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{{Challenge Path Description
{{Challenge Path Description
  |image=bigsnail.gif
|image=bigsnail.gif
  |name=Slow and Steady
|name=Slow and Steady
  |season=Summer 2014
|season=Summer 2014
  |date=May 15, 2014
|date=May 15, 2014
  |desc=You get 100 Adventures per day, no less and no more.
|desc=You get 100 Adventures per day, no less and no more.}}
 
NOTE: Limited-time content from prior to 2012 is disallowed on this path.}}


==Restrictions==
==Restrictions==
*You are not permitted to use Mr. Items or limited-time content that became limited on or before 31st December 2011. Link to current restrictions: http://pastebin.com/wwYChQt9
*You will not gain adventures from ''any'' source. Anything which would normally give adventures gives this message instead:
**Attempting to use a restricted familiar gives this message:
**:That familiar is too old to be used on this path.
**Clicking the clan VIP pool table (or trying to view the leaderboard) gives:
**:That clan thing is too old to be used on this path.
**Attempting to use a restricted skill gives:
**:That skill is too old for this path.
**Attempting to pull a restricted item from Hagnk's gives:
**:That item is too old to be used on this path.
*You will not gain adventures from [[food]], [[booze]], or [[spleen]] items, or other sources, such as potions ([[chocolate saucepan]]) or adventures (heading towards the top of the temple in [[Such Great Heights]]). Anything which would normally give adventures gives this message instead:
*:[[File:hourglass.gif]] Slow and steady, now. Slow and steady.
*:[[File:hourglass.gif]] Slow and steady, now. Slow and steady.
*You will not gain extra rollover adventures from any items or equipment that usually grant this.
**Exceptions include (and may or may not be limited to) the [[Clan Rumpus Room]] installations [[A Shelf of Self-Help Books]], [[An Inspirational Desk Calendar]] and the [[Girls of Loathing Calendar]], although these do not enter effect in [[hardcore]] or [[Ascension#Normal Difficulty|ronin]].
*The [[An Old Man|Old Man]] is not available.  Therefore, you cannot obtain an [[old SCUBA tank]].  Therefore, you cannot go into [[The Sunken Party Yacht]] in Hardcore.
*Slow and Steady was the first path to introduce [[standard restrictions]], which applied while it was the current challenge path.  The restrictions were lifted on August 15, 2014.
*:That shack you saw on the main map was just a picture of a shack drawn on the ground.


==Divergences==
==Divergences==
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See [[Slow and Steady/Strategy]].
See [[Slow and Steady/Strategy]].


==Notes==
==Rewards==
*The [[Trendy]]-type restriction (no use of limited-time content older than 2012) applies only while Slow and Steady is the current challenge path.  On August 15, 2014 this restriction will no longer exist.
*Finishing a Slow and Steady run that began while it was still the current [[special challenge path]] -- that is, between May 15th, 2014, and August 14th, 2014 -- gives players 100 (in Hardcore) or 50 (in Normal) extra [[karma]] points the next time they visit [[Beyond the Pale|Valhalla]].
*While you are on the path, your profile includes a link to the new [http://www.kingdomofloathing.com/type69.php?date=2012-01-01 restricted item list].
*You received a [[bottled day]] for completing a Normal or Hardcore run while this was the current challenge path.
**It was revealed on the [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showpost.php?p=4658557&postcount=20 forums] that the bottled day will stop dropping after Slow and Steady has stopped being the active challenge path on August 15th, even if you started the ascension before that date.
*Hardcore runs also receive the standard [[Unblemished Uniform|stainless steel]] equipment.
*Players will receive a [[Thwaitgold wheel bug statuette]] upon defeating the Naughty Sorceress.
 
==History==
*Before May 18, 2014 players on this path could not access [[An Old Man]]. Attempting to do so gave:
*:That shack you saw on the main map was just a picture of a shack drawn on the ground.
*This changed with a trivial update on May 18, 2014 which said:
*:You can now Slowly and Steadily drown in The Sea if you want.


==References==
==References==
*"Slow and steady wins the race" is a well-known proverb. [http://www.bartleby.com/81/7969.html Most sources] agree that it originates as the moral of Aesop's fable [[Wikipedia:The Tortoise and the Hare|The Tortoise and the Hare]].
*"Slow and steady wins the race" is a well-known proverb. [http://www.bartleby.com/81/7969.html Most sources] agree that it originates as the moral of Aesop's fable "[[Wikipedia:The Tortoise and the Hare|The Tortoise and the Hare]]".
 
==Rewards==
*Finishing a Slow and Steady run that began while it was still the current [[special challenge path]] -- that is, between May 15th, 2014, and August 14th, 2014 -- gives players 100 (in Hardcore) or 50 (in Normal) extra [[karma]] points the next time they visit [[Beyond the Pale|Valhalla]].
*According to [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showpost.php?p=4619125&postcount=1 Gemelli], "Completing this path will give you a reward that ... we won't spoil. But it's something new and different that we think will be compelling. Be forewarned that the plan is that it'll only be available while this is the active challenge path."


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Slow and Steady is the Summer 2014 special challenge path, introduced on May 15, 2014. This path adds variant rules and restrictions to an ascension run. Its description in The Bureau of Reincarnation reads "You get 100 Adventures per day, no less and no more."


Restrictions

Divergences

  • You get 100 turns each day, instead of 40 turns. This includes the start of the run, and each rollover.

Strategy

See Slow and Steady/Strategy.

Rewards

  • Finishing a Slow and Steady run that began while it was still the current special challenge path -- that is, between May 15th, 2014, and August 14th, 2014 -- gives players 100 (in Hardcore) or 50 (in Normal) extra karma points the next time they visit Valhalla.
  • You received a bottled day for completing a Normal or Hardcore run while this was the current challenge path.
    • It was revealed on the forums that the bottled day will stop dropping after Slow and Steady has stopped being the active challenge path on August 15th, even if you started the ascension before that date.
  • Hardcore runs also receive the standard stainless steel equipment.
  • Players will receive a Thwaitgold wheel bug statuette upon defeating the Naughty Sorceress.

History

  • Before May 18, 2014 players on this path could not access An Old Man. Attempting to do so gave:
    That shack you saw on the main map was just a picture of a shack drawn on the ground.
  • This changed with a trivial update on May 18, 2014 which said:
    You can now Slowly and Steadily drown in The Sea if you want.

References

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Special Challenge Paths
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2011
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2014
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Heavy Rains

Picky
2015
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None
2016
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Nuclear Autumn

None
2017
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None
2018
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G-Lover

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None
2019
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None
2020
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Grey Goo

None
2021
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Wildfire

None
2022
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None
2023
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None
2024
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None
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