Concise tip list for The Last Sovereign v0.21.3 by Decanter.

This guide is for those who don't want a full spoiler-filled hand-holding walkth
ru, but also don't want to miss much or mess up badly.
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== general tips ==
Read the readme.
Dead and inactive party members get experience, so don't stress about it. Howeve
r, enemies do not respawn, so exp is finite. You should generally fight all avai
lable non-slime enemies unless there's something to gain by not.
Talk to people often and until they start repeating themselves, especially when
in a "base camp" area.
Don't be too aggressive about selling off old equipment. Sometimes you'll need t
o keep more than 4 characters equipped.
Don't sell Simon's Old Ribbon.
Generally poke at the environment. Many objects yield flavor text, and some yiel
d loot. Especially check out human remains, crates, books, and anything mounted
on a wall.
Use your special attacks! Many enemies have a particular elemental or status wea
kness that is key to beating them efficiently. If not, buffs and debuffs are sti
ll terribly effective (25% AFTER equipment bonuses, stackable twice)
Demons use magical attacks exclusively, so you should focus on MDF but ignore DE
F when gearing to fight them.
If a party member has more than 4 status effects / buffs, not all icons will sho
w on the avatar. Workaround for this is to target the party member with a single
-target skill, which will let you see all statuses.
Various support skills have weak healing effects. Don't underestimate these; in
particular Qum's Arousing Kiss is a good way to top off HP while also conferring
a buff, and she can use it on herself indefinitely for healing and magic boosts
while her SP remains constant. Arousing Aura is a fine weak group heal.
Yarra's Shared Fantasy has SP-restoring properties, and when used on herself is
a net SP gain.
Nalili's Sexual Aegis protects not only against lust status but also Sexbind, an
d gives 10% boost to ATK, DEF, AGI, and makes attacks sex-elemental.
You can't convert Sx to ProN, except via one investment that takes Sx (which you
should take). ProN -> Sx is possible in limited amounts, but I don't recommend
it. The game is designed this way so you can spend Sx on equipment without worry
.
Getting caught in stealth sections usually carries a minor penalty, despite appe
arances. Just reload.
The Amulet of Alchemy works out of battle, as long as anyone has it equipped.
I wrote an affection guide if you want in-depth analysis on that. It's p gud. ht
tps://tiny.cc/TLS_guide
== Withered Mountain ==
Unequip your party before fighting Riala.
== Delgar Forest ==
Another set of 3 mushrooms pops up after the nighttime bit, for a total of 6 obt
ainable. Not all you can see are accessible.
== Stineford ==
Try to recruit Hilstara then Robin before fighting anything.
Near the back of the library one shelf gives a lewd book which can be traded to
a lecture hall student for a Shimmering Bracelet.
Dominate the orcs at the farm once Simon is level 14. Don't try before then or y
ou'll have to kill them.
Tunnel entrance is in the southeast slums, but you must talk to Yarra after inve
stigating it to unlock.
Down there, there's an easy-to-miss Shining Sword as a sparkle in a dead end.
The Stineford prostitution industry offers mostly affection tradeoffs that are o
verall a bad deal unless you just hate Aka and your cash. However, there is an o
ptimal path. Traverse the Stineford tunnels before getting Robin (without fighti
ng anything, so Robin can benefit from the exp later). Talk to the free succubi'
s leader (not the one Yarra has a long conversation with, though you should talk
to her too). Rent the bunny-ears prostitute, then talk to the brothel mistress
and turn down the deal with Qum. You'll get +1 Yarra and +5 Qum for 100 Sx, whil
e avoiding affection penalties from Aka or Robin.
Alternately, this lets you whore out Qum without penalties from anyone but Qum.
Whoring out Qum has the obvious advantage of more funds to invest, but there are
ongoing penalties, not just the immediate -10 and lost opportunity for +5.
The high-class prostitute costs too much (500 Sx), but you do get more affection
from Yarra than you lose from Aka (+5/-2). Yarra starts higher anyway, though,
and is easier to raise.
Talk to Aka in inn with 35k ProN to get sidequest to make her knife. It is worth
it. Cheapest way to make it is via armor shop, smith, magic shop.
SP preservation gear is awesome. You're probably gonna want at least two buttplu
gs, or a buttplug and dildo. Some people like to give Qum handcuffs, which is si
tuationally useful.
Do the rat cellar quest; it's free gear.
Let the warehouse guy live, then ask him for the key to the locked cell.
Do the spider house last. Silence the fat breath spiders, debuff/stun/confuse th
e spindly multiple-attack spiders. You don't really need Thief Pins, but they he
lp.
Max ProN in Stineford is 60k, or 65k if you whored Qum.
== Devil's Pass ==
Don't forget to get all the items in the cache, and absorb the magic circle.
In the Deep Tunnels camp sequence to convince Hilstara, talk to everyone but Rob
in multiple times before talking to Robin.
You really don't want to exit without conquering the optional dungeon, if you ca
n help it. Guide: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/thelastsovereign/images/d/
da/Devil%27s_Pass_optional_dungeon_guide.PNG
== Yhilin ==
Thorough investigation nets a Janine affection bonus.
If you can't think of anywhere to go, try the guard bar.
Wait to negotiate any investment until you have Megail. You even need her for Pr
emium Steel. Also, it's unwise to take extra cash from her. That said, don't hoa
rd all your ProN; you want it to be working for you.
Don't get caught by the sentries. It may seem consequence-free, but you lose out
on Sx because you'll get fewer than 3 Noble Figurines. Not to mention that doin
g well on that sidequest gets you a little intangible bonus...
Also be sure you get the two Shining Swords (one is on the south wall of the bun
k room, between beds, along with another piece of gear, the other behind the nor
thwest Unperson after talking to Megail) and Dwarven Armor (to the northeast bef
ore talking to Megail).
Check with the bank for profits before leaving in chapter 2, if you invested.
== free roam ==
Things that add to daycount:
+5 traversing Merchant's Pass
+5 retrieving lost goods from Rebel's Pass
+5 visiting Devil's Pass cache
+10 visiting Devil's Pass deep cache
+2 searching Devil's Pass for new tunnels
+5 moving between Stineford and Feroholm regions (first time)
+1 moving between Stineford and Feroholm regions or vice versa (repeat trip)
+10 visiting merchant camp
+2 visiting shrine
+5 visiting Withered Mountain
+5 visiting Delgar Forest
Daycount thresholds: 16, 25, 30, 50, 70, 100. Section ends automatically when yo
u've taken care of Varia and the Impaler.
One efficient path (24 days): Merchant's Pass (5), visit Orcent, visit Carina in
Stineford, invest in magic shop in Stineford if desired, recruit tower succubi,
goto Feroholm region (5), recruit Altina and Withered Mountain (5), recruit Var
ia (5), visit shrine and get Stark's head (2), return to Stineford region (1), v
isit camp and fuck Altina if you haven't, fight plants in pond glade, return to
Feroholm region (1), visit Feroholm and take care of the Impaler.
There's a Shining Sword in the rat cellar in Stineford.
You can invest in the Stineford magic shop for 10k if you like, which can synerg
ize with a later investment.
In Delgar Forest, visit the old areas for a few easy fights.
== Dark Ruin ==
There's a book in one of the piles on 2F.
Don't miss the hole you can drop down, but maybe wait for Carina to assist befor
e you enter it, for maximal exp.
Consider savescumming the first group of 3 orc fights if you don't get any steel
gear.
== Split the Party ==
The inventory for these are shared, so go ahead and unequip everybody.
Recommended order is Yarra, Aka, Megail. Among other reasons, Aka's route tends
to raise a hidden variable that determines how much the bank gives Megail, and t
here's a point in Megail's route at which you'll probably want to have 20,000 Sx
saved, though you can get a little over 13k of that in-route.
== Yarra's route ==
You do have enough free time slots to do everything. In fact, fuck Qum early on.
Note that you want to be nice to the staff and gain tunnel access, and return to
the succubus village during a daytime free period for an optional boss.
For the Succubus Hunt, consider disabling attack animations and enabling instant
text, for speed. The Ghenalese succubi drop unique collars, and the succubi who
'll only fight you with 10 butterflies drop a chain bikini. At the end, you can
access the blue chest for a ballgag.
Endgames should net you a Worn Whip from the Empress. If it didn't, try again an
d do better.
== Aka's route ==
Before they leave, talk to Yarra about Aka's condition and Megail in the outskir
ts about Jade sabotage.
After an an initial conversation, Trin in the throne room will remind you how ma
ny persons she can copy. Max based on Trin affection: 6 base, 7 at 30, 8 at 50.
Potential Trin targets, with effects of copying:
Hurts Jade Helps poor Notes
politician . . Janine's uncle. Janine asks you to zap hi
m, so probably reduces corruption. In the throne room after a certain amount of
progress.
Big Man . 3 Free Iron Robes from Queensman if you had
saner-Altina. Or just 1 "helps poor" and no Iron Robes if you just kill him.
Aramite 1 . +1 to Aram influence. In tent compound in
Outskirts, after talking to southeast man in Clearinghouse.
scribe 2 . Near Bank front desk, after talking to Me
gail then him.
halfling 1 -1 Talk to her instead for +1 poor help. In
northeast of House Rose.
Kingsman 2 2 +1 to Yhilin influence. Only vulnerable o
nce, in encounter triggered by checking King painting in Rose District shop.
loan shark 2 2 +1 to Yhilin influence. Talk to Kia 2x in
Palace kitchen, eavesdrop in Jade Clearinghouse, then go to the Lower City alle
y for an easy fight.
poor 1 -1 In northeast Lower City.
3 young 3 . Uses up 3 copies.
bank clerk . . Not an option now, but listed here becaus
e you may have copied him before and thus be down a slot.
In descending order, I recommend zapping loan shark, Kingsman, Aramite, Big Man,
politician, and scribe, plus I recommend having zapped the bank clerk from Chap
ter 1. Talk to the halfling instead of copying.
Try and save difficult combat for after you tentacle and cure Aka. Once you do,
hit the fighting ring first since she solos that. After becoming fighting ring c
hamp, if you dealt with the Kingsmen bar, go talk to the red-haired man in it fo
r free Rune Armor.
If you dealt with the Queensmen bar and copied Big Man, talk to a bar patron for
free Iron Robes.
Don't miss the cult quest - started by checking an outskirts notice board, it's
not listed in the quest log for some reason.
Robin is best test-taker, and passing all tests properly will get you a hat desc
ribed as "So stylish!"
There's a difficult optional boss in the 3rd trial area after you pass.
There's eventually a third option for the mine if you talk to an elf in the Lowe
r City. Whether it's a good idea is... undetermined.
Be sure to give all 6 mine papers to the guy in the House of Petitions.
Don't forget to check in with the ambassador in the royal chambers to tell him a
bout all you've done for the poor.
== Megail's route ==
If invested, check with the mine and bank for profits, before leaving the city.
Don't miss the Yhilini supplier and magic trade investment opportunities before
leaving Yhilin; they're worth considering. Magic trade synergizes with Stineford
magic shop if you got that.
Don't use Varia's bomb in the Yhilin-Aram pass.
Be sure to do all the bounties marked in your quest log - this opens a 20k Sx in
vestment you'll probably want, and gives you a cheaper legal way to access Eustr
in.
Purple Magekiller can be stunned. Blue Magekiller can be confused.
== Simon's route ==
This part gives optimizers headaches; there's no one true way to do it. In gener
al, though, you want to do unique events, not generic repeatable ones. Also note
that sex heals Simon, so you only need to sleep once, if at all. The affection
guide has much to say about this route. Specific tips: exercise the first 3 days
, ask Chaya for books, get trained by the Philon ambassador ASAP, get Cleavage w
ith Nalili before using her in combat.
Some conversations with Esthera or Nalili are subject to a 1-day cooldown. You m
ay have to pass time before the next becomes available.
You need five "succubus lore" to pass one of the appeals office tasks. If you do
n't want to read them all, the best books are:
Orc Breeding I and II, each granting Balia affection
Succubi III and History, together granting Yarra affection
Succubi I and II, which only take a day each if you requested books from Chaya
Nalili has five events that raise a hidden "maturity" variable. These are:
Defending her personal guard when she tells her not to ruin the fun and
then letting her train,
conversation about her failure to hide her identity and the fakeness of
her city relationships,
participating in the 2nd floor succubus meeting while Esthera's gone,
moving boxes for pay in the city,
getting the Office Orgy scene.
The conversation after beating the smuggler succubus doesn't grant a maturity po
int, despite appearances.
You need 3 maturity points to unlock the event teaching Nalili Cleavage.
It's OK to go ahead and fuck Nalili.
Don't fight the Elite Succubus without Dominate.
You can beat Esthera in her purple outfit, but you'll want the massage buff. You
can't beat her in her black outfit.
After day 90 there is a new conversation with Nalili in her room and Esthera by
the vault.
It's efficient to save the mage room event for the last playable day.
== reunion ==
First girl you talk to gets +5 affection.
There are some investments you can get a second shot at, for either higher price
s or lower rewards. Just maybe don't invest in the bank, because as Megail impli
es, you want in excess of 1 million ProN for Ardford.
After visiting the city, come back and see the girls again for possible lewds.
Don't forget to give Robin a research project, if given the option.
== Ardford ==
Invest in the Merchant's Guild before others if you plan to, since they require
1M liquid ProN even tho they only take 100k.
The bank's price depends partly on how invested you are in Ardford - literally.
Vhala joins you on summit day 2, so you may want to wait for combat til then.
This wiki article is pretty trustworthy for the politics. http://thelastsovereig
n.wikia.com/wiki/Ardford_summit
Talk to the Ardoheim ambassador each day, and after the summit, but never tell h
im how you'll vote.
If you didn't fund the dwarf embassy, you'll have to choose between blocking the
Unperson vote and opening the War Vaults. Former is cheaper. You can block both
Unperson mobilization and orc extermination, but it's expensive.
6 missable Dari investigation clues: Examine the deteriorated Unperson in The Ho
le before Unperson vote, Hester before Unperson vote, Tyna with Vhala, Inquisito
r in the Cathedral with Vhala, Inquisitor in the Holy Knights of Ardoheim buildi
ng (requires Essence Shielding research), Merchant Guild member services (requir
es 100k membership).
When the spider appears, run toward the mirror for more spiders.
Persuade the rich Givini to help to get a Givini pin and properly complete that
quest. You can do this anytime after clearing the house, even if the quest shows
as "complete".
There are 9 disturbances. You will want to max MDF and have Robin and Yarra acti
ve to beat demons. Don't forget to report back to the nun.
You must invest at least 10k into the Order of Silence to access one combat area
. Sir Bartholomew moves to the bar after investing.
Here's how to get the best possible deal for Vinario. First, take note of Yarra'
s and Megail's affections before leaving Yhilin, since you cannot see them in Ar
dford. You want above 90 at some point for Yarra to do her illusion thing, and a
bove 50 when Megail helps negotiate. Both women's affections will fluctuate duri
ng the Ardford summit, so make sure to go negotiate when they'll be above the th
reshold.
"Not a chance in hell"
"Megail?" (ideally when her affection > 50)
"War Vote" (only available after the war vote)
meet him at the Silver Stump, "Then you never expected to get your kingdom bac
k?"
back at the embassy, "Leave"
on the way out the door he should accost you; if not, repeat previous step
if you have been able to reduce the price to 200k, refuse and come back with a
t least 100k but less than 200k in hand
purchase Vinario for 100k.
4 sex scenes: 200 Sx meal at the Silver Stump, 500 Sx reserved bath at the Garde
ns of Steam, bed in Givini poorhouse basement after clearing, tent in empty lot
(requires Order of Silence investment, any amount)
== Invasion of Yhilin ==
Dari is behind a potted plant on Retreat 1F.
It's hard to give a guide for the battle without really spoiling the underlying
mechanics. Everyone's situation is different. But:
You're managing three separate measures of success, which will be reviewed when
it's over: Domination, chaos, collateral damage. You needn't minmax these at all
costs, because you'll get chances to patch things up after the takeover. Also i
ndirectly affecting those measures are the amount of enemy forces killed, and yo
ur army quality and quantity.
Aka can't take down the airship with less than 80 affection - ideally 100.
Fight the group of mages.
If your opponents are clustered, hold the healers' clearing. If spread out, just
rescue party members.
Don't send orcs into Ari-Yhilina unless your Army Quality is 9+
In the Hidden Stronghold, you can turn off attack animations for speed, plus tur
ning on instant text makes text skip really fly.
You can access the guarded chest in the storeroom for a Shining Sword once the t
imer starts, and Yarra's Incubus King's Emissary is good for taking out the guar
dians in a hurry.
There's no penalty for fighting the wandering guards, so do it, if you can do it
and still reach the goal in time.
Send Carina to heal Lord Thelon, unless Qum is at 100 affection and was never wh
ored out in Stineford, in which case send Qum.
== Conquered Yhilin ==
Best to collect all quests from the palace, tunnels, and cathedral before doing
anything else.
If you intend to fund the nobility liaison, for best results do so before talkin
g to the ambassador a second time.
In the optional demon group the cult can summon, the Thauma-demons are most vuln
erable to fire and the Soma-demons to physical. Both can be blinded and their at
tacks can be evaded.
No point to finding Rick's uncle if you've found a parent, but it's best to find
both parents. If your Yhilin is too damaged or chaotic, some or all of Rick's r
elatives may not be findable.
The only Dari investigation leads are the Rose District fancy shop, and the Unma
n in the Outskirts if the Unpeople motion passed.
At this point there are 6 seed orcs and 6 candidates for Yarra's matchmaking que
st.
There are 3 conversations you can have with Janine around Yhilin Palace after pr
ogressing on certain objectives. They raise affection, so it's better to do them
before triggering the Janine-prisoner conversation.
There are a total of 5 prisoner conversations; if you want to see them all in on
e go, do it just before ending the section.
Before ending the section, check the slum house formerly owned by Big Man in cas
e you've met the acceptance threshold for entry. Also check the House of Petitio
ns for new petitions, such as the petition to build a second one.
== Elven Forests ==
Don't kill wolves in this part. You can run from battles with them.
Talk to everyone while undercover prior to meeting the queens, even though it ma
y seem to do nothing.
Also, talk to the priestess on the east side of Denmiel early on.
After saving the queens, hear Lynine's offer and press Orilise for more info if
you wish to side with Orilise, but don't even talk to Orilise if you wish to sid
e with Lynine.
If you have Altina, do the Mother's Guard Ruse quest that requires language skil
l before doing all the focal points. The best result will net +4 affection for t
he elf you sided with, and +2 for Lynine if you sided with Orilise (though you h
ave no way to check til you return to Yhilin).
Storgan language learning opportunities for Aka (ordered roughly by prerequisite
, if any):
+1 Eavesdrop on elves near well in Denmiel.
+1 Elf child in northeast Denmiel.
+2 Entering Theltiar with saner-Altina, OR +1 with cockwhore-Altina.
+1 Elf near Theltiar entrance.
+1 Elf in middle of Theltiar, after giving blue butterfly.
+1 Automatically in Lynine HQ. (Must pick Lynine.)
+1 Automatically in Orilise HQ. (Must pick Orilise.)
+1 Children's books in Denmiel archives. (Must pick Orilise.)
+1 Purple-haired elf in Denmiel archives. (Must pick Orilise.)
+1 Finishing murder investigation by talking to elf child near Guard.
If doing the Denmiel focal point with Orilise, don't get forced outside more tha
n once.
8 Kingsfail:
* Northeast corner of Twisted Glen, before saving queens.
* Southeast side of Twisted Glen, in water, before saving queens.
* From elf in Theltiar for finding her a blue butterfly (southwest corner of Twi
sted Glen, before saving queens).
* Southeast side of Twisted Glen, after saving queens. From Mother's Guard encou
nter, with sufficient language skill and Altina. Best done before First Root.
* From elf in northeastern Denmiel, after returning from First Root without havi
ng killed any wolves there.
* Chest in Dead House B1.
* Ivala's Glade, hidden in treeline.
* Purchased in Denmiel for 1000 Sx.
You need at least 4 for the Amulet of Alchemy, at least 7 for the Gray Lotus (pu
rpose unknown), and all 8 for a third Sylvan Draught.
You only need one of Crystal Petals or Emerald Leaves, if requested.
After 3 failed recruitments by Yarra, an elf recruit will appear near the HQ of
the elf you sided with.
There's an event in the northeast of the regional map; visiting it with sufficie
nt language skill opens the way to a collectible.
Have Simon make note of investments for the future.
Visit Bertricia after First Root.
== Conquered Yhilin 2 ==
If you have the succubus brothel petitioner in the House of Petitions, speak to
her even if you don't intend to actually fund.
Orc parade gets cheaper with higher orc discipline, up to 10.
6 theology conversations to be had, counting Bertricia from before and Sarai, bu
t not counting Ginasta.
Remember to set orc development with Balia and research with Robin.