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:
- waking up in your new home for the first time, at the end of the introduction
- Certificate, Please
- Two Peas in a Pod
- Planted and Delivered
- Jack in a Boat
- Fighting Spirit Required
- Holy Moly!, your first sermon
- Sweet Dreams
- The Quiet Art
Variants (3)
| Quality | Base price | |
|---|---|---|
| ★ | 50 | |
| ★★ | 500 | |
| ★★★ | 5000 |
How to obtain
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Yields | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Desk | | ★–★★★ ×1 | 10 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | ★★ ×1 | 12 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | ★★★ ×1 | 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 × | 2–5 | — | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Big order ★ | 4 × | 3–6 | — | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Small order ★ | 1 × | 1–3 | — | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Medium order ★★ | 2 × | 1–2 | 50% | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Big order ★★ | 4 × | 1–3 | — | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Small order ★★ | 1 × | 1–2 | 25% | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Medium order ★★★ | 2 × | 1 | 25% | After Wharf Rats |
| Davy the Dagger · Stories · Big order ★★★ | 4 × | 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 | | 8 | 22 | ||
| Printing Press | | | 10 | 44 | |
| Printing Press | | | 12 | 44 | |
| Printing Press | | | 16 | 44 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 12 | 3 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 14 | 4 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 6 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 6 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 14 | 4 | |
| Writing Desk | | 16 | 6 | ||
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | 16 | 5 | ||
| Writing Desk | | | 12 | 5 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 16 | 5 | |
| Printing Press | | 12 | 13 | ||
| Printing Press | | 16 | 15 | ||
| Printing Press | | 12 | 13 | ||
| Printing Press | | 16 | 15 | ||
| Printing Press | | | 12 | 13 | |
| Printing Press | | 16 | 15 | ||
| Writing Desk | | | 8 | 31 | |
| Writing Desk | | | 12 | 62 | |
| Printing Press | | | 16 | 93 | |
| Printing Press | | | 8 | 55 |
Other uses, out of reach (14)
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | | 8 | 12 | |
| — | | | 14 | 22 |
| — | | | 10 | 22 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | 16 | 5 | |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | | 16 | 5 |
| — | | 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.