Hunting Bees in Old Newgate (Guide)

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Hunting Bees in Old Newgate Summary
Locked Variable-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
1 A				1+ A				1 A
Progress Details			Raise Bees Caught.
Items Inputs/Outputs Outputs Foxfire Candle Stub Muscaria Brandy Vital Intelligence Discordant Soul Whispered Hint Memory of a Much Lesser Self Cave-Aged Code of Honour Oneiromantic Revelation
Raw EPA			2.85			Raw SPA			4.16

Hunting Bees in Old Newgate is a carousel in The University, released with Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out. It has a grind similar to Brawling with Dockers, and uses Bees Caught as a progress quality. Each point of these have an assumed value of 0.1 , as well as a bonus of 2.5 for turning them in, although this takes 2 actions in addition to gaining the progress qualities. Any surplus points of Bees Caught you may have are exchanged for a secondary reward. The activity focuses on Dangerous or Watchful depending on your Dagger or Flint. Watchful when Dagger or Flint is 0-50 and Dangerous when Dagger or Flint is above 50.

Airs of Old Newgate serves as a randomiser, similar to The Airs of London. Most options (besides defecting) seem to change Dagger or Flint by a random amount between -10 and +10. This means that whichever side you start on, you may switch sides at some point if the random fluctuations move you above or below 50.

Progress

For the table that includes all changes to Dagger or Flint, see here

Regular options

Option	Challenge	Min for 100%	Success	Failure
Flint ( Dagger or Flint 0-50)
Set an ambush	88	147	+ 25	- 6
Become leader of the Flint	230	384	+ 38	+3 CP
Defect to the Dagger	125	209	+ 25	- 13
Dagger ( Dagger or Flint 51-100)
Sow carnage	88	147	+ 25	-6
Become leader of the Dagger	230	384	+ 38	+3 CP
Defect to the Flint	125	209	+ 25	- 13

Airs options

Option	Challenge	Min for 100%		Success	Failure
Airs options
Betray both sides	125	209	0-25	+ 31	+3 CP
Spring an ambush	50	84	0-50	+ 5	+2 CP
Hunt a swarm of drones	2	7	25-75	+ 25	- 6
Keep to the shadows	50	84	51-100	+ 5	+ 2 CP
Commune with the bees	5	10	76-100	+ 33	+ 3 CP

Rewards

For every additional point of Bees Caught you have beyond the cost of the reward you choose, you will be given a secondary reward of either Whispered Hint or Foxfire Candle Stub. The current conversion rate is: 10 x Whispered Hint or 10 x Foxfire Candle Stub per extra 1 x Bees Caught.

Option	Cost	Reward	Secondary reward
Let the bees free	< 50		Whispered Hint
Send a small amount of Bees to Hell	50	3 x Muscaria Brandy	Foxfire Candle Stub
Send a moderate amount of Bees to Hell	100	1 x Vital Intelligence	Foxfire Candle Stub
Send an inordinate amount of Bees to Hell	600	1 x Discordant Soul	Foxfire Candle Stub
Taste a small amount of honey	50	3 x Memory of a Much Lesser Self	Whispered Hint
Taste honey from a moderate amount of bees	100	1 x Cave-Aged Code of Honour	Whispered Hint
Taste honey from an inordinate amount of bees	600	1 x Oneiromantic Revelation	Whispered Hint

Strategy

Once the airs options Betray both sides and Commune with the bees can be succeeded at 100% of the time, they should be taken whenever available. Even with endgame stats and equipment, Becoming the leader of Flint/Dagger will still carry a risk of failure, so Wounds-reducing Equipment with relatively high Watchful or Dangerous should be used as appropriate. Assuming a success rate of 80%, this action will on average yield 30.4 Bees Caught and less than 0.6 CP Wounds—a significant improvement over Set an ambush or Sow carnage. By choosing the above airs options when available, and Become the leader when they are not, one would obtain an average of 31.3 Bees Caught and less than 0.3 CP Wounds per action.