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
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 (Please 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 (Please Confirm) | 31.3 | 25 | 1.3 |
Bloated Bolete | Foraging - 110 per*exp | 1600 | 8 | 200 | 5 | 40 |
Cat Gold | Randomly acquired while Chipping Stone / Mining | 350 | 36 | 9.7 | 2 | 4.8 |
Chiming Bluebell | Foraged in swamp | 8000 (confirm?) | 24 (Please Confirm) | |||
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 | 1200 (Please Confirm) | 8 | 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 | 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 |
Poppy Flower | ||||||
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 | 3.33 | 180 | 3 | 60 |
Ruby Dragonfly | Randomly acquired while Hunting Emerald Dragonfly | 2400 | 4 | 600 | 4 | 150 |
Shocked Frog | Randomly acquired while Hunting Toads | 3 | ||||
Strange Root | Randomly aquired when removing Stumps | 6000 | 56 (Please 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 - 351 per*exp | 1000 | 10 - Needs Confirmation | 100 | 3 | 33.3 |
Thorny Thistle | Foraging from mudflats - 121 per*exp | 550 | 8 | 68.75 | 2 | 34.375 |
Uncommon Snapdragon | Foraging - 144 per*exp (possibly lower) | 1000 | 12:00 (confirm) | 4 | ||
Washed-up Bladderwrack | Foraging - Lowest find 360 per*exp | 3 | ||||
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 |