Walkthrough

How to Unlock Speech Writing Device

Short answer

To unlock Speech Writing Device, work through the steps below in order. Every step is a quest the game records as required before the next one.

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Progress summary

Goal type: Recipe
Starts at: Dust in the Kitchen
Granted by: Well-Deserved Rest
Quests to complete: 23

Step-by-step walkthrough
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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
Unlocks
- Chasing Fairy Lights
Open the quest page
Step 2
What the Fairy?
Started by Januarius
Why it matters
Reach a location and Talk to someone
Unlocks
- Supply and Demand
- Good Fellow
Open the quest page
Step 3
Supply and Demand
Started by Herm
Why it matters
Reach a location and Talk to someone
Unlocks
Open the quest page
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
Unlocks
- Town Gratitude
- Blacksmith's Clothes
- Holy Moly!
- Magic bell
Open the quest page
Step 5
Docked and Found
Started by Jack
Why it matters
Reach a location
Unlocks
- Friendship Written in the Stars
Open the quest page
Step 6
Into the Forest (Eventually)
Why it matters
Reach a location
Unlocks
- Into the Forest
- Forest Pass
Open the quest page
Step 7
Into the Forest
Started by Januarius
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Have Temporary Head of the Village Certificate ×1
Unlocks
- Collect Head of the Village certificate.
- Town Gratitude
Open the quest page
Step 8
Forest Pass
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Have Forest Pass ×1
Unlocks
- Can't See The Forest for the Iron
- Go Wild in the Wild Lands
Open the quest page
Step 9
Go Wild in the Wild Lands
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Have 500 money
- Have Fairy's Swamp Map ×1
- Have Ink ×3
- Have Royal Pardon ×1
Unlocks
- Royal Pardon
- Town Gratitude
Open the quest page
Step 10
Heart of the Swamp
Why it matters
Reach a location
Unlocks
- Any Portal in a Storm
Open the quest page
Step 11
Election Fever
Started by Januarius
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Unlocks
Open the quest page
Step 12
Destiny Polls
Started by Gunter
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Reach 50 standing with Gunter
Unlocks
- Campaign of Thrones
Open the quest page
Step 13
Security Checkpoint: Democracy
Started by Herbert
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Reach 60 standing with Herbert
Unlocks
- Campaign of Thrones
Open the quest page
Step 14
Vote Early, Vote Naughty
Started by Linda
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Reach 60 standing with Linda
Unlocks
- Campaign of Thrones
Open the quest page
Step 15
Campaign of Thrones
Started by Januarius
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Unlocks
- Town Gratitude
Open the quest page
Step 16
Notorious Nun
Started by Nun
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Unlocks
- Still Standing on Stilts
- See You in Church
Open the quest page
Step 17
Still Standing on Stilts
Started by Herbert
Why it matters
Talk to someone and Win a fight
Unlocks
- Organic Music
- Not in Shining Armor Yet
Open the quest page
Step 18
See You in Church
Started by Nun
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Get access to Church
Unlocks
- The House at the Crossroads
Open the quest page
Step 19
Organic Music
Started by Harold
Why it matters
Talk to someone and Build something
Requires
- Have Building Kit I ×2
- Have Iron Kit II ×1
Unlocks
Open the quest page
Step 20
The House at the Crossroads
Started by Nun
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Have Furniture Kit II ×2
- Have Wooden Kit II ×2
Unlocks
- A Good Example is the Best Sermon
Open the quest page
Step 21
Not in Shining Armor Yet
Started by Herbert
Why it matters
Talk to someone
Requires
- Have Steel Armor ×5
Unlocks
- Town Gratitude
Open the quest page
Step 22
A Good Example is the Best Sermon
Started by Nun
Why it matters
Follow the quest
Open the quest page
Step 23
Well-Deserved Rest
This step grants the goal
Started by Nun
Why it matters
Reach a location and Talk to someone
Requires
- Have Speech Writing Device ×1
- Have Trilogy ×1
Unlocks
- Speech Writing Device
- Eye, Red Eye
- Town Gratitude
- Trilogy
Open the quest page

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.

18 further conditions are recorded later in this path. Each step's own quest page lists the checks for that quest.

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 do not have Temporary Head of the Village Certificate	Temporary Head of the Village Certificate
You do not have Forest Pass	Forest Pass
You do not have Fairy's Swamp Map	Fairy's Swamp Map
You do not have Ink	Ink
You do not have Royal Pardon	Royal Pardon
You need 50 standing with Gunter	Gunter
Election Fever is not finished	Election Fever