I got Seas on iPad for a long holiday where I would have a fair bit of time to play and I'm 100% sure I got the Fulgent Impeller and a Dreadnaught.

I loaded the game up last night to show someone, after a fairly long break and my save has me with a Merchant Cruiser, the ship I had much earlier in the game than where I should have been. Also, Mr Sacks was not completed though I'm pretty sure he should have been.

Anyone experienced this before and know anything about it?

Sunless sea and it's DLC was on sale for like 10 bucks yesterday, so I picked it up. I'm excited, but a bit nervous. It's a pretty dense game right? Anyone got any tips for a complete novice going in blind?

So the only bit of information about this on the internet right now seems to be this page from the wiki https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/RNG_Manipulation

It claims that there is an RNG seed which is saved in the game file, which would result in the same outcome for pop-up events unless the RNG value is changed by doing something that requires random chance, like going Full Speed.

But isn't the RNG constantly changing to decide if random pop-up events should pop-up to begin with? You can always get terror-related events at any time by just sailing for example.

And does "game file" mean "save file" or is it something else?

So for example what I'm trying to figure out right now, if you save at Whither and then sail off the North edge of the map, would you always lose the same amount of supplies in the "The place that is no place" event? Or would going north, reloading the game, then going north again, give you a different RNG value and different results?

EDIT: So I did a bit of testing myself and I can confirm that in the above scenario, you would get a different outcome. It's like I suspected in the post, the RNG values are changing constantly, to check for random events and to decide things like enemy spawns. Starting from Wither, sometimes the Lifeberg will spawn nearby and sometimes it won't, even when reloading the same save. And going north will always make you lose a different number of supplies. So the wiki page isn't entirely accurate.

So without any detailed spoilers, are there things you can only do after dying once? I distinctly remember hearing that you can only "finish Frostfound" on your second character. I don't know what ending Frostfound gives and am trying to avoid that spoiler, but I still want to know if it's true that my first Captain cannot finish certain stories, so I don't spend too much time setting them up.

Currently not able to use strange catches (submerged or not). Is anyone else having this issue or am I misusing the item? Also tried doing it over an abyss in both ship-states

Greetings denizens of the UnterZee. I’ve been playing and loving SS for about a month and (praise the Gods) have only lost one Captain thus far.

Just had two questions for those who have devoted more time or explored more broadly…

1. Has ANYONE managed to play this game without either keeping extensive & meticulous notes, or relying on a Wiki guide?

I try to minimise any searching online if I’m stuck and even back in the glory days of early gaming I found walkthroughs to be a defeating of the object of playing. So instead, with the complexity of SS and its many interactions, I find myself keeping pages and pages of notes about where to go next (and with what currency). It’s not that I don’t like this experience but it’s the first time I’ve ever spent as much time writing shit down as actually playing!

2. Beyond the obvious stuff like London Bruiser, Crew backstories etc, are there any key or particularly juicy story threads you would recommend? Again I’m enjoying the experience but when I found myself explaining SS to a friend recently (in terms of why he might enjoy it), all I could come up with was:

“Well some of the locations are gorgeous, and the dialogue is well written, and I’ve found a GREAT way to quadruple my profits by selling X,Y,Z at certain ports to buy better ships/equipment. Oh and I’m on a quest to find out where my crewmates’ parents are!”

It kinda sounded like I wasn’t selling it because nothing hugely material - beyond slowly upgrading and learning snippets of stories - ever really happens. Am I missing something epic out there in the blackness?

Thank you Captains.

I say a years old comment that it is possible to take Rats to London is this true?

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As far as I am aware it is possible to reach a level 12 on Visage.
Has anyone ever done it?

Hey all! I'm converting sunless sea into a dnd campaign and I am having a hard time finding good digital resources like maps, specifically, ships. If anyone has any or can point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it!

Also, if anyone else is doing a similar conversion, I'd be happy to share maps, character images, etc!

So I'm a little screwed right now. I consider this a cozy horror game basically and so only play it around October. Last year I made a ton of progress, visited almost all the islands and many of the zubmarine islands and started their storylines. Only to burn out and stop playing until now.

Logging back in on my ironman save... I have no idea what I was doing. I'm in London, have 10k echoes and and a bunch of items in my journal with vague little descriptions. Nothing to really go off on, I still remember the storylines of course I don't have dementia, but I can't remember exactly where I was in them.

Have any of you guys been in this situation before? Is there some online resource I can access to remind myself of the storylines without spoiling anything? The fandom wiki is massively spoilery since all the interactions are listed out of order.

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Hello zailors!

So, recently I accidentally obtained Cladery Heart (I didn't realize that picking the option would immediately replace my Corvette with it). I got lucky with the bug where the front gun stays equipped, so I decided this wasn't a terrible development.

After running the Coffee to Surface route dry, I read this subreddit and some guides, and landed on this option. I took notes in the process, and later decided to compile them into the image above to share.

This is a combination of Coffee/Parabola Linen and Mirrorcatch Boxes Full of Very Angry Dream Snakes runs. This requires unlocking the option to get those boxes from Hunter's Keep in the Tireless Mechanic's questline and also access to the Nephrite Quarter in Khan's Heart for easy access to coffee, foxfire candles and an extra food/fuel source.

A quick rundown (do note that this is how this works in my map specifically; considering randomization, this might not work for you or may require a lot of adjusting):

• Polythreme: get 6 Clay Men
• Khan's Shadow:
  • Get 6 empty Mirrorcatch Boxes
  • This is where you'll also sell those Mirrorcatch Boxes Full of Very Angry Dream Snakes when you get them at Hunter's Keep
• Khan's Heart (Nephrite Quarter):
  • 6 Foxfire Candles (same cost in Adam's Way, but it's too far). You could also spend a little more to get them in London, this way you'll have more cargo space for coffee
  • Sacks of Darkdrop Coffee Beans (as many as you can). They're cheaper in Port Carnelian and Adam's Way but those are too far.
  • If you don't have enough food/fuel, stock up here.
• Ideally, kill a Lorn Fluke for its core in the Khanate/Chelonate/Irem area (usually one roams a little to the north of Chelonate) — easy +500 echo per run.
• Irem: exchange Darkdrop Coffee Beans for Parabola Linen.
• London: get 30 Supplies (again, not the cheapest, but other options are too far). This may require selling some Parabola Linen first (but perhaps not all, because Dahut offers better sell price). Do not deliver Clay Men. Sell Lorn Fluke core to the Antiquarian. Don't forget to reduce terror!
• Hunter's Keep: use the interaction to exchange 5 supplies, 1 Foxfire Candle, 1 Clay Man and 1 Empty Mirrorcatch Box for a Serpet Trap. You can immediately talk to your Tireless Mechanic to exchange a Serpent Trap for a Mirrorcatch Box Full of Angry Dream Snakes—the primary goal of this run. You can repeat this process while staying at Hunter's Keep; this can be done only 6 times per trip because that's how many Clay Men you can pick up in Polythreme. Note, you also randomly lose 1 zailor while obtaining the box.
• Revisit London briefly to update food, fuel and crew (you need ~70% of crew for optimal speed and food consumption). Deliver your port reports for free Fuel.
• Back to Dahut: sell the remaining Parabola Linen and get food/fuel for the next trip, there since it offers some of the best prices.
• Rinse and repeat.

Upd: I did some math, and it adds up to about 2k echoes for a ~30 min run. Not the fastest but fairly stable. Smuggling red honey is way more profitable, so I guess the only upside about this route is that you can also do stuff in the cities along the way.

Fuel/food calculations are approximate. I'm using Cladery Heart with only 19-21 zailors (since the full crew of 35 eats food way too quickly), and I always keep the lights off to save on fuel (unless there's a fight).

Cladery Heart is arguably worse than Caligo trading ship, because even 80 slots is not that many, considering how much fuel/food you need; you don't have a lot of space for Coffee and Parabola Linen. But in my case I was able to optimize this a bit by getting less food/fuel in Dahut, getting more coffee at Khan's Heart, and then, after leaving Irem, dropping by Khan's Heart again to refill fuel/food.

Ultimately, most earnings come from mirrorcatch boxes, while coffee/parabola linen help offset the trip costs.

It's a decent route but slow. So far I've earned ~11-12k, but it took quite a while. Would love to hear suggestions for better options!

Hello Delicious Friends!

You may be aware of the excellent game Dredge, a sort of Lovecraftian boat driving/fishing/puzzle game with a unique art style, surprisingly engaging gameplay loop and decent overall story that came out last year.

As a fan of Failbetter's games (particularly Sunless Skies), I find it fun to dream that maybe Black Salt Games and Failbetter could collaborate someday and mix the mechanics and 3D game world of Dredge with the writing and worldbuilding of Sunless Seas or Sunless Skies.

Hi all, I'm coming back to the game after a big ol' break and was curious as to mods I've got tales of the grave garden but was curious as to whether there's any other mods people would recommend. I realise the game is pretty old at this point but didn't know if there's been some exciting mod releases in the last 2 years?

I am writing here, because I hope this is sub where I can find people who are interested in games with lots of reading and some dark themes.

Dominion of Darkness is a strategy/RPG text game (there are some 2D illustrations) in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks and sectarian cults, recruit agents and commanders, corrupt representatives of Free Peoples and sow discord among them, collect magical artifacts and perform sinister plots.

Contrary to most "villain simulators" it is not supposed to be parody game. It doesn't mean that it is deadly serious, there is some black humour. There are themes like genocide, torture, slavery, demon summoning, human sacrifices, cannibalism, BDSM.

Here is the prototype (but in this post I am searching for people to test new, extended and improved version): https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion

I am looking for people eager to help with playtesting - especially fluent in English. You will play, send me Your opinion, information about possible bugs, some details about stats achieved during it.

If You are interested, please write comment here or just send me Your email on chat.

PS. If You don't believe that game exists and think that this is some scam, here are reviews of the prototype:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6f4UCEgWU

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgNpSKToOSg

Last post about this mod was made 1 year ago. Is the mod still in development? Is it worthy playing in the current state (i found April 2023 version: https://enneagon.itch.io/sunless-sea-rewritten). Does it require Zubmariner?

I have te game by epic games but I don't usually use the computer for playing, normally I play at my work when I have nothing to do and no one is watching but the idea of playing on my bed with the ipad is very attractive. But I wonder if there's something different with the iOS version, something that makes it less enjoyable or different. I just that there's no submarine expansion for this but I'm interested in buying it right now

What is that little swirl thing in the north of Tanah Chook? It sometimes from Fallen London game? It does nothing and I can pass on it