Location

Dante's Yacht

A teak deck, a single mast, a galley that smells of citrus and cedar. Three days at sea or as close to it as the line of sight allows.

Quick facts

Entry knot: Resort_Yacht (mid-arc) / Dante_Stage_5_Invite (start)
Hotspots: tour, deck, leave (mid-arc only)
Bg image: resort_yacht_day / _dusk / _night
Invite gate: dante_stage 5 + rapport 5 + nights >= 2 (Lobby)
Arc length: 3 days, drains resort_nights_booked each day

TL;DR

The yacht is a one-trip-per-run multi-day arc. Stage 4 has to be done, your rapport with Dante has to be at 5 or higher, and you need at least 2 nights booked when the invite is offered at the concierge. The trip then consumes those nights and skips the normal Resort_Overnight cycle in favour of an on-yacht overnight beat at the end of Day 1 and Day 2.

End-of-arc payout: $300 in a folded envelope, Dante added to your phone with “ONLY WHEN YOU WANT”, dante_stage = 6, +3 Fem, +2 Sub.

How you get on the boat

Dante_Stage_5_Invite fires from the Lobby choice “The concierge waves you over with a note” when all three gates hold:

dante_stage == 5
dante_rapport >= 5
resort_nights_booked >= 2
Not already invited (not dante_invited_yacht)

The note is just a dock number and a time, plus a line about wearing the bikini Iris gave you. Accept and you head to Dante_Stage_5_Day1. Decline (hold the card) and you return to the lobby; the invitation stays available on the next visit while all three gates still hold.

The arc, day by day

Day 1. Dante_Stage_5_Day1 -> Day1_Swim or Day1_Salon -> Day1_Dinner

Sets dante_yacht_arc_day = 1, dante_stage_met_today = true, decrements resort_nights_booked.

Tour, then a fork: strip and swim off the stern (+1 Fem, -1 Shame, Arousal +3) or pour yourself a drink in the salon (Arousal +2). Both converge at Dante_Stage_5_Day1_Dinner: grilled fish, two glasses of wine, the question (“would you leave everything for this? Not me. This.”) The day ends with sex below deck, slow and deliberate.

Day 1 closes with Day += 1; TimeSlot = 0; overnight_processing ->; Energy = max_energy and the Continue choice goes to Day 2. Same canonical sleep pattern as Resort_Overnight but inline.

Day 2. Dante_Stage_5_Day2 -> Day2_Weekend or Day2_Invitation -> Day2_Evening

Sets dante_yacht_arc_day = 2. Anchor up, open water. Dante asks: weekend or invitation?

A weekend is enough (Dante_Stage_5_Day2_Weekend): rapport +1, +1 Fem. The day is sun, water, reading, quiet swim, dinner.
You want the invitation open (Dante_Stage_5_Day2_Invitation): rapport +2, +2 Fem, +2 Sub, +1 Shame, Arousal +4. The rest of the day is on his terms.

Both converge at Day2_Evening: sunset on the foredeck, sex on the open deck, then the same canonical sleep pattern as Day 1 (Day += 1; TimeSlot = 0; overnight_processing ->; Energy = max_energy). Continue -> Day 3.

Day 3. Dante_Stage_5_Day3 (return + payout)

Sets dante_yacht_arc_day = 3. Motors back to the slip in the morning. At the dock: $300 in a folded envelope, his phone number, the note “ONLY WHEN YOU WANT”. Sets dante_stage = 6, dante_yacht_arc_day = 4, dante_stage_5_done = true. +3 Fem, +2 Sub, Arousal +3.

After this the yacht hotspot at the grounds map locks: “The weekend is over. Dante’s yacht has cast off.”

The yacht as a hub (mid-arc)

Resort_Yacht exists for the case where the player wanders off the boat mid-arc (back to the resort, then wants to return). The grounds-map hotspot:

dante_stage >= 5 && dante_yacht_arc_day 1-3 enables it.
dante_stage < 5 && dante_yacht_arc_day == 0: disabled with “A private yacht, not yet within reach. Get to know Dante first.”
dante_yacht_arc_day >= 4: disabled with the post-arc lockout text.

Each day surfaces a single re-entry choice:

Day VAR	Choice	Target
1	“Back aboard, tour continues”	`Dante_Stage_5_Day1_Dinner`
2	“Back aboard, open water awaits”	`Dante_Stage_5_Day2_Evening`
3	“Back aboard, the return trip”	`Dante_Stage_5_Day3`

Plus a “Back to the grounds” exit. The yacht isn’t a hub in the explore-things sense; it’s a re-entry point if you bounced off the arc.

Post-arc: Dante Repeat Entry

After dante_stage = 6, the Lobby surfaces “Dante is holding court by the fountain” (Dante_Repeat_Entry). 3-variant shuffle on dante_repeat_cycle:

Dante_Repeat_Drink: fountain chat, +1 Fem, Arousal +2.
Dante_Repeat_Walk: shore walk at dusk, +1 Fem, -1 Shame, +1 Sub.
Dante_Repeat_Suite: he takes you up, +$50, +1 Fem, +1 Sub, Arousal +5, +1 Shame.

Each fires dante_rapport += 1. Use them as the low-stakes reconnect loop after the arc has banked the big stat hits.

Tips and gotchas

The arc consumes nights you've already paid for

resort_nights_booked -= 1 runs at the head of each yacht day. If you booked just 2 nights, the arc finishes with 0 left at the resort and you check out automatically. The Extended ($340) tier is the only one with breathing room (3 nights, plus a Day 4 cushion if you started the trip on Day 1 of the booking).

Day++ on the yacht is the same canonical pattern as ApartmentSleep

Day 1 -> Day 2 and Day 2 -> Day 3 both run Day += 1; TimeSlot = 0; overnight_processing ->; Energy = max_energy. That’s a deliberate sibling of Resort_Overnight / ApartmentSleep (v0.2.5 fix). Skipping it would freeze the Day counter and break every day-gated system.

The invitation card can sit on the dresser

Picking “Hold onto the card, decide later” at Dante_Stage_5_Invite returns to the Lobby without setting dante_invited_yacht = true. The choice stays available on the next concierge visit while all three gates still hold. Once you accept, dante_invited_yacht flips and the lobby choice disappears.

No re-runs of the yacht arc

Once dante_stage_5_done = true the arc never re-fires. The Dante Repeat Entry rotation is the only post-arc Dante content. Plan the trip for the run where you’re committed to the relationship.

Cove Resort hub.
Lobby, where the invitation card is handed to you.
Night Lounge, the Stage 4 prerequisite venue.
Beach Strip, where Dante Stage 2 happens.
Tiki Bar, where Stage 1 fires.