Disco Elysium: Should You Arrest Klaasje?

Disco Elysium’s Klaasje is one of the first people you meet and a significant suspect throughout the murder investigation, who you can choose to arrest, should you wish to. Besides keeping your Half-Light senses from barking while questioning her, you’ll need to navigate some difficult skill checks to find out the most that you can about her and her connection to the Hanged Man, while juggling the rule difficult options of arresting her or not. 

In this guide, we’ll explain how to go about arresting Klaasje and the ensuing results of what can happen should you choose to or not. Spoilers ahead!

How To Arrest Klaasje In Disco Elysium

Arresting Klaasje will require considerable footwork with the Hardie Boys, where you’ll need to press Titus and the Union group to complete the “Get the whole story from Titus” task. Here’s what you’ll need to do:

1. Speak to Titus and convince him he’s being manipulated with a godly Rhetoric check.

2. Push Angus in the following conversation, who’ll eventually break and admit the Hardie Boys weren’t the ones who killed Lely, the victim.

3. Take Titus’ further information upstairs to Klaasje, and question her.

4. Pass a legendary Drama skill check, allowing you to arrest her, if you want.

Passing the Drama check will leave Klaasje cornered, where she'll spill the beans on Ruby and why you should be finding her instead. (Link to ruby guide) Regardless of what she's said and whether you believe her or not, arresting Klaasje or letting her go will be your next big decision along this dialogue thread, and you’ll be presented with the following three options:

• Arrest her - “Kim, arrest her before this drags out any longer.”

• Write a Station Call - “Let's write you a Station Call, Klaasje. If you miss it – I can’t help you anymore”

• Don’t arrest her - “I’ll let you off the hook, for now. Don’t make me regret it.”What happens if you arrest Klaasje?

What Happens If You Arrest Klaasje?

Selecting the first option will result in Kim placing Klaasje in cuffs and escorting her to jail, which will remove her from the remainder of the game and leave you solo for the rest of the day while Kim processes her arrest.

Later in the game, when speaking to the deserter on the Sea Fortress Island with at least 3 in the Shivers skill, you’ll learn that Klaasje was caught by the Moralintern’s Coalition forces whilst imprisoned. 

You’re not informed of the outcome, but this is likely the darkest end for Klaasje, as she was likely punished severely - if not executed - for her crimes. Contrary to what you may have thought would happen, unfortunately, the law couldn’t protect her life in this scenario. Hopefully, the completion of a secret task and +10 experience points were worth it!

What Happens If You Don’t Arrest Klaasje?

If you’d like to see a happier end for Klaasje, you should choose the second or third option available, which will understandably irk the by-the-book Detective Kitsuragi. He’ll come to understand your motive over time, considering it results in direct information regarding the location of the real killer.

Once you leave Klaasje and pass some time, she’ll make a run for it, and won’t be interactable for the rest of the game. If you revisit her room in the Whirling-in-Rags, you’ll see she’s left you a note and gift pertinent to your investigation.

Should you speak to the deserter on the Island, you’ll receive a different Shivers check (3) which will imply that Klaasje successfully escaped Martinaise and is living presumably happily somewhere in the south.

Should You Arrest Klaasje In Disco Elysium?

While morally subjective whether you would like to or not, it’s worth noting that arresting Klaasje won’t affect too much of the game, aside from the completion of the “Arrest Klaasje” secret task and the reward of +10 experience points - a small advantage. You’ll need to remember you’ll be without Kim for the rest of that day too.

Despite Kim’s insistence that she would be better off and safer after an arrest, your own playstyle and feelings could want her to have a happier ending by letting her escape, such is the ever-constant test of morality that is Disco Elysium.

For more Disco Elysium guides, check out our guide on handling the brash Cuno, and how to unlock fast travel early.

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