Casing (Guide)

Early MYN Content and Onwards

Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

Casing... is used for four endeavours:

• Villainy: Area-Diving (Unlocked with A Name Whispered in Darkness 2 in Spite)

• Villainy: Stealing Paintings for the Topsy King (Unlocked with access to The Flit)

• Several criminal shenanigans in The Flit (Unlocked with A Name Whispered in Darkness 4)

• Assorted Larcenies in The Clay Highwayman's Camp (Unlocked with A Marauder of the Clay Highwayman)

Note: CPs and levels of Casing are interchangeable between all sources and crimes, i.e. you do not necessarily have to steal paintings to do the Topsy King one

Gaining Casing...

Area-diving: Casing the Target

This can be an alternative to Preparing for a Big Score and Agree to Steal Paintings for the Topsy King if you don't have sufficient Shadowy and the means to properly deal with Suspicion. Area-Diving in Spite is unlocked on the map when you reach A Name Whispered in Darkness 3.

Steal Paintings

If you Agree to Steal Paintings for the Topsy King you can steal a painting for Casing... at the same action efficiency as most of the Preparing for a Big Score options, but more effectively train Shadowy as it only takes 1 action for each attempt.

Option	Requirements	Challenge	Success	Failure
Steal a painting from a struggling artist	10 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879	72	-10 Bottle of Greyfields 1879 +2 CP Casing...	-10 Bottle of Greyfields 1879 +1 CP Suspicion
Steal a painting from a noted gallery		75	+3 CP Casing...	+1 CP Suspicion

Preparing for a Big Score

Preparing for a Big Score in The Flit unlocks at Shadowy 73. Here are the options and possible outcomes (disregarding skill challenge based CPs to Shadowy).

Option	Actions	Challenge	Success	CP Gain per Action	Failure
Eavesdrop on those in the know	1	Shadowy 50	+2 Casing...	2	-
Look for the targets	3	Shadowy 74	+6 Casing... (Rare: +8)	2 (Rare: 2.67)	+3 Suspicion
Examine the target	3	Shadowy 76	+6 Casing...	2	+1 Suspicion
Criminal assistance	3	Shadowy 78	+6 Casing... +30 Whispered Hint	2	-2 Casing... +2 Suspicion
Scapegoats and alibis	3	Shadowy 80	+9 Casing...	3	+3 Suspicion
Formulate a plan	3	Shadowy 82	+9 Casing...	3	+1 Suspicion
The decoy	3	Shadowy 84	+9 Casing... A Bundle (1-30)	3	-3 Casing... +1 Suspicion
Well-planned villainy (needs PoSI)	5	-	+15 Casing...	3	-
Set your gang of hoodlums to business (needs PoSI & Gang)	5	Shadowy 100	+18 Casing...	3.6	+3 Casing...

Big Rat

If you made a deal with the Big Rat, you can Purchase some assistance with Casing... in your Lodgings. from the storylet available at your lodgings. At 9 CP per Action, this is the most action-efficient method, but it costs 2.40 in Talkative Rattus Fabers.

Parabola

In addition to the above, there is a late game option to acquire casing in Parabola by Finding the weakness in an opponent's defences, however this requires Shadowy Gains 6. Furthermore, this involves a Shadowy challenge with high difficulty; spending an Action point to reduce the difficulty may be needed to make this method more reliable, but this reduces the CP per Action from slightly over 9 to 7.

Specifically, with Glasswork 12 required to 100% Apply your own knowledge, Sneak forward becomes a Broad Shadowy 180 challenge ( Shadowy 300 for 100%), resulting in 4 actions for 28 CP of Casing... (7 CP/action).

See Parabolan Destinations (Guide) for more info.

Helicon House

Late-game players can also gain small amounts of Casing... at Helicon House. See the Helicon House guide for more details.

Using Casing...

Area-diving

Area-diving is a short carousel involving two separate Casing... 3 checks and 1-2 additional actions to cash in. It resets Casing....

Option	Challenge	Success	Failure
Hand it over to the authorities for burning		Scandal -2 CP Austere +3 CP, up to 10 200 x Jade Fragment Hedonist -3 CP
Into the river with it		Scandal -5 CP Austere +5 CP, up to 15 Hedonist -5 CP
Keep it		Hedonist +3 CP, up to 10 50 x Proscribed Material Scandal +2 CP Austere -3 CP
A spot of blackmail ➤ Blackmail her	2	Ruthless +1 CP, up to 5 300 x Moon-Pearl Magnanimous -1 CP	Casing... -3 CP Suspicion +1 CP

Steal Paintings

Option	Challenge	Success	Failure
Give the Topsy King the paintings	4	Shadowy +2 CP 225 x Rat on a String Casing... to 0	Shadowy +2 CP Casing... -1 CP
Offer to make a wall of stolen paintings	8	Shadowy +2 CP 8 x Sulky Bat Casing... -55 CP	Shadowy +2 CP Casing... -10 CP Suspicion +1 CP

Sell Information

You can Sell information to these three factions (unlocked with Casing... 3):

• Constables: costs 6 CP of Casing / gains 260 Moon-Pearls
• Hell: -6 / +10 CP Persuasive
• Criminals: -10 / +10 CP Shadowy (requires Casing... 4)

Thefts of Particular Character

You can do Thefts of Particular Character once you reach Casing 10 to gain different items (requires Shadowy 73). All options will gain 12.50 Echoes worth of items after a Shadowy 120 challenge costing you 32 CP of Casing if successful. Failing will give the same amount of items but deduct 51 CP Casing. The options are:

• x 25  Steal Tales of Terror from a noted author
• x 25  Steal Journals of Infamy from an Iniquitous Solicitor
• x 5  Steal Muscaria Brandy from the Infernal Sommelier
• x 25  Steal Brilliant Souls en route to Hookman House
• x 1  Steal an Antique Mystery from Feducci
• x 1  Steal a Bazaar Permit from the offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece

Embark on a Heist

You can choose to Embark on a Heist. Check the On a Heist (Guide) page for a guide and advice.

Various thefts in the Flit

You can do larger crimes at various difficulties, all of them resetting your Casing if successful:

Suggested level and expected actions per theft assume that you can gain Casing... at 3 CP/action and reduce suspicion at 4 cp/action usually, or 2 cp/action while in prison. Bear in mind there may be other consequences as well. The numbers are not completely accurate due to rounding, in reality they will usually be higher.

Option	Req.	Challenge	Success	Failure	Suggested Casing	Expected actions / theft
Steal the Carnival Strong Box: Rob the strong-box halfway through the evening	5	4	100 x Jade Fragment 100 x Moon-Pearl 100 x Piece of Rostygold 100 x Shard of Glim 16 x Cryptic Clue = 4.32 Echoes +1 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 2)	-5 CP  +1 CP	5	7.3
Steal the Carnival Strong Box: Rob the strongbox at the end of a busy evening	5	8	200 x Jade Fragment 200 x Moon-Pearl 200 x Piece of Rostygold 200 x Shard of Glim 18 x Cryptic Clue = 8.36 Echoes +2 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 2)	-10 CP  +1 CP	6	14.9
Rob the Ministry of Public Decency: Rob an outlying depository	7	6	59 x Proscribed Material 40 x Stolen Correspondence 200 x Cryptic Clue = 8.36 Echoes +2 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 3)	-7 CP  +1 CP	7	11.9
Rob the Ministry of Public Decency: Rob the main archive	7	10	100 x Proscribed Material 5 x Infernal Contract 80 x Stolen Correspondence 200 x Cryptic Clue = 13.00 Echoes +3 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 3)	-10 CP  +2 CP	8	20.3
Bringing Revolution!: Destroy a statue	9 Master Thief 1	8	200 x Proscribed Material 90 x Stolen Correspondence = 12.50 Echoes +3 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 4)	-9 CP  +1 CP	9	17.8
Bringing Revolution!: Bomb a meeting of financiers	9 Master Thief 1	12	300 x Proscribed Material 200 x Cryptic Clue = 16.00 Echoes +4 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 4)	-10 CP  +2 CP	10	26.6
Rob the Glim Shipment: Rob the glim ship	Wolfstack Docks 9 Master Thief 1	8	1296 x Shard of Glim = 12.96 Echoes +3 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 4)	-9 CP  +1 CP	9	17.8
Rob the Glim Shipment: Wait until it docks and rob the warehouse	Wolfstack Docks 9 Master Thief 1	12	1872 x Shard of Glim = 18.72 Echoes +4 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 4)	-10 CP  +2 CP	10	26.6
Rob the Chambers of the Duchess: Rob the study	The Shuttered Palace 20 x Cryptic Clue 0–3 11 Master Thief 2	10	300 x Stolen Correspondence 50 x Cryptic Clue 242 x Whispered Hint 2 x Appalling Secret = 18.72 Echoes +4 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 5)	-11 CP  +2 CP  -20 x Cryptic Clue	11	25.2
Rob the Chambers of the Duchess: Gleams in the darkness	0–3 11 Master Thief 2	12	1000 x Moon-Pearl 1000 x Jade Fragment 5 x Rat on a String = 20.05 Echoes +5 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 5)	-10 CP  +3 CP  -5 CP The Duchess	11	28.1
Rob the Brass Embassy: Nobody would steal from it but you	0–2 13 Master Thief 2	14	1000 x Nevercold Brass Sliver 500 x Soul 40 x Infernal Contract 10 x Flawed Diamond 25 x Proscribed Material = 30.20 Echoes +7 CP Master Thief (up to lvl 7)	-20 CP  +20 CP  Imprisoned! -all  Favours: Hell -50 CP	14	47.8
Rob the Bazaar: They know nothing.	0–1 15 Master Thief 3	16	16 x London Street Sign = 40.00 Echoes +9 CP Master Thief (no limit)	-20 CP  +10 CP  +36 CP	16	59.1

Helicon House

Late-game players can spend small amounts of Casing... at Helicon House by using the action Lay claim to any left-behind items.

Highway Robbery

If you've made it at least partially through the Clay Highwayman's story, you'll have access to Assorted Larcenies at his camp in Balmoral. These crimes can be accessed through the card deck there (it's infinite draw), do not have associated challenges, and have overall high EPA.

The EPAs for some of the options are hard to calculate. For example, Consignment of Scintillack Snuff cannot be sold directly and must be converted either to Hinterland Scrip via Engage in a bit of smuggling or Preserved Surface Blooms via Offer a well-packed keg of scintillack snuff. The calculated EPAs below generally assume that the items are directly sold, or sold as directly as possible. In cases where this is not possible, EPAs are approximate.

Arguably, larcenies with 8 casing in Balmoral are the most rewarding from an EPA perspective as they pay in scrip, but neither option is particularly outstanding, unless you need some specific resources.

Card	Option	Req.	Reward	Casing Loss / MotCH Gain	per Casing CP
Ealing Gardens	Ambush an Inattentive Scholar	6	3 x Volume of Collated Research 2 x Knotted Humerus = 7.5 + max 6 in bones	-21 CP  +1 CP MotCH	0.36-0.64
	Burgle a Public House	8	1 x Nodule of Trembling Amber 4 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits 4 – 30 x Jasmine Leaves = 22.9 – 25.9	-36 CP  +2 CP MotCH	0.63 – 0.72
Jericho Locks	Ambush a Novice Smuggler	6	1 x Consignment of Scintillack Snuff = 15	-21 CP  +1 CP MotCH	0.71
	Seize a jewel smuggler's boat	8	2 x Magnificent Diamond = 25.00	-36 CP  +2 CP MotCH	0.69
Magistracy of the Evenlode	Ambush an Aging Detective	6	5 x Sworn Statement = 12.5	-21 CP  +1 CP MotCH	0.59
	Break into the offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece	8	2 x Legal Document = 25.0	-36 CP  +2 CP MotCH	0.69
Balmoral	Ambush a smuggler	6	1 x Magnificent Diamond = 12.5	-21 CP  +1 CP MotCH	0.59
	Ambush a courier	8	2 x Vital Intelligence = 25.00	-36 CP  +2 CP MotCH	0.69
Burrow-Infra-Mump	Ambush an Amnesiac Theologian	6	25 x Palimpsest Scrap = 12.5	-21 CP  +1 CP MotCH	0.59
	Rob the Museum of Souls	8 A Museum of Souls	1 x Silent Soul 1 x Queer Soul 4-24 x Brilliant Soul = 17.00 – 27.00	-36 CP  +2 CP MotCH	0.47 – 0.75

Grand Larcenies

By combining Casing... 10 with a Cover Identity, more advanced larcenies can be done to acquire T7 items.

The following table from the Cover Identity guide shows the different items that can be stolen. It's hard to measure an EPA value for these options, but if one assumes 20 actions per cover identity, 10 actions for casing and 200E in cover identity supplies it provides around 3.75 EPA. Those assumptions are fairly optimistic, however. These rewards are good if you need them, but not something one would usually do for echoes.