Diving in the Magistracy (Guide)

Early Railroad Content

Diving in the Magistracy Summary
Locked Variable-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
1 A				6+ A				1 A
Progress Details			1 action for each Diving Depth down and up.
Items Inputs/Outputs Inputs Final Breath Abyssal Sawtooth Outputs Tin of Zzoup Inkling of Identity Trace of the First City First City Coin Incisive Observation Deep-zee Catch Tiny Cave Fish Fin Bones, Collected Ambiguous Eolith Live Specimen Withered Tentacle Unprovenanced Artefact Extraordinary Implication Ring of Stone Expertise of the First City Jade Fragment Memory of a Much Lesser Self Peligin-filled Mirrorcatch Box Cave-Aged Code of Honour Mortification of a Great Power
Raw EPA			4.5			Raw SPA			2.00

This guide is for Diving in the Magistry Basement, an activity that can be unlocked in The Magistracy of the Evenlode

Unlocking

To unlock this activity, you need to reach the Magistracy with your railroad and pursue A Day in the Life of a Novice Policeman until it reaches 10. Then Construct a Diving Bell in the Magistracy's Basement in the Tracklayer's office, for the usual station development cost (1+ Magistracy of the Evenlode Development x 50 ). This initial investment will get you a maximum Diving Depth of 2.

After you have constructed that, you can Improve the Diving Bell in the Magistracy's Basement twice, for the usual station development cost (1+ Magistracy of the Evenlode Development x 50 ). The second investment will allow you a maximum Diving Depth of 4 and the third will grant a Diving Depth of 6, allowing you to reach the deepest parts of the Magistracy Basement.

Basics

To begin diving, you need to go to Dive in the Magistracy Basement and then Descend. Once you have begun diving, you can ascend or descend at the cost of an action, gaining you the menace Acclimating to Pressure +1 CP. At each level there are a number of actions you can take, and while taking those, you also decrease your Acclimating to Pressure. When you are finished, you can either ascend to the surface and exit, at the cost of Wounds CP = Acclimating to Pressure CP or, if you have the deepest depths unlocked, you can cash out by completing one of those actions. If you ever reach Nightmares 7 you will be forced out, taking Wounds +5-6 CP and with Nightmares 6 you can no longer descend.

When you are diving, you cannot change your outfit, so make sure that you are happy with what you are wearing when you go down. The majority of challenges while diving are tough Watchful, though there are also tough Dangerous, Shadowy, and easy Monstrous Anatomy challenges, the latter of which can be 100% passed with 8.

Until you manage to Chase the light in the darkness when you're at Diving Depth 6, you will gain Chasing the Glow of Peligin equal to your current Diving Depth. Be aware that only after you've Discovered: the Lowest Floors of the Magistracy will you be able to get a Peligin-filled Mirrorcatch Box, meaning that if this is your first time, it will take 2 times through.

Diving Actions

All actions cycle the Airs of the Evenlode.

Movement

These actions move your around. When you're at 7 Nightmares ASCEND! will be the only action you can take, unless you have both A Submerged Rector and Diving Depth <4.

	Action	Req.	Result
<	Descend	<7	1 x Diving Depth Acclimating to Pressure +1 CP
>1	Ascend	<7	-1 x Diving Depth Acclimating to Pressure +1 CP
1	Emerge from the water	<7
Any	ASCEND!	7	Wounds + 5-6CP

Actions

A cheat sheet for actions that can be taken at various levels. In addition to these, you lose 1 CP of Acclimating to Pressure with each action. Most of these are locked with Nightmares 7.

Ending Rewards

Reaching the throne room and taking most of these actions will return you to the surface and clear your Acclimating to Pressure for free.

Seeking the Throne Room

Action	Req.	Check	Success	Failure
Study the evidence	N/A	275	1 x Cave-Aged Code of Honour	1 x Cave-Aged Code of Honour Wounds +3 CP Nightmares +3 CP
Breathe an ancient air	75 x Final Breath	220	1 x Mortification of a Great Power -75 x Final Breath	1 x Mortification of a Great Power -75 x Final Breath Wounds +3 CP Nightmares +3 CP
Wield the Broken Word	A WORD, BROKEN	N/A	Just returns you to the surface.
Let the lamp-cat guide you out	Monstrous Anatomy 5 Discovered: the Lowest Floors	N/A	Puts you back into the main diving storylet, without rewards or leaving.

Strategy

At a maximum EPA of 4.5 (Assuming stats of 300), this is not a particularly profitable grind, but it is a good source of Tin of Zzoup, Trace of the First City, Incisive Observation, Deep-zee Catch, Fin Bones, Collected, Live Specimen or Ambiguous Eolith.

The final rewards are not nearly as valuable, and so instead you should dive down to Diving Depth 6 and maximize your time diving for the best profit. In order to maximize your time in the water, try to start diving with as few Nightmares as possible. When you're ready to come out, Look for the Throne Room to cash out, or if that is not yet unlocked, Revisit the light in the darkness in order to save on actions.

If you're just seeking a Peligin-filled Mirrorcatch Box, this should take 8 actions.