Mysteries Grinding (Guide)
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Whispered Hint[edit]
- 51-240 for An infernal broth 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 4 (currently not available).
- 66 for Try to understand what he's saying at
Watchful 66; good for pre-POSI grinding if Attend courtly functions is not feasible.
- 250+ Base Watchful/2 for Discard your letter. This is best used after Write down some of what you know about the Discordance (requires
SotD 5) as this is the only letter with no cost to write.
- 90 for Attend courtly functions at Persuasive 89; locked with
Memento of Passion
- 285 per action for options in Flint or Dagger, eventually paid out via Taste a small amount of honey; requires 4 actions of setup. See Hunting Bees in Old Newgate (Guide) for more information.
- 1100 in exchange for 1000
, 
, or 
via Bartering with the Tiger Keeper - 100 for The Thing in the Mirror at
Dangerous 100, for a total of 900 over the course of the 24-action Time Passing in the Labyrinth carousel.
- 625 for 2 actions: Build on the Human Ribcage then Break down your (Skeleton Type) for parts (Human Ribcage); if your Dangerous is below 250 you will occasionally receive 312
Bone Fragments instead. Alternatively, any skeleton may be broken down to convert its 
Value into either half it's value in hints(on a sucess) or a quarter of it's value in fragments on a failure.
- 145 for A night for... what exactly? at
Shadowy 115/Well Watching at Persuasive 115/Inside the Cock and Magpie at Watchful 115; for a total of 1305 over the 24-action Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide) carousel. Alternatively, 100 for The Eyes of Children (gives 
+1CP Nightmares)/Dinner in the Fallen Columns at Persuasive 115 (gives 
-2 CP Wounds, +1CP Nightmares) for a total of 900.
Cryptic Clue[edit]
The Museum of Prelapsarian History
- Base Watchful/2 for Stroll in the garden of bones, giving a maximum of 115 at Base Watchful 230.
- 1–120 for Eavesdropping (average 60.5) at Shadowy 167; requires
PoSI
- 210 in exchange for
x 1 Favours: The Great Game with Call in favours in the Wolfstack Docks.
- If one has NOT completed the murder investigation at
The University, then there is a grind that combines Investigating... and Making Use of Cats to give a maximum of 954 in 10 actions at Watchful 177 and Shadowy 167. Lower attributes will mean either occasional failed challenges and/or using less profitable steps.
- Advance Featuring in the Tales of the University to 9.
- Advance
Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion to 10. - Under Making Your Name: Investigations in the university, interview the department staff three times and conduct forensic analysis once. This should raise
Investigating... to 5 and produce 214 Clues. - Under Bats and Cats, choose Cats..., and then Try to find out about their allegiances once. This should raise
Making Use of Cats to 2. - This will cause the storylet Working with the Cats to re-appear at the top level of the Flit. Under that, assist a fortune teller four times. This should raise Making Use of Cats from 2 to 5 and produce 200 Clues.
- Back under Bats and Cats, choose Spending Making Use of Cats and then Follow up a tip-off. This will reset Investigating... and Making Use of Cats and produce 540 Clues.
- Advance
- 50 when you Steal ideas from other theatres in Variety is the spice of life!. Also gives +2CP
Tales of Mahogany Hall
- 1000 in exchange for
x 8 via "I have long puzzled over..."; requires Watchful 120. Also gives 2x Mystery of the Elder Continent.
- 150 for Investigate the real causes on The Fires Run Cold in A Nearby Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Can be purchased from Crawcase Cryptics for 0.04
.
- Selling a
Memory of Light at the Bazaar gives x25 Cryptic Clue; with memories upconverted from Sunken Embassy beeswax this gives ~143 per action. (Note that this method will 
advance the Liberation of Night)
- Upconverting Whispered Hint; with Hints sourced from Old Newgate this gives about 72 per action. Note that, if you obtain more than 300 hints per action, selling the hints at the Bazaar and buying clues is more efficient.
Tantalising Possibility[edit]
- 25 for Look up at the High Sancta
- 35 for Walk in/Help those you can or 495 for Return with one of the carcasses. See The Stacks (Guide) for more information
- Also available in small quantities from various Stacks cards
Appalling Secret[edit]
- Purchase for 2
from Crow-Crease Cryptics (33% surcharge).
- 1 for A rematch.
- 10 for Lead the lamp-cats in a chess lesson, for a total of 60 over the 14-action Port Cecil carousel.
- 20 for Sort through the advertisements on The Arrival of the Mail in A Nearby Future. Also gives +2 CP Nightmares: including in-Irem Nightmares reduction this gives an average of around 14.3 per action. See Irem (Guide) for more details.
- 17 for Accept December's help on The Mountain and the Light in A Jewelled Future. Has a
Winds of Fortune check.
- 15 when you Listen to the Waters.
- 17 when you Discuss the Discordant Law (The Steward).
Other
- Upconverting Cryptic Clues; with clues sourced by selling Sunken Embassy-sourced Memory of Light, this gives 15.5 per action.
- ( Base Persuasive/10) for Advise prudence in her latest bill on The Northbound Parliamentarian opportunity card.
- ( Base Watchful/10) for Learn of the Overgoat on the All fear the Overgoat! opportunity card.
Journal of Infamy[edit]
- 1-5 for Take absinthe in the parlour 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 4 (currently not available).
- In mysteries lets
Ontological Cartographers and 
Monster-Hunters pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in journals and other items. Up to about 0.42 per action for Ontological Cartographers and 0.28 per action for Monster-Hunters.
- 25 for
-32 CP Casing... with Steal Journals of Infamy from an Iniquitous Solicitor. See Casing (Guide) for more information.
- 118 from An edition brimming with truth and wisdom, The tawdry secrets of the famous laid bare! or The finest kind of madness for an average of up to 6.38 per action, or 148 from A gossipy and tantalising edition with
x 140 Salacious Copy for an average of up to 8 per action; see Publishing a Newspaper (Guide) for more information.
- Can be purchased for 7 from Crow-Crease Cryptics (40% surcharge)
- 12 for Dispose of seventy trophies; see The Crowds of Spite (Guide) for more information
- Up to 24 from the Mythopoesis carousel. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
The Magistracy of the Evenlode
- 2 for Watch a civil trial
Other
- Upconverting Appalling Secrets; with secrets sourced from the Stewardess, this reaches 5.1 per action.
- Buy Map Scrap in The Rat Market, then upconvert once and sideconvert 3 times. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| /action:
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4.48 | 5.43 | 6.22 | 6.89 |
Note: This returns less Journals per Action than buying them directly starting at some point between 30 and 40 Rat Shillings per Action
Tale of Terror!![edit]
- 1-5 for Take tea in the parlour and A Watchmaker's Hill mulligatawny 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 1 or 3. (Currently not available).
- 1 from A tale of terror!! when taking Tea with the Loquacious Vicar
- 12 for Dispose of seventy trophies; see The Crowds of Spite (Guide) for more information
- 25 from Steal Tales of Terror from a noted author; consumes 32CP of Casing.... Depending on your source of Casing..., this can give between 1.3 and 5.6 Tales per action. See Casing (Guide) for more information.
- Can be purchased for 7 from Crow-Crease Cryptics (40% surcharge)
- Up to 24 from the Mythopoesis carousel. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 2 from Try all the dishes, Try to cheer her up, Talk to her seriously and Prepare yourself for a total of 28 over the 27-action carousel. See Time Passing at Hunter's Keep (Guide) for more information.
- 4 for Explore the Wisp-Ways
- 6 for Provide the lamp-cats with somewhere to rest, for a total of 36 over the 14-action Port Cecil carousel.
- 5 for failing Try to sleep on The Hour of Dusk in A Brilliant Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
- 3 from Ask about the nature of the Waste; requires
Para-Archaeologist at most 7, consumes 1 x 
Bottle of Morelways 1872.
- An amount depending on your monograph's
Ironic (potentially up to 188) when selling to The Charismatic Tracklayer; requires 
Moulin: Darkness 6, having incorporated a Corrective Narrative and 
Colour at the Chessboard Black. This raises Advancing the Liberation of Night:. See Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Buy
Amanita Sherry in The Rat Market, then upconvert once and sideconvert 1 times. Depending on the efficiency of your source of Rat-Shillings, this gives the following overall efficiency:
| /action:
|
30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 /action:
|
5.42 | 6.87 | 8.18 | 9.37 |
- Upconverting Appalling Secrets; this ranges from 1.6 to 5.1 per action depending on where you source your Secrets from.
- Discordant Ripples (Following) 4 gives 3
Extraordinary Implication[edit]
- 2 for success on Spy on London's Embassy.
- 3 for
x 3 Attar with Surrender some of your Attar.
- 3 in exchange for
x 3 Presbyterate Passphrases for fighting in The Painted Ring (on both success or failure); requires 
A Name Scrawled in Blood 4.
- 7.4 on average for Breed the Somnolent Hyaena 2 or Breed the Tomb-Lion 2; requires at least 8 actions and either a
Somnolent Hyaena or 
Tomb-Lion. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
- 4 for The finest kind of madness when publishing a newspaper, requires x 104 Outlandish Copy. See Publishing a Newspaper (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Request another demonstration; requires
Ravages of Parabolan Warfare 3 and a 
Forty-Nine-Voiced Warbler.
- 1 for Treat with the kitten.
- Up to 5 from the Mythopoesis carousel, reaching up to 0.44 per action without expending materials. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for a stand-alone action, not dependant on your story ending. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Ask about those stones out in the frozen patch of Neath; requires
Discovered: a Patch of Frozen Neath.
- 1-10 (average 5.5) for Leave the barge (The Cedar-Woods), takes 2 actions and 6
Esteem of the Guild. See Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide) for more information.
- An amount depending on a monograph's
Tragic (potentially up to 44) when selling to The Militant Curate. See Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconverting Journal of Infamy or Tale of Terror!!; costs -5 CP Connected: Benthic or -5 CP Connected: Summerset respectively. Neglecting the Connected cost, this reaches 1.38 per action for Newspaper journals and 0.93 for tales upconverted from Stewardess secrets.
- Discordant Ripples (Frozen) 5 gives 6 in exchange for 207-300 x Piece of Rostygold,
104-194 x Shard of Glim and 102-199 x Nodule of Deep Amber. - Discordant Ripples (Mouth) 1 gives 1.
Uncanny Incunabulum[edit]
- In dusty tomes lets Teratomancers and Epistolants pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in incunabula and other items. Requires ~16.7 actions per incunabulum on average, though the specifics will vary based on profession,
A Professional Specialisation: and abilities.
- 1 for Try to calm the Inspector down at the end of the 15-action Riding the Savage Cobbles carousel; locked with
The Jack-of-Smiles Case 1.
- ( Intensity of the Dream / 6.25) for Extract clues from his thoughts; requires
The Dreamer Identified: The Honey-Addled Detective. See Oneiropomp (Guide) for more information.
- 2 for turning in
4 x Favours: The Docks to A Silver-Eyed Zailor. Assuming card-based favours and disregarding travel costs, this takes 2.5 actions per Incunabulum. - 2-3 for Leave the barge (The Eversmoulder), costs 2 actions and 6 Esteem of the Guild; see Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide) for more information.
The Copper Quarter/London
- Cracking open a crate from the the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company has a 1 in 10 chance of giving 3.
- 1 for Correct a Verse of Counter-Creed, in exchange for
x 1 Verse of Counter-Creed. With verses sourced from the Sunken Embassy, this takes 6 actions per incunabulum.
Other
- Upconverting Extraordinary Implications; costs -20 CP Connected: Benthic. Neglecting the Connected cost, this reaches 0.26 per action with implications upconverted from newspaper journals.
Direful Reflection[edit]
- 1 for Repent your ruthlessness or Confess your mercy; costs x 2 Extraordinary Implication,
x 10 Maniac's Prayer and 
Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, and either 
-10 CP Ruthless or 
-10 CP Magnanimous.
- 1 for Stonefall Copse!; requires
x 20 Archaeologist's Progress. See Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Enter the Forbidden Embassy, at a cost of x 7 Attar
- 1 for Finish the study of your Highly Illegal Device; requires
x 100 Laboratory Research and a 
Highly Illegal Experimental Augmentation Device (Probably).
- 1 for Recapture the Iron-Toothed Terror Bird; requires an
Iron-Toothed Terror Bird.
- Up to 3 from the Mythopoesis carousel, up to 4 when expending resources. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Emerge as a freshly-made self in the Ecdysis activity, taking 11-21 actions
- 2 for I made a map of what I saw in the Miser Herding activity, taking 7 actions
Balmoral/London
- 1 for Unveil your Painting (Incendiary + Nostalgic); see Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
Memory of a Much Stranger Self[edit]
- 1 for Emerge as a freshly-made self, a conclusion to the 11-21 action Ecdysis activity
- Up to 14 for Reporting to the Illuminated Archivist, the conclusion to the (maximally) 26 action High Sancta activity. Can be done once per week. May also result in a burden with various opportunity cards.
- 2 for Attend the revels at the conclusion of the 7-action card-based A Season of Hunting activity
Other
- Can be purchased for 500
from Slaughterhall Wholesalers
Searing Enigma[edit]
See also the extended list at Searing Enigma/Sources.
- 1 for Send the Unfinished Man to teach Second City History; this requires at least 23 actions per enigma. See Underclay (Guide) for more information.
- Expeditions to The Chalcocite Pagoda give 1; this requires
x 20 Crate of Expedition Supplies (costing about 10 actions as well as 20 echoes worth of items or another 10 actions) and at least 9 actions for the expedition itself. Alternatively, A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven has a ~6.9% chance of giving 1 for the same cost in supplies and actions. See Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more info.
- 1 for Stare into the glow that is the Princess; requires
Acquaintance: the Captivating Princess to start the dream, Intensity of the Dream 5, and 
Duration of a Dream 10, and costs 3 Direful Reflection. See Oneiropomp (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Conclude your study of the mysterious brickwork with
Artisan of the Red Science 7; requires Laboratory Research 450 and 
Parabolan Research 15. This takes about 22 actions, assuming a high-end laboratory with ~25 research/action. Alternatively, Finish your study of the Thorned Ribcage gives 1 in exchange for Laboratory Research 350, Parabolan Research 15 and a 
Thorned Ribcage.
- Join the Minister of Enigmas for teatime gives 1 for 20 x
Tribute
The Museum of Prelapsarian History
- 1 for Converse on the Correspondence; with
Curator's Gratitude obtained as described in the guide, this requires around 19.6 actions per enigma.
- 1 for A Disgruntled Academic; requires at least 13 actions and
x 2 Intercepted Cablegram. You can obtain the cablegrams at an average of 0.6 actions for 2 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information. - Alternatively, both Observe without interfering and Buy out the Bookseller's inventory and cast it into the Zee give 1, and require at least 12 actions and an
Emetic Revelation.
- 1 for communing with the city, which takes at least 11 actions. Minimum average action cost requires 100% success chance at multiple difficult Narrow Advanced Skill challenges to different Skills.
- FATE
The Serpent Muralist unlocks a card with an option to cash out 
Hinterland Prosperity for an Enigma on a failed check. With maxed 
Hinterland Efficiency, this comes out to ~13 actions per Enigma. Note that even with a 
Weasel of Woe there is a 1% chance of getting 
Sap of the Cedar at the Crossroads instead, but the impact is negligible (and profitable!).
Other
- 1 for Smash it; costs a Lens of Black Glass. See Fidgeting Writer (Guide) for more information.
- ...something else. gives 1 in exchange for a Trade Secret
Dreadful Surmise[edit]
- 1 for any of the Publish your findings, Read the streets, or Translate the alphabet of hungers conclusions to Study the Prelapsarian history of the Red Science. Requires Laboratory Research 2700, as well as
Expertise of the Third City 10 and 
Unaccountably Peckish for ONLY the "alphabet of hungers" conclusion. One of the other two conclusions are recommended, as "alphabet of hungers" requires having 
Lettice, the Mercy in your lab.
Balmoral/London
- Sell the Academic a very elaborate cover identity; requires
100 Cover Identity: Backstory, 10 Cover Identity: Elaboration, 
6 Cover Identity: Nuance and 
4 Cover Identity: Credentials. See Cover Identities (Guide) for more information.
Impossible Theorem[edit]
- Locate an Impossible Theorem requires at least 49 Enigmas and 9 actions, and with 300 Watchful will average roughly 52 Enigmas, 18
Sudden Insights, 200, 27 actions, and two trips to the Slow Boat, each with 11 Wounds. Just research it, or if you insist on doing this, keep stacks of Wound Aid requests on you to use before you click 'Onward' and spend/convert your Echoes into other items so that you don't lose money to nothing.
- To Research an Impossible Theorem requires Laboratory Research 13000 and Parabolan Research 300, as well as Laboratory Equipment 7. Optionally, speed this project along by using the Review the Prior Literature card to Relate this problem to a past Enigma. Each Searing Enigma ( 62.5) spent this way gives 500 lab research ( 60.1 as 1/26 of a Theorem, not counting the Parabolan research).
Memory of a Much Lesser Self[edit]
- 3 for Send a binder of documents to Mount Palmerston; requires at least 1.33 actions per memory. See The Sunken Embassy (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Allow the Immaculate Eel to swim in the water; requires the
Immaculate Eel from WHITSUN.
- 3 for Taste a small amount of honey; requires at least 1.33 actions per memory. See Hunting Bees in Old Newgate (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Display yourself; requires a
Tatterskin Shawl - 1 for Enter the Palatinate alone (Restored, Lyon); requires a
Lyon Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary and having reached the accepted offer ending of the Cats campaign without starting another campaign since. See Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Become more like another on The Liberation, in Peligin in A Dark Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
- Alternatively, 1 for success at Meet the Elusive Violinist for Dinner on A Visit in A Neon Future.
- 1 for Ask him about Hell from the The Return of the Gondolier opportunity card. Requires having completed the Wandering Gondolier's story without inviting him to the Railway Board.
- An amount scaling with the complexity of your cover identity with Realise your Cover Identity reveals the person you were; see Cover Identities (Guide) for detailed information. Some good options: 25x
Well-Placed Pawn can be converted into x 4 Memory of a Much Lesser Self for 3 actions ( 1.33 /action). Or, with 1 action to "collect", up to 16 actions can be spent at x 1 /action. Finally, building Backstory with 
Mortification of a Great Power sourced from the Khanate approaches 1.63 /action when spending Mortifications in bulk. - Sourcing Mortification of a Great Power via Hearts' Game allows you to build Cover Identity: Backstory at a rate of 1.3 per action. At its minimum conversion rate, this yields x 29 Memory of a Much Lesser Self over 22 actions ( 1.32 per action). In large batches, the efficiency approaches 1.35 per action.
Moulin / Parabola
- (
Mithridacy / 2) for Dip your Cross in the Waters at the end of the expedition to the Wellspring; requires the Crooked-Cross profession. Can be done once per week. See Moulin Expeditions (Guide) for more information. - 1 for Look for the fingerking when returning via Parabola from the Wellspring expedition (except the very first time you leave via Parabola, which gives a Mortification of a Great Power instead). Can be done once per week. Note that returning from the Wellspring via Parabola results in an opportunity card, which will cost you either some Watchful points, Memories of Light, or raise menaces.
- Some Airs-dependent options on Travelling through the Air give one:
- 1 for success on Fly past New Newgate.
- 1 for failure on Follow the Shivering Delta.
