Jim's Hideout Side Quest - Mega Man Legends
Jim's Hideout is a Side Quest that becomes available after you obtain the Yellow Refractor Shard during the main story. You can start this quest by talking with Jim inside of a building in the northern portion of the Yass Plains - until you obtain the Yellow Refractor Shard this building will be empty. Agree to join Jim's gang and the quest will start.
Essentially this quest is one long fetch quest and many parts of it are time based. You will need to fetch an item and return it to Jim then wait until a certain amount of time passes before Jim will offer you the next step of the quest. I have this guide broken down into 2 parts - one is a quick list which contains minimal information about each step of the quest. You can find this quick list below.
The second part of this guide is for those of you who would like more detail explaining each part of this quest - you can find this information below the quick list.
Jim's Hideout Side Quest Quick List:
1. Talk to the construction worker outside of the bank (City Hall) for the Pick
2. Return to the same construction worker and talk to him; then visit Downtown and search the trash can in the northwest for the Saw
3. Investigate the pile of stuff Jim talks about for the Marlwolf Shell item
4. Obtain a Beetle from the second part of Yass Plains and give it to Jim (Reward is Old Heater)
5. Grab the Stag Beetle from ontop of a hill in the southern portion of Cardon Forest (Reward is Broken Circuits)
6. Visit the Junk Store's 2nd shop in Yass Plains, search the area behind it for a Comic Book (Reward is X Buster)
After joining Jim's gang the first step of this quest requires us to speak with a construction worker in the City Hall portion of town. You can find him outside of the Bank (pictured above), he'll give you a Pick which you'll need to take back to Jim to update your quest. Jim will tell you to come back in a bit after you give him the Pick - as previously stated you need to let a certain amount of real time pass before you can start the next step.
Upon your return the building will look a bit different on both the inside and outside. Talk to Jim again and this time he will request a Saw. Return to the same construction worker and ask him about it, he'll tell you to visit the Downtown area and check the trash cans for the Saw because he threw his away.
You can find the trash can with the Saw across the street from the Library in the northwestern portion of the Downtown area. Once you've got it return it to Jim to update your quest once again. Jim will tell you to come back in a little bit again before he'll give you the next part of this quest.
How long do I have to wait for Jim to give me the next part? I did a rough estimate and my guess is 30minutes need to pass before he gives you the next part. When you pause the game you'll see a clock at the top of the screen and this is what I used to make my estimation.
When you return to the club house it'll be finished and Jim will tell you to inspect the pile of boxes next to him for your reward. You'll get a Marlwolf Shell from the boxes which is your first real reward during this quest line. From this point on Jim will not ask you for any additional items but you can still bring him some things for additional rewards.
Below are the 3 remaining items that you can bring to Jim for this quest; I have included screenshots of where each item is found too in order to make it easier for you.
Comic Book: Behind the Junk Shop's secondary store in Yass Plains
Stag Beetle: In the 2nd part of Yass Plains near the Ruins #3 Entrance
Beetle: Southern Cardon Forest ontop of a hill
Comic Book outside of the Junk Shop
Stag Beetle in Yass Plains (2nd portion)
Beetle in Cardova Forest (Southern portion)