Editing Mr Chimes' Lost & Found (Guide)

{{Audience|EarlyMYN|Evergreen=yes}}{{Item Comparison}}
The purpose of this guide is to help players decide how to spend their allowance of {{IL|Memory of a Tale}} earned through playing exceptional stories. The shop in question is {{IL|Mr Chimes' Lost & Found}} {{GuideFor|[[Bought for.Shop::Mr Chimes' Lost & Found]] OR [[Uses.Use.Bought for.Shop::Mr Chimes' Lost & Found]]|Pages = Memory of a Tale#Mr Chimes' Lost & Found}}

== Items Sorted by Stats ==
Note that these tables follow the following format: strict BIS is '''bold''', shared BIS is ''italic'', and stats which are neither but are nonetheless notable will be in regular case.

=== Best In Slot ===
These items are the Strict or Shared best in slot for one or more stats.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Notable Stats !! Notes
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| {{IL|A Firm Conviction of the Absence of the Supernatural}} || Hat || 7 || {{Item Effects|A Firm Conviction of the Absence of the Supernatural|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Strict BiS for Nightmares reduction. Many better items for Persuasive and Watchful.
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| {{IL|An Enviable Social Calendar}} || Weapon || 3 || {{Item Effects|An Enviable Social Calendar|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Strict BiS for Scandal reduction. Many better items for Persuasive and Respectable.
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| {{IL|July}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|July|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Strict BiS for KT. Many better items for Dreaded and Persuasive.
|-
|}

=== Situational Best in Slot ===
For a subset of players, these items are the best available options for their slot. This may be because the alternatives are only available with world qualities, restricted to a particular Ambition, cost {{FontFate}}, etc.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Notable Stats !! Notes
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|{{IL|A Slug, For Casual Draping}} || Clothing || 7 || {{Item Effects|A Slug, For Casual Draping|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer item {{IL|Viscount's Bejewelled Collar}} available through [[The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide)]] every couple months. Peer item {{IL|Strangling Willow Ring}} available through {{FontSummer}}.
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|{{IL|Love-Sickened Seneschal}} || Boots || 3 || {{Item Effects|Love-Sickened Seneschal|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer items available through {{FontWhitsun}}, {{FontSummer}} or the [[The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide)]] every couple months.
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|{{IL|Polythremean Captain's Boots}} || Boots || 7 || {{Item Effects|Polythremean Captain's Boots|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer item {{IL|Moray Heels}} is only available at {{FontWhitsun}}.
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|{{IL|Courteous Assistant}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Courteous Assistant|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer items are {{FontFate}} locked and seasonal ({{FontRose}} or {{FontHallowmas}}). 
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|{{IL|Ebullient Undertaker}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Ebullient Undertaker|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer items are {{FontFate}} locked and seasonal ({{FontRose}} or {{FontHallowmas}}).
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|{{IL|Johnny Croak}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Johnny Croak|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer items are {{FontFate}} locked or {{FontWhitsun}} exclusive: {{IL|Double-Headed Terror Bird}} for MA and {{IL|Transfixing Squirrel}} for KT. Better companions are {{FontFate}} locked, including {{IL|Ebullient Undertaker}} who costs {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=|12 x}} for MA, and {{IL|July}} for who costs {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=|12 x}} for KT. Probably better to just buy July or the Undertaker and wait for Whitsun for the other boost.
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|{{IL|Tabitha Murgatroyd}} || Companion || 7 || {{Item Effects|Tabitha Murgatroyd|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer items are {{FontFate}} locked or {{IL|Double-Headed Terror Bird}} from {{FontWhitsun}}. Better companions are {{FontFate}} locked, including {{IL|Ebullient Undertaker}} who costs {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=|12 x}}. 
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| {{IL|Illuminating Futurist}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Illuminating Futurist|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer BiS is {{IL|The Eagle, Ascendant}} from {{FontHallowmas}}. Many better items for Respectable and Watchful.
|-
|}

=== Perennial Peer Items ===
These items have peer items freely available at all times of year, though they may be difficult to acquire or require completion of a lengthy storyline.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Notable Stats !! Notes
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| {{IL|Stalwart Pigeon}} || Hat || 7 || {{Item Effects|Stalwart Pigeon|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Cheap and freely available {{IL|Modish Bonnet}} for Scandal gain and {{IL|Pair of Luminous Neathglass Goggles}} for Watchful.
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| {{IL|An Uneasy Alliance with an Exiled Tiger}} || Transport || 7 || {{Item Effects|An Uneasy Alliance with an Exiled Tiger|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Better item is freely available, but it's {{IL|Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled}}.
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| {{IL|Priscilla}} || Transport || 7 || {{Item Effects|Priscilla|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Better item is freely available, but it's {{IL|Most Humbling Expression of Her Majesty's Esteem}}, the Society Renown 40 item.
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| {{IL|A Machine for the Committing of Murder}} || Home Comfort || 7 || {{Item Effects|A Machine for the Committing of Murder|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer Dangerous item in {{IL|The Very Teeth of St George!}} at Church Renown 25. {{IL|Tiger-Furred Oneiropompic Stave}} eventually offers better Dangerous. Just get {{IL|Unopened Bottle of Broken Giant 1899 'Century Label'}} for Respectable.
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| {{IL|A Sapphire, Allegedly Imbued with a Minor Curse}} || Home Comfort || 7 || {{Item Effects|A Sapphire, Allegedly Imbued with a Minor Curse|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Better item for Shadowy and Dreaded is freely available, but it's the expensive {{IL|Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave}}. 
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| {{IL|Reflections on Ys (Second Edition)}} || Home Comfort || 7 || {{Item Effects|Reflections on Ys (Second Edition)|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer item for Watchful is {{IL|Naturalist's Map}} during the Evolution storyline.  Better Watchful items are also available through completing the Evolution or Railway storylines, or by getting a [[F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Neathoscope, Containing and Displaying All Seven Colours of Exotic Light|full Neathbow of Mirrorcatch Boxes]]. Just get {{IL|Unopened Bottle of Broken Giant 1899 'Century Label'}} for Respectable.
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| {{IL|Vespasian}} || Home Comfort || 7 || {{Item Effects|Vespasian|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer items for BDR are {{IL|Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave|Appearance=Oneiropompic Staves}} or {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Neathoscope, Containing and Displaying All Seven Colours of Exotic Light|Appearance=Neathoscope}}.
|-
|}

=== Early-Game Utility ===
These items are strictly outclassed for endgame players, but may be useful options for those who do not yet have access to a more lategame alternative.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Notable Stats !! Notes
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| {{IL|A Parabolan-sized Headache}} || Hat || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Parabolan-sized Headache|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || {{IL|Beguiling Mask}} is the first better free option, expensive for new players.
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| {{IL|Ostentatious Paisley Suit}} || Clothing || 3 || {{Item Effects|Ostentatious Paisley Suit|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Peer item is the Bohemians 10 faction item, {{IL|Barrel with Leather Shoulder-Straps}}
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| {{IL|A Much Put Upon Pawn in the Game}} || Clothing || 7 || {{Item Effects|A Much Put Upon Pawn in the Game|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || {{IL|Insatiable Glove}} is freely available, but cost prohibitive for early game players.
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|{{IL|Reformed Protester}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Reformed Protester|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just get the {{IL|Disgraced Rattus Faber Bandit-Chief}} instead for Dangerous, Perenial peer item for Dreaded is expensive {{IL|Bengal Tigress}} or after various renown or festivals. 
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|{{IL|Stoic Classicist}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Stoic Classicist|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just get the  {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}} instead for Watchful, and Perennial peer item for Respectable is expensive {{IL|Midnight Matriarch}} or after various renown or festivals. 
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|{{IL|The Eldest Daughter}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|The Eldest Daughter|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Perennial peer item for Persuasive is expensive {{IL|Winsome Dispossessed Orphan}} or after various renown or festivals. Perennial peer item for Dreaded is expensive {{IL|Bengal Tigress}} or after various renown or festivals. 
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|{{IL|A Dream of Red Chivalry}} || Affiliation || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Dream of Red Chivalry|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Perennial peer items require PosI or festivals. 
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|{{IL|A Flawless Example of Hubris}} || Affiliation || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Flawless Example of Hubris|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Perennial peer items for Dreaded require PosI or festivals. Free Perennial better item {{IL|The Crew of the HMS Ramillies}} availible during [[Evolution (Guide)]] storyline.
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|{{IL|A Working Relationship with the Precocious Tosher}} || Affiliation || 7 || {{Item Effects|A Working Relationship with the Precocious Tosher|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Better Watchful items are tied to {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis|Appearance=Nemesis}} or {{IL|The Great Game (Affiliation)|Short=yes}} renown . Perenial peer items for Dreaded and Bizarre require PosI or festivals. Eventually surpassed by free {{IL|The Crew of the HMS Ramillies}} from [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]].
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|}

=== No Notable Stats ===
These items are difficult to recommend based on stats, even for early-game players.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! Slot !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Notable Stats !! Notes
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| {{IL|Extraordinarily Strong Reading Glasses}} || Hat || 3 || {{Item Effects|Extraordinarily Strong Reading Glasses|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy the freely available {{IL|Pair of Luminous Neathglass Goggles}} instead.
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| {{IL|Sebastian the Nocturnal Smotherer}} || Hat || 3 || {{Item Effects|Sebastian the Nocturnal Smotherer|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy the freely available {{IL|Sneak-Thief's Mask}} instead.
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| {{IL|An Unwisely Cultivated Plant}} || Clothing || 3 || {{Item Effects|An Unwisely Cultivated Plant|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || By the time you need Bizarre, other peer items are freely available, including {{IL|Far Khanate Lacquered Armour}}
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| {{IL|Calliope the Yowler}} || Clothing || 3 || {{Item Effects|Calliope the Yowler|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Dignified Tailcoat}} or {{IL|Respectable Grey Gown}} instead.
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| {{IL|A Censer with an Unusual Scent}} || Gloves || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Censer with an Unusual Scent|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Pair of Dancemaster's Dabs}} instead.
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| {{IL|A Tattered Library Card}} || Gloves || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Tattered Library Card|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Avid Glove}} instead.
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| {{IL|Benvolio the Bacon Thief}} || Gloves || 3 || {{Item Effects|Benvolio the Bacon Thief|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Avid Glove}} instead.
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| {{IL|A Brick from the Very Walls of Hell}} || Weapon || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Brick from the Very Walls of Hell|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || You should have a {{IL|Bejewelled Cane}} by the time you need Bizarre.
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| {{IL|A Tune in Three-Four}} || Weapon || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Tune in Three-Four|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just progress {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} for a {{IL|An Angel Among Thieves|Appearance=book}} [[Your Adventures are an Inspiration|of your choice]] instead.
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| {{IL|Freya, Scourge of Fragile Ornaments}} || Weapon || 3 || {{Item Effects|Freya, Scourge of Fragile Ornaments|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy a {{IL|Rattus Faber Rifle}} for Dangerous or {{IL|Patent Scrutinizer}} for Watchful.
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| {{IL|Ornamental Storm in a Teacup}} || Weapon || 3 || {{Item Effects|Ornamental Storm in a Teacup|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just progress {{IL|A Name Whispered in Darkness}} for a {{IL|An Angel Among Thieves|Appearance=book}} [[Your Adventures are an Inspiration|of your choice]] instead.
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| {{IL|A Knotted Sock with a Heavy Lump in It}} || Boots || 3 || {{Item Effects|A Knotted Sock with a Heavy Lump in It|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Pair of Savage Hob-Nailed Boots}} instead.
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| {{IL|Gustav the Ankle Weaver}} || Boots || 3 || {{Item Effects|Gustav the Ankle Weaver|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Pair of Savage Hob-Nailed Boots}} instead.
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|{{IL|Percipient Cricketer}} || Companion || 12 || {{Item Effects|Percipient Cricketer|bis_strict=bold|bis_Shared=italic}} || Just buy {{IL|Devious Henchman}} instead for Shadowy, and Make Your Name for {{IL|Blemmigan Tourist}} for Bizarre. 
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|}

== Items Sorted by Use ==
=== Efficient Repeatable ===
These items unlock repeatable options that are much better than their evergreen alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Unlocks !! Notes
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| {{IL|A Dream of Red Chivalry}} || 3 || Lower the ferocity of your Parabolan quarry through [[Demonstrate a sporting commitment to fairness]] || This is not as powerful as the action given to {{IL|Monster-Hunter}}s, but only just and is open to everyone.
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|{{IL|A Working Relationship with the Precocious Tosher}} || 7 || [[Accompany the Tosher on a spot of mudlarking]] on the Urchin card || Most efficient source of scraps
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|{{IL|The Eldest Daughter}} || 12 || Lab assistant with {{IL|Toxicological Focus}}. || Several repeatable labs including [[Analyse your False-Snake]] and [[Study the properties of Attar]].
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| {{IL|July}} || 12 || Usable as a member on the [[Railway Board (Guide)]]. || A pretty reliable board member for the usual actions.
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| {{IL|Percipient Cricketer}} || 12 || Lab assistance with {{IL|Correspondence Focus}} and [[Encourage your student to work with the Percipient Cricketer|an option with the Profound student.]] || Most notably usable for [[Study the Prelapsarian history of the Red Science]].
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| {{IL|Stalwart Pigeon}} || 7 || [[Release your Stalwart Pigeon into the cloud]] ||  ~5-7 EPA, depending on Watchful, from [[A Parliament of Bats]]. 
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| {{IL|Stoic Classicist}} || 12 || {{TableList|Lab assistant with a Historical Focus|Option for Teaching Students|[[Enlist assistance in tackling the bibliography|Situational use at the Library]]}} || Most notably usable for [[Study the Prelapsarian history of the Red Science]].
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| {{IL|Tabitha Murgatroyd}} || 7 || A useful expedition leader in [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)]] || Also helps you out if you run out of supplies.
|}

=== Efficient Single-Use ===
These items unlock a one-time option that saves the player significant resources compared to the free alternatives. Right now no items meet this criteria.

=== Niche Repeatable ===
These items unlock repeatable options that are either equivalent to or outclassed by their evergreen alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Use !! Notes
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| {{IL|A Sapphire, Allegedly Imbued with a Minor Curse}} || 3 || [[Attempt to offload your Allegedly-Cursed Sapphire|An action in the Hurlers]] || [[Speak to the Remorseless Archaeologist]] or move up and down the railway instead.
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| {{IL|Ebullient Undertaker}} || 12 || [[Enlist qualified assistance (Ebullient Undertaker)|Option in the Library]] || Niche option in the library
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| {{IL|Johnny Croak}} || 12 || [[Arrange for a visit from Johnny Croak|Recruitable as an assassin]] || No better than any other assassin
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| {{IL|Ornamental Storm in a Teacup}} || 3 || [[Chart a course through the storm using your Storm in a Teacup|Option when Zailing]] || Very marginally better than the free option.
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| {{IL|Ostentatious Paisley Suit}} || 3 || [[Allow your paisley suit to pick out words|Option in the Maze-Garden]] || The Maze garden is relatively niche, and results not fully known.
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| {{IL|Polythremean Captain's Boots}} || 7 || [[Hail the steamer to exchange news, and let your Boots translate|Option in the Sea of Voices]] || Marginally better than the free option. 
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| {{IL|Reflections on Ys (Second Edition)}} || 7 || [[Infuse the dream with terrible poetry|An option in Oneiropomp Carousel]] || Trade {{IL|Memory of a Much Lesser Self|4 x}} for {{IL|Intensity of the Dream|6 x}}
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| {{IL|Reformed Protester}} || 12 || Lab Assistant with a Weapons Focus || Very few projects have this focus, notably [[Disguise your Ancient Hunting Rifle as a valuable antique|Making Hunting Rifles]]
|-
|}

=== Niche Single-Use ===
These items unlock a one-time option that is either equivalent to or outclassed by the evergreen alternatives.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}} !! Use !! Notes
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| {{IL|Benvolio the Bacon Thief}} || 3 || [[A Cub's Education (Guide)|Can be introduced in the dome of scales]] || If you have all chimes cats, you can get a bonus cat at {{IL|The House of Chimes}}
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| {{IL|Calliope the Yowler}} || 3 || [[A Cub's Education (Guide)|Can be introduced in the dome of scales]] || If you have all chimes cats, you can get a bonus cat at {{IL|The House of Chimes}}
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| {{IL|Freya, Scourge of Fragile Ornaments}} || 3 || [[A Cub's Education (Guide)|Can be introduced in the dome of scales]] || If you have all chimes cats, you can get a bonus cat at {{IL|The House of Chimes}}
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| {{IL|Gustav the Ankle Weaver}} || 3 || [[A Cub's Education (Guide)|Can be introduced in the dome of scales]] || If you have all chimes cats, you can get a bonus cat at {{IL|The House of Chimes}}
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| {{IL|Ostentatious Paisley Suit}} || 3 || [[Accept with your Ostentatious Paisley Suit|Can get you into the Clay Tailor Club]] || The same price as other option to join.
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| {{IL|Sebastian the Nocturnal Smotherer}} || 3 || [[A Cub's Education (Guide)|Can be introduced in the dome of scales]] || If you have all chimes cats, you can get a bonus cat at {{IL|The House of Chimes}}
|-
|}

=== No Uses ===
These items do not unlock any additional actions.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Item !! {{IL|Memory of a Tale|Appearance=}}
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| {{IL|A Brick from the Very Walls of Hell}} || 3 
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| {{IL|A Censer with an Unusual Scent}} || 3
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| {{IL|A Flawless Example of Hubris}} || 3
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| {{IL|A Knotted Sock with a Heavy Lump in It}} || 3 
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| {{IL|A Machine for the Committing of Murder}} || 7 
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| {{IL|A Much Put Upon Pawn in the Game}} || 7 
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| {{IL|A Parabolan-sized Headache}} || 3
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| {{IL|A Slug, For Casual Draping}} || 7
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| {{IL|A Tattered Library Card}} || 3 
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| {{IL|A Tune in Three-Four}} || 3 
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| {{IL|An Enviable Social Calendar}} || 3 
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| {{IL|An Uneasy Alliance with an Exiled Tiger}} || 7
|-
| {{IL|An Unwisely Cultivated Plant}} || 3
|-
| {{IL|Courteous Assistant}} || 12 
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| {{IL|Extraordinarily Strong Reading Glasses}} || 3 
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| {{IL|Illuminating Futurist}} || 12 
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| {{IL|Love-Sickened Seneschal}} || 3 
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| {{IL|Priscilla}} || 7
|-
| {{IL|Vespasian}} || 7
|-
|}
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