The Starved Engine (questline step)

The Starved Engine is a step of The Sky-Ketch (questline).

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Questline	The Sky-Ketch (questline)
Previous step	The Ketch That Never Lands
Wait after previous step	At least one game hour
Minimum level	12+
Play mode	Online
Account	Registered account required
Offered by	Imrah Bel-Tavir, Antiquarian of Sentinel Map

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Set an aether cell in the Sky-Ketch's engine or a resonator with your own hands	No
2	Tell Imrah Bel-Tavir at the quest tavern in the named town	No

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
You fed the Sky-Ketch with your own hands, and Imrah Bel-Tavir gave you her book on the Rourken's guns.	100%	Yes
Imrah Bel-Tavir went home to Sentinel Map, and left no word.	No added payment	No

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

Previous step: The Ketch That Never Lands.

Next step: The Tonal Warden.

Scripted gold

Payment	Base amount (gold)
Gold payment	500–900

These are the script’s unscaled payment ranges, before the outcome multiplier and any party split. A payment still requires its quest objective or branch; the listed payments are not automatically awarded together.

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