Fruits of the Zee Festival (Guide)

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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, interact with the Mayor, and discover your Destiny.

Getting to the Festival

If you have have a Ship, you are welcome to zail over to Mutton Island on your own. However, most will find it easier and less costly to Catch a ferry to the Fruits of the Zee festival at Wolfstack Docks.

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.

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. Additionally, you may be able to find the current Mayor for a unique story.

Normal Branches

Sights	Action	Success	Alternative Success
0-5	Spy on a delivery for the Custodial Chef	4 to /15 x Appalling Secret 1 to 2 CP Nightmares	-
0-33	Listen to the Drownies' songs	1 + (0 to /50) x Tale of Terror!! 1 to 2 CP Nightmares	0 to /10 x Romantic Notion 1 x Zee-Ztory 1 to 2 CP Nightmares
0-33	Dance with a Drownie	5 to /10 x Map Scrap 1 to 2 CP Wounds	1 to /50 x Zee-Ztory 1 to 2 CP Wounds
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	1 x Partial Map 1 to 2 CP Nightmares
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	5 to /15 x Appalling Secret 1 to 2 CP Wounds
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	15 to /4 x Soul 5 to /8 x Proscribed Material 1 to 2 CP Wounds
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	3 to /20 x Intriguing Snippet 1 CP Austere -1 CP Hedonist 1 to 2 CP Nightmares
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	3 to /15 x Appalling Secret 1 CP Hedonist -1 CP Austere 1 to 2 CP Wounds
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	3 to /20 x Inkling of Identity 10 to /4 x Cryptic Clue 1 to 2 CP Wounds
86-100	Confront a Hooded Lady of Mysterious Provenance	-1 x An Identity Uncovered! 1 x Sworn Statement 2-4 x Ostentatious Diamond	-

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

(TODO: Find a way to make the tables less messy.)

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	PTtWC	Possible Strange Catch values (% chance)
Scrimshander Carving Knife	10-12	3 (66%), 4 (50%), 5 (20%)
A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia	14-16	4 (50%), 5 (40%), 6 (33%), 7 (14%)
Viscount's Bejewelled Collar / Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar	14+	4 (50%), 5 (80%), 6+ (100%)
Wrecking Boots	18-20	5 (40%), 6 (33%), 7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (11%)
Nuncian Pocket Watch	18-20	5 (40%), 6 (33%), 7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (11%)
Sun-Seared Silken Gloves	18-20	5 (40%), 6 (33%), 7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (11%)
A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak	22-24	6 (33%), 7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (22%), 10 (20%), 11 (9%)
The Forsaken Crown of a Grand Devil	26-28	7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (22%), 10 (20%), 11 (18%), 12 (17%), 13 (8%)
Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd	26-28	7 (29%), 8 (25%), 9 (22%), 10 (20%), 11 (18%), 12 (17%), 13 (8%)
A Submerged Rector	26+	7 (29%), 8 (50%), 9 (66%), 10 (80%), 11 (91%), 12+ (100%)

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 Mayor

The Fruits of the Zee is the new Mayor's first big event after being elected, so they are sure to make an appearance.

The Viscountess - 1898 (2020)

The Viscountess has her own Festival storyline: The Viscountess at the Fruits of the Zee. This story begins in London with The Viscountess at the Fruits of the Zee, wherein the Viscountess requests help in reaching Mutton Island.

Upon taking the Viscountess to Mutton Island (either through Suggest an alternative route to Mutton Island with Access to a Parabolan Base-Camp or Contract a Silverer for the Mayor with 1 x Favours: Bohemian), the option to Speak to the Mayor on Mutton Island becomes available with Sights at the Festival 67-100. She requests a Strange Catch. Once the player is in possession of a Strange Catch, it can be offered to the Viscountess with Sights 67-100, triggering the storylet The Viscount's Tale.

Following this, the next goal is to acquire the Viscount's Bejewelled Collar, which can be found in The Wreckers' Cove with a Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove quality of 14 or higher. You can then Bring the Viscount's Collar to the Viscountess with Sights 67-100. This redirects you to Drowning Forests.

The choice you make at the end of Drowning Forests determines whether she will offer you the Viscount's Bejewelled Collar or the Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar when the storylet is over and you Return to the Viscountess with Sights 67-100. However, you can later return to The Wreckers' Cove and exchange the one you received for the other (with Picking Through the Wreckers' Cove 14 or higher) if you so choose.

(TODO: Add guide for the rest of the Viscountess' festival story.)