Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide)

Early Zailing Content

Time Passing at Hunter's Keep Summary
Locked Limited-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
4 A				24+ A				2 A
Progress Details			Raise to 10. On subsequent cycles, starting actions can be disregarded.
Items Inputs/Outputs Inputs Outputs
Raw EPA			1.53			Raw SPA			-

is located in . It can be zailed to immediately upon obtaining a ship. The challenges are and 110–125, plus a single 120 option.

General

All actions on the island are part of a carousel, which uses as a progress quality. The main object of the carousel is the , which is needed for two of the Ambitions (Heart's Desire and Nemesis) and in Evolution. To obtain it, you will need to go through the carousel twice: the first time culminates in raising , which unlocks new options in the carousel the second time around, including those that lead to the key. You can have only one instance of the key at a time, so if you use it and want another, you'll have to come back.

Mechanically, the rewards aren't that great: the various carousel actions pay out in small quantities of common items, and the reward at the end of a cycle is and . It is more valuable from a storytelling perspective, as you spend your time on the island getting to know a mysterious trio of sisters and exploring their strange home.

It's worth noting that if your or reach 8 while on the island, the following storylets autofire:

• What happened?: 8 and at least 3 Time Passing
• Where are you?: 8 and at least 3 Time Passing

For and , no special events occur at level 8.

Progress

Options marked with are unlocked after the first cycle of the carousel.

Landing at Hunter's Keep sets Time Passing to 1. The carousel proper begins at Time Passing 3, which is the point it resets to at the end of a cycle. For most actions, success advances Time Passing by +2 CP, failure by +1 CP.

Leaving Hunter's Keep is an option available at any time from Time Passing 1. Doing so will reset your progress on the carousel, removing both Time Passing and .

Time Passing 0–1: Arriving at Hunter's Keep

These stages only occur when you first arrive at Hunter's Keep, and do not repeat when the carousel loops.

No Time Passing

• Landing at Hunter's Keep

Time Passing exactly 1

Storylet	Option	Challenge	Success	Failure
Go up to the house	Knock at the door

Time Passing 1+

• Leaving Hunter's Keep

Time Passing 2–9: The island and the sisters

Once you've made your introductions at the house, you are able to look around the grounds.

At Time Passing 3, you get the chance to spend more time with the sisters and explore the house itself. Notably, you can reduce here by talking to Phoebe.

Time Passing 7 brings opportunities to learn more about the sisters and their home. There are also options here for those (see the Evolution Guide) and those who've just begun seeking things they shouldn't. You can reduce by talking to Lucy, or by trying the food on cycles with .

Time Passing 9: The Stone Tentacle-Key

Finally, you get a chance to find out what's in the well.

Note that if you obtain the key one way or another, or if you Take your net to the well afterwards, resets, locking you out of the other options that open up at Time Passing 9. In this case, you'll only have access to the Time Passing 7–9 actions until you reach Time Passing 10.

Time Passing 9, with a

Storylet	Option	Requirement	Challenge	Success	Failure
Prepare to find out what the well has to offer	Prepare yourself
Take your net to the well	Trust Cynthia's advice			(Rare: ),

Time Passing 10–13: Denouement

You join the sisters for a game of charades. What you guess determines which ending you get for this cycle of the carousel; the rewards are nearly identical, but each one reveals something about one of the sisters.

Time Passing exactly 10

• A game of charades
  • The three Graces?: , ,
  • The Furies?: , , ,
  • The faces of Hecate?: , ,

Time Passing exactly 11

• Lucy finishes her story
  • Gather round the piano
    • Success: , , ,
    • Failure:

Time Passing exactly 12

• Cynthia finishes her story
  • Take part in the chorus: , , ,

Time Passing exactly 13

• Phoebe finishes her story
  • Join the sisters in the herb-garden
    • Success: , , , ,
    • Failure:

You can leave the island as soon as you have the Stone Tentacle-Key, or stick around to hear the rest of the sisters' stories. If you lose your key and want another, you can get a replacement on a future trip to Hunter's Keep.