Contraband Grinding (Guide)

Flawed Diamond

The Crowds of Spite

• 4 for Dispose of twenty Trophies; see The Crowds of Spite (Guide) for more information.

The Rat Market (Area)

• Can be purchased for 2 from Merry Gun's Exchange.

The University

• 30 for Display admirable sportsmanship; averages 0.79 per action over a 38-action term. Requires Featuring in the Tales of the University exactly 5.

Bazaar Side-Streets

• 45 can be bought from Empire Adornments for x 200 Cryptic Clue, 4 in sale value.

Other

• Discordant Ripples (Mouth) 6 gives 44-47.
• 60 for x 3 Favours: Criminals via A knight of the underworld on the An Implausible Penance card.
• 6 for Enjoy the revel, but stay away from intrigues; requires having no Occasionally Seen at Mr Wines' Revels.
• 5-10 for options on Meeting in a Dark Alley.
• 5 for Become the Phantom!.

Ostentatious Diamond

Your Activities

• In jewels allows Midnighter and Licentiate to pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in Ostentatious Diamonds and other items. Up to 3 every 25 actions (0.12 DPA) on average for Midnighter, and 6 for Licentiate.

The Crowds of Spite

• 3-8 for Dispose of twenty Trophies (~3.2 DPA on Strung-up Street with 171+ Base Shadowy, easily the best grindable source); see The Crowds of Spite (Guide) for more information.

On a Heist

• 10 for either ending of the The Balustraded House in Elderwick heist; see On a Heist (Guide) for more information.

Bazaar Side-Streets

• 1 from Pick out a diamond; costs x 25 Cryptic Clue, 0.50 in sale value.

The Copper Quarter/London

• 15 for Deliver the crate to the Widow; costs either x 1 Favours: Criminals, x 10 Assortment of Khaganian Coinage or x 170 Fistful of Surface Currency per crate, and only 3 may be transported from the Khanate to London at a time (~2.2 DPA with a Zee-Clipper if using on-hand or Bazaar-bought resources).

The Bone Market

• Skeleton: Legs^2.2 when you Sell to the Enterprising Boot Salesman; requires Occasional Buyer: An Enterprising Boot Salesman. Difficult to calculate efficiency given the number of items involved, but seems unlikely to beat out The Crowds of Spite unless using on-hand resources.

Other

• Discordant Ripples (Mouth) 6 gives 1.
• 7 from Make use of this new development on The Henchman and the Accomplice; costs 1 x Favours: Criminals
• 10 from A Knight of the Underworld on An Implausible Penance; costs 3 x Favours: Criminals. Alternatively, 11 for 7 x Favours: Criminals via Beating the minister on the same card.

Agents

• 1/3 chance to get 1 from the Nautical plot A Consignment without Contract; Takes 80 actions and ends with a Zeefaring 2 challenge. It is NOT rewarded if your agent fails the check.

Ascended Ambergris

The Midnight Moon

• 1 for End your shift, at the end of the 6-action Midnight Trade carousel

Other

• Can be purchased from The Leviathan's Share for 100

Magnificent Diamond

Your Activities

• 1 when Midnighters and Licentiates request payment in jewels, among other items, requires an average of 25 actions for Midnighters and 12.5 for Licentiates; see Professional Activities (Guide) for more information.

Moloch Street

• 2 when you Vote a dividend to the shareholders, alongside at least [20 + ( Number of stations built × 2.5) + ( Train Luxuries × 0.5)] in other items; adds at least 5 CP of In Corporate Debt.

Base-Camp

• 2 from Unpredictable Treasures. With treasures sourced from A thieves' cache!, it costs 1 x Favours: Criminals and 8 actions per treasure, with a 25% chance. See Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more information.
• 1 from The Chalcocite Pagoda expedition, alongside 2 Antique Mysteries, requiring 20 Archaeologist's Progress. Use a Weasel of Woe to reliably fail the final Watchful check.

On a Heist

• 1 for Take a series on the succession laws of Arbor when robbing  The Circumspect Envoy's Townhouse; see On a Heist (Guide) for more information.
• 1 for Keep her secret. It's only fair. when robbing  The Balustraded House in Elderwick. Requires 5x Favours: Criminals; see On a Heist (Guide) for more information.

Balmoral

• 1 from Ambush a smuggler on Larceny at Balmoral, costing -21 CP Casing; alternatively, 2 from Seize a jewel smuggler's boat on Larceny at Jericho Locks, costing -36 CP Casing.
• Cover Identity: Backstory / 5 from Fence this identity. Most easily acquired via Mortification of a Great Power from Hearts' Game, cashed in in batches of 5 to yield 26  over 102 actions (3.92 actions per diamond). Players with access to Surveilling Spindlewolf or Canny Cuttlefish can reduce the initial number to 4  without any lost backstory, yielding 21  over 82 actions instead (3.9 actions per diamond). In large batches, the efficiency approaches 3.85 actions per . See Cover Identities (Guide) for more information.
• Backstory for the above grind can be slightly more efficiently acquired via Final Breaths for characters with very high Dangerous.

The Copper Quarter/London

• 1 for Deliver the crate to the Widow; costs either x 1 Favours: Criminals, x 10 Assortment of Khaganian Coinage or x 170 Fistful of Surface Currency per crate, and only 3 may be transported from the Khanate to London at a time. Alternatively, cracking open a crate has a 1 in 10 chance of giving 3 (0.3 per crate on average).

Khan's Heart

• 3 for Deliver the Mummified Priest to the Khagan alongside 37.5 of other items; requires at least 12 actions and an Emetic Revelation. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.

Khan's Heart/London

• 1 for Conclude the infiltration (Wayward Navigator) alongside 50 of other items; requires at least 16 actions plus travel time. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.

Moulin

• 1 for selling an Exceptional Thesis to The Genteel Elder; see Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.

The Hurlers

• 1 for either option on An Opulent Railway Carriage alongside at least 77.5 of other items; costs x 15 Crystallised Curio and 16 actions.

Risen Burgundy

• 1 for Steal from the Gravensteen itself on the card The Tolling of the Thief-Bells; costs -36 CP Casing.... Assuming you get your casing from Find the weakness in an opponent's defences at +28 CP Casing... per action, amortizing travel costs, this option provides ~0.16 Magnificent Diamonds per action for 1 diamond every 6.4 actions.

Other

• 25 for splitting a Fabulous Diamond.
• 1 for saving the Rubbery Man on A misfortune at the Carnival.
• 1 for Pretend to drink on A Curious Taste. Requires slighting another player and having that person send the Polite Poisoner after you.
• 1 from Beating the minister on An Implausible Penance; costs 7 x Favours: Criminals.

Fabulous Diamond

Gaider's Mourn

• 1 for Exchange a hoard of plunder for a Fabulous Diamond; costs 31250 x Stashed Treasure, requiring at least 57 actions to obtain. See Piracy (Guide) for more information.

A hidden camp nestled in the woods of Balmoral

• 1 from Larceny at Jericho Locks, Con a Seasoned Smuggler; requires and costs Casing... and a cover identity.

London Street Sign

The Empress' Court

• 5 for Exchange a considerable quantity of Favours for London Street Signs; costs 3 x Favours: Society and gives 1 CP of Suspicion.

The University

• 1 for Business and pleasure; can be played 4 times per 38-action term and requires Featuring in the Tales of the University exactly 5. See Term Passing... (Guide) for more information.

The Flit

• 12 for robbing the Bazaar; requires at least Casing... 13.

The Clay Quarters

• 0-1 for Emancipate a Clay Man; costs 1 x Strong-Backed Labour. With Labour sourced from Underclay, this approaches 1 Street Sign per 5.33 actions.

Zenith

• 6 for Submerge some Relics of the Fifth City on A Trading Post at Zenith. Costs 10 x Relic of the Fifth City and also gives 25 x Nightsoil of the Bazaar. With Relics sourced from The Stacks, if completing one run in The Stacks takes 20 actions, then this is 3.5 actions per Street Sign.

Other

• Casting an Oneiric Pearl into the zee gives, amongst other rewards, x 5 .
• Rare success when upconverting Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax or Relic of the Third City

Use of Villains

Wilmot's End

• 1 for A friendly gesture. Costs Dramatic Tension, averages 1 Use per 22 actions; see Searching out a Missing Woman (Guide) for more information.

The Forgotten Quarter/ The Flit

• 2 for Deserting henchmen. Costs Dramatic Tension, averages 1 Use per 17 actions; see Fighting a War of Assassins (Guide) for more information.

Bazaar Side-Streets

• 1 can be purchased for x 80 Appalling Secret and x 20 Journal of Infamy. This is 22 of sale value, 42.24 + 5 actions if bought as Cryptic Clues (and 8 Foxfire Candles) and upconverted, or x 300 Rat-Shillings + 1 action.

Comprehensive Bribe

Bazaar Side-Streets

• 1 can be purchased for x 6 Touching Love Story, x 30 Vision of the Surface and x 300 Romantic Notion. This is 60 of sale value, 120 + ~16 actions if bought as Prisoner's Honey and upconverted. See Nostalgia Grinding (Guide) for the most efficient methods of acquiring the cost.

Viric Jungle

• 1 or more from Inspire her to imagine His Amused Lordship as a historical figure, requires at least x 7 . With Modified Persuasive 250, one can be acquired in about 12 actions. If you use 125 Sighting of a Parabolan Landmark to gain 6 Intensity, you bring that down to only 6 actions and a net decrease of 5 Sightings since the payout includes 120 Sightings. See the Getting started section of Oneiropomp (Guide) for more information.

The Magistracy of the Evenlode

• 2 for Await a verdict on the matter of (crime) (costing 25 x Journal of Infamy), for an average of 3 actions per bribe. See Barristering at Evenlode (Guide) for more information.

Philosofruits FATE

• 4 for a 150 Curiosity/Frivolity/Ascetic concoction. see Philosofruits (Guide) for more information.

Other

• Discordant Ripples (Following) 2 gives 1.
• Rare success when upconverting Romantic Notions and Whisper-Satin Scraps.
• 1 for smashing a Lens of Black Glass, requiring on average 56.23 actions and 47.71 in materials. See Fidgeting Writer (Guide) for more information.
• 1 when your agent successfully completes the Naval Intelligence plot. Requires 125 turns but zero actions. See Agents (Guide) for more information.
• 1 when your agent successfully completes the Persuasive branch of the The Operation of (a Veilgarden Honey-Den) plot. Requires 120 turns but zero actions. See Agents (Guide) for more information.

A Sealed Copy of the Crimson Book

London's Season: Whitsun

• 1 for ...would they dare?, costs Vial of Masters' Blood, only available during Whitsun.

Mirrorcatch Box

Empty

• The Magistracy of the Evenlode
  • 1 for Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Defence), taking 6 actions. See Barristering at Evenlode (Guide) for more information.
• Jericho Locks
  • 1 for Acquire a rarity; requires 5 Esteem of the Guild or 3 if Doctore of the Guild. See Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide) for more details.
• The Waswood
  • 1 for Reach towards the shore; rare success with Airs of Parabola 0-49.

Peligin

• The Magistracy of the Evenlode
  • 1 for The Light-In-Exile; Requires an empty Mirrorcatch Box and diving deep in the Magistracy. See Diving in the Magistracy (Guide).
• Other
  • 1 for Barter with a Listless Pearl-Diver for 1 x Oneiric Pearl

Violant

• Zenith
  • 1 for Persuade the Astrologer to fill up an empty Mirrorcatch, at the cost of 5 x Caustic Apocryphon. Requires an empty Mirrorcatch Box.
• Khan's Heart
  • 1 for Crack open the Sounder and capture its operating principle. Requires a Corresponding Sounder and empty Mirrorcatch Box. The former can only be obtained in the Khanate. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for details.

Apocyan

• Apocyan
  • 1 for Drowning; requires an empty Mirrorcatch box.

Viric

• Viric Jungle
  • 1 for Fill an empty Mirrorcatch box with Viric; Requires Intensity of the Dream 3 and an empty Mirrorcatch box. See Oneiropomp (Guide) for more details.

Cosmogone

• The Dome of Scales
  • 1 for Fill your Mirrorcatch Box with the light of the cosmogone sun or 5 for Fill a number of Mirrorcatch Boxes at once; Requires 1 or 5 empty Mirrorcatch boxes.

Irrigo

• Cave of the Nadir
  • 1 for A lunchbox?; Requires an empty Mirrorcatch box. See Cave of the Nadir (Guide) for more details.
• The Rat Market (Area)
  • 1 for The Irrigo-Filled Mirrorcatch Box; requires 3500 x Rat-Shilling and an empty Mirrorcatch box. The Rat-Season: needs to be Dimmest-Dark, Freeze-and-Fall or Lying-Longing. See The Rat Market (Guide) for details.

Gant

• Khan's Heart
  • 1 for All Gant; requires the khaganian intrigue Sabotage a power plant taking about 77 actions and requiring an empty Mirrorcatch box. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for details.
• The Rat Market (Area)
  • Purchase a Gant-Filled Mirrorcatch Box from The Shrivelled Celebrant for 3750 x Rat-Shilling, present during Tempestuous Demand. Does not require an empty box.

Hillmover

Khan's Heart

• 1 via the Khanate (see Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information)

Parabolan Base-Camp

• 1 for searching the nest of a Seven-Throated Warbler in Parabola. Takes at least 5 actions per Hillmover, though even with endgame stats and equipment, 6 is typical.

Zenith

• 1 for witnessing Velvet Dark. Takes slightly more than 2 actions. See The High Sancta (Guide) for more information.
• 1 for Drown a Memory of Moonlight, costing 1 x Memory of Moonlight. Requires 3 A Trading Post at Zenith.

Shard of Glim the Size of a Small Child

Bullbone Island

• 1 for That enormous Glim-Shard; Completable once per carousel, which is 21 actions. See Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide) for more details.

Unassuming Crate

The Copper Quarter

• 1 for The warehouses of the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company; Costs either 170 x Fistful of Surface Currency, 10 x Assortment of Khaganian Coinage, or 1 x Favours: Criminals. Can have 3 at a time max.

Hiding Place of a Peculiar Item

Parabolan Base-Camp

• 1 for Identify a location; costs Flask of Waswood Wellspring Water after Search Parabola for a Place in the Neath. See Parabolan Hunting (Guide) for more information.