Editing Feast of the Rose (Guide)/Item Comparison

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{{WIP|User=Kislev|Reason=Has only mask-gifts currently; companions TBD}}
Feast of the Rose has two general source of items: the first is from gifts given to other players (which can also be given to yourself by sending and then cancelling!), which can then be traded for {{IL|Masquing}}, and then {{IL|Masquing}} can be traded for companions. Several of the gifts are useful in their own right, and both gifts and companions can cost {{FontFate}}. This list will help players explore their options.

== Items Sorted by Stats ==
Note that these tables follow the following format: strict BIS is '''bold''', shared BIS is ''italic'', and stats which are neither but are nonetheless notable will be in regular case. Stats which are none of the above have been omitted for ease of perusal.

=== Best In Slot ===
These items are the strict best in slot for one or more stats.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Acquisition !! Stats !! Notes
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{{ICStatsRow|A Heartwood Hearse|Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}|Only beaten for BDR by the {{FontFate}} {{IL|Ratwork Velocipede}} and {{IL|Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Abbot-Commander|{{IL|Masquing|80x}}|n/a}}
|}

=== Situational Best in Slot ===
For a subset of players, these items are the best available options for their slot. This may be because the alternatives are only available at other festivals, are only obtainable with certain Ambitions, cost {{FontFate}}, etc.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Acquisition !! Stats !! Notes
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{{ICStatsRow|Golden Spiked Rosary|Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}|Best in slot for BDR for non-[[Severed Chimaerical Head of the Vake|Bag a Legend]] and non-[[The Seven-Fold Knock|Seeking]] players.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Countess of Thorns|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Other KT options available at {{FontHallowmas}} and {{FontWhitsun}} as well as for {{FontFate}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Crimson Captain|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|Efficient Commissioner}}}}
{{ICStatsRow|September|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|Efficient Commissioner}}}}
{{ICStatsRow|Efficient Commissioner|{{IL|Masquing|80x}} and {{IL|The Efficient Commissioner's Tale}} 1000|Peer items available for {{FontFate}} at {{FontHallowmas}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Bohemian Sculptress|{{IL|Masquing|80x}}|Peer item available for {{FontFate}} at {{FontHallowmas}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Ferret|{{IL|Masquing|80x}}|Peer items available for {{FontFate}} and at {{FontHallowmas}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Captain Amelia Whitlock|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|See also {{IL|Ferret}}.}}
|}

=== Perennial Peer Items ===
These items have peer items freely available at all times of year, though they may be difficult to acquire or require completion of a lengthy storyline.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Acquisition !! Stats !! Notes
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{{ICStatsRow|Starveling Stole|Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}|Accessible {{IL|Neathproofed}} alternatives in {{IL|Hellish Hymn}} and {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Illuminating Cap}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Box of Terrifying Candies|Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}|Matched by {{IL|Iron Republic Journal}}, surpassed by {{IL|Golden Spiked Rosary}} from this festival.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Mouthless Amber Mask|Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}|Many alternatives, the most accessible is {{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Lupercalian Mask|Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}|Many alternatives, the most accessible is {{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy}}.<br /><br />Buy the {{IL|Mouthless Amber Mask}} instead and save yourself 10 {{FontFate}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Tanned Mask|Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}|Many alternatives, the most accessible is {{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy}}.<br /><br />Buy the {{IL|Mouthless Amber Mask}} instead and save yourself 10 {{FontFate}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Set of Martyr's Bones|Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}|Most accessible alternative is the {{IL|Portable Lamp-Post}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|November|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Perennial alternative available in {{IL|Honey-Mazed Bear}} as well as many festivals.}}
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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 more lategame alternative.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Acquisition !! Stats !! Notes
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{{ICStatsRow|Lemurian's Mask|Rose-gift for {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|50 x}}|Decent and cheap early-game source of BDR in slot. Outclassed by other items from this festival, but this doesn't cost {{FontFate}}. Eventually matched in BDR by various Bazaar items and outclassed by many other items, including {{IL|Anonymous White Mask, Zee-Stained and Mildewy}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Hand of Glory|Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}|Can hold you over until you can afford {{IL|Pair of Master Thief's Hands}} or {{IL|Pair of Lenguals}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Blemmigan Pedant|Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of State Affairs}} and eventually the Goats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|A One Way Ticket on the 12:15 to Hell|Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}|Eventually outclassed by Renown 40 items, or {{IL|Private Debating Lessons with the Jovial Contrarian}}, which is only available at {{FontHallowmas}} for {{FontFate}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Luxuriantly Coiffed Sorrow-Spider|Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}|Eventually outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of War}}}}
{{ICStatsRow|Sister Lydia|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Best free companion for {{IL|Shadowy}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Genre Painter|{{IL|Masquing|20x}}|Best free companion for {{IL|Watchful}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Verity|{{IL|Masquing|20x}}|Best free companion for {{IL|Dangerous}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Ivy|{{IL|Masquing|20x}}|Best free companion for {{IL|Persuasive}}.}}
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| {{IL|Unblemished Exile's Rose}}
| rowspan="3" | Weapon 
| Rose-gift for {{IL|Inkling of Identity|200 x}}
| {{Item Effects|Unblemished Exile's Rose|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
| rowspan="3" | Decent and cheap early-game source of BDR in slot. Eventually matched by {{IL|Bejewelled Cane}} and {{IL|Dilmun Club Lapel Badge}} and surpassed by many, many items.
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| {{IL|A Decanter of Lachrymose Chartreuse}}
| Rose-gift for {{IL|Amanita Sherry|200 x}} |
| {{Item Effects|A Decanter of Lachrymose Chartreuse|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
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| {{IL|Box of Potentials}}
| Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}
| {{Item Effects|Box of Potentials|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
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{{ICStatsRow|Pink-Painted Cat|Rose-gift for {{IL|Appalling Secret|200 x}}|Matched by {{IL|Working Rat}}}}
{{ICStatsRow|Metaphysically Educated Rattus Faber|Rose-gift for {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|40 x}}|Decent early Persuasive, but eventually outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of Culture}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Shimmering Songster|Combine {{IL|Hamper of Heart-Cuts}} and {{IL|Rose-Bearing Maggot}}|Decent for the very early game if you can't afford companions like {{IL|Alluring Accomplice}} or {{IL|Malevolent Monkey}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Promissory Note for Intimate Favours|Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}|Surpassed by {{IL|Bejewelled Cane}}}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Last Constable's Cudgel|{{IL|Masquing|40x}}, along with certain outcomes in [[Family and Law]].|Decent earlygame stats, though note the BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Cheery Man's Cane|{{IL|Masquing|40x}}, along with certain outcomes in [[Family and Law]]|Decent earlygame stats, though note the BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|An Irresistible Lady|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Decent earlygame Dreaded.}}
{{ICStatsRow|A Monster-Hunting Academic|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}} on Watchful and BDR.}}
{{ICStatsRow|A Restless Clay Man|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Decent earlygame Dangerous.}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Secular Missionary, Renewed|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of Culture}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Revolutionary Firebrand, Reforged|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of Culture}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Green-Eyed Devil|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of State Affairs}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Quiet Deviless|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of State Affairs}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Devil-May-Care Dowager|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of War}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Incognito Princess|{{IL|Masquing|100x}}|Outclassed by {{IL|The Minister of Culture}}.}}
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=== No Stats ===
These items are difficult to recommend based on stats, even for earlygame players

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! Acquisition !! Stats !! Notes
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{{ICStatsRow|Watchful Doll|Rose-gift for 5 {{FontFate}}, or 3 {{FontFate}} in the [[Contract: a Miniature Menace (3 FATE)|Department of Menace Eradication]]|Not impressive statistically even for a starting character.}} 
{{ICStatsRow|Key-to-Heart Dagger|Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}|Just use the [[The Mark of a True Duellist|scars from Making Your Name]]}}
{{ICStatsRow|Liberalian's Mask|Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}|If you want BDR, get the non-{{FontFate}} {{IL|Lemurian's Mask}} instead.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Debonair Palaeontologist|{{IL|Masquing|3x}}|Unimpressive stats. Can also be married, see below for details, though it does require a {{FontHallowmas}} upgrade.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Impenitent Devil|{{IL|Masquing|3x}}|Unimpressive stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Curious Contrarian|{{IL|Masquing|3x}}|Unimpressive stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Enthusiastic Visitor|{{IL|Masquing|3x}}|Unimpressive stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Neurasthenic Assassin|{{IL|Masquing|3x}}|Unimpressive stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Pirate-Poet|{{IL|Masquing|3x}}|Unimpressive stats. Her {{FontHallowmas}} upgrade {{IL|The Pirate-Poet, Inscribed Anew}}, however, is very good.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Canny Costermonger|{{IL|Masquing|3x}} or 10 {{FontFate}} in {{IL|Station VIII}} at all times of the year.|Unimpressive stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Enigmatic Augur|{{IL|Masquing|4x}}|Unimpressive stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Dr Schlomo|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful and BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Regular Correspondence with an Incarcerate|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Thoroughly Experienced Gondolier|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful and BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Resourceful Dirigible Pilot|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful and BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|A Ghostly Presence|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Presbyterate Diplomat|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Affable Spy|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Pentecost Ape|{{IL|Masquing|10x}} with {{IL|Malevolent Monkey}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Cloistered Diatomist|{{IL|Masquing|10x}} with {{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish}} 3|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|The Cat's Chiefest Claw|{{IL|Masquing|10x}}|Decent earlygame stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Appointment with the Gentleman of the Marsh|{{IL|Masquing|40x}}|Decent earlygame stats.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Intrepid Deacon|{{IL|Masquing|40x}} with completion of [[For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest]]|Decent earlygame stats, through note the Watchful and BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Hollow-Eyed Tragedian|{{IL|Masquing|40x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Bizarre is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Lettice, the Mercy|{{IL|Masquing|40x}} with {{IL|Acquaintance: the Mercies}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|A Gentleman of Undisclosed Business|{{IL|Masquing|40x}} with [[The Cheery Man and the Last Constable:|Favouring the Cheery Man]]|Decent earlygame stats, though note the BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|A Stiff-Backed Young Lady|{{IL|Masquing|40x}} with [[The Cheery Man and the Last Constable:|Favouring the Constable]]|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Tempestuous Astronomer|{{IL|Masquing|40x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful and BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Nacreous Survivor|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Profoundly Educated Gentleman|{{IL|Masquing|80x}}|Decent earlygame stats, though note the Watchful and BDR is less than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}.}}
{{ICStatsRow|Lovelorn Bishop|{{IL|Masquing|60x}}|Decent earlygame stats.}}
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| {{IL|A Custom-Engraved Skull}}
| rowspan="4" | Companion
| Rose-gift for {{IL|Inkling of Identity|200 x}}
| {{Item Effects|A Custom-Engraved Skull|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
| rowspan="4" | Worse than {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}}
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| {{IL|An Antediluvian Ushabti}} 
| Rose-gift for {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent|20 x}}
| {{Item Effects|An Antediluvian Ushabti|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
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| {{IL|Rose-Bearing Maggot}} 
| Rose-gift for 5 {{FontFate}}
| {{Item Effects|Rose-Bearing Maggot|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
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| {{IL|Clay Curmudgeon}}
| {{IL|Masquing|3x}}
| {{Item Effects|Clay Curmudgeon|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}}
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| {{IL|Illicit Volume of Unexpectedly Racy Fungal-Themed Poetry}}
| rowspan="10" | n/a 
| Rose-gift for {{IL|Romantic Notion|100 x}} 
| rowspan="10" | n/a 
| rowspan="10" | Non-equippable.
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| {{IL|Singed Playing Card}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|500 x}}
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| {{IL|Tiny Silver Kettle of Pickled Liar's Tongues}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|50 x}}
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| {{IL|Glass of Teeth}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Cryptic Clue|500 x}}
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| {{IL|Buttered Chess-Piece}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Inkling of Identity|200 x}}
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| {{IL|Hamper of Heart-Cuts}} || Rose-gift for 5 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Chivalrous Murder of a Rival}} || Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Tear-Drowned Collection of Incomprehensible Love-Poems}} || Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Explosion of Neath-Colours on the Stroke of Midnight}} || Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Well-Song}} || Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}
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== Items Sorted by Use ==
We're not counting the use of rose-gifts to gain {{IL|Masquing}}, only their uses outside of this festival.

=== Efficient Repeatable ===
These items unlock repeatable options that are much better than their evergreen alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Acquisition !! Unlocks !! Notes
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| {{IL|A Custom-Engraved Skull}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Inkling of Identity|200 x}} || [[Affix a Custom-Engraved Skull to your (Skeleton Type)|Attach it]] to a skeleton in the Bone Market; this consumes the Skull and gains {{IL|Bone Market Exhaustion|2 x}}. || The Engraved Skull is highly action-efficient for generating Exhaustion, effectively giving {{e}}40 per point of Exhaustion assuming we value the skull itself at the {{e}}20 it costs to send. For midgame players, this may be the best source of Exhaustion bar none.<br /><br />For players with a Railway, the Skull is more niche, as {{e}}40 per point of Exhaustion represents the low end of what skeletons can be. With a proper Mania, the Skull can be pushed to {{e}}44 or {{e}}46, but that's still ''peanuts'' compared to maximising secondary payouts, which can give around {{e}}100 per point of Exhaustion depending on buyer and how close you can get to the breakpoint. Still, the Engraved Skull does have a niche for endgame players, if only because sticking it on a {{IL|Headless Skeleton}} and selling to the Constable is a fast way to use up Exhaustion if you're not feeling like making an intricate skeleton.<br /><br />If you wanted to use solely Engraved Skulls to fund Exhaustion for a year, you would need 104 of them, costing a total of {{IL|Inkling of Identity|20,800}}.
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| {{IL|Debonair Palaeontologist}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}} || {{TableList|[[Introduce her to a friend]] on [[A Public Lecture]]|[[Ask the Debonair Palaeontologist]] for {{IL|Research on a Morbid Fad}}}} || The option for the Carpenter's Graddaughter is a decent source of {{IL|Memory of Light}}, and the Research option translates to extra {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones}} when publishing a Palaeontological Edition of your newspaper.<br /><br />This companion can also be married, see below.
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| {{IL|The Pirate-Poet}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}} || {{TableList|[[Ask the Pirate-Poet to keep her company|An option with Hephaesta]] in {{IL|Ambition: Light Fingers!}}|[[Chronicle the history of Gaider's Mourn|A monograph option]] in Moulin]]}} || The Light Fingers option saves you about {{e}}575 in miscellaneous items you'd otherwise have to acquire. The Moulin monograph option is alternately available from playing a [[My Kingdom for a Pig|particular Exceptional Story]].
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| {{IL|Canny Costermonger}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}} or 10 {{FontFate}} in {{IL|Station VIII}} at all times of the year. || [[Trade (your dish) to the Canny Costermonger]] in {{IL|Station VIII}} || A great source of {{IL|Solacefruit}} and {{IL|Dark-Dewed Cherry}}.
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| {{IL|Lettice, the Mercy}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}} with {{IL|Acquaintance: the Mercies}} || {{TableList|[[Invite in Lettice the Mercy]] to your Laboratory much more cheaply|[[Your Salon: invite the Mercies as guests of honour|Let her speak at your Salon]]}} || The Salon option shares Airs with the Lyrebird and Duchess options. In the Laboratory, Lettice's expertise is somewhat niche, but she can provide a fair amount of research even outside of that as long as your lab has been upgraded enough.
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=== Efficient Single-Use ===
These items unlock a one-time option that saves the player significant resources compared to the free alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Acquisition !! Unlocks !! Notes
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| {{IL|Impenitent Devil}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}} || {{TableList|[[Ask the Impenitent Devil for an introduction]] to the Clay Tailor Club|[[Require an accounting from the Impenitent Devil|An option]] during the Caduceus section of Shadowy Gains}} || The Shadowy Gains option just gives some lore; the Clay Tailor option doesn't get you into the club, merely Acquainted with it, and can be bypassed either with {{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 10 or being a {{IL|Crooked-Cross}}.
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| {{IL|Curious Contrarian}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}} || [[Ask an old friend]] during {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}} || Saves you {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|5x}}.
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| {{IL|Countess of Thorns}} || {{IL|Masquing|60x}} || [[Invite the Countess of Thorns to help defend your Parabolan Base-Camp]] || One-time savings of {{e}}687.50
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| {{IL|Captain Amelia Whitlock}} || {{IL|Masquing|100x}} || [[Enlist the help of Captain Amelia Whitlock]] during {{IL|Ambition: Light Fingers!}} || That step in Light Fingers can also be done with a {{IL|Luxurious}} ship. Without the ship or Amelia, you need to pay {{e}}687.50 in various items as well as {{IL|Favours: The Docks|5x}}
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=== Niche Repeatable ===
These items unlock repeatable options that are either equivalent to or outclassed by their evergreen alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Acquisition !! Unlocks !! Notes
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| {{IL|An Antediluvian Ushabti}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent|20 x}} || {{IL|Consult your Antediluvian Ushabti}} to gain {{IL|Parabolan Research}} and {{IL|Expertise of the Second City}} || This is one of the better options for generating {{IL|Expertise of the Second City}}; this is only useful for gaining {{IL|A Mystery of the Second City}}, but if you don't have it you'll need to either [[Converse with a few retired scholars|have a specific statue at Jericho Locks]] or [[Reach towards the shore (Airs 50-100)|deal with Waswood RNG]].<br /><br >It's a fairly okay option for generating {{IL|Parabolan Research}}, giving about as much as [[Employ the Reflection of F.F. Gebrandt|F.F. Gebrandt]], but it notably doesn't require anyone specific to be in your laboratory to use. Outclassed by the Silk-Clad Expert, the Profound Student, Visionary Student, and the various Ambition characters, but a decent choice if you haven't unlocked those yet.<br /><br />Note that that challenge is based on how many Ushabtiu you own, and requires 9 to 100%; that's a total of {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent|180 x}}.
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| {{IL|Tiny Silver Kettle of Pickled Liar's Tongues}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|50 x}} || Can be gifted to {{IL|De Gustibus in Whitsun}} for either {{IL|Suspicion|1 CP}} or, on a rare success {{e}}25. Consumes the Kettle. || Decently profitable in theory but requiring a rare success makes it much less so.
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| {{IL|Dr Schlomo}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}} || {{TableList|[[Call on Dr Schlomo's assistance]] during the Parabolan War|[[Supply Dr Schlomo with (your dish)|Sell him certain dishes]] in {{IL|Station VIII}} for {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}|[[Ask about Dr Schlomo|Conversational]] [[Ask about Dr Schlomo 2|options]] in the Dome of Scales}} || The Parabolan War option is Airs-dependent and only available in a certain stage of the war when fighting from London, but is decent despite being very situational. The Station VIII option, on the other hand, is lackluster. Schlomo only wants {{IL|Parabolan Orange-apple}}-based dishes, and that's quite a rare and valuable ingredient. There are [[Wager a penny on a hand of Spite Dr. Blemmigan|much]] [[Export the Skeleton of a Neathy Bird|better]] [[Enter the Gatehouse|sources]] of {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}} in the Upper River.
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| {{IL|Presbyterate Diplomat}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}} || [[Your Salon: invite a Presbyterate Diplomat as a guest of honour|Can speak at a Salon]], depending on Airs || Airs ranges overlap with [[Your Salon: invite the Repentant Forger as a guest of honour|Repentant Forger]] and [[Invite a Crooked-Cross to address your Salon|(social) Crooked-Cross]] options.
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| {{IL|Genre Painter}} || {{IL|Masquing|20x}} || [[The Genre Painter|Attend Helicon House with him]] || Gives 1x {{IL|Fitting in at Helicon House}}
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| {{IL|Bohemian Sculptress}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}} || {{TableList|[[The Bohemian Sculptress|Attend Helicon House with her]]|An option in [[The Serpent Muralist]] in the Tracklayer's City}} || Gives 1x {{IL|Fitting in at Helicon House}}. The Serpent Muralist is an optional {{FontFate}} module for the Tracklayer's City.
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| {{IL|Ferret}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}} || An option in [[Sub-Basement]] in the Tracklayer's City || Sub-Basement is an optional {{FontFate}} module for the Tracklayer's City.
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| {{IL|The Abbot-Commander}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}} || An option in [[Three Body Problem]] in the Tracklayer's City || Three Body Problem is an optional {{FontFate}} module for the Tracklayer's City.
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| {{IL|A Monster-Hunting Academic}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}} || {{TableList|[[Enlist qualified assistance (A Monster-Hunting Academic)|Assistance in the Jericho Library]]|[[Rely on your acquaintance with Sophia herself]] to become acquainted with Sophia's}} || The Jericho Library is niche content. Becoming acquainted with Sophia's can also be done with several other options, including a {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} check and having {{IL|An Orphanage}}.
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=== Niche Single-Use ===
These items unlock a one-time option that is either equivalent to or outclassed by the evergreen alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Acquisition !! Unlocks !! Notes
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| {{IL|Pink-Painted Cat}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Appalling Secret|200 x}} || [[Introduce your Pink-Painted Cat]] for [[A Cub's Education]] || See [[A Cub's Education (Guide)]] for more details
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| {{TableList|{{IL|Hamper of Heart-Cuts}}|{{IL|Rose-Bearing Maggot}}}} || Rose-gift for 5 {{FontFate}} each || Can be combined to get {{IL|Shimmering Songster}} || The Songster has no use but sure iz cute!
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| {{IL|A One Way Ticket on the 12:15 to Hell}} || Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}} || One of the options for [[Disagreements at Moloch Street|progressing the start of the Railway]]. || Can be bypassed with either a {{IL|Judgements' Egg}} or having done a specific [[The Twelve-Fifteen from Moloch Street|Exceptional Story]].
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| {{IL|Sister Lydia}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}, or in Burrow-infra-Mump year-round for 15 {{FontFate}} || One of several options for [[Choosing a Lay Minister]] in Burrow-infra-Mump || The other options are free and non-seasonal, though one does require {{IL|Renown: Bohemians}} 25. See [[A Church in the Wild (Guide)]] for more details.
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| {{IL|Intrepid Deacon}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}} with completion of [[For All the Saints Who From Their Labours Rest]] || {{TableList|[[Invite an old friend]] as Deacon in Burrow-infra-Mump|[[You know someone who does (Deacon)|Advance a story]] in Marigold Station}} || The Burrow option has two free alternatives; see [[A Church in the Wild (Guide)]] for more details. The option in Marigold can also be done with simply one {{IL|Favours: The Church}} and one {{IL|Favours: Hell}}.
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| {{IL|Crimson Captain}} || {{IL|Masquing|60x}} || {{TableList|[[Invite a Crimson Captain]] in Burrow-infra-Mump|[[You know someone who does (Captain)|Advance a story]] in Marigold Station}} || The Burrow option has two free alternatives; see [[A Church in the Wild (Guide)]] for more details. The option in Marigold can also be done with simply one {{IL|Favours: The Church}} and one {{IL|Favours: Hell}}.
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| {{TableList|{{IL|Green-Eyed Devil}}|{{IL|Quiet Deviless}}}} || {{IL|Masquing|100x}} each || [[A Matter of Mortality with the Loquacious Vicar]] || You can also buy them on that storylet for 50 {{FontFate}}. Given how incredibly early of a storylet that is, it's not likely that you'll be using them for it, and the story can also be advanced with a trivial {{IL|Watchful}} check.
|}

=== No Uses ===
These items do not unlock any additional actions.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Acquisition
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| {{IL|Illicit Volume of Unexpectedly Racy Fungal-Themed Poetry}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Romantic Notion|100 x}}
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| {{IL|Singed Playing Card}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|500 x}}
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| {{IL|Lemurian's Mask}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|50 x}}
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| {{IL|Unblemished Exile's Rose}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Inkling of Identity|200 x}}
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| {{IL|Glass of Teeth}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Cryptic Clue|500 x}}
|-
| {{IL|Buttered Chess-Piece}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Inkling of Identity|200 x}}
|-
| {{IL|A Decanter of Lachrymose Chartreuse}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Amanita Sherry|200 x}}
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| {{IL|Metaphysically Educated Rattus Faber}} || Rose-gift for {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|40 x}}
|-
| {{IL|Shimmering Songster}} || Combine {{IL|Hamper of Heart-Cuts}} and {{IL|Rose-Bearing Maggot}}
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| {{IL|Watchful Doll}} || Rose-gift for 5 {{FontFate}}, or 3 {{FontFate}} in the [[Contract: a Miniature Menace (3 FATE)|Department of Menace Eradication]]
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| {{IL|Starveling Stole}} || Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Box of Potentials}} || Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Key-to-Heart Dagger}} || Rose-gift for 10 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Promissory Note for Intimate Favours}} || Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Liberalian's Mask}} || Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Chivalrous Murder of a Rival}} || Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Box of Terrifying Candies}} || Rose-gift for 20 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Hand of Glory}} || Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}
|-
| {{IL|Tear-Drowned Collection of Incomprehensible Love-Poems}} || Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Mouthless Amber Mask}} || Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|A Heartwood Hearse}} || Rose-gift for 30 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Blemmigan Pedant}} || Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Lupercalian Mask}} || Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Explosion of Neath-Colours on the Stroke of Midnight}} || Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Tanned Mask}} || Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Golden Spiked Rosary}} || Rose-gift for 40 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Well-Song}} || Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}
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| {{IL|Luxuriantly Coiffed Sorrow-Spider}} || Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}
|-
| {{IL|Set of Martyr's Bones}} || Rose-gift for 50 {{FontFate}}
|-
| {{IL|Clay Curmudgeon}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}}
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| {{IL|Enthusiastic Visitor}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}}
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| {{IL|Neurasthenic Assassin}} || {{IL|Masquing|3x}}
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| {{IL|Enigmatic Augur}} || {{IL|Masquing|4x}}
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| {{IL|Regular Correspondence with an Incarcerate}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}
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| {{IL|Thoroughly Experienced Gondolier}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}
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| {{IL|Resourceful Dirigible Pilot}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}
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| {{IL|A Ghostly Presence}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}
|-
| {{IL|Affable Spy}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}
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| {{IL|Pentecost Ape}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}} with {{IL|Malevolent Monkey}}
|-
| {{IL|The Cat's Chiefest Claw}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}}
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| {{IL|Cloistered Diatomist}} || {{IL|Masquing|10x}} with {{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish}} 3
|-
| {{IL|Verity}} || {{IL|Masquing|20x}}
|-
| {{IL|Appointment with the Gentleman of the Marsh}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}}
|-
| {{IL|Hollow-Eyed Tragedian}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}}
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| {{IL|A Gentleman of Undisclosed Business}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}} with [[The Cheery Man and the Last Constable:|Favouring the Cheery Man]]
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| {{IL|A Stiff-Backed Young Lady}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}} with [[The Cheery Man and the Last Constable:|Favouring the Constable]]
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| {{IL|The Last Constable's Cudgel}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}}, along with certain outcomes in [[Family and Law]]
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| {{IL|The Cheery Man's Cane}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}}, along with certain outcomes in [[Family and Law]]
|-
| {{IL|Tempestuous Astronomer}} || {{IL|Masquing|40x}}
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| {{IL|Nacreous Survivor}} || {{IL|Masquing|60x}}
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| {{IL|Lovelorn Bishop}} || {{IL|Masquing|60x}}
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| {{IL|Efficient Commissioner}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}} and {{IL|The Efficient Commissioner's Tale}} 1000
|-
| {{IL|September}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}}
|-
| {{IL|November}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}}
|-
| {{IL|Profoundly Educated Gentleman}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}}
|-
| {{IL|An Irresistible Lady}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}}
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| {{IL|A Restless Clay Man}} || {{IL|Masquing|80x}}
|-
| {{IL|The Secular Missionary, Renewed}} || {{IL|Masquing|100x}}
|-
| {{IL|The Revolutionary Firebrand, Reforged}} || {{IL|Masquing|100x}}
|-
| {{IL|Devil-May-Care Dowager}} || {{IL|Masquing|100x}}
|-
| {{IL|Incognito Princess}} || {{IL|Masquing|100x}}
|}

== Feast of the Rose Spouses ==
Several Feast companions can be married, and the final quest upgrades to these are often quite powerful. As each player can only have one Spouse<ref>Depending on your definition of "have", "one", and "spouse".</ref>, most of these options are not of interest to most players, and so are discussed here instead.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Feast of the Rose Companion !! Upgrade Path !! Final Upgrade Stats !! Opportunity Card !! Helicon House Bonus
|-
| {{IL|Debonair Palaeontologist}} || {{TableList|First upgrade: {{IL|Buccaneering Palaeontologist}} ({{FontHallowmas}})|Second upgrade: {{IL|Soothing Palaeontologist}}|Third upgrade: {{IL|Soothing Prehistoricist}}}} || {{Item Effects|Soothing Prehistoricist|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || [[Spend an Evening with the Soothing Palaeontologist]] for the Palaeontologist, none(?) for the Prehistoricist || +1 {{IL|Fitting in at Helicon House}}.
|-
| {{IL|September}} || {{IL|September, the Ninth Month}} || {{Item Effects|September, the Ninth Month|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || n/a || +5 {{IL|Fascinating...}}
|-
| {{IL|The Secular Missionary, Renewed}} || {{TableList|First upgrade: {{IL|The Secular Missionary, Happy}}|Second upgrade: {{IL|The Secular Missionary, Ascendant}}}} || {{Item Effects|The Secular Missionary, Ascendant|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Both Spouses have cards; see their respective pages for details || +5 {{IL|Inspired...}}
|-
| {{IL|The Revolutionary Firebrand, Reforged}} || {{TableList|First upgrade: {{IL|The Revolutionary Firebrand, Happy}}|Second upgrade: {{IL|The Revolutionary Firebrand, Liberated}}}} || {{Item Effects|The Revolutionary Firebrand, Liberated|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || Both Spouses have cards; see their respective pages for details || +5 {{IL|Inspired...}}
|-
| {{IL|Captain Amelia Whitlock}} || {{IL|Captain Amelia, Espoused}} || {{Item Effects|Captain Amelia, Espoused|bis_strict=bold|bis_shared=italic}} || n/a || +5 {{IL|Fascinating...}}
|}

== {{FontHallowmas}} Upgrades ==
Every year some of the companions added at the Feast of the Rose get upgrades at that year's Hallowmas. It's difficult to say if or when these will be available for free again, however, and previous years' Hallowmas upgrades can be purchased with {{FontFate}} without needing the base item. For ease of reference, this table presents all of the Feast companions which can be upgraded at Hallowmas. More details on these can be found at [[Hallowmas (Guide)/Item Comparison]].

Hallowmas variants usually have much better stats than their original form, and may gain one or two new uses besides.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Feast of the Rose Companion !! Hallowmas Upgrade 
|-
| {{IL|Watchful Doll}} || {{IL|Weeping Doll}}
|-
| {{IL|Metaphysically Educated Rattus Faber}} || {{IL|Rodentine Panegyrist}}
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| {{IL|Sister Lydia}} || {{IL|Sister Lydia, At Peace With Herself}}
|-
| {{IL|Debonair Palaeontologist}} || {{IL|Buccaneering Palaeontologist}}
|-
| {{IL|The Pirate-Poet}} || {{IL|The Pirate-Poet, Inscribed Anew}}
|-
| {{IL|Cloistered Diatomist}} || {{IL|Monastic Diatomist}}
|-
| {{IL|Genre Painter}} || {{IL|Prescient Automatist}}
|-
| {{IL|Verity}} || {{IL|Verity of the Savage Lily}}
|-
| {{IL|Ivy}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Timeless Gown}}|{{IL|Timeless Three-Piece}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Efficient Commissioner}} || {{IL|Efficient Plenipotentiary}}
|}

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