Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide)

Early Zailing Content

This is a guide for Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery and discovering islands in the Unterzee!

Why would you embark on a scientific journey?

Obtaining Beatific Stone (Church renown 40 item)
Regaining access to the University if you're Unwelcome at the University
Breeding a Bifurcated Owl with certain Fate-locked stories
Access to 3 more destinations and a zailing card
Getting bones from Bullbone Island
Creating the Volume of your Cryptopalaeontological Work needed to access The Osteology Lab at The Museum of Prelapsarian History
Access to Port Cecil (which has its own guide) (and continue Evolution pt. 3)
In order to get a specific statue in Moulin

Unlocking scientific voyages[edit]

Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery 1

The Dilmun Club sponsors scientific voyages, but not for just anyone. You may prove you are not "just anyone" with the following qualities:

Once you meet the qualifications, His Amused Lordship will offer recommend you to the club...but his valet dislikes you and keeps "losing" the paperwork. You can find the fellow in Ladybones Road via the bronze storylet A Sneering Gentleman. You'll have to confront him and spend the following:

With the valet's attitude corrected, you can go to the Bazaar Side-streets to meet with the Dilmun Club Upstairs at the Bridge Without (a gold storylet).

Preliminary Research[edit]

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Before you can actually set sail, you need to do some Preparatory Research at Your Lodgings. There are three types of research you can generate, here and on the voyages themselves:

Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes (AN)
Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes (CN)
Page of Theosophistical Notes (TN)

You're only required to generate 50 pages of one type of research in order to progress. However, you may want to take advantage of the options here to get a good head start on research, especially if you have a particular goal in mind. There's a limit to how much research you can obtain on a single visit to one of the islands, and you won't be able to do Another round of preliminary research until you've returned and used up most of the research you've generated.

Check the options on Preparatory Research to see a single list of all options and their costs and rewards. For a quick reference of the sources for each type of research, expand the relevant table below. Note that the sequence you do this in matters, as doing enough of some types of research will cause options to disappear:

**Preparatory sources of Archaeological Notes (AN)**
Option	Research Gain	Cost	Notes
Pay someone else to research for you	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	80 x Memory of Distant Shores	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Have instruments ground	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	1 x Whirring Contraption	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Examine your collection of curiosities	150 x AN	1 x Collection of Curiosities	Locked with: 301 x AN
Consult your current work	40 x AN 40 x CN 40 x TN	1 x Volume of Collated Research	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Find promising students	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	2 x Favours: Urchins 2 x Favours: The Church 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Consult the Masters of the Bazaar	100 x AN	Connected: Masters 2 CP	Requires: Connected: Masters 3 Locked with: 301 x AN

**Preparatory sources of Cryptopalaeontological Notes (CN)**
Option	Research Gain	Cost	Notes
Pay someone else to research for you	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	80 x Memory of Distant Shores	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Have instruments ground	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	1 x Whirring Contraption	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Trade in academic favours	100 x CN	91–114 CP Connected: Benthic 91–114 CP Connected: Summerset	Requires both: Connected: Benthic 20 Connected: Summerset 20 Locked with 301 x CN
Consult your current work	40 x AN 40 x CN 40 x TN	1 x Volume of Collated Research	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Test your Unearthly Fossil	80 x CN	1 x Unearthly Fossil	Locked with: 301 x CN
Find promising students	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	2 x Favours: Urchins 2 x Favours: The Church 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN

**Preparatory sources of Theosophistical Notes (TN)**
Option	Research Gain	Cost	Notes
Look at the current trend for Theosophistry	50 x TN	3 x Favours: Society	Locked with: 101 x TN
Pay someone else to research for you	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	80 x Memory of Distant Shores	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Summarise your experiences in the Wars of Illusion	35 x TN	1 x Extraordinary Implication	Requires: Wars of Illusion 25 Locked with: 101 x TN
Have instruments ground	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	1 x Whirring Contraption	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Consult your current work	40 x AN 40 x CN 40 x TN	1 x Volume of Collated Research	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN
Find promising students	50 x AN 50 x CN 50 x TN	2 x Favours: Urchins 2 x Favours: The Church 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries	Locked with any of: 101 x AN 101 x CN 101 x TN

How to get the most possible preparatory research of a single type:

450 x Archaeological Notes: 3 x any of the 50-page options and 2 x Examine your collection of curiosities; also gets 150 of each of the other two types
400 x Cryptopalaeontological Notes: 1 x Consult your current work, 2 x any of the 50-page options, 2 x Test your Unearthly Fossil, and 1 x Trade in academic favours; also gains 140 of each of the other two types
- Note that if are unwelcome at the University and are embarking on the voyage to re-establish your academic reputation, then your Connected: Summerset quality has probably been removed. If you have Connected: Benthic at level 10+, though, you can use an Endowment of a University Fellowship (available from the Bazaar at Nikolas Pawnbrokers) to reconnect with Summerset, essentially by snubbing Benthic. Once you are again Connected to both colleges, you can use the 'Direct a Grant' options with the Endowment to increase both Summerset and Benthic up to level 20, which is needed for Trade in academic favours.
- Alternatively, swapping the Trade in academic favours for a third Test your Unearthly Fossil will net you 370 x Cryptopalaeontological Notes -- only a minor decrease.
150 x Theosophistical Notes: 3 x any of the 50-page options; also gains 150 of each of the other two types

Once you've gotten all the preparatory research you want, choose any of the Enough (type of) research options to set your Embarking to 3, which allows you to finally begin your voyage.

The voyage, at last[edit]

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Note: Outfits are locked while on any of these islands. You will want your Watchful gear. You also cannot leave the island early; once you dock, you'll only get back to your ship after you finish the entire carousel of actions outlined in the tables below, but you are free to return to the same island or a different island to gather more notes.

Choosing your destination[edit]

Note: You will need to posess a ship to do this.

Which island(s) you decide to sail to will depend on what you hope to gain. Each of the 3 main islands — Bullbone Island, Corpsecage Island, and Grunting Fen — provides different proportions of the 3 research types, as well as non-scientific rewards you can choose instead.

Bullbone Island provides the most Cryptopalaeontological Notes, and up to 5 x Horned Skull in exchange for 20 x Survey of the Neath's Bones each.
Corpsecage Island provides the most Archaeological Notes, and the Renown: Church 40 Faction item Beatific Stone.
Grunting Fen provides the most Theosophistical Notes and a decent number of Cryptopalaeontological Notes. You will need a Screaming Map to sail here.

In addition, the card The Fleet of Truth can now be drawn while zailing. It provides some Zailing... in addition to 5 pages of each type of research.

Orthos is coming![edit]

Regardless of which islands you choose, the length of your visit (and what options are available at any given time) is determined by the temporary Menace quality, Orthos is Coming! This quality is generally increased by 2 CP on a successful action, and by 1 CP on a failure.

The number of actions for each stage in the tables below assumes 100% successes, and therefore a total of 21 actions on each island. The EPA calculations don't account for travel, as this varies depending on the zailing region(s) and your ship. See Zailing (Guide) for more information on journey lengths for different zee trips.

Bullbone Island[edit]

Research available per visit: Up to 78 x AN, 249 x CN, and 40 x TN
Material rewards: Up to 39.46 (1.88 EPA not including travel)
Located in: Home Waters

Actions available on Bullbone Island

OiC!	Action	Challenge	Success	Failure
0 – 3	Bullbone Island The bones of Bullbone	120	+12 x CN +2 CP OiC! OR +4 x CN +1 x Horned Skull +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
	Bullbone Island Wild bees	120	+120 x Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Wounds +1 CP OiC!
	Bullbone Island A skull of Bullbone, borrowed	-	+1 x Horned Skull -20 x Survey of the Neath's Bones +2 CP OiC!	-
4 – 5	The Little Cave Oho – a little writing	123	+13 x PAN +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
4 – 5	The Little Cave Weasels about	123	+12 x Phosphorescent Scarab +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Wounds +1 CP OiC!
6	Where the Wild Mandrakes Grow Creaking in the breeze	124	+13 x CN +1 CP SttEoI +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
6	Where the Wild Mandrakes Grow Someone lives near the mandrake-copse	123	+124 x Whispered Hint +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
7	Sparkling around the Copse Acquisition and screaming	126	+126 x Shard of Glim +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Wounds +1 CP OiC!
7	Sparkling around the Copse Looking up	126	+126 x Moon-Pearl +1 CP SttEoI +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
8	The Unterzee Waits Silently Creeping closer	124	+2 x Aeolian Scream +1 CP SttEoI OiC! to 9	+1 CP Nightmares OiC! to 9
8	Spiritual happenings Search the island	128	+40 x TN +2 x Memory of Distant Shores OiC! to 9	+1 CP Nightmares OiC! to 9
9	Gather the Riches of Bullbone Island Making money	-	+1 x Deshrieked Mandrake +860 x Shard of Glim OiC! to 10	-
	Gather the Riches of Bullbone Island That enormous Glim-Shard	-	+1 x Shard of Glim the Size of a Small Child OiC! to 10	-
	Finish your notes on Bullbone Island Write up your notes	-	+150 x CN OiC! to 10	-
10	Orthos has Found You Time to go	-	-	-
	Orthos has Found You Tarry a little	70%	+20 x CN	-5 x CN -5 x PAN -5 x TN
	Orthos has Found You Cut it fine	30%	+40 x CN	-5 x CN -5 x PAN -5 x TN

Later on this is a source of Horned Skulls and the Shard of Glim the Size of a Small Child can be traded back at london for Favours: Rubbery Men if you need to grind them.

Corpsecage Island[edit]

Research available per visit: Up to 249 x AN, 40 x CN, and 78 x TN
Material rewards: Up to 42.08 (2.00 EPA not including travel)
Located in: Stormbones

Actions available on Corpsecage Island

OiC!	Action	Challenge	Success	Failure
0 – 3	Corpsecage Island Digging up bones and rough justice	120	+12 x PAN +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
0 – 3	Corpsecage Island The Corpsecage bat	120	+60 x Cryptic Clue +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
4 – 5	The Religions of Corpsecage Island Examine the ruins for clues	122	+13 x TN +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC! OR +5 x Mystery of the Elder Continent +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
4 – 5	The Religions of Corpsecage Island What's written here?	122	+61 x Cryptic Clue +2 CP OiC! OR +5 x Mystery of the Elder Continent +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Wounds +1 CP OiC!
6	Up the Hill See what you can dig up	124	+13 x PAN +1 CP WtFC +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Wounds +1 CP OiC!
6	Up the Hill Caging ancient echoes	124	+62 x Primordial Shriek +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
7	Another Sort of Relic Rummage around the fire	127	+1 x Prison Shiv (up to 1) +1 x Prisoner's Mask +77 x Jade Fragment +12 x Proscribed Material +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
7	Another Sort of Relic A message long cold	127	+10 x Map Scrap +13 x Cryptic Clue +1 CP SttEoI +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
8	The Shore Near the Jetty The zee-caves	127	+125 x Proscribed Material OiC! to 9	+1 CP Wounds OiC! to 9
8	The Back of Corpsecage Inauspicious iron	127	+40 x CN +10 x Nodule of Warm Amber +1 CP SttEoI OiC! to 9	+1 CP Nightmares OiC! to 9
9	Looking for Relics In the bag you go	-	+100 x Relic of the Third City +100 x Relic of the Fourth City OiC! to 10	-
9	Finish your notes on Corpsecage Island Writing it all down	-	+150 x PAN OiC! to 10	-
10	Orthos Has Set Upon You Time to go	-	-	-
	Orthos Has Set Upon You Tarry a little	70%	+20 x PAN	-5 x CN -5 x PAN -5 x TN
	Orthos Has Set Upon You Cut it fine	30%	+40 x PAN	-5 x CN -5 x PAN -5 x TN

Grunting Fen[edit]

Research available per visit: Up to 40 x AN, 124 x CN, and 249 x TN
Material rewards: Up to 46.50 (2.21 EPA not including travel)
Located in: The Sea of Voices

Actions available on Grunting Fen

OiC!	Action	Challenge	Success	Failure
0 – 3	Grunting Fen Listen to the island	120	+12 x TN +1 CP TbF +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
0 – 3	Grunting Fen Do a survey	122	+11 x Cryptic Clue +10 x Map Scrap +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
4 – 5	What is Grunting Fen Made of? What manner of things live here?	122	+12 x CN +1 CP TbF +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
4 – 5	What is Grunting Fen Made of? Try some beach-combing instead	124	+100 x Shard of Glim +1 x Phosphorescent Scarab +3 x Relic of the Fourth City +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
6	The Skull of a Long-Dead God? What can you learn of matters spiritual and supernatural?	124	+13 x TN +1 CP TbF +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
6	The Skull of a Long-Dead God? Follow the trail of history	126	+2 x Memory of Distant Shores +13 x Cryptic Clue	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
7	The Treasures of Grunting Fen Catch some	126	+13 x CN +2 CP OiC!	+1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
7	The Treasures of Grunting Fen How about we make this more... interesting?	128	+228 x Piece of Rostygold +2 CP OiC!	-100 x Piece of Rostygold +1 CP Nightmares +1 CP OiC!
8	Knowledge that Seeped into the Water No more peculiar than anything else here	126	+40 x PAN +1 CP TbF OiC! to 9	+1 CP Nightmares OiC! to 9
8	The Rarer Artifacts Go searching	127	+200 x Moon-Pearl +100 x Jade Fragment +200 x Shard of Glim OiC! to 9	+1 CP Wounds OiC! to 9
9	Spiritual riches Untapped wealth	-	+6 x Extraordinary Implication OiC! to 10	-
9	Describe Grunting Fen in Theosophistical terms Rich insights	-	+150 x TN +1 CP TbF OiC! to 10	-
10	Orthos Seeks To Take Your Work Time to go	-	-	-
	Orthos Seeks To Take Your Work Tarry a little	70%	+20 x TN	-5 x CN -5 x PAN -5 x TN
	Orthos Seeks To Take Your Work Cut it fine	30%	+40 x TN	-5 x CN -5 x PAN -5 x TN

Organising your research[edit]

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Once you've completed at least one scientific expedition, a new storylet opens at your lodgings, allowing your to Organise your Research.

Option	Cost	Reward	Value (value per note)
Collate your cryptopalaeontological work	120 x CN	3 x Volume of Collated Research Volume of your Cryptopalaeontological Work	7.5 (6.25 p)
Collate your prelapsarian archaeological work	120 x AN	3 x Volume of Collated Research Volume of your Prelapsarian Archaeological Work	7.5 (6.25 p)
Collate your research into Theosophistry	120 x TN	3 x Volume of Collated Research Volume of your Theosophistical Work	7.5 (6.25 p)
Gather all your work into a library	250 x TN 250 x CN 250 x AN	Voluminous Library	N/A
Speak to professional persons with academic pretensions	500 x AN	4 x Uncanny Incunabulum	50 (10 p)
Sell your Theosophistical conclusions	500 x TN	5 x Extraordinary Implication 50 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip 5 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844 1 x Confident Smile	50 (10 p)
Speak to naturalists, hunters and the breeders of monsters	500 x CN	4 x Storm-Threnody	50 (10 p)
Re-establish your academic reputation	500 x TN 500 x CN 500 x AN	Removes Unwelcome at the University Connected: Benthic +30 CP Connected: Summerset +30 CP	N/A
Breed a beast	Hound of Heaven Corresponding Ocelot Ocular Toadbeast Obdurate Stallion Slavering Dream-Hound 500 x CN	Bifurcated Owl	N/A
Another round of preliminary research	50 x TN 50 x CN 50 x AN	Allows you to do preliminary research again	N/A

Other Applications[edit]

When gathering supplies for an expedition in the Forgotten Quarter, you can rely on your own expertise, spending 10 x AN in exchange for a single Crate of Expedition Supplies. This is extremely action-inefficient.
If you are a member of God's Editors with Persuasive 180, you can spend 50 x TN to send the Better Word to another player. This also costs you 1 x Memory of a Much Lesser Self, and the resulting Revisionist Missive gives the reader up to half a level worth of Watchful and Persuasive CP.
150 notes of each type (not consumed) are among the requirements to build a statue honouring a legendary zee-captain in Moulin.
500 x CN along with each of the fate bred monsters is required to breed a Bifurcated Owl

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