Defender of Public Safety (Guide)
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Defender of the Public Safety quality represents your commitment to eradicating monsters that may prove a threat to public safety. Its levels reach a maximum at 21. In order to raise this quality you must turn in
Estimable Trophies to the
Dept. of Menace Eradication. In short, it is referred to as DoPS.
How to Raising Defender of the Public Safety[edit]
Unlocking the Storylet[edit]
In order to start your journey, you need to raise your Involved in a Railway Venture to 50 by reaching
Ealing Gardens. Then you can find the storylet in the
Dept. of Menace Eradication.
Raising DoPS[edit]
Now that the storylet is unlocked, you need to turn in Estimable Trophies amounting to 5 +
DoPS at each level. You also need to have boosted
Dangerous of 100+10*
DoPS. Once you reach level 20, level 21 is granted with an action. You will need 290 to reach the final level. The cost for each level is as follows:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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100 | 110 | 120 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 180 | 190 | 200 | 210 | 220 | 230 | 240 | 250 | 260 | 270 | 280 | 290 |
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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5 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 68 | 81 | 95 | 110 | 126 | 143 | 161 | 180 | 200 | 221 | 243 | 266 | 290 |
Gaining Estimable Trophies[edit]
There are two types of sources of Estimable Trophies. Capped sources are capped at 3, but are the most action efficient ways of gaining them, whereas uncapped sources require many actions, but allow them to be gained once you've hit that 3 trophy threshold.
Capped Sources[edit]
Storylet | Option | Location | Requirements | Actions | ![]() |
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The Efficient Commissioner's Nightmare➤Waking the Efficient Commissioner | Send her home without or with a guardian. | ![]() |
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2 | 3 |
Card: Upper River Artistry | Offer your defensive escort | ![]() |
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1 | 2 |
Because you will frequently need to go to the Parabola in order to complete this, there should be no extra action costs in reaching it. Grab The Efficient Commissioner's Nightmare whenever you are eligible.
Uncapped Sources[edit]
Storylet | Option | Location | Requirements | Actions | ![]() |
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The Return of the Honey-Mazed Bear[1] | Restore the Honey-Mazed Bear to his rightful owners | ![]() |
9+[2][3] | 5 | |
Kill the Pinewood Shark | Embattled with the Pinewood Shark | ![]() |
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4+[2] | 6 |
Card: Bring it back to the station at the Hurlers | Stop That Stove![4] | ![]() |
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33 | 5 |
Card: An Evening at Sophia's | Propose a hunting expedition | ![]() |
1 | 1-3[5] |
- ↑
Honey-Mazed Bear requires drawing a The Bear, Again in
Ealing Gardens to begin it, followed by hunting in the parabola, and ending in returning it.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Requires hunting in the parabola.
- ↑ Includes travel to and from Ealing gardens, as well as entering the parabola.
- ↑ Requires stoking the stove in
The Hurlers at the cost of
203 x Correspondence Plaque
- ↑ 2-3 on success, 1 on failure.
Strategy[edit]
Whenever you have less than 3 trophies, you will want to visit the Efficient Commissioner's nightmare to gain trophies. And, while it doesn't make sense to grind Rumour of the Upper River to use Sophia's card, whenever you have spare ones, it makes sense to cash them in.
Pinewood Shark[edit]
However, your main source of Estimable Trophies is going to be hunting Pinewood Sharks as the other uncapped options are far less action efficient, and as such you will need a
Base Dangerous of 203. This guide will assume a modified
Dangerous of 300, and a
Glasswork of 12. If you are a
Monster-Hunter, it assumes a
Monstrous Anatomy of 14. Optimum strategy is as follows:
Monster-Hunters
Nightmares < 5
- Track the Animals of Parabola
- Lost in Strange Lands
- Apply your own knowledge
- Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP
Nightmares on failure)
- Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
- Lost in Strange Lands
- Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)
- Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
Nightmares ≥ 5
- Track the Animals of Parabola
- Lost in Strange Lands
- Apply your own knowledge
- Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP
Nightmares on failure)
- Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
- Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
Everyone Else
Nightmares < 5
- Track the Animals of Parabola
- Lost in Strange Lands
- Apply your own knowledge
- Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP
Nightmares on failure)
- Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
- Lost in Strange Lands
- Continue towards (Quarry Home) (50%, may take multiple attempts. +1CP
Nightmares on failure)
- Continue towards (Quarry Home) (50%, may take multiple attempts. +1CP
- Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)
- Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
Nightmares ≥ 5
- Track the Animals of Parabola
- Lost in Strange Lands
- Apply your own knowledge
- Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP
Nightmares on failure)
- Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
- Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
- Kill the Pinewood Shark (37%. If you fail, you'll return to step 4 on failure and gain +5CP
Wounds)
- Kill the Pinewood Shark (37%. If you fail, you'll return to step 4 on failure and gain +5CP
Expected Actions/Menaces per cycle[edit]
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Yes | No | Yes | No |
Expected Actions | 8 | 10 | 11.27 | 12.34 |
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2 CP | 2 CP | 2 CP | 2.09 CP |
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0 CP | 0 CP | 8.43 CP | 0 CP |
As can be seen, Monster-Hunters greatly decreases the expected time that the cycle takes, especially when
Nightmares are high enough. Also, if you are not a
Monster-Hunter, it may be wise to always track the quarry to the lair to save wounds. If you can get your
Glasswork to 12 with a base of 3, and a
Monstrous Anatomy of 14 with a base of 5, then
Nightmares can be ignored, as the skill gains will outpace losses due to Conflagration.
This is covered in the Parabolan Hunting (Guide) in more depth.
What is it useful for?[edit]
Only two uses exist for this quality. The first is putting up a statue of yourself at The Magistracy of the Evenlode, the details of which are discussed in the guide Statues at the GHR Stations. The second use is for releasing your stove, which is an extremely expensive way to get a
Ray-Drenched Cinder and to obtain a vanity quality.