Investments

This page presents a compilation of all the personal investments offered in the game. They can only be made in ProN ("Promissory Notes"), with a single exception so far. Of course, you need to have the necessary amount of money at hand to make an investment, though in a few cases Megail will automatically reserve money for plot-mandatory investments. The prices of some investments are variable and may be influenced by a number of factors, including current party members, investments already made and actions of the party before the investment.

In addition to monetary profits and other effects, most investments also affect your relationship with your companions. Speaking with them will give you some hints.

Investment options become available after you arrive in Ari-Yhilina and foil the coup against the Widow Queen. The initial amount of ProN available to make investments depends of the amount of ProN you've given to Megail in Stineford. The minimum value is 50,000 and the maximum is 120,000. Megail also offers you a ledger to keep track of your investments.

Sierra Lee has stated that you can make similar investments (for instance contracting two mercenary companies) to get better results, but it will be with diminishing returns.

All the investments in this section will bring among many other things, ProN returns at fixed points during the game.

So far, you get ProN returns from Megail at these points:
 * 1) Near the end of Chapter 2, when Simon returns from the Orgasmic Empire.
 * 2) At the end of Chapter 3, after you have attended the Petitioners and pay your respects to the Fallen.
 * 3) At the start of Chapter 4, when you meet Megail in Stineford.

This section is split in rounds to help you find the relevant investments that interest you.

Round 1: Up to the Party Split
Except told otherwise, all this investments can be found in Ari-Yhilina.

Round 2: Megail's Path
These investments are also available after Simon's return (third round). Some of them are in Ari-Yhilina:

The following ones are located in Eustrin or in Aram border. Some of the prices in this section are variable and depend on the investment's choices that you made in the first round. Only the Eustrin Embassy is available (is still unclear in which conditions) later, so bear it in mind.

Round 3: After the Reunion, Ari-Yhilina and Ardford
During the business meeting, Megail gives you a resume of your investments. In addition to those listed here, you get 300,000 (or just 200,000 if you took money from Megail in chapter 1), plus any reward from the mine quest in Aka's route.



There is also a lot of investment opportunities available in Ardford during the Ardford summit.

After the Battle of Yhilin
If you haven't done it before, you can still invest in the Premium Steel (only to be an owner). But you can now do some personal investments by using discretionary funding. With one exception, the rest can only be done in the Second House of Petitions.

Round 4: After the Third Arclent War
After the Third Arclent War violent action has concluded, you will eventually be in the throne room. Megail gives you a run-down of your profits (which aren't as high as they could have been due to the war). Also, you have to add the leftovers from both the Discretionary funding and your own funds from the Second House of Petitions. There are the same amounts in both cases:

Megail and her agents have pulled together a series of potential investments. There's an investment opportunity for each of the three new nations plus representatives from the various businesses you encountered in Yhilin, Eustrin, the Elven Kingdoms and the Incubus King's Domain. Min has her own investment opportunity, and if you achieved the Succubus 1 bonus from having a low enough IKD Morale score then the succubus merchant offers the opportunity to expand Yhilini trade into the new territories. Mots of the following investments are also available in Chapter 4 (the ones that con only be done now are marked with a footnote), but in most cases they will be more expensive (the cost in chapter 4 can be found between parenthesis after the initial price).

Round 5: Chapter Four
Available from the start of Chapter 4.

You can spend your ProN in other avenues that don't appear as such in the Ledger. They won't give profits in form of ProN, but there will be other advantages to invest on them (most of them won't be shown in the game as such, but in the form of hidden advantages). They are a very diverse group but can be divided in:

Intangible investments
These will help other aspects of Simon's plans like military strength, social standing, relationships with different cults, economical sapience etc...

HQ upgrades
In Chapter 4