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Onyx
Onyx

Overview

Onyx is the sixth maid at the Rose & Thorn, working the 2–6 AM shift in Maids Quarters. Her current route includes a five-part dungeon recruitment chase, five shared maid encounters, daily Talk, a one-time Perception reward, repeatable Maid Service and cleaning progression.

Quick Stats

Attribute Value
Age / era / alignment 24 / Medieval / Neutral
Recruitment All five other maids acquired; Whispers of Six completed; five dungeon encounters in order
Home / portrait hours Maids Quarters, 2–6 AM every game day
Favorite stats Perception 45; Mystic 40; Intelligence 35
Special relationship skill Ritual Mastery
Talk 15 minutes; 1 actual base point; nominal allowance 30 per day
Read the Negative Space Known; Communication 45; 30 minutes; Perception +1 and 10 direct affection; once
Maid Service Intimate; 30 minutes; 15 base conversation points
Exclusive equipment Onyx's Mourning Veil, awarded by Chrysalia
Favorite stats improve the shared relationship calculation; learned Ritual Mastery doubles the adjusted base. Onyx does not teach that skill through these actions. Maid cleaning experience, ordinary affection and intimacy experience are separate systems.

Preparing Her Recruitment

Own the Rose & Thorn and recruit all five preceding maids: Violet, Mandarin, Lychee, Lime and Rain. Reach Close Friend with each, then enter Maids Quarters between 8 AM and 8 PM for Whispers of Six.
That one-time shared scene is the required lead-in. Its completion, together with all five acquired-maid records, enables Onyx's first dungeon sighting. Raising just one maid's affection or hearing general dialogue about Onyx does not substitute for completing Whispers of Six.
Her chase takes place in the ordinary dungeon. It is not a maid shop purchase, Fighters Guild contract, single hidden-wall recruitment or Infinity Dungeon encounter.

Five-Part Dungeon Recruitment Chase

Complete these stages in order. The route deliberately moves between dungeon regions, including a return to floor 13.
Stage Where to explore Encounter selection Required preceding progress
1: first sighting Epic Depths, floors 46–50 Normally weighted random Epic scenario All five other maids acquired; Whispers of Six completed
2: vines Overgrown Depths, floors 31–35 75% priority roll on an eligible random encounter First sighting finished
3: machinery Mech Depths, floors 41–45; walkable floor tiles 75% priority roll after the general encounter chance Vines meeting finished
4: water Water tiles on floor 13 75% priority roll after the water-encounter chance Machinery meeting finished; Swim needed to enter water
5: final meeting Dark Depths, floors 36–40 75% priority roll on an eligible random encounter Water meeting finished
The first stage does not receive a 75% priority roll. Explore Epic Depths until it is selected from the ordinary Epic pool. Subsequent 75% rolls apply when the relevant encounter check runs, rather than guaranteeing an event on every movement step.
The Mech and Water branches first use the general 17% encounter chance, then the 75% Onyx priority check. On floor 13, dry tiles do not run the required water branch. Learn Swim before attempting that stage. Coolant tiles in Mech Depths are not substitutes for floor 13 water.
Every dialogue option at these five meetings converges on stage completion. The recruitment script has no required combat, affection threshold for Onyx, cash payment, gifted item or stat-test choice. Its final meeting recruits maid #6 regardless of the invitation reply.
Completing one stage does not make the next appear in the same region: after Epic go to Overgrown, then Mech, then floor 13 water, then Dark. Once recruited, the chase no longer repeats.

After Recruitment

Visit Maids Quarters, 2–6 AM, to meet Onyx's ordinary portrait. Acquiring maid #6 raises the room's recruited-maid count to six; this room level is distinct from Onyx's personal cleaning-experience level.
With Elara home from vacation, enter for Onyx's Arrival. Then build Onyx's affection and follow the shared encounters in order:
  1. Known: A Dramatic Pause, after her Arrival.
  2. Acquaintance: Nothing Missing, after A Dramatic Pause.
  3. Friend: The Dark Asks Nothing, after Nothing Missing.
  4. Close Friend: Five Lights, One Shadow, after The Dark Asks Nothing.
  5. Intimate: request Maid Service from her portrait. The shared-scene chain is additional content, not an extra service prerequisite.
At Known, with Communication 45, claim Read the Negative Space once. Independently, reach Chrysalia Friend to obtain Onyx's signature equipment through Chrysalia's scene.

Daily Talk and Read the Negative Space

Talk costs 15 minutes and awards one actual base affection per positive use. Its action field lists two points, but the active handler records one. The allowance is 30 per day, shared throughout her portrait window.
Thirty ordinary talks would take 450 minutes, longer than her four-hour shift. Without time reductions, the full 2–6 AM window fits sixteen 15-minute starting attempts, with other actions also taking time. The allowance does not promise thirty conversations within that shift. Over-limit attempts can lose affection.
Read the Negative Space needs Known and Communication 45, takes 30 minutes, and awards Perception +1 and 10 direct Onyx affection, once. It has no separate cash, Energy or Calm cost and does not teach Ritual Mastery.
There is no ordinary Chocolate, Wine, Flowers or other gift-giving action in her current portrait menu.

Five Shared Automatic Encounters

All five occur once in Maids Quarters. Their own time windows apply independently of Onyx's ordinary 2–6 AM portrait. Recruited means the matching acquired-maid record is set; it does not require every participant's portrait to be on its normal shift.
Encounter Start window Requirements Fixed Onyx base affection
Onyx's Arrival 2 AM–6 AM Recruited: Onyx; Elara: Stranger+; Not away on vacation: Elara 3
A Dramatic Pause 5 AM–7 AM Recruited: Violet, Lychee, Onyx; Onyx: Known+; Onyx's Arrival completed 6
Nothing Missing 1 AM–4 AM Recruited: Mandarin, Rain, Onyx; Onyx: Acquaintance+; A Dramatic Pause completed 8
The Dark Asks Nothing 2 AM–6 AM Recruited: Lime, Onyx; Onyx: Friend+; Nothing Missing completed 10
Five Lights, One Shadow 5 AM–7 AM Recruited: Violet, Mandarin, Lychee, Lime, Rain, Onyx; Onyx: Close Friend+; The Dark Asks Nothing completed 15


Onyx's Arrival gives three Onyx and three Elara base affection, without a choice bonus. Elara must be home from vacation; there is no extra Onyx affection threshold.
The other scenes give fixed affection to their companions as well:
Scene Fixed companion base affection Best total for Onyx
A Dramatic Pause Violet 4; Lychee 4 11 with Flirty
Nothing Missing Mandarin 5; Rain 5 14 with Flirty
The Dark Asks Nothing Lime 6 17 with Flirty
Five Lights, One Shadow Five other maids 5 each 24 with Flirty
These four best results plus Arrival total 69 Onyx base affection. Their gates belong to Onyx's listed stage and the acquired-maid records; they do not add new affection thresholds for the companion maids. No separate player erotic-experience or NPC intimacy-experience reward is configured.

Best Onyx answers

Scene Best answer Onyx base bonus Onyx total including completion
Onyx's Arrival Onyx has my trust. Give her room to show you why. 0 3
Onyx's Arrival She is the least disruptive surprise hire I have brought you. 0 3
Onyx's Arrival It was difficult to refuse a woman who makes midnight look underdressed. 0 3
A Dramatic Pause Whatever she chooses, Onyx already makes black dangerously beautiful. 5 11
Nothing Missing Controlled, precise, and frighteningly elegant. I chose well. 6 14
The Dark Asks Nothing If this is where you hide tenderness, I may become nocturnal. 7 17
Five Lights, One Shadow They found a sixth maid. I found the woman who makes darkness feel like home. 9 24


All offered choices complete the scene. Some alternatives favor the companion maid instead: Caring in Nothing Missing adds two Mandarin, while Funny adds three Rain. Choose by the character whose affection you want to prioritize.

Maid Service

At Intimate, 1,600 ordinary affection, choose Maid Service from Onyx's 2–6 AM portrait. It takes 30 minutes and has no extra money, Energy, Calm, paid-version or supporter requirement.
The service is a repeatable one-round Heart-to-Heart, with three randomly selected image/dialogue presentations. The single response, “Show me how tender darkness can be, Onyx.”, awards 15 base conversation points. The action's own 15-point field is not another completion bonus.
The learned Romantic skill adds 25 final affection after the shared base calculation. That skill bonus is distinct from relationship stage. No separate player erotic-experience or NPC intimacy-experience award, looping movie, apartment continuation or pregnancy outcome is configured.
The action lists three uses per day, but its current custom/shared conversation handlers do not record or enforce a separate service counter. Each invocation still uses the 30-minute cost and portrait start window. Completing the five shared scenes is not a prerequisite beyond the normal recruitment and Intimate stage.

Maid Cleaning Progression

After recruitment, Onyx contributes to daily cleaning and earns maid cleaning experience. This is independent of ordinary affection: Talk, shared scenes, the Perception reward and Maid Service do not directly raise her cleaning level.
Maid level Total cleaning experience required Base cleaning contribution Equipment slots
1 0 10 1
2 200 15 1
3 600 20 1
4 1,200 25 2
5 3,500 30 2
MAX / 6 7,000 40 2
Daily positive cleaning restoration is divided among recruited maids, then adjusted by their equipped experience bonuses. The combined cleaning calculation includes equipment and a random modifier; the base contribution is not a guaranteed fixed daily experience award. The building's six-maid room level does not mean Onyx begins at personal MAX cleaning level.

Onyx's Mourning Veil

Recruit Onyx, reach Friend with Chrysalia, and enter the Future Industrial Waste Processing Zone for The Mourning Veil. The scene has no extra clock window. It awards Onyx's Mourning Veil once, independently of Onyx's personal shared-scene chain or maid cleaning level.
See Chrysalia's walkthrough for access to her own portrait and route. This equipment is a Chrysalia scene reward, not a Kupie achievement or a reward for completing Five Lights, One Shadow.
Equip the epic veil on Onyx through maid management. It is exclusive to maid #6 and provides:
  • 25% more Onyx cleaning, rounded down in the personal calculation.
  • 20% less combined daily mess, applied in the building's mess calculation before cleaning restoration.
  • 8% more gross building income at the maid-income bonus step, before later events, taxes, upkeep and fees.
With no other equipment, it changes her level-1 cleaning contribution from 10 to 12, or her MAX contribution from 40 to 50, before the combined daily modifiers. It does not give every maid the 25% personal bonus, grant ordinary affection, or unlock Maid Service.

Troubleshooting and Route Boundaries

  • First sighting never appears: recruit all five other maids, reach Close Friend with each, complete Whispers of Six, and explore Epic floors 46–50. The first sighting uses the ordinary weighted scenario pool.
  • The chase stalls after a meeting: use the next region in the ordered table; progressing deeper in the same region is not enough.
  • Water meeting missing: after Mech, return to floor 13, learn Swim, and explore water tiles. The 75% roll happens after a water encounter is selected.
  • No regular portrait: finish all five meetings and visit Maids Quarters, 2–6 AM.
  • Talk gives one rather than two: the active handler's reward is one base point.
  • Read the Negative Space missing: reach Known, have Communication 45, and check previous one-time completion.
  • A shared scene is missing: check its previous scene, Onyx stage, every recruited companion and its own clock window. The 5–7 AM scenes can trigger after her portrait shift ends.
  • Maid Service missing: reach Intimate / 1,600 affection and use the 2–6 AM portrait.
  • Cleaning level does not rise from dialogue: cleaning experience comes from the daily cleaning calculation.
  • The veil is missing: recruit Onyx, reach Chrysalia Friend, and trigger The Mourning Veil at Future Industrial Waste Processing Zone; then equip it on Onyx.
Her current content has no separate ordinary date, apartment visit, worker-training route, resort vacation, Kupie NPC date entry or pregnancy continuation. This guide covers her recruitment, personal actions, every registered shared Onyx scene and maid-management rewards.

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