Discordant Studies - Costs and Rewards (Guide)
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This is a guide for those who would like to know what they stand to gain and lose with deeper studies of the Discordance or just want a chance to prepare first.
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What This Guide Doesn't Cover[edit]
- Branch-by-branch mechanics
- Unique items and qualities given to you by this content only to unlock a later part of the puzzle
- Puzzle answers
- Lore and narrative
- Costs and rewards of optional and/or optionally-repeatable actions (with exceptions)
- Penalties of failed checks (none are severe enough to list)
- Costs and challenges of travel
Discordant Studies 2[edit]
If the notion of following an expensive and painful path doesn't appeal to you but don't want to miss out on increasing your Steward of the Discordance cap, fear not! The cap increase is a reward for the first step and the storylet tells you what you stand to lose for taking it. You are welcome to stop your pursuit after this point.
Stat Challenges[edit]
| List of stat challenges faced [Expand] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stat | Difficulty | Type |
 A Player of Chess |
9 | Narrow |
 Artisan of the Red Science |
9 | Narrow |
 Glasswork |
9 | Narrow |
 Kataleptic Toxicology |
9 | Narrow |
 Mithridacy |
9 | Narrow |
 Monstrous Anatomy |
9 | Narrow |
 Shapeling Arts |
9 | Narrow |
 Watchful Dangerous |
300 300 |
Broad |
 Persuasive Shadowy |
300 300 |
Broad |
Costs & Requirements[edit]
| Stat Losses [Expand] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Quality | CP Loss | |
| A Player of Chess |
-(current level) CP | |
| Artisan of the Red Science |
-(current level) CP | |
| Dangerous |
-100 CP | |
| Glasswork |
-(current level) CP | |
| Kataleptic Toxicology |
-(current level) CP | |
| Mithridacy |
-(current level) CP | |
| Monstrous Anatomy |
-(current level) CP | |
| Persuasive |
-100 CP | |
| Shadowy |
-100 CP | |
| Shapeling Arts |
-(current level) CP | |
| Watchful |
-100 CP | |
| Menace Gain [Expand] | ||
| Quality | Gain | Notes |
 Nightmares |
+10 CP | |
| Nightmares |
+8 CP | move directly to  The Mirror-Marches
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 Suspicion |
+4 CP | move directly to  New Newgate Prison - again!
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 Unaccountably Peckish |
+1 x | |
 Wounds |
set to 8 | move directly to  A boat trip
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| Wounds |
set to 8 | move directly to A boat trip again
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| Item & Quality Losses [Expand] | ||
| Item / Quality | Loss | Notes |
 A Vial of Queenly Attar (?, ?) |
-1 x | |
 Appalling Secret (?, ?) |
-2 x | |
| Breath of the Void (?, ?) |
-1 x | |
 Current Culinary Concoction (?, ?):Solacefruit Champagne Sorbet |
Gone | Requires [1] to create from scratch |
| Discordant Missive (?, ?) |
-1 x | Requires another player's help. |
 Discordant Soul (?, ?) |
-1 x | |
 Doubled Skull (?, ?) |
-1 x | |
 Impossible Theorem (?, ?) |
-1 x | |
| Memory of Discordance (?, ?) |
-15 x | |
 Night-Whisper (?, ?) |
-1 x | |
| Non-Cost Requirements [Expand] | ||
| Item / Quality | Required | |
 The Rose-Red Streets |
1+ | |
Rewards[edit]
Acquaintance: the Anchoress
Supplemental Content[edit]
Over the course of your Discordant Studies, you will also unlock multiple repeatable actions. Most notably, this includes some new cards in the Adulterine Castle, some very expensive ways to lower your base Skills, and an expensive-but-repeatable source of 
Veils-Velvet Scraps.
Parts of this content that aren't directly tied to the progression of your Studies have been allowed to be placed on the wiki in a less limited capacity. Expand the tables below for more details.
Memory of an Anchorhold
Don't Mention It
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1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844, 
1 x Crystallised Euphoria 
3 x Dark-Dewed Cherry, 
1 x Fillip of Effervescence, 1 x Memory of Discordance, 
3 x Moonlit, 5 x Solacefruit, 
1 x Sudden Insight
