Whitsun (Guide)/Item Comparison

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

Whitsun has a lot of critters that you can make! It can be really overwhelming to plan exactly what you want from year to year. In order to help those who are overwhelmed and don't know where to start, here is a tier list of Whitsun creatures to help decide what eggs you want to bother hatching. As a tier list there's obviously quite a lot of subjectivity involved here, but this should at least serve as a reasonable starting point.

This page will not be covering how to obtain the various Whitsun creatures. For that, see Whitsun (Guide). This is purely to help players examine their options.

For all stats, strict BiS are in bold, shared BiS are in italics.

Note On Other Festivals

The way Whitsun works is that every year, some eggs will be freely available, and others will cost an Amber Ha'penny. We don't know ahead of time what the rotation will look like each year, but in principle any Whitsun item is available to someone playing freely, albeit some may require saving up several years' worth of Ha'pennies. In 2025, Aged Egg, Untreated and Percipient Egg, Untreated are free while the others cost a single Amber Ha'penny.

The two other Companion-based festivals currently are Hallowmas and Feast of the Rose. Most of the peer companions from the latter cost FATE. With regard to Hallowmas, there may be Whitsun peer items available this year or there may not be; Hallowmas cycles through what's freely available every year, and the only real heuristic is that something which was available for free last year probably won't be this year.

Special Tier: Sartorial & Bellic Augmentations; Transport Items

Sartorial, Bellic, and Transportation items are all good. They are all worth getting if you do not have any of their peer items; they give multiple useful stats, and the Augmentation items often have a useful niche as well. They can be quite expensive however at 3 Amber Ha'penny per item, so plan accordingly. Note also that the items in this tier hatch immediately.

Sartorial Augmentations

Item	Slot	Stats	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Birdskin Gloves	Gloves	Dangerous +3 Respectable +1 Monstrous Anatomy +1 Neathproofed +1	None.	Variant text in FATE-locked story Flame, Lead, Clay, Glass.	Aged, Invigorated
Aurochs-Fur Coat	Clothing	Shadowy +6 Respectable +4 Bizarre -2 Glasswork +1 Reduces Nightmares build up.? Neathproofed +2	None	Shared BiS for BDR. The Waswood and Nadir upgrades to Parabola-Linen Suit and Parabola-Linen Frock are year-round alternatives for Glasswork clothing. For those who do not have access to the Tatterskin Shawl, it is ( non-FATE) shared BiS for Shadowy with several other easily-obtained items.	Aged, Enlightened
Tuneful Hat	Hat	Persuasive +6 Respectable +4 Dreaded -2 Mithridacy +1	Can be used to gain immediate entrance to The Clay Tailor Club.	Shared BiS for BDR. Note that the other two Mithridacy hats require FATE, either at Hallowmas or for the story The Mushroom's Dream.	Scarlet, Invigorated
Iguana-Skin Boots	Boots	Watchful +5 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +1 Shapeling Arts +1 Neathproofed +1	None.	Shared BiS for BDR. All currently available +2 BDR Boots are Sartorial Augmentation items.	Scarlet, Enlightened
Honed Ushanka	Hat	Shadowy +6 Respectable -2 Bizarre +4 Kataleptic Toxicology +1 Neathproofed +1	Brawling with Dockers	Shared BiS for BDR. Note that the only other Kataleptic Toxicology hat currently available is The Swan Bride's Mask, which requires playing the FATE story The Poisoner's Library, making this the only freely available KT hat.	Percipient, Invigorated
Vigilant Chitin-Fur Boots	Boots	Watchful +5 Respectable +1 Bizarre +1 Artisan of the Red Science +1	Brawling with Dockers	The only, and thus strict BiS, boots for Artisan of the Red Science. Shared BiS for BDR. All currently available +2 BDR Boots are Sartorial Augmentation items.	Percipient, Enlightened
Moray Heels	Boots	Dangerous +5 Respectable +1 Dreaded +1 Zeefaring +1	Brawling with Dockers	Shared BiS for BDR. The only other Zeefaring boots are FATE locked through Mr Chimes' Lost & Found. All currently available +2 BDR Boots are Sartorial Augmentation items.	Pelagic, Invigorated
Mesmeric Parasol	Weapon	Persuasive +5 Respectable +2 Dreaded -1 Bizarre +1 A Player of Chess +1	An option at False-Dawn on long Khaganian Intrigues.	The only other A Player of Chess weapons available are an item from Ambition: Heart's Desire! and an Estival item. Shared WiS for Dreaded.	Pelagic, Enlightened

Bellic Augmentations

Item	Slot	Stats	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Iron-Lung Bagpipes	Weapon	Dangerous +8 Respectable -1 Bizarre +3 Monstrous Anatomy +1	Serenade the Saint during pilgrimages in Godfall, gives more St Stalactite's Favour than the alternative option	Peer Monstrous Anatomy item, the Leviathan-Bone Knife, is freely available from The Rat Market during the False-Season of Summer.	Aged, Invigorated
Skein of Silvered Catgut	Weapon	Shadowy +8 Respectable +2 Bizarre -1 Glasswork +1 Inerrant +1	Follow your silver skein during Parabolan hunts	Strict WiS for Bizarre. Several peer items are available from other sources, namely Estival, Bag A Legend, two from Heart's Desire, and one freely available from the Rat Market.	Aged, Enlightened
Coolflame Quill	Weapon	Watchful +8 Respectable +1 Dreaded +1 Mithridacy +1	Reduce Monograph Incoherence in Moulin	The only, and thus strict BiS, weapon for Mithridacy.	Scarlet, Invigorated
Resinous Pyrophone	Weapon	Watchful +8 Respectable +1 Dreaded -1 Bizarre +2 Shapeling Arts +1	Warm up your Resinous Pyrophone to gain Fitting in at Helicon House in The South Parlour	Shared WiS for Dreaded. Peer item for Shapeling Arts is available year-round from the story of the Rubbery Parishioner, which is accessible after building a Church or Freehold at the Burrow-Infra-Mump station on the Railway.	Scarlet, Enlightened
Telsonic Signet	Weapon	Shadowy +8 Respectable +1 Dreaded +1 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	A (very bad) option on Toxicology lab experiments that lets you gain research that scales with Kataleptic Toxicology, in exchange for a bit of Scandal.	Peer Kataleptic Toxicology items from several sources: freely available ( Honest Butcher's Tool & The Black Book of Hearts), FATE-locked except for Hellworm Gachapon ( Vial of Cantigaster Venom), or from Estival ( A Rack of Carefully-Individuated Deaths)	Percipient, Invigorated
Russet Brachiator	Weapon	Watchful +8 Respectable -1 Dreaded +2 Artisan of the Red Science +1 Neathproofed +1	A Piracy option on a card that otherwise lacks one in the Sea of Voices	Peer item for Red Science is Estival only.	Percipient, Enlightened
Flexile Sabre	Weapon	Dangerous +8 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +1 Zeefaring +1	A Piracy option on a card that otherwise lacks one in the Sea of Voices	Freely-available peer Zeefaring items from the Khanate ( Mostly-Cooperative Chart of the Eastern Unterzee) as well as the Sacroboscan Calendar ( M. D_____' A_____ for _______: F____ Edition)	Pelagic, Invigorated
Cephalopod Satchel	Luggage	Bizarre +1 A Player of Chess +1 Insubstantial +1	Guide newcomers to where they might best fit in for a bit more Hinterland Prosperity in The City of the Tracklayers	Shared BiS for BDR. Peer items for all stats (except A Player of Chess) freely available at Bazaar Side-Streets.	Pelagic, Enlightened

Transportation Items

Item	Slot	Stats	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Vagrant Oneirotaur	Transportation	Shadowy +4 Dangerous +2 Glasswork +1		The only other Glasswork item costs FATE. The peer Shadowy items are the Chitinscale Squirrelbeast and the SUMMER Khatun-class Electric Launch.	Aged Egg x 7
Terror Bird Warmount	Transportation	Shadowy +2 Dangerous +4 Monstrous Anatomy +1		The peer Monstrous Anatomy item, Corpulent Carriage, is available at FRUITS OF THE ZEE.	Aged Egg x 7
Seven-League Spindlewolf	Transportation	Watchful +4 Shadowy +2 Artisan of the Red Science +1		The other Red Science item, Horseless, Driverless, Remorseless Carriage, is a SUMMER item. Peer and better Watchful items cost FATE.	Percipient Egg x 7
Chitinscale Squirrelbeast	Transportation	Watchful +2 Shadowy +4 Kataleptic Toxicology +1		The Augmented Electrostatic Machine is a SUMMER item, and Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled is available year-round (but very expensive). The peer Shadowy item is the SUMMER Khatun-class Electric Launch.	Percipient Egg x 7

S Tier

These are must-have companions; these unlock very useful options that players will be very glad to have, either from convenience or profitability. Companions with notable stats are located here as well.

S Tier

Item	Stats	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Young Terror Bird	Dangerous +3	Efficient source of Wing of a Young Terror Bird at the Ealing butcher	None.	Aged, Invigorated 0 Aug
Double-Headed Terror Bird	Shadowy +5 Dangerous +7 Dreaded +3 Monstrous Anatomy +1	None	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. Peer or better items for Dreaded, Monstrous Anatomy, and BDR are all other Whitsun companions or FATE- or Hallowmas-locked.	Aged, Invigorated 3 Aug
Aurochs	Shadowy +3	Efficient source of Horned Skull at the Ealing butcher	None.	Aged, Enlightened 0 Aug
Unquenchable Firebird	Persuasive +7 Watchful +5 Respectable +3 Mithridacy +1 Neathproofed +1	One of several options for a watchtower in Ealing Gardens.	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. Peer or better items for Respectable, Mithridacy, and Neathproofed are all other Whitsun companions or FATE- or Hallowmas-locked.	Scarlet, Invigorated 3 Aug
Rubbery Dragon	Watchful +7 Persuasive +5 Bizarre +3 Shapeling Arts +1	None.	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. Peer item for Shapeling Arts is available for free from a specific decision during Firmament (endgame), all others FATE- and/or Hallowmas-locked. Peer or better items for Bizarre all FATE- and/or Hallowmas-locked.	Scarlet, Enlightened 3 Aug
Transfixing Squirrel	Watchful +5 Shadowy +7 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +2 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	A useful option on Moulin expeditions	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. Peer item for Kataleptic Toxicology is available for free from a specific decision during Firmament (endgame), all other peer or better items are FATE- and/or Hallowmas-locked.	Percipient, Invigorated 3 Aug
Brachiating Spindlewolf	Watchful +7 Shadowy +5 Respectable +2 Bizarre +1 Artisan of the Red Science +1	Ascend in the Nadir, but it's bad.	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. Peer or better items for Artisan of the Red Science are all FATE- or Hallowmas-locked, except for the Violant-Winged Bat only available in Ambition: Nemesis.	Percipient, Enlightened 3 Aug
Inculcating Kraken	Dangerous +5 Persuasive +7 Respectable +1 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +1 A Player of Chess +1	A highly profitable option on the 5-card variant Bazaar lodgings card with a difficult A Player of Chess challenge.	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. Another A Player of Chess companion is available to those who make certain decisions towards the end of Ambition: Heart's Desire!. All other peer or better items for A Player of Chess are FATE-locked.	Pelagic, Enlightened 3 Aug

A Tier

These are companions that are extremely useful and unlock options that a player may be very glad to have. This also includes companions that have notable stats, but with easily accessible alternatives.

A Tier

Item	Notable Stats	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Iron-Toothed Terror Bird	Shadowy +5 Dangerous +7 Dreaded +1	Hunting it in Parabola is a good source of Direful Reflection and Thorned Ribcage.	None.	Aged, Invigorated 2 Aug
Carnivorous Aurochs	Shadowy +5 Dangerous +3	Hunting it in Parabola is a good source of Memory of Discordance and significantly more efficient than the alternative Hurlyburly.	Not as necessary with a certain Ambition reward from Ambition: Bag a Legend!.	Aged, Enlightened 1 Aug
Reflected Minotaur	Shadowy +7 Dangerous +5 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +1 Glasswork +1	None	The Honey-Mazed Bear available in Ealing Gardens is an accessible alternative, but keeping it removes a moderately-profitable bonus loop to Parabola trips. Notably, the Parabolan Kitten is widely available with social actions and may be more valuable, significantly lowering the ranking of this option if you can obtain one.	Aged, Enlightened 3 Aug
Lyrebird Educated in Three Schools	Persuasive +7 Watchful +5 Respectable +1	A source of Making Waves for those with A Salon.	None.	Scarlet, Invigorated 2 Aug
Warm-hearted Amber Iguana	Watchful +7 Persuasive +5 Bizarre +1 Neathproofed +1	Can be used to gain Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage	Also used to gain Amphibian Research in a non-repeatable lab project. Shared BiS for Neathproofed (with a 3-augment Whitsun companion, and a FATE-locked one).	Scarlet, Enlightened 2 Aug
Acicular Squirrel	Shadowy +7 Watchful +5 Bizarre +1	Use Kataleptic Toxicology instead of Glasswork when Lost in Strange Lands	This allows you to train Kataleptic Toxicology without expensive experiments	Percipient, Invigorated 2 Aug
Elongated Spindlewolf	Watchful +5 Shadowy +3	Gain Salacious Copy for your Newspaper	An alternative is available with Renown: The Great Game 40.	Percipient, Enlightened 1 Aug
Surveilling Spindlewolf	Watchful +7 Shadowy +5 Respectable +1	Can be used instead of a Favour when setting up a Cover Identity	Similar function as the Canny Cuttlefish and certain Ambition treasures from Heart's Desire or Bag A Legend, though different Ties.	Percipient, Enlightened 2 Aug
Canny Cuttlefish	Dangerous +3 Persuasive +5	Can be used instead of a Favour when setting up a Cover Identity	Redundant with a treasure from Bag A Legend. Same function as the Surveilling Spindlewolf and two Heart's Desire treasures, though different Ties.	Pelagic, Enlightened 1 Aug
Uttermost Eel	Dangerous +7 Persuasive +5 Respectable +1 Dreaded +1 Bizarre +1 Zeefaring +1	An option when zailing the Salt Steppes	Shared BiS non-FATE BDR. The Almost-Tame Blue Prophet available in Gaider's Mourn is an accessible alternative for Zeefaring. Better companions are FATE-locked and available only during Hallowmas and Feast of the Exceptional Rose.	Pelagic, Invigorated 3 Aug
Violantly Mercantile Cuttlefish	Dangerous +5 Persuasive +7 Respectable +1	A profitable option on A Trade in Reputations	None.	Pelagic, Enlightened 2 Aug

B Tier

Beyond this point there are no statistically interesting companions. These companions either unlock useful one-time options or repeatable, but niche ones.

B Tier

Item	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Untrained Lyrebird	Deploy your Lyrebird on a Heist	Highly Dreaded players don't need it	Scarlet, Invigorated 0 Aug
Dream-dwelling Carnivorous Aurochs	Can be used to progress the Parabolan Base-Camp (alternatives are 450-900E, or FATE-locked) and also Burrow-infra-Mump.	None.	Aged, Enlightened 2 Aug
Quizzical Squirrel	Can be used to gain Emetic Revelation in Arbor	Better sources are available by the time you need these.	Percipient, Invigorated 0 Aug
Acute Squirrel	Can be used to make progress with Kataleptic Toxicology on Monstrous lab experiments	None.	Percipient, Invigorated 1 Aug
Abyssal Sawtooth	Can hunt when diving in the Magistracy of the Evenlode	An alternative to Go spear-fishing at these same Airs of the Evenlode.	Pelagic, Invigorated 1 Aug
Immaculate Eel	An option in the Nadir	The better of the options available on that card, although not by much.	Pelagic, Invigorated 2 Aug
Prismatic Squidling	Gain Inspired in the Empress' Court, and an airs-dependent option on a card in a non-repeatable laboratory project.	None.	Pelagic, Enlightened 0 Aug

C Tier

These have highly niche uses at best.

C Tier

Item	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Elegiac Cockatoo	Bring for tea at Beatrice's	None.	Percipient, Invigorated Social
Imminent Falcon	Bring for tea at Beatrice's	None.	Percipient, Enlightened Social
Spindlewolf	Gain Talk of the Town at the Veilgarden Party.	The problem is that the Spindlewolf's option competes with Spill wine on a social rival, which is the best option for gaining Talk of the Town. A rare success for having your Spindlewolf eavesdrop gives 3.5 in Rumour items but even then this is just not competitive with Slighting someone through Spilling Wine because Slights give the opportunity for you to get a 12.5 item from the Assassin card that your rival sends after you; even failure at this is better than the Spindlewolf at 5 . Overall the Spindlewolf is usually not worth it.	Percipient, Enlightened 0 Aug

D Tier

The only thing notable about most of these is that they can be studied in your Laboratory when conducting certain non-repeatable experiments.

D Tier

Item	Research Gain	Other Notes	Egg type
Amber Iguana	Amphibian Research	None.	Scarlet, Enlightened 1 Aug
Mycological Bullfrog	Amphibian Research	None.	Scarlet, Invigorated Social
Copper-Speckled Crustacean	Piscine Research	None.	Aged, Invigorated Social
Voracious Lamp-Eye	Piscine Research	None.	Scarlet, Enlightened Social
Unerring Elver	Piscine Research	This can be used to gain Seeking in the Flit (via Deploy your Unerring Elver - the option is a hard 70% luck check. At Shadowy 100 and above, Follow at a distance becomes plainly better.	Pelagic, Invigorated 0 Aug

F Tier

If these have any uses (and note that most do not), they're outclassed by other options that should be available to you by now. Most people will want to get them, if at all, for the sake of completionism alone.

F Tier

Item	Notable Uses	Other Notes	Egg type
Suspicious Iguana	Gain Investigating in the Flit	The option is a hard 70% luck check. At Shadowy 100 and above, Spy on the couriers becomes plainly better.	Scarlet, Enlightened 0 Aug
Full-Grown Terror Bird	No uses.	Useless.	Aged, Invigorated 1 Aug
Operatic Lyrebird	No uses.	Useless.	Scarlet, Invigorated 1 Aug
Dilly	No uses.	Useless.	Aged, Enlightened Social
Burbling Wolfhound	No uses.	Useless.	Pelagic, Invigorated Social
Exuberant Batling	No uses.	Useless.	Pelagic, Enlightened Social