12 Days of Mr Sacks (Guide)
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The 12 Days of Mr. Sacks is a yearly recurring event that happens during late December and early January. It begins on 25 December and as long as you begin the storyline before the 6th of January, you can always finish it. It used to occur through cards, but since 1899 (2021) they have changed to pinned storylets.
Mr Sacks' visits may be a source of the otherwise rare or expensive Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar, as well as the useful seasonal quality Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (ToL). Since players may navigate each day only once, it is not possible to get every reward in a single year.
- Uncapped ToL may be obtained from Day 2, Day 5 (For those associated with The Celestials), Day 8, Day 11 (only for Notaries and Doctors), and Day 12, for a total of +5.
- Connected: The Masters may be obtained from Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7 (1-2 CP for Bazaarines), Day 11*, and Day 12 (3 CP), for a total of +10-11.
*This option is not available to Tier 3 Professionals, such as Correspondents or Monster-Hunters.
Note that Days 5, 11, and 12 require choosing between ToL and Connected: The Masters. Those wishing to maximise their Taste of Lacre are recommended to align with the Celestials and sign on to become Notaries; all other costs and requirements are generally not as difficult to arrange.
Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks[edit]
Fate options exist to investigate Mr Sacks with a chosen Faction. These may be selected on Day 4. Note that playing these options in later days prevents players from receiving the other possible rewards from the visit, although they are generally otherwise profitable:
Faction | Fate cost | Final Reward | Days |
---|---|---|---|
Benthic | 8 | Dreadful Surmise | 5, 9, 12 |
Bohemians | 8 | Perennial Scholar | 7, 12 |
Revolutionaries | 8 | Ray-Drenched Cinder | 6, 11 |
Urchins | 8 | Starstone Demark | 7, 10 |
Criminals | 12 | A Bedraggled, Forlorn Fox | 6, 11 |
Docks | 12 | Dreadful Surmise | 9, A Sundered Sea |
Duchess | 12 | Vial of Cantigaster Venom | 6, A Sundered Sea |
Hell | 12 | The Rose Giveth Its Verses to Devils and Also to You | 6, 10, 12 |
Rubbery Men | 12 | Your Perpetually Festive Rubbery Friend | 8, 12 |
Tomb-Colonists | 12 | The Undying Respect of the Order of the Blackened Hoof | 7, 11 |
Widow | 12 | Elemental Secret | 7, A Sundered Sea |
Opportunities for hard-to-increase qualities[edit]
On certain days out of the 12 there are options which can be used to increase some usually hard to raise qualities. The highlighted options are often (but not always) mutually exclusive - i.e. you normally can't pick an option which increases all of these on a single Day. Also note that each choice also has its own costs and unlock requirements, specified later in this guide.
This table only shows non-FATE options. Some FATE options can also give these qualities.
A chance to increase... | Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar | Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre[1] | Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
3 | ✓ | ||
4 | |||
5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
6 | ✓ | ||
7 | ✓ | ||
8 | ✓ | ||
9 | ✓ | ||
10 | |||
11 | ✓[2] | ✓ | |
12 | ✓[3] | ✓ | ✓ |
Total possible without FATE | 10 CP | 5 CP | 2 pails |
Day 1: A Peevish Visit from Mr Sacks?[edit]
This first day allows you to gain one CP of Connected: The Masters in exchange for either one bottle of Greyfields '68 or 100 Drops of Prisoner's Honey. The option to trade a Pail for a level of Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre is not worth it given its low cap.
Mr Sacks! Are there... many of you?
- Spoiler
Success
An impatient sniff
- You've gained 5 x Cryptic Clue
Redirects to: Day 1: A Peevish Visit from Mr Sacks?
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Mr Sacks! Would you care for a little of the '68?
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing
Success
"If I must."
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing
- You've gained 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
- You've received a visit from... Mr Sacks? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 1)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
Mr Sacks! Take my best regards!
- Spoiler
Success
A scoffing trill
- You've received a visit from... Mr Sacks? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 1)
- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
Mr Sacks! Would you care for something... spicier than wine?
- Spoiler Unlocked with 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey, Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar 1
Success
A gracious nod
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've lost 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
- You've received a visit from... Mr Sacks? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 1)
Mr Sacks! Take this pail of... snow?
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Success
A judicious nod
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 6)
- You've gained 100 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
- You've received a visit from... Mr Sacks? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 1)
Mr Sacks! Take these wicked words!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Scandal 1, 1 x Appalling Secret, 1 x Proscribed Material
Success
A tilt of the head
- You've received a visit from... Mr Sacks? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 1)
- Your 'Scandal' Quality has gone!
Mr...Sacks?
- Spoiler Unlocked with Christmas Season:, A Veteran of Mr Sacks' Visits 1
Success
An irritable response
- Nightmares is dropping… (-2 CP)
- You've received a visit from… Mr Sacks? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 1)
Day 2: A Genial Visit from Mr Sacks?[edit]
Another bottle of Greyfields '68 will give both a CP of Connected: The Masters and a level of ToL, both uncapped. If you do not have a bottle, you can play your Consonant Violin (bought from the Numismatix) for the same rewards, though this requires already having Connected: The Masters 2. If you have neither, but do meet the Renown requirements, you may give your good name and obtain only the level of ToL.
Mr Sacks! Would you care for a little of the '68?
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing
Success
"What a charming notion!"
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing
- Has Mr Sacks visited you again? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 2)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
Mr Sacks! Take my best regards!
- Spoiler
Success
A shrilling chuckle
- Nightmares is dropping… (-2 CP)
- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Has Mr Sacks visited you again? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 2)
Mr Sacks! Take this eery air!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Consonant Violin, Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar 2
Success
Te-tum, te-tum...
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Has Mr Sacks visited you again? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 2)
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
Mr...Sacks?
- Spoiler Unlocked with A Veteran of Mr Sacks' Visits 1
Success
An easy response
- Watchful is increasing… (+? CP, up to level 200 + Watchful Gains)
Mr Sacks! Take this pail of... snow?
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Success
A carefree shrug
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 7)
- You've gained 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
- Has Mr Sacks visited you again? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 2)
Mr Sacks! Take this tale of romantic misery!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Touching Love Story
Success
A shake of the hooded head
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre (up to 5)
- Has Mr Sacks visited you again? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 2)
Mr Sacks! Take my good name!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar 1, Renown: The Great Game 10, Renown: Bohemians 10, Renown: Society 10, Notability 1
Success
An avuncular chuckle
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- Has Mr Sacks visited you again? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 2)
- You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Day 3: Mr Sacks, in taciturn mood[edit]
Giving Mr Sacks a Magnificent Diamond grants a point of Connected: The Masters.
Mr Sacks! Would you care for a little of the '68?
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing
Success
"Don't drink."
- Mr Sacks? Or, with that lust for diamonds... a certain other Master? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 3)
Mr Sacks! Take my best regards!
- Spoiler
Success
"Prefer diamonds."
- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Mr Sacks? Or, with that lust for diamonds... a certain other Master? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 3)
Mr Sacks! Take this little diamond.
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Flawed Diamond
Success
A sniff
- You've lost 1 x Flawed Diamond
- Mr Sacks? Or, with that lust for diamonds... a certain other Master? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 3)
Mr... Sacks! Take this rather larger diamond.
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Magnificent Diamond
Success
An intake of breath
- You've lost 1 x Magnificent Diamond
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Mr Sacks? Or, with that lust for diamonds... a certain other Master? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 3)
Mr Sacks! Take this pail...
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
Success
A hiss of disdain
- You've lost 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- Mr Sacks? Or, with that lust for diamonds... a certain other Master? (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 3)
Mr Sacks! Take this rather larger diamond. (5 FATE)
- Spoiler Locked with 1 x Magnificent Diamond
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 3!
Day 4: What's the angle?[edit]
The fourth day sets Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks, with most options costing Fate. Based on your Investigating quality, you may select other options in later days, which eventually will lead to a reward. See the table at the top of the guide for more info.
Day 5: Mr Sacks, purringly[edit]
Those identified with the Celestials may obtain a level of ToL in exchange for 10 Persuasive CP. You may alternately trade your dreams of mirrors for a point of Connected: The Masters, or give away your Irrigo to return to the Nadir earlier than normal. If you are investigating on behalf of Benthic, you have an option today.
Mr Sacks! Take this dream of better times
- Spoiler
Success
A fond sigh
- Melancholy is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
Mr Sacks! Take this dream of deep waters!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Having Recurring Dreams: Death by Water 5
Success
A relieved sigh
- Having Recurring Dreams: Death by Water is dropping… (-10 CP)
- Nightmares is dropping… (-10 CP)
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
Mr Sacks! Take this dream of flames!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon 5
Success
An eager sigh
- Having Recurring Dreams: The Fire Sermon is dropping… (-10 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
Mr Sacks! Take this dream of mirrors!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? 5
Success
A coquettish sigh
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
- Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? is dropping… (-10 CP)
- You've gained 2 x Memory of Light
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
Mr Sacks! Take this dream of lost winds!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said 5
Success
A melancholy sigh
- Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said is dropping… (-10 CP)
- Nightmares is dropping… (-10 CP)
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
Mr Sacks! Take my ignorance from me. Are you...
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: scholars at Benthic College
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 5!
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
Mr Sacks! Take this dream of skies untainted!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Identified with a School: The Celestials
Success
A brief silence
- An occurrence! Your 'Discovered: The Cumaean Canal' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Sudden Insight
- Persuasive is dropping… (-10 CP)
Mr Sacks! Take this colour that devils me so!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Irrigo
Success
What happened?
- Your 'Irrigo' Quality has gone!
- You have been visited by a Mr Sacks with an interest in dreams. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 5)
Day 6: A concrudescent Mr Sacks[edit]
If you wrote a Patriotic Adventure in Court, you may exchange it for a CP of Connected: The Masters, or alternately just turn in 10 Touching Love Stories for the same reward. (Patriotic Adventures are not otherwise consumable or saleable.) If you are investigating on behalf of Hell, Criminals, Revolutionaries or the Duchess, you have an option today.
Mr Sacks! Dispose of this sedition for me!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 5 x Proscribed Material
Success
Obstaculous!
- Mr Sacks has visited again. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 6)
- You've lost 5 x Proscribed Material
Mr Sacks! Take this exalted hymn to patriotism!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Copy of your Patriotic Adventure
Success
An eager sigh
- Mr Sacks has visited again. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 6)
- You've lost 1 x Copy of your Patriotic Adventure
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
Mr Sacks! Take these tales of joy and woe!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 10 x Touching Love Story
Success
Extravitant!
- Mr Sacks has visited again. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 6)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've lost 10 x Touching Love Story
Mr Sacks! Take my wicked reputation!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Scandal 3
Success
Thrilled gurgles
- Mr Sacks has visited again. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 6)
- Your 'Scandal' Quality has gone!
Mr Sacks! Take these works of political philosophy...
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: February, of the Calendar Council, 50 x Proscribed Material
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 6!
- You've lost 50 x Proscribed Material
- You've gained 2 x Favours: Revolutionaries (up to 7)
Lure it out of sight as the Duchess suggested
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: the Duchess
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 6!
- You've gained 7 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
- Connected: The Duchess is increasing… (+20 CP)
Distract Mr Sacks, at the rats' signal
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a gang of rats who live in the walls of your Lodgings, 1 x Proscribed Material
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 6!
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've lost 1 x Proscribed Material
Mr Sacks! Take these red words!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a trio of devil poets
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 6!
- You've gained 2 x Favours: Hell (up to 7)
Day 7: Mr Sacks, in embered red[edit]
You may obtain one point of Connected: The Masters for free if you profess London to be peaceable; if you are willing to lose a Revolutionary and Docks favour, it is possible to also obtain a Favour in High Places at the same time. Bazaarines have a more forceful version of this latter option, losing 3 Revolutionaries favours and 1 Docks favour in exchange for 10E, a Favour in High Places, and 1 CP of Connected: The Masters. Note that having the favours is not a prerequisite for selecting the option, so they are not costs per se. If you are investigating on behalf of Bohemians, Tomb-Colonists or Urchins, you have an option today.
Mr Sacks... I have nothing for you.
- Spoiler
Success
It is disappointed
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Mr Sacks: it is peaceful here
- Spoiler
Success
It is pleased
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Mr Sacks, London is the crucible of desires
- Spoiler
Success
It is delighted
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Favour in High Places
- You've lost 1 x Favours: Revolutionaries
- You've lost 1 x Favours: The Docks
- Hedonist is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Mr Sacks, London weeps for the sky
- Spoiler
Success
He is quiet
- Melancholy is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Mr Sacks: the Bazaar strangles and consumes
- Spoiler
Success
He is displeased
- You've gained 1 x Favours: Revolutionaries (up to 7)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is dropping… (-1 CP)
- Forceful is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Mr Sacks: take this work of mine...
- Spoiler Unlocked with Identified with a School: The Bazaarines
Success
A chortle
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Favour in High Places
- You've lost 3 x Favours: Revolutionaries
- You've lost 1 x Favours: The Docks
- You've gained 1000 x Penny
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Invite him into your parlour as the Widow suggested
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: the Gracious Widow
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 7!
- You've gained 7 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
- Connected: The Widow is increasing… (+20 CP)
The Violet-Eyed Waif told you what you should say...
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: the Knotted Sock
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 7!
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Storm-Threnody
- You've gained 1 x Favours: Urchins (up to 7)
Present a seasonal gift
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a Perennial Scholar, 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 7!
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
Invite it in to the salon – where Lettice is waiting
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a crumbling clique of belligerent tomb-colonists
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- Mr Sacks has asked you your opinions. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 7)
Day 8: Mr Shacksh[edit]
Inviting Mr Sacks in grants a level of ToL, and if you are already acquainted with Silas the Showman from a previous year you receive a Direful Reflection and a Bohemian Favour in addition. If you are investigating on behalf of Rubbery Men, you have an option today.
Ask Mr Sacks to give your Rubbery Friend a gift
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a well meaning, but ultimately foolish Rubbery Man
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 8!
Give him honey and jewels
- Spoiler Unlocked with 10 x Venom-Ruby, 10 x Flawed Diamond, 10 x Sapphire, 20 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey, 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
Success
Squeals of glee
- Mr Sacks, indeed! (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 8)
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
- You've lost 20 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
- You've lost 10 x Sapphire
- You've lost 10 x Venom-Ruby
- You've lost 10 x Flawed Diamond
- You've gained 500 x Rat on a String
Chase off this imposter with a stout stick
- Spoiler Unlocked with Watchful 5
Success
Throw him down the steps!
- Mr Sacks, indeed! (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 8)
- You've gained 1 x Intriguing Snippet
- You've gained 1 x Inkling of Identity
Invite him in for wine and cold meats
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882
Success
A quiet meal
- Mr Sacks, indeed! (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 8)
- Magnanimous is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- You've lost 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- An occurrence! Your 'Acquaintance: Silas the Showman' Quality is now 1!
"Silas! You rogue! Times still hard?"
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882, Acquaintance: Silas the Showman 1
Success
"Hard enough"
- You've gained 1 x Direful Reflection
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've lost 1-100 x Penny
- You've lost 1-10 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882
- You've lost 1-10 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
- You've gained 1 x Favours: Bohemians (up to 7)
- Magnanimous is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Heartless is dropping… (-1 CP)
- Mr Sacks, indeed! (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 8)
Day 9: At your window[edit]
Accepting Mr Sacks' heart and lights gives a free Pail of So-Called Snow. If you are investigating on behalf of Benthic or the Docks, you have an option today.
Accept the Wax-Wind
- Spoiler
Success
Anger in its voice, like the lick of flames
- Something was here (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 9)
- You've gained 1 x Antique Mystery
- Wounds is increasing… (+10 CP)
Accept his heart and lights
- Spoiler
Success
A dissolution
- Something was here (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 9)
- You've gained 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
Ignore him as best you can
- Spoiler
Success
A face lost beneath water
- Nightmares is dropping… (-3 CP)
- Something was here (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 9)
Accept a single crumb of bread
- Spoiler Locked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
Success
Hunger, like the distant call of crows
- Something was here (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 9)
- You now have 1 - Flirting with Disaster x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
Accept the Name!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Seeking Mr Eaten's Name 3
Success
A trace of sadness, like the frost which silvers the night
- Something was here (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 9)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+20 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Seeking Mr Eaten's Name (up to 28)
- What is forgotten? (Sets A Question - to 2)
"Get off my d__n window, apparition!"
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a shambolic pubful of inebriated zailors
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 9!
- You've gained 7 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Strong-Backed Labour
Ask him what he wants
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: scholars at Benthic College
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 9!
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Unaccountably Peckish (up to 10)
- You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Accept a memory of amalgamy
- Spoiler Unlocked with In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement -
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 9!
- You've gained 2 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement - is dropping… (-2 CP)
Day 10: Down the chimney![edit]
Most of these options trade a Wild Words item for a Rag Trade item of the next price bracket. The best deal is to trade a Storm-Threnody for Parabola-Linen. If you are investigating on behalf of Hell, you have an option today while Urchins claim their final reward.
Mr Sacks! Take this limping rhyme.
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Maniac's Prayer
Success
A restless creak
- Mr Sacks has requested wild words. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 10)
- You've lost 1 x Maniac's Prayer
- You've gained 1 x Whisper-Satin Scrap
Mr Sacks! Take this wounded metal!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Correspondence Plaque
Success
A cautious creak
- Mr Sacks has requested wild words. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 10)
- You've lost 1 x Correspondence Plaque
- You've gained 1 x Thirsty Bombazine Scrap
Mr Sacks! Take the sky's pain!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Aeolian Scream
Success
A whimsical creak
- Mr Sacks has requested wild words. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 10)
- You've lost 1 x Aeolian Scream
- You've gained 1 x Puzzle-Damask Scrap
Mr Sacks! Take this little work of the wind!
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Storm-Threnody
Success
An urgent creak
- Mr Sacks has requested wild words. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 10)
- You've gained 1 x Parabola-Linen Scrap
- You've lost 1 x Storm-Threnody
Mr Sacks! Take my best regards!
- Spoiler
Success
Nothing more to say
- Subtle is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5)
- Mr Sacks has requested wild words. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 10)
There! This is the one you were waiting for...
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: the Knotted Sock
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 10!
- You've gained 1 x Starstone Demark
- You've gained 3 x Favours: Urchins (up to 7)
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
Mr Sacks! Have this dance!
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a trio of devil poets
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 10!
- You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
Day 11: Mr Sacks, mutely[edit]
Doctors and Notaries receive an additional level of ToL, while low-tier professions may receive a CP of Connected: The Masters instead. If you are investigating on behalf of Criminals, Tomb-Colonists, or Revolutionaries, you claim your final reward today.
Accept the invitation
- Spoiler Unlocked with Profession: None, Campaigner, Trickster, Journalist, Enforcer, Rat-Catcher, Watcher, Tough, Minor Poet, Pickpocket, Enquirer, Author, Murderer, Stalker, Agent, Mystic, Conjurer, Tutor, Undermanager
Success
A rattling crimson stain
- Mr Sacks has offered you a carriage-ride. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 11)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+1 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Climb into its crimson-lacquered carriage
- Spoiler Unlocked with Profession: Correspondent, Profession: Licentiate, Profession: Monster-Hunter, Profession: Midnighter, Profession: Silverer, Profession: Crooked-Cross
Success
Judged
- Mr Sacks has offered you a carriage-ride. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 11)
- You've gained 1 x Bazaar Permit
The door of its crimson carriage swings open
- Spoiler Unlocked with Profession: Notary or Profession: Doctor
Success
A moment's peace
- Mr Sacks has offered you a carriage-ride. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 11)
- You've gained 1 x Primaeval Hint
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
Decline the invitation
- Spoiler
Success
Left on the threshold
- Mr Sacks has offered you a carriage-ride. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 11)
- Nightmares is dropping… (-2 CP)
- Wounds is dropping… (-2 CP)
Refuse to go, but offer it a knife, and a candle
- Spoiler Unlocked with 1 x Skyglass Knife, 1 x Mourning Candle, Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar 3
Success
A nod
- Mr Sacks has offered you a carriage-ride. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 11)
- You've lost 1 x Mourning Candle
- You've lost 1 x Skyglass Knife
- You've gained 1 x Bazaar Permit
- You've gained 1 x Blackmail Material
- You've gained 1 x Touching Love Story
Decline, but offer it the chair nearest the fire
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: February, of the Calendar Council.
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 11!
- You've gained 1 x Ray-Drenched Cinder
- You've gained 3 x Favours: Revolutionaries (up to 7)
- Renown: Revolutionaries is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 55)
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
Launch a ratty rescue
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a gang of rats who live in the walls of your Lodgings
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 11!
- You now have 1 x A Bedraggled, Forlorn Fox
- You've gained 3 x Favours: Criminals (up to 7)
- Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 55)
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
Accept the invitation, at Lettice's request
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a crumbling clique of belligerent tomb-colonists
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- You now have 1 x A Rendezvous Aboard the HMS Ungulate
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 11!
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
- You've gained 3 x Favours: Tomb-Colonies (up to 7)
- Renown: Tomb-Colonies is increasing… (+3(?) CP, up to level 55)
Day 12: Mr Sacks, at its limits[edit]
Taking advantage of Mr Sacks gives both a Pail of So-Called Snow and a level of ToL, at the cost of one CP of Connected: The Masters. Assisting it gives 3 CP Connected: The Masters and a Favour in High Places. If you are investigating on behalf of Bohemians, Hell, Rubbery Men, or Benthic, you claim your final reward today.
Assist the wreck of Sacks
- Spoiler
Success
A helping hand
- You've gained 1 x Favour in High Places
- Magnanimous is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is increasing… (+3 CP)
- Heartless is dropping… (-3 CP)
- Mr Sacks... is gone. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 12)
Take advantage of the situation
- Spoiler
Success
A curious tumble of trinkets
- Mr Sacks... is gone. (Sets Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks to 12)
- Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar is dropping… (-1 CP)
- You've gained 44 x Rat on a String
- You've gained 3 x Devilbone Die
- You've gained 1 x Map Scrap
- You've gained 400 x Shard of Glim
- Ruthless is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Magnanimous is dropping… (-3 CP)
- You've gained 1 x Battered Grey Overcoat
- You've gained 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
Send your Rubbery Friend to help
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a well meaning, but ultimately foolish Rubbery Man
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 12!
- An occurrence! Your 'Your Perpetually Festive Rubbery Friend' Quality is now 1!
- You've gained 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- Magnanimous is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 10)
- Ruthless is dropping… (-3 CP)
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
Now this is what you've been waiting for
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: scholars at Benthic College.
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 12!
- You've gained 1 x Dreadful Surmise
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- Connected: Benthic is increasing… (+100 CP)
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
Allow your devilish associates to take care of this
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a trio of devil poets
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- You now have 1 x An Invitation from Devil Poets
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 12!
- You've gained 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Aeolian Scream
- Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!
Approach with the Perennial Scholar
- Spoiler Unlocked with Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with: a Perennial Scholar
Success
No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.
- An occurrence! Your 'Experiencing Strange Times: Twelve Days of Mr Sacks' Quality is now 12!
- You now have 1 x Perennial Scholar
- You've gained 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
- You've gained 1 x Aeolian Scream
- Your 'Investigating the Twelve Days of Mr Sacks with:' Quality has gone!