Fruits of the Zee Festival (Guide)/Item Comparison

Early MYN Content and Onwards

This content is only available during Fruits of the Zee Festival! For the history of this holiday see Fruits of the Zee Festival (historical)

The Fruits of the Zee Festival has undergone a major redesign as of the year 2023. This guide is intended to help players figure out which items they may want to acquire.

Special Note: Items Available Outside Fruits of the Zee

For whatever reason, several items originally introduced during FRUITS OF THE ZEE have become available through other means. For the purposes of this guide, these items will still be listed in the tables below, but are also included in this section for reference.

Item	FATE Cost at FotZ	Non-FotZ Source
Mutersalt	15	Available during the Railway. Note that this option involves Supporting the Liberationist Tracklayers, as well as an opportunity cost between the Prehistoricist and Emancipationist gifts.
Consignment of Scintillack Snuff	10	Many RNG sources, though the most dependable is probably Ambush a Novice Smuggler in the Clay Highwayman's camp.
Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar	10	See The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide).
Viscount's Bejewelled Collar	10	See The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide).
Bloodstained Eolith	15	Rare failure when Disambiguating Eoliths in your lab. You may require some musteline support.
Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple!	N/A	Technically not the same item as Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple, presumably because someone at Failbetter has it out for me, specifically.

Items Sorted by Stats

Note that these tables follow the following format: strict BIS is bold, shared BIS is italic, and stats which are neither but are nonetheless notable will be in regular case. Stats which are none of the above have been omitted for ease of perusal.

Best In Slot

These items are Strict Best-in-Slot for one or more stats.

Item	Slot	Obtaining	Stats	Notes
Crab-Clawed Tricorne Aria of Tranquillity Peaceable Cowl	Hat	Week 1: Dive for Barnacled Headpiece and trade in on week 2. Or 30 FATE	Persuasive +5 Reduces Troubled Waters build up.?	No mechanical differences.
Keelgraspers	Gloves	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	Dreaded +2 Zeefaring +1	None.
Sun-Seared Silken Gloves	Gloves	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	Respectable +2 A Player of Chess +1	None.
Riddlefisher's Footsteps Scrimshaw Sabatons Bright-Buckled Boots	Boots	Week 1: Dive for Pedestrian Polyp and trade in on week 2. Or 15 FATE	Watchful +5 Mithridacy +1	No mechanical differences.
Corpulent Carriage	Transport	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 30 FATE	Shadowy +3 Bizarre +1 Monstrous Anatomy +1	None.
Weeping Litter-Cyst	Transport	Week 1: Dive to Full Fathom Five 5 and meet the Pentamerous Bride. On week 2, talk with the King-in-Coral about her.	Watchful +3 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +1 Zeefaring +1	Only Weasel-Infested Velocipede is better for Watchful.
Obstinate-class Cruiser	Ship	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Dangerous +5 Dreaded +2 Zailing Speed +55 Greatly reduces Troubled Waters build up.?	Only ship that reduces Troubled Waters, but offers no zailing benefit.
Ogedei-class Liner	Ship	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Dangerous +5 Dreaded +2 Zailing Speed +75	As fast as the Clipper, but adds Dangerous and Dreaded.
Nyx-class Zubmersible	Ship	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Shadowy +5 Zailing Speed +55 Zubmersibility +1 Dreaded +2	A Shadowy and Dreaded Zubmarine.
Il-Altun-class Yacht	Ship	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Persuasive +5 Respectable +2 Zailing Speed +55 Luxurious +1	Adds Persuasive on top of the Yacht.

Situational Best in Slot

For a subset of players, these items are the best available options for their slot. This may be because the alternatives are only available at other festivals, are only obtainable with certain Ambitions, cost FATE, etc.

Item	Slot	Obtaining	Stats	Notes
Nuncian Pocket Watch	Weapon	Week 1: Diving Depths 2-4 Week 2: 75 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	Shadowy +6 Respectable +2	Shared BIS for Respectable with Heavily Annotated Timetables and Mesmeric Parasol from SUMMER and WHITSUN, respectively. For peer BDR, the Iron Republic Journal is the easiest free option. Outclassed for BDR by only three items: Golden Spiked Rosary, FATE-locked at FEAST OF THE ROSE, Severed Chimaerical Head of the Vake, only available to Bag a Legend players, and The Seven-Fold Knock, which is not worth the trouble it takes to get.
Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd	Transport	Week 1: Diving Depths 4-5 Week 2: 100 x Thalassic Favour Or 30 FATE	Dangerous +4 Bizarre +3	Peer BDR item is A Heartwood Hearse from FEAST OF THE ROSE. Outclassed by the FATE-locked Ratwork Velocipede and the technically free Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled. Shared non-FATE non-Hellworm BIS for Dangerous with Horseless, Driverless, Remorseless Carriage from SUMMER.
The Forsaken Crown of a Grand Devil	Hat	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 30 FATE	Watchful +4 Dreaded +1 Artisan of the Red Science +1	Peer item is available for FATE at HALLOWMAS ( The Violant Demon), or for Heart's Desire players, A Dream of Truth-Strangling.
Viscount's Bejewelled Collar	Clothing	See above	Persuasive +3 Mithridacy +1	Peer items include the Extensive Collections of Mayoral Campaign Buttons from SUMMER. Light Fingers players will have access to the Tatterskin Shawl.

Perennial Peer Items

These items have peer items freely available at all times of year, though they may be difficult to acquire or require completion of a lengthy storyline.

Item	Slot	FATE	Stats	Notes
Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar	Clothing	See above	Dangerous +3 Glasswork +1	Perennial alternatives in the Strange-Shore and Viric Parabolan Garments.
Gossamer Palms Mournclimber's Wraps Loomweavers	Gloves	Week 1: Dive for Grasping Coral and Trade in on week 2. Or 30 FATE	Shadowy +10 Bizarre +1	No mechanical differences. Equivalent to Pair of Lenguals.

Early-Game Utility

These items are strictly outclassed for endgame players, but may be useful options for those who do not yet have access to lategame alternatives.

Item	Slot	Obtaining	Stats	Notes
A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia	Weapon	Week 1: Diving Depths 3-5 Week 2: 150 x Thalassic Favour Or 5 FATE	Shadowy +5 Watchful +3 Dangerous -1	Outclassed by Set of Intricate Kifers.
Wrecking Boots	Boots	Week 1: Diving Depths 2-3 Week 2: 50 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	Dangerous +4 Shadowy +6 Persuasive -1	Peer item in the Pair of Ratskin Boots available at the Bazaar. Surpassed by Kingscale Boots, among others.
A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak	Clothing	Week 1: Diving Depths 1-2 Week 2: 50 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	Dangerous +6 Watchful +4 Persuasive -1	Outclassed by Far Khanate Lacquered Armour, among others.
A Submerged Rector	Companion	Week 2: 100 x Thalassic Favour Or 15 FATE	Persuasive +7 Watchful +6	Better than most Persuasive companions that can be bought at the Bazaar, but will eventually be surpassed by The Minister of Culture. Surpassed in Watchful by the trivially-acquired Blemmigan Tourist.
Inquisitive Lamp-cat	Companion	Week 2: 200 x Thalassic Favour Or 15 FATE	Shadowy +6 Dreaded +1	Outclassed by The Minister of Enigmas, among others. While fairly unremarkable by itself, its Hallowmas upgrade is shared BIS for both Monstrous Anatomy and Shadowy, so it may be worth holding on to in case its upgrade becomes available this year.
Pre-Emptive Guinea-Pig	Weapon	Week 2: 20 FATE	Dangerous +7 Watchful +6	Outclassed by Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle and Ratwork Watch, among others.
'For Your Own Good' Compass	Weapon	Week 2: 15 FATE	Watchful +6 Shadowy +4 Dangerous -1	Outclassed by Patent Scrutinizer Deluxe!, among others.

No Stats

These items are difficult to recommend based on stats, even for earlygame players.

Item	Slot	FATE	Stats	Notes
Scrimshander Carving Knife	Weapon	Week 1: Diving Depths 5 Week 2: 200 x Thalassic Favour Or 5 FATE	Watchful +3 Persuasive +2 Dangerous -1	A Journal of Metaphysical Conjecture that you can get from Making Your Name is superior, as is the cheap Patent Scrutinizer.
Mutersalt	Weapon	See above	Shadowy +2 Dangerous +3 Watchful -1	Many better options, including the various scars you can get when Making Your Name.
Consignment of Scintillack Snuff	Weapon	See above	Dangerous +5 Persuasive +3 Shadowy -1	Many better options, including the Ravenglass Knife.
Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple!	Hat	See above	Persuasive +2 Watchful +1	Well, it's free. That counts for something.

Items Sorted by Use

Efficient Repeatable

These items unlock repeatable options that are much better than their evergreen alternatives.

Item	Obtaining	Unlocks	Notes
A Faceted Decanter of Drownie Effluvia	Week 1: Diving Depths 3-5 Week 2: 150 x Thalassic Favour Or 5 FATE	Cure the ignorance of your zailors while Zailing; can also be used to advance the story of the Watchmaker's Daughter	The Zailing option is a great way to reduce Troubled Waters while also making progress, albeit it may require very high Kataleptic Toxicology depending on the zee-region. The Watchmaker's Daughter use, however, is fairly unremarkable, as it can be bypassed with a simple Dangerous check, and you're likely to only play through that story a few times for lore and novelties.
Scrimshander Carving Knife	Week 1: Diving Depths 5 Week 2: 200 x Thalassic Favour Or 5 FATE	Carve away some evidence of age when assembling a skeleton	Experienced skeleton-builders may not use this option often, as it can be avoided with proper planning. Can be helpful to recover from mistakes when making skeletons or to offload Antique parts onto buyers who otherwise aren't interested in them.
Mutersalt	See above	Create Sausage About Which No One Complains and get Brilliant Souls at Virginia's spa, both in Ealing Gardens	The Sausage cannot be obtained any other way and has several uses, including lowering Tracklayers' Displeasure and cooking. The Brilliant Soul grind is decent but arguably outclassed by the overall more profitable grind eventually available in Moulin.
Consignment of Scintillack Snuff	See above	Research the Recipe for Scintillack Snuff in your Lab, allowing you to manufacture it yourself and use it for smuggling, more smuiggling, and alchemical reagents.	Don't spend FATE to buy this here. Get it from Balmoral instead. And before you do anything else, be sure to research it in your Lab to manufacture it yourself!
Ogedei-class Liner	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Several Zailing actions	See Zailing (Guide) for details.
Nyx-class Zubmersible	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Several Zailing actions	See Zailing (Guide) for details.
Il-Altun-class Yacht	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE	Several Zailing actions	See Zailing (Guide) for details.

Efficient Single-Use

These items unlock a one-time option that saves the player significant resources compared to the free alternatives.

Currently, no items fit these criteria.

Niche Repeatable

These items unlock repeatable options that are either equivalent to or outclassed by their evergreen alternatives.

Item	FATE	Unlocks	Notes
Nuncian Pocket Watch	Week 1: Diving Depths 2-4 Week 2: 75 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	Time the appearances of Hillchanger Tower on a card in Ealing Gardens, and Persuade Hillchanger Tower during a certain point in the Railway story, if you made a certain choice.	The card in Ealing is not that great, and eventually you will likely want to avoid Ealing's cluttered deck anyway. As for the story option, it's only slightly better than the free options of paying 500 x Moon-Pearl or succeeding on the A Scholar of the Correspondence check. Even failure on that check gives progress, though it comes with Nightmares.
A Submerged Rector	Week 2: 100 x Thalassic Favour Or 15 FATE	An option on a card in the Upper River, an option when diving in the Evenlode, and one of several options for Parish Clerk in Burrow-infra-Mump.	The option on A Jurisdictional Dispute can be nice for the Scrip, if you regularly get Verse of Counter-Creed (Crooked-Crosses in particular might be interested in it). The Evenlode option is nice for the menace reduction, but Evenlode diving is fairly niche. Note that the two other options available for Burrow clerk are HALLOWMAS companions, and may not be available for free any given year.

Niche Single-Use

These items unlock a one-time option that is either equivalent to or outclassed by the evergreen alternatives.

Item	FATE	Unlocks	Notes
A Cured Jillyfleur Cloak	Week 1: Diving Depths 1-2 Week 2: 50 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE	One of several options to join the Clay Tailor Club	One of several options, including some you may get from your Ambition and the freely-available Moderately Co-operative Clothes Colony
Inquisitive Lamp-cat	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 15 FATE	Introduce your Inquisitive Lamp-Cat for A Cub's Education.	A Cub's Education is fairly niche vanity content. Note it can be upgraded at HALLOWMAS as well, and that upgrade is quite good.

No Uses

These items do not unlock any additional actions.

Item	Obtaining
Wrecking Boots	Week 1: Diving Depths 2-3 Week 2: 50 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE
Sun-Seared Silken Gloves	Week 2: 150 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE
Keelgraspers	Week 2: 150 x Thalassic Favour Or 10 FATE
Semi-Automated Mary Lloyd	Week 1: Diving Depths 4-5 Week 2: 100 x Thalassic Favour Or 30 FATE
The Forsaken Crown of a Grand Devil	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 30 FATE
Corpulent Carriage	Week 2: 250 x Thalassic Favour Or 30 FATE
Pre-Emptive Guinea-Pig	Week 2: 30 FATE
'For Your Own Good' Compass	Week 2: 15 FATE
Viscountess' Bejewelled Collar	See above
Viscount's Bejewelled Collar	See above
Bloodstained Eolith	See above
Sinning Jenny's Forsaken Wimple!	See above!
Gossamer Palms Mournclimber's Wraps Loomweavers	Week 1: Dive for Grasping Coral and Trade in on week 2. Or 30 FATE
Crab-Clawed Tricorne Aria of Tranquillity Peaceable Cowl	Week 1: Dive for Barnacled Headpiece and Trade in on week 2. Or 30 FATE
Riddlefisher's Footsteps Scrimshaw Sabatons Bright-Buckled Boots	Week 1: Dive for Pedestrian Polyp and Trade in on week 2. Or 15 FATE
Obstinate-class Cruiser	Week 2: 500-1920 x Thalassic Favour Or 20 FATE