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'''''Note for editors:''' For clarity, when indicating EPA for actions elsewhere in this guide, please note if the EPA calculation assumes optimisation strategies such as Tinned Ham or the Rat Market.''
 
'''''Note for editors:''' For clarity, when indicating EPA for actions elsewhere in this guide, please note if the EPA calculation assumes optimisation strategies such as Tinned Ham or the Rat Market.''
  
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===Three Main Currencies and Their Interconversion===
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===Hinterland Scrip/Tinned Ham Arbitrage===
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There're three main currencies, {{IL|Penny}} (or Echo), {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} and {{IL|Stuiver}}. The metrics for how much each action gets are called EPA, SPA and StPA, respectively. This guide pursues EPA, so if you are pursuing SPA or StPA, please see [[Hinterland Scrip-Making]] or [[Stuiver Grinding (Guide)]].
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This conversion should be done in bulk once per week, when moving between London and the Upper River to collect Professional Rewards and gifts from the Castellan.
  
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==== 1 SPA → 0.508 EPA ====
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{{IL|Tinned Ham}} can be purchased for 125 {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} (the equivalent of {{e}}62.50) at the Upper River Exchange, and then sold in London at the Bazaar for {{e}}63.50. As part of an optimal EPA strategy, items obtained from any grind should be sold for Scrip if possible, and the resulting Scrip used to purchase Ham to be sold back in London for a profit. This slightly raises the EPA for many grinds, as it results in a conversion factor of {{e}}0.508 per Scrip instead of the usual {{e}}0.5.  
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{{IL|Tinned Ham}} can be purchased for 125 {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} (the equivalent of {{e}}62.50) at the Upper River Exchange, and then sold in London at the Bazaar for {{e}}63.50.  
 
  
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As part of an optimal EPA strategy, items obtained from any grind should be sold for Scrip if possible, and the resulting Scrip used to purchase Ham to be sold back in London for a profit. This slightly raises the EPA for many grinds, as it results in a conversion factor of {{e}}0.508 per Scrip instead of the usual {{e}}0.5. Note that some items sell for more in the Bazaar directly, like {{IL|Preserved Surface Blooms}}. They do not need to be sold for Scrip.
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The exception is that {{IL|Preserved Surface Blooms}} do not need to be sold for Scrip, as they already have a favourable conversion factor of {{e}}0.83 per Scrip.
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This conversion itself doesn't cost any action, but travel costs. Therefore it should be done in bulk, or on the way between London and Upper River.
 
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==== 1 StPA may be 0.05 EPA====
 
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There's still no good way to convert {{IL|Stuiver}} to {{IL|Penny}}. Some items can be sold for {{IL|Stuiver}} only, like {{IL|Memory of a Much Stranger Self}} and {{IL|Tempestuous Tale}}.
 
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This guide views 1 StPA as 0.05 EPA, and points it out whenever doing so.
 
  
 
===Rat Market===
 
===Rat Market===
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Selling items in the rat market receives a great markup. It's always recommended to sell items in the rat market as long as you don't sell too much in one week. See [[The Rat Market (Guide)#Selling Items for  Rat-Shillings|this guide]] for more information.
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Main article: [[The Rat Market (Guide)]][[File:Moneymaking_-_endgame.png|center|700px]]By the nature of the Rat Market, any grind requires either operating only during the corresponding {{IL|The Rat-Season:|Appearance=Rat Season}} or stockpiling items to cash out all at once when the corresponding season starts. The table below shows when grind products are sellable, and adjusted EPA based on cashing out {{IL|Rat-Shilling}}s for {{IL|Rostygold}} or T2 items to sell at the Bazaar.
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In practical, let's say, sell 10 T6 items like {{IL|Captivating Ballad}} sourcing from [[The City of the Tracklayers (Guide)|the city of the tracklayers]] in one week, which costs 136 actions and reaches 6.0 EPA. A good weekly activity. More sellable items are listed below.
 
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{{:The Rat Market (Guide)/Tables/Selling}}
 
  
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'''Selling 5 items at once:''' Tier 5 items should only be sold in bulk if your grind is higher than 3.75 EPA, since you’re saving 4 actions at the cost of losing {{e}}15 profit.
  
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The rat market has been changed a lot since May 15th, 2024, see [https://www.failbettergames.com/news/upcoming-adjustments-to-the-rat-market this news]. Some old guides are useless and confusing now. A simple way to judge is to see History on their wiki page. Guides with rat market before that time is unreliable.
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'''Fabulous Diamonds:''' When {{IL|Phase of the Rat-Moon:|Appearance=Moon Phase}} is Soft and {{IL|Direction of the Rat-Wind:|Appearance=Wind Direction}} is North, {{IL|Fabulous Diamond}} are available at the Rat Market. Assuming you have progressed the Railway to {{IL|The Hurlers}} and have {{IL|Hurlers Commercial Development}} 2, you can increase the EPA of any Rat Market grind that week by cashing out in Fabulous Diamonds and [[Trade one Fabulous Diamond|trading]] them (all at once, to minimise travel actions) in the Hurlers. Each trade by itself is 10 EPA: {{e}}5 from {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} to {{IL|Tinned Ham}} conversion, and {{e}}5 from {{IL|Stolen Kiss|2 x|Appearance=Stolen Kisses}}.
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{| class="article-table mw-collapsible <includeonly>mw-collapsed</includeonly>" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="12" style="text-align:center" | {{IL|The Rat-Season:}}
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|-
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!style="text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Freeze-and-Fall|<mark>}}<abbr title="Freeze-and-Fall">FaF</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Lying-Longing|<mark>}}<abbr title="Lying-Longing">LL</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Candle-Canker|<mark>}}<abbr title="Candle-Canker">CC</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Wink-and-Wane|<mark>}}<abbr title="Wink-and-Wane">WaW</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Vial-Vane|<mark>}}<abbr title="Vial-Vane">VV</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Take-and-Toil|<mark>}}<abbr title="Take-and-Toil">TaT</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Wine-Whisper|<mark>}}<abbr title="Wine-Whisper">WW</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Rise-and-Rake|<mark>}}<abbr title="Rise-and-Rake">RaR</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Nitre-Knife|<mark>}}<abbr title="Nitre-Knife">NK</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Kifer-Caitiff|<mark>}}<abbr title="Kifer-Caitiff">KC</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Skitter-Scatter|<mark>}}<abbr title="Skitter-Scatter">SS</abbr></mark>
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!style="border-left:1px solid gray; text-align:center"|<!--
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-->{{World Quality Condition|Quality=The Rat-Season:|Value=Dimmest-Dark|<mark>}}<abbr title="Dimmest-Dark">DD</abbr></mark>
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|-
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|{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|Appearance=}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{IL|Storm-Threnody}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{IL|Ratty Reliquary}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Unlawful Device}}|Discordant Ripples - Mouth Law|Moulin Expeditions}}
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| colspan="2" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}}|Source: Newspapers (4.21)}}
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| colspan="2" |{{TableList|{{IL|Night-Whisper}}|Khaganian Intrigue (5.13)|Favour-based Tribute (7.08)}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Parabola-Linen Scrap}}|Spider Symposium (3.82)}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Crackling Device}}|Khaganian Intrigue (4.56)|Fossilised Apes (5.34)}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Captivating Ballad}}|Heists of the Wellspring (4.92)}}
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| style="border-left:1px solid gray;" |{{IL|Night-Whisper|Appearance=}}
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| colspan="3" |{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding Sounder}}|Khaganian Intrigue (5.03)}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Scrap of Ivory Organza}}|Hearts Game (4.8)}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Cartographer's Hoard}}|University Laboratory}}
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| colspan="3" style="border-left:1px solid gray" |{{TableList|{{IL|Parabolan Parable}}|The Sunken Embassy (4.39)|Khaganian Intrigue (5.09)|Parawar (4.49)}}
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|}
  
 
==London Grinds==
 
==London Grinds==
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Can be done without leaving London.
 
 
===Professional Activities===
 
===Professional Activities===
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{{Wiki Note|Can this part be removed? Its EPA is low while its difficulty is high. For item grinding, it may be useful. But for money-making, it's useless.}}
 
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Professional Activities}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Professional Activities}}
  
 
===Hearts' Game===
 
===Hearts' Game===
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Hearts' Game}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Hearts' Game}}
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===Newspaper and Slight===
 
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*Expected EPA: <b>4.82</b>
 
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*It's combined with Hearts' Game, see [https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Publishing_a_Newspaper_(Guide)#cs-comment-113098 this].
 
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{{clear}}
 
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==Upper River Grinds==
 
==Upper River Grinds==
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Can be done with rarely leaving Upper River.
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===The City of the Tracklayers===
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===Card in the City of the Tracklayers===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|The City of the Tracklayers}}
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*Min EPA: <b>4.63</b>
 
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*see [[The City of the Tracklayers (Guide)]]
 
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{{clear}}
 
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===Communing in the City of the Tracklayers===
 
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*Max EPA: <b>5.23</b>
 
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*see [[The City of the Tracklayers (Guide)#Communing]]
 
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{{clear}}
 
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===Moulin Expeditions (and monographs)===
 
===Moulin Expeditions (and monographs)===
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{{Wiki Note|Moulin Expeditions is more profitable now, as it gives extra 10% Hinterland Prosperity, see [[Sort through the loot]].}}
 
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Moulin Expeditions}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Moulin Expeditions}}
  
 
===Larcenies with Parabolan Casing===
 
===Larcenies with Parabolan Casing===
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Larcenies with Parabolan Casing}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Larcenies with Parabolan Casing}}
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===Upper River Opportunity Cards===
 
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*[[The Urchins' Games]] EPA: <b>5.31</b>
 
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*[[A Disillusioned Fungiculturalist]] EPA: <b>5.5</b>
 
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*Both cards are often drawn in Upper River and have good EPA.
 
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{{clear}}
 
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===Hellworm===
 
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*Probable EPA: <b>10</b>
 
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*First you need 200000 {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}} to begin. Then you need to draw cards in Upper River moment by moment. See [[Hellworm (Guide)]].
 
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{{clear}}
 
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==Options at Zee==
 
==Options at Zee==
 
===Khaganian Intrigue===
 
===Khaganian Intrigue===
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{{Wiki Note|No more Rat Market in Khaganian Business. Need more work.}}
 
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Khaganian Intrigue}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Khaganian Intrigue}}
  
 
===Favour-based Tribute===
 
===Favour-based Tribute===
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*Min EPA: <b>4.23</b>
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Favour grind (using cards)}}
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*See [[Associating with Radical Academics (Guide)|this guide]] and this [https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Associating_with_Radical_Academics_(Guide)#cs-comment-112008 comment]
 
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{{clear}}
 
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===The Maze-Garden===
 
===The Maze-Garden===
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|The Maze-Garden}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|The Maze-Garden}}
  
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==Options above==
 
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===The Stacks===
 
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*Min EPA: <b>5.27</b> (Stuiver concluded)
 
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*See [[The Stacks (Guide)]]
 
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{{clear}}
 
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==Options in Parabola==
 
==Options in Parabola==
 
===Forcing Stalemates===
 
===Forcing Stalemates===
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Forcing Stalemates}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Forcing Stalemates}}
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===Parabolan War===
 
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*Raw EPA: <b>5.00</b>
 
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*See [[Parabolan War (Guide)]]
 
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{{clear}}
 
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==Options across the Neath==
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===Heists of the Wellspring===
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==Options tied to the Rat Market==
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*Expected EPA: <b>4.48</b>
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*See [https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/On_a_Heist_(Guide)#cs-comment-113635 this comment]
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===Publishing Newspapers (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Publishing Newspapers (Rat Market)}}
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===Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out Unveiled activities (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out Unveiled activities (Rat Market)}}
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===Khaganian Intrigue (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Khaganian Intrigue (Rat Market)}}
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===The Court of the Wakeful Eye (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|The Court of the Wakeful Eye (Rat Market)}}
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===Parabolan War (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Parabolan War (Rat Market)}}
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===Heists of the Wellspring (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Heists of the Wellspring (Rat Market)}}
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===Hearts' Game Atlases (Rat Market)===
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Hearts' Game Atlases (Rat Market)}}
  
 
===The New Mammoth Ranching / A New Pope===
 
===The New Mammoth Ranching / A New Pope===
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{{Wiki Note|Due to changes on 23/02/2024, this grind is now much less profitable. Current EPA is unknown. Since this document has not been updated for a long time, this section will be deleted soon.}}
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{{Wiki Note|Due to changes on 23/02/2024, this grind is now much less profitable. Current EPA is unknown.}}
  
 
A multi-faceted grind with highest efficiency (overall EPA above 6.0) and steep requirements: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zjgbbNw_mvDiK_dAY_Ld7lTSDD3QGU1POFAaJ6NXh-8/ A New Pope Guide]
 
A multi-faceted grind with highest efficiency (overall EPA above 6.0) and steep requirements: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zjgbbNw_mvDiK_dAY_Ld7lTSDD3QGU1POFAaJ6NXh-8/ A New Pope Guide]
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===Brass Bird===
 
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*Expected EPA: <b>6.0</b>
 
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*Conbine [[The City of the Tracklayers (Guide)|the City of the Tracklayers]], [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)|Moulin Expeditions]], [[Moonlit Woods (Guide)|Moonlit Woods]], [[Licensed by Mr Hearts|Mr Heart]] and Bone Market. The recipe is {{IL|Skeleton with Seven Necks|1 x}}, {{IL|Bright Brass Skull|5 x}}, {{IL|Plated Skull|1 x}}, {{IL|Sabre-toothed Skull|1 x}} and {{IL|Wing of a Young Terror Bird|2 x}}. And then declare it a bird and sell it to [[An Author of Gothic Tales]] in a good week.
 
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===Spider Pope===
 
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{{Wiki Note|Due to changes on 06/09/2024, it's not available to grind {{IL|Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre}} by calling in bohe favour in Jericho Locks. However we all love spider pope!}}
 
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*Expected EPA: <b>6.3</b>
 
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*Conbine [[The Stacks (Guide)|the Stacks]], [[Under the Statue at Jericho Locks|Jericho calling]] and Bone Market. The recipe is {{IL|Glim-Encrusted Carapace|1 x}}, {{IL|Carved Ball of Stygian Ivory|1 x}} and {{IL|Holy Relic of the Thigh of Saint Fiacre|8 x}}. And then declare it a spider and sell it to [[A Familiar Bohemian Sculptress]]. See [https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Glim-Encrusted_Carapace#cs-comment-109590 this comment].
 
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==Weekly Actions==
 
==Weekly Actions==
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{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Board Meeting Assistance to Parabolan War (moderate-complex)}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|Board Meeting Assistance to Parabolan War (moderate-complex)}}
  
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===The Waters of the Wellspring (complex)===
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===[[The Waters of the Wellspring]] (complex)===
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|[[The Waters of the Wellspring]] (complex)}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|[[The Waters of the Wellspring]] (complex)}}
  
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===The Nadir (complex)===
 
===The Nadir (complex)===
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|The Nadir (complex)}}
 
{{#lsth:Money-Making/Sources|The Nadir (complex)}}
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===The High Sancta===
 
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*Raw EPA: <b>10.21</b>
 
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*See [[The High Sancta (Guide)]]
 
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