Editing Time Passing on Mutton Island (Guide)

{{GuideFor|Concept = Concept:Time Passing on Mutton Island|Pages = Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago#Mutton Island}}
{{Audience|EarlyZailing}}

==General==
{{IL|Mutton Island}} is renowned for two things. The {{FontFruits}} festival, and increasing {{IL|Stormy-Eyed}}. The latter is a part of a cycle which uses {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago}} (sometimes shortened TPitSA) as a progress quality.
Note that you may only leave the island with {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago}} < 7

For the section of the island that's only available during {{FontFruits}}, see [[Fruits of the Zee Festival (Guide)]]

Through the cycle, you may get {{IL|Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past}}, which unlocks some interesting options in {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}} once it reaches 3.

==Converting {{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}s==
All of these actions can be accessed from [[Discuss these Extraordinary Implications with the Custodial Chef]]
{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! Option
! Requirement/Cost
! Reward
|-
| [["Do you know anything of..."]]
| {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|4 x}}<br />
{{IL|Watchful}} 100
|{{IL|Whispered Hint|1000 x}}<br />
{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|1 x}}
|-
| [["I have long puzzled over..."]]
| {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|8 x}}<br />
{{IL|Watchful}} 120
| {{IL|Cryptic Clue|1000 x}}<br />
{{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent|2 x}}
|-
| [["These books you've spoken of..."]]
| {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|10 x}}<br />
{{IL|Watchful}} 140
| {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|2 x}}<br />
{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|1 x}}<br />
{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+2 CP}}
|}
==Time Passing==
{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago}} 0-6
|-
! Storylet
! Option
! Requirement
! Challenge
! Success
! Failure
|-
| [[Welcome to Mutton Island]]
| [[Take a walk around the island]]
| 
| {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=|110}}
| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}
| {{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=|+1 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
| [[The Start of the Day]]
| [[What are these three up to?]]
| 
| {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=|110}}
| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}
| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[An Island with Secrets?]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Take a quiet look around]]
|rowspan="2"| 
|rowspan="2"| {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=|110}}
| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}
|rowspan="2"| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}
{{IL|Appalling Secret|Appearance=AS|2 x}}
|-
| [[The Home of Rubbery Lumps]]
| [[Try the Rubbery Lumps]]
| {{IL|Maniac's Prayer|Appearance=|4 x [[Maniac's Prayer]]}}
| 
| {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}+1 CP<br />
{{IL|Wounds|Appearance=|-1 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Maniac's Prayer|-4 x}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[The Mutton Island Wind]]
| [[I bid the wind speak]]
| {{IL|Stormy-Eyed|Appearance=|[[Stormy-Eyed]] 1}}
| 
| {{IL|Stormy-Eyed|Appearance=|+1 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}<br />
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[The voice of the wind]]
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=|110}}
| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
| rowspan="2"|{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|+2 CP}}
|-
| [[Leaving Mutton Island]]
| [[Head to your ship at the jetty]]
| {{IL|An Explorer of the Unterzee -|Appearance=A Ship}}
| 
| {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|Reset}}<br />
Move to {{IL|Your Cabin}}
| 
|}

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" 
|+{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago}} 7-8
|-
! Storylet
! Option
! Challenge
! Success
! Failure
|-
!colspan="5"|All successes also give 2 CP {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance = TPitSA}}. All failures also give 1 CP {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance = TPitSA}}
|-
| [[Dinner in the Fallen Columns]]
| [[Join them for supper]]
| {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 115
| {{IL|Wounds|Appearance=|-2 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+1 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Whispered Hint|100 x}}
| {{IL|Scandal|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[A night for... what exactly?]]
|rowspan="2"| [[What are they up to? 2|What are they up to?]]
|rowspan="2"| {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 115
| {{IL|Whispered Hint|145 x}}
|rowspan="2"| {{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|{{IL|Appalling Secret|+5 x}}<br />
{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|1 x}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Well Watching]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Talk to the fellow]]
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=|115}}
| {{IL|Whispered Hint|145 x}}
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Scandal|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|3 x}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Inside the Cock and Magpie]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Take a good look around]]
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=|115}}
| {{IL|Whispered Hint|+145 x}}<br />
{{IL|Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past|+1 CP}}
| rowspan="2" |{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
|-
|{{IL|Inkling of Identity|+2 x}}<br />
{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|+2 x}}<br />
{{IL|Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past|+1 CP}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[The Eyes of Children]]
| [[Stop and listen to the song]]<ref>Locked with {{FontSMEN}}</ref>
|
| {{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+1 CP}}<br />
{{IL|Whispered Hint|100 x}}
|
|-
| [[Hear the words]]<ref>Requires {{FontSMEN}}</ref>
|
| {{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+3 CP}}
|
|}

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago}} 9
|-
! Storylet
! Option
! Challenge
! Success
! Failure
|-
!colspan="5"|All options reset TPitSA, unless stated
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Crash!]]
| [[Rescue the crew]]
| 
| Affects quirks<br />
{{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}}
| 
|-
| [[Help yourself to 'salvage']]
| 
| Affects quirks<br />
{{IL|Shard of Glim|600 x}}
| 
|-
| [[A Great Feast]]
| [[Attend the Feast]]
| 
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} +2 CP<br />
{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|-3 CP}}
{{IL|Wounds|Appearance=|-3 CP}}
| 
|-
| [[A Procession to the Cliff-top]]
| [[Follow them up the path]]
| {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 116
| {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}}<br />
{{IL|Appalling Secret|7 x}}
| {{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=|+3 CP}}
|-
| [[A Wind to Chill the Heart]]
| [[What does it portend?]]
| {{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 120
| {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}}<br />
{{IL|Appalling Secret|Appearance=AS|7 x}}<br />
{{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+3 CP}}
| {{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|+2 CP}}<br>{{IL|Whispered Hint|100 x}}<br />
{{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance=|Doesn't reset}}
|-
| [[A scrap of a Diary]]
| [[It would be criminal not to]]
| {{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 115
| {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}}<br />
{{IL|Cryptic Clue|60 x}}<br />
{{IL|Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past|Appearance=|+1 CP}}
| {{IL|Suspicion|Appearance=|+3 CP}}
|}
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==Stormy-Eyed Strategy==
If you've visited Mutton Island in order to increase {{IL|Stormy-Eyed}}, you will know that you can only use the useful option if your {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance = Time Passing}} quality is below 7. While you could go through the cycle multiple times and also get the other rewards of the cycle, there is a faster way to grind {{IL|Stormy-Eyed}}, namely by leaving the island whenever you reach at least level 6 with 5+ CP. 

Leaving the island takes 1 action to return to your ship, 0 to choose your destination and choose a route, ~2 actions to zail (circle the island?), and 1 to dock, for a total of 4 actions wasted to reset {{IL|Time Passing in the Southern Archipelago|Appearance = Time Passing}}. (Disembarking without leaving port is no longer possible at Mutton Island.) This produces 13/17≈0.76 CP of Stormy-Eyed per action and {{E}}0. If you stay on the island for the whole cycle, you get 14/24≈0.58 CP per action, but also acquire saleable goods; with [[Well Watching]] you'll acquire approximately {{E}}13 per cycle, for ~0.54 EPA, and the final action nets your choice of {{IL|Favours: The Docks}}, {{IL|Nightmares|Appearance=|-3 CP}}and {{IL|Wounds|Appearance=|-3 CP}}, or {{E}}6.20.

Taking the optimal EPA given that you are primarily maximising {{IL|Stormy-Eyed}}, you'll net about 0.77 EPA to go with 0.58 CP/A, vs. 0 EPA and 0.76 CP/A for aborting the carousel mid-turn. This is fairly early {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}} content, so compared to Unfinished Business storylets which net roughly 1.1 EPA, this is a relatively favourable return. For characters with access to advanced professions or late-game content, running the aborted carousel and then running some other [[Money-Making|Money-Making Grind]] is likely more efficient. Piracy also pushes toward aborting the carousel and returning.
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