Legacy:Curiosity

See the Curiosity Table for an automated list of all known curiosities.

Curiosity is a mechanic introduced in World 5 that allows hearthlings to develop Learning Points. It is implemented by studying peculiar objects either found or created in the game. The Study Interface, found by pressing the second button on the character window, is where curiosities can be placed for study. You can't study more than one curiosity of each type at the same time, but you can restudy the same curiosity as many times as you want. The sum Mental Weight of your curiosities can't exceed your Attention Limit, which is equal to your modified Intelligence. The quality of the curiosity is known to have an effect on the total LP gained.
The formula for the LP gained is $LPgain=BaseLPgain*sqrt(quality/10)$.

Do note that not all curiosities are created equal. Cat Gold, for instance, has a very long study time; but contrary to what was first thought, it also has a low LP gain. The concept is that as the intelligence of a character rises, you will have attention to spare, so that you can also study the lesser curiosities along with the better ones (unless, of course, you're rich enough to have access to the best ones constantly). And since quality effects the potency of curiosities, as the world becomes established and item qualities begin to rise, some items may gain popularity due to their potential for quality.

An example of the quality issue is the Cone Cow versus the Dandelion. Dandelions take twice as long for the same base LP gain. However, to counter for this you can find higher than quality 10 dandelions quite easily, whereas it takes a fair amount of effort to get higher quality cone cows (planting and growing high Q trees).

Base LP should be given for the Curiosity at 10ql and for a learning ability of 100%.

Crafted Curiosities

Name	Materials	Base LP	Time Required (Real Hours)	LP per Hour	Mental Weight	LP/Hr per attention point	Skills/Objects Required
Bark Boat	1x Branch, 1x Tree Bark, 1x String, 1x Birchbark	500	3	166.66	5	33.33	Boat Building
Bronze Steed	1x Bar of Bronze	5000	36	138.88	14	9.92	Anvil, Smithy's Hammer
Cone Cow	4x Branch, 1x Fir Cone	50	0.33	150	1	150
Enthroned Toad	1x Toad, 1x Royal Toadstool, 1x Frog's Crown	4000	15	266.67	10	26.67	Tales by the Hearth
Feather Duster	5x Chicken Feather, 1x String, 1x Block of Wood	800	10	80	4	20
Leather Ball	4x Leather, 4x String	600	48	12.5	6	2	Leather Working
Porcelain Doll	4x Bone Clay, 2x Linen Cloth	2750	11	250	10	275	Pottery
Primitive Doll	1x Block of Wood, 1x Stone Axe, 1x Saw	500	8	62.5	4	15.623
Prince Charming	1x Shocked Frog, 1x Royal Toadstool, 1x Frog's Crown	10000	12	833.33	15	55.55	Tales by the Hearth
Prism	3x Raw Glass	800	12	66.6	6	11.111	Glassmaking,Metal Working
Rattle-Tattle-Talisman	1x String, 1x Branch, 1x Bone Material, 2x Feldspar, 1x Leather	750	56	13.39	8	1.67	Hearth Magic
Sand Castle	4x Sand, 1x Bone Glue	2000	18	111.11	12	9.25	Masonry
Seer's Bones	5x Bone Material, 2x A Beautiful Dream!	600	8	75	6	12.5	Hearth Magic
Seer's Bowl	4x Copper Nugget, 2x A Beautiful Dream!	800 (Please Confirm)	8	100	7	14.29	Hearth Magic
Seer's Tealeaves	2x Green Tea Leaves, 2x Black Tea Leaves, 2x A Beautiful Dream!	2100	18 (confirm?)	111.11 (?)	10	11.11 (?)	Baking
Shewbread	4x Wheat Flour 4x Wax 5x Water	10000	120	83.33	16	5.21	Baking
Simple Idol	1x Feldspar, 1x Stone, 1x Any Clay	700	24	29.17	8	3.65
Straw Doll	4x Straw, 2x Plant Fibres	850	4.5	188.89	6	31.48	Farming, Cloth Making
Stuffed Bear	1x Dried Bear Hide, 4x Wool (Makes 4)	3000	24	125	5	25
Tin Soldier	8x Tin Nugget	1500	>24
Tiny Abacus	3x Tin Nugget, 2x Any Hard Metal, 4x Branch, 1x Board	4000	16	250	14	17.85	Metal Working
Toy Chariot	5x Acre Clay	1000	24	41.66	3	13.88	Pottery
Völva's Wand	3x Bar of Bronze, 2x Bar of Cast Iron, 2x A Beautiful Dream!	3000	12	250	8	31.25	Anvil, Smithy's Hammer

Foraged curiosities

Name	Obtained by	Base LP	Time Required (Real Hours)	LP per Hour	Mental Weight	LP/Hr per attention point
Bloated Bolete	110 per*exp, Forest, Grassland	1600	8	200	5	40
Chiming Bluebell	800 per*exp, Swamp	8000	24 (Please Confirm)		7
Dandelion	5 per*exp Grassland, Heath, Moor	50	0.67	75	1	75
Dewy Lady's Mantle	Foraging a Lady's Mantle at dawn	600	5	120	3	40
Edelweiß	? per*exp Mountains	4000	7	571.43	8	71.43
Frog's Crown	Foraged from mountains	1200 (Please Confirm)	8		4
Glimmermoss	Foraged from mountains, caves	3500	16	218.75	5	43.75
Lady's Mantle	80 per*exp, Swamp	600	8	75	6	12.5
Peculiar Flotsam	110 per*exp, Deep water	3000	4	750	9	83.3
Royal Toadstool	280(?) per*exp, Swamp	600	3.33	180	3	60
Stalagoom	140 per*exp, Cave	300	2	150	3	50
Tangled Bramble	351 per*exp, Mudflat	1000	10 - Needs Confirmation	100	3	33.3
Thorny Thistle	121 per*exp, Mudflat	550	8	68.75	2	34.375
Uncommon Snapdragon	144 per*exp (possibly lower), Grassland, Moor, Heath	1000	12:00 (confirm)		4
Washed-up Bladderwrack	360 per*exp (also found at 275 25*11)				3

Other curiosities

Name	Obtained by	Base LP	Time Required (Real Hours)	LP per Hour	Mental Weight	LP/Hr per attention point
Ant Soldiers	Raiding Ant Hill	200	0.67	300	2	150
Ant Queen	Raiding Ant Hill	500	1.33	375	3	125
Ant Empress	Raiding Ant Hill	2000	3	666.7	6	111.1
Auroch Hair	Pulling hair from an Auroch *Dangerous*	2000	48	52.1	1	52.1
Boar Tusk	Collecting bones from a Boar skeleton	750	24	31.25	12	2.6
Bear Tooth	Collecting bones from a Bear skeleton	750	24 (Please Confirm)	31.3	25	1.3
Cat Gold	Randomly acquired while Chipping Stone / Mining	350	36	9.7	2	4.8
Dark Heart	Randomly acquired while butchering Boar or Bear		96		10
Deer Antlers	Collecting bones from a Deer Skeleton		36		20
Emerald Dragonfly	Hunting	800	4	200	2	100
Fishy Eyeball	Randomly acquired while butchering Fish	350	8	43.8	3	14.6
Itsy Bitsy Spider	Randomly obtained while Foraging	2000	24	83.3	6	13.8
Itsy Bitsy's Web	Randomly obtained while Foraging	5000	36	104.2	10	10.4
Ladybug	Hunting	400	4	100	3	33.3
The Perfect Hole	Randomly acquired while cutting cheese	13370	96	139.27	15	9.28
Petrified Seashell	Randomly acquired while Mining	750	60	16.6	5	3.32
Poppy Flower	Farming poppies	500	16:40 (confirm)		1
Rabid Jackalope	Randomly acquired while Hunting Rabbits
Raw Lucky Rabbit's Foot	Randomly acquired while butchering a Rabbit	2000			4
River Pearl	Randomly acquired while making Boiled River Pearl Mussels	5000	1	5000	15	333.3
Ruby Dragonfly	Randomly acquired while Hunting Emerald Dragonfly	2400	4	600	4	150
Shocked Frog	Randomly acquired while Hunting Toads	800	<48		9
Strange Crystal	Randomly acquired while Mining (rare)	2000	60	33.3	12	2.78
Strange Root	Randomly aquired when removing Stumps	6000	56 (Please Confirm)		15
Wishbone	Randomly acquired when butchering a Chicken	1500	24	62.5	5	12.5
Wondrous Woodshaving	Randomly acquired while making Boards	8000	40	200	12	16.6