Favours: Criminals

You've done somebody a good turn. Now, they're in your debt.

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It is impossible to raise this quality beyond the cap 7 under any circumstance. Excess from actions raising the quality is wasted after hitting the cap!

Notable sources

Storylet:

• When in New Newgate you can buy favours for one Skyglass Knife each.
• Share what you've learned with a Second-Storey Man choice on The Rewards of Intrigue

Professions:

• The Enforcer's reward gives 1 Favour per week.

Cards:

• A drink with the Cheery Man card gives a Favour, only available if you chose Working with the Cheery Man
• Wade in with fists flying choice on A riot in Spite! card in Spite has a chance of giving a Favour
• Join the pirates choice on An evening's zailing card in Wolfstack Docks gives a Favour
• Buy them both a drink choice on An opportunity for profit card gives 1 Favour
• If you have a Ruthless Henchman, the Arrange for him to take tea with a maid choice on Etiquette for the Ruthless card gives a Favour
• If you have Renown: Criminals 20, the Dirigible theft choice on A merry sort of crime card gives a Favour.
• If you have a Gang of Hoodlums, the Remind them who's boss choice on The Life of Crime card gives a Favour
• Visit the Repentant Forger and Drop by for a chat choice through A Visit card gives a Favour
• If you have an Alluring Accomplice, the Recommend her 'sister' to a wealthy home choice on Overly alluring? card gives a Favour
• If you are married to the Master Thief, the Find a third choice on Burglary with the Master Jewel Thief card gives a Favour
• If you are closest to one of the right factions, the Find an unusual home for your Mark of Credit Page choice on Secrets and Spending card gives a Favour
• If you have an Orphanage, the Scheme: Graduation choice on The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse card gives 1 Favour
• The next victim? choice on The Tower of Knives: Difficulties at a Smoky Flophouse card has a 50% chance of giving a Favour
• Volunteer choice on Bilge duty card in New Newgate Prison gives a Favour
• Make note of their comings and goings on the Respectable Passengers card drawn in the upper river after opening Evenlode gives a Favour with renown 10.

Notable uses

Source	Action	Location	Cost	Reward	Value/Notes
Storylets	Trade favours with criminals	The Flit	3 x Favours	1200 x Moon-Pearl	12
	Acquire human remains from the criminals		5 x Favours	3 x Human Arm	7.5
	Offer an unrepentant ex-convict who won't be missed	The Labyrinth of Tigers	7 x Favours	23 x Tribute	Can be exchanged for a 62.5 item
	Seek a thieves' cache	Base-Camp	1 x Favours	1 x Archaeologist's Progress 100 x Cryptic Clue	2
	The Balustraded House in Elderwick	On a Heist	5 x Favours	10 x Ostentatious Diamond 25 x Surface-Silk Scrap 1 x Puzzle-Damask Scrap 1 x Favour in High Places or 1 x Magnificent Diamond	32.5
	The warehouses of the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company	The Copper Quarter	1 x Favours	1 x Unassuming Crate	Can be traded for items by chance, including 1 x Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise

Cards

• The Alleys of London: the Criminals allows you to train Shadowy by spending 1, 3 or 5 favours (~20 CP per favour)
• An Implausible Penance gives several choices for cashing in Favours: Criminals
• Give evidence provides 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844, 1 x Sworn Statement, 2 x Tale of Terror!! and Someone Is Coming for 2 favours
• A grass provides quick release from New Newgate Prison and gains A Turncoat for all favours
• Alert the Gracious Widow to these complaints spends 6 favours to reduce In Corporate Debt by 3 CP
• Options on Demander for a day provide Nodule of Deep Amber for 1 favour
• Fencing certain coins provide 20 x First City Coin for 3 favours and a cycle of Counting the Days
• Humbug! provide 220 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey for 1 favour.
• Inquire about a 'special harvest' provide 4 x Knob of Scintillack for 1 favour
• Make use of this new development provide 7 x Ostentatious Diamond for 1 favour
• With a statue of the Clay Highwayman: Receive an offering from the Clay Highwayman provides 1 x Magnificent Diamond and Opening a Bundle of Oddities for 2 favours.
• With a statue of yourself in Marigold Station, you may Sit by your statue for 4 favours. This provides items worth 25
• Perhaps she is in danger provides 180 x Shard of Glim and 180 x Nodule of Deep Amber for 1 favour and 30 x Jade Fragment

The favours can also be used with the Old Bone Skeleton Key to increase Renown: Criminals.