Luminosity Grinding (Guide)
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Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax[edit]
- 51-150 for A lovely thought at
Watchful 100, average 100.5; requires 
PoSI
- 0.4*
Modified Dangerous+30 for Light a candle, and wait; requires 2 actions of set-up.
- 380 per action at Watchful 297 for Seek out spy-holes while Seeking Documents in the Sunken Embassy, eventually paid out with Send a binder of documents to Mount Palmerston; requires 4 actions of set-up. See The Sunken Embassy (Guide) for more information.
- Up to 300 per action at Dangerous 292, or higher with advanced stats and/or airs options, for Claim the crates destined for Iron and Misery with ~4 actions setup for Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl; requires
Involved in a Railway Venture. See Brawling with Dockers (Guide) for more information.
- 3000 for An Ode to the Elder Continent; with
Inspired... sourced from Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling, this takes 22 actions and averages 136 per action. See Carving out a Reputation at Court (Guide) for more information. - 1700 for A Political Anthem! with Inspired... sourced from The lead or Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling, this takes 13 actions and averages 131 per action, not taking into account the
+10 CP Scandal it gives. With Inspired... sourced from Composition: the high path, this becomes 11.6 actions and 146 per action, if you can reliably get 125 
honey per action from the lab. See Carving out a Reputation at Court (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Can be purchased from Merrigans Exchange for 0.02
Phosphorescent Scarab[edit]
- Buy from Merry Gun's Exchange for 1
(at value)
- An average of 440 for Breed the Plated Seal via Toadstools and a Stick; takes 15 actions and a
Plated Seal. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information. - An average of 270 for Breed the Tomb-Lion via A Firm Hand; takes 15 actions and a
Tomb-Lion
- 450 for an alternative success on Sponsor a trading voyage to the farthest reaches of the zee; costs x 2000 Drop of Prisoner's Honey, 10 and 5 actions.
Other
- Upconverting Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax; with Beeswax sourced from the Sunken Embassy, this works out to 28.9 per action (ignoring the 4 action spelunking tax). Increases
Advancing the Liberation of Night:. - Can be purchased for 0.25 from Merrigans Exchange
Memory of Light[edit]
See this flowchart for finding the optimal Memory of Light grind for your circumstances
- 1-5 per action for Promenade (Season 2) and A flavour of Dahut from Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go storylet, depending on base
Persuasive; requires 
The Season in Soup at exactly 3 (currently not available).
- Selling a skeleton to an Investment-Minded Ambassador or an Antique skeleton to the Colourful Phantasist (who is an
Occasional Buyer:) pay out in Memory of Light. See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.
- 6 per action from succeeding at the
Winds of Fortune check of The Efficient Commissioner (Irem) and allowing the 
Fingerking Scales to convert into MoLs when leaving. - Usually 5 per action from grinding other Iremic resources likewise. (See Irem (Guide) for more information.)
- 1-10 per action (average 5 rather than 5.5) for Take a stroll along the waterfront from Explore the Copper Quarter storylet.
Other
- Side-converting from Newspaper-sourced
Journal of Infamy; this gives 3.73 per action. - Upconverting en-masse from x 500 Phosphorescent Scarabs will yield x 105 Memory of Light. With Scarabs upconverted from Sunken Embassy beeswax, this works out to 5.7 per action.
- Buy Phosphorescent Scarab in The Rat Market, then upconvert once. 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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6.05 | 7.91 | 9.7 | 11.42 |
Mourning Candle[edit]
- 8 when you Send your report to certain bandaged gentlemen at the end of A Boxful of Intrigue carousel (which requires
A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12). This option also requires Empire's Kingmaker 40, which means it is unavailable the first 6 times the carousel is run. Averages 0.57 per action, see A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for a stand-alone action, dependant on your story ending. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 5 when you Exchange some plunder for five Mourning Candles; costs
1250 x Stashed Treasure, which requires at least 3 actions to obtain. See Piracy (Guide) for more information.
- 1
Memory of Sunlight (which can be sold for a candle) for a failure at Aid in planting trees, or in exchange for 
1 x Ounce of Lily-Balm with Take the day for yourself on the same card, A Good Day for a Stroll in A Brilliant Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
Balmoral/London
- 10 for Unveil your Painting (Nostalgic + Luminosity), or 2 for Unveil your Painting (Incendiary + Nostalgic). See Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
- An amount depending on your monograph's
Tragic (potentially up to 38) when you sell to The Charismatic Tracklayer; requires 
Moulin: Darkness 6, having incorporated a Corrective Narrative and 
Colour at the Chessboard Black. Raises Advancing the Liberation of Night:. See Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Dive into the Lilymire.
Other
- Upconverting from Memory of Light; with memories upconverted from Sunken Embassy beeswax, this averages 1.1 per action. Slightly raises Advancing the Liberation of Night:.
Patent Scrutinizer[edit]
Other
- 5 for Upconverting from Mourning Candle; Costs
1 x Favours: Revolutionaries - Available from Carrow's Steel for 12.80
Memory of Moonlight[edit]
- 1 from completing the 6-action Midnight Trade carosel, along with multiple other rewards. See The Midnight Trade (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Can be purchased for 500
from Old Whaler's Unlicensed Imports
Anticandle[edit]
- 10 for both options when you Look for a copy of Le Précipice de la Tombée; With good strategy runs can consistantly take to ~20 actions or less. See The Stacks (Guide) for more info on optimizing runs. Requires
An Interloper in the Library 4 (that is, four stacks runs completed)
Khaganian Lightbulb[edit]
- Can be purchased for
x 20 Moon-Pearl from the Midnight Market - 250 can be purchased for
x 45 Assortment of Khaganian Coinage from Purchase a box of lightbulbs
Tailfeather Brilliant as Flame[edit]
- 1 for selling an Epaulette Mate to the Investment-Minded Ambassador
- 0.8*(
Skeleton: Antiquity)2 for Sell your skeleton to the Ambassador; 0.8*( Skeleton: Antiquity)2.1 on an Antiquity week. See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.
Other
- 0.25 on average from Drink it; takes
x 1 Flask of Waswood Wellspring Water. See Moulin Expeditions (Guide) for more information.
Bejewelled Lens[edit]
- The only FATE-less way to create lenses is Order the grinding of a bejewelled lens in the Bazaar Side-Streets. For most players and characters, the limiting ingredient will be
Magnificent Diamonds; consult Contraband Grinding for how best to acquire them.
- Up to 1 for the Mythopoesis carousel, requiring around 10 actions without expending items. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
Mountain-sherd[edit]
- 1 for Send the Unfinished Man to the Khanate; requires at least 23 actions per sherd. See Underclay (Guide) for more information.
Eyeless Skull[edit]
- 1 for rare successes on See the sights or Wander the Quarter.
- 1 for a rare success on A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven (requires at least
x 20 Crate of Expedition Supplies and 9 actions). See Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more information.
- Can be purchased for 625 when the Rat Season is Lying-Longing, Candle-Canker, or Wink-and-Wane (currently: Take-and-Toil).
Element of Dawn[edit]
Presently this is only available from events.
Hallowmas
- 3 for Exchange your Spirit of Hallowmas for elements of light; Costs 1500 x Spirit of Hallowmas. See Hallowmas (Guide) for details.
- 1 for Claim a strongbox, illuminated from within; Costs
4 x Officially Recognised Valorous Deed. See Hunting the Beasts of the Zee (Guide) for details.
Ray-Drenched Cinder[edit]
- Can be purchased for 3125 when the Rat Season is Freeze-and-Fall, Lying-Longing, or Candle-Canker (currently: Take-and-Toil).
- 1 for the Second City conclusion of Study the Prelapsarian history of the Red Science; requires
Laboratory Research 2700, 
Expertise of the Second City 10, and 
Irrigo.
- 1 for finishing the Cats campaign having accepted the offer; see Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Equip the stove to wander the Neath on its own; costs
x 777 Correspondence Plaque and 
x 1 Cartographer's Hoard, as well as a great many plaques and actions to get to that point.
Other
- Upconverting x 5 Eyeless Skull; also costs x 1 Favours: Revolutionaries and advances the Liberation of Night.
