The Broad Unterzee

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This location has a card deck. Click the deck to see it.

Far calmer than any surface sea: black glass stretching to the fathomless depths […], glimmering with the light of false-stars. Beautiful in the way that only mirrors are, and deserts. Also positively stuffed with monsters and nine kinds of pirate.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

See Category:The Broad Unterzee for cards or storylets that are found in this place or location.

See Category:The Broad Unterzee Moves for actions that change player location to this location.

Unlocked with Put to Zee!

Main Quality:

Neither the Bazaar nor any other market is accessible in this location.

Music: Undulata (Sunless Sea)

Deck

• Card deck: Cards - The Broad Unterzee
• The deck in this location is unlimited. You do not need to wait to draw a new card.
• The hand size in this location is always 3, regardless of your Lodgings.
• If you leave this location and come back later you will start with an empty hand.
  

Upon Unlock

A zee-voyage begins

Always a time of invigorating optimism!

Game Instructions: To reach your destination, raise Approaching Journey's End to 10. You don't need to choose your destination until then. Beware of the Troubled Waters quality...

• 'Fascinating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Disappearing...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Inspired...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Seeking...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Investigating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Running Battle...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'The Hunt is On!' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Term Passing...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Casing...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
• 'Hunter's Insight' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
•  You've gained 1 x Zee-Ztory
• Your 'Knife-and-Candle Form' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Baroque!' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Savage!' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Elusive!' Quality has gone!
•  An occurrence! Your 'Zailing Difficulty' Quality is now 6!

Wiki note: You cannot trade items with the Bazaar, nor use items in this location.

Storylets

Locked with Approaching Journey's End 10

Storylet	Branch	Req.	Odds	Success	Failure	Average
Steam Boldly	Extrapolate from the charts	< 8	50%	+7 +6	+5 +12	+6 +9
	Make it up as you go	< 10	30%	+10 +9	+7 +18	+7.9 +15.3
	Ignore the warning signs	8	30%	+1 +6	-4 +6	-2.5 +6
Steam Prudently	A cautious captain	< 8	100%	+14 +11	—	+2.8 +2.2

Unlocked with Approaching Journey's End 7

• The Sea of Voices
  • Enter The Sea of Voices, reset Approaching Journey's End, lose 23-50 CP Troubled Waters

Unlocked with Approaching Journey's End 10

• Across the Southern Archipelago

Unlocked with Making Progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 16

• Hunt a Plated Seal

Unlocked with Renown: The Docks 25 and no Unexploded Mine

• The Admiralty's Error

Cards

• A Corvette of Her Majesty's Navy
• A Mountain of the Unterzee
• A Wily Zailor
• She's Going Down!
• The Clinging Coral Mass
• The Killing Wind
• Those engines don't sound healthy
• Zailing in style (With a Majestic Pleasure Yacht)
• Good weather for a Zee-Clipper (With a Swift Zee-Clipper)
• Submerge (With a Zubmarine)
• The Fleet of Truth (Unlocked with Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery 3)

Calm Seas - Locked with Troubled Waters 8

• Calm Seas: A Huge Terrible Beast of the Unterzee!
• A Spit of Land
• A Steamer full of Passengers
• Calm Seas: Creaking from Above
• Calm Seas: Fair Zailing

Lashing Waves - Unlocked with Troubled Waters 8-9

• Lashing Waves: A Blanket of Fog
• Lashing Waves: A Shape in the Depths
• A Ship of Zealots
• Lashing Waves: A Stowaway!
• Lashing Waves: A Tiny Coral Island

Fury of the Unterzee - Unlocked with Troubled Waters 10

• Fury of the Unterzee: A Blank Space on the Charts
• Fury of the Unterzee: The Stone Pigs Cough
• Fury of the Unterzee: Hardship and Want
• Fury of the Unterzee: Lost, Forever Lost
• Fury of the Unterzee: What are Those?

Storylet	Branch	Req.	Challenge	Success	Rare Success	Failure	Average
A Corvette of Her Majesty's Navy	Exchange pleasantries via semaphore	4-
	They're not slowing	5+
A Mountain of the Unterzee	'Hard to port! Reverse engines!'
A Wily Zailor	Zail around the Pelagic Upheavals
	Skirt the Howling Shoals
	Steam straight through the Beechey Currents
	"I'll be in my bunk." (8 FATE)		?	?		?	?
She's Going Down!	Stop and rescue them
	Let the Unterzee have them
The Clinging Coral Mass	"Put your backs into it, lads!"
	Grab a hammer yourself
The Killing Wind	Outrun the storm front
	Make ready to dive
Those engines don't sound healthy	Offer to help out
	Hoist the black flag
Zailing in style	Days of black and gold
Good weather for a Zee-Clipper	Full speed ahead
Submerge	Run deep, run quiet
The Fleet of Truth	Villainy!

Storylet	Branch	Req.	Challenge	Success	Rare Success	Failure	Average
Calm Seas: A Huge Terrible Beast of the Unterzee!	Delicious, delicious lumps
	Steam on by (Beast)
A Spit of Land	Steam on by (Spit of Land)
	Stop briefly at the island
A Steamer full of Passengers	Steam past them
	Invite them aboard for a party
Calm Seas: Creaking from Above	Glim-fall!
Calm Seas: Fair Zailing	}Take advantage
	Correspond with a Fellow Scholar