Finding the Screaming Map: beginning the search

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ID: 21125

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Somewhere in these wharfs and warehouses, someone knows where to find a Screaming Map half.

Game Instructions: You will need to complete any other Cat and Mouse activities before you can do this. You also won't be able to do this if you're waiting for a certain message.

Unlocked with Polythreme Ho! 1

Locked with Screaming Map: A Visitor!, Screaming Map

Storylet appears in Wolfstack Docks

Options:

Seek out the Disgruntled Naval Officer

•  Spoiler ID: 9439
  

  Unlocked with 500 x Shard of Glim, Respectable 1
  Locked with Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target 1, Mouse: So Little Time 1, Cat: Getting Warmer 1
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Respectable 1 (50% base) || 1 - very chancy (50%) || 2 - chancy (60%) || 3 - modest (70%) || 4 - very modest (80%) || 5 - low-risk (90%) || 6 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  He can't escape you

  Success Instructions: Gain 50 Cat: Getting Warmer tokens to find him and his map, or 60 for an extra bonus.
  

  •  An occurrence! Your 'Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target' Quality is now 1 - A Disgruntled Naval Officer!
  •  You now have 10 x Mouse: So Little Time
  •  You now have 1 x Cat: Getting Warmer
  • You've lost 500 x Shard of Glim

  Conclusion: Finding the Screaming Map: the Disgruntled Naval Officer

  
  

  Failure

  Getting nowhere

  • You've lost 500 x Shard of Glim

  ^

Look for the Masked Clay Man

•  Spoiler ID: 9440
  

  Unlocked with 2 x Partial Map, Dreaded 1
  Locked with Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target 1, Mouse: So Little Time 1, Cat: Getting Warmer 1
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Dreaded 5 (50% base) || 1 - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  A heavy tread

  Success Instructions: Gain 50 Cat: Getting Warmer tokens to find him and his map, or 60 for an extra bonus.
  

  •  An occurrence! Your 'Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target' Quality is now 2 - A Masked Clay Man!
  •  You now have 1 x Cat: Getting Warmer
  •  You now have 10 x Mouse: So Little Time
  • You've lost 2 x Partial Map

  Conclusion: Finding the Screaming Map: The Masked Clay Man

  
  

  Failure

  Insufficiently fierce

  • You've lost 2 x Partial Map

  ^

Hunt down the Enterprising Astronomer

•  Spoiler ID: 9441
  

  Unlocked with 10 x Zee-Ztory, Bizarre 1
  Locked with Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target 1, Mouse: So Little Time 1, Cat: Getting Warmer 1
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Bizarre 5 (50% base) || 1 - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  He'll be here

  Success Instructions: Gain 50 Cat: Getting Warmer tokens to find him and his map, or 60 for an extra bonus.
  

  •  An occurrence! Your 'Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target' Quality is now 3 - An Enterprising Astronomer!
  •  You now have 1 x Cat: Getting Warmer
  •  You now have 10 x Mouse: So Little Time
  • You've lost 10 x Zee-Ztory

  Conclusion: Finding the Screaming Map: The Enterprising Astronomer

  
  

  Failure

  A shade too conventional

  • You've lost 10 x Zee-Ztory

  ^