Fruits of the Zee Festival (Guide)

This content is only available during the Fruits of the Zee Festival! For festival history, see Fruits of the Zee Festival (historical).

The Fruits of the Zee is an annual festival taking place in the last two weeks of August on Mutton Island. The main focus is fishing, but it's also an opportunity to see some sights, obtain unique items, and discover your Destiny.

Getting to the Festival

You may Catch a ferry to the Fruits of the Zee festival at Wolfstack Docks to get to Mutton Island, which is useful if you do not yet have a ship. However, if you have a Ship, it is usually easier to sail to Mutton Island on your own.

Going Fishing

Hire a fishing boat to go fishing for a Strange Catch.

Gone Fishing 1-9

Each turn of fishing lets you choose between two Quirk checks. All checks are Narrow 2 and have the same effects. Succeeding the check adds +2 CP Running Battle... whereas failing the check gives -1 CP Running Battle... and adds +1 CP to the tested Quirk, up to level 5.

In addition to the Quirk checks, some levels of Sights at the Festival allow you to spend an item for a guaranteed increase to Running Battle....

Sights	Item Cost	Gain
15-25	1 x Map Scrap	+2 CP
43-63	1 x Zee-Ztory	+5 CP
76-95	1 x Partial Map	+10 CP

One last effort!

When Gone Fishing reaches 10, you have the opportunity to make one last effort if you wish. This allows you to gain a final +6 CP Running Battle... by raising one Quirk by +3 CP while decreasing another Quirk by an equal amount. The pair of Quirks depends on Sights at the Festival, but you will always get to choose which of the two you want to raise.

End of the cycle

At Gone Fishing 10-11 you get to choose whether to Land your catch or Throw it back.

If you Throw it back, Running Battle... will be halved and Gone Fishing reset to 1, allowing you to build up Running Battle... from a higher base.

When you choose to Land your catch, you trade in your Running Battle... for an equal level of Strange Catch and finish your fishing trip.

Visit The Fruits of the Zee Festival! for opportunities to trade in your Strange Catch, including The Wreckers' Cove.

Specific Strange Catch Values

When aiming for the Scrimshander Carving Knife, Strange Catch values of 3-5 are required. A basic success at all stages gives a Strange Catch value of 5, giving a 20% chance of rolling the Knife in Wrecker's Cove - for lower values with a better chance of getting the knife, failures on the Quirk tests are required.

7 may be a desirable Strange Catch level as it allows a chance at all unique items other than the Scrimshander Carving Knife. Options to achieve this while fishing include:

• 7 regular successes, 2 Zee-Ztories, and One Last Effort!
• 8 regular successes, 1 Partial Map, and One Last Effort!
• 7 regular successes, 1 Zee-Ztory, and 1 Partial Map.
• 5 regular successes and 4 Zee-Ztories.

The Fruits of the Zee Festival!

See the sights and mingle at The Fruits of the Zee Festival! Many branches are available on this storylet, changing with the Sights at the Festival randomiser. Most branches offer a random number of various items based on one or more of your main Attributes. A few branches allow you trade in a Strange Catch.

Normal Branches

Sights	Action	Success (EPA with skill level 150)	Alternative Success
0-5	Spy on a delivery for the Custodial Chef	4 to /15 x Appalling Secret 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.6 - 1.5 EPA	-
0-33	Listen to the Drownies' songs	1 + (0 to /50) x Tale of Terror!! 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.5 - 2 EPA	0 to /10 x Romantic Notion 1 x Zee-Ztory 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.5 - 2 EPA
0-33	Dance with a Drownie	5 to /10 x Map Scrap 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.5 - 1.5 EPA	1 to /50 x Zee-Ztory 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.5 - 1.5 EPA
34-50	"Oi! You stepped on my invisible rat!"	12 to /4 x Nevercold Brass Sliver 12 to /4 x Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax 12 to /4 x Silk Scrap 12 to /4 x Shard of Glim 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.48 - 1.48 EPA	1 x Partial Map 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 2.5 EPA
34-66	Accompany a passing crowd of drunken revellers	3 to /20 x Maniac's Prayer 10 to /4 x Primordial Shriek 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.5 - 1.44 EPA	5 to /15 x Appalling Secret 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.75 - 1.5 EPA
51-66	Escape the attentions of the Mary Lloyd	1 to 2 x Hard-Earned Lesson 1 to 2 CP Wounds	-
67-76	Stoke an argument between the Custodial Chef and the Melancholy Curate	1 to /50 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.5 - 1.5 EPA	15 to /4 x Soul 5 to /8 x Proscribed Material 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.5 - 1.49 EPA
67-100	Eat at the Curate's Table	1 to /50 x Tale of Terror!! 1 CP Austere -1 CP Hedonist 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.5 - 1.5 EPA	3 to /20 x Intriguing Snippet 1 CP Austere -1 CP Hedonist 1 to 2 CP Nightmares 0.6 - 1.4 EPA
67-100	Eat at the Custodial Chef's Table	5 to /10 x Map Scrap 1 CP Hedonist -1 CP Austere 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.5 - 1.5 EPA	3 to /15 x Appalling Secret 1 CP Hedonist -1 CP Austere 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.45 - 1.5 EPA
86-100	Drink with a Hooded Lady of Mysterious Provenance	3 to /20 x Inkling of Identity 3 to /20 x Romantic Notion 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.6 - 1.4 EPA	3 to /20 x Inkling of Identity 10 to /4 x Cryptic Clue 1 to 2 CP Wounds 0.5 - 1.44 EPA
86-100	Confront a Hooded Lady of Mysterious Provenance	-1 x An Identity Uncovered! 1 x Sworn Statement 2-4 x Ostentatious Diamond 1 - 2 EPA	-

Trading in a Strange Catch

Sights	Action	Req.	Success
0-33	Offer your Strange Catch to the Drownies	5+	The Drowning Feast
0-33	Offer your Strange Catch to the Drownies: Reprise (25 FATE)	5+	FATE
34-66	Follow them to the well	1+	1 to 5* x Appalling Secret 1 to /2 x Tale of Terror!! 0 to /3 x Extraordinary Implication 250 x Cryptic Clue 3 to 5 x Zee-Ztory 1 to 10 CP Nightmares
67-100	Ask the Custodial Chef to prepare your Strange Catch	1+	1 to ( + + + )/400 x Partial Map 0 to ( + )/50 x Zee-Ztory 0 to ( + )/10 x Map Scrap -(4* to 6* ) CP Wounds
67-100	Give your Strange Catch to the Melancholy Curate	1+	1 to ( + + + )/400 x Partial Map 0 to ( + )/50 x Zee-Ztory 0 to ( + )/10 x Map Scrap -(4* to 6* ) CP Nightmares
86-100	Offer a Hooded Lady your Strange Catch	1+	The Wreckers' Cove

The Wreckers' Cove

The Wreckers' Cove is the main place to trade in a Strange Catch, accessed by Offering a Hooded Lady your Strange Catch in The Fruits of the Zee Festival!. You can trade in your Strange Catch for a variety of normal goods or a number of unique items. It's important to note that the items available for trade in The Wreckers' Cove is based on a range derived from your Strange Catch level, so getting the highest Strange Catch you can is not always the goal.

When you Offer a Hooded Lady your Strange Catch, Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove is set to a random even value in the range 2 x [( Strange Catch + 1) to (2 x Strange Catch)]. This value then determines what rewards are available in The Wreckers' Cove.

Unique Rewards

Reward	Stats	PTtWC	Possible Strange Catch values (% chance)
Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple!	Persuasive +2 Watchful +1	6-18	2-4 (100%), 5 (80%), 6 (50%), 7 (29%), 8 (12%)
Scrimshander Carving Knife	Watchful +3 Persuasive +2 Dangerous -1	10-12	3 (66%), 4 (50%), 5 (20%)
A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia	Shadowy +5 Watchful +3 Dangerous -1	14-16	4 (50%), 5 (40%), 6 (33%), 7 (14%)
Wrecking Boots	Dangerous +4 Shadowy +6 Persuasive -1	18-20	5 (40%), 6 (33%), 7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (11%)
Nuncian Pocket Watch	Shadowy +6 Respectable +2	18-20
Sun-Seared Silken Gloves	Respectable +2 A Player of Chess +1	18-20
A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak	Dangerous +6 Watchful +4 Persuasive -1	22-24	6 (33%), 7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (22%), 10 (20%), 11 (9%)
The Forsaken Crown of a Grand Devil	Watchful +4 Dreaded +1 Artisan of the Red Science +1	26-28	7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (22%), 10 (20%), 11 (18%), 12 (17%), 13 (8%)
Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd	Dangerous +4 Bizarre +3	26-28
A Submerged Rector	Persuasive +7 Watchful +6	26+	7 (29%), 8 (50%), 9 (66%), 10 (80%), 11 (91%), 12+ (100%)

Fate Items

The following table includes items that are only available via The Wreckers' Cove (Fate), however all regular items can also be bought there.

Repeatable Rewards

Reward (Sell Value)	Rare Success (Sell Value)	PTtWC	Possible Strange Catch values (% chance)
6-10 x Zee-Ztory ( 3.00-5.00)	3 x Partial Map ( 7.50)	4	1 (100%)
8-12 x Flawed Diamond 6-10 x Ostentatious Diamond ( 3.96-6.44)	1 x Magnificent Diamond ( 12.50)	4-8	1 (100%), 2 (100%), 3 (33%)
1 x Touching Love Story 8-12 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip 1-10 x Inkling of Identity ( 6.60-9.50)	1 x Volume of Collated Research 8-12 x Compromising Document 1-10 x Inkling of Identity ( 6.60-9.50)	6-12	2 (100%), 3 (100%), 4 (50%), 5 (20%)
1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844 21-30 x Bottle of Morelways 1872 1-10 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe ( 5.10-10.50)	3-4 x Muscaria Brandy ( 7.50-10.00)	10-16	3 (66%), 4 (100%), 5 (60%), 6 (33%), 7 (14%)
1-2 x Presbyterate Passphrase 2 x An Identity Uncovered! 2-3 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip ( 9.50-11.50)	1 x Blackmail Material 1 x An Identity Uncovered! ( 15.00)	14-20	4 (50%), 5 (80%), 6 (66%), 7 (43%), 8 (25%), 9 (11%)
4 x Thirsty Bombazine Scrap 1-4 x Whisper-Satin Scrap ( 10.50-12.00)	1 x Puzzle-Damask Scrap 2 x Thirsty Bombazine Scrap ( 17.50)	18-24	5 (40%), 6 (66%), 7 (57%), 8 (50%), 9 (33%), 10 (20%), 11 (9%)
1 x Uncanny Incunabulum 1-5 x Tale of Terror!! ( 13.00-15.00)	-	22-28	6 (33%), 7 (57%), 8 (50%), 9 (44%), 10 (40%), 11 (27%), 12 (17%), 13 (8%)
1 x Storm-Threnody 1-2 x Aeolian Scream 1-100 x Primordial Shriek ( 15.02-19.50)	-	26+	7 (29%), 8 (50%), 9 (66%), 10 (80%), 11 (91%), 12+ (100%)
1 x Strong-Backed Labour 1-3 x Sworn Statement ( 12.50-17.50)	-	30+	8 (25%), 9 (44%), 10 (60%), 11 (73%), 12 (83%), 13 (92%), 14+ (100%)

Destinies

If you don't already have a Destiny--or you wish to spend Fate to reset your Destiny--this is one of your three annual chances to get one. Bring a Strange Catch 5 to The Fruits of the Zee Festival! and wait for Sights at the Festival 1-33, then Offer your Strange Catch to the Drownies. This will bring you to a storylet where you get to set your Destiny.

WARNING: Once you Offer your Strange Catch to the Drownies, you will not be able to Perhaps Not out, so make sure you are ready to choose a Destiny.

See Destinies (Guide) for more information about Destinies and how to choose which future is right for you.

Menaces

As you explore The Fruits of the Zee Festival!, most branches will increase either Nightmares or Wounds regardless of success or failure. If either hits 8 while on Mutton Island during the Festival, you will trigger either Over-Indulgence or An Unusual Interlude. Besides returning you to Your Lodgings and resetting Strange Catch, this will drop the corresponding to 6 and reduce two of your main Attributes by a number of CP equal to their current modified levels. Over-Indulgence will reduce Dangerous and Shadowy while An Unusual Interlude will reduce Persuasive and Watchful.

Fortunately, The Fruits of the Zee Festival! does offer a way to recover Nightmares and Wounds without leaving Mutton Island or reducing your Attributes. With Sights at the Festival 67-100 and a Strange Catch, you can trade in your Strange Catch with either Ask the Custodial Chef to prepare your Strange Catch or Give your Strange Catch to the Melancholy Curate to reduce your Wounds or Nightmares, respectively, by a random amount determined by your Strange Catch level. This branches will also give you random amounts of Partial Maps, Zee-Ztories, and Map Scraps determined by your main Attributes.

The Parlour of Virtue, On Holiday

Jervaise is collecting love stories for Mr Wines. Various people can be found around the festival and persuaded to participate in a Mutton Island Courtship, either as a suitor or to be courted.

From The Fruits of the Zee Festival!:

• Courted: Dashing Drownie (Sights 0-33)

• Courted: Roaming Replete (Sights 34-66)

• Suitor: Melancholy Curate (Sights 67-100)

• Suitor: Custodial Chef (Sights 67-100)

From The Wreckers' Cove:

• Courted: Hooded Lady

From The Parlour of Virtue, On Holiday:

• Suitor: Jervaise

You can arrange a relationship via the Arranging a False-Summer companionship storylet. Since there are three suitors and three people to be courted, there are nine possible relationships.

Chaperoning on Mutton Island

All relationships can become more cordial or more acrimonious. This is tracked through Disposition of a Mutton Island Dalliance.

You conclude the courtship at any point to gain a love story. Each type of courtship requires a different disposition range (or level).

• Catastrophic Courtships require a disposition of 20 or below.
• Indifferent Courtships require a disposition of 25-70.
• Fine Courtships require a disposition of 75-95.
• Star-Spun Courtships require a disposition of 100.

Reporting to Mr Wines

Three love stories can be turned in to Mr Wines in London. He was hoping for catastrophe in order to persuade the Bazaar not to wander from London. However the echo price for each option is similar.

• Catastrophic Tales receive a Night-Whisper (62.50E) + Favour in High Places (12.50E)
• Indifferent and fine stories receive a Searing Enigma (62.50E)
• Star-Spun Courtships receive a Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures (62.50E) + Bazaar Permit (12.50E)