Multiple endings?

[relliott]

No spoilers please, I just want to know: are there "good" endings to this game that don't involve either dying or completing your starting ambition?

I ask because I chose wealth as my ambition, which I'm now regretting, since the quest to complete it seems both uninteresting and very grindy. In Sunless Sea, there were were multiple quests you could do to get interesting, satisfying endings, without having to have chosen them for your starting ambition. (Such as the Avid Horizon, the Isle of Hands, etc.) Are there quests like that in Sunless Skies? ie, can I get a positive ending without having to grind a bunch of money and then waste it all on fulfilling my ambition?

Alternatively, is there a way to switch ambitions, without having to kill off my captain and lose 30+ hours of story progress? I really want to check out the "Truth" ambition.

Thanks!

[Ellixer]

I do not know if there is anyway to finish the game without completing your ambition or dying. There are some unique game over screens though, like going beyond Death's Door.

Wealth is, from what I understand, the least interesting one. You can even complete it without ever leaving port if you begin a subsequent captain with a lot of things in your bank. I've never done it myself though. I do not believe you can change ambition.

You don't exactly lose all your progress if you die though. You keep everything in your bank. Companion quests that were completed stay completed (meaning when you recruit them you get the upgraded version). You get to keep a few other things too like equipments or something. You certainly get to keep way more things than you used to be able to do in Sea.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Afterall, the game itself suggests you finish a run first before doing Truth, so you're more established. Not that it matters a lot since you can grind for a Moloch without leaving the Reach, and then going for Albion and grinding experimental gear.

[Amalgamachinist]

The only ways to switch ambitions is when your ambition is 'Truth' and you are at a certain point of the story, or if you fail the secret fourth ambition.

And yes, the Truth and secret ambition have multiple endings.

[Dissonant]

There is one way to end your game that isn't tied to ambitions. It's still death but it's a unique/story death.

[relliott]

Originally posted by Morriginko:

The only ways to switch ambitions is when your ambition is 'Truth' and you are at a certain point of the story, or if you fail the secret fourth ambition.

And yes, the Truth and secret ambition have multiple endings.

Ok, so there IS a secret ambition? Is it one I can gain during the game (like colony in Sunless Sea), or is it something you unlock to start with later on?

If you gain it during the game, what quest line should I pursue? Like, at which port should I start looking?

[Dissonant]

Originally posted by relliott:

Originally posted by Morriginko:

The only ways to switch ambitions is when your ambition is 'Truth' and you are at a certain point of the story, or if you fail the secret fourth ambition.

And yes, the Truth and secret ambition have multiple endings.

Ok, so there IS a secret ambition? Is it one I can gain during the game (like colony in Sunless Sea), or is it something you unlock to start with later on?

If you gain it during the game, what quest line should I pursue? Like, at which port should I start looking?

The Serene Mausoleum in Albion, you wanna look for someone who has gone missing. Once you wrap that up the ambition will be available to future captains in that legacy, not your current one though.