A Rusting Anchor

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ID: 373871

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A jagged shape cuts through the gloom, briefly alarming: some slicing beast approaching through the water, come to snuff out your candle – or you. But no, it is an anchor, adrift from its ship, chain snaking off into the dark.

Card drawn in The Royal Approach

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

Claim a piece of layered coral

•  Spoiler ID: 273882
  

   

  Success

  Claimed

  •  You've gained 1 x Gorgonian Reef-Rock

  Redirects to: The Candle Burns Down

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Dive deeper

•  Spoiler ID: 259614, 259618, 259612, 259617, 268781, 259613, 259616, 259467, 259615, 259611, 273885
  

  Unlocked with Full Fathom Five 1-4
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Burning Breath 5 (50% base) || 2 and below - almost impossible (0%) || 3 - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (30%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - modest (70%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Katabasis

  •  Deeper, deeper. (Raises Full Fathom Five by 1)
  •  The flame of breath flickers. (Lowers Burning Breath by 1)
  • This branch clears your hand. (hidden)

  Failure

  Mercy withdrawn

  • You have moved to a new area: Mutton Island
  • You have moved to a new setting: Southern Archipelago (hidden)
  •  Up, up, up, out of the crushing black. (Removes Full Fathom Five)
  •  The flame of breath flickers. (Removes Burning Breath)
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  An occurrence! Your 'Potential Thalassic Favour' Quality is now ( Witch-Stone × 10) + ( Collection of Zee-Glass × 20) + ( Salt-Smoothed Shiv × 50) + ( Sodden Mass × 100) + (min( Skull in Coral, 10) × 125) + ( Urchin Spine × 125) + ( Long-Lost Zee Trunk × 200) + (max( A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak - 1, 0) × 100) + (max( Wrecking Boots - 1, 0) x 100) + (max( Nuncian Pocket Watch - 1, 0) × 150) + (max( Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd - 1, 0) × 200) + (max( A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia - 1, 0) × 300) + (max( Scrimshander Carving Knife - 1, 0) × 400)! (hidden)

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