Brawling with Dockers (Guide)

Mid PoSI Content and Onwards

Brawling with Dockers Summary
Variable-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
0 A				1+ A				1 A
Progress Details			Raise Brawling with Dockers. Caps at 100/120/140/150 depending on desired payout.
Items Inputs/Outputs Boosting Honed Ushanka Vigilant Chitin-Fur Boots Moray Heels A Hunter's Instinct for Nightmares Special Dispensation Outputs Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits Puzzling Map Femur of a Jurassic Beast Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse Rat on a String Proscribed Material Human Ribcage Human Arm Bessemer Steel Ingot Justificande Coin Fistful of Surface Currency Piece of Rostygold Bone Fragments Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax
Raw EPA			3.33			Raw SPA			6.66

In order to brawl with dockers in The Blind Helmsman, you need A Name Scrawled in Blood 7 and to have gained Acquaintance: The Garrulous Drunk 3 by spending the following items:

• 250 x Piece of Rostygold
• 250 x Shard of Glim

If your modified Dangerous is under 230-ish, it's probably a good idea to brawl in a group, but above that you'll earn more by fighting for yourself. Each point of Brawling with Dockers is worth 0.25 in various items, but specific items may have additional requirements beyond a given Brawling value. See the Rewards tables for more info on this.

Even though you're able to push Brawling above 150, all secondary payouts are capped at 100-120 Brawling when with a group, or 140-150 Brawling when fighting alone. Check the Rewards tables below for the exact caps at various reward levels.

Note that the option Take a moment to tend your wounds cures 3CP of Wounds, one of the higher per-action CP reductions. If you're investing actions into a brawl, you might consider zeroing your Wounds while you're at it.

Conversely, if you're a POSI, investing 2 or 3 actions in a brawl -- enough for the basic reward, needing 10-40 Brawling -- may be worthwhile just to get access to Take a moment... in the first place. Curing 30CP of Wounds (i.e. Level 7 plus some) takes 15 Actions (and 15 Tinctures, if using those) at -2CP. Or you could take the same Actions and spend 10 at -3CP Wounds and the rest earning goods to either keep or sell -- handy if you've run up Wounds to the point of death (i.e. just shy of Level 8) before dealing with them.

Fighting for a group

Fighting

Option	Challenge	Airs	Success	Rare Success	Failure
Fight without taking your eye off the goods!	125	Any	9	10	0
Swing from that rope overhead!	250 - 1.5 x	50-65	13	18	-4
Deploy that barrel of gunpowder!	250 - 1.5 x	66-82	13	18	-4
Feed three of the brawlers to the Drownies!	250 - 1.5 x	83-100	13	18	-4
Surprise them with a venomous headbutt	10 5 + /10	Any	13	18	-5
Surprise them with a boot in the fundament	10 5 + /10	Any	13	18	-5
Spear their feet with your Moray Heels	10 5 + /10	Any	13	18	-5
Present yourself as something out of their nightmares	10 5 + /10	Any	13	18	-4
Flash your Special Dispensation	125 + 1.5 x	Any	13	N/A	-4

Note that the special attacks (Rope/Gunpowder/Drownies) that give more Brawling only have a higher difficulty than the standard attack at low-medium values of Brawling. For the above table, though the special attack difficulty starts at 250, it becomes equal to standard attack at ~83 Brawling (250 - (1.5*83.333) = 125).

As such, keep an eye on the falling difficulty of the special attack as you use the standard attack to gain Brawling. Depending on your Dangerous, you might find the special attack becomes easier (and more rewarding!) than the standard attack mid-way through the brawl.

Rewards

General principles: Each Brawling with Dockers seems to be worth 0.25 in rewards. In addition to this, there is a 2.5 bonus for cashing in, which makes sense considering that takes an action. This game values

• Human Ribcage at 12.5
• Justificande Coin and Femur of a Jurassic Beast at 2.5
• Bessemer Steel Ingot at 0.5 .

Any surplus Brawling you may have is exchanged for a variable reward.

Option	Requirement	Reward	Variable Reward (Cap)
Accept a share of the extremely dusty crates	100	11 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits	None
Accept a share of the coffer of Admiralty maps	90	2 x Puzzling Map	Piece of Rostygold (Max 250 at 100)
Accept a share of the large crate stolen from the Bone Market	80 Route: The Bone Market	9 x Femur of a Jurassic Beast	Bone Fragments (Max 500 at 100)
Accept a share of the crates cleared out of Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College	50	1 x Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse 50 x Rat on a String 300 x Proscribed Material	Piece of Rostygold (Max 1250 at 100)
Accept a share of the small crate stolen from the Bone Market	40 Route: The Bone Market	1 x Human Ribcage +1 CP Suspicion	Bone Fragments (Max 1500 at 100)
Accept a share of the crates destined for Iron and Misery	30 Railway	20 x Bessemer Steel Ingot	Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax (Max 2250 at 120)
Accept a share of the coffer of Admiralty coinage	10 PoSI tier 2	1 x Justificande Coin 84 x Fistful of Surface Currency	Piece of Rostygold (Max 2250 at 100)

Fighting for yourself

Fighting

Option	Challenge	Airs	Success	Rare Success	Failure
Fight without taking your eye off the goods!	175	Any	12	13	-1
Swing from that rope overhead!	300 - 1.5 x	50-65	15	20	-5
Deploy that barrel of gunpowder!	300 - 1.5 x	66-82	15	20	-5
Feed three of the brawlers to the Drownies!	300 - 1.5 x	83-100	15	20	-5
Surprise them with a venomous headbutt	10 7 + /10	Any	14	20	-5
Surprise them with a boot in the fundament	10 7 + /10	Any	14	20	-5
Spear their feet with your Moray Heels	10 7 + /10	Any	14	20	-5
Present yourself as something out of their nightmares	10 7 + /10	Any	14	20	-4
Flash your Special Dispensation	175 + 1.5 x	Any	14	N/A	-5

Rewards

General principles: Each Brawling with Dockers seems to be worth 0.25 in rewards. In addition to this, there is a 2.5 bonus for cashing in, which makes sense considering that takes an action. The game values

• Human Ribcage at 12.5
• Human Arm, Justificande Coin and Femur of a Jurassic Beast at 2.5
• Bessemer Steel Ingot at 0.5

Any surplus Brawling you may have is exchanged for a variable reward.

Option	Requirement	Reward	Variable Reward
Claim the extremely dusty crates	150	16 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits	None
Claim the coffer of Admiralty maps	140	3 x Puzzling Map	Piece of Rostygold (Max 250 at 150)
Claim the large crate stolen from the Bone Market	110 Route: The Bone Market	12 x Femur of a Jurassic Beast	Bone Fragments (Max 1000 at 150)
Claim the crates cleared out of Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College	70	1 x Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse 150 x Rat on a String 400 x Proscribed Material	Piece of Rostygold (Max 2000 at 150)
Claim the small crate stolen from the Bone Market	60 Route: The Bone Market	1 x Human Ribcage 2 x Human Arm +1 CP Suspicion	Bone Fragments (Max 2000 at 140)
Claim the crates destined for Iron and Misery	40 Railway	25 x Bessemer Steel Ingot	Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax (Max 2750 at 150)
Claim the coffer of Admiralty coinage	20 PoSI tier 2	2 x Justificande Coin 84 x Fistful of Surface Currency	Piece of Rostygold (Max 3250 at 150)