Editing Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)/Rewards Comparison

{{Item Comparison}}This guide covers the various {{FontFate}}-locked items and qualities available through Exceptional Stories and other {{FontFate}}-locked areas. It also covers any permanent content and choices available even if they arent explicitly linked to the items in question. This guide excludes any Seasonal items, {{FontFate}}-locked or otherwise. 

== Items Sorted by Stats ==
It is worth noting that some options are dependent on the choices you make during the ES. Make sure to look at the ES's page in order to reach the conclusion you want when you make a decision based on these options.

=== Best In Slot ===
These items are Strict Best- or Worst-in-Slot for one or more stats, or Shared Best-in-Slot only with other {{FontFate}}-locked items.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Story !! {{FontFate}} !! Stats !! Notes !! Additional Unique Items/Qualities to Story
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| {{IL|A Pendant of Helicon Amber}} || Adornment || [[Accept a Pendant of Helicon Amber (40 FATE)|Accept a Pendant of Helicon Amber]] || 45 || {{Item Effects|A Pendant of Helicon Amber|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Shared BiS for {{IL|Shapeling Arts}} with {{IL|Winking Gemstone Ring}}.|Unlocks free entry to [[Helicon House]] with an added bonus of {{IL|Fitting in at Helicon House|Appearance=Fitting in|2 x}}.}}
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| {{IL|A WORD, BROKEN}} || Weapon || {{IL|Cricket, Anyone?}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|A WORD, BROKEN|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{IL|A Turnip?}} provides a greater reduction to {{IL|Respectable}}. || {{IL|Cricket Bat}}
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| {{IL|Boneless Consort}} || Spouse || {{IL|In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement -}} || 20<ref>The {{IL|In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement -|Appearance=Rubbery Enhancement}} costs 100 {{FontFate}} for 10 CP; this option consumes 2 CP, or 1/5 of it.</ref> || {{Item Effects|Boneless Consort|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Shared BiS for {{IL|Bizarre}} and BDR with the {{IL|Companion in Amber}}. || {{IL|Companion in Amber}}
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| {{IL|Diamond Newt}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|A Newt by Any Other Name}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Diamond Newt|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Strict BiS for {{IL|Scandal}} increase.|Peer {{IL|Bizarre}} and BDR items freely available.|Mutually exclusive with {{IL|The Newt}}.}} || {{IL|The Newt}}
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| {{IL|Companion in Amber}} || Spouse || {{IL|In Possession of a Peculiar Personal Enhancement -}} || 20<ref>Costs no additional {{FontFate}}, but requires {{IL|Boneless Consort}}</ref> || {{Item Effects|Companion in Amber|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Shared BiS for {{IL|Bizarre}} and BDR with the {{IL|Boneless Consort}} || {{IL|Boneless Consort}}
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| {{IL|The Newt}} || Companion || {{IL|A Newt by Any Other Name}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|The Newt|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Shared BiS for {{IL|Scandal}} reduction with {{IL|Gravel-Voiced Gossip}}, which was freely available only during the {{FontHallowmas}} of 2023.|Shared BiS for {{IL|Nightmares}} increase with {{IL|Focused Albatross}} and the {{FontFate}}-locked {{IL|Masked Former Priest}}.|Mutually exclusive with the {{IL|Diamond Newt}}.}} || {{IL|Diamond Newt}}
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| {{IL|Übergoat}} || Companion || [[GOAT OVER GOAT (1 FATE)|GOAT OVER GOAT]] || 1 || {{Item Effects|Übergoat|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Costs {{IL|Overgoat|2 x}} ({{e}}23,425.60 total). ||
|}

=== Situational Best-In-Slot ===
These items are often Shared Best-in-Slot for one or more qualities. However, peer items are available during certain Festivals, or with certain Ambitions, etc. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Story !! {{FontFate}} !! Stats !! Notes !! Additional Items/Qualities Unique to Story
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| {{IL|The Boatman's Hat}} || Hat || {{IL|The Shallows}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|The Boatman's Hat|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer items include the {{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy|Appearance=Anonymous White Mask}}, freely available during [[The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide)|select weeks]].|Outclassed by {{IL|Tanned Mask}} from {{FontRose}} and {{IL|Corinthian Belfry Hat}} from {{FontSummer}}.}} || {{IL|Clues to a Controller}}
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| {{IL|Diogenes}} || Hat || {{IL|The Mushroom’s Dream}} || 25 || {{Item Effects|Diogenes|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer {{IL|Bizarre}} and {{IL|Mithridacy}} items are available during {{FontWhitsun}}.|Peer BDR items include the freely available {{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy|Appearance=Anonymous White Mask}}.|Outclassed in {{IL|Persuasive}} by the Bazaar-buyable {{IL|Fecund Amber Tiara}}.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|A Synthetic Philosopher}}|{{IL|The Dream of the Hintershroom}}}}
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| {{IL|The Swan Bride's Mask}} || Hat || {{IL|The Poisoner's Library}} || 25 || {{Item Effects|The Swan Bride's Mask|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Shared BiS for {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} with {{IL|Honed Ushanka}} from {{FontWhitsun}}.|Several peer {{IL|Watchful}} items can be bought at the Bazaar.}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|The Gonfaloniere of Jericho Locks}}|{{IL|Gonfaloniere of the Guild of Gondoliers}}|{{IL|Water in the Blood}}|{{IL|Addressed as:}} Gonfaloniere|{{IL|Addressed as:}} Bosun-in-Gold}}
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| {{IL|Bifurcated Owl}} || Companion || {{IL|Theological Husbandry}} and {{IL|Flute Street}} || 30 ||{{Item Effects|Bifurcated Owl|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Shared BiS for BDR with {{IL|Übergoat}}.|Many better companions for other stats are freely available.}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}|{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|Fist of the Bazaar}}|{{IL|Rubbery Hound}}|{{IL|Ocular Toadbeast}}}}
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| {{IL|A Questioning of Riddlefishers}} || Affiliation || [[Pose your own question to the Riddlefishers (10 FATE)|Pose your own question to the Riddlefishers]] || 10<ref>Cheapest price is 10 {{FontFate}}, but various {{IL|A Charmed Fate|Appearance=Charmed Fates}} can cost upwards of this price.</ref> || {{Item Effects|A Questioning of Riddlefishers|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || [[Dream-Shadow of a Curator's Vestige|Peer item]] is available from {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}}.
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| {{IL|Obdurate Stallion}} || Transport || {{IL|Theological Husbandry}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Obdurate Stallion|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer BDR items are [[Clay Sedan Chair|freely]] [[Respectable Landau|available]].|Outclassed by several Seasonal or {{FontFate}}-locked items, as well as {{IL|Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled}}.}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|Fist of the Bazaar}}}}
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| {{IL|Ratwork Velocipede}} || Transport || {{IL|The Spinning of the Wheels}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Ratwork Velocipede|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Shared BiS for BDR with {{IL|Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled}}.|{{IL|Corpulent Carriage}}, available during {{FontFruits}}, provides one more point of {{IL|Shadowy}}.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Riding the Savage Cobbles}}}}
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| {{TableList|{{IL|Cultured Attaché}}|{{IL|Cultured Attachée}}}} Same stats || Spouse || {{IL|Mysteries of the Foreign Office}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Cultured Attaché|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Shared BiS for {{IL|Persuasive}}.|{{IL|Philosophically Perfect Partnership}} provides one more point of {{IL|Watchful}}.}}
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| {{TableList|{{IL|Academic Intriguer}}|{{IL|Comfortable Intriguer}}|{{IL|Devout Intriguer}}}} Same stats || Spouse || {{IL|Mysteries of the Foreign Office}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Devout Intriguer|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Shared BiS for {{IL|Dangerous}} and {{IL|Shadowy}}. ||
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===Perennial Best-In-Slot===
These items have peer or better items freely available at all times of year, though they may be difficult to acquire or require the completion of a lengthy storyline.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Story !! {{FontFate}} !! Stats !! Notes !! Additional Items/Qualities Unique to Story
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| {{IL|Laconic Prodigy}} || Companion || [[Recruit a Laconic Prodigy as your assistant (20 FATE)|Recruit a Laconic Prodigy as your assistant]] || 20 ||{{Item Effects|Laconic Prodigy|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Peer items are {{IL|The Minister of War|Appearance=the}} {{IL|The Minister of Enigmas|Appearance=various}} {{IL|The Minister of State Affairs|Appearance=ministers}}.
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| {{IL|Wings-of-Thunder Batling}} || Companion || {{IL|The Rat-Catcher (Story)}} || 45 ||{{Item Effects|Wings-of-Thunder Batling|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Players who chose a certain option when [[Troubled by Vermin]] may already have the peer {{IL|Disgraced Rattus Faber Bandit-Chief}}. Else, the {{IL|Malevolent Monkey}} is peer for {{IL|Dangerous}} and Bazaar-buyable. <br />Peer BDR items include the {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}, available after some progress in [[Making Your Name (Guide)|Making Your Name]]. || {{IL|Dire Appendage}}
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| {{IL|Cross of Southwark}} || Affiliation || {{IL|The Brass Grail (Story)}} || 35 || {{Item Effects|Cross of Southwark|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer {{IL|Persuasive}} and better {{IL|Respectable}} item is {{IL|A Salon}}.|Better {{IL|Dangerous}} affiliation, {{IL|The Crew of the HMS Ramillies}}, is available from [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]].}} || {{IL|Masked Former Priest}}
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| {{IL|A Clot of Malachite Flesh}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|The Ceremony (Story)}} || 35 || {{Item Effects|A Clot of Malachite Flesh|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer BDR items include the easily available {{IL|Portable Lamp-Post}}.|Better {{IL|Bizarre}} and {{IL|Respectable}} items can be assembled [[Preserve Your Skeleton for Home Use|in the Bone Market]] or obtained [[The Contemplation of Parabolan Parables|through Parabolan means]].}} ||
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| {{IL|Collection of Discomfiting Photographs}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|Mysteries of the Foreign Office}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Collection of Discomfiting Photographs|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Outclassed by {{IL|Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave}} and {{IL|Oneiric Key}}. ||
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| {{IL|An Entirely Non-Cult-Related Tea Set}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|The Ceremony (Story)}} || 35 || {{Item Effects|An Entirely Non-Cult-Related Tea Set|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Peer BDR items include the easily available {{IL|Portable Lamp-Post}}. <br />Better {{IL|Dreaded}} and {{IL|Respectable}} items can be assembled [[Preserve Your Skeleton for Home Use|in the Bone Market]] or obtained [[The Contemplation of Parabolan Parables|through Parabolan means]]. ||
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| {{IL|Map of Prelapsarian London}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|The Bones of London}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Map of Prelapsarian London|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer {{IL|Watchful}} items include the {{IL|Voluminous Library}}.|Outclassed in {{IL|Shadowy}} by {{IL|Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave}} and {{IL|Oneiric Key}}.|A better {{IL|Watchful}} item is the {{IL|Naturalist's Map}} from [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]]; stronger {{IL|Watchful}} items require more [[Memory of a Much Greater Self|substantial]] [[Amber Vision of the Sea of Spines|time]] [[F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Neathoscope, Containing and Displaying All Seven Colours of Exotic Light|investment]].}} || {{IL|Brass Theodolite}}
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| {{IL|An Opal-Eyed Skeleton}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|The Ceremony (Story)}} || 35 || {{Item Effects|An Opal-Eyed Skeleton|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer BDR items include the easily available {{IL|Portable Lamp-Post}}.|Better {{IL|Bizarre}} and {{IL|Dreaded}} items can be assembled [[Preserve Your Skeleton for Home Use|in the Bone Market]] or obtained [[The Contemplation of Parabolan Parables|through Parabolan means]].}} ||
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| {{IL|Sugarplum}} || Companion || {{IL|Codename: Sugarplum}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Sugarplum|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || A peer {{IL|Steward of the Discordance}} item can be obtained from [[Breaking the Ice]] depending on your choice at the end.
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| {{IL|Tapestry from the Elder Continent}} || Home Comfort || {{IL|Mysteries of the Foreign Office}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Tapestry from the Elder Continent|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Outclassed by {{IL|Serpent-Headed Oneiropompic Stave}} and {{IL|Beatific Stone}}.||
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=== Early-Game Utility ===
These items are strictly outclassed for endgame players, but may be useful options for those who do not yet have access to a lategame alternative.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Story !! {{FontFate}} !! Stats !! Notes !! Additional Unique Items/Qualities to Story
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| {{IL|Ornate Mortar Board}} || Hat || {{IL|Dernier Cri}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Ornate Mortar Board|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Peer for {{IL|Respectable}} with {{IL|The Admiral's Hat}}, which is perennially available but may be cost-prohibitive. <br>Better {{IL|Persuasive}} item, {{IL|Beguiling Mask}}, is Bazaar-buyable but also cost-prohibitive.
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| {{IL|Naval Waistcoat}} || Clothing || {{IL|Dernier Cri}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Naval Waistcoat|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Strictly outclassed by {{IL|Academic Gown}}, which is obtained freely at the start of the [[Featuring in the Tales of the University (Guide)|University storyline]].
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| {{IL|The Boatman's Lantern}} || Weapon || {{IL|The Shallows}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|The Boatman's Lantern|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer for {{IL|Watchful}} with two {{IL|Little Red Notebook|Appearance=Profession}} {{IL|Ratting Piece|Appearance=items}}.|Better {{IL|Watchful}} items include the {{IL|Ratwork Watch}}, available for relatively cheap during certain weeks at the [[The Rat Market (Guide)|Rat Market]].|Peer for {{IL|Dreaded}} and {{IL|Bizarre}} with the {{IL|Iron Republic Journal}}.}} || {{IL|Clues to a Controller}}
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| {{IL|The Knapt}} || Weapon || {{IL|Flint}} || 120 || {{Item Effects|The Knapt|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer for {{IL|Dangerous}} with the {{IL|Selection of Garish Fireworks}} — resources to buy one can be obtained by [[...something else.|burning a Trade Secret]].|Peer {{IL|Dreaded}} items include the {{IL|Shuttered Cake}}, which can be bought using resources from the [[The Sunken Embassy (Guide)|Sunken Embassy]].}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Griswine}}|{{IL|The Word of Caution}}|{{IL|A Seared Snuffer}}|{{IL|The Woman in Yellow}}|{{IL|Snuffer's Gratitude}}|{{IL|A Moment in Time}}|{{IL|Cherty}}}}
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| {{IL|The Word of Caution}} || Weapon || {{IL|Flint}} || 120 || {{Item Effects|The Word of Caution|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Peer item, {{IL|Dilmun Club Lapel Badge}}, is not availible until at least {{IL|Watchful}} 84. || {{TableList|{{IL|Griswine}}|{{IL|The Knapt}}|{{IL|A Seared Snuffer}}|{{IL|The Woman in Yellow}}|{{IL|Snuffer's Gratitude}}|{{IL|A Moment in Time}}|{{IL|Cherty}}}}
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| {{IL|Boneless Pianist}} || Companion || {{IL|Fading to a Coda}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Boneless Pianist|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Outclassed by two {{IL|Feckless Supporters|Appearance=Profession}} {{IL|Loathsome Imp|Appearance=items}}. Otherwise, better items are either available seasonally, or Bazaar-buyable (possibly at heavy expense for new players).
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| {{IL|Dashing Debunker}} || Companion || {{IL|Noises from Upstairs}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Dashing Debunker|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Outclassed in {{IL|Watchful}} by the {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}, available freely after some progress in [[Making Your Name (Guide)|Making Your Name]].|Better {{IL|Persuasive}} items are available seasonally, or Bazaar-buyable (possibly at heavy expense for new players).}}
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| {{IL|Spider-Infested Eyeball}} || Companion || {{IL|Required Repairs}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Spider-Infested Eyeball|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Peer {{IL|Dreaded}} items are seasonal or available midgame, like {{IL|The Minister of War}}. <br>Outclassed in {{IL|Bizarre}} and peer for BDR with the {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}, available freely after some progress in [[Making Your Name (Guide)|Making Your Name]]. || {{IL|Used Eyepatch}}
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===No Notable Stats===
These Items cannot be recommended based on their stats alone.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Story !! {{FontFate}} !! Stats !! Notes !! Additional Unique Items/Qualities to Story
|-
| {{IL|Blemmigan Hat}} || Hat || {{IL|The Blemmigan Affair}} || 30 || {{Item Effects|Blemmigan Hat|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Peer or better items can be bought from the Bazaar for relatively cheap. || {{TableList|{{IL|Identified with a School:}} The Mycologenes}}
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| {{IL|Song Stuck in Your Head}} || Hat || {{IL|Por Una Cabeza}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Song Stuck in Your Head|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Just buy a {{IL|Sporing Bonnet}} instead. ||
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| {{IL|Moth-woven Greatcoat}} || Clothing || {{IL|The Pursuit of Moths}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Moth-woven Greatcoat|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Your choice of a peer {{IL|Shadowy}} can be obtained from [[Trailing the Affluent Photographer]]. ||
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| {{IL|Cricket Bat}} || Weapons || {{IL|Cricket, Anyone?}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Cricket Bat|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Unremarkable for {{IL|Dangerous}}.|Purchase a {{IL|Weighty Postlapsarian Romance}} for {{IL|Respectable}}.}} || {{IL|A WORD, BROKEN}}
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| {{IL|Shepherd's Timepiece}} || Weapon || {{IL|A Trade in Souls}} || 25 || {{Item Effects|Shepherd's Timepiece|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || You're probably more interested in the [[Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)/Rewards Comparison#Efficient Repeatable|Shepherd-exclusive options]]. || {{IL|Spirifer's Fork}}
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| {{IL|Spirifer's Fork}} || Weapon || {{IL|A Trade in Souls}} || 25 || {{Item Effects|Spirifer's Fork|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
| You're probably more interested in the [[Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)/Rewards Comparison#Niche Repeatable|Spirifer-exclusive options]]. || {{IL|Shepherd's Timepiece}}
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| {{IL|Aggrieved Toad}} || Companion || {{IL|The Ballad of Johnny Croak}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Aggrieved Toad|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Outclassed by various Bazaar-buyable companions, including the cheap {{IL|Araby Fighting-Weasel}}. || {{IL|A Hollow Crossbow Bolt}}
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| {{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}} || Companion || {{IL|Theological Husbandry}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Corresponding Ocelot|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Required for breeding the {{IL|Bifurcated Owl}}. Unlocks an opportunity card that allows for {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Apperance=Scholar of the Correspondence}} grinding up to level 10. Can be [[Letters page: the Corresponding Ocelot|recruited]] as a journalist for newspaper, saving you {{e}}60.|Unremarkable statwise for this point in the game.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}|{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|Fist of the Bazaar}}}}
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| {{IL|A Daughter in the Shadows}} || Companion || {{IL|A Long-Lost Daughter?}} || 25 || {{Item Effects|A Daughter in the Shadows|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Peer for {{IL|Shadowy}} with the Bazaar-buyable {{IL|Devious Henchman}}.|For {{IL|Persuasive}}, buy a {{IL|Deshrieked Mandrake}}; better options can be obtained at greater cost or during seasonal events.}} ||
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| {{IL|Docile Vesture Spider}} || Companion || {{IL|The House of Silk and Flame}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Docile Vesture Spider|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|For {{IL|Persuasive}}, buy a {{IL|Deshrieked Mandrake}}.|Peer or better {{IL|Respectable}} items are numerous; you should have one by the time you need one.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Discovered: The Third Arbor}}|or|{{IL|Favour: Her Roseate Splendour}}}}
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| {{IL|Intrepid Deacon}} || Companion || {{IL|For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Intrepid Deacon|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Outclassed by several other {{FontRose}} companions, and he's only recruitable then. || {{TableList|{{IL|The Bishop's Good Book}}|{{IL|The Deacon's Heart}}}}
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| {{IL|Ocular Toadbeast}} || Companion || {{IL|Theological Husbandry}} and {{IL|Flute Street}} || 30 || {{Item Effects|Ocular Toadbeast|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Required for breeding the {{IL|Bifurcated Owl}}.|Peer items include the {{IL|Unscrupulous Raven Advisor}}.|Outclassed by the {{IL|Renown: Society}} 25 item, the {{IL|Unassuming Judge}}.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}|{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|Fist of the Bazaar}}|{{IL|Rubbery Hound}}|{{IL|Ocular Toadbeast}}|{{IL|Location of an Underground Organ}}}}
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| {{IL|Rubbery Hound}} || Companion || {{IL|Flute Street}} || 10 || {{Item Effects|Rubbery Hound|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Required for breeding the {{IL|Bifurcated Owl}}.|Unremarkable statwise for this point in the game.}} || {{IL|Location of an Underground Organ}}
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| {{IL|A Seared Snuffer}} || Companion || {{IL|Flint}} || 120 || {{Item Effects|A Seared Snuffer|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Unremarkable for {{IL|Watchful}}.|For {{IL|Shadowy}}, buy a {{IL|Devious Henchman}}.}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Griswine}}|{{IL|The Word of Caution}}|{{IL|The Knapt}}|{{IL|Snuffer's Gratitude}}|{{IL|A Moment in Time}}|{{IL|Cherty}}}}
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| {{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}} || Companion || {{IL|Theological Husbandry}} || 20 || {{Item Effects|Slavering Dream-Hound|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Required for breeding the {{IL|Bifurcated Owl}}. Unlocks a rare opportunity card that completely wipes {{IL|Wounds}}.|Outclassed in {{IL|Dangerous}} by the {{IL|Hound of Heaven}}, or several Bazaar-buyable companions.|Outclassed in {{IL|Shadowy}} by the {{IL|Devious Henchman}}, among others.}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}}|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|Fist of the Bazaar}}}}
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| {{IL|Wild Vesture Spider}} || Companion || {{IL|The House of Silk and Flame}} || 45 || {{Item Effects|Wild Vesture Spider|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Outclassed in {{IL|Dangerous}} by various Bazaar-buyable companions, including the cheap {{IL|Araby Fighting-Weasel}}.|Outclassed in {{IL|Bizarre}} by the {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Discovered: The Third Arbor}}|or|{{IL|Favour: Her Roseate Splendour}}}}
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| {{IL|The Woman in Yellow}} || Companion || {{IL|Flint}} || 120 || {{Item Effects|The Woman in Yellow|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || {{TableList|Outclassed in {{IL|Watchful}} by the {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.|Outclassed in {{IL|Shadowy}} by the {{IL|Devious Henchman}}, among others.}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Griswine}}|{{IL|The Word of Caution}}|{{IL|The Knapt}}|{{IL|Snuffer's Gratitude}}|{{IL|A Moment in Time}}|{{IL|Cherty}}}}
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==Stories Sorted by Use==
A listing of {{FontFate}} stories with uses, grouped by usefulness to the average player. Fate stories with no uses will not be listed here. For a complete list see [[Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)]]. The stories themselves will be listed together as they are a package deal, regardless if the action comes from granted items, or from just playing through the story.

==Stories Sorted by Use==
A listing of {{FontFate}} stories with uses, grouped by usefulness to the average player. Fate stories with no uses will not be listed here. For a complete list see [[Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)]]. The stories themselves will be listed together as they are a package deal, regardless if the action comes from granted items, or from just playing through the story. It is worth noting that some options are dependent on the choices you make during the ES. Make sure to look at the ES's page in order to reach the conclusion you want when you make a decision based on these options.

===Efficient Repeatable===
These stories unlock repeatable options that are much better than their evergreen alternatives. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Story !! Type !! {{FontFate}} !! Use !! Notes !! Unique Items/Qualities
|-
| {{IL|The Mushroom’s Dream}}
| Carousel
| 25
| Unlocks {{IL|Mangrove College}} and the [[Philosofruits (Guide)|carousel located there]]
| Efficient source of {{IL|Blackmail Material|Appearance=Blackmail Materials}}, {{IL|Antique Mystery|Appearance=Antique Mysteries}}, {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|Appearance=Comprehensive Bribe}}, {{IL|Correspondence Plaque|Appearance=Correspondence Plaques}}, and {{IL|Storm-Threnody|Appearance=Storm-Threnodies}}.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Diogenes}}|{{IL|A Synthetic Philosopher}}|{{IL|The Dream of the Hintershroom}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Upwards (Story)}}
| Carousel
| 25
| Unlocks a new carousel on the roof ([[Upwards (Guide)]])
| Only source of {{IL|Pentagrammic Skull|Appearance=Pentagrammic Skulls}} and {{IL|Five-Pointed Ribcage|Appearance=Five-Pointed Ribcages}}.
|
|-
| {{IL|The Empress' Shadow}}
| {{TableList|Carousel|Storylet}}
| 35
| {{TableList|Unlocks the carousel, [[Sinning Jenny's Finishing School (Guide)|Sinning Jenny's Finishing School]]|[[Call in a favour with Sinning Jenny]]}}
| {{TableList|Provides an efficient source for grinding Favours with {{IL|Favours: The Church|Appearance=The Church}} and {{IL|Favours: The Great Game|Appearance=The Great Game}}, as well as a subpar source for {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|Appearance=Revolutionaries}}, {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|Appearance=Bohemians}}, {{IL|Favours: Urchins|Appearance=Urchins}}, {{IL|Favours: The Docks}} and {{IL|Favours: Tomb-Colonies|Appearance=Tomb-Colonies}} and additional options at Whitsun.|The railway meeting option can be useful if you have trouble convincing her.}}
| {{TableList|Disposition of the Empress' Shadow|The Shadow in Stockings}}
|-
| {{IL|The Blemmigan Affair}}
| Storylet
| 30
| [[A Blemmigan work]] and either an option on [[The Demi-Monde: Bohemians]], [[Court and Cell: the Constables]], or [[By the River's Side: the Docks]]
| Only the [[By the River's Side: the Docks]] option is mechanically viable, giving 1 of each second chance, and a 50% chance of a {{IL|Favours: The Docks|1 x}}.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Identified with a School:}} The Mycologenes|{{IL|Blemmigan Hat}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Flute Street}}
| Carousel
| 10
| Unlocks a source of {{IL|Favours: Rubbery Men}}, {{IL|Rubbery Skull|Appearance=Rubbery Skulls}}, and {{IL|Helical Thighbone|Appearance=Helical Thighbones}}
| The most efficient source of rubbery favours, and the only repeatable source of {{IL|Rubbery Skull}}. 
| {{TableList|{{IL|Location of an Underground Organ}}|{{IL|Rubbery Hound}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Learning from a Silk-Clad Expert (Story)}}
| Partial Carousel
| 30
| A researcher in the [[Laboratory (Guide)|Laboratory]] or a guide on [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)|Moulin Expeditions]]
| As a guide she comes in with 15 supplies, giving access to two 15-supply guides. In the laboratory she's an expert on Biological subjects, but she's also good at generating {{IL|Parabolan Research}}.
|
|-
| {{IL|Inconvenienced by Your Aunt}}
| {{TableList|Card|Option}}
| 15
| {{TableList|One of three cards that can either refresh actions, or gain favours and a handful of items, depending on final choice|[[Inconvenienced]] at [[Port Carnelian (Guide)|Port Carnelian]]}}
| {{TableList|Cards have a 30% luck check, refreshing 10 actions on success for an average of 2 actions per play. Failure provides a favour and a smattering of items worth a few Echoes of profit, along with some amount of Menace reduction. The specifics vary with the ending chosen.|The Port Carnelian option is useful.}}
|
|-
| {{IL|A Trade in Souls}} as Shepherd
| {{TableList|Card|Option}}
| 25
| {{TableList|Card|A new card for selling your soul|[[A dealer in souls|Option]] on the Capering Relicker's card|[[The owner|Option]] on the Rooms above a Bookshop card}}
| {{TableList|Relicker option is good if you're not a {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}}.|Good deal for selling if you want to sell your soul.|Card is an excellent source of Favours from {{IL|Favours: The Church|Appearance=The Church}}, {{IL|Favours: Society|Appearance=Society}} and {{IL|Favours: Constables|Appearance=Constables}}, or an expensive menace reset.|Lodgings card option is bad.}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Shepherd's Timepiece}}}}
|-
| {{IL|A Long-Lost Daughter?}}
| Option
| 25
| {{TableList|[[A present for your daughter|Option]] on the Capering Relicker's card|'''If you get the daughter:'''|[[Examine the site 2|Option]] on a Nadir card|[[Tell her your own story|Option]] on [[Coffee with the Last Constable]]|[[Sacrifice your Nearly-Daughter|Option]] for gaining St Cerise's Candle for {{IL|Seeking Mr Eaten's Name|Appearance=Seekers}}}}
| {{TableList|Relicker option is good if you're not a {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}}.|The Nadir option is very good.|Coffee gains you {{IL|Favours: Constables}} while you can get it.|The cheapest way to gain the Candle.}}
| {{IL|A Daughter in the Shadows}}
|-
| {{IL|The Sinking Synod}}
| Option
| 45
| {{TableList|[[Stake your own position|Option]] on [[A Jurisdictional Dispute]]|[[Put up a statue honouring the Bishop of Watchmaker's Hill, that is, Yourself|Put up a statue of yourself]] at {{IL|Burrow-Infra-Mump}}}}
| {{TableList|This makes the card more profitable.|The statue trades items for a {{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed}}, but is better grindable elsewhere.}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Proceedings of a Synod}}|{{IL|Addressed as:}} Bishop}}
|-
| {{IL|All Things Must End}}
| {{TableList|Carousel|Option}}
| 45
| {{TableList|Access to [[Tanah-Chook (Guide)|Tanah-Chook]]|Option on the [[Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies|Tomb-Colonies Card]]}}
| {{TableList|The new location is niche at best.|The option on the card is good though.}}
| {{IL|A Cocoon}}
|-
| {{IL|HOJOTOHO!}}
| {{TableList|Option}}
| 45
| {{TableList|Option on the [[The Roof-Tops: Urchins|Urchins Card]]|New conclusion at the end of [[Working toward a Foreign Posting (Guide)|Working toward a Foreign Posting]]}}
| {{TableList|The option on the card is good.| The new ending for the carousel is niche at best.}}
| {{IL|HEADLINE: The Valkyrie Sings!}}
|-
| {{IL|The Clay Man's Arm}}
| Option
| 45
| With {{IL|A Clay Arm}}, a [[Convince the Calcified Man that you are of Polythreme|new option]] in the [[Underclay (Guide)|Underclay]] 
| The best way to gain {{IL|Stone Confessions}}.
| {{TableList|{{IL|A Story of Clay Oppression}}|{{IL|A Clay Arm}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Übergoat}}
| Option
| 1
| {{TableList|[[Put up a statue honouring your Übergoat|Statue]] at {{IL|The Hurlers}}|[[Unleash your Übergoat|Option]] while [[Hurling (Guide)]]|One time:|[[Your unusual companion|Gaining]] {{IL|London's Nerves}}|{{IL|Übergoat tattoo|Appearance=A tattoo}}|[[Sacrifice your Übergoat|Gaining]] {{IL|St Cerise's Candle}}}} 
| {{TableList|The statue is quite good.|The Hurlers option is unknown.|The one time options are there, but other options may be preferred.}}
| {{IL|Übergoat}}
|-
|}

===Efficient Single-Use===
These stories unlock a one-time option that saves the player significant resources compared to the free alternatives. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Story !! Type !! Fate !! Use !! Notes !! Unique Items/Qualities
|-
| {{IL|The Shallows}} if {{IL|The Boatman's Lantern}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Build a Watchtower, lit with the reflected light of the Boatman's Lantern|Option]] for lighting your {{IL|Ealing Gardens}} watchtower
| Many other free options also work.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Clues to a Controller}}|{{IL|The Boatman's Lantern}}}}
|-
| {{IL|For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest}}
| Option
| 45
| {{TableList|[[Beseech the Chandler 1|Option]] on [[The Devil's Chorus]]|[[You know the way|Option]] on [[The Pilgrim Road]]|Can recruit {{IL|Intrepid Deacon}} during the {{FontRose}}|With {{IL|Intrepid Deacon}}, [[Invite an old friend|option]] while establishing your [[A Church in the Wild (Guide)|Church in the Wild]]}}
| Each of these options provide for a cost savings, assuming you don't have the other free alternatives.
| {{TableList|{{IL|The Bishop's Good Book}}|{{IL|The Deacon's Heart}}|{{IL|Intrepid Deacon}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Flint}} (<div id="FlintSingle />[[#FlintNiche|see also Niche Repeatable]])
| Story Option
| 120
| {{TableList|Wipes {{IL|Stain on Your Soul}}|Full Menace Reset|Make a quirk 14|Raise {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=Base Dangerous}} by 2.5% at the cost of 20% Persuasive}}
| Only way to wipe Stains, only way to overcap Dangerous (though you can't get it back if you lose it).
| {{TableList|{{IL|Griswine}}|{{IL|The Knapt}}|{{IL|The Word of Caution}}|{{IL|A Seared Snuffer}}|{{IL|The Woman in Yellow}}|{{IL|Snuffer's Gratitude}}|{{IL|A Moment in Time}}|{{IL|Cherty}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Cut with Moonlight}}
| Option
| 45
| {{TableList|Buy {{IL|Sun-Stamped Mirrorcatch Box}}es on either the [[The Alleys of London: the Criminals|Criminals Card]] or the [[Park and Palace: Society|Society Card]]|Open one for a Mirrocatch Box.|Several storylets providing 2.5{{e}} worth of items on a 40% luck chance.}}
| {{TableList|Very efficient {{IL|Mirrorcatch Box}} source.|Storylets are not great.}}
|
|-
| {{IL|Lost in Reflections}}
| Story Option
| 45
| Reset of {{IL|Advancing the Liberation of Night:|Appearance=Advancing the Liberation of Night}}
| If you want to reset it, this is the way. Mutually exclusive with the other option.
| {{IL|Dreams of a Future: July}}
|-
| {{IL|Honeyed laudanum (9 FATE)|Appearance=Honeyed laudanum}}
| Option
| 9
| Gives you {{IL|Honeyed Laudanum}}, which prevents losing dreams when leaving {{IL|A state of some confusion}}.
|
|}

===Niche Repeatable===
These items unlock repeatable options that are either equivalent to or outclassed by their evergreen alternatives. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Story !! Type !! {{FontFate}} !! Use !! Notes !! Unique Items/Qualities
|-
| {{IL|A Pendant of Helicon Amber}}
| Partial Carousel
| 40
| Gets you into the Sculpture Garden at [[Helicon House (Guide)]] 
| About the same gains here as the rest of Helicon House.
| 
|-
| {{IL|The Brass Grail (Story)}}
| {{TableList|Opportunity Card|Storylet}}
| 35
| {{TableList|Trade Wounds for Favours, or gain {{IL|Vision of the Surface|Appearance=Visions of the Surface}} and lose {{IL|Wounds}}.|Gain {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|4 x}} and {{IL|Moon-Pearl|100 x}} for 4 actions.}}
| Neither the card nor the action are particularly profitable. 
| {{TableList|{{IL|Cross of Southwark}}|{{IL|Masked Former Priest}}}}
|-
| {{IL|The Marriage of Feducci (Story)}}
| Storylet
| 35
| Gain {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|3 x}} or {{IL|Romantic Notion|15 x}}s
| 1.5 EPA; which of the items you get depends on the outcome of the story.
|
|-
| {{IL|The Gift (Story)}}
| {{TableList|Card|Option}}
| 30
| {{TableList|One of two cards depending on your final choice, providng {{IL|Favours: Society}} or {{IL|Favours: The Docks}}|A new option when finishing [[Sinning Jenny's Finishing School (Guide)|Sinning Jenny's Finishing School]]}}
| Neither card is a particularly good source of favours, and it'll just clutter your deck. The Sinning Jenny option likewise is less rewarding than the other cash out option.
| {{TableList|{{IL|The Regard of the Generous Princess}}|{{IL|Held in Esteem by the Crew of the Galatea}}}}
|-
| {{IL|A Trade in Faces}}
| Option
| 25
| An option for [[You call on the Anxious Auditor|reducing]] [[Meet the Face-Tailor at the Medusa's Head|a menace]] [[Visit the Face-Tailor at his club|on various]] [[Visit the Face-Tailor in his new abode|faction]] [[Meet the Face-Tailor on his rounds|cards]]
| None of these options are better than social actions.
|
|-
| {{IL|Mysteries of the Foreign Office (Story)}}
| Partial Carousel
| 20
| Expands options when [[Working toward a Foreign Posting (Guide)|Working toward a Foreign Posting]]
| The reward payout is worse than other payouts for ending the carousel. Possibly a niche source of {{IL|Favour in High Places}}
| {{TableList|One of:|{{IL|Academic Intriguer}}|{{IL|Comfortable Intriguer}}|{{IL|Devout Intriguer}}|{{IL|Collection of Discomfiting Photographs}}|{{IL|Cultured Attaché}}|{{IL|Cultured Attachée}}|{{IL|Tapestry from the Elder Continent}}}}
|-
|{{IL|The Spinning of the Wheels (Story)}}
| Partial Carousel
| 20
| A new cash out option for [[Riding the Savage Cobbles (Guide)|Riding the Savage Cobbles]]
| Not a terribly high EPA, even for an early PoSI.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Ratwork Velocipede}}|{{IL|The Spinning of the Wheels}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Theological Husbandry}}
| {{TableList|Partial Carousel|Cards}}
| 20
| {{TableList|Ability to breed new creatures. Each creature comes with its own card, which can be found at [[Breeding Monsters (Guide)#Empyrean Redolence cards|Breeding Monsters]]|[[Letters page: the Corresponding Ocelot|Also a one time savings when making your newspaper]]}}
| Most of the cards are just filler for the most part. The {{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}'s card could be useful for raising {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=ASotC}} while the {{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}'s rare card does clear all wounds.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}|{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}}|{{IL|Bound in Diocesan Intrigue}}|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Theological Husbandry}} and {{IL|Flute Street}}
| {{TableList|Partial Carousel|Cards}}
| 30
| Ability to breed new creatures. Each creature comes with its own card, which can be found at [[Breeding Monsters (Guide)#Empyrean Redolence cards|Breeding Monsters]]
| Most of the cards are just filler for the most part. The {{IL|Bifurcated Owl}}'s card could be useful for raising {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=ASotC}}.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}|{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}}|{{IL|Bound in Diocesan Intrigue}}|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}|{{IL|Why You Fight -}}|{{IL|A Brazen Fate -}}|{{IL|Rubbery Hound}}|{{IL|Location of an Underground Organ}}|{{IL|Ocular Toadbeast}}|{{IL|Bifurcated Owl}}}}
|-
| {{IL|A Trade in Souls}} as Spirifer
| {{TableList|Storylet|Card|Option}}
| 25
| {{TableList|A new card for selling your soul|[[A dealer in souls|Capering Relicker Option]]|Storylet for selling souls in {{IL|Ladybones Road}}|[[Harvesting the hotel|Option on Royal Bethlehem Hotel]]|Card when Seeking}}
| {{TableList|Relicker option is good if you're not a {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}}|Good Deal for selling if you want to sell your soul.|Storylet is a good grind for early game characters.|Royal Bethlehem option is not great.|Seeking Card is not great.}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Spirifer's Fork}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Codename: Sugarplum}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Play with Sugarplum in the snow|Option]] on [[Snowfall]] in {{IL|Adulterine Castle}}
| One of the best ways to get {{IL|Well-Placed Pawn}}, but it's card based and in a place you won't be spending much time.
| {{IL|Sugarplum}}
|-
| {{IL|Damp Martyrs}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Signal your experience on the Samaritan|Option]] on [[A Ship of Zealots]]
| Worse than [[Send them down to the Fathomking's court|Piracy]] or [[Race away from these lunatics|Racing away]], but checkless.
| {{IL|Near-Death Experience}}
|-
| {{IL|Caveat Emptor}}
| {{TableList|Remote Address|Card|Option}}
| 45
| {{TableList|{{IL|A Sanguine Château}} and card for the same|[[Don't research a parasitic property law|Option]] on [[Don't Perform Research]] in {{IL|Adulterine Castle}}}}
| {{TableList|[[A Remote Address]], with all its boons.|Lodgings card isn't a bad source of Deer Femurs, but it's outclassed by the [[Help yourself to some venison bones|Balmoral Dumbwaiter]].|Research card option is bad.}}
| {{IL|A Sanguine Château}}
|-
| {{IL|Fading to a Coda}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Encourage the Boneless Pianist to join in|Option]] at [[Helicon House (Guide)]]
| Same rewards and difficulty as other actions.
| {{IL|Boneless Pianist}}
|-
| {{IL|My Kingdom for a Pig}}
| Option
| 45
| A way to [[Chronicle the history of Gaider's Mourn]] when [[Writing a Monograph (Guide)]]
| Also unlockable with {{IL|The Pirate-Poet}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Boar}}|{{IL|Stars Under Skin}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Noises from Upstairs}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Invite a Regretful Sceptic to test some handcuffs|Option]] on [[Lowell's Locks and Cages (Card)]]
| This option is bad.
| {{IL|Dashing Debunker}}
|-
| {{IL|Cricket, Anyone?}}
| {{TableList|Card|Option}}
| 45
| {{TableList|Card in London|[[Suggest a cricketing manoeuvre to the (Number) Circle|Option]] while [[Hurling (Guide)]]|With {{IL|A WORD, BROKEN}}: [[Wield the Broken Word|Option]] while [[Diving in the Magistracy (Guide)|Diving]]}}
| {{TableList|The card is bad.|The Hurlers option is unknown, but checkless.|The diving option is bad.}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Cricket Bat}}|{{IL|A WORD, BROKEN}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Written in the Glim}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Consider what you learned from the Starved Men|Option]] on [[A Navigation Error]]
| Option is outclassed once you start doing [[Piracy (Guide)]]
| {{IL|False-Star Chart}}
|-
| {{IL|The Persona Engine}}
| Option
| 45
| {{TableList|[[Study the Blueprint for a Seal of Red Science|Option]] on the [[Draw on your Knowledge of the Red Science|Red Science Lab Card]]|[[Don't feed your research into the Persona Engine|Option]] on a [[Don't Perform Research|card]] in {{IL|Adulterine Castle}}}}
| {{TableList|The research is equivalent to the option for having an {{IL|Element of Dawn}}|You should have better ways of getting {{IL|Bazaar Permit}}s by now.}}
| {{IL|Blueprint for a Seal of Red Science}}
|-
| {{IL|The Frequently Deceased}}
| Partial Carousel
| 45
| With [[Sinning Jenny's Finishing School (Guide)|Sinning Jenny's Finishing School]], a new pupil
| Graduating a Student at the lab is faster.
| {{IL|Business Card of the Triple Orpheus}}
|-
|{{IL|Flint}} (<div id="FlintNiche />[[#FlintSingle|Efficient Single Use]])
| Carousel
| 120
| Unlocks [[Apis Meet (Guide)]]
| All the items provided can be sourced better elsewhere.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Griswine}}|{{IL|The Knapt}}|{{IL|The Word of Caution}}|{{IL|A Seared Snuffer}}|{{IL|The Woman in Yellow}}|{{IL|Snuffer's Gratitude}}|{{IL|A Moment in Time}}|{{IL|Cherty}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Lost in Reflections}}
| Option
| 45
| With [[Sinning Jenny's Finishing School (Guide)|Sinning Jenny's Finishing School]], and ending option providing a couple relics
| The option is not very efficient. Go for Favours instead.
| {{IL|Dreams of a Future: July}}
|-
| {{IL|The Haunting at the Marsh-House}}
| Remote Address
| 45
| {{IL|A Once-Great Marsh-House}}
| [[A Remote Address]], with all its boons.
| {{IL|A Once-Great Marsh-House}}
|-
| {{IL|Heptagoat}}
| Option
| 7<ref>Costs 0 to obtain, but requires 7 {{IL|Übergoat}} at 1 fate each.</ref>
| {{TableList|[[Put up a statue honouring your Heptagoat|A Statue]] at {{IL|The Hurlers}}|[[Unleash your Heptagoat|Option]] while [[Hurling (Guide)]]}}
| {{TableList|The statue itself is not very good.|The hurling usefulness is unknown}} 
|}

===Niche Single-Use===
These items unlock a one-time option that is either equivalent to or outclassed by the evergreen alternatives. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Story !! Type !! Fate !! Use !! Notes !! Unique Items/Qualities
|-
| {{IL|Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold}}
| Option
| 19
| [[Tell the Bazaar a story|Option]] on [[The Skin of the Bazaar]]
| Unlocks the {{IL|Passion}} destiny
|
|-
| {{IL|The Fair Unknown}}
| Option
| 45
| [[Make a sacrifice|Option]] at the end of [[The Chessboard 2|Chess Campaign]]
| Changes from {{IL|Scarlet-Handed}} to {{IL|Crimson-Handed}}
| {{IL|Scarlet-Handed}}
|-
| {{IL|The Icarian Cup (Story)}}
| Option
| 45
| With {{IL|Dawnburnt}}, [[Zail through|Option]] at the conclusion of {{IL|Playing with Soul}}
| No mechanical advantage, otherbeing checkless, just story.
| {{TableList|{{IL|The Icarian Cup}}|{{IL|Dawnburnt}}}}
|-
| {{IL|The Stag and the Shark}}
| Option
| 45
| With {{IL|Dawnburnt}}, [[Zail through|Option]] at the conclusion of {{IL|Playing with Soul}}
| No mechanical advantage, otherbeing checkless, just story.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Mermaid's Purse}}|{{IL|Dawnburnt}}}}
|-
| {{IL|The Attendants}}
| Option
| 45
| Narrative at the end of [[An Epilogue: The End of the Convent|Bag a Legend]], [[The Palace of the Rising, Conquered|A dreaming Priest of the Second City's Campaign]]
| No mechanical rewards.
|{{IL|A Ubiquitous Ushabti}}
|-
| Action on [[Flute Street (Guide)|Flute Street]]
| Option
| 10<ref>Requires {{IL|Flute Street}}, which costs 10 {{FontFate}} to unlock.</ref>
| Remove {{IL|Weeping Scar|1 x}}
| The only way to remove {{IL|Weeping Scar}}s 
|
|-
|}
<references />

==Vanity Only==
These Fate locked Stories only provide items or qualities that have no uses, except perhaps unlocking the season's conclusion of a particular set of Exceptional Stories. Exceptional stories that only provide their named quality are left off.
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|- 
! Item !! Story !! {{FontFate}}
|-
| {{IL|Vial of Murderer's Blood}}
| {{IL|The Art of Murder}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Bloodied Handkerchief}}
| {{IL|The Waltz That Moved the World}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Numbered Antler-Fragment}}
| {{IL|The Seven-Day Reign}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Vespasian's Prize}}
| {{IL|The Pentecost Predicament}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|An Account of the Souls Aboard Hell's Triremes}}
| {{IL|Five Minutes to Midday}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|What is Perhaps an Ear}}
| {{IL|The Chimney Pot Wars}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Special's Lucky Knuckles}}
| {{IL|The Calendar Code}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Coffin for Lieutenant R. F. Harris}}
| {{IL|Where You and I Must Go}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|The Brazen Iconoclast's Fate}}
| {{IL|Our Lady of Pyres}}
| 45
|-
| {{TableList|{{IL|A Bullet Whose Purpose has been Rendered Moot}}|{{IL|Slaking a Thirst}}}}
| {{IL|The Final Curtain}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Commission for the Factories of Hell}}
| {{IL|The Twelve-Fifteen from Moloch Street}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|The Glass Tablet}}
| {{IL|The Century Exhibition}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Notes on the Commercial Affairs of a Devil}}
| {{IL|The Heart, the Devil and the Zee}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|HEADLINE: The Valkyrie Sings!}}
| {{IL|HOJOTOHO!}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Tile Emblazoned with a Thin Path}}
| {{IL|The Web of the Motherlings}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Cocoon}}
| {{IL|All Things Must End}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Ubiquitous Ushabti}}
| {{IL|The Attendants}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Report on the Power of Law}}
| {{IL|Trial and Error}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A sliver of film}}
| {{IL|The Stone Guest}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Proceedings of a Synod}}
| {{IL|The Sinking Synod}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|The Withered Vagabond's Locket}}
| {{IL|Steeped in Honey}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Superbian Coin}}
| {{IL|Lamentation Lock}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Scored Stone}}
| {{IL|Factory of Favours}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Souvenir Bottle from Murgatroyd's Apothecary}}
| {{IL|The Murgatroyd Formula}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Dire Appendage}}
| {{IL|The Rat-Catcher}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Brass Theodolite}}
| {{IL|The Bones of London}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|The Magician's Ring}}
| {{IL|The Magician's Dream}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Smoke-Scented Mask}}
| {{IL|A Little Pandemonium}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Sketch of the Daylight Stalker}}
| {{IL|Daylight}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Mirror, Filigreed with Tulips}}
| {{IL|The Price of Loss}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|The Classicist's Expedition Journal}}
| {{IL|Tauroktonos}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Surface Bouquet}}
| {{IL|The Garden Embassy}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|The Innocuous Comb}}
| {{IL|The Heretic of Hollow Street}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Decorative Mushroom}}
| {{IL|Say it With Flowers}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Last Breath}}
| {{IL|The Committee}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Possibly Poisoned Cherries}}
| {{IL|Fine Dining}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|An Old Tiger's Eye}}
| {{IL|Borrowed Glory}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A New Pen}}
| {{IL|Shades of Yesterday}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|A Portrait of a Tabby in Repose}}
| {{IL|Go Tell the King of Cats}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Captured Jillyfish}}
| {{IL|The Dilettante's Debut}}
|
|-
| {{TableList|{{IL|Dreaming Essence}}|{{IL|Relationship with the New Dreamer}}|{{IL|Fate of the New Dreamer}}}}
| {{IL|For A Dream Of Innocence}}
|
|-
| {{IL|Red Science at the Gant Pole}}
| {{IL|Leviathan}}
|
|-
| {{TableList|{{IL|Your Pirate First Name}}|{{IL|Your Pirate Second Name}}}}
| {{IL|We Absolutely Meant to Go to Zee}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Clutch of Gelatinous Eggs}}
| {{IL|A Crown of Thorns}}
| 45
|-
| {{TableList|{{IL|Queen Mary's Esteem}}|{{IL|Queen Mary's Banishment}}}}
| {{IL|The Queen of the Elephants}}
| 45
|-
| {{IL|Sap of the Cedar at the Crossroads}}
| {{IL|A Devil's Due}}
| 45
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| {{IL|Volume Two}}
| {{IL|Stolen Stanzas}}
| 45
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| {{TableList|{{IL|Campaign Medal}}|{{IL|Silver Horse Talisman}}}}
| {{IL|Caught Up in a Soldier's Heartbreaking Tale (Story)}}
| Exceptional Friend
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| {{TableList|{{IL|Assisting in an Audit}}|{{IL|Acquainted with the Functionary's Past}}}}
| {{IL|A Functionary's Confidant (Story)}}
| 15
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