Walkthrough
How to Unlock Lacquer
Short answer
To unlock Lacquer, work through the steps below in order. Every step is a quest the game records as required before the next one.
Progress summary
- Goal type
- Technology
- Starts at
- Dust in the Kitchen
- Granted by
- Varnish Before You Fiddle
- Quests to complete
- 8
- Next step
- Strings and Sinners
Step-by-step walkthrough
One step per quest, in the order the game enforces. Each quest page keeps the detail of that single quest; this page keeps the route.
Step 1
Dust in the Kitchen
Why it matters
Follow the quest
Open the quest pageUnlocks
Step 2
What the Fairy?
Started by Januarius
Why it matters
Reach a location and Talk to someone
Open the quest pageUnlocks
Step 3
Supply and Demand
Started by Herm
Open the quest pageWhy it matters
Reach a location and Talk to someone
Step 4
Jack in a Boat
Started by Jack
Why it matters
Talk to someone and Pass time
Requires
- Reach 10 standing with Village
- Have Bronze Detail ×5
- Have Wooden Plank ×5
Open the quest pageUnlocks
Step 5
Docked and Found
Started by Jack
Open the quest pageWhy it matters
Reach a location
Step 6
Friendship Written in the Stars
Started by Gunter
Why it matters
Talk to someone and Reach a location
Open the quest pageUnlocks
Step 7
Safe Harbor
Started by Linda
Why it matters
Talk to someone and Build something
Requires
Open the quest pageUnlocks
- Market Stalls I
- Town Gratitude
- Paint
- Varnish Before You Fiddle
Step 8
Varnish Before You Fiddle
This step grants the goal
Started by Linda
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
Open the quest pageUnlocks
- Lacquer
- Strings and Sinners
- Violin
Why can't I progress?
Every row is a condition the game records for this path. If you are stuck, the right column is what clears it.
| What is blocking you | What clears it |
|---|---|
| You need 10 standing with Village | Village |
| You do not have Bronze Detail | Bronze Detail |
| You do not have Wooden Plank | Wooden Plank |
| You need 10 standing with Gunter | Gunter |
| You do not have Deck of Cards | Deck of Cards |
| You do not have Paint | Paint |
| You do not have Lacquer | Lacquer |
Items you'll need
Every item the steps of this path ask for.
People involved
The NPCs this path depends on, and what they do in it.
- JanuariusStarts What the Fairy?
- HermStarts Supply and Demand
- JackStarts Jack in a Boat and Starts Docked and Found
- VillageStanding needed for Jack in a Boat
- GunterStarts Friendship Written in the Stars and Standing needed for Friendship Written in the Stars
- LindaStarts Safe Harbor and Starts Varnish Before You Fiddle
What to do next
The quests the game starts once this path is finished.