The Bouncer

The Bouncer
Client	Hired Barkeep
Region	Sunlands
Town	Sunshade Tavern
Prerequisite(s)	Complete Primrose's Ch. 1
Reward(s)	1,500 Fortifying Nut x 1

"I'm emptying my coffers for him, and all he does is drink all day! Can no one talk some sense into the man?" —Hired Barkeep

The Bouncer is a side story in Octopath Traveler.It is activated by speaking to the Hired Barkeep in the Sunshade Tavern in Sunshade.

Use the Challenge/Provoke Path Action to defeat the Drunken Bouncer just outside the tavern.

The story ends once the Drunken Bouncer is defeated.

After a thorough trouncing, the tavern bouncer mended his slovenly ways and became the epitome of a hardworking guard.

Gallery

Hired Barkeep (Sunshade Tavern)

Drunken Bouncer (Sunshade)

Imposing Bouncer Sunshade.png

Imposing Bouncer (Sunshade)

Trivia

• Drunken Bouncer appears only after completing Primrose's Chapter 1.
• Upon completion of the side story Drunken Bouncer becomes Imposing Bouncer.

[v · t · e · ?] Side Stories Frostlands: Sir Miles, Servant of the Flame (I/II/III)  •  The Innocent Inmate  •  The Slumbering Giant  •  Lianna and Eliza*  •  Let There Be Warmth  •  Setting Out  •  Arianna Again (I/II)*  •  Here Be Dragons  •  Heirloom of a High House  •  Ogen's Epilogue* Flatlands: Theracio's Tutelage (I/II/III)  •  The Prodigious Painting  •  Fit for a King  •  City of Gold  •  Zeph and Mercedes (II)*  •  In Search of Father (I)†  •  The Gravekeeper's Grief  •  The Price of Vengeance  •  Mikk and Makk Make Good*  •  Scaredy Sheep  •  Tilting at Windmills Coastlands: Le Mann, Explorer Extraordinaire (I/II/III)  •  Love Unrequited  •  Princess Mary, Redux*  •  In Search of Father (II)†  •  Left Behind  •  The Merchant's Path  •  Scourge of the Seas  •  An Exotic Aroma  •  The Diarist's Desire*  •  Keeping Up with the Wyndhams* Highlands: Noelle, Seeker of Knowledge (I/II/III)  •  Never Forget  •  Fertile Fields  •  Lost in Translation  •  A Royal Secret  •  Up to No Good  •  Russell's Repentance*  •  Star of the Stage  •  Performance Art  •  At Journey's End† Sunlands: Ria, Born to Roam (I/II/III)  •  Her Time to Shine  •  The Bouncer  •  The Adventures of Ali*  •  In Search of Sweets  •  Shadow over the Sands  •  Back with Bale*  •  The Prisoner's Plea  •  In Search of the Unknown  •  King Khalim's Conundrum* Riverlands: Meryl, Lost then Found (I/II/III)  •  For Want of Fish  •  A Sweet Reunion  •  Zeph and Mercedes (I)*  •  Daughter of the Dark God (II)†  •  The Worrywart  •  The Pilgrims' Plight  •  A Corpse with No Name  •  The Hidden Hoard  •  The Adventuring Life  •  Hello Again, Harald* Cliftlands: Daughter of the Dark God (I)†  •  Kaia, Mother of Dragons (I/II/III)  •  The Bandits' Code  •  Sparks of Revolution  •  Heathcote's High Jinks*  •  A Miner Dilemma  •  The Weaver's Predicament  •  Revello and Odette*  •  On the Precipice  •  The Wayward Son Woodlands: Ashlan the Beastmaster (I/II/III)  •  Rite of Passage  •  Way Through the Woods  •  Alphas and the Impresario†  •  Arena Aspirations  •  A Promising Venture  •  Into Thin Air  •  Again with Alaic*  •  A Cub with No Name  •  Looting Grave Robber Special: Kit, the Traveler