Legacy:Curiosity

Curiosity is a mechanic, introduced in World 5, that allows a hearthling 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 base Intelligence. The quality of the curiosity is known to have an effect on the total LP gained. The exact formula is unknown for the moment. (Suggesting 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 int of a character rises, you will have attention to spare so that you can also study the lesser curiosities on top of the better ones. Unless of course you're rich enough to have access to the best ones constantly that is. And since quality effects the potency of a curiosity, as the world becomes established and item qualities begin to rise some items may gain popularity due to this mechanism.

An example of the quality issue is the cone cow versus dandelion. The dandelion takes x2 as long for the same base LP gain. But, to counter for this you can find higher than quality 10 dandelions quite easily, where it takes a fair amount of effort to get higher than quality 10 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
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
Primitive Doll	1x Block of Wood, 1x Stone Axe, 1x Saw	500	8	62.5	4	15.623
Prism	3x Raw Glass				6		Glassmaking
Rattle-Tattle-Talisman	1x String, 1x Branch, 1x Bone Material, 2x Feldspar, 1x Leather
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 (confirm?)	8	100	7	14.29	Hearth Magic
Seer's Tealeaves	2x Green Tea Leaves, 2x Black Tea Leaves, 2x A Beautiful Dream!				10
Shewbread	4x Wheat Flour 4x Wax 5x Water
Simple Idol	1x Feldspar, 1x Stone, 1x Any Clay
Straw Doll	4x Straw, 2x String	850	~5	~113.33	6	~18.88	Farming
Stuffed Bear	1x Dried Bear Hide, 4x Wool (Makes 4)		24		5
Tin Soldier	8x Tin Nugget	1500	>24
Tiny Abacus	3x Tin Nugget, 2x Any Hard Metal, 4x Branch, 1x Board
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/Found Curiosity Table

Base LP should be given for 10ql curiosity at 100% Learning Ability.

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*	2500 (confirm?)	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 (confirm?)	31.3	25	1.3
Bloated Bolete	Foraging - 110 per*exp		8		5
Cat Gold	Randomly acquired while Chipping Stone / Mining	350	36	9.7	2	4.8
Dandelion	Foraging - 5 per*exp	50	0.67	75	1	75
Dark Heart	Randomly acquired while butchering Boar or Bear
Deer Antlers	Collecting bones from a Deer Skeleton				20
Emerald Dragonfly	Hunting	800	4	200	2	100
Fishy Eyeball	Randomly acquired while butchering Fish	350	8	43.8	3	14.6
Frog's Crown	Foraging				4
Itsy Bitsy Spider	Randomly obtained while Foraging	2000	24	83.3	6	13.8
Itsy Bitsy's Web	Randomly obtained while Foraging	5000	48	104.2	10	10.4
Lady's Mantle	Foraging - 80 per*exp	600	8	75	6	12.5
Dewy Lady's Mantle	Foraging a Lady's Mantle at dawn/dusk	600	<8 (confirm?)		3
Ladybug	Hunting	400	4	100	3	33.3
Peculiar Flotsam	Foraging - 110 per*exp	3000	4	750	9	83.3
Petrified Seashell	Randomly acquired while Mining	1000	60	16.6	5	3.32
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
Royal Toadstool	Foraging - 280(?) per*exp	600	3:20	180	3	60
Ruby Dragonfly	Randomly acquired while Hunting Emerald Dragonfly	2400	4	600	4	150
Shocked Frog	Randomly acquired while Hunting Frogs				3
Strange Root	Randomly aquired when removing Stumps	6000	56? (confirm?)		15
Stalagoom	Foraging in a Cave - 140 per*exp	300	2	150	3	50
Strange Crystal	Randomly acquired while Mining (rare)	2000	60	33.3	12	2.78
Tangled Bramble	Foraging from mudflats				3
Thorny Thistle	Foraging from mudflats - 121 per*exp				2
Uncommon Snapdragon	Foraging - 144 per*exp (possibly lower)	1000	8		4
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