Quick Links
Fantasy Finds is the first DLC forTwo Point Museum, introducing a new frozen biome for building, as well as the Scorched Earth expedition map. The seek out new Exhibits to display from the latter, you’ll need to recruit Fantasy Experts - in other words, a party of adventurers!
Fantasy Experts share a lot of characteristics with those of other disciplines, but they also introduce a new spin on expeditions. This presents new challenges and strategies for training them, and might require a bit more forethought when planning. Here’s everything you need to know.
How To Recruit Fantasy Experts
Fantasy Expertsnever appear in the normal hiring pool.If you want any to join your staff, you’ll have toadvertise for the job specificallyas you would if you were targeting any other Expert type;use the Advertise Jobbutton at the bottom of the list of available Experts, and candidates will appear in about a week.
Fantasy experts are adventurers, after all; you need to offer them a quest for them to show up!
If you haven’t played since launch, you may notice that you can nowto get more applicants for the position.When hiring Fantasy Experts, it’s a good idea togo for the full three applicants; this is because Fantasy Experts come in a range of classes, each with different specializations (see below). You’ll need a diverse party of heroes to meet all the challenges of Scorched Earth, so it’s a good idea tohire multiple classes at once.
Fantasy Stats And Classes
Fantasy Experts havefour Fantasy Statsthat can affect the outcome of their expeditions;Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Luck.Each Fantasy Expert belongs to one of four classes, eachspecializing in one of the four Fantasy Stats, as follows:
Bard
Luck
Each individual Fantasy Expert also starts with a randomly-selected Trait thatgives a small boost to one of the Fantasy Statsthat isn’t favored by their class.
How To Increase Fantasy Stats
Each time a Fantasy Expertgains a Rank, they getone Skill Pointthat can be spent toincrease one of their Fantasy Statsby one. To do so,select the Expertand click theUpgradebutton in the Class section of their panel.
If the Expert has no Skill Points available to distribute,the Upgrade button will not appear.
Use theplus and minus buttonsto assign Skill Points as you like, then clickConfirmto lock in your selections.Once you click Confirm, the Skill Points cannot be refunded.
Sometimes, Fantasy Experts will gain Traits while on expeditions thatincrease their Fantasy Statswithout having to spend any points. These are very valuable, so it’s a good idea to send your adventurers into the field often just for the chance of a buff.
Using Fantasy Stats On Expeditions
Fantasy Statsdon’t do anything while the Expert is at the museum. Instead, theyactivate or deactivate events while on expeditions.
Like other areas, expeditions in Scorched Earth have several events that can be affected by the abilities of the team that you send. While there are still a handful of events that trigger based on total Rank,the vast majority of Scorched Earth’s events instead care about the combined total of a specific Fantasy Staton the expedition team.
For example, you might need a combined Strength of 25 or more to overcome one challenge, and a Dexterity of 40 to handle another.
Many of the requirements are quite high, so luckily, you canstill use cargo itemslike Curse Counters and First Aid Kits to negate certain dangerous effects.
Fantasy And Non-Fantasy Experts On The Same Team
Some expeditions in Scorched Earth require your Fantasy Experts to bring an Expert from a different field along. Sinceonly Fantasy Experts have Fantasy Stats, the “guest” will not be able to contribute to any events that require them.
By the same token, if a Fantasy Expert joins an expedition outside of Scorched Earth, their Fantasy Stats won’t be of any use. In both cases, however, Experts can still make use ofQualifications they’ve acquired in the Training Room, where applicable.
