Editing Certifiable Scraps (Guide)

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So you have decided you need some {{IL|Certifiable Scrap}}s. 

==How to obtain Scraps==
This section is roughly sorted from most profitable to least profitable.
===Urchin Favours===
{{IL|Favours: Urchins|3}} can be traded for 25 Scraps at {{From|Trade favours with urchins}}. For sources of the Favours, see [[:Category:Favours: Urchins Gain]]. Generally speaking, though, they are obtained either through luck in drawing cards at 1 Favour/action or through grinding at about 1 Favour for 5 actions (end-game).

===Lodgings cards===
Almost all Lodgings cards have an option that gains Certifiable Scraps.
<div class="table-container">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Card
!Action
!Scraps
|-
|{{IL|The Lofty Tower: the Potential of Premises at the Bazaar}}
|{{IL|Engage in commerce}}
|4
|-
|{{IL|The Tower of Sun and Moon: a Reservation at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel}}
|{{IL|Investigate the guests}}
|3
|-
|{{IL|The Western Tower: a Guest Room at the Brass Embassy}}
|{{IL|Find out more about the soulless}}
|3
|-
|{{IL|The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse}}
|{{IL|Do a little promenading yourself}}
|2
|-
|{{IL|The Windward Tower: the Matter of the Decommissioned Steamer}}
|{{IL|The cautious contact}}
|2
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{IL|The Heron Tower: Events at a Lair in the Marshes}}
|{{IL|Hunt down a huge lizard}}
|1
|-
|{{IL|Peril and pyjamas}}
|1
|-
|{{IL|The High Castle: What Occurs in a Rooftop Shack}}
|{{IL|A stroll with a sack}}
|1
|-
|{{IL|The Sleepless Tower: Disturbances at a Cottage by the Observatory}}
|{{IL|Spores and fangs}}
|1
|-
|{{IL|The Tower of Knives: Difficulties at a Smoky Flophouse}}
|{{IL|Rough camaraderie}}
|1
|-
|{{IL|The Tower of Sleeping Giants: The Secrets of the Rooms above a Bookshop}}
|{{IL|Examine the stock}}
|1
|-
|{{IL|The Tower of Sparrows: Vice and Virtue in a Gambling Den}}
|{{IL|Settle down to a game of cards}}
|1
|}
</div>

===Miscellanea===
* Chance of '''5''' scraps from {{From|Accept his gift (Scrounged Goods)}} (50% {{IL|Luck}} challenge)
* {{From|Assist an out-of-work Gondolier}}, requires the [[Chelatic Mitten|Renown 25 item]] of [[Faction: The Docks]] and trades {{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}} for '''10''' scraps.
* {{From|Release a bat into the cloud}}, can earn '''3''' scraps.
* {{FontFate}}: A particular choice in [[A Trade in Faces]] unlocks an option in [[The Curt Relicker and Montgomery are Moving Quietly Past]] which gives {{IL|Certifiable Scrap|1-4 x}}s and {{IL|Suspicion|-3 CP}}.
* {{FontFate}}: A particular decision in the final choice on [[The Blemmigan Affair (Story)]] adds an option for [[Court and Cell: the Constables]] giving 1-2 x {{IL|Certifiable Scrap}}s and up to ({{IL|Watchful}}/3) x {{IL|Proscribed Material}}.

===Early-game stories===
These stories are a '''one-time source''' of different amounts of scraps each.
* [[Wine and Cake with the Bohemian Sculptress|Your first time picking]] {{IL|Identified with a School:}} earns 4 scraps.
* {{IL|Befriending a Rooftop Urchin}}: 8-16 scraps, depending on your decisions.
* {{IL|Advising the Loquacious Vicar}}: 8 scraps.
* {{IL|Collecting Clues for the Clay Coalman}}: 8-14 scraps, depending on your decisions.

==Suboptimal grinds==
''Because we believe in publishing negative results.''

(And want to save you the time calculating those grinds on your own.)
===Selling Drownie toys===
You may be tempted to play {{IL|Devices and Desires}} to get toys and sell them for scraps. However, this is not particularly worth it:
* you can only get one toy per trip
* the three basic toys require at least 5 actions each to get and sell for 5 scraps (≤ 1 scrap per action).
* the advanced toy requires the 3 basic toys plus another trip (20 actions total) and sells for 10 scraps, i.e. 0.5 scraps per action.
===Statues===
* {{From|Receive an offering from the Clay Highwayman}}, allows trading 2 {{IL|Favours: Criminals}} for '''1''' scrap and a chance at a further scrap from the bundle. 
* {{From|Set a Watch beside the Statue of Yourself}}, gives 3 scraps if you '''fail''' the challenge. To get on average 1 scrap per action, you need a success chance of at most 66% ({{IL|Dangerous}} ≤220).

===Gambling analysis===
Each Relicker card has three options. Each is a 50% {{IL|Luck}} challenge.

*Recertify some scraps - either gain 5 scraps or lose 4
*Recertify an armful of scraps - either gain 10 scraps or lose 8
*Recertify a double-armful of scraps - either gain 20 scraps or lose 18

Generally speaking, the latter two seem to gain about 1 scrap per action ''on average'', while still remaining a gamble. The first one gains 0.5 scraps per action 
''on average''.

==Uses==
===Affluent Photographer===
A minor use for scraps is [[Going alone|trading 2 Scraps]] for {{IL|Trailing the Affluent Photographer|1 x}}, if you cannot or don't want to ask a friend for help.

===Relickers===
Most importantly, scraps can be traded with Relickers for items. The table of rewards is below.
{{/Table}}

===What not to use scraps for===

Unless you are very early in the game, by the time you manage to assemble the appropriate number of scraps, you will probably have cheaper means to obtain most items in the above table. Specifically, items up to tier 6 (the "160 Scraps" row on the table) have better sources. However, some of the [[Items (Guide)/Most Valuable|tier 7 and tier 8]] items in the game are almost exclusively only available for scraps, namely {{IL|Veils-Velvet Scrap}} (unless you want to [[Discordant_Studies_-_Costs_and_Rewards_(Guide)#Additional_Reward_Notes|study the Discordance]]) and {{IL| Breath of the Void}} (which can alternatively be [[Purchase the wax-sealed box on the counter|obtained in Moulin]]), both of which are needed for the [[Treasures]] branch of {{IL|London's Marrow}}.

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