A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)

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A Scholar of the Correspondence quality represents your knowledge in the otherworldly language of the Correspondence and the ability to call on this exotic power. Its levels reach a maximum at 21. The CP needed to raise a single level is the same as the level it's reaching, as with most qualities. In short, it is referred to as SotC.

Raising A Scholar of the Correspondence

Unlocking the first level - Guest Lecturer

To gain the first level the Expedition to the Tomb of Seven must be completed, in The Forgotten Quarter. This is naturally part of the progression of the Watchful Making Your Name story-line, A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets. This gains a Set of Correspondence Stones which, when researched a bit, rewards with the first level of SotC and progresses the Making your Name story. This is the only way to start gaining SotC, without the first level you cannot progress.

Onwards from level 1 - Smouldering Academic

• Level 1-2: What's that? on the Beneath the Neath! ride at Mrs Plenty's Carnival (+1 CP, up to level 3)
• Level 1-2: (Don't.) In your dreams, you hear a voice echoing hollowly each night in The Forgotten Quarter when Seeking Curios and Secrets but only at specific Airs (+1 CP, up to level 3)
• Level 1-6: Look for more evidence of the Correspondence in the ruins in The Forgotten Quarter when Seeking Curios and Secrets but only at specific Airs (+1 CP, up to level 7)
• Level 1-6: Rare success at a Learned discourse, part of the Term Passing... carousel at The University (+0 CP, rare: +1 CP, up to level 7)
• Level 1-6: (Card, one-time) A present from the Solitary Glim-sculptor if you finished the University story-line and haven't bought access to Flute Street (+1 CP, up to level 7)
• Level 1-9: Somewhat challenging music, when writing Correspondence symphonies at The Empress' Court (+1 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 1-9: 50% Luck challenge, A merry wager, part of the Term Passing... carousel at The University (50% luck-based +1 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 1-9: Something perilous from Opening a Bundle of Oddities at high bundle values. For more info see Bundle of Oddities (Guide) (+1 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 1-9: (FATE) (Card) One of the options on the card of the Corresponding Ocelot (+1 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 1-9: (FATE) (Card) 50% Luck challenge, one of the options on the card of the Bifurcated Owl (+5 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 1-9: (One-time) Choosing a specific option when finishing the case of the Solitary Glim-sculptor (+3 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 1-9: (One-time) One of the epilogue options if you choose to frame the Cryptozoologist at the end of the University case (+1 CP, up to level 10, limit assumed)
• Level 3-9: (One-time) Choosing a specific option when finishing the story of the Face-Tailor (+3 CP, up to level 10, limit assumed)
• Level 3-9: (Rare Card) Look Closer from The Skin of the Bazaar (Only drawn in the Bazaar Side-streets) (+1 CP, up to level 10)
• Level 10-12: (Professional Activities) Restore a palimpsest from the Library at Jericho (requires Jericho Library) and Translate a Möbius text (Watchful/Artisan of the Red Science Challenges, +1 CP, up to level 13). These are only available with the Correspondent profession effectively requiring SotC 10.
• Level 1-14: (CHRISTMAS) Examine it through your Semiotic Monocle (SotC Challenge, +1 CP on success, up to level 15) using Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
• Level 10-14: (CHRISTMAS) Write a monograph on it...in it (SotC Challenge, +2-14 CP, up to level 15), only available with the Correspondent profession effectively requiring SotC 10. Using Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
• Level 1-20: (Social Action) (Carefully) read a flame-proof missive in Your Social Engagements, requires a Correspondent contact to Compile notes on the Correspondence and send them to you as a Flame-proof Missive (variable CP gain, more CP the less you have, up to level 21)
• Level 5-20: Perhaps you can remember something useful at Use Correspondence Plaques to expand your knowledge of the Correspondence in Shadowy Dealings at the University (+1 CP, rare: +3 CP, up to level 21)

Gaining A Scholar of the Correspondence - Table of Full Details

Max	Storylet	Req.	Check	Pass	Rare Pass	Fail	Rare Fail
1-3	What's that?	2x	84	+1CP  +2  < -2		< -2  +1CP
1-3	Look for more evidence of the Correspondence in the ruins	81-100	88	+1CP  +15  +1CP
1-7	Learned discourse Term Passing... (Guide)	< 5  8-11	87	+44	+1CP  +44	+2CP
1-10	A merry wager Term Passing... (Guide)	< 5  12  15	50%	+1CP  +1		-30CP  -50CP  -1
1-10	Somewhat challenging music Artistry in the Empress' Court (Guide)	24	N/A	+1CP  +3000  +8CP  +1CP
1-10	FATE Card Corresponding Ocelot Card		N/A	+1CP  +20  +1CP
1-10	FATE Card Bifurcated Owl Ocelot Card	1x  1x	50%	+5CP  +10  -1  -1	+5CP  +10  +1  -1  -1	-1  -1  +4CP
3-10	Rare Card Look closer 2 Bazaar Side-Streets Only	5 Actions		+1CP  +50CP  +1  +1CP
10-13	Restore a palimpsest from the Library at Jericho Professional Activities (Guide)	40-60	180  5	+1CP  +410		+200  +2CP
10-13	Translate a Möbius text Professional Activities (Guide)	70-100	180  11	+1CP  +410  +1		+200
10-15	Examine it through your Semiotic Monocle Christmas (Guide)		6	+1CP  +10CP } +3 If <6  -1		-1  +1CP
10-15	Write a monograph on it...in it Christmas (Guide)		15	+2-14CP  +60CP  +1-20CP  +10CP  +10CP  -1  +3CP		-1  +3CP
1-21	(Carefully) read a flame-proof missive Social Actions (Guide) #The Letter Method - Excellent Combination		N/A	+?CP  +*CP  +*CP  +1-9CP
5-21	Perhaps you can remember something useful #The University Plaques Method - Reliable Grinding	100+10x   x   1x  1x	150	+1CP  +10  +1CP  -x   -1  -1  +1-5CP	+3CP  +3CP	-x   -1  -1  +1-4CP  +1-5CP  -1-10CP
10-21	Capture what you've learned #The University Plaques Method - Reliable Grinding	50+10x   (3+ /2)  1x  1x	150	+1CP  +10  +1CP  -(3+ /2)  -1  -1  +1-5CP	+3CP  +3CP	-(3+ /2)  -1  -1  +1-4CP  +1-5CP  -1-10CP
10-21	Infrequent Card Pursue truths through the Red Science University Laboratory (Guide) #The Lab Research Method - Profession Pays		150  6	+*	+1CP  +*  +2-3CP	+*  +1CP	+1CP  +*  +1CP

The recommended way is to raise to level 7 using Look for more evidence of the Correspondence in the ruins, then write Correspondence symphonies at The Empress' Court. (This requires exactly 27 symphonies! On the bright side it also gives 810 Echoes worth of Moon-Pearls.)

Alternatively asking other players with the Correspondent profession for help can speed the process up greatly, as the letters they can send can give more CP the less you have (it's a random range, you can still get only 1 at times), making reaching level 10 quite fast. When short on Academic friends, The Fallen London subreddit [1], and the official forums [2] are both great places to find helpful people.

You can also use the The University Method (detailed below) from level 5, but due to its expensiveness, the above options are recommended for reaching level 10.

Going beyond level 10 - The Searing Road

The only reliable ways to push SotC further after level 10 are burning plaques at the University, acquiring it during research if you're a Correspondent yourself or by reading letters from other Correspondents. The University plaque option gives +1 CP at a time (with the option having a rare success to give +3 (the rare success chance is assumed around 2%)), the research is always +1 CP, while the letters give a random amount, between 1 CP and an upper limit which is determined by how much SotC you already have. They always provide at least 1 CP, and possible more, but the range deteriorates to only 1 at higher levels (around level 15).

The University plaque method and the letters require increasing amounts of Watchful, peaking at 300 (modified) for the University, and 200 (base) for the letters to reach the final, 21st level.

CP needed for Specific whole SotC levels

Current SotC	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
CP to 21	216	210	203	195	186	176	165	153	140	126	111	95	78	60	41	21
CP to 20	195	189	182	174	165	155	144	132	119	105	90	74	57	39	20
CP to 19	175	169	162	154	145	135	124	112	99	85	70	54	37	19
CP to 18	156	150	143	135	126	116	105	93	80	66	51	35	18
CP to 17	138	132	125	117	108	98	87	75	62	48	33	17
CP to 16	121	115	108	100	91	81	70	58	45	31	16
CP to 15	105	99	92	84	75	65	54	42	29	15
CP to 14	90	84	77	69	60	50	39	27	14
CP to 13	76	70	63	55	46	36	25	13
CP to 12	63	57	50	42	33	23	12
CP to 11	51	45	38	30	21	11
CP to 10	40	34	27	19	10

(Remember that this table (and the ones below) work with whole levels. You could be at level 7 but have 3 CP already towards the next level. In that case, if you aim for 21, you only need 203-3=200 CP.)

Before continuing, take a look at what higher levels are actually used for and then make sure you have the determination needed and your goals set before attempting!

The Letter Method - Excellent Combination

Receiving a Flame-proof Missive from other players with the Correspondent profession is an easy and cheap way of raising SotC, and even allows you to slip out of getting 300 Watchful that the plaque method requires. They take a single action to read, but also gives 4 CP Wounds on average (1-7 CP). You can use them to get the last level or two, if you can't reach 300 Watchful. (Also, while not set in stone, it is considered polite to somehow repay the helping Correspondents if they require it.)

These letters are meant to have a chance of giving more CP the less you have, helping to reach level 10 quicker with help. You always gain CP on a range of 1 to an upper limit, said limit is determined only by your current SotC level. (Exact deterioration rate is currently unknown.) This upper limit is gradually reduced to 1 at around level 15, meaning you always gain only 1 CP/letter afterwards.

This method also require increasing amount of Watchful but here it's a base stat requirement. You need 200 base Watchful to reach 21 SotC. The formula is your current SotC level * 10 is the amount of Base Watchful needed to get any CP from a letter.

The SotC gain here doesn't suffer from Mired in Mail scaling, meaning no matter how many letters you've read this week, they will always give SotC CP if the base Watchful requirement is met. The accompanying Watchful and Dangerous gains do, sadly, scale down as normal.

When short on Academic friends, The Fallen London subreddit [3], the official Discord server [4], and the official forums [5] are all great places to find helpful people.

A Flame-proof Missive requires from the sender:

• 5 x F.F. Gebrandt's Flame-Resilient Paper
• 2 x Extraordinary Implication
• 2 x Volume of Collated Research

Only the receiving end benefits from SotC gain. (But the sender gains a good amount of Corresponding... for their work and, possibly, your grateful gifts for their help!)

Since the bonus CP disappears around level 15, getting to 21 by only using these letter would require a lot of corresponding. For this reason, it is advised to use the The University Method until the final levels. Of course, if you have the means and friends necessary to receive an extraordinary amount of letters there's no one to stop you!

The Lab Research Method - Profession Pays

• Level 10-20: Pursue truths through the Red Science in your own Laboratory, if you're a Correspondent by profession (+1 CP on alternative success/failure, up to level 21)

If you're a Correspondent by profession, you can pursue truths through the Red Science when doing research in the Laboratory, which has a 22% chance of raising SotC by 1 CP, in both success and failure. Specifically, it allows you to draw the infrequent (80% as common) specific card during your projects, which has the mentioned option. It gives Wounds on a failure, but always generates at least a bit of Laboratory Research.

If you are researching with the sole purpose of raising your SotC, there are a couple of techniques that can be used to maximize your gain.

• Always clear your hand if you can to refresh and attempt to get the card.
• Always play the least frequent card where possible, or cards that when played remove themselves from your deck until a condition is met once more, (eg Refresh your Consumables).
• When you reach your research goal, make sure to draw that last card and play it if it is Read the Books that Others Cannot. Repeat until you don't have that card.
• If you are training students, never graduate that student until you have them and/or Directing your Team in your hand to clear their card.
  • Then only add them back to the lab when your hand is full of Filing a report for the Dean or Work with your Equipment

The University Plaques Method - Reliable Grinding

Use Correspondence Plaques to expand your knowledge of the Correspondence at Shadowy Dealings at the University. Gives 1 CP/action, and 3 CP Wounds on average (1-5 CP), with a rare success giving +3 CP.

Requires both increasing Watchful and tons of resources, specifically Aeolian Screams, Extraordinary Implications and Correspondence Plaques.

Watchful needed at specific whole SotC levels for the University

SotC	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Watchful	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250	260	270	280	290	300
Watchful (if Correspondent)						150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250

(Needed to push beyond that level, for example to push beyond level 14 and reach level 15, you need 240)

This is available after reaching level 5, but is unadvised to use before level 10 due to its expensiveness. The other options to reach 10 are cheaper, this is mainly for getting higher than 10.

Correspondence Plaques and the other goodies

The resources. Each single CP requires:

• 1 x Aeolian Scream
• 1 x Extraordinary Implication
• Current SotC level x  Correspondence Plaque, or only 3 + (Current SotC level / 2) (rounded down) x  Correspondence Plaque for Correspondents.

This means you need increasing amounts of Correspondence Plaques. You will need as much Screams and Implications as CP. As for plaques:

Note: None of the calculations below rely on the rare success. Numbers in parentheses are the cost for Correspondents.

Correspondence Plaque requirements for specific whole SotC levels

Current SotC	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Plaques to 21	3040 (2116)	3010 (2086)	2968 (2044)	2912 (1996)	2840 (1933)	2750 (1863)	2640 (1775)	2508 (1679)	2352 (1562)	2170 (1436)	1960 (1286)	1720 (1126)	1448 (939)	1142 (741)	800 (513)	420 (273)
Plaques to 20	2620 (1843)	2590 (1813)	2548 (1771)	2492 (1723)	2420 (1660)	2330 (1590)	2220 (1502)	2088 (1406)	1932 (1289)	1750 (1163)	1540 (1013)	1300 (853)	1028 (666)	722 (468)	380 (240)
Plaques to 19	2240 (1603)	2210 (1573)	2168 (1531)	2112 (1483)	2040 (1420)	1950 (1350)	1840 (1262)	1708 (1166)	1552 (1049)	1370 (923)	1160 (773)	920 (613)	648 (426)	342 (228)
Plaques to 18	1898 (1375)	1868 (1345)	1826 (1303)	1770 (1255)	1698 (1192)	1608 (1122)	1498 (1034)	1366 (938)	1210 (821)	1028 (695)	818 (545)	578 (385)	306 (198)
Plaques to 17	1592 (1177)	1562 (1147)	1520 (1105)	1464 (1057)	1392 (994)	1302 (924)	1192 (836)	1060 (740)	904 (623)	722 (497)	512 (347)	272 (187)
Plaques to 16	1320 (990)	1290 (960)	1248 (918)	1192 (870)	1120 (807)	1030 (737)	920 (649)	788 (553)	632 (436)	450 (310)	240 (160)
Plaques to 15	1080 (830)	1050 (800)	1008 (758)	952 (710)	880 (647)	790 (577)	680 (489)	548 (393)	392 (276)	210 (150)
Plaques to 14	870 (680)	840 (650)	798 (608)	742 (560)	670 (497)	580 (427)	470 (339)	338 (243)	182 (126)
Plaques to 13	688 (554)	658 (524)	616 (482)	560 (434)	488 (371)	398 (301)	288 (213)	156 (117)
Plaques to 12	532 (437)	502 (407)	460 (365)	404 (317)	332 (254)	242 (184)	132 (96)
Plaques to 11	400 (341)	370 (311)	328 (269)	272 (221)	200 (158)	110 (88)
Plaques to 10	290 (253)	260 (223)	218 (181)	162 (133)	90 (70)

All of the 3 resources needed can be acquired from Journals of Infamy:

50 x Journal of Infamy + 5 CP Connected: Benthic ▸ 10 x Extraordinary Implication (1 Action)

50 x Journal of Infamy ▸ 51 x Correspondence Plaque (1 Action)

50 x Correspondence Plaque ▸ 10 x Aeolian Scream (2 Actions)

You can accrue large amounts of Maniac's Prayers, which can be upconverted to correspondence plaques, at the Rat Market. Simply selling anything will give you rat-shillings, which can be exchanged 1 to 1 with Maniac's Prayers (see Guide).

Grinding Plaques

There are three main grinds for collecting Correspondence Plaques:

• Side converting 50 x Journal of Infamy after Publishing a Newspaper
  • An edition brimming with truth and wisdom, The tawdry secrets of the famous laid bare! or The finest kind of madness gives 5.77 Correspondence Plaques per action.
  • A gossipy and tantalising edition with optimum Salacious Copy, gives 7.03 Correspondence Plaques per action.
• Exploring The Maze-Garden on Polythreme (16 actions). Each cycle will cost 1 x Prisoner's Mask
  • This averages 9.33 Correspondence Plaques per action, with some variation
  • Upconverting plaques from this grind results in ~1.57 Aeolian Scream per action
• Buying Maniac's Prayers from The Rat Market and upconverting. Various breakpoints:
  • Maniac's Prayer sourced at 29x per action results in 5.76 Correspondence Plaques per action
  • Maniac's Prayer sourced at 36x per action results in 7.04 Correspondence Plaques per action
  • Maniac's Prayer sourced at 49x per action results in 9.37 Correspondence Plaques per action

Detailed calculations for these can be found here: A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)/Calculations

300 Watchful

As mentioned, raising SotC this way requires more (modified) Watchful each time a new SotC level is reached, capping at a whopping 300 to reach the final, 21st level. This is quite the challenge in itself, likely requiring the use of more than one Mood card due to the sheer amount of actions. Take a look at Watchful Items and perhaps even Raising Attribute Caps (Guide) to figure out how you could achieve this, but some tips are shown below. (The Mood no longer counts as a hat, and is now a Boon-slot item, which does not even exclude other Boons, if you have them.) Good news is, this is simply the requirement and the challenge itself always stays the same, at Broad 150.

And if you're absolutely certain you cannot reach 300 Watchful even with a Mood, and lack the patience to either get the needed items or raise your Watchful cap, there is still a way. Consider becoming a correspondent and lowering your requirement to 250 instead. Also take a look at The Letter Method.

It is possible to reach 300 without having the Overgoat, spending Fate, completing an Ambition, relying on Seasonal items or having a Watchful Destiny. However this requires:

• Base Watchful of 222 (must have reached Station VIII) (Remember that this is only for the above-mentioned conditions! Can be lowered if you have the Overgoat, Seasonal or Fate-locked items or a Watchful Destiny. Having a matching Destiny, profession and the Philosophically Perfect Partnership Spouse will already reduce the limit to 212, cancelling the requirement to reach Station VIII (or even open the first station).)
• Having 25 Renown: Revolutionaries for the item, Language of Laces
• Having 40 Renown: The Great Game for the item, The Great Game
• Access to The Court of the Wakeful Eye for The Minister of State Affairs
• CASH MONEY TO BUY the MOST DAZZLING GARMENTS AND MITTS AVAILABLE TO any RESPECTABLE AND WELL-TO-DO CITIZEN of the BAZAAR'S FIFTH CITY!

Gaining 300 without the Mood is also possible with the right combination of Destinies, Seasonal items, and Fate locked goodies, all without specific completed Ambition items!

Efficient Moods

In the likely event that you can't reach 300 Watchful without a Mood there's another inconvenience encountered near the end. Wounds gain and action costs. Just going from 20 to 21 takes 21 actions while also hurting a lot (3 CP on average). This means that even when starting from perfect health, you'll likely be dead after only gaining 12 CP SotC. Mood cards are Rare and only last for an hour, so needing to wait for more is not exactly pleasant when being so close to greatness! You'll need to count your actions and effectively take care of your Wounds to maximize each Mood. Be sure to wait for all your actions to regenerate before activating the Mood, and you gain an additional 5-6 actions while the Mood itself lasts. Take a look at Wounds Loss to figure out your healing options, some of the best are picked out here, and also some tips for maxing actions:

Maximizing Wounds Loss

• A Magnificent Feast from Christmas. If you have this in your pantry from the last Lacre-season, this could be a perfect time to effectively use it. Not only does it evaporate all your wounds, it also gives 10 extra actions!
• (FATE) The Rare Card of the Slavering Dream-Hound cures all Wounds with a bit of bonus Piece of Rostygold! If you have the Hound, you can hold onto the card until the need arises!
• Using 2 x Professional Perk to Lose half your Wounds. Not an efficient way of using Perk Points, but it comes in handy here.
• Attend to Your Health in your Parabolan Base-Camp, -3, or -6 CP if you have a bowl of Parabolan Orange-apples at hand. This also requires some Exotic Qualities and an action to enter the camp itself.
• Take a moment to tend your wounds when brawling with dockers is a mid-level Dangerous check, giving -3 CP, and -2 even if you fail. This is probably the best reliable option without outside help, unless you amass Parabolan Orange-apples and can guarantee the checks in your Parabolan Base-Camp.
• A acquaintance offering you help is the best reliable option if available. Allows to lose 6 CP of Wounds per action if a friend is constantly cooperating. (Drink the medicine they bring for the best effect.)
• A Firkin of Hesperidean Cider is unlikely to be in possession, but takes care of the problem entirely, healing you completely in 2 actions.
• You can also fully heal yourself using FATE from F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour, or A Restorative card. (The card is cheaper, but the tincture is always available.)
• During Hallowmas, it is possible to consistently drop from 7 to 0 wounds in a single action when you Submit all of your Wounds to the Fool. This makes rapid wound generation from grinding SotC much more manageable.

Maximizing Actions

• A Magnificent Feast, as mentioned before, gives +10 actions.
• Darkdrop Coffee gives +10 actions while also adding a single CP of Wounds.
• An Invitation to Linger provided by Time, the Healer each week can be held onto to give +10 actions.
• Being an Exceptional Friend doubles your pool of actions, allowing for a head start of 40 instead of 20.
• You can buy actions with FATE if you're desperate.

Using A Scholar of the Correspondence

(Ambition uses are not included)

Most notable uses

• Level 10 is required to Become a Correspondent
• Ambition: Nemesis makes use of SOTC twice, with higher levels reducing the cost of one section, and level 21 allows you to not have to spend a Searing Enigma at another later point.
• Having level 21 is one option for gaining London's Nerves, part of the path to becoming a Paramount Presence.
• Invite guests from the observatory to a symposium at your Cottage by the Observatory becomes 100% at level 17
• With level 21, you can build a statue of yourself, as Pre-eminent Scholar of the Correspondence at Jericho Locks
• Many SotC challenges are impossible to 100%, so reaching the maximum level of 21 gives the highest achievable success rate
• CHRISTMAS Examine it through your Semiotic Monocle from Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow becomes 100% at level 10
• FEAST OF THE ROSE Getting a Correspondence tattoo requires level 10
• When SMEN, it can be sacrificed for faster progression
• The Correspondent and Secret College cards in the University Lab give better results the higher SotC is

All Uses

Specific levels required

(Naturally, higher levels permit the ones requiring lower than them.)

• Level 1
  • Reading letters sent by Correspondents
  • Starting the Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold story
  • Unlocking an option to start SMEN and an early option right after beginning
  • One of the options when Asking Madame Shoshana to cast your horoscope
  • On the road to becoming a PoSI, can be the cause of your importance
  • The 1 and 50 conversions when using Maniac's Prayers (The 500 conversion doesn't use it)
  • Drawing The Skin of the Bazaar, a rare card found only in the Bazaar Side-streets, also used for one of the options on said card
  • Enabling a new option on a card when on holiday in the Tomb-Colonies
  • The ability to invite the Shivering Relicker for some warm cocoa
  • Gaining the The Formula for Empyrean Redolence from Mr Hearts and beginning the Theological Husbandry stories (FATE-locked)
  • Beginning your Tales of the University
  • Unlocking an option on a card when visiting The Mirror-Marches
  • Reaping the academic benefits in The Forgotten Quarter
  • Composing symphonies in the Correspondence
  • An option at one point in the Wars of Illusion
  • Talking about spiders at your Cottage by the Observatory
  • Understanding the wind when out on the The Sea of Voices
  • Gaining secrets in The Forgotten Quarter
  • Asking the devils about it at your Guest Room at the Brass Embassy
  • Regaining certain stones if misplaced
  • Gaining Virginia's unfortunate attention
  • Noticing hidden signs when riding a cart Beneath the Neath!
  • Getting a certain visitor at Hallowmas
• Level 3
  • Can replace one of the requirements when designing your Zubmarine
  • Unlocking one of the options when choosing A Rainbow of Offerings, a free gift after becoming a PoSI
  • Drawing a red-bordered card when in A state of some confusion
  • Choosing a better option on the rare card, The Skin of the Bazaar
  • Unlocking one of the choices when finishing the story of the Face-Tailor
• Level 4, 9 and 16
  • Can be used when SMEN
• Level 5
  • Unlocking the option to raise SotC at The University up to 21
  • Unlocking the option to raise SotC during research at the University Laboratory up to 21, if you're a Correspondent
• Level 7
  • Entering a non-existent Lighthouse
• Lever 10
  • Becoming a Correspondent
  • Telling the Bazaar a story on the rare card, The Skin of the Bazaar (FATE-locked option)
  • FEAST OF THE ROSE Getting a Correspondence tattoo
• Level 15
  • Swear the oath to become a Steward of the Discordance, by the Hurlers.
• Level 21
  • Putting up a splendid statue of yourself, as Pre-eminent Scholar of the Correspondence at Jericho Locks
  • Unlocking one of the options to gain London's Nerves, on the path to becoming a Paramount Presence
  • Taking pride in your accomplishment

Challenges based on

Some challenges simply cannot be done with 100% success, as SotC 25 is unreachable. This is to be accepted!

• Level 5
  • Reading graffiti on the statue at Station VIII (Broad, 100% at 9)
• Level 6
  • CHRISTMAS Studying snow? using a Semiotic Monocle (Broad, 100% at 10)
• Level 9
  • Examine a curious package after The Efficient Commissioner interrupts the other work of the GHR (Broad, 100% at 15)
• Level 10
  • Presenting a symposium at your Cottage by the Observatory (Broad, 100% at 17)
  • Steeping a Dark-Dewed Cherry Liqueur at Station VIII (Broad, 100% at 17)
  • Persuading a tower to move at Station VIII (Broad, 100% at 14)
  • Reading the language on the Standing Stones in the Hurlers (first time) (Broad, 100% at 17)
  • Drawing on your Knowledge of the Correspondence when researching anything with Correspondence Focus in the University Lab (Broad, 100% at 17)
• Level 15
  • Talking with a Tower at Moulin (Broad, 100% at 25)
  • Disobeying a warning and examining a stone (Broad, 100% at 25)
  • Reading the language on the Standing Stones in the Hurlers (after the first time, has three variants, (2), (3)) (Broad, 100% at 25))
  • Not researching the Correspondence in the Adulterine Castle (Broad, 100% at 25)
  • CHRISTMAS Writing a monograph in snow? (Only for Correspondents) (Broad, 100% at 25)
• Level 18
  • Advising a sliotar in a game of hurling (Broad, 100% at 30)