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Fulfilling Requirements to Receive Hearts or Mirrors in the Blue Kingdom

By Mosethyoth

There are a few general ways to increase skill points in Sunless Skies.
Choosing a past at the start of the game, choosing a facet after a level up or appointing an officer. Additionally one can do a Rite of the Well which will reduce 2 Skills moderately and increase a third greatly.

But in contrast there are far more ways to permanently lose skill points and most of the choices that lead to them do not make it obvious before you select them.

To mitigate this there are two events which can reward a captain with a permanent skill boost. Though only Mirrors and Hearts may be gained.

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24 Sep, 2019 @ 4:41pm

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Basic Information

Mirrors

Hearts

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Basic Information

Both skill point increases require a possession which will be lost and can be encountered in the ports of the Blue Kingdom by selecting Actions which become available again after 15 days. They all depend on the same timer (so travelling between ports is useless).

The Actions are:

Death's Doorstop: Wander the streets of the officially-nameless town
Urd: Mingle in the crowds approaching the staircase
The Court of Dust: Wander the Courtyard
The Porch of the House of Days: Mingle in the crowds approaching the staircase

Selecting one of those will trigger the event An Encounter in the Blue Kingdom and one of 6 possible status with 2 possible introductions each is randomly chosen.

Depending on the introduction you can deduce if you've received a status which will allow you to receive a skill point.

Mirrors

Required possession: Searing Enigma

The introduction reads either:
You notice that one of the spirits of the dead is lying and convulsing in the gutter. Its porcelain mask is cracked. The other spirits walk swiftly by, not even pausing to glance in its direction.
or
Noticing your concern, a bureaucrat stops beside you. A voice issues from the jar tucked under its arm. "It has a disease of the soul," explains the jar hollowly. "Far rarer than any disease of mind or body, and more difficult to treat. The poor thing will likely unravel soon. Nothing to be done, unless you have something that might strengthen it."

The option which will grant one Mirrors is: Offer a mystery to keep it rooted to the world

Hearts

Required possession: Testament of the Feather

The introduction reads either:
As you are making your way along a mean and narrow boulevard, you notice a Weary Spirit hurrying towards you. It clutches a jar containing its voice babbling frantically.
or
Not far behind it are two dead bureaucrats, citing the Spirit's violations of its status as one of the Yoked. They are gaining on the Spirit, whose jar has now begun to sob hysterically.

The option which will grant one Hearts is: Help the Weary Spirit

Source

https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/Airs_of_the_Blue_Kingdom
(click on [Expand] in the table in the Interactions in Detail section to view all possible event actions)

8 Comments

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Mosethyoth [author] 24 Apr, 2021 @ 3:07am

@Sintonir
Thanks for the hint. I'll investigate and update the guide when I find the time.

According to the Wiki it should also work a 30-days cooldown.
Also to become Antedeceased while invisible, you need at least 2 Funeral Preparations. 3-Sky Stories or 100 Sovereigns only reward you one each and aren't repeatable. A third Funeral Preparation can be achieved though by either passing a Hearts challenge or having at least 5 Crew.
Looks like your information checks out, I only need to confirm it in-game now.

Sintonir 24 Apr, 2021 @ 1:16am

https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Horologion
In this event, if you are Antedeceased, you can get 1 point of Iron but also Invisible status. There is 1/3 chance for the required event.
Then you can get your Antedeceased status back in the Stone-faced court for 100 Sovereigns or 3 Sky-stories. Path would be dangerous, though.

Fyre 13 Dec, 2020 @ 6:30am

If you're not a dirty cheater, there's going to be some kind of post-level 20 progression to increase stats indefinitely in sovereign (though who knows when that will come out. I should just open up the save editor and give myself +1 stats for every 20-30k xp over level 20 I have.)

Rockeye 23 Aug, 2020 @ 8:06pm

It's also possible to use save editing, if you're willing to cheat.

Mosethyoth [author] 17 Jul, 2020 @ 3:05pm

Thanks for the Info.

So if you don't mind to play risky and tediously it would be possible to max out all your stats. Although I've seen all endings and that's about what the game offers, so I don't see much reason to do so.

Nyarlathotep 15 Jul, 2020 @ 4:59pm

There is a event with high nightmares that gives you a point of veils, but it takes a point of iron, mirrors, and hearts.

Mosethyoth [author] 31 Dec, 2019 @ 8:09am

While there are certainly events that increase Veils or Iron they appear to be always bound to a progressional quest or quality. I haven't found any repeatable ones.

Perhaps there are some that require high nightmares or venturing off the charts. I haven0t tinkered much with those thins.

PDV 30 Dec, 2019 @ 9:21pm

I don't think you're correct that you can't gain Veils or Iron. I've seen those be gainable in an event in the wiki, though it's frustratingly hard to search.

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