Story

A Story is a scroll of written material, the raw text for sermons and books. Every sermon written at the Writing Desk starts from one Story, and the desk is also where Stories are written in the first place: 3 Faith, 2 Clean Paper and 1 Ink. Stories come in three qualities; two of the lowest can be rewritten into one of the next.

Early on you collect Stories faster than you can use them. The Writing Desk needs Polished Bronze, and writing new Stories rather than spending them needs Books I on top. Until then the one thing to do with a Story is study it once at the Study Table, which costs 5 Science and gives 20 blue without using the Story up. The town Tavern sells them later, at all three qualities.

These quests give one Story each:

Variants (3)

Quality Base price
★ 50
★★ 500
★★★ 5000

How to obtain

Craft

Workbench Ingredients Yields Mastery Duration Tech points
Writing Desk
Faith ×3
Ink ×1
★–★★★ ×1 6 10 5
Writing Desk
Story ★ ×2
★★ ×1 7 12 5
Writing Desk
Story ★★ ×2
★★★ ×1 8 16 5

Traders

Name Tier Stock
Tavern ★ · town building — build it first All tiers 10
Tavern ★★ · town building — build it first Tier II 10
Tavern ★★ · town building — build it first Tier III 10
Tavern ★★★ · town building — build it first Tier III 10

Quest reward

Also given during the story.

Appears during the story

Order Price × Chance Opens
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Medium order ★ 2 ×  Keys for Looters 2–5 — After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Big order ★ 4 ×  Keys for Looters 3–6 — After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Small order ★ 1 ×  Keys for Looters 1–3 — After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Medium order ★★ 2 ×  Keys for Looters 1–2 50% After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Big order ★★ 4 ×  Keys for Looters 1–3 — After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Small order ★★ 1 ×  Keys for Looters 1–2 25% After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Medium order ★★★ 2 ×  Keys for Looters 1 25% After Wharf Rats
Davy the Dagger · Stories · Big order ★★★ 4 ×  Keys for Looters 1 50% After Wharf Rats

Each order arrives later as a chest near the trader; break it open to collect.

Used for

Ingredient for

Workbench Ingredients Outputs Mastery Duration Tech points
Printing Press
Ink ×2
Story ★★★ ×1
4 8 22
Printing Press
Story any quality ×1
Newspaper ★–★★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 )
8 10 44
Printing Press
Newspaper ★ ×20
Story ★★ ×1
Newspaper ★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 )
9 12 44
Printing Press
Newspaper ★★ ×20
Story ★★★ ×1
Newspaper ★★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 )
10 16 44
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Basic Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
5 12 3
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Combat Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
10 16 5
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Combo Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
10 16 5
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Prayer for Excellence ★–★★★ ×1
14 16 5
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Faith Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
8 14 4
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Harvest Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
10 16 5
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Hypno Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
16 16 6
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Prayer for Likes ★–★★★ ×1
14 16 6
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Money Prayer ★–★★★ ×1
8 14 4
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
10 16 6
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
Prayer for Repose ★–★★★ ×1
8 16 5
Writing Desk
Story any quality ×1
Ink ×1
8 16 5
Writing Desk
Story ★ ×2
Story ★★ ×1
7 12 5
Writing Desk
Story ★★ ×2
Story ★★★ ×1
8 16 5
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
6 12 13
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★★ ×1
10 16 15
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
6 12 13
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★★ ×1
10 16 15
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
6 12 13
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★★ ×1
10 16 15
Writing Desk
Ink ×1
Story ★ ×1
Primer ×1
2 8 31
Writing Desk
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
3 12 62
Printing Press
Ink ×1
Story ★★★ ×1
Glossary ×1
4 16 93
Printing Press
Ink ×3
Story ★★★ ×3
Trilogy ×1
7 8 55
Other uses, out of reach (14)

Ingredient for

Workbench Ingredients Outputs Duration Tech points
—
Ink ×2
Story any quality ×1
8 12
—
Ink ×3
Story any quality ×1
Written Hardcover Book ★–★★★ ×1
14 22
—
Story any quality ×1
Newspaper ★–★★★ × 3 ( Paper maker +1 · Dead printer +1 )
10 22
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Consumption ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Demand ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Imagination ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Insanity ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Obedience ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Prosperity ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Protection ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Purity ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
Prayer for Repentance ★–★★★ ×1
16 5
—
Ink ×1
Story ★★ ×1
16 5

Notes

  • Studying rarely gives one. With the Scientist perk, studying an item has a 30% chance of also giving a Story. Without the perk it never happens.
  • Higher-quality Stories can each be studied once as well, for 10 Science (30 blue) and 20 Science (40 blue). Two of one quality rewrite into one of the next, so studying all three costs six of the lowest.