Influence Grinding (Guide)
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Stolen Correspondence[edit]
- 40 (alternate: 11–30) for Ambush a few couriers for old times' sake (2 actions) at
Shadowy 100; requires 
PoSI and has a 40% alternative success chance of 
x 1 , for an average of 16.1 per action. - 300 when you Share what you've learned with a Second-Storey Man at the end of the 13-action A Boxful of Intrigue carousel; requires
A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12, and also grants 
1 x Favours: Criminals. This averages 23.1 per action. See A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 300 for Rob the Chambers of the Duchess: Rob the study; requires
Route: The Shuttered Palace and at least 
Casing... 11. See Casing (Guide) for more information. - 80 for Rob the main archive at the Ministry of Public Decency
- 18 for Write a letter at
Persuasive 91; requires no 
Memento of Passion. Alternatively, 18 for Attend a dance at Persuasive 93
Other
- Can be purchased for 0.10
at Crawcase Cryptics. - An alternative to buying these at the Bazaar when drawing cards at Wolfstack Docks is to buy
Stained Red Velvet Gown and trade these with the Ragsman's Barge for 300 Correspondences
Intriguing Snippet[edit]
- Scaling rewards from Mrs Winthrop's Purifying Soap; requires PoSI and yields ~15 Snippets per action for late game characters.
- 75 for betting correctly on a game; see Hurling (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconverting Stolen Correspondence; with Boxful of Intrigue-sourced correspondence, this gives 5.49 per action.
- Discordant Ripples (Frozen) 4 gives 10-11
- 10 for See if the Big Rat can become intoxicated; costs
50 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882 - 11 from Watch the comings and goings on the Upper River 2 on the card The Railway and the Great Game; requires a station at Station VIII.
Compromising Document[edit]
- 35 when you Write it all down at the end of A Boxful of Intrigue carousel; requires A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12), and averages 2.5 per action. See A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 5 for Dispose of thirty Trophies; see The Crowds of Spite (Guide) for more information.
- Can be bought for 7
at Crow-Crease Cryptics (40% markup)
- 62 for Breed the Somnolent Hyaena 5; averages around 3.1 per action, depending on how you source
Prisoner's Honey. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
- 36 from BLEF! BLEF! at the end of the Riding the Savage Cobbles carousel; requires
The Jack-of-Smiles Case 1, averages 2.4 per action. See Riding the Savage Cobbles (Guide) for more information.
- 36 from The Devout Intriguer's Itinerary at the end of Working toward a Foreign Posting (Guide); averages 2.4 per action.
- 2 for What's on the ground floor? and Search for a diary; averages 1.85 per action over the whole 27-action carousel. See Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide) for more information.
- Attend for a treatment gives 5-7 on an alternate success
The Copper Quarter/London
- Varying amounts as a bonus for selling skeleton to the Trifling Diplomat
Other
- Discordant Ripples (Following) 1 gives 5
- Upconverting Intriguing Snippets; with snippets sourced from A Trade in Reputations this gives about 5.94 per action.
- Side-converting from Newspaper-sourced
Journal of Infamy; this gives 3.95 per action. - Buy
Amanita Sherry in The Rat Market, then upconvert once and sideconvert 2 times. Depending on the efficiency of your source of 
Rat-Shillings, this gives the following overall efficiency:
| /action:
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30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
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4.82 | 5.96 | 6.95 | 7.81 |
Secluded Address[edit]
- 5 for Enter the house (Black); requires having reached the Black ending of the Chessboard campaign and not started another campaign since. See Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.
- 2 for Come to an equitable arrangement; costs
x 50 Foxfire Candle Stub
The Magistracy of the Evenlode
- 3 for a failure on Watch a criminal trial
Stolen Kiss[edit]
- 7 when you Speak of your work in intimate company at the end of A Boxful of Intrigue carousel (which requires A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12); averages 0.5 per action.
- 12 for Speak to a matched pair; see Polythremic Promenade (Guide) for more information.
- 2 when you sell a Fabulous Diamond for scrip
Other
- Upconverting Compromising Document; with documents upconverted from A Trade in Reputations snippets this gives 1.06 per action.
- Discordant Ripples (Mouth) 3 gives 2
Favour in High Places[edit]
- 4 for Someone would like a word at the end of a party with
Talk of the Town 12
- In favours and rumour lets
Monster-Hunters and 
Correspondents pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in favours and other items. Requires ~12.5 actions per favour on average, though the specifics will vary based on profession, 
A Professional Specialisation: and abilities.
- 1 per 3 Attar for Gift your Attar in tribute to the Roseate Queen
- 1 for Expose her when robbing The Balustraded House in Elderwick; see On a Heist (Guide) for more information. Alternatively, for trading paperwork with London's Ambassador when you take information on the Rosers or succession laws from The Circumspect Envoy's Townhouse.
- 3 for Find an alternative buyer for the Hound of Heaven; requires a
Plated Seal and 23 actions. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Solicit Favours in High Places, at a cost of
200 x Cryptic Clue, 1 x An Identity Uncovered!, 1 x Secluded Address, 
10 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 
25 x Inkling of Identity, a sale value of 9.50, or ~ 20 and ~2 actions to buy Cryptic Clues, 
Proscribed Material, and Foxfire Candle Stubs and upconvert.
- 2 for Honoured with a State Dinner; see Port Carnelian (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for playing through some of the stories of The Sacroboscan Calendar.
The Museum of Prelapsarian History
- 1 for Discuss business – yours, specifically; with
Curator's Gratitude obtained as described in the guide, this requires around 3.74 actions per favour.
- 1 for Attract a companion for the rest of the evening; requires
Fascinating... 20
- 1 for Unveil your Painting (Nostalgic + Luminosity); see Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
- 4 for Obtain the codebook, and sell it, requiring at least 12 actions and an
Emetic Revelation; see Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
Khan's Heart/London
- 1 for Conclude the infiltration (Wayward Navigator); requires at least 16 actions plus travel time. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 6 for Enter the private compartment; requires 16 actions and
x 15 Crystallised Curio. See Digging in the Hurlers (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconverting Stolen Kisses, which costs
x 1 Favours: The Great Game; with kisses sourced from upconverted A Trade in Reputations snippets this gives 0.2 per action.
Personal Recommendation[edit]
- 1 for Your host would like a moment before you leave at the end of a party with Talk of the Town 12
- 1 for Arrange for a Personal Recommendation, at a cost of 6 x Stolen Kiss, 30 x Compromising Document and 150 x Intriguing Snippet.
- Compromising Documents and Stolen Kisses are efficiently sourced by converting Journals of Infamy from publishing newspapers.
- Compromising Documents and Stolen Kisses are efficiently sourced by converting
