Hunting the Beasts of the Zee (Guide)

Mid Zailing Content

Hunting the Beasts of the Zee Summary
Locked Variable-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
4+ A				3+ A				1 A
Progress Details			Raise to required target.
Items Inputs/Outputs Boosting Outputs Traded For
Raw EPA			4			Raw SPA			-

Once you have a Ship, you may begin hunting the Beasts of the Zee. One of the beasts requires 16, others have requirements and rely on world qualities as well. As these destinations aren't docks, they will not reset . Every completed hunt will increase your by 1. For more information on reaching the locations, see Zailing (Guide).

Zee Beasts

Below is a cheat sheet for hunting quarries via Hunting the Beasts of the Zee.

Many of these hunts can only be done with the proper Living World Events.

Target	Zee Location	Requirements	+		Rewards	Value ( )
Plated Seals Capture the plated seal		16 No s	110	Narrow 5		N/A
Angler Crabs Strike down the Angler Crab		1	111-209	8-13		19.39-53.91
Feral Crocodiles Finish off the crocodile		5	175	11		32
Lifebergs Blast the Ravenous Lifeberg with all you've got (The Salt Steppes)		1	210?	8		Up to 45
Lifebergs Blast the Ravenous Lifeberg with all you've got (The Sea of Voices)		1	220?	10		Up to 45
Midnight Whale End your guidance of the Midnight Whale		Base 1	220	11		36.40 to 60.00
Lorn-Fluke Repel the Lorn-Fluke with a show of force Attempt to calm the Lorn-Fluke		Base 1	165	12		50.22 to 62.19

Hunting a Creature

Upon starting a hunt, the player needs to navigate to the requisite Zee region. Once you have reached your destination, the player will need to build their to the required level before they may slay the beast and collect the reward.

Difficulty Calculation

Except for the plated seal, Zee-Beasts require a set amount of as a threshold in order to finish the hunt. For the Angler Crab, this is equal to 8 + /20. This rounds down at 10, 30, 50, 70, etc.. In the case of the Plated Seal, there is instead a narrow difficulty challenge of 5 that needs to be passed. Additionally, together with also affect the difficulty of skill checks to raise on all hunts. This is represented in the table as a "challenge level", to give an impression of how difficult the different hunts are.

Target	Challenge Level ( + )	Pursuit needed
Plated Seals	110	Narrow 5
Angler Crabs	111-209	8-13
Feral Crocodiles	175	11
Lifebergs in The Salt Steppes	210	8
Lifebergs in The Sea of Voices	220	10
Lifebergs in Shepherd's Wash	230	13
Midnight Whale	220	11
Lorn-Fluke	165	12

Angler Crab Scaling

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Angler crabs offer scaling rewards and elusiveness based on how many remain in their world quality.

The Logistic Scaling for Elusiveness and Rarity are similar, with both having a midpoint of of 25000 and a scaling factor of -1/5000. The difference is that Elusiveness scales to a maximum value of 100, while Rarity scales to a maximum value of 7000. Elusiveness E scales with crab popuation C with the following formula:

$E=100\times {\frac {1}{1+e^{\frac {C-25000}{5000}}}}$

Rarity R scales with crab popuation C with the following formula:

$R=7000\times {\frac {1}{1+e^{\frac {C-25000}{5000}}}}$

Values at select breakpoints:

Crabs Left	50000	35986	29236	25000	20764	14014	0
Elusiveness	1	10	30	50	70	90	99
Pursuit needed	8	9	10	11	12	13	13
Rarity	47	700	2100	3500	4900	6300	6953
	24	350	1050	1750	2450	3150	3476

Hunting Actions

Option	Requirement	Challenge	Success	Failure
Make a daring approach	Exactly 1
Pursue the (Zee-Beast)	N/A	Zee Peril +
Take a risk	2	Zee Peril + 75 +
Outflank the (Zee-Beast)	2	Formula
Predict its movements	2	Formula
Chum the waters		3
Dive below the waves		+30

Elusiveness	0–17	18–28	29–34	35–39	40–42	43–45	46–48	49–51	52–54	55–57	58–60	61–65	66–71	72–82	≥83
Difficulty	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Target		Angler Crabs	Feral Crocodiles	Lifebergs (	Lifebergs (	Midnight Whale
Challenge Level	110	11-209	175	210	220	220

Turning in Valourous Deeds

When hunting lifebergs, the player will accumulate , each of which is equivalent to 20 . These can be turned in for the following rewards:

Action	Cost	Rewards	Value per Deed
Claim a crate of clinking souls	1		20
Claim an armful of discarded steel	2		( 40)
Claim a box marked "FAULTY ORDNANCE: DO NOT USE".	3		( 20)
Claim a pile of waterlogged papers	4		20
Claim a strongbox, illuminated from within	4		20
Claim a pallet of mouldering rations	5		20
Claim a suitcase, stamped with a horse's head	10		20 / 26.10
Claim a consignment of confiscated silks	16		20 / 25.47

Strategy

Strategy consists of three matters - building as fast as possible, but also minimising so that you can avoid docking for a while, and for clippers when hunting Angler Crabs: reducing the amount of actions taken while zailing.

For the first matter, Monster-Hunters have a very useful opening gambit with Make a daring approach that will instantly boost the player's to level 6. Otherwise, the player will have to open up with Pursue the (Zee-Beast). Use the calculator below in order to find the optimal action on average, but bear in mind that there's no point in overpreparing, and if sufficient gain can be gained with Pursuing the Zee-Beast, that should be a priority. Pursuing is equivalent to outflanking and predicting so use whichever has the highest success probability.

For Angler Crabs, if the crab's Elusiveness is less than 7 above a rounding point, (eg. 10, 30, 50, 70, etc..) it may be worth chumming the waters if the player is having difficulty making the checks, as this will also lower the required Pursuit by 1 level. Similarly, the zubmersible option works if you're less than 5 above a rounding point.

For reducing gain, it is adviced not to play risky challenges, because opportunities to lower TW are few and will usually sacrifice Zee-EPA or zailing progress. owners and owners should usually use their options to reduce TW, as these are also often profitable. options and the should also be used when necessary, as these are very effective. Other options to lower/minimise TW should also be considered. Piracy is a good idea, as long as your skills are high enough that the options are at least very modest (80%). Even so you will have to dock more than someone not using piracy options. It is recommended to dock around TW 6, as the menace cards at TW 7 are hard to use efficiently. Dream cards are a decent alternative to piracy cards when balancing profit, progress and speed, as long as you have a decent way of dealing with the resulting in London.

For Clipper owners hunting Angler Crabs, the A Giant Angler Crab card is especially useful, as it provides more than 80 in a single action, thereby saving an action.

Calculating echoes per action is difficult given the high variability in reaching particular zee regions, the ability to deal with zee menaces, and reward variability. Lifeberg Hunting is likely profitable when available, but the data has to be confirmed to be sure. Angler Crabs become profitable once their numbers are lower (about 3.3 EPA from the get-go, towards 5-6 EPA at the end). Crocodiles approaches 4-5 EPA for extremely dangerous pirates. Whales have a potential max EPA around 6.5 EPA, but 5-5.5 EPA is more realistic.

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