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

Source	Action	Location/Card	Cost/Requirements	Number of Favors	Notes
Professions	The Enforcer's reward	London	4 actions Must be a Enforcer	1	Once per week, after Time, the Healer
Storylets	A better breed of shiv	New Newgate Prison - again!	1 x Skyglass Knife	1	Wearing the Pirate Hat will keep your suspicion at 1 and prevent you from leaving the prison, allowing you to max out favours up to 7 per visit.
	Meet some criminals	Mrs Plenty's Carnival	Less than 5 x Renown	1
	Share what you've learned with a Second-Storey Man	Spite	14 Actions	1	See A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide)
Cards	Drop by for a chat	A Visit ➤ the Forger	Acquainted	1
	Any choice where he's alone.	A drink with the Cheery Man	The Cheery Man and the Last Constable: Favoring the Cheery Man	1	Early Game Only
	Wade in with fists flying	A riot in Spite!		0-1	Spite only, Early Game Only
	Join the pirates	An evening's zailing	3 Actions	1	Early Game Only
	Buy them both a drink	An opportunity for profit	10 x Piece of Rostygold	1	Early Game Only
	Arrange for him to take tea with a maid	Etiquette for the Ruthless	10 x Romantic Notion	1	Ruthless Henchman in inventory
	Dirigible theft	A merry sort of crime	Renown: Criminals 20	1
	The Life of Crime	Remind them who's boss	+2 CP Suspicion	1	Gang of Hoodlums in inventory
	Recommend her 'sister' to a wealthy home	Overly alluring?	5 x Intriguing Snippet	1	Alluring Accomplice in inventory
	Find a third	Burglary with the Master Jewel Thief		1	Master Jewel Thief in inventory
	Scheme: Graduation	The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse	Engaged in a Scheme: an Orphanage 6	1	An Orphanage, gains lots of Making Waves
	The next victim?	The Tower of Knives: Difficulties at a Smoky Flophouse	An Annoyance to Jack-of-Smiles 1 Jack's Gone - Jack's Still About	0-1	Key to a Smoky Flophouse Dormitory
	Provide an alibi	The Alleys of London: the Criminals	+1 CP Suspicion	1
	Volunteer	Bilge duty	CP loss on most stats.	1	Drawn in New Newgate Prison - again!
	Make note of their comings and goings	Respectable Passengers	Renown: Criminals 10	1	Drawn in Upper River Also increases Banditry
	Introduce her to a buyer	An Embarrassment of Snitches	The Great Crate Commotion exactly 4 (Criminals have won) Great Crate Conclusion 2	1	Drawn in Upper River
	Find an unusual home for your Mark of Credit Page	Secrets and Spending	14 x Counting the Days Mark of Credit Page	1
	Use him to distract some Constables	What will you do with your Disappointing Marsh-wolf?	Disappointing Marsh-Wolf	1

Notable uses

Source	Action	Location	Cost	Reward	Value/Notes
Storylets	Seek a thieves' cache	Base-Camp	1 x Favours	1 x Archaeologist's Progress 100 x Cryptic Clue	2
	The warehouses of the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company	The Copper Quarter		1 x Unassuming Crate	Can be traded for items by chance, including 1 x Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise
	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	see Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)
	A Grinning Villain	Jericho Locks	4 x Favours	2 x Human Ribcage 1 x Human Arm
	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
	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
Cards
	Swap gossip with cat burglars	The Alleys of London: the Criminals	1 x Favours	~20 Shadowy per favor	If 0-30 Shadowy
	Share a few drinks with a recently escaped recidivist		3 x Favours		If 31-70 Shadowy
	Consult with a master thief		5 x Favours		If 71+ Shadowy
	Easy money	Demander for a day	1 x Favours	250 x Nodule of Deep Amber	requires 1-3 A Name Scrawled in Blood
	Deal with the mason			300 x Nodule of Deep Amber
	Humbug!	A merry sort of crime		220 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey	4.4
	Make use of this new development	The Henchman and the Accomplice		7 x Ostentatious Diamond	3.5 requires 2 x Ostentatious Diamond
	Inquire about a 'special harvest'	A Disillusioned Fungiculturalist		4 x Knob of Scintillack 2 CP Seeing Banditry in the Upper River	10 or 20 x Hinterland Scrip
	Perhaps she is in danger	Overly alluring?	1 x Favours 30 x Jade Fragment	180 x Shard of Glim 180 x Nodule of Deep Amber	3.3
	Give evidence	Crime or punishment?	2 x Favours	1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844 2 x Tale of Terror!! 2 x Sworn Statement 1 CP Someone Is Coming	8.5
	Receive an offering from the Clay Highwayman	Under the Statue at the Magistracy		1 x Magnificent Diamond 1 x Certifiable Scrap 42 x Flawed Diamond Opening a Bundle of Oddities	17.54 plus Bundle requires 10 Magistracy Development
	Fencing certain coins	Secrets and Spending	3 x Favours	20 x First City Coin	5
	Sit by your statue	Under the Statue at Marigold Station	4 x Favours	1 x Unlawful Device 1 x Cave-Aged Code of Honour 10 x Compromising Document	30 requires 20 Marigold Development
	Alert the Gracious Widow to these complaints	A Word From Your Creditors	6 x Favours	-3 CP In Corporate Debt	Requires Board Member: the Gracious Widow
	All storylets on the card	An Implausible Penance	1-7 x Favours	Wide range, see card entry for details
	A grass	The talkative gaoler	all Favours	removes all Suspicion 1 x A Turncoat	Only playable if Favours > Suspicion Instant release from New Newgate Prison unless you wear + Suspicion gear

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