On a Heist (Guide)/Cards

Card overview

The following table gives an overview of the requirements to play cards safely, depending on your Heist difficulty.

Cards available on different difficulties. Table assumes no escape routes.

Heist Difficulty	Always playable	Has additional requirements	Safe option requires Inside Information	No safe option	List of additional requirements
Shuttered	8	2	3	1	Dreaded 10/Lyre Duchess 20
Triple-Bolted	6	2	4	2	Dreaded 10/Lyre Duchess 20 Shadowy 100
Well-Guarded	4	4	4	2	Dreaded 10/Lyre Duchess 20 Shadowy 200
Perilous	3	6	4	1	Dreaded 10/Lyre Duchess 20 Shadowy 200 Glasswork 12 Monstrous Anatomy 12

Cards sorted by Target Security:

The difficulty of the Heist is represented by the Target Security: quality. While some cards appear on any Heist, most cards only appear on certain difficulties. For the most part, a "basic" card from lower difficulties is replaced by an "advanced" card on higher difficulties. While there is no mechanical connection, many of the replacements are thematically connected. The table below shows how the composition of your deck will change with the difficulty.

Cells labeled "No Risk" correspond to a card being available that always has an option available which does not lower Cat-Like Tread. Other cells represent options, challenges, or resources needed to avoid losing Cat-Like Tread. Cells labeled with Cat-Like Tread do not have any way to avoid possible loss, and should be avoided.

1 represents a progress of 1 The Burglar's Progress. Percentages represent luck rolls that grant that much progress upon success.

	Basic Card	Best Basic Option	Best Advanced Option	Advanced Card
Always Present	Winding Stairs	No Risk 1 or 70% 2
	A Burly Night-Watchman	Dreaded (or Untrained Lyrebird) 1
	A Promising Door	Inside Information 2
	A Clean Well-Lighted Place	Inside Information 1
	A Talkative Cat	Appalling Secret or The Duchess 1
With Escape route	A Nosy Caretaker	Escape Route 1
Replaced at Triple-Bolted	A Weeping Maid	No Risk 1	Cat-Like Tread 60% 1	Look up...
	A Handy Window!	No Risk 1	No Risk 50% 1	A Sheer Climb
	Through the Shadows	No Risk 1	Inside Information 2	Through Deeper Shadows
	An Alarming Bust	Inside Information 2	Inside Information 2	A Menacing Corridor
Replaced at Well-Guarded	A Moment of Safety	No Risk Gain CLT	Shadowy Gain CLT	Consider the Lights
	Tiny Rivals	No Risk 1	Shadowy 1	The Rats in the Walls
	A clutter of bric-a-brac	No Risk 1	No Risk 1	Mislaid Documents
Replaced at Perilous	A Troublesome Lock	No Risk 30-60% 2	Glasswork 2	An Intricate Lock
	Sleeping Dogs	Cat-Like Tread 70% 1	Monstrous Anatomy or Inside Information Shapeling Arts 1	Sleeping... Dogs?

Cards grouped by Target Security:

Shuttered	Triple-Bolted	Well-Guarded	Perilous
Winding Stairs
A Burly Night-Watchman
A Promising Door
A Clean Well-Lighted Place
A Talkative Cat
A Nosy Caretaker
A Weeping Maid	Look up...
A Handy Window!	A Sheer Climb
Through the Shadows	Through Deeper Shadows
An Alarming Bust	A Menacing Corridor
A Moment of Safety		Consider the Lights
Tiny Rivals		The Rats in the Walls
A clutter of bric-a-brac		Mislaid Documents
A Troublesome Lock			An Intricate Lock
Sleeping Dogs			Sleeping... Dogs?