Editing Parabolan Hunting (Guide)

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{{ActivitySummary
|Activity=Parabolan Hunting/Destinations
|Length=Limited
|Starting Actions=1
|Progress Actions=2
|Ending Actions=1
|Progress Details=Track down your Quarry and kill it, if applicable.
|Output Items=*{{IL|Seven-Throated Warbler}}
*{{IL|Hillmover}}
*{{IL|Focused Albatross}}
*{{IL|Storm-bird}}
*{{IL|Bessemer Steel Ingot}}
*{{IL|Whirring Contraption}}
*{{IL|A Miniature Model Ship}}
*{{IL|Direful Reflection}}
*{{IL|Thorned Ribcage}}
*{{IL|Memory of Discordance}}
*{{IL|Honey-Mazed Bear}}
*{{IL|Remains of a Pinewood Shark}}
*{{IL|Fin Bones, Collected}}
*{{IL|Favours: The Docks}}
*{{IL|An Estimable Trophy}}
*{{IL|Human Ribcage}}
*{{IL|A Deviless' Address}}
*{{IL|Casing...}} +28 CP
*{{IL|Disappearing...}} +30 CP
*'''Retrieve all Loaned Out Vehicles. '''
*{{IL|Hiding Place of a Peculiar Item}}
|Boost Items=*{{IL|Favours: Fingerkings}}
*{{IL|Glass Gazette}}
*{{IL|Cheerful Goldfish}}
*{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey}}
*''{{IL|Moray Heels}}''
*''{{IL|Acicular Squirrel}}''
*''{{IL|A Dream of Red Chivalry}}''
*''{{IL|A Notched Bone Harpoon}}''
*''{{IL|Implausible Beartrap}}''
*''{{IL|A Dream of Red Chivalry}}''
*''{{IL|Nightmares}} 5''
|Raw EPA = 2.54
|Locked=Yes
|Starting Items=*None
*'''{{IL|Iron-Toothed Terror Bird}}'''
*'''{{IL|Carnivorous Aurochs}}'''
*{{IL|Favours: Hell|7 x}}
*{{IL|Flask of Waswood Wellspring Water|1 x}}
}}

Once the player has established their [[Parabolan Base-Camp]], they have the opportunity to [[Track the Animals of Parabola]], and once once the player's shadowy is high enough, they can [[Search Parabola for a Place in the Neath]].

== Parabolan Quarries ==
There are a number of different quarries that you can track when you go hunting, though a number of them require some companions from {{FontWhitsun}}.
A cheat sheet for hunting quarries via [[Track the Animals of Parabola]]:

{| class="article-table"
!width=16%|Quarry
!width=26%|Reward for defeat
!width=25%|Reward for searching lair
!Ferocity
!width=25%|Unlocked with
|-
|[[Pick up the trail of a Seven-Throated Warbler|Seven-Throated Warbler]]
|{{IL|Seven-Throated Warbler|1 x}}
|{{IL|Hillmover|1 x}}
|6
|''automatically''
|-
|[[Pick up the trail of a Focused Albatross|Focused Albatross]]
|{{IL|Focused Albatross|1 x}}
|''none''
|8
|{{IL|Dream-Trophies of Parabola|Appearance=Trophy|1 x}}
|-
|[[Pick up the trail of the Storm-bird|Storm-bird]]
|{{IL|Storm-bird|1 x}}
|{{IL|Bessemer Steel Ingot|Appearance=Steel Ingot|5 x}} ''or''<br />{{IL|Whirring Contraption|Appearance=Contraption|1 x}} (rare) ''or''<br />{{IL|A Miniature Model Ship|Appearance=Model Ship|1 x}} (rare)
|14
|[[Conflagration]]
|-
|[[Set your Terror Bird Running|Terror Bird]]
|{{IL|Direful Reflection|1 x}}
|{{IL|Thorned Ribcage|1 x}}
|20
|{{IL|Iron-Toothed Terror Bird}}
|-
|[[Track your Carnivorous Aurochs|Carnivorous Aurochs]]
|{{IL|Memory of Discordance|1 x}}
|''none''
|18
|{{IL|Carnivorous Aurochs}}
|-
|[[Pick up the trail of the Honey-Mazed Bear|Honey-Mazed Bear]]
|{{IL|Honey-Mazed Bear|1 x}}
|''none''
|16
|[[Promise to pursue the Honey-Mazed Bear|Ealing Gardens]] +<br />{{IL|Dream-Trophies of Parabola|Appearance=Trophy|30 x}} +<br />{{IL|Dangerous}} 200
|-
|[[Pick up the trail of the Pinewood Shark|Pinewood Shark]]
|{{IL|Remains of a Pinewood Shark|Appearance=Remains|1 x}} +<br />{{IL|Fin Bones, Collected|Appearance=Fin Bones|2 x}} + <br />{{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}} +<br />{{IL|An Estimable Trophy|6 x}}
|''none''
|18
|[[Capture the Honey-Mazed Bear]] +<br />{{IL|Parabolan Defences}} +<br />{{IL|Dangerous}} 203
|-
|[[Search Parabola for a Second City vessel|Ushabti-Vessel]]
|{{IL|Human Ribcage|1 x}}
|''none'', but you can [[Make an alteration to the vessel, and its purpose]]
|15
|{{IL|The Prelapsarian Exhibition|100 x}}
|}

There are also several Parabolan hunts towards the end of {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}}. However, these are one time events that are pursued to advance the story.

=== Notable Qualities ===

Each time a Parabolan quarry is defeated, the player will gain {{IL|Dream-Trophies of Parabola|1 x}}. In addition, both the {{IL|Honey-Mazed Bear}} and the {{IL|Remains of a Pinewood Shark|Appearance=Pinewood Shark}} give {{IL|An Estimable Trophy|6 x}} that is the key to raising {{IL|Defender of the Public Safety}} (although the bear only gives this when returned to Ealing Gardens).

==Parabolan Destinations==

A cheat sheet for destinations via [[Search Parabola for a Place in the Neath]]:

{| class="article-table"
!width=16%|Destination
!width=26%|Reward for finding
!Ferocity
!width=25%|Unlocked with
!width=25%|Cost
|-
|[[Look for Mr Iron's Warehouse|Mr Iron's Warehouse]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Bessemer Steel Ingot|100 x}}|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}}: set to 3}}
|6
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=Base Shadowy}} 200 
|{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|15 x }}
|-
|[[Case the townhouse of a Discerning Deviless|Townhouse of a Discerning Deviless]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|A Deviless' Address}}|'''After Heist:'''|{{IL|Discordant Soul|1 x}}|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}}: set to 6}}
|10
|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}} 3, {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=Base Shadowy}} 203
|{{IL|Favours: Hell|7 x }}
|-
|[[Find the weakness in an opponent's defences|Weakness in an Opponent's Defences]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Casing...|}}+28 CP|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}}: set to 9}}
|10
|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}} 6, {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=Base Shadowy}} 206
|N/A
|-
|[[Track down evidence against you|Evidence Against You]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Disappearing...|}}+30 CP|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}}: set to 12}}
|12
|{{IL|Shadowy Gains}} 9, {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=Base Shadowy}} 209 
|N/A
|-{{IL|Apostate's Psalm|16 x }}
|[[Investigate where the transport items are going|Location of your Transports]]
|Retrieve all Loaned Out Vehicles.
|8
|{{IL|Humouring a Buyer of Transports}}
|N/A
|-
|[[Search Parabola for the location of a particular treasure|Location of a Particular Treasure]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Hiding Place of a Peculiar Item|1 x}}|'''After Heist:'''|''Option 1:''|{{IL|False Hagiotoponym|1 x }}|{{IL|Apostate's Psalm|16 x }}|''Option 2:''|{{IL|Captivating Ballad|1 x }}|{{IL|Touching Love Story|16 x }}|''Option 3:''|{{IL|Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures|1 x }}|{{IL|Sworn Statement|16 x }}|''Option 4:''|{{IL|Chimerical Archive|1 x }}|{{IL|Nicatorean Relic|16 x }}}}
|14
|Automatic
|{{IL|Flask of Waswood Wellspring Water|1 x }}
|-
|}

===Notable Qualities===
Both the Townhouse of a Discerning Deviless and a Location of a Particular Treasure require a heist to be planned after completing the searching in the parabola. Weakness in an Opponent's Defences is the best source of casing there is. If you have  Glasswork of 12 and a high  Shadowy, 275 or higher, this can be accomplished in 4.5 actions. Additionally many of these are part of the storyline to raise your shadowy gains.

== Sequence of actions ==

===Hunting a Creature===
Upon starting a hunt, the player gets [[Lost in Strange Lands]]. They have to succeed on a hard Dangerous challenge to pick up the trail of their quarry. Several actions can be taken to lower the difficulty of the tracking check. Failures grant nightmares. See the [[#Tracking Difficulty|Tracking Difficulty]]-section below for details.

Succeeding on that challenge allows to [[Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry|choose how to proceed]]:
* find the quarry's lair
* trick the quarry into a chase
* bait the quarry (only for the Albatross and the Bear!)
* wound the quarry (only as a Monster-Hunter!)
* abandon the hunt

'''Finding the quarry's lair''' will require succeeding on another challenge in [[Lost in Strange Lands|Strange Lands]] (with the same difficulty as on the success before!). For select animals, finding the lair will allow the player to search it and find interesting items (see [[#Parabolan Quarry|table]]) at the cost of not confronting the quarry.

'''Tricking the quarry''' requires {{IL|Nightmares}} 5 and will instantly start the final confrontation.

'''Baiting the quarry''' will also force a confrontation, but at the cost of a few resources. No specific Nightmare-level is required and the {{IL|Parabolan Ferocity|Appearance=Ferocity}} of the quarry will be reduced by 5, making the confrontation notably easier.

Monster-Hunters can also '''wound the quarry''' at this stage already and ''significantly'' reduces its {{IL|Parabolan Ferocity|Appearance=Ferocity}}. This both increases the ease of defeating the quarry, and tracking them to their lair.

'''Abandoning the hunt''' while [[Lost in Strange Lands]] will raise the player's {{IL|Glasswork}}-skill and gives a small chance of finding a {{IL|Thorned Ribcage}}. Abandoning the hunt while considering your options does not have these perks but will instead only return the player to their Base-Camp. It is therefore not recommended to do this.

Details on the confrontation with the quarry are [[#Confrontation|outlined below]].

====Confrontation====

Once the player has found the lair of their quarry, tricked it, or set bait, they can [[Embattled with Parabolan Quarry|confront their quarry]]. The possible options at this point are:

* Fleeing (not recommended unless {{IL|Wounds}} will reach 8 upon failing, which will trigger [[Falling apart|a menace card]])
* '''Only after continuing to the lair:''' Ambushing the quarry: This will raise the player's {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} and will reduce the quarry's {{IL|Parabolan Ferocity|Appearance=Ferocity}} (by 2 + {{IL|Monstrous Studies}}) on success and give {{IL|Wounds}} on failure. (Ambushing the quarry is not possible when hunting any of the Whitsun companions)
* Defeating the quarry (either capturing or killing it): gives the main reward of the hunt (see [[#Parabolan Quarry|table]]) as well as [[#Notabile Qualities|notable qualities]]. Failure will incur {{IL|Wounds}}, and return to [[Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry]], requiring at least two more actions to defeat it if tricking or baiting, or at least 3 if continuing to its lair; if you fail after continuing to the lair, you'll also be at 0 scouting, so you may need to spend additional actions either raising scouting or on multiple attempts to continue.

Because of the high action cost of retrying after failing, in most cases it is best to only trick or bait the quarry if it is amenable to capture (aurochs or terror bird) or has a low enough ferocity that you will have a high likelihood of success; otherwise, you're best off continuing to the lair and then ambushing it until your chance to defeat it is 100% or very close to it.

Both fleeing and defeating the quarry will redirect the player back to their [[Parabolan Base-Camp]].

===Seeking a location===
Upon starting a search, the player gets [[Lost in Strange Lands]]. They have to succeed on a hard Shadowy challenge to find the right mirror to exit in. See the [[#Tracking Difficulty|Tracking Difficulty]]-section below for details.

Succeeding on that challenge allows to [[Seeking a Mirror from the Far Side|claim your reward.]] Most detinations will not require a check, with a notable excpetion of Mr Iron's Warehouse and the Townhouse of a Discerning Deviless. 


== Tracking Difficulty ==

The difficulty of the hunt is indicated by the level of {{IL|Parabolan Ferocity}} set depending on the  type of animal that is hunted. [[Lost in Strange Lands|Tracking the quarry]] is performed via a Dangerous-challenge, while finding a location is performed with a Shadowy-challenge, both with a with a difficulty of 

    180 + 20 * ({{IL|Parabolan Ferocity}} - {{IL|Parabolan Scouting}})

While the {{IL|Parabolan Ferocity|Appearance=Ferocity}} is determined by the nature of the quarry or location, {{IL|Parabolan Scouting}}-quality can be raised in a number of ways. Doing so will (significantly) reduce the difficulty of the hunt.

Failing [[Push onward|to navigate the terrain]] will automatically give {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|2 x}}, but also increase {{IL|Nightmares}}. So even without actively reducing the difficulty of the hunt, the challenge will become gradually easier. (Note, however, that upon reaching Nightmares 8, [[Conflagration|a menace card]] will autofire on returning to your [[Parabolan Base-Camp]])

The possible options to actively lower the difficulty of the hunt include:
* An increasingly difficult {{IL|Glasswork}}-challenge that gives {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|10 x}}
* An increasingly difficult {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}}-challenge that gives {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|10 x}}, if you happen to have an {{IL|Acicular Squirrel}} from {{FontWhitsun}} and are searching for a place in the neath (this option isn't available if hunting a quarry).
* An increasingly difficult {{IL|Chthonosophy}}-challenge that gives {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|10 x}}, if you happen to have an {{IL|Skein of Silvered Catgut}} from {{FontWhitsun}} and are hunting a quarry (this option isn't available if searching for a place in the neath).
* Trading various dream-qualities for {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|10 x}}. The options to do this are luck-based and depends on specific ranges of {{IL|Airs of Parabola}}.
* Trading {{IL|Favours: Fingerkings|2 x}} for {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|6 x}}. Favours can be acquired at the Dome of Scales, another Parabolan destination.
* Trading {{IL|Glass Gazette|1 x}} for {{IL|Parabolan Scouting|8 x}}. Gazettes can be researched in the University Lab.

If the player plans to apply multiple means of decreasing the difficulty of the hunt, it is recommended to first use their Glasswork knowledge, as the challenge on this option will otherwise become too difficult to succeed.

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