Editing Ambition: Light Fingers (Guide)

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''Before you came down here, you heard through a contact here that she had a line on a diamond 'the size of a cow'. She did tend to exaggerate. But even if it's only the size of, say, a pig, or even a kitten, it's worth your time.''

[[Ambition: Light Fingers!]] starts out as a heist story and turns into something much darker, and as such is the only Ambition that offers players a free opportunity to switch to another Ambition. The main attributes are {{IL|Shadowy}} and {{IL|Persuasive}}.

For more information on [[Ambitions]] and choosing between them, consult the [[Ambitions (Guide)|Ambitions guide]].

== Progress ==
This Ambition can be started in {{IL|Spite}} with {{IL|Shadowy}} 6. You can check your progress at any time on the Myself tab under Ambition; the number after the Ambition title is the part of the story you're currently on. This can be helpful when you're unsure where to go next; just find the corresponding part number below.


== Searching for the Fading Music-Hall Singer (0–16) ==

0–2: Track down your contact, the Fading Music-Hall Singer, in {{IL|Spite}}.

* 0: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 0]]: The Fading Music-Hall Singer once told you about a massive diamond. Where is she now? ({{IL|Shadowy}} 6)
* 1: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 1]]: Look for her at Mahogany Hall. ({{IL|Persuasive}} 10)
* 2: Figure out where she lives.
** [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 2a]]: Use {{IL|Whispered Hint|6 x}} to bribe the doorman.
** [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 2b]]: Slip in through a window ({{IL|Shadowy}} 16) and find the {{IL|Painting Fragment}}.

3–5: Investigate the Painting Fragment in {{IL|Veilgarden}}.

* 3: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 3]]: Do some subtle poking-around ({{IL|Persuasive}} 19).
* 4: Track down the painter.
** [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 4a]]: Bribe the Struggling Artist with {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882|30 x}} for the {{IL|Ginger-Haired Fellow's Address}}.
** [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 4b]]: Search the painter's studio ({{IL|Shadowy}} 25).
* 5: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 5]] in {{IL|Veilgarden}}: Talk to the painter ({{IL|Persuasive}} 25).

6–11: Mr Fires' Representative in {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}. If you haven't yet done so, you'll need to reach [[Making Your Name (Guide)#The Fighting Rings|A Name Scrawled In Blood]] 4 by advancing through all the fighting rings in Watchmaker's Hill; this will give you access to Wolfstack.

* 6: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 6]]: Follow Mr Fires' representative ({{IL|Shadowy}} 30).
* 7–8: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 7|What was a representative of Mr Fires doing in that churchyard?]] You can either ask someone (2 actions), or find out firsthand (1 action).
** Speak to the sexton for {{IL|Moon-Pearl|100 x}} ({{IL|Persuasive}} 30), and then [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 8|the vicar]] ({{IL|Persuasive}} 35); '''OR'''
** Do some digging yourself ({{IL|Shadowy}} 42) if you can stand the {{IL|Nightmares}} +2 CP.

* 9: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 9]]: Find a way into the representative's house ({{IL|Shadowy}} 43).
* 10: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 10]]: Question him ({{IL|Persuasive}} 43).
* 11: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 11]]: A clue... of sorts?

12: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 12]]: But what does it mean? ({{IL|Persuasive}} 47) This storylet appears in multiple locations, but you'll only find the information you need in one of them.

13: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 13]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Sneak into Mahogany Hall ({{IL|Shadowy}} 47) to find Hephaesta.

14: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 14]] at {{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}: Meet with Hephaesta.

15–16: Search {{IL|The Forgotten Quarter}} for the Faded Music-Hall Singer.

* 15: [[Ambition: Light Fingers – Searching the Forgotten Quarter]]: You'll need {{IL|Amanita Sherry|8 x}}, {{IL|Soul|25 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1879|150 x}}, and {{IL|Relic of the Fourth City|20 x}} to go searching for the singer.
* 16: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 16]]: Inspect the scene ({{IL|Shadowy}} 52).

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== A Mystery of Sisters (17–36) ==

=== The Sisters (17–24) ===
17–18a: Listen to the singer in {{IL|Veilgarden}}

* 17: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 17]]: Try to get some sense out of her ({{IL|Persuasive}} 57) and obtain the {{IL|Locket Depicting Twin Sisters}}.
* 18: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 18a]]: Listen to her songs to increase your {{IL|Nightmares}} until you reach {{IL|A state of some confusion}}. (Alternatively, you can [[Gaze into Dream's Mirror]] at {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}} to instantly reach this state.)

18b–19: {{IL|A state of some confusion}}

* 18: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 18b]]: If you have any {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour}}, you can trade that to reduce {{IL|Nightmares}} (-1 CP); otherwise, you'll need to take another hit of {{IL|Nightmares}} (+10 CP) and lose a little {{IL|Persuasive}} (-5 CP).
* 19: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 19]]: Find out who's been watching you ({{IL|Shadowy}} 57). 
* Now you'll need to [[:Category:Nightmares Loss (State of some confusion)|reduce your Nightmares to 0]] in order to return to London proper. (In general, the Opportunity Cards will reduce Nightmares by more CP than the static storylets will.)

20–21: The Drownies at {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}

* 20: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 20]]: Follow up on what you learned from the maid; requires {{IL|Shard of Glim|500 x}}.
* 21: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 21]]: Learn about the Drownies' songs ({{IL|Shadowy}} 62) to obtain the {{IL|Drownie Song of the Deep}}.

22–24: The singer is recovering in {{IL|Veilgarden}}

* 22: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 22]]: Visit with the singer at Hephaesta's ({{IL|Persuasive}} 62).
* 23: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 23]]: Find out who knows the location of the jewel for {{IL|Fistful of Surface Currency|200 x}}.
* 24: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 24]]: Look into this "Poor Edward" ({{IL|Persuasive}} 67).

=== Who is Poor Edward? (25–36) ===
25: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 25]] at {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}}: You have three options to find out more about Poor Edward via the Star-gazing Roustabout:

* Bribe the carnies with {{IL|Moon-Pearl|400 x}}, '''OR'''
* Sneak after him ({{IL|Shadowy}} 67), '''OR'''
* Get friendly with the carnies ({{IL|Persuasive}} 67)

26: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 26]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Bring {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|200 x}} and the {{IL|Locket Depicting Twin Sisters}} ({{IL|Shadowy}} 72). 

* Succeed or fail, you will progress the story. You keep the Rostygold if you succeed; if you fail, you lose the Rostygold and go immediately to {{IL|New Newgate Prison}} (and will need to [[:Category:Suspicion Loss (Imprisoned)|reduce Suspicion to 0]] in order to escape again), this does not raise your [[A Criminal Record:|Criminal Record]]. If you have not yet gotten {{IL|Acquaintance: the Repentant Forger}} because you have wisely avoided raising your Criminal Record and stayed out of prison, then now is a good time to do so since this opportunity is practically consequence-free, presuming that you can [[The Repentant Forger 2|draw the card]]. Equip either a {{IL|Weasel of Woe|Appearance=Woesel}} or a {{IL|Talkative Rattus Faber}} (if you're poor) to help in purposefully failing this check.

27: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 27]] at {{IL|Mrs Plenty's Carnival}}: Try once more to locate the Star-gazing Roustabout ({{IL|Persuasive}} 72).

28–29: Searching Winewound Heath, beginning at {{IL|Your Lodgings}}

28: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 28]]: You'll need {{IL|Vision of the Surface|3 x}} to prepare for your search.

29: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 29]]: Search the cottage ({{IL|Shadowy}} 72).

30–32: Do some poking around at {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}

* 30: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 30]]: Ask around ({{IL|Persuasive}} 77).
* 31: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 31]]: Get the Avuncular Engineer to tell you about the dirigible Poor Edward uses.
** Bribe him with {{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver|400 x}}, '''OR''' 
** Blackmail him ({{IL|Shadowy}} 77).

* 32: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 32]]: Sneak aboard the dirigible ({{IL|Shadowy}} 82).

33: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 33]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Ask the orphans of Spite about the Orphanage ({{IL|Shadowy}} 82).

34: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 34]] in {{IL|Veilgarden}}: Meet with Hephaesta ({{IL|Persuasive}} 82) and get the {{IL|Locket Depicting Twin Sisters}} back.

35: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 35]] in {{IL|Spite}}: Plan to break into the Orphanage.

* Spend {{IL|Appalling Secret|20 x}} and {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|8 x}}, '''OR'''
* Spend {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|2 x}} and {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|5 x}}

36: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! Lunching with the Enemy]]: Accept Poor Edward's invitation and obtain a {{IL|Bag of Lethean Tea-Leaves}}. 

*Between now and the end of the next (Orphanage) section, you can use the tea-leaves to forget this Ambition and choose another. If you don't use the tea-leaves by [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Escape|part 47 (The Escape)]], you will lose them.

==The Orphanage (37–47)==
You will cross the Labyrinth to get to The Orphanage.

The Labyrinth has pretty tough Shadowy challenges, so maybe arm yourself with {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note}} or two (or more), and have low {{IL|Wounds}} and {{IL|Nightmares}} when entering.

To enter, you need at least {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|800 x}}. These aren't consumed upon entry; instead, each step consumes 50 of them, and if you cannot make enough progress, your only option is to leave, and lose all progress. So it's best to over-provision, and come in with ~2000 candles. Oversupplied candles are not lost, and can later be used for other things.

=== The Labyrinth (37–42) ===
*37: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Labyrinth in Spite]], needs at least {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|800 x}}, moves you to {{IL|the shadows of the Orphanage}}.
*[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Navigating the labyrinth]]. Each option here consumes {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|50 x}} regardless of outcome; success advances the {{IL|Ambition: Light Fingers!}} quality by 9 CP. You need 13 successes to advance Light Fingers to 40.
**{{IL|Shadowy}} 96 (160 for 100%)
**{{IL|Persuasive}} 89 (149 for 100%)
**{{IL|Luck}} 20–30%
40: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Creature in the Labyrinth]], {{IL|Shadowy}} 103

41: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Blind Cartographer]]

42: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Candle]], gives you {{IL|Everlasting Candle}}, needs '''one''' of
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 110 check
* {{IL|London Street Sign|5 x}}
*{{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|30 x}}, {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}} 3

=== The Orphanage (43–47) ===
43: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Orphanage]]

44: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! the Hulking Orderly]]
*Steal his Uniform, {{IL|Shadowy}} 117
*Bribe him, {{IL|Persuasive}} 96, needs {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|500 x}}, which you lose even on failure
Now you can enter the Orphanage. Note that you can [[Leave the orphanage|leave]] and [[Ambition: Light Fingers! return to the Orphanage|return]] at will during this section.

45: In {{IL|The Silent Corridors of the Orphanage}}, you will encounter high {{IL|Shadowy}} and {{IL|Persuasive}} checks. Successes will raise {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage}}, which is needed to access certain rooms. Failures will increase {{IL|Attracting Attention in the Orphanage}}, which you do not want to do.

[[The White Corridors]] storylet gives you two options, at {{IL|Shadowy}} 124 or {{IL|Persuasive}} 110, either of which can give you your first point of {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage}}. Now you can begin searching the rooms.

Step by step:
*Enter whatever combination of Rooms [[Room 215|215]], [[Room 324|324]], [[Room 387|387]], [[Room 451|451]], and [[Room 839|839]] you choose to raise {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage|Appearance=Exploring}} to 6. This will require a total of 20 CP Exploring. Most options give 1 CP {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage|Appearance=Exploring}} on success and 1 CP {{IL|1=Attracting Attention in the Orphanage|Appearance=Attention}} on failure, with a few exceptions:
**[[Room 101]]: only increases {{IL|1=Attracting Attention in the Orphanage|Appearance=Attention}}
**[[Room 324]]: Failing the Dangerous challenge gives 2 CP {{IL|1=Attracting Attention in the Orphanage|Appearance=Attention}}
**[[Room 387]]: no {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage|Appearance=Exploring}} for the theft option
**[[Room 451]]: the Shadowy challenge gives 1 CP {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage|Appearance=Exploring}} and 3 CP {{IL|1=Magnanimous}} on success, and a whopping 5 CP {{IL|1=Attracting Attention in the Orphanage|Appearance=Attention}} on failure; success on the alternative action gives 2 CP {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage|Appearance=Exploring}} and 3 CP {{IL|Heartless}}
**[[Room 839]]: 2 CP {{IL|Exploring the Orphanage|Appearance=Exploring}} and the {{IL|Orphanage Roof Key}} on success, 2 CP {{IL|1=Attracting Attention in the Orphanage|Appearance=Attention}} on failure. You must succeed at some point, because you need the key to escape later.
*With Exploring 3–6, you can enter [[Room 122]], the basement (optional, but relevant to the story).
*At Exploring 6, you can enter [[Room 547]], the records room. This enables you to find the sisters.
*Enter [[Room 316]] and rescue the sisters.
If {{IL|Attracting Attention in the Orphanage}} reaches 6 (which requires only 6 CP total, since you start at 5), Edward will catch you and [[Discovered!|bury you alive]]. The only way out of that is to either [[Head-butt the lid|slowly increase your wounds]] until you [[Dead – Thank God|die]], and embark on [[a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river]]; or, with {{IL|Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant}} 5, [[Tug the root|rely on botanical assistance]]. Either way, once you're back home, [[Ambition: Light Fingers! return to the Orphanage|return to the orphanage]] to get back on track.

Once you've found the sisters and the Roof Key, it's time to [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Escape|Escape]]. And decide what to do about the Orphanage. Whatever you choose, once you play this storylet, your {{IL|Bag of Lethean Tea-Leaves}} is gone; if you want out of this Ambition after that, visit [https://www.fallenlondon.com/fate the Fate page] and choose "Reset your Ambition (50 Fate)".

==Dr Vaughan's Encampment (48–54)==

Make sure to check all the requirements from this section before [[Zailing (Guide)|Zailing]], for example you have no option to lower your Scandal or obtain many of the required items after you have left London.

48–49: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! - Taking Care of Clarabelle]] (Back to London), {{IL|Persuasive}} 127 challenge

50: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! Seeking Dr. Vaughan]], at {{IL|The University}}, needs {{IL|Volume of Collated Research|20 x}}

51: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Southern Archipelago]], at {{IL|A Secluded Coastline}} (you need to Zail to get here)

52: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! - Meeting Doctor Vaughan]], {{IL|Persuasive}} 130

53: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! Doctor Vaughan Explains]] (Requires {{IL|Respectable}} 7, {{IL|Scandal}} < 3 and not having {{IL|Unwelcome at the University -}})

54: [[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements]] (Requires {{IL|Nodule of Warm Amber|1 x}}, {{IL|Amanita Sherry|24 x}}, {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|20 x}}, {{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap|2 x}}, {{IL|Aeolian Scream|20 x}}, {{IL|Whirring Contraption|2 x}})

==Preparing an Expedition to the Roof (55–65)==

55: [[Ambition: Light Fingers – Preparing an Expedition to the Roof]]

Getting {{IL|Ready to Fly}} (you need three points):
* [[Light Fingers: Acquire Moon-Miser Snaring Supplies]] {{IL|Shard of Glim|9000 x}}, {{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|3 x}}, {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}
* A crew through '''one''' of these:
** [[Light Fingers: Hire Rubbery Men for your Crew]] {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|1250 x}}, {{IL|Nodule of Trembling Amber|5 x}}
** [[Light Fingers: Hire University Students for your Crew]] {{IL|Whispered Hint|1250 x}}, {{IL|Antique Mystery|2 x}}, {{IL|Cellar of Wine|2 x}}
*** This option costs {{E}}25 more than hiring Rubbers. Normally, which of the two to hire is a no-brainer, however, later in this section of the Ambition, you will receive different minor rewards depending on which crew you hired. Notably, Rubbers will give +1 CP to [[Shapeling Arts]] (but only if you already have it unlocked or have an item boosting it), while the Students will give +1 CP to [[Artisan of the Red Science|Red Science]] (again, only if unlocked or an item is boosting it). Boosting Red Science through the [[Correspondent|Correspondent's]] profession item and picking the students can thus allow you to get a headstart on leveling Red Science before the Railway is open to you, whereas Shapeling Arts has no similar profession item or easily available item pre-Railway, so picking the filthy inhuman Rubbers might lock you out of this early benefit. This last payout in potential Advanced Skill CPs happens much later however, at Light Fingers 284 ([[Light Fingers: From Above]]).
* A Zeppelin through '''one''' of these, the only difference between the choices are the costs and what flavour text you get later:
**[[Light Fingers: Steal a Prison Zeppelin]]: {{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|125 x}}, {{IL|Aeolian Scream|5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Criminals|5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Constables|5 x}}
** [[Light Fingers: Ready the Market Beast]]: Requires (but doesn't consume) {{IL|Key to a Lair in the Marshes}} (costs 300x {{IL|Rat on a String}}), A {{IL|Shadowy}} 300 challenge, increases {{IL|Wounds}} and {{IL|Nightmares}}

* [[Light Fingers: Something is Wrong]] at {{IL| A Secluded Coastline}}, so you need to zail again.

60: [[Light Fingers: Edward and the Clay Men]]

65: [[Light Fingers: Leaving London]]

==Castles in the Ceiling (70–160)==

You will use your Zeppelin to visit and milk the moon-mother.

You can return to London for the cost of five actions, and go back to the Castles in the Ceiling for another action. You'll have to do this round-trip at least twice to lower your Nightmares, and more often if you don't have the items prepared that you need to advance.

70: [[Light Fingers: Intrusion]], needs '''one''' of:
* {{IL|Ancient Hunting Rifle}}, which you lose if you fail a {{IL|Dangerous}} 200 challenge
* {{IL|Puzzling Map|3x}}, of which you lose 2

75: [[Light Fingers: Through the Dead]], needs '''one''' of:
* {{IL|Vision of the Surface|25 x}}
* {{IL|Cellar of Wine}}
* {{IL|Heartless}} 12 AND {{IL|Ruthless}} 12

80: [[Light Fingers: Being Followed]]

85: 

* [[Light Fingers: Lonely as a Cloud]] (5x, adds {{IL|Nightmares}} 1 CP each time)
* [[Light Fingers: The Thick of It]], needs '''one''' of:
** {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|15 x}}, {{IL|Muscaria Brandy|25 x}}, {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}
** {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|3 x}}, {{IL|Emergency Blunderbuss|25 x}}, {{IL|Maniac's Prayer|625 x}}

90: [[Light Fingers: A Second Coming]]

100–115:

* 100–115: [[Light Fingers: The Citadel]] Requires
** {{IL|Nightmares}} at 0 to acquire {{IL|Knowledge of the Arts}} (which sets your {{IL|Nightmares}} to 7)
** {{IL|Night-Whisper|1 x}} and {{IL|Nightmares}} at 0 again to unlock the next step
** {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}, {{IL|Nodule of Pulsating Amber|1 x}}, {{IL|Knowledge of the Arts}}
* 110: [[Light Fingers: Mother Star]]

120: [[Light Fingers: Ready the Milk]]

150: [[Light Fingers: A Place for the Impossible]]

155: [[Light Fingers: A Parting of Ways]]

160: [[Light Fingers: The Starved Men's Requirements]] {{IL|Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax|3000 x}}, {{IL|Memory of Light|30 x}}, {{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}, {{IL|Muscaria Brandy|25 x}}, {{IL|Night-Whisper|1 x}}

==The Skin of the Sun (165–190)==

165: [[Light Fingers: The Skin of the Sun]]

170: [[Light Fingers: Atop the Spire]]

175: [[Light Fingers: A Painstaking Descent]] Needs '''one''' of:
* Passing a {{IL|Persuasive}} 125 Challenge
* {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|1 x}}
* {{IL|Ruthless}} 10

180: [[Light Fingers: The Boiling Sky]] {{IL|Drownie Song of the Deep|1 x}}

185: [[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't]] Requires you to reduce 3 x {{IL|Lost in the Is-Not}} to 0, each step needs '''one''' of:
* {{IL|Monster-Hunter|Profession:}} (works only the first time)
* {{IL|Memory of Light|20 x}}, {{IL|Extraordinary Implication|4 x}}, Locked with {{IL|Nightmares}} 3
* {{IL|Glasswork}} 4 challenge, {{IL|Memory of Light|20 x}}, {{IL|Tale of Terror!!|20 x}}, Locked with {{IL|Nightmares}} 3
* {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|10 x}}, {{IL|Vision of the Surface|20 x}}, {{IL|Zee-Ztory |20 x}}, Locked with {{IL|Nightmares}} 3

190: [[Light Fingers: A Perilous Pilgrimage]] Requires '''one''' of
* {{IL|Maniac's Prayer|100 x}}, {{IL|Puzzling Map|5 x}}
* {{IL|Maniac's Prayer|50 x}} {{IL|Silverer|Profession:}}

==Parabolan Base-Camp (195–240)==

Parabola is a dream-land behind the mirrors, and you will need to gain access to it to advance your Ambition.

If you already have {{IL|Access to a Parabolan Base-Camp}}, this part will be easy. If not, you have basically two options:

* To become a {{IL|Silverer}} (Profession), if not one already, then you need:
** {{IL|Memory of Light|200 x}}
** {{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}
** {{IL|Set of Cosmogone Spectacles|1 x}} (which you automatically have if you are a {{IL|Silverer}})
** {{IL|Direful Reflection|1 x}}
* Otherwise, you need:
** {{IL|Memory of Light|50 x}}
** {{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}
** {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}
** and a {{IL|University Laboratory}} to perform [[Find a Route to Parabola|the research experiment]] needed.


The [[Parabola (Guide)]] has some hints as to how to obtain the necessary items, and what other preparations you can make to enter Parabola. If you go there for the ambition, nothing stops you from doing other business there.

In the course of this ambition, you will be jumping a lot between London and Parabola; each time you enter, it costs {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|100 x}}, or 50 of them if you are a {{IL|Silverer}}. It might be worth it change your profession for that, and for unlocking Parabola in the first place.

195: [[Light Fingers: A Long-awaited Return]]

200: [[Light Fingers: Baseless Speculation]]

203: 

* [[Light Fingers: The First Gift]]
* [[Light Fingers: A Parabolan Base-camp?]]

205-207: [[Light Fingers: Establishing a Parabolan Base-camp]]

215: [[Light Fingers: Bring Dr Vaughan and Clara to Safety]] {{IL|Memory of Light|35 x}}, plus another {{IL|Memory of Light|15 x}} for each time you fail a {{IL|Shadowy}} 180 challenge,

220: [[Light Fingers: Safety at Last]]

225: [[Light Fingers: The Hookman House Caper]] Back in London, {{IL|Shadowy}} 180, needs and consumes
* {{IL|Night-Trimmed Frock Coat|1 x}}
* {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|50 x}}
* {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe|100 x}}
* {{IL|Compromising Document|100 x}}
* {{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
Failing the challenge consumes some of the resources.

230:

* [[Light Fingers: The Second Gift]]
* [[Light Fingers: The Pocket Watch]]

235: [[Light Fingers: The Search for Mr Vaughan]]

240: [[Light Fingers: The Missing Husband]]

==An Old Enemy (245–275)==

You will lay a trap for Poor Edward to free Hephaesta; afterwards you bring her to your Parabolan Base-Camp where she can recover from being drugged.

245: [[Light Fingers: A Message from an Old Enemy]]

250: [[Light Fingers: A Dinner with Poor Edward]]

254: [[Light Fingers: The Third Gift]]

255: [[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast]], {{IL|Stolen Correspondence|500 x}}, {{IL|Strong-Backed Labour|20 x}}, {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|3 x}}, {{IL|Favours: The Docks|3 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Urchins|3 x}}, Locked with {{IL|Wounds}}, {{IL|Nightmares}}

260: [[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast 2]]

265: [[Light Fingers: Poor Edward's Proposal]]

270: [[Light Fingers: Hephaesta's Condition]] {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing|5 x}} (which you lose even if you fail a {{IL|Persuasive}} 170 challenge)

275: [[Light Fingers: A Shelter from the Zee]] (back in Parabolan Base-Camp) Needs '''one''' of:
* {{IL|The Pirate-Poet}} or {{IL|The Pirate-Poet, Inscribed Anew}}
* {{IL|Diary of the Dead|2 x}}, {{IL|Zee-Ztory|100 x}}, {{IL|Midnight Matriarch|1 x}} or {{IL|Midnight Matriarch of the Menagerie of Roses|1 x}}

==Preparing an Impossible Birth (279–284)==

You will need to a arrange a {{IL|Counterfeit Constellation}}, and reunite the sisters, which involves, depending on your previous choices, tracking down the Faded Music-hall singer by spending favours and cryptic clues, or dying and convincing the Boatman to let you take her back. If you go this route, and plan to persuade the Boatman, make sure you assemble all the necessary Unusual and Touching Love-Stories before you die, and also get rid (convert, sell or use) your Romantic Notions, since you lose them if you fail the check.

279–284: [[Light Fingers: Necessities]]

* [[Light Fingers: The Song, the Sap, the Stars]]
* [[Light Fingers: The Fading Music-hall Singer]] 
** If you have {{IL|Remembering the Orphanage}} exactly 1, you need:
*** {{IL|Cryptic Clue|5000 x}}
*** {{IL|Favour in High Places|5 x}}
*** {{IL|Favours: Criminals|3 x}}
*** {{IL|Favours: Urchins|3 x}}
*** {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|3 x}}
** With {{IL|Remembering the Orphanage}} exactly 2, you need to:
*** Stabilize your Horse-Head Amulets so that they don't protect you from dying (you can later get them back in their active form).
*** Die, either by spending {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|5000 x}}, or by naturally accumulating {{IL|Wounds}} 8. An easier way is [[Gaze into Heart's Mirror]] at Mrs Plenty's Carnival.
*** [[Light Fingers: The Faded Music-hall Singer, Deceased]]: while [[a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river|dead]], needs '''one''' of:
****{{IL|Unusual Love Story|1 x}}, {{IL|Touching Love Story|10 x}} ({{IL|Persuasive}} 200; if you fail, you lose all your {{IL|Romantic Notion}}).
**** {{IL|The Boatman's Opponent|40}}
**** {{IL|Alluring Accomplice|1 x}}

* [[Light Fingers: The Search for Stalactite Nectar]]

* [[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation]], needs '''one''' of:
** {{IL|Shard of Glim|10000 x}}, {{IL|Puzzling Map|2 x}}, {{IL|Engraved Pewter Tankard|10 x}}, {{IL|Favours: The Docks|5 x}}, {{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}
** {{IL|Shard of Glim|5500 x}}, {{IL|Captain Amelia Whitlock|1 x}} (Fate-locked, seasonal)
** {{IL|Shard of Glim|5500 x}}, a {{IL|Luxurious}} ship
* [[Light Fingers: Stars Across the Zee]]
* [[Light Fingers: Stars Across the Zee 2]]
* [[Light Fingers: A Sisterly Reunion]] back at {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}

284: [[Light Fingers: From Above]]

==Poor Edward and Mr. Fires (285–309)==

You still need a {{IL|Moon-Silk Swaddling}} for the birth of hybrid, and Mr. Fires is the only one who can provide it.

He proposes a deal: Remember that, in the beginning, it was all about a diamond the size of a cow? He'll give you that, in exchange for the hybrid -- after it has been born, of course.

285: [[Light Fingers: Another Meeting with Poor Edward]] ('''gives you''' a {{IL|Smiling Mask}} if you agree or play along)

287: (Only applies if you didn't agree to play along marrying Poor Edward)

* [[Seek out Jasper and Frank to offer a bribe]], needs {{IL|Cryptic Clue|300 x}} which you lose (and have to spend again) if you fail a {{IL|Shadowy}} 176 challenge.
* [[Light Fingers: Bribing Jasper and Frank]], needs {{IL|Jade Fragment|2000 x}}, {{IL|Sapphire|10 x}}, {{IL|Blackmail Material|3 x}}

290: [[Light Fingers: The Painter's Studio]]

295: [[Light Fingers: The Painted Door]], needs '''one''' of:
* {{IL|Cryptic Clue|500 x}}
* {{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}}

300: [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Ultimatum]]

302: [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Ultimatum 2]]

306: [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Ultimatum 3]]

307: [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Ultimatum 4]]

308: [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Ultimatum 5]]

309: [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Ultimatum 6]] or [[Light Fingers: An Unburnt Archive]]

[[Light Fingers: The Fourth Gift]]

==The Birthing (310–345)==

310: [[Light Fingers: A Tap-Tap-Tapping]]

315: [[Light Fingers: The Moment is at Hand]] in {{IL|Parabolan Base-Camp}}, needs {{IL|Shard of Glim|1000 x}}

320: [[Light Fingers: The Moment is at Hand 2]]

330: [[Light Fingers: A Difficult Labour]]

332: [[Light Fingers: Something New]]

335: [[Light Fingers: A False-Star Born]]

340: [[Light Fingers: A False-Star Born 2]]

345: [[Light Fingers: The Aftermath]]

==The Raising (350–360)==

350: [[Light Fingers: A Family Visit]] Five times you have to wait 24 hours and then feed the hybrid a {{IL|Nodule of Pulsating Amber}} and other things, see [[Light Fingers: A Family Visit]] for details. Your choice of supplied food influences whether it comes out more monster-like or more human-like.

360: [[Light Fingers: The Rejuvenated Music-hall Singer]]

==Abduction (360–374)==

You go to sleep, and have a very nasty dream where you meet Poor Edward, and wake up to find the hybrid stolen from the Parabolan Base-Camp.

360: [[Ambition – A Good Night's Sleep]]

365: [[Light Fingers: The Burial of the Dead]]

370: [[Light Fingers: The Hybrid, Stolen]]

372: [[Light Fingers: The Calm After the Storm]]

374: [[Light Fingers: The Calm After the Storm 2]]

* [[Light Fingers: Finding Hephaesta]], {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|100 x}} at  {{IL|Shadowy}} 180; you lose half on failure.
* [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Henchmen]], {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|300 x}} (half of that if you are a {{IL|Silverer}}), {{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872|10 x}}

==Reclaimation (375–400)==

You have to reclaim the Hybrid, and for that you need help (which in turn costs lots of resources, once again).

=== Preparations (375) ===
375: [[Light Fingers: Prepare to Reclaim The Hybrid]]

First you need
* {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|5 x}}
* {{IL|Antique Mystery|5 x}}
* {{IL|Tale of Terror!!|100 x}}
* {{IL|Volume of Collated Research|30 x}}

If you seek help from the Duchess, you'll do
* [[Light Fingers: A Word to the Duchess]]
** '''Either'''  {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|200 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Society|3 x}}, {{IL|Personal Recommendation|2 x}}
** '''Or''' {{IL|Connected: The Duchess}} 15, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|200 x}}, {{IL|Personal Recommendation|1 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Society|2 x}}
* [[Light Fingers: A Session of the Court of Cats]], needs {{IL|Rat on a String|1000 x}}, {{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}, {{IL|Sworn Statement|5 x}}, {{IL|Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals|1 x}}
* [[Light Fingers: A Title is Bestowed]], '''gives''' {{IL|Lyon Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary}} (Affiliation)

Your other option is to find and appease the Boil of Calamities:
* [[Light Fingers: Seeking the Boil of Calamities]] in {{IL|The Dome of Scales}}
* [[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers]], needs 
** {{IL|Appalling Secret|250 x}}
** {{IL|Maniac's Prayer|250 x}}
** {{IL|Ravenglass Knife|1 x}} (required for the next step)
** {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|6 x}}
** {{IL|Venom-Ruby|6 x}}
** {{IL|Sapphire|6 x}}
** {{IL|Favours: Fingerkings|3 x}}
* [[Light Fingers: The Tribute]], needs {{IL|Ravenglass Knife|1x}}, '''gives''' {{IL|Tatterskin Shawl}} (Clothing)

Then you need to [[Check your preparations are complete]], which requires
* {{IL|Ratwork Derringer|1 x}}
* {{IL|Parabolan Defences}} 2 (see [[Build up your Base-Camp]])
* {{IL|Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle|1 x}}
* {{IL|Storm-Threnody|10 x}}
* {{IL|Skyglass Knife|10 x}}

Take heart, this is the last (or second to last, depending on a later choice) big item investment into this ambition. You're nearly there!

=== The Wedding (385) ===
385 

* [[Light Fingers: The Parabolan Orphanage]]
* [[Light Fingers: The Wedding]]

386: [[Light Fingers: The Wedding 2]]

390: [[Light Fingers: A Final Proposal]]

395: [[Light Fingers: Poor, Poor Edward]] '''OR''' [[Light Fingers: Poor Edward's Dilemma]]

397: [[Light Fingers: The Fate of Poor Edward]] '''OR''' [[Light Fingers: Marrying a Monster]] ('''gives you''' {{IL|Smiling Mask}} and {{IL|A Loyal Nightmare of Poor Edward}})

400: [[Light Fingers: Leaving Nightmares Behind]]

==The Hybrid's Fate (405–End)==

405: [[Light Fingers: The Hybrid's Fate]]: Choose wisely.

* Handing over the Hybrid to Mr. Fires
** 1000: [[Light Fingers: Out of Parabola]]
** 1010: [[Light Fingers: A Jewel for a Jewel]] '''Gives you'''
*** Accomplishment: {{IL|A True Denizen of the Neath}}
*** Accomplishment: {{IL|A Co-Conspirator of Mr Fires}}
*** {{IL|A Kitten-Sized Diamond, Liberated from the Mountain}} (Treasure)
*** {{IL|Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar|+5 CP}}
*** {{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}
*** {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}
** 1500: [[Light Fingers: Epilogue – Dr Vaughan's Dilemma]]

* Smuggling the Hybrid Away
** 2000: [[Light Fingers: Back to London]]
** 2010: [[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan]], needs
*** {{IL|Penny|12500 x}}
*** {{IL|Blackmail Material|5 x}}
*** {{IL|Bazaar Permit|5 x}}
** 2020: [[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan 2]], needs
*** {{IL|Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax|100 x}}
*** {{IL|Shard of Glim|100 x}}
*** {{IL|Bright Brass Skull|1 x}}
*** {{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|50 x}}
** 2030: [[Light Fingers: Burying a Child]], needs {{IL|Mourning Candle|1 x}}
** 2040: [[Light Fingers: Undercover]], needs {{IL|Cryptic Clue|200 x}}
** 2050: [[Light Fingers: Dr Vaughan's Dilemma]]
** 2060: [[Light Fingers: Free]] '''Gives you''':
*** Accomplishment: {{IL|A True Denizen of the Neath}}
*** Accomplishment: {{IL|Looked Upon Fondly}}
*** Accomplishment: {{IL|A Consequence of your Ambition –}} (set to 2)
*** {{IL|A False-Star of your Own}} (Treasure)

==Aftermath==

Unlike the other Ambitions, there is no need to wait 24 hours for a resolution. You have already waited for several days when the Hybrid was growing up.

Have Hephaesta complete her moon-milk withdrawal and complete her acquisition of zee-knowledge - and gain some research assistance.

[[Ask Hephaesta to help you from Parabola]]

==Long-Term Rewards==

Eventually, Hephaesta recovers, and she becomes a potential research assistant. She is best with anything related to cartography (most notably, giving extra options for both the [[Track recent palaeontological discoveries and the stones of the Neath|smaller]] and [[Collate a great number of palaeontological reports|larger]] projects for [[Survey of the Neath's Bones]], and [[Create a Cartographer's Hoard|creating a Cartographer's Hoard]]).

* [[Employ the real Hephaesta in Parabola]]
* [[Hire Hephaesta into your Lab]]

In addition, you can receive the following items during the ambition, depending on your choices:
* {{IL|Everlasting Candle}} (Weapon, automatically gained), a niche item that lets you not spend {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|Appearance=Foxfire Candles}} when [[Walk further into the inhospitable wastes (Everlasting Candle)|travelling at]] [[Travel to the encampment (Everlasting Candle)|the Hurlers.]]
* {{IL|Drownie Song of the Deep}} (Weapon, automatically gained), Shadowy Weapon only outperformed by expensive equipment or event items, no other uses.
* {{IL|Smiling Mask}} (Hat, if you accept any one of Poor Edward's many proposals or marry him, Shared BIS for BDR)
* {{IL|A Loyal Nightmare of Poor Edward}} (Affiliation, if you marry him), adds a very infrequent opportunity card (20%) to your London deck; [[A dream about Poor Edward]]; giving 2.5 EPA in either [[Maniac's Prayer|Maniac Prayers]] or an [[An Identity Uncovered!|Uncovered Identity]] as well as {{IL|Nightmares|1 CP}}.
* '''One''' of the following:
** {{IL|Lyon Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary}} (Affiliation, from asking the Duchess and the cats for help) 
** {{IL|Tatterskin Shawl}} (Clothing, from going with the Boil of Calamities instead, Double-Strict BIS Shadowy and Mithdridacy AND Shared BIS for BDR)


And (probably) most importantly, you get a Treasure and a monthly reward based on the chosen fate of the Hybrid.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
|+Ambition Rewards
!Ending
!Treasure
!Rewards of Ambition
|-
|[[Light Fingers: A Jewel for a Jewel|Gave Mr. Fires the Hybrid]]
|{{IL|A Kitten-Sized Diamond, Liberated from the Mountain}}

* {{IL|Persuasive}} +13
* {{IL|Watchful}} +6
* {{IL|Respectable}} +2
* {{IL|Dreaded}} +2
* {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} +2

|[[Enjoy the satisfaction of possessing an incomparable diamond]]

* {{IL|Confident Smile|4 x}}
* {{IL|Making Waves|+10 CP}}
* {{IL|Wounds|-5 CP}}
* {{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}
* {{IL|Magnificent Diamond|1 x}}
* {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|-1 x}}
|-
|[[Light Fingers: Free|Smuggled the Hybrid to the celling]]
|{{IL|A False-Star of your Own}}

* {{IL|Watchful}} +6
* {{IL|Shadowy}} +13
* {{IL|Bizarre}} +4
* {{IL|Shapeling Arts}} +2

* This treasure also unlocks two unique options to reduce {{IL|Troubled Waters}} at Zee while maintaining speed:
** [[Your False-Star]] card (from the [[Looked Upon Fondly]] quality from freeing the Hybrid)
** [[Let your own star guide you]] on [[A Navigation Error]] 

|[[Enjoy the knowledge that the Hybrid is safe]]

*{{IL|Nightmares|-5 CP}}
*{{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|2 x}}
*{{IL|Sudden Insight|2 x}}
*{{IL|Making Waves|+10 CP}}
*{{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}
|}

Pretty early progress also unlocks a [["It was the milk... it was the milk, wasn't it?"|a slightly favourable option]] in [[Cave of the Nadir]] on the card [[Lost at Sea]]

==Items needed==
This is an attempt to list all possible items needed in Light Fingers, for help with planning. The quantities listed are the fewest you can get away with ('''min'''), and the most you will need ('''max'''). This list only includes items that can be found outside of this Ambition; items like the [[Painting Fragment]] that are unique to Light Fingers are listed [[:Category:Ambition: Light Fingers! Items|elsewhere]]. This does not include all the {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey}} that you need to enter Parabola.
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Min
!Max
!Parts
|-
|{{IL|Aeolian Scream}}
|20
|25
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements|54]], [[Light Fingers: Steal a Prison Zeppelin|55]]
|-
|{{IL|Alluring Accomplice}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: The Faded Music-hall Singer, Deceased|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Amanita Sherry}}
|32
|32
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers – Searching the Forgotten Quarter|15]], [[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements|54]]
|-
|{{IL|Ambiguous Eolith}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Ancient Hunting Rifle}}
|0
|Unbounded
|[[Light Fingers: Intrusion|70]]<ref>The Rifle is not spent on success, but failure does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Antique Mystery}}
|5
|8
|[[Light Fingers: Hire University Students for your Crew|55]], [[Light Fingers: Establishing a Parabolan Base-camp|207]], [[Study the Boil of Calamities|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Appalling Secret}}
|0
|270
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 35|35]], [[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Bazaar Permit}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan|2010]]
|-
|{{IL|Blackmail Material}}
|0
|8
|[[Light Fingers: Bribing Jasper and Frank|287]], [[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan|2010]]
|-
|{{IL|Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing}}
|5
|Unbounded
|[[Light Fingers: Hephaesta's Condition|270]]<ref>Requires 5 which are spent on success, but failure costs 5 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1879}}
|150
|150
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers – Searching the Forgotten Quarter|15]]
|-
|{{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882}}
|30
|30
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 4a|4a]]
|-
|{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872}}
|10
|260
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]], [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Henchmen|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe}}
|100
|Unbounded
|[[Light Fingers: The Hookman House Caper|225]]<ref>Requires 100 which are spent on success, but failure costs 65 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Bright Brass Skull}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan 2|2020]]
|-
|{{IL|Captain Amelia Whitlock}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]]<ref name="unspent" />
|-
|{{IL|Cellar of Wine}}
|0
|3
|[[Light Fingers: Hire University Students for your Crew|55]], [[Light Fingers: Through the Dead|75]]
|-
|{{IL|Compromising Document}}
|100
|Unbounded
|[[Light Fingers: The Hookman House Caper|225]]<ref>Requires 100 which are spent on success, but failure costs 20 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Confident Smile}}
|1
|Unbounded
|[[Light Fingers: The Pocket Watch|230]]<ref>Requires 1 which is spent on success, but failure also costs 1 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Correspondence Plaque}}
|20
|45
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements|54]], [[Light Fingers: The Thick of It|85]]
|-
|{{IL|Cryptic Clue}}
|0
|Unbounded
|[[Scour the city|284]]<ref>Requires 5000 which are spent on success, but failure costs 1000 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>, [[Seek out Jasper and Frank to offer a bribe|287]]<ref>Requires 300 which are spent on success, but failure also costs 300 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>, [[Light Fingers: The Painted Door|295]], [[Light Fingers: Undercover|2040]]<ref>Requires 100 which are spent on success, but failure also costs 100 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Diary of the Dead}}
|0
|2
|[[Light Fingers: A Shelter from the Zee|275]]
|-
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey}}
|150
|1301
|[[Supply the Silverer needs|206]], [[Light Fingers: Mr Fires' Henchmen|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Emergency Blunderbuss}}
|0
|25
|[[Light Fingers: The Thick of It|85]]
|-
|{{IL|Engraved Pewter Tankard}}
|0
|10
|[[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Session of the Court of Cats|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}
|0
|15
|[[Light Fingers: The Thick of It|85]], [[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't|185]]
|-
|{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum}}
|50
|Unbounded
|[[Light Fingers: A Painstaking Descent|175]], [[Light Fingers: The Hookman House Caper|225]]<ref>Requires 50 which are spent on success, but failure costs 1 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour}}
|0
|1
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 18b|18b]]
|-
|{{IL|Favour in High Places}}
|0
|5
|[[Scour the city|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Favours: Bohemians}}
|0
|Unbounded
|[[Scour the city|284]]<ref name="3-1">Requires 3 which are spent on success, but failure costs 1 and does not advance the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Favours: Constables}}
|1
|6
|[[Light Fingers: Steal a Prison Zeppelin|55]], [[Light Fingers: The Hookman House Caper|225]]
|-
|{{IL|Favours: Criminals}}
|0
|8
|[[Light Fingers: Steal a Prison Zeppelin|55]], [[Scour the city|284]]<ref name="3-1" />
|-
|{{IL|Favours: Fingerkings}}
|0
|3
|[[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Favours: Society}}
|0
|3
|[[Light Fingers: A Word to the Duchess|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Favours: The Docks}}
|3
|9
|[[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast|255]], [[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]], [[Light Fingers: The Painted Door|295]]
|-
|{{IL|Favours: Urchins}}
|3
|6
|[[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast|255]], [[Scour the city|284]]<ref name="3-1" />
|-
|{{IL|Fistful of Surface Currency}}
|200
|200
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 23|23]]
|-
|{{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts}}
|0
|175
|[[Light Fingers: Steal a Prison Zeppelin|55]], [[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan 2|2020]]
|-
|{{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub}}
|900
|Unbounded
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Labyrinth in Spite|37]]<ref>Requires 800 to enter the Labyrinth, but as few as 650 can be spent with extremely lucky checks, or 750 using only Attribute checks.</ref>, [[Ambition: Light Fingers! Navigating the labyrinth|37-39]]<ref>50 are spent with each attempt, progress is only made on success, and leaving the labyrinth resets all progress without refunding the Stubs spent.</ref>, [[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Candle|42]], [[Light Fingers: Finding Hephaesta|375]]<ref>Requires 100 which are spent on success, but failure costs 50 without advancing the Ambition.</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note}}
|0
|5
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 35|35]]
|-
|{{IL|Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle}}
|1
|1
|[[Check your preparations are complete|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Jade Fragment}}
|0
|2000
|[[Light Fingers: Bribing Jasper and Frank|287]]
|-
|{{IL|Key to a Lair in the Marshes}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: Ready the Market Beast|55]]<ref name="unspent">Not spent</ref>
|-
|{{IL|Live Specimen}}
|0
|2
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|London Street Sign}}
|0
|5
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! The Candle|42]]
|-
|{{IL|Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax}}
|3000
|3100
|[[Light Fingers: The Starved Men's Requirements|160]], [[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan 2|2020]]
|-
|{{IL|Majestic Pleasure Yacht}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]]<ref name="unspent" />
|-
|{{IL|Maniac's Prayer}}
|50
|975
|[[Light Fingers: The Thick of It|85]], [[Light Fingers: A Perilous Pilgrimage|190]], [[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores}}
|2
|38
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 35|35]], [[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't|185]]
|-
|{{IL|Memory of Light}}
|65
|1126
|[[Light Fingers: The Starved Men's Requirements|160]], [[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't|185]], [[Light Fingers: Establishing a Parabolan Base-camp|207]], [[Light Fingers: Bring Dr Vaughan and Clara to Safety|215]]
|-
|{{IL|Midnight Matriarch}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Shelter from the Zee|275]]
|-
|{{IL|Moon-Pearl}}
|0
|500
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 7|7]], [[Ambition: Light Fingers! 25|25]]
|-
|{{IL|Mourning Candle}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: Burying a Child|2030]]
|-
|{{IL|Muscaria Brandy}}
|25
|50
|[[Light Fingers: The Thick of It|85]], [[Light Fingers: The Starved Men's Requirements|160]]
|-
|{{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver}}
|0
|400
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 31|31]]
|-
|{{IL|Night-Trimmed Frock Coat}}
|1
|1
|[[Light Fingers: The Hookman House Caper|225]]
|-
|{{IL|Night-Whisper}}
|2
|2
|[[Steel yourself for entering the Holy Passage|105]], [[Light Fingers: The Starved Men's Requirements|160]]
|-
|{{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber}}
|0
|1250
|[[Light Fingers: Hire Rubbery Men for your Crew|55]]
|-
|{{IL|Nodule of Pulsating Amber}}
|6
|6
|[[Prepare the milk for Clara in the Amber Chamber|115]], [[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Nodule of Trembling Amber}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: Hire Rubbery Men for your Crew|55]]
|-
|{{IL|Nodule of Warm Amber}}
|1
|1
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements|54]]
|-
|{{IL|Ostentatious Diamond}}
|0
|6
|[[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Parabola-Linen Scrap}}
|0
|4
|[[Light Fingers: A Parabolan Base-camp?|203]]
|-
|{{IL|Parabolan Defences}}
|2
|2
|[[Check your preparations are complete|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Parabolan Orange-apple}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Penny}}
|0
|12500
|[[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan|2010]]
|-
|{{IL|Personal Recommendation}}
|0
|2
|[[Light Fingers: A Word to the Duchess|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab}}
|0
|250
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold}}
|200
|5700
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 26|26]]<ref>Requires 200 Rostygold but it is not lost on success.</ref>, [[Ambition: Light Fingers! the Hulking Orderly|44]], [[Light Fingers: Die|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Portfolio of Souls}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Primaeval Hint}}
|2
|2
|[[Light Fingers: Acquire Moon-Miser Snaring Supplies|55]], [[Prepare the milk for Clara in the Amber Chamber|115]]
|-
|{{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap}}
|2
|2
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements|54]]
|-
|{{IL|Puzzling Map}}
|0
|10
|[[Light Fingers: Intrusion|55]]<ref>Requires 3 to unlock but only spends 2.</ref>, [[Light Fingers: A Perilous Pilgrimage|190]], [[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Rat on a String}}
|0
|3500
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]], [[Light Fingers: A Session of the Court of Cats|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Ratwork Derringer}}
|1
|1
|[[Check your preparations are complete|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Ravenglass Knife}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]], [[Light Fingers: The Tribute|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Relic of the Fourth City}}
|20
|20
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers – Searching the Forgotten Quarter|15]]
|-
|{{IL|Romantic Notion}}
|0
|99
|[[Light Fingers: The Search for Mr Vaughan|235]]
|-
|{{IL|Sapphire}}
|0
|16
|[[Light Fingers: Bribing Jasper and Frank|287]], [[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}}
|0
|200
|[[Light Fingers: A Word to the Duchess|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Searing Enigma}}
|1
|3
|[[Light Fingers: The Starved Men's Requirements|160]], [[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]], [[Light Fingers: A Session of the Court of Cats|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Shard of Glim}}
|16000
|20600
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 20|20]], [[Light Fingers: Acquire Moon-Miser Snaring Supplies|55]], [[Light Fingers: A Counterfeit Constellation|284]], [[Light Fingers: The Moment is at Hand|315]], [[Light Fingers: A Rendezvous with Dr Vaughan 2|2020]]
|-
|{{IL|Skyglass Knife}}
|10
|10
|[[Check your preparations are complete|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Solacefruit}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: A Family Visit|350]]
|-
|{{IL|Soul}}
|25
|25
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers – Searching the Forgotten Quarter|15]]
|-
|{{IL|Stolen Correspondence}}
|500
|500
|[[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast|255]]
|-
|{{IL|Storm-Threnody}}
|10
|10
|[[Check your preparations are complete|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Strong-Backed Labour}}
|23
|23
|[[Light Fingers: Acquire Moon-Miser Snaring Supplies|55]], [[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast|255]]
|-
|{{IL|Sworn Statement}}
|0
|5
|[[Light Fingers: A Session of the Court of Cats|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Tale of Terror!!}}
|100
|160
|[[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't|185]], [[Study the Boil of Calamities|375]]
|-
|{{IL|The Pirate-Poet}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: A Shelter from the Zee|275]]<ref name="unspent" />
|-
|{{IL|Touching Love Story}}
|0
|10
|[[Light Fingers: The Faded Music-hall Singer, Deceased|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}}
|8
|10
|[[Light Fingers: The Thick of It|85]], [[Light Fingers: Establishing a Parabolan Base-camp|207]], [[Light Fingers: The Lure is Cast|255]], [[Study the Boil of Calamities|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Unusual Love Story}}
|0
|1
|[[Light Fingers: The Faded Music-hall Singer, Deceased|284]]
|-
|{{IL|Venom-Ruby}}
|0
|6
|[[Light Fingers: Access to the King's Chambers|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Vision of the Surface}}
|3
|88
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 28|28]], [[Light Fingers: Through the Dead|75]], [[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't|185]]
|-
|{{IL|Volume of Collated Research}}
|50
|50
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Seeking Dr. Vaughan|50]], [[Study the Boil of Calamities|375]]
|-
|{{IL|Whirring Contraption}}
|2
|2
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! Scientific Requirements|54]]
|-
|{{IL|Whispered Hint}}
|6
|1256
|[[Ambition: Light Fingers! 2a|2a]], [[Light Fingers: Hire University Students for your Crew|55]]
|-
|{{IL|Zee-Ztory}}
|0
|160
|[[Light Fingers: Lost in the Isn't|185]], [[Light Fingers: A Shelter from the Zee|275]]
|-
|}
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