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Shinobi Thieves Enhanced

Ever felt like the Shinobi Thieves were a little... underwhelming?
Like a guild of legendary assassins shouldn’t be running a discount membership program out of a makeshift tree fort?

Problem solved — this rework aims to make the Shinobi feel like a real underground network, not a starter club for fresh drifters.

🔪 New Item: Assassin’s Dagger 🔪
A medical item with -100 quality that makes bleeding much worse, killing downed enemies quickly.
Sold exclusively by Shinobi Thieves traders.
Belt-slot equippable, but still must be in inventory/backpack to function. Equip it to your belt to prevent your crew from using it on themselves.

🦝 Shinobi Guild Changes 🦝
The Shinobi Thieves are now:
• Harder to join — membership fee raised to 35,000 cats
• Better equipped — improved weapon and armor quality across the guild
• Easier to identify — plus gear variety makes them feel like a diverse squad
• Traders wear armored hoods
• Surgeons wear square goggles
• Ninja guards wear black plate
• Thieves wear ninja gi
• Richer and more stocked — expanded vendor inventory and cats on hand
• Potential access to rare goods — such as robotic Stealth Legs and other thief/assassin-style tools

Even in vanilla, the Shinobi maintain multiple towers across the world. This modded version of them reflects a faction that actually has the strength and resources to survive Kenshi’s ecosystem.

🩹 Why the Assassin’s Dagger Exists 🩹
There is a similar mod, Bleeder’s Needle by Flandre Mayor, but it lacks a unique icon and visually overlaps with toothpicks. This dagger provides the same purpose — a clean way to finish off enemies — while being immediately recognizable, and optionally disabled via belt-slot equip if you want to avoid accidents.

If you prefer the original concept without any guild changes, here is the standalone mod:
🔗 https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975608378

📦 Compatibility 📦
• Works with modded Shinobi vendor lists — designed to expand, not replace them
• Load order is generally flexible
• Best used alongside Unofficial Patches for Kenshi for more stable guild behavior:
🔗 https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2714086775

💭 My Thoughts 💭
The Shinobi always felt like they should be powerful — a faction thriving in the cracks of society, guiding smugglers and cutpurses from the shadows. This update aims to bring them closer to that fantasy:
• More presence in the world
• More thematic gear spread
• A reason you might want access to their black market
• A joining fee that actually means something

👋 Outro 👋
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I’m also updating my older mods, so I’d love it if you checked them out:
🔗 https://steamproxy.net/id/2PercentNate/myworkshopfiles/?appid=233860

💿 Permissions & Use 💿
Feel free to translate, edit, chop up, deep fry, or otherwise modify my mods to your heart's content.
All of my mods are freely distributed. If you end up editing one, I'd really appreciate receiving credit with a link to the original mod.
It's not required, but it would make my day! 😊

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