Hannah Flynn
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8/20/2015
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You are invited to the Fruits of the Zee Festival, a smorgasbord of quaint rural traditions, frolicsome locals and rubbery lumps.
Leave a wish at the well. Dance with a Drownie. Hire a fishing boat, land a Strange Catch and trade it at the festival for special rewards!
Secure an invitation to a secret feast and catch a glimpse of your future. Will it be a vision of victory or a dream of darkness?
Catch a ferry from Wolfstack Docks to Mutton Island to join the festivities!
The Fruits of the Zee Festival is open to all players, no matter your level. You don’t need a boat, and if you don't know the way to Wolfstack Docks, there's a helpful urchin at your lodgings who will be happy to show you for a reasonable price.
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Lady Darkest
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8/24/2015
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So after a really terrible week where I lost my soul, got stabbed to death by assassins, and found a sanity-destroying eyeless skull all in the same day, I've managed to get all of the Cove weapons collected in a relatively painless amount of time, had my fill of delicious seafood and well-induced whispers of madness, and am heading home to London.
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Estelle Knoht
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8/23/2015
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You should have said something like "Maybe level 12 is Mr Eaten! Paramount Presence!" and then people would have burnt down their home to do it.
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Sackville
Posts: 295
8/20/2015
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Koenig wrote:
Since I am going to for festival exclusive items, what story-let option should I look for to turn in my catch?
Offer your Strange Catch to a Hooded Lady, I believe.
I tried I don't even know how many times last year and the RNG would just never give me a value of 5 for the Eolith. Maybe this time, I guess.
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RandomWalker
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8/20/2015
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Festival lasts two weeks, which should be enough for everyone to get the loot that they have their eye on from the hooded lady. High catch is best if you want the highest value unique item:
Pre-emptive Guinea Pig - 7 Dangerous, 6 Watchful, very nice for many people.
Other items:
Mutersalt 2 shadowy 3 dangerous -1 watchful
Consignment of Scitillak Snuff 5 dangerous 3 persuasive -1 shadowy
Bloodstained Eolith 5 watchful 4 dangerous -1 persuasive
'For your own good' Compass 6 watchful 4 shadowy -1 dangerous
note: they're all weapons, even the guinea pig)
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Danko
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8/21/2015
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I can confirm you can get the guinea pig with strange catch 7. Takes a lot of tries though!
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Kolanowski
Posts: 148
8/21/2015
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Wanderer wrote:
Question: if I choose a destiny during this festival, will I be able to change or get rid of it later on?
You can change it, but you have to pay in Fate. And the price is quite hefty. Choose wisely.
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Yasssss, I got the guinea pig! Finally something more Dangerous than my Ravenglass Knife. I can also confirm that you get this lovely furry fella at Strange Catch 7. Now, to get the Eolith and the Salt...
Also: the Hooded Lady offers non-equipment rewards for Strange Catches. Can anyone tell if they're worth the trouble?
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edited by Kolanowski on 8/21/2015
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lady ciel
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8/20/2015
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Happy Londoner wrote:
I'm on my way from Polythreme (the Festival took me by surprise) to London (to collect my professional reward) and then to Mutton Island. Everybody mentions gold. How much should I stock while in London? And is there anything else I should take from home to make it a good Festival?
Each fishing trip takes 10 Rostygold then you trade in your catch for a reward or to reduce your menaces. There is an airs mechanic that gives different options at the Festival so it can take a number of fishing trips to get all the rewards you want, especially as cycling through the options waiting for the Lady to take you to the Cove to get the major rewards can take a long time and raise those menaces.
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No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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Macragg
Posts: 32
8/21/2015
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Cheers, mate! I'll just keep plugging away at it, then. A sea-faring man like myself can stand to go fishing for as long as it takes, I always say.
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Seno
Posts: 77
8/21/2015
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I got the guinea pig! He's such an adorable projectile. If you guys put Pigmote island as a location he should be able to be used as something for the guinea pigs.
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Sara Hysaro
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8/23/2015
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After you get all the special items you can either stay if you enjoy the atmosphere or go back to London if you're bored. Personally I'm just enjoying the holiday while it's here, even if it would technically be more beneficial to just head back into London to pursue my regular goals.
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RandomWalker
Posts: 948
8/20/2015
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One thing that has tripped some people is going over there without any rostygold. You only need a few hundred.
Only other tip I can give is to be patient. Very patient.
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Kolanowski
Posts: 148
8/20/2015
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thedeadlymoose wrote:
For what it's worth, I started the festival with full candles the moment it was live across four characters, and didn't encounter the hooded lady once -- not even on my double-candled character. When I returned today (within the last hour), all four of my characters encountered her pretty quickly.
EDIT: Twice, on the two that I tried to get her twice with so far. It's definitely the rarest catch cash-in event by a significant degree, but doable.
Of course I met her almost right after I wrote that post. Fortune is a silly thing.
Also: ah, so THAT'S how you get those nifty Destinies!
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metasynthie
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8/20/2015
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In case anyone's wondering, the Quirk challenges in fishing work the same as last year, but don't reduce quirks anymore. They do appear to increase them (up to 5) on failure, however! It's a quirker's paradise. (Where everything's straightforward if all your quirks are over 6.)
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
8/20/2015
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While you are at the Festival you will get the opportunity to trade your Strange Catch to reduce your Nightmares or Wounds ... and get some items as well.
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
8/20/2015
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I hope you enjoy the Festival. I'm not sure if you can be sent to a menace area from the Festival, as normally when you are at Zea you aren't. Also if you play through the regular Mutton Island content (a time passing carousel attending the Great Feast at the end reduces Wounds and Nightmares.
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ciel
Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
storynexus name - reveurciel
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genesis
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8/23/2015
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Incidentally, for anyone who a) has all the unique items, b) loves grinding, c) does not get frustrated by RNG and d) is driven to seek out every last bit of lore, here is a challenge:
Strange Catch has a nice description for each level. The Wiki documents 11 levels. Mathematically, it's possible to have at most 12 levels. To get the last level you need *every single* turn of Fishing to have the option to Find an isolated cove.
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Hannah Flynn
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9/1/2015
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The Fruits of the Zee Festival will be closing tomorrow, 2 Sept, at around 4pm BST. Fish your last!
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Eru Illuvatar
Posts: 65
8/24/2015
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genesis wrote:
Strange Catch has a nice description for each level. The Wiki documents 11 levels. Mathematically, it's possible to have at most 12 levels. To get the last level you need *every single* turn of Fishing to have the option to Find an isolated cove.
Even with re-using a strange catch as bait to retain half your running battle?
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RandomWalker
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8/30/2015
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Lisbella Peridot wrote:
RandomWalker wrote:
I should also mention that I believe that the festival finishes soon (at the end of the month, I think), so if there's still something out there that you want, you should work fast.
Ah~! Kelly is new around the place and just took a ship to the island. Will Kelly get stuck there when the festival ends?
I believe that you will be able to arrange transport home. The festival is open to non-POSIs, and so people who do not have a method for crossing the zea. I don't think that FB would be quite so cruel as to leave them stranded there until the next festival.
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Estelle Knoht
Posts: 1751
8/20/2015
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metasynthie wrote:
Speaking of the benefits of being on Mutton Island, am I right in thinking that the Chef is the most efficient source of Uncanny Incanabula? Unlike Benthic's Press, he doesn't require 4 actions' worth of connection every time.
If you need Uncanny Incunabulum and don't need Making Waves, yes - you don't get anything else in exchange for not paying Benthic.
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I hope you enjoy the Festival. I'm not sure if you can be sent to a menace area from the Festival, as normally when you are at Zea you aren't. Also if you play through the regular Mutton Island content (a time passing carousel attending the Great Feast at the end reduces Wounds and Nightmares.
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/Over-Indulgence
http://fallenlondon.wikia.com/wiki/An_Unusual_Interlude
In a way it is worse than menace areas since so many actions here scale with your stats.
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Nigel Overstreet
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8/20/2015
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NinjaComedian wrote:
Does anyone know if there are any new unique prizes this year? I think I got them all last year, and while I'm enjoying the festival again if there's nothing new then I can relax instead of rushing to try and get all the Wreckers Cove values.
Hannah Flynn wrote:
There won't be any new story content this year, as we are flat-out on a lot of major content reworking, and some exciting new content for a favourite island in Sunless Sea - more news of that soon. There is a little new art, which I think you'll enjoy.
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Macragg
Posts: 32
8/21/2015
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Happy afternoon to you all, my good gentlemen, gentlewomen, and gentleothers. After an enjoyable but, occasionally, baffling time at last year's Fruits of the Zee Festival, I've often found my thoughts turning towards a certain furry, armored little fellow. I was unable to make his acquaintence last year and was greatly hoping to do so this, but I am once again finding it nigh-impossible to fulfill the neccesary requirements to do so. Am I missing out on an obvious way to raise my Running Battle over 8 and subsequently trade my Strange Catch for him, or have I just besotted myself with too much cheap mushroom wine?
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lady ciel
Posts: 2548
8/23/2015
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I know that it says on some options that the results scale to your stats but I find them very random. I quite like 'Oi! You stepped on my invisible rat!' the 2.5 echo rare result turns up often enough and the range on the other items means that most of the time the echo value compares favourably to London actions.
If you have a strange catch and have got all the weapons from the Wreckers Cove I would use "Follow them to the Well" unless you need to give it to the Chef or Curate to manage your menaces.
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Sorry RL means I am not a very active player at the moment. No social actions unless you are prepared to wait and definitely no sparring or other mult-action things.
No Calling Cards or boxed cats please. Will take dupes on the affluent photographers. Other social invitations welcome. Parabolan Kittens usually available, send me an in-game social action saying you want one and I will get one to you as soon as possible.
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Kolanowski
Posts: 148
8/23/2015
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Hey, the non-equipment rewards from the Wreckers Cove aren't that bad. The festival is an easy way to acquire some stuff that would take a bit of grinding otherwise.
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Ian Hart
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8/21/2015
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I got Cove 9, and none of the rewards seem particularly worth the effort required. The options might be worth playing just for the story, but you're not going to get anything rare or valuable outside the unique equipment.
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