside the Library of Ithil. Manikin Ranching allows the player to capture Manikins from around Sundry, generate new ones, challenge themselves by defeating Manikins in special challenges, and obtain Salvage from their demolished remains.

Unlocking Manikin Ranching

 * 1) To unlock Manikin Ranching, the player must first recruit Hanji in the side-quest "Error: Reformatting".
 * 2) Once 200 Manikins have been defeated, the player can begin the quest "Minions, Manikins and Management" by speaking with Hanji.
 * 3) Hanji will wax lyrical about the fascinating properties of Manikins, and her desire to capture some for study. The prospect of having these mindless, destructive beings situated near the Library's precious Research Files and experiments is violently rejected by the Tonberry Team. However, they are quite keen on the idea of studying Manikins in itself, and agree that if a safe area to keep the Manikins can be constructed, they will happily assist Hanji in her project.
 * 4) Xaras will develop a blueprint to create the first Manikin Pen (Small).
 * Once this quest is complete, subsequent blueprints to enlarge the Manikin Pens are made available.


 * 1) Hanji is extremely pleased by this development. She immediately demands that the Tonberry Team go forth on an expedition to capture a Manikin.
 * 2) Manikins can now be captured by reducing their HP to <10%, and then using the Salvage command on them. Only one Manikin can be captured at a time, with the exception of Sokutei, who may capture three at once. To deposit a Manikin in the Pens, return to the Library and speak with Hanji.
 * 3) Capturing Manikins is exceedingly tiresome. After three Manikins have been captured in this manner, D3 irritably scolds Hanji for taking up everyone's time with her project, when there is a lot more SCIENCE to be done. He demands that the Tonberry Team destroy the Manikins whilst he observes.
 * 4) This unlocks the Challenge mode of Manikin Ranching. Defeat the three Manikins whilst Hanji sobs slightly on the sidelines.
 * 5) D3 announces his findings about the Manikins, and concludes that it will be possible to generate new ones from Salvage components.
 * 6) A blueprint to create a Manikin Generator is now accessible. Inventing it will unlock the Generation mode of Manikin Ranching, allowing the player to use Salvage and crystals to replicate existing Manikins for study purposes, and to generate new ones (because it wouldn't be science without an occasional experimental abomination).
 * 7) This concludes the questline. The player is now free to capture Manikins, break them down into bits with Challenge, and then create ever more powerful ones in a horrifying, never-ending cycle. Hanji is proud.

Rewards
Defeating a Manikin in the Pens will fill the associated enemy section in the Research File of the location the Manikin originates from. Destruction of Manikins produces Salvage: mostly elemental crystals, the occasional component related to the original's world or being, and rarely, otherwise unique items from that Manikin's Shard. These can be used to generate new Manikins or as components for Inventions. In addition, Hanji has a list of research goals related to capture, challenge and generation of Manikins. Completing these requests will result in Hanji manifesting certain rewards from her digitalised databanks, including Salvage, Equipment, food and data from Research Files.