Editing Item Grinding (Guide)/Formatting

This should be considered a template for how the Item Grinding pages preferably should look, but also use common sense.
The subguide was originally made on a user page (Credit to [[User:OuroborusInc]]), and as such has a personal feel.

== Places ==
=== The Sub-Area Issue ===
Lots of areas have sub-areas - Ealing Gardens has Helicon House, the Flit has Plan a Heist and On a Heist, and so on. When should I list sub-areas versus areas? This is a subjective judgement of how much they 'feel like' places in their own right, but I'll stick it here anyway so my subjective decisions are at least consistent.

* A Flash Lay - under Social Engagements; not sure how often it'll turn up anyway
* A hidden camp nestled in the woods of Balmoral - under Balmoral, no way am I typing that out every time
* A Trade in Reputations - listed; has its own deck and everything
* Adulterine Castle - listed, unless the Hurlers are also listed
* An Exceptional Library - this won't come up
* Area-Diving in Spite - under Spite; I regularly forget that it exists
* Base-Camp - same arragement as the Castle; only listed if the Quarter isn't
* Cave of the Nadir - listed
* Concord Square - listed, I guess?
* Crowds of Spite - listed; it has its own map thing and a substantial amount of content
* Dept. of Menace Eradication - listed
* Doubt Street - definitely listed
* Evenlode Courts - under Magistracy of the Evenlode; I didn't even know this existed until I went on the Places page
* Far Beyond the Cordon - under Moulin
* Helicon House - only listed if Ealing isn't
* On a Heist - only listed if the Flit isn't
* Plan a Heist - never listed. The fact that heists require three different locations is baffling to me, and I refuse to acknowledge it unless I have to
* Reflection of your Laboratory - under Laboratory
* The Archaeological Institute - under Moulin
* The Clay Quarters - listed, purely because I think they don't get as much attention as they deserve
* The Dolorous Pavilion - listed
* The Empress' Court - listed
* The Gates of Hell - under Marigold
* The Rat-Market - listed
* The Wellspring of Moulin - under Moulin; I don't think it features many notable grinds, but it does crop up in a few heist grinds
* University Laboratory - listed
* Veilgarden (Party) - under Veilgarden

=== Multi-Place Grinds ===
There are some grinds, like shipping crates from the Khanate or selling Station VIII stuff to that one Academic, that intrinsically require going between multiple places. I think this should be represented by (most inaccessible place)/.../(most accessible place), with the last location just being London if it's in London, eg The Copper Quarter/London, Station VIII/London

=== {{FontFate}}-locked locations ===
With the introduction of the Whisker-Ways, there are actually some viable grinds that take place in {{FontFate}}-locked locations. (Well, there probably were beforehand, but I don't know any of them so whatever.) I think they should be included as locations in their own right, using the IL functionality to grab the image of and link to the page of the relevant story.

=== Ordering ===
Places should appear in increasing order of entry requirements then in alphabetical order, with multi-place grinds being sorted lexicographically; eg The Copper Quarter, The Copper Quarter/London, Whatever Comes After The Copper Quarter.

* Starting Locations
**Ladybones Road
**Spite
**Veilgarden
**Watchmaker's Hill
* A Place to Live
**Your Activities
**Your Lodgings
**Your Social Engagements
* Settled In
**Arbor, of the Roses
**Dept. of Menace Eradication
**Mrs Plenty's Carnival
**The Crowds of Spite
**The Flit
**The Medusa's Head
**The Museum of Prelapsarian History
**The Singing Mandrake
* Requires Flit
**The Rat Market
* Increasing MYN to 1
**Moloch Street
* MYN 3
**A Flash Lay (listed under Your Activities)
**The Clay Quarters
**Area-Diving in Spite (listed under Spite)
* Increasing MYN to 4
**The Shuttered Palace
**Wolfstack Docks
* Requires Docks
**The Blind Helmsman
* Increasing MYN to 5
**The Forgotten Quarter
* Requires Quarter
**Base-Camp (usually under Quarter)
* Requires Base-Camp and work
**The Cave of the Nadir
* MYN 5
**Plan a Heist/On a Heist (usually under Flit)
**The Empress' Court
* Increasing MYN to 6
**The University
* MYN 6
**Mahogany Hall
**The Labyrinth of Tigers (can technically be entered at MYN 5, but that's quite expensive)
* Becoming PoSI
**Bazaar Side-streets
**Concord Square
* PoSI
**A Trade in Reputations
**Doubt Street
**University Laboratory
**Wilmot's End
* PoSI & MYN 7
**The Foreign Office
* Requires Lab
**The Bone Market
* Parabolan
**Parabolan Base-Camp
**Reflection of Your Laboaratory (under Lab)
**The Whisker-Ways
**The Chessboard
**The Dome of Scales
**The Waswood
**Viric Jungle
**Dolorous Pavilion
* Overzee Stuff
**Hunter's Keep
**Mangrove College
**Mutton Island
* Overzee & Voyage of Scientific Discovery
**Bullbone Island
**Corpsecage Island
**Grunting Fen
* Overzee & Dilmun Club
**The Court of the Wakeful Eye
* Overzee & Foreign Office
**Port Carnelian
* Overzee & Items
**Aeschaven
**Iron Republic Streets (display as Iron Republic)
**Polythreme
**Port Cecil
*Overzee & capped Zeefairing
**Gaider's Mourn
**Irem
* The roof
**Hallow's Throat
**The Midnight Moon
* Railway, in order
**Ealing Gardens
**Jericho Locks
**The Magistracy of the Evenlode
**Balmoral
**The Copper Quarter (actually overzee but needs Balmoral)
**Khan's Heart (needs Copper Quarter)
**Station VIII
**Burrow-Infra-Mump
**Moulin
**The Hurlers
**Marigold Station

== Templates ==
=== GCO grind ===
* '''amount''' for '''action'''; this requires at least '''actions''' actions per reliquary '''[alt: averages amount per action]'''. See '''carousel guide''' for more information
* '''amount''' per action for '''action''' when '''storylet''', eventually paid out via '''payout'''; requires '''setup''' actions of setup. See '''guide''' for more information.

=== Parawar campaign ===
* '''amount''' for the '''ending''' ending of the '''campaign''' campaign. See [[Parabolan War (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Parawar-unlocked action ===
* '''amount''' for '''action'''; requires having achieved the '''ending''' ending of the '''campaign''' campaign and not started another campaign since. See [[Parabolan War (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Generic Carousel ===
* '''amount''' for '''action''', for a total of '''amount2''' over the course of the '''actions'''-action '''guide''' carousel.
* '''amount''' for '''action'''; averages '''apa''' per action. See '''guide''' for more information

=== Maze-Garden ===
* A variable amount for '''action'''; this carousel provides a variety of [[Rag Trade]] and [[Wild Words]] items, averaging around 4 EPA. See [[The Maze-Garden (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Rat Market ===
* Can be purchased from '''shop''' for '''amount'''{{r}} ('''markup'''% markup)
* Can be purchased for '''amount'''{{r}} when [[Direction of the Rat-Wind:|the Rat-Wind blows]] '''direction''' [[Phase of the Rat-Moon:|the Rat-Moon is]] '''phase'''

=== Larceny ===
* '''amount''' for '''action'''; costs {{IL|Casing...|-amount CP}}

=== Heist===
* '''amount''' for '''conclusion''' when robbing '''start'''; see [[On a Heist (Guide)]] for more information

=== Quarter Expeditions ===
* '''amount''' '''[on average]''' for completing an expedition to '''conclusion'''; see [[Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Monographs ===
* An amount depending on your Monograph's '''quality''' (potentially up to '''amount''') when selling to '''buyer'''; see [[Writing a Monograph (Guide)]] for more information.
* 1 for selling an [[Monograph in Progress|Exceptional Thesis]] to '''buyer'''; see [[Writing a Monograph (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Moulin Expeditions ===
*'''destination'''
** '''amount'''; works out at '''apa''' per action when using the strategy [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)#Strategy|outlined in the guide]].

=== Jericho Canals ===
* '''amount''' for '''action'''; costs '''esteem''' {{IL|Esteem of the Guild}} and '''actions''' actions. See [[Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Crate-Cracking ===
* [[Crack open a crate|Cracking open a crate]] from the [[The warehouses of the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company|the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company]] has a '''chance''' chance of giving '''amount'''

=== Khaganian Intrigue ===
* '''amount''' for '''conclusion'''; requires at least '''actions''' actions '''[and {{IL|Intercepted Cablegram|x n}}. You can obtain the cablegrams at an average of ''0.3*n'' actions for n via [[Tap the underzee cable]]]'''. See [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Brawling ===
* '''amount''' or '''amount''' for '''action''' or '''action''' when [[Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl|intervening in a Dockers' brawl]]. The former gives at most '''apa''' per action ('''apa''' per action if you have a {{IL|Special Dispensation}} and are brawling on the side of order) and the latter gives at most '''apa''' per action with harder checks. See [[Brawling with Dockers (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Conversion ===
* Upconverting '''item'''; with '''item''' sourced from '''grind''', this gives '''apa''' per action
* Side-converting from [[Writing a Newspaper (Guide)|Newspaper-sourced]] {{IL|Journal of Infamy}}; this gives '''apa''' per action.

=== Breeding ===
* '''amount''' on average for '''action'''; takes at least '''amount''' actions '''[and a ''beast'']'''. See [[Breeding Monsters (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Court Works ===
* 3000 / 6000 for '''action'''; with {{IL|Inspired...}} sourced from [[The lead]] or [[Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling]], this takes 22 / 42 actions and averages 136 / 143 per action. With {{IL|Inspired...}} sourced from [[Composition: the high path]], this becomes 20 / 38 actions and 150 / 158 per action, if you can reliably get 125 {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|Appearance=honey}} per action from the lab. See [[Carving out a Reputation at Court (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Fidgeting Writer ===
* '''amount''' for '''action''', requiring on average '''actions''' actions and '''cost'''{{e}} in materials. See [[Fidgeting Writer (Guide)]] for more information.

=== Professional Activities ===
* '''action''' lets you pay out your [[Professional Activities (Guide)]] in '''item'''. Up to ~'''apa''' per action, though the specifics will vary based on profession, {{IL|A Professional Specialisation:}} and abilities.

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