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Drink Links
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Drink Links

Learn how to increase Drink Links in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, unlocking new skills and techniques for your party members.

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Learn how to increase Drink Links in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, unlocking new skills and techniques for your party members.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Engage in conversations with party members at the Survive bar. Dialogue choices do not affect relationship gauge points but do influence Ichiban's Human Power stats.
  2. 2
    Increase Drink Links by eating and fighting together, ordering specific menu items in Ijincho, activating party chats, and playing mini-games.
  3. 3
    Reaching certain levels with each party member unlocks new job options and, at max level, a special technique usable with Ichiban.
  4. 4
    Dialogue choices at levels 0-4 offer stat bonuses. Level 4 to 5 typically involves a battle, except for Eri.
  5. 5
    Eri's Drink Links gauge starts at 0 and goes to 1 upon reaching Rank 100 in Company Management, after which she joins the party. Her subsequent level-ups are automatic based on Company Management ranks.
  6. 6
    Zhao joins the party late in the game. Visiting the Rose & Blossom cabaret club can raise male party members' gauges, especially if you choose a hostess compatible with Zhao (indicated by a double circle symbol).

Namba

  1. Level 0 > 1: Choose dialogue options: "I won't just listen and nod" (Kindness +20), "Just say what's on your mind!" (Passion +20), or "Welcome to Kasuga's Counseling Corner!" (Charisma +20). Then choose: "Stay calm and let things play out" (Intellect +20), "What's done is done" (Confidence +20), or "Just say an angel drank it." (Style +20).
  2. Level 1 > 2: Choose dialogue options: "Maybe he'll just let you off the hook" (Confidence +20), "I'll help you pay off your debt" (Kindness +20), or "Just pay it off in installments" (Intellect +20).
  3. Level 2 > 3 (Requires latter half of Chapter 10): Choose dialogue options: "Don't worry, you're younger than you look" (Charisma +20), "Age is only a number" (no stat bonus listed), or "You can still be a player" (Style +20).
  4. Level 3 > 4: Choose dialogue options: "Pie-throwing contest." (Charisma +20), "We're giving you a cocktail party" (Style +20), or "Sorry, top secret" (Intellect +20).
  5. Level 4 > 5: Fight level 20 Jun and two level 18 Atsushi's Underlings alone as Ichiban. This unlocks Namba's "Tag Team: Heat Buster" and the "Friends in Low Places" trophy.

Adachi

  1. Level 0 > 1: Choose dialogue options: "I'd rather just make my own" (Charisma +20), "Yeah, but I'd be upfront about it" (Confidence +20), or "A good drink's worth a little debt" (no stat bonus listed).
  2. Level 1 > 2: Choose dialogue options: "Man, that's some real commitment" (Passion +20), "You're like Daddy-Long-Legs" (Intellect +20), or "Maybe we should get you a suit" (Style +20).
  3. Level 2 > 3: Choose dialogue options: "Just gonna have to make some money!" (Passion +20), "I'd tell the kid I'm broke" (Confidence +20), or "I can you some cash" (no stat bonus listed).
  4. Level 3 > 4: Choose dialogue options: "Yamada's lackey" (no stat bonus listed), "Yamada's secretary" (Intellect +20), or "Yamada's stylist" (Style +20).
  5. Level 4 > 5: Fight Hasegawa (level 19) with just Adachi and Ichiban. Hasegawa is weak against normal attacks and physical skills. This unlocks Adachi's "Tag Team: Nelson Strike" and the "Friends on the Force" trophy.

Saeko

  1. Level 0 > 1: Choose dialogue options: "I'm here to listen, Sa-chan" (Kindness +20), "Well, it's not like you gotta entertain me" (Passion +20), or "I'm all about boring stories!" (Charisma +20).
  2. Level 1 > 2: Choose dialogue options: "It's about the club, huh?" (Intellect +20), "It's about a boyfriend, right?" (Confidence +20), or "It's about your hair, isn't it?" (Charm +20).
  3. Level 2 > 3: Choose dialogue options: "I'm sure she'll understand" (Kindness +20), "Leave Nanoha to me!" (Passion +20), or "I think it depends on how you say it" (Intellect +20).
  4. Level 3 > 4: Choose dialogue options: "Let's just find her someone better!" (Charisma +20), "Could always wait for winter to roll around." (no stat bonus listed), or "A little herbal tea goes a long way." (Charm +20).
  5. Level 4 > 5: Fight Katsuragawa (level 21) and three of his underlings (level 19) with just Ichiban and Saeko. This unlocks Saeko's "Tag Team: Bombardier Bash" and the "Friends Like Sisters" trophy.

Eri

  1. Level 0 > 1: Reach Rank 100 in Company Management. After a scene between Eri and Ichiban, talk to her at the Survive bar. Then choose dialogue options: "He had a handsome face like mine?" (Style +20), "He had big, poofy hair like this?" (Charisma +20), or "He had an amazing personality?" (no stat bonus listed). Eri will then join the party.
  2. Level 1 > 2: Automatic upon reaching Rank 50 within 7 cycles.
  3. Level 2 > 3: Automatic upon reaching Rank 20.
  4. Level 3 > 4: Automatic upon reaching Rank 10.
  5. Level 4 > 5: Automatic upon reaching Rank 1. This unlocks Eri's "Tag Team: Twin Fists", the "Friends from Work" trophy, and makes her available to hire in Company Management.

Han Joon-Gi

  1. Level 0 > 1: Choose dialogue options: "You're worth too much experience!" (Charisma +20), "Slimes...that run away..." (Confidence +20), or "Shoulda gone with "Maverick."

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