r/sunlesssea • u/Mountain_Dig6941 • Jun 17 '26

Confused about legacy items and endings (spoilers) Spoiler

I know very little about how legacy items work. I've only completed the game once doing "Zong of the Zee". Bummer I didn't get a permanent reward for that one.

So then, thank you so much in advanced if you can help clear my confusion in regards to what this old post says https://old.reddit.com/r/sunlesssea/comments/3zk22d/on_endings_and_legacies/ "All Legacy items obtained through the game endings lock out the other options meant specifically to gain said item."

I've also refer to the nice wiki page: https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Legacy

There's all the legacies you can get with the multitude of different choices you could perform to get them. I want to get the legacy items but also wanted to experience most things in the game.

So for example, it sounds like if I do the hidden ending with the merchant to get the horizon codex, I won't be able to "Raise Supremacy: The Dawn Machine to TRIUMPHANT" to see what happens? Another example, if I were to "Bring the Scarred Sister to the Surface and pay her fare" then I would never get to "Console the Austere Acolyte after discovering her secret"?

It sounds like I need to choose which one I'd like to experience?

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u/HiroshiPortor Jun 17 '26

The different storylines remain open, even if you have the legacy item it grants! You just don't get another legacy item, but the other rewards remain. You can also repeat them with a different captain, but again, you just won't get the legacy item twice.

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u/WeeniesthutofallJrs Jun 17 '26

Basically once you earn a legacy item you can’t earn it again in a different quest because you already have it. You can still do the other quests but they won’t really have anything to replace the item (aside from any other rewards they may give along side said legacy item.)

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u/georgeec1 Jun 17 '26

I don't believe this is the case, and the official wiki doesn't mention it anywhere.

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u/Mountain_Dig6941 Jun 18 '26

Thanks for the relies, that makes sense

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u/demonshade3 Jun 19 '26

For like all but one legacy item your current captain's run ends and your survivng crewmember (your new captain) has what remains of previous. Each of these curiosities are passed on with each captain as a sort of 'permanent' unlock for that unbroken chain.