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title: Story Asset Dependencies
category: Story Assets
tags: assets, dependencies, clues, continuity
contextKey: storyAssets.dependencies
micro: Show how one asset depends on another asset or state.
quickTitle: Dependencies
quickSummary: Dependencies track when one asset only works, matters or becomes available because another asset exists or reaches a state.
screenshot:
---

# Dependencies

Dependencies explain how assets rely on one another. A key may require a lock. Evidence may require a document. A clue may only become useful after another clue has been discovered.

Use dependencies when the order matters. They help you see whether the story has prepared an asset before it is used, revealed or resolved.

# Example

A coded letter may be blocked until the cipher page is found. The letter and the cipher are separate assets, but the meaning of one depends on the other.

# Related Guides

- [Story Asset Details](/Help/Article/storyAssets.details)
- [Story Assets](/Help/Article/storyAssets.overview)