It's been a while since I've seen a brute-force, scattershot large, and expensive spading project (that's been documented anyways).
To get to the point, I'm broadly, shallowly spading the focused perception, orange juice sample and studious nature effects, all active at the same time and trying as many choice encounters as I can to see if they bring up any weird effects. I have bought a huge stash of the relevant items and estimate I have about 1100 Energy of these effects available to me. That should be enough to cover almost all earthly choice encounters available to the average postrun player (me).
I have also spaded multiple science or learning-related items, mostly documents and books. They are listed below.
And finally, I hope by talking to everyone and learning everything, I trip as many knowledge-related flags as possible. At the end of the spading, when I run out of toadstool oils and study chips, I will go on a round of drunk/berserk spading, where I go back, and try to see if I have unlocked new conversation choices or results through these flags.
There are also tertiary, unrelated goals I will attempt to accomplish at the same time, either intentionally or unintentionally (trying to get new techniques out of combat encounters, finding new drops or spading other effects) that have been and will continue to be documented separately, outside of this forum thread.
I am taking suggestions for usable items and encounters to try out, although I may need help if the encounters or items are very difficult to get ahold of.
PROCEDURE:
- Focused perception is topped off at about 10-30 energy at all times via toadstool oil.
- Orange Juice Sample is used once at the end of every day.
- Study Chip is used about 20 at a time, with Ease to boost duration.
MY RELEVANT SKILLS AND UNLOCKS (accomplished prior to all relevant spading):
-unlocked Arcane Tongue OJ Result
-found mysterious drone signature
-unlocked Serpent Pattern and all relevant protein-based content
-Experienced Observer skill
-Trauma Tech skill
-Quantum Mechanics skill
-Drone Anatomy skill
-Stellar Appreciation skill (therefore, no Art Appreciation
-Finished The Missing Artist, with Body and Spirit skill
-Slags Medical File 10 XP result
-Legion Tract will level-up message (do not have walk with the blind yet)
-NNN hacking "absurd wonderland" post with OJ
-fully understood programmatic satire with OJ unlock, used it to psychoanalyze Quad poet
-Already killed Dr. Johnson, Fae King, Ocean King
-My contact is Dr. Amundsen, but I have unlocked (and finished) all other survivors' quests
ITEMS USED WITH ALL THREE EFFECTS ACTIVE:
Reading items: Eurasian report, survey of modern poetry, Office love letters, sea journal, unsettling plans, ancient notes, , yellowing map, drone testing report, interoffice memo, history of the orbital wars, list of names, Slags medical file, blotted document*, warehouse inventory, petty confessions, Dr mira recording, Slags Lab Recording, southside lab notes x6, Quantum Mechanics (with skill)
Other: mutant cell culture, chloroauric acid
*was hoping that the arcane tongue OJ result would unlock something, alas, no. Also used blotted documents with Survey of Modern poetry equipped, and then again, got normal results.
ENCOUNTERS AND CHOICES DONE WITH ALL THREE EFFECTS ACTIVE:
(sorted by location and whether etheric or not, in rough order of the order I approached them)
(NOTE: only choices that I believe are relevant will be listed. Combat- and item-choices are not always in the scope of this project. It's also safe to say I got all regular combat and noncombat encounters without noticing anything weird.)
Ghost Ship etheric:
- Treasure Chests - Hide and Nap, Open a chest- no result
Lake Metroplex North etheric:
- Murky Border- Explore the border - no result
- Massive Clam - Inspect it, Wait Around- no result
- Meeting the fish people- Chat with him- no result
- Call of the Chasm-Stare into it, Dive in- no result
Mushroom Cavern etheric:
- Fae Follower- Watch Instead, Dance Along- no result
- Fae Acrobatics- Watch Carefully- no result
- Cavern Grove- Harvest Some, Head for the Cave (empty)- no result
- Mushroom Servant- Offer Protein Bar, Strike up Conversation, Begin the Slaughter- no result
- Ancient Shroom- Ask for surrender-> Look for another way, Ask about here- no result
Construction Site etheric: (note: will continue while sober)
- Dig Doug Down- Inspect the Drone- no result
- Wandering Newbie- Talk about Oldtown- no result
- Lot Inspected- Ask about the project, ask for blueprints- no result
- powered-down-drone- Look it over (with drone knowledge)- no result
Misty Offices etheric:
- Approaching Worker- Have a Chat, Share Blotted Documents, Jump Him- no result
- Silent Argument- Break it up (with Parasitic vine and office worker outfit), Share Blotted Documents, Charge In- no result
- Strange Vines- Search the desks, Take a Nap- no result
- Massive Flower- Talk about Midgard, Offer praise - no result
Records Office etheric: (note: will continue while sober)
- Abandoned Cube Farm- Search the Desks (all results), Wander Around- no result
- Water Cooler Rambling- Cut in (office worker outfit), Watch Them, Jump Them- no result
- Group of Office Workers- Just Chat, Watch and Listen (all three results)- no result
- Cubicle Patrol- Just Chat, Ask about the Vault- no result
- Sudden Darkness- Stand your ground (non-evacuation order), Methodically Search, Run towards light- no result
- Records Office Network- View on Turret Monitors, successfully hacked myself into employee IDs database, View on Retained Database- no result
Records Vault etheric:
- Unfazed Records Lady- Offer an Office Flask, just chat (while drunk)- no result
- Soothing Stacks- Do Some Reading, Explore Quietly (4 will XP)- no results
- Sleeping Vault Terminal- fully downloaded Record Storage, Pull up files, Play a Game (both win and lose)- no result
- Hidden Break Room- Check out Files (while empty)- no result
- Floating Skull in the Niche- Stare into it, Talk to it-> Sif, - no result
Tainted Shoreline etheric: (note: will continue while sober)
- Massive Oil Slick- Lake Metroplex-> Stare Down- no result
Midgard Laboratory etheric: (note: will continue while sober)
- Arcane Tongue- Join in- Got OJ result (again), then got normal result again, so no results
Computer Lab etheric (note: will continue while sober)
- computer lab coffee machine- talk about hacking, talk about antennas- no results
- Open Workstation- search for code, search the desk- no results
- Novos Test Server- View Class Files multiple times- no results
Novos News Network hacking hacking, etheric:
- View Post Archive NNN, twice- no result
- Command Posting Interface NNN- no result
- Acquired novos download key from Data Vault- no result
Hall of Paintings etheric:
(note: had museum guidebook equipped for all of these except for binding)
- Bloody Still Life- got flower, vase- no result
- Forsaken Moor- Take a look, Climb In (with rider inside), Climb In (with rider outside and horse skull/rider's sword)- no result
- Recommended Donation- Have Ten, I already paid!- no result
- Grand Staircase- Peek up- no result
- Starry Gaze In The Museum- Study it, Stare it down, Tear yourself away, Bind it- no result
Records Office etheric, while heavily infested:
- Thriving Thorny Vines- Loot (dead body), Inspect the vines(cable)- no result
Midgard Laboratory sober:
- Bored Guard- talk about slags, talk about security, talk about survivors- no result
- Lab workers- Join in (The slags, survivors, eclipse, project huginn, introductions, dr. mira, small talk), Listen in-no result.
- dr mira s team-Ask about s43, Ask about huginn, ask how to disable the field, watch her- no result
- Slags Lab hacking- view public files, view medical files- no result
- Also used recordings of slags lab and dr. mira directly from inventory for XP- no result
Midgard Bioresearch sober:
- Quartet of Doctors- Join in (talk about medicine, talk about slags, bore him)- no result
- Testing Lab- look at resources- no result
- MBR Lab hacking- command on testing lab, view on testing lab and View six times on secured files- no result
Computer Lab sober:
- Neglected Bookshelf- check top shelf (already have all recipes, got Will XP result), check middle shelf (ancient code)- no result
- computer lab coffee machine- talk about software- no results
- second floor- ramshackle fortress- talk about huginn- no results
- third floor- wall of crates- Find a way around- no results
- third floor- First and second floor -watch the lake- no results
Midgard Warehouse sober:
- Workers on break- Stop and chat (with midgard cap)- no results
- Warehouse computer hacking- view, then command on public calendar, command on inventory database, view on inventory database- no results
- Stacks of Crates- dig for the prototype, grab a random crate- no results
Buried Lab (post omega order) sober:
- Southside Lab Corpsepile- Examine the bodies, lay them to rest, grab their stuff (with and without air filter)- no result
- Southside lab office- open the desk- no result
Waterfront sober-
- Pile of Crates- look for dolls, wait for an opening- no results
- Fishing Tales- arm wrestle, join the chat, pass the thermos- no results
- Third Eye Smuggling- Steal some crates, make smalltalk- no results
Construction Site- sober-
- Whining Drone- watch it dig- no results
- Lot Inspected- start asking questions- no results
- Better Dressed Than Most- ask if he needs help (with checklist), ask about the architect, ask about the drones- no results
- Authorized Personnel Only- threaten them back (with office worker outfit)- no results
- Wandering Newbie- talk about drones
Tainted Shoreline sober-
- Andrea the Grad Student- follow her, found out anything, please help me, give a blood sample, how's the sample- no results
VIP Room sober-
- Arthur J- lose chess game (for information)- no results
The Happy Hour sober-
- Bartender- I'm buying a round- no results
- Passed Out Man-search him for goodies, prop him up- no results
- DJ- Hello!, just watch- no results
- Happy Art Student- Talk computers, talk eclipse (art, happy hour), talk art, talk poetry (already owned Dave)- no results
Hall of Paintings sober-
- Grand Staircase- Peek up- no results
- Nothing Too Dangerous- Strike up conversation- no results
FINDINGS SO FAR:
-Unwavering Attention (see below)
-many small, incidental discoveries unrelated to main project
Writing for the long-neglected GOC Casefiles canon.