Editing Leveling (Guide)

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This guide explains the basics of leveling your main attributes—{{Il|Watchful}}, {{Il|Shadowy}}, {{Il|Dangerous}}, {{Il|Persuasive}}—and directs you to the appropriate places to grind each attribute depending on your current level.

==Leveling basics==
''If you're already familiar with how leveling works, feel free to skip this section.''

The basic unit of leveling is '''Change Points (CP).''' CP is awarded by most attribute-based challenges, as well as certain other types of actions (e.g., finishing major grinds or storylines, trading in [[:Category:Advantage|Second Chances]], and other sources we'll get to later).

For each level of an attribute, you need a certain number of CP to reach the next level. Up to level 70, the CP needed to raise an attribute a single level is the same as the level it's reaching—to go from level 5 to 6 requires 6 CP; from level 6 to 7 requires 7 more CP, etc. From level 70, each successive level only requires 70 CP.

The main sources of main attribute CP, especially early in the game, are attribute-based challenges. These award varying amounts of CP depending on the difficulty of the challenge, which is calculated based on your current level in that attribute:
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|-
! scope="row" |''Table 1''
! scope="col" |CP on success
! scope="col" |CP on failure
! scope="col" |CP on average
|-
! scope="row" |Straightforward (91-100%)
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |1.0
|-
! scope="row" |Low-Risk (81-90%)
| style="text-align: center;" |2
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |1.9
|-
! scope="row" |Very Modest (71-80%)
| style="text-align: center;" |2
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |1.8
|-
! scope="row" |Modest (61-70%)
| style="text-align: center;" |2
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |1.7
|-
! scope="row" |Chancy (51-60%)
| style="text-align: center;" |3
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |2.2
|-
! scope="row" |Very Chancy (41-50%)
| style="text-align: center;" |3
| style="text-align: center;" |1
| style="text-align: center;" |2.0
|-
! scope="row" |Tough (31-40%)
| style="text-align: center;" |4
| style="text-align: center;" |2
| style="text-align: center;" |2.8
|-
! scope="row" |High-Risk (11-30%)
| style="text-align: center;" |5
| style="text-align: center;" |3
| style="text-align: center;" |3.6
|-
! scope="row" |Almost Impossible (1-10%)
| style="text-align: center;" |6
| style="text-align: center;" |4
| style="text-align: center;" |4.2
|-
! scope="row" |Almost Impossible (0%)<ref>It is called 'almost impossible' even though there's no apparent way to succeed.</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" |-
| style="text-align: center;" |4
| style="text-align: center;" |4.0
|}


Challenges award CP even if you fail them—and, as the table shows, you can actually earn ''more'' CP by failing at harder challenges than by succeeding at easier ones.

This opens up a couple of basic strategies for attribute-based challenges:

#'''Aim for 90%''' to get 1.9 CP per action. This is ideal if you want to keep progressing fairly quickly through a story, since you'll still pass most checks, but it gives you nearly twice as many CP as you'd get from 100% checks. You'll generally earn more items per action as well.
#'''Aim for 10%''' to get 4.2 CP per action. If you don't mind failing a lot of actions, and taking longer to get through the story, you get significantly more CP from Almost Impossible checks. This is best done when you have difficult challenges available that don't give [[Menaces (Guide)|Menaces]] on failure.

We'll look at some additional strategies, such as those involving [[Social Actions (Guide)|Social Actions]], in a later section.

Note that you can manipulate your odds somewhat using stat-increasing and -reducing equipment. A particularly helpful item for this is the {{IL|Talkative Rattus Faber}}, who reduces each of the four main attributes by a whopping 25 levels while equipped—meaning you can continue to do high-difficulty actions even once you've leveled up quite a bit. Once you are sufficiently rich, consider investing in a {{IL|Weasel of Woe}}. This little scamp reduces the four main attributes by a respectable 300 levels (and also has other woeful effects) when equipped, so if all you care about is training your stats, wear the weasel and take low-level 0% checks.

If you're aiming for a certain level in an attribute, use the calculator below to determine the total number of CP needed to get there from your current level.

===CP Calculator===
<pre class="jcConfig">
 template = Template:Calculator/CP
 form = CPCalc
 result = CPCalcResult
 param = level0|Initial Level||int|0-250
 param = level0cp|+ CP|0|int|-50-70
 param = level|Target Level|200|int|0-250
 param = levelcp|+ CP|0|int|-50-70
 param = threshold|Level Threshold|70|select|50,70
</pre>
<div id="CPCalc"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Calculator loading...</span></div>

<div id="CPCalcResult"> </div>


Now that you know the basics of leveling and how to optimise your CP gains, let's talk about which actions are the best for grinding depending on your current levels.

==Locations==
This is a quick-reference list of the locations associated with certain attributes, and the general level range of the challenges there. Some of these locations also have challenges based on additional attributes.

===Watchful ===

* 1–70: {{IL|Ladybones Road}}
* 60+: {{IL|The Forgotten Quarter}}
* 80–110: {{IL|The University}}
* 110–120: {{IL|Wilmot's End}}; also {{IL|Persuasive}}, {{IL|Shadowy}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Corpsecage Island}}; also {{IL|Dangerous}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Bullbone Island}}; also {{IL|Dangerous}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Grunting Fen}}; also {{IL|Dangerous}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Hunter's Keep}}; also {{IL|Persuasive}}
* 120–200: {{Il|The Sunken Embassy (Guide)|Appearance=The Sunken Embassy|Image=Neathroof.png}}
* 150+: {{IL|University Laboratory}}

=== Shadowy ===

* 1–70: {{IL|Spite}}; also 120+ later in [[A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide)#Back to Spite|A Boxful of Intrigue]]
* 60–100: {{IL|The Flit}}
* 100–120: {{IL|Mahogany Hall}}; also {{IL|Persuasive}}
* 110–130: {{IL|Wilmot's End}}; also {{IL|Persuasive}}, {{IL|Watchful}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Doubt Street}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Polythreme Streets}}; also {{IL|Persuasive}}

===Dangerous===

* 1–70: {{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
* 60–100: {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}
* 97–125: {{IL|The Labyrinth of Tigers}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Corpsecage Island}}; also {{IL|Watchful}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Concord Square}} with {{IL|On the Velocipede Squad}}

===Persuasive===

* 1–60: {{IL|Veilgarden}}
* 60–90: {{IL|The Shuttered Palace}}
* 85–100: {{IL|The Empress' Court}}
* 100–120: {{IL|Mahogany Hall}}; also {{IL|Shadowy}}
* 120–130: {{IL|The Foreign Office}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Hunter's Keep}}; also {{IL|Watchful}}
* 120–130: {{IL|Polythreme Streets}}; also {{IL|Shadowy}}
* 125–230: [[The Spider Symposium (Guide)]]
* 130–135: {{IL|Heartscross House}} (aka Port Carnelian)

== Early-game leveling (5–100)==
''(Note that there's no formal designation for early-, mid-, and late-game; for the purposes of this guide, we'll call anything up to level 100 early-game, 100–200 mid-game, and 200+ late-game.)''

When you first start the game, you shouldn't worry too much about leveling, and certainly not at the expense of enjoying the story. You'll do most of your leveling just by playing through the early storylines, and there are several mechanics built into the early game that make this easier.

===Training Professions===
''For more information, see [[Professions (Guide)]].''

There are four professions you can choose from as soon as you have lodgings, each of which is associated with a particular main attribute. Pick your first profession from the storylet [[Adopt a Training Profession]], in {{IL|Your Lodgings}}.
{| class="article-table"
!Attribute
!Training Profession
|-
|{{IL|Watchful}}
|{{IL|Enquirer}}
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy}}
|{{IL|Pickpocket}}
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous}}
|{{IL|Tough}}
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive}}
|{{IL|Minor Poet}}
|}
Each week, when [[Time, the Healer]] visits (beginning a week after your arrival), your profession will bring you [[A Professional Reward]] containing {{E}}5 worth of items and 250 CP in the associated attribute, up to level 70. Once you reach this milestone, it's time to switch to a new training profession: [[Resign from your Profession]] under {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}, and then return to the [[Adopt a Training Profession]] storylet to select a new one.

===Making Your Name===
''For a more thorough walkthrough of these storylines, see [[Making Your Name (Guide)]].''

Early in the game, you'll notice certain storylets stand out due to their gold-bordered images, and titles beginning with the phrase "Making Your Name". Each of the four starting locations has a Making Your Name story that starts there, and each story primarily involves challenges based on the attribute associated with that location.
{| class="article-table"
!Location
!Attribute
!Making Your Name
|-
|[[Ladybones Road]]
|{{IL|Watchful}}
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets}}
|-
|[[Spite]]
|{{IL|Shadowy}}
|{{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}}
|-
|[[Watchmaker's Hill]]
|{{IL|Dangerous}}
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood}}
|-
|[[Veilgarden]]
|{{IL|Persuasive}}
|{{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish}}
|}
These are storylines that can only be played through once (though some related storylets remain after you've completed the main story). When you complete a stage of one of these stories, you'll get a pretty significant amount of CP in the associated attribute. 

Making Your Name is essentially the main storyline of the early stages of the game, and these stories also open up new locations in London with more difficult challenges that will help you continue to level up.

Combined with the training professions, these stories should make it fairly easy for you to reach the first major leveling milestone: level 100 in each attribute, which makes you eligible to become {{Il|A Person of Some Importance}} (PoSI). (See the associated [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|guide]] for more details.)

In addition to the large CP boosts you get for finishing a stage of a Making Your Name story, there are also regular storylets that are ideal for leveling (especially using the high-difficulty strategy mentioned above) without risking Menaces. All the storylets in this list are repeatable, and have no requirements other than the Making Your Name level, if applicable, and access to the location where they appear.
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+{{IL|Watchful}} Challenges
!Level
!Storylet
!Location
!MYN Level
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}13
|[[Frequent the public house across from Clathermont's Tattoo Parlour.]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}15
|[[Note down descriptions of the visitors]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}18
|[[See if you can get the names of the visitors.]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}18
|[[Get casual work sweeping the parlour floor – and listen in]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}21
|[[Snatch a glimpse – and memorise it]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}24
|[[Make clandestine sketches, right there in the shop!]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}57
|[[Watch from the rooftops]]
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 4–7
|-
|{{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}}78
|[[A distinctly cautious approach]]
|Base-Camp
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 5–7
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+{{IL|Shadowy}} Challenges
!Level
!Storylet
!Location
!MYN Level
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}6
|[[Catch a tabby cat in the alleys of Spite]]
|Spite
|NA
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}12
|[[Catch a ginger tom on the rooftops]]
|Spite
|NA
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}18
|[[Catch a white cat: Softly now...]]
|Spite
|NA
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}24
|[[Catch a grey cat in the nave of the church of All Christs]]
|Spite
|{{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness|Appearance=Darkness}} 2–7
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}48
|[[Catch a black cat]]
|Spite
|NA
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}51
|[[Disguise yourself as an invalid]] 
|Ladybones Road
|{{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets|Appearance=Alphabets}} 4–7
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}}68
|[[A little light legerdemain]]
|The Flit
|NA
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+{{IL|Dangerous}} Challenges
!Level
!Storylet
!Location
!MYN Level
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}13
|[[Play it safe 1|Play it safe]]
|Medusa's Head
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=Blood}} 2–7
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}15
|[[Fight!]]
|Medusa's Head
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=Blood}} 1–3
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}16
|[[Turn it up a notch]]
|Medusa's Head
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=Blood}} 2–7
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}18
|[[Take on all comers!]]
|Medusa's Head
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=Blood}} 1–3
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}39
|[[Jack's claimed dibs!]]
|Watchmaker's Hill
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=Blood}} 3–5
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+{{IL|Persuasive}} Challenges
!Level
!Storylet
!Location
!MYN Level
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}15
|[[Take notes on your experiences]]
|Veilgarden
|{{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish|Appearance=Flourish}} 1
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}17
|[["My watch? That's not my watch!"]]
|Veilgarden
|{{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish|Appearance=Flourish}} 1–2
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}47
|[[Pose as an investigator for the Ministry of Public Decency]]
|Veilgarden
|{{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish|Appearance=Flourish}} 3
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}64
|[[Publish poetry in praise of the Duchess]]
|Shuttered Palace
|{{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish|Appearance=Flourish}} 4–7
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}89
|[[Attend courtly functions]]
|Empress' Court
|NA
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}}95
|[[Perform artistically]]
|Empress' Court
|NA
|}

===Patrons===
A patron is another player who is a Tier 2 [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|Person of Some Importance]], enabling them to give classes in the attribute of their specialisation to a protégé, provided the protégé has a (modified) level below 100 in that attribute. A patron who is a Tier 3 [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)|Person of Some Importance]], aka a {{IL|Paramount Presence}}, do not have this limit. This costs a {{IL|Free Evening}} for both participants, and grants the protégé up to 70 CP in the attribute. (The patron gets a few CP of [[Making Waves]] for their efforts.) The best way to find a patron is by asking in one of the Fallen London forums.

===Other===
For those still looking for ways to maximise CP gains early on, there are a few storylets that are ideal for the high-difficulty strategy mentioned above, as they don't cause Menaces on failure

*{{IL|Watchful}} 95: [[A stroll around the quad]] in {{Il|The University}}
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 37–48: [[The Fighting Rings]] in {{Il|Watchmaker's Hill}}. 
**3 levels, with caps of {{IL|Dangerous}} 60, 70, and 80, respectively. However, this is ''modified'' Dangerous, so you can use a {{IL|Talkative Rattus Faber}} and ''especially'' {{IL|Weasel of Woe}} to get more out of this storylet.
**If you need {{IL|Rostygold}} to pay the entry fee for the first ring, [[The Ring of Meat: Take Part in an Illegal Fighting Ring|The Ring of Meat]], then [[Contract: a Worryingly Large Rat]] in {{IL|The Department of Menace Eradication}} makes a decent source, as it pays 200 {{IL|Rostygold}} (of which 100 is needed per fight) and, like the Rings, it also awards bonus Dangerous CP (assuming 100% success odds, 12 CP total, for 3 CP/action over 4 actions).
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 74: [[Boast about your wounds in a dockside tavern]] in {{Il|The Blind Helmsman}}

==Mid-game leveling (100–200)==
''This section of the guide is a work in progress and needs more information.''

Many of the useful grinds at this point take place in locations you opened up towards the middle or end of the Making Your Name stories, or places you need a [[A Person of Some Importance (Guide)#Acquiring a Ship|ship]] to reach.

===Professional Activities===
All Tier 3 Professions have a main attribute + advanced skill check on every action, and all challenges check one of two main attributes. Below are the menace-free challenges. Most are very difficult for a mid-game player but give 2 EPA even on failure. Available actions are based on {{IL|Airs of Industry}}, and some require {{IL|A Professional Specialisation:}} and additional items/qualities.

====Correspondent====
*{{IL|Watchful}} 90, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 0: [[Defend a client with applied counterepistolography]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 90, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 0: [[Design a skin-safe tattoo]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 180, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 10, {{IL|Epistolant}}: [[Translate a Möbius text]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 200, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 12, {{IL|Epistolant}}: [[Operate from first principles]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 200, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 12, {{IL|Crimson Engineer}}: [[Perform an odontographic augmentation]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 90, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 0: [[Compose a nostalgic ode]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 140, {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} 12, {{IL|Crimson Engineer}}: [[Engineer a flying contraption]]

====Licentiate====
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 90, {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 0: [['The Greenfinch']]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 90, {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 0: [['The Rabid Hound']]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 200, {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 12, {{IL|Fractionist}}: [['The loyal servant whose final duty must be discharged']]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 200, {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 12, {{IL|Siopian}}: [['The Spider in the Web']]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 90, {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 0: [['The Blunt Instrument']]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 180, {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 4, {{IL|Fractionist}}: [['The subject of a suspended writ']]

====Monster-Hunter====
*{{IL|Watchful}} 90, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 0: [[Profit from tales of hard-won battles]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 140, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 10, {{IL|Teratomancer}}: [[Dissect an anomalous carcass]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 200, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 12, {{IL|Teratomancer}}: [[Untangle an ancient web]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 90, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 0: [[Retrieve an escaped darling]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 90, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 0: [[Track down an invasive species]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 140, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 10: [[Escort academics through the Wastes]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 200, {{IL|Monstrous Anatomy}} 12, {{IL|Hierarch of the Hunt}}: [[Eliminate an epistemological aberration]]

====Midnighter====
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 90, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 0: [[Catch up with international affairs]]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 90, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 0: [[Exploit God's Editors]]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 180, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 4, {{IL|Iniquitor}}: [[Manipulate a European power]]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 200, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 12, {{IL|Iniquitor}}: [[Corrupt a rival network]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 140, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 10, {{IL|Letheologist}}: [[Take confession from a Bohemian Intelligencer]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 90, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 0: [[Play correspondence chess]]
*{{IL|Watchful}} 200, {{IL|A Player of Chess}} 12, {{IL|Letheologist}}: [[Perform a Gibeon ritual]]

====Silverer====
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 90, {{IL|Glasswork}} 0: [[Guide a gaggle of Bohemians through Parabola]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 90, {{IL|Glasswork}} 0: [[Lance a persistent anxiety]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 140, {{IL|Glasswork}} 10: [[Recover an infernal artifact]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 200, {{IL|Glasswork}} 12, {{IL|Ontological Cartographer}}: [[Uncover a dark secret]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 90, {{IL|Glasswork}} 0: [[Extricate a half-lost memory]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 140, {{IL|Glasswork}} 10, {{IL|Ontological Cartographer}}: [[Chart the edge of the Is-Not]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 200, {{IL|Glasswork}} 12 {{IL|Oneirotect}}: [[Engineer a fortification]]

====Crooked-Cross====
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 90, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 0: [[Reconcile newcomers to the halakha of the Neath]]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 140, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 10, {{IL|Schismatic}}: [[Sever unwanted allegiances]]
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 200, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 12, {{IL|Beatificator}}: [[Retrieve the hagiographies of the lost and unlived]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 90, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 0: [[Challenge a clergyman's faith]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 90, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 0: [[Pen a flood of contradictory gospels]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 180, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 4: [[Banish bitter bygones]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 180, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 4 {{IL|Beatificator}}: [[Canonise a virtuous ancestor]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 200, {{IL|Mithridacy}} 12 {{IL|Schismatic}}: [[Cleave a madman from his certainties]]

===Other actions===
====Watchful====
Menace-free challenges

*{{IL|Watchful}} 125: [[Defect to the Flint]] while playing [[Flint or Dagger]] in {{IL|The University}}. Note that you cannot draw cards when doing this.
*{{IL|Watchful}} 150: [[Sift through the pages]] of {{IL|The Censored Census of 1862}}, available from the {{IL|Bazaar Side-Streets}}
*{{IL|Watchful}} 178: [[Seek out spy-holes]] in the {{IL|Spelunking in the Sunken Embassy|Appearance=Sunken Embassy}} beneath {{IL|Moloch Street}}. Note that you cannot draw cards when doing this.
*{{IL|Watchful}} 200-: [[Work with your Equipment]] in your [[University Laboratory (Guide)|lab]]. It's actually accessible for an early [[PoSI]], and recommended because it progresses your game even in failure.

Non-challenge sources

*{{IL|Watchful}} +20CP: [[She's not alone 1|She's not alone]] from a very infrequent card [[Coffee with the Last Constable]] drawn if you keep [[Family and Law]] under level 4. The action needs [[The Airs of London]] 40-59, so hold the card till the air is OK. 

*{{IL|Watchful}} +50CP in 5 actions: [[Eldritch Symbols]] from a rare card [[The Skin of the Bazaar]].

====Shadowy====
Menace-free challenges

*{{IL|Shadowy}} 120: [[Lurk in the eaves]] in {{Il|Polythreme Streets}}
*{{IL|Shadowy}} 178: [[Assist with assembly]] at {{IL|Your Labour, and its Fruits|Appearance=L. B. Industries}} beneath {{IL|The Blind Helmsman}}

Non-challenge sources
*{{IL|Shadowy}} +10 CP: [[Pass on information to a colleague]] to convert {{IL|Casing...}}
*{{IL|Shadowy}} +35-70 CP: Completing the heist on [[The mansion of an Unsympathetic Landlord]] (gain is inversely related to base Shadowy)
*Several options during [[A Trade in Reputations (Guide)|a trade of reputations]] gives training or second chances on rare successes.
*{{IL|Shadowy}} +275 or +250 CP: Various options in [[The Dome of Scales]], in exchange for {{IL|Vitreous Almanac|4 x}}, {{IL|Glass Gazette|20}}, or {{IL|Sighting of a Parabolan Landmark|450 x}} depending on [[Parabolan Dominance]]; requires access to Parabola.

====Dangerous====
Menace-free challenges
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 125: [[Defect to the Dagger]]
*{{IL|Dangerous}} 150: Classic {{IL|The Bone Market|Appearance=Bone Market}} grind—[[Build on the Human Ribcage]], then [[Break down your (Skeleton Type) for parts (Human Ribcage)|break it down]]
Non-challenge sources
*{{IL|Dangerous}} +30 CP: Fail [[Step into the ring and fight without mercy]] in {{Il|Watchmaker's Hill}} with {{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood}} 4 while wearing a {{IL|Weasel of Woe}} to bypass 80 modified {{IL|Dangerous}} cap. Requires but cross-converts 3 {{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase}} into {{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}
*{{IL|Dangerous}} +5 CP: [[Turn a blind eye]] in {{Il|Concord Square}} with {{IL|Riding the Savage Cobbles}} 7

====Persuasive====
Menace-free challenges
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 125: [[Extract confessions from the Calcified Men]]
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 230: [[Suggest that they define knowledge]] at the {{IL|Propose a Pertinent Point|Appearance=Spider Symposium}} beneath {{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}.

Non-challenge sources
*{{IL|Persuasive}} +10 CP: [[Pass information to the Brass Embassy]] to convert {{IL|Casing...}}
*When patrons won't help you anymore, it may be worth it to spend your {{IL|Free Evening}}s on [[Share a pot of tea at Beatrice's Tea Shop|drinking tea]] instead. This provides 35 CP {{IL|Persuasive}} per free evening, in addition to giving {{IL|Making Waves}} and reducing one of your menaces.
*Several options during [[A Trade in Reputations (Guide)|a trade of reputations]] gives training or second chances on rare successes.

== Late-game leveling (200+)==
''This section of the guide is a work in progress and needs more information.''

Main attributes are initially capped at 200 and require the completion of certain quests to increase them further, up to 230. See the main article [[Raising Attribute Caps (Guide)]].

===All attributes===
* Gain access to [[Hearts' Game (Guide)|Hearts' Game]] (200 {{IL|Dangerous}} and any Tier 2 {{IL|A Person of Some Importance -|Appearance=PoSI}} required) and obtain a {{IL|Weasel of Woe}}. With the companion's -300 penalty to the main attributes, many menace-free storylets are usable for training (e.g. [[Go Mudlarking]]), but Hearts' Game is the most profitable, since every action accrues {{IL|Hearts' Game: Exploits|Appearance=Exploits}}, which can be [[Collect your winnings|cashed in]]. You will be making money even if you perform terribly.
* Join Hearts' Game and aim to select {{IL|Hearts' Game: Accomplices|Appearance=Accomplices}} that can be used to train your target attribute. Some luck is required, since the selection of possible accomplices is dependent on card draws. On the first draw, chance of a hand containing an accomplice checking any one of the four attributes is about 50%.
* Equip the Weasel of Woe and put on or take off other equipment until the desired [[Broad difficulty|odds of succeeding]] on the accomplices' cards are met.
* Accomplices with stat checks:
** {{IL|Watchful}}: 
***Knight of Flames ({{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 180)
***Knight of Skin ({{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 200)
***Page of Lures ({{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 200)
***Priest of Magpies ({{IL|Watchful|Appearance=}} 180)
** {{IL|Shadowy}}:
*** King of Spines ({{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Knight of Livers ({{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Page of Gambits ({{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 190)
*** Queen of Cod ({{IL|Shadowy|Appearance=}} 190)
** {{IL|Dangerous}}:
*** King of Knuckles ({{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Knight of Ribs ({{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Page of Teeth ({{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Priest of Smiths ({{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 200)
** {{IL|Persuasive}}:
*** Fool of Audacities ({{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 180)
*** King of Roses ({{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Page of Papers ({{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 200)
*** Priest of Briars ({{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 200)
*** King of Motley ({{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=}} 200)
** The remaining accomplices check [[Advanced Skills (Guide)|Advanced Skills]] or have no checks.

===Other actions===
====Shadowy====
In {{IL|The Dome of Scales}}, you can trade various items for a significant amount of {{IL|Shadowy}} CP, depending on who is controlling this part of Parabola.

*[[Prowling practice]] (Cats): {{IL|Sighting of a Parabolan Landmark|450 x}} for {{IL|Shadowy}} +250 CP
*[[Keep below the leaves]] (Fingerkings): {{IL|Vitreous Almanac|4 x}} for {{IL|Shadowy}} +275 CP
*[[The arts of indirection]] (The Red-Handed Queen): {{IL|Glass Gazette|20 x}} for {{IL|Shadowy}} +275 CP

A ready source of {{IL|Sighting of a Parabolan Landmark|Appearance=Sightings of Parabolan Landmarks}} is guiding dreamers in the {{IL|Viric Jungle}}. (Sightings can also be converted to {{IL|Glass Gazette|Appearance=Glass Gazettes}} and {{Il|Vitreous Almanac|Appearance=Vitreous Almanacs}}.) For most options that end the dream, the payout is 15 Sightings per {{IL|Duration of a Dream}}. Therefore, you should alternate between [[Lend power to the dream]] and [[Observe and learn]], as the latter has a chance of granting 2 x Duration instead of just one. You should ''not'' spend Sightings to [[Draw in another place]], or choose [[More! Further!]], as these prioritise {{IL|Intensity of the Dream}} and make it harder to build up Duration. The per-action payout of Sightings is better the longer you can keep the dream going, since you spend fewer actions on cashing out than with multiple shorter dreams.

Directly grinding Sightings is likely best if the Cats control the Dome of Scales. If it's the Red-Handed Queen, you may have better per-action rates getting {{IL|Glass Gazette|Appearance=Glass Gazettes}} from other sources compared to converting Sightings; see [[Glass Gazette#cs-comment-91129|this comment]].

====Persuasive====

Menace-free challenges:
*{{IL|Persuasive}} 230: [[Suggest that they define knowledge]] at the {{IL|Propose a Pertinent Point|Appearance=Spider Symposium}} beneath {{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}
*Variable {{IL|Persuasive}}: Persuading any board member except {{IL|Board Member: Feducci|Appearance=Feducci}} at [[Debating Matters of Business with the Board]]

====Watchful====
Menace-free challenges:
*{{IL|Watchful}} 250: [[Consider the Magistracy with new eyes]], [[Watch a civil trial]] or [[Watch a criminal trial]] in {{IL|The Magistracy of the Evenlode}}
*{{IL|Watchful}} 250: [[Watch the village grown around Factory VIII]] in {{IL|Station VIII}}

==Other sources==

===Favours===
''See [[Raising Favours (Guide)]] for more information on where to get these.''

All favours, except {{IL|Favours: Rubbery Men}}, can be spent to train a specific attribute on their specific [[:Category:Faction Cards|Faction Card]]. The rate is ~20 CP per favour, making this quite efficient for training.

*{{IL|Watchful}}: {{IL|Favours: Constables|Appearance=Constables}}, {{IL|Favours: The Great Game|Appearance=Great Game}}, {{IL|Favours: Hell|Appearance=Hell}}
*{{IL|Dangerous}}: {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|Appearance=Revolutionaries}}, {{IL|Favours: The Docks|Appearance=Docks}}, {{IL|Favours: Tomb-Colonies|Appearance=Tomb-Colonies}}
*{{IL|Shadowy}}: {{IL|Favours: Criminals|Appearance=Criminals}}, {{IL|Favours: Urchins|Appearance=Urchins}}
*{{IL|Persuasive}}: {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|Appearance=Bohemians}}, {{IL|Favours: Society|Appearance=Society}}, {{IL|Favours: The Church|Appearance=Church}}

===[[Epistolary Matters]]===
Exchange letters with your acquaintances. These actions gain a large amount of CP, initially comparable to masterclasses from a [[Paramount Presence]], that is reduced with each letter you read (tracked by the [[Mired in Mail]] quality, which is reset each week by [[Time, the Healer]]). The following table shows the amount of CP given at each level:

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| k = 2
| midpoint = 7
| y_offset = 70
| xmin = 1
| xmax = 10
| Condition = Mired in Mail
| Effect = Attribute CP
| Round = yes
| compact = yes
| lowcap = yes
| Use Condition = no
}}

===Second Chances===
At {{IL|Your Social Engagements}}, under the ''Attend to matters of...'' storylets, you can trade 5 second chances for 1–50 CP in the associated attribute (and 1 CP in two others), for an average of 27.5 CP per trade-in. Relevant actions are:
{| class="article-table"
!Primary Attribute
!Secondary Attributes
! Storylet
!Cost
|-
|{{IL|Watchful}}
|{{IL|Persuasive}}, {{IL|Dangerous}}
|[[Every stone]]
|{{IL|Sudden Insight|5 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Shadowy}}
|{{IL|Persuasive}}, {{IL|Dangerous}}
|[[Tricks traps and treats]]
|{{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|5 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Dangerous}}
|{{IL|Shadowy}}, {{IL|Watchful}}
|[[The strength of scars]]
|{{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|5 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Persuasive}}
|{{IL|Shadowy}}, {{IL|Watchful}}
|[[An easy confidence]]
|{{IL|Confident Smile|5 x}}
|}
This works out to about 4.16 CP per action in the main attribute, even if you count spending an action to gain the second chance—comparable CP to doing the hardest-difficulty challenges on regular actions. 

Some sources for second chances include:

*[[Read incoming mail]]: Letters sent by your acquaintances can gain you second chances. They also provide a significant amount of CP in the related attribute, as detailed in the Mired in Mail table in the previous section.
**[[Write some case notes into a letter]] costs them {{IL|Journal of Infamy|5 x}} and gives you {{IL|Sudden Insight|1 x}} (and {{IL|Watchful}} CP)
**[[Write down a beloved family recipe]] costs them {{IL|Journal of Infamy|5 x}} and gives you {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|1 x}} (and {{IL|Shadowy}} CP)
**[[Write down some favoured fighting techniques]] costs them {{IL|Tale of Terror!!|5 x}} and gives you {{IL|Hard-Earned Lesson|1 x}} (and {{IL|Dangerous}} CP)
**[[Compile licentious gossip]] costs them {{IL|Stolen Kiss|1 x}} and gives you {{IL|Confident Smile|1 x}} (and {{IL|Persuasive}} CP)
*[[Talk to the Porters]] for a {{IL|Sudden Insight}}: Only available before you finish the investigation in {{IL|The University}} while [[Making Your Name (Guide)|Making Your Name]].
*[[Give a Gift! A commotion in the Square of Lofty Words]]: If you have {{IL|Hedonist}} 8,  [["I myself am my only true friend!"]] gives one of each second chance.
*[[A contact in the Great Game has a tale for you]]: This conflict card comes up if you have 5 favours each from The Great Game and The Church. Choosing [[Everyone deserves a second chance]] gets one of each second chance (and {{E}}7.5 worth of other items), in exchange for two {{IL|Favours: The Great Game}}. (This is a particularly profitable action, netting about 4.5 CP per action on trade-in, even taking into account the actions to earn the two favours you spend, while also earning Echoes.)

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