Editing Opportunity Items (Guide)

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''For cards associated with the different lodgings, see [[Lodgings Cards (Guide)]]''
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There are items in the game which add cards to your opportunity deck simply by being in your possession. Many of these are useful, while others are to be avoided if possible. Knowing about them early can help you open up more lucrative opportunities or avoid unfortunate consequences.

==Companions==

===Bazaar Companions===
Several of the companions you can buy from the Bazaar add cards to your deck, either alone or in conjunction with other items.

====Starter Animals====
{| class="article-table"
! width="17%" | Animal
! width="10%" | Price
! width="15%" | Card
! Success
! width="22%" | Failure
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{IL|Sulky Bat}}
| rowspan="3" | {{e}}0.40
| rowspan="3" | [[A Parliament of Bats]]
|{{IL|Certifiable Scrap|3 x}}<br />{{IL|Bat with Attitude}}(rare) || {{IL|Cryptic Clue|1-25 x}}
|-
|{{IL|Vision of the Surface|-1 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: The Great Game|1 x}}
|
|-
|{{IL|Sulky Bat|-100 x}}<br />{{IL|Bat with Attitude|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Wounds|1 CP}}
|
|-
| {{IL|Reprehensible Lizard}} || {{e}}0.40 || [[Lizardly matters]]
|{{IL|Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax|-25 x}}<br />{{IL|Memory of Light|4 x}}<br />{{IL|Confident Smile|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Nightmares|-1 CP}} || {{IL|Nightmares|+1 CP}}
|-
|rowspan=2| {{IL|Dazed Raven Advisor}}
|rowspan=2| {{e}}12.80 || [[A kindness of ravens]]
| {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|-25 x}}<br />{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|4 x}}<br />{{IL|Sudden Insight|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Suspicion|-1 CP}}
| Nothing happens
|-
|[[The oracle of the weasel-fights]]
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|+ 100 x}} <br />{{IL|Someone Is Coming}} <br /> or <br />{{IL|Dangerous|+5 CP}} <br />{{IL|Someone Is Coming}}
|
|-
| {{IL|Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider}} || {{e}}12.80 || [[Spiders and flies]]
| {{IL|Shard of Glim|-25 x}}<br />{{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap|4 x}}<br />{{IL|Sudden Insight|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Wounds|-1 CP}}
| {{IL|Shard of Glim|-25 x}}<br />{{IL|Silk Scrap|20 x}}<br />{{IL|Scandal|+1 CP}}
|-
| {{IL|Deshrieked Mandrake}} || {{e}}12.80 || [[Play with your pet Mandrake]]
| {{IL|Silk Scrap|-25 x}}<br />{{IL|Maniac's Prayer|20 x}}<br />{{IL|Confident Smile|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Nightmares|-1 CP}}
| {{IL|Silk Scrap|-25 x}}<br />{{IL|Nightmares|+1 CP}}
|}
These companions can all be acquired shortly after escaping New Newgate Prison and represent a dramatic increase in value for the starting player's opportunity deck. All add cards with Standard frequency which involve a luck check of (usually) 60%, leading to an expected value of ~1.05 echoes (not counting second chances or menace reduction) in each case.

[[A Parliament of Bats]] helps kickstart the [[Certifiable Scrap]] grind with a luck check that grants 3 scrap on a success, a {{IL|Bat with Attitude}} that can be sold for 12.5 echoes on a rare success, and it also gives an additional opportunity to accumulate [[Favours: The Great Game]]. Since both are hard to grind in the early stages of the game, this is a valuable pick.

The other three animals follow a simple pattern: A chance to trade 0.25 echoes of a basic resource for 2 echoes of goods plus a second chance and menace reduction. Like the Sulky Bat, the Reprehensible Lizard can be bought with the spare change you get for selling your manacles, and Beeswax can be obtained early by helping the Chandler from [[The Department of Menace Eradication]]. Even better, both the Bat and the Lizard can be applied towards the cost of permanent access to [[Find your way to Mahogany Hall|Mahogany Hall]] later on when their cards are starting to become less valuable relative to other cards in your deck. The others are a bit more expensive and a bit harder to usefully dispose of, but the value of their actions will easily repay the net loss of 6.4 echoes should you end up selling them back to the Bazaar, and the additional second chances and net menace reduction are a boon in the early game.

====Working-Class Companions====
{| class="article-table"
! width="16%" | Companion
! width="10%" | Price
! Card
! width="32%" | Actions
! width="30%" | Success
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{IL|Grubby Urchin}}
| rowspan="4" | {{e}}28.80
| rowspan="4" | [[Your Grubby Urchin is becoming troublesome]]<br />(Lodgings Only)
| [[Send him out busking]]
| {{IL|Rat on a String|50 x}}
|-
|[[Use him to torment an enemy]]
|{{IL|Shard of Glim|80 x}}
|-
|[[Ugh. Just sell the brat to pirates]]
|{{IL|Grubby Urchin|-1}}<br />{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1600 x}}<br />{{IL|Appalling Secret|2 x}}<br />{{IL|Heartless}} Increase
|-
|[[Encourage him to visit old friends]]
|{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|-2 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Urchins|1 x}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{IL|Winsome Dispossessed Orphan}}<br />{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum}}
| rowspan="3" | {{e}}64.80<br />{{e}}1.00
| rowspan="3" | [[Your Winsome Orphan is out of control]]
| [[Give him a chance to mend his ways]] (Requires {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|3 x}})
| {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|4 x}}<br />{{IL|Magnanimous}} Increase<br />{{IL|Heartless}} Decrease
|-
| [[Accuse him outright]]
| {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|15 x}}<br />{{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|3 x}}<br />{{IL|Ruthless}} Increase<br />{{IL|Magnanimous}} Decrease
|-
| [[Give him tentative art lessons]]
| {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores|-2 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Urchins|1 x}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{IL|Malevolent Monkey}}<br />{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|100 x}}
| rowspan="4" | {{e}}90.00<br />{{e}}4.00
| rowspan="4" | [[The Honey-Addled Monkey]] (non-discardable)
| [[Join him in a honey-dream]] (Requires {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|10 x}})
| {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|-10 x}}<br />{{IL|Appalling Secret|5 x}}<br />{{IL|Memory of Light|1 x}}
|-
| [[Try to cure him with bribery]] (Requires {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|50 x}})
| {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|-50 x}}<br />{{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|2 x}}
|-
| [[Swap him for something - or someone - more reliable]] (Requires {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|200 x}} and {{IL|Renown: Hell}} 10)
| {{IL|Malevolent Monkey|-1}}<br />{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|-200 x}}<br />{{IL|Alluring Accomplice}}
|-
| [[Replace him with something - or someone - more ruthless]] (Requires {{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver|200 x}} and {{IL|Favours: Criminals|3 x}}) A matter of luck: it could go either way
| {{IL|Malevolent Monkey|-1 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Criminals|-3 x}}<br />{{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver|-200 x}}<br />{{IL|Ruthless Henchman|1 x}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | {{IL|Alluring Accomplice}}
| rowspan="5" | {{e}}115.20
| rowspan="5" | [[Overly alluring?]]
| [[Maybe she is stealing from you]]
| {{IL|Shard of Glim|50 x}}
|-
| [[Perhaps she is spying on you]]
| {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|60 x}}<br />{{IL|Jade Fragment|60 x}}
|-
| [[Maybe she has become virtuous]] (Requires {{IL|Favours: The Church|1 x}})
| {{IL|Favours: The Church|-1 x}}<br />{{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver|200 x}}<br />{{IL|Jade Fragment|150 x}}
|-
| [[Perhaps she is in danger]] (Requires {{IL|Jade Fragment|30 x}} and {{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}})
| {{IL|Favours: Criminals|-1 x}}<br />{{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber|180 x}}<br />{{IL|Shard of Glim|180 x}}<br />{{IL|Jade Fragment|-30 x}}
|-
| [[Recommend her 'sister' to a wealthy home]] (Requires {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|5 x}})
| {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|-5 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{IL|Ruthless Henchman}}
| rowspan="4" | {{e}}115.20
| rowspan="4" | [[Etiquette for the Ruthless]]
| [[Send him for dance lessons]]
| {{IL|Cryptic Clue|33 x}}
|-
| [[Attend to his education]] (Requires {{IL|Jade Fragment|30 x}})
| {{IL|Jade Fragment|-30 x}}<br />{{IL|Relic of the Second City|3 x}}<br />{{IL|Relic of the Third City|3 x}}<br />{{IL|Relic of the Fourth City|2 x}}
|-
| [[Train him in the more...subtle arts]] (Requires {{IL|Master Thief}}: Light-fingered)
| {{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver|120 x}}
|-
| [[Arrange for him to take tea with a maid]] (Requires {{IL|Romantic Notion|10 x}})
| {{IL|Romantic Notion|-10 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}}
|}
This is a much more mixed bag than the starter animals. Almost all of them are skill checks, which means they will train your stats and can be sure things once your stats are high enough, but the payouts are generally lower. In addition, the companions are more expensive; by the time you have the resources to acquire them, your opportunity deck is probably looking a bit better, so the overall benefit of adding these cards is lessened. On top of that, the cards themselves are seen less often, being Infrequent of Very Infrequent as opposed to Standard. In most cases, you'd probably be better off saving your echoes or buying other equipment that offers a better echo->stat bonus ratio.

On the other hand, most of these companions offer additional opportunities to gain valuable Favours, albeit at a 1 echo surcharge. The Urchin and the Orphan both provide an opportunity to gain [[Favours: Urchins]], which can be valuable if you have access to the Flit and need to grind [[Certifiable Scrap]]. The Orphan also provides an inexpensive source of additional Laudanum, which can be a good Nightmares cure for pre-PoSI characters. Similarly, the Accomplice and the Henchman provide an additional source of [[Favours: Criminals]], though one should be cautious about combining them, given their conflict card (discussed below). The Accomplice also provides a means of cashing in [[Favours: The Church]], which could be useful if you do not have consistent access to the Shuttered Palace for the more lucrative option for [[An arrangement with the Vicar-General|calling in those favours]].

The other wrinkle is that several of these companions (namely, the Urchin, the Orphan, and the Accomplice) are required to start up an [[Scheme: Set up an Orphanage|Orphanage]], so if you plan on going that route instead of opening [[A Salon]], you may as well grab one of each early and enjoy the cards until then. Similarly, the Malevolent Monkey can be converted into a [[Pentecost Ape]] during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, so if you have that acquisition as a long-term goal you could acquire the monkey and keep some honey around in the meantime.

====Companion Conflicts====
A few companions will get into conflict if you have them in your employ at the same time, adding special cards to your deck. These cards are usually lackluster or even damaging, but some options might be worth your while, depending on your situation.
{| class="article-table"
! width="22%" |Companions
! width="23%" |Card
! Best Case Scenario
|-
| {{IL|Grubby Urchin}}<br />{{IL|Malevolent Monkey}}
| [[The Urchin and the Monkey]] (Lodgings Only)
| [[Unite them against a common enemy]] to trade {{IL|Compromising Document|2 x}} for {{IL|Favours: Urchins|1 x}}
|-
| {{IL|Ruthless Henchman}}<br />{{IL|Alluring Accomplice}}
| [[The Henchman and the Accomplice]]
| [[Make use of this new development]] to trade {{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}} for {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|7 x}}
|-
| {{IL|Midnight Matriarch}}<br />{{IL|Scuttering Squad}}
| [[Like rats and cats]]
| [[Side with the cat]] for a massive drop in {{IL|Sympathetic about Ratly Concerns}} and doubled {{IL|Suspicion}}
|}

==== A note about rats... ====
Having the [[Working Rat]] and the [[Ratskin Suit]] at the same time adds [[Sartorial squeamishness]] to your deck, which gives you an opportunity to unlock the [[Sympathetic about Ratly Concerns]] quality. For more information on why you might want this quality, see [[Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face (Guide)]].

===Faction Companions===
Details about faction cards can be found at [[Raising Favours (Guide)#Connected Pet Cards]]

===Upper River Companions===
Equipping {{IL|Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm}} or {{IL|Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled}} will grant the following card in the Upper River deck: [[Your Very Own Hellworm]] giving the ability to gain {{IL|Aeolian Scream| 2 x}}, to milk it for various items, and ride it for Not to be Trifled With. More information at [[Hellworm (Guide)]].

===Theological Husbandry Companions===

{| class="article-table"
! width="15%" scope="col" |Companion
! width="15%" scope="col" |Card
! scope="col" |Option
! width="14%" scope="col" |Challenge
! width="30%" scope="col" |Success
! width="15%" scope="col" |Failure
|-
|rowspan="3" |{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot}}
|rowspan="3" |[[Your Corresponding Ocelot is listless]]
|[[Rub his belly]]
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence|+1 CP}} (up to level 10)|{{IL|Wounds|+1 CP}}|{{IL|Appalling Secret|20 x}}}}
|
|-
|[[Help him write a letter to Mr Huffam]]
|{{IL|Persuasive}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Persuasive|+1 CP}}|{{IL|Scandal|-1 CP}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Persuasive|+1 CP}}|{{IL|Scandal|+1 CP}}}}
|-
|[[Sell your Ocelot to a Catankerous Correspondent]]
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|Corresponding Ocelot|Lose}}|{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|50 x}}|{{IL|Volume of Collated Research|1 x}}}}
|
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{IL|Obdurate Stallion}} (Stallion occupies a '''Transport''' slot)
|rowspan="2" |[[A Pleasant Day for a Ride]]
|[[And he's off!]]
|{{IL|Luck|70%}}
|{{TableList|Success:|{{IL|Suspicion|-2 CP}}|{{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}}}}
|{{IL|Suspicion|+3 CP}}
|-
|[[Loan out the Obdurate Stallion]]
|{{IL|Watchful Gains}} 18
|{{TableList|{{IL|Humouring a Buyer of Transports|+1 CP}}|{{IL|Hinterland Scrip|5 x}}|{{IL|Loaned Out your Obdurate Stallion|Gain}}}}
|
|-
|rowspan="4" |{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound}}
|rowspan="3" |[[Your Dream-Hound]]
|[[Have the beast guard your resting hours]]
|
|{{IL|Nightmares|-2 CP}}
|
|-
|[[Hire out the beast to guard against dangerous dreams]]
|
|{{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|200 x}}
|
|-
|[[Sell your Dream-Hound to a Lonely Silverer]]
|
|{{TableList|{{IL|Slavering Dream-Hound|Lose}}|{{IL|Memory of Light|50 x}}|{{IL|Justificande Coin|1 x}}}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |{{IL|A dream of blood...}}
|[[Allow your blood to join the stream]]
|{{IL|Wounds}} 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Rostygold|20 x}} per level of {{IL|Wounds}}|{{IL|Wounds|Lose all}}}}
|
|-
|rowspan="3" |{{IL|Ocular Toadbeast}}
|rowspan="3" |TBA
|TBA
|{{IL|Luck|50%}}
|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|2 x}}
|{{IL|Nightmares|+2 CP}}
|-
|TBA
|{{IL|Luck|50%}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Sulky Bat|1 x}}|{{IL|Lucky Weasel|1 x}}|{{IL|Talkative Rattus Faber|1 x}}|{{IL|Reprehensible Lizard|1 x}}|{{IL|Sapphire|20 x}}}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Suspicion|+1 CP}}|{{IL|Connected: The Duchess|-5 CP}}}}
|-
|TBA
|{{IL|Dangerous}} 175
|{{TableList|{{IL|Ocular Toadbeast|Lose}}|{{IL|Vital Intelligence|1 x}}|{{IL|Compromising Document|30 x}}}}
|
|-
|}

==Other Cards==
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Card
! width="50%" | Rewards
|-
| {{IL|Proscribed Material| 100 x}}
| [[A libraryette for Mr Pages]]
| An expensive way to reduce {{IL|Suspicion}} and {{IL|Scandal}}, or to gain {{IL|Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar}}
|-
| No {{IL|Bundle of Fourth City Rags}}
| [[A street-cart is selling Fourth City Rags]]
| {{IL|Whispered Hint| -10 x}}, {{IL|Bundle of Fourth City Rags| 1 x}}, +12 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, +5 CP {{IL|Touched by Fingerwork}}
|-
|rowspan="4"| {{IL|Eyeless Skull| 1 x}}
| [[Forgotten Wisdoms]]
| -50 CP {{IL|Watchful}}
|-
| [[Forgotten Glamours]]
| -50 CP {{IL|Persuasive}}
|-
| [[Forgotten Strengths]]
| -50 CP {{IL|Dangerous}}
|-
| [[Forgotten Sleights]]
| -50 CP {{IL|Shadowy}}
|-
|}

The eyeless skull cards and the fourth city rags card are generally seen as menace cards. The librayette card can be an okay way to deal with suspicion at higher levels when the cost of the {{IL|Proscribed Material}} doesn't hurt as much. Avoiding {{IL|Eyeless Skull}}s, having the {{IL|Bundle of Fourth City Rags}} and avoiding having more than 99 Proscribed material will prevent you from drawing either of these cards. The Librayette card may also be avoided by increasing your {{IL|Connected: The Masters of the Bazaar}} to 11.

==PoSI Items==
Becoming a Person of Some Importance opens up the expanded inventory to a variety of items not previously available. The excellent [[PoSI Item Crafting]] guide has a rundown of how to obtain these items (and their components) as well as their stats. This section is going to focus on the opportunity cards that these high level items unlock, which, with a few exceptions, have Standard frequency.

PoSI item cards generally provide a good source of a particular material and an additional means of gaining favours, so they are generally worth your time. Even the ones that have more questionable cards often provide valuable stat bonuses.

===Affiliations===
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Card
! width="50%" | Rewards
|-
| [[A Salon]]
| rowspan="2" | [[The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse]]
| Favours and items for {{IL|Making Waves}}
|-
| [[An Orphanage]]
| Bazaar items and echoes for {{IL|Making Waves}}
|-
| [[Gang of Hoodlums]]
| [[The Life of Crime]]
| {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|150 x}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Favours: Criminals|+1}}<br />{{IL|Suspicion|+2 CP}}
|-
| [[Membership of God's Editors]]
| [[A Day with God's Editors]]
| {{IL|Proscribed Material|37 x}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Scandal|-2 CP}}<br />{{IL|Nightmares|-2 CP}}<br />{{IL|Austere|+3 CP}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|-1 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: The Church|1 x}}
|}
The Salon and the Orphanage are mutually exclusive upgrades to the [[Handsome Townhouse]] lodging and add additional actions to the associated card. Both serve as a means to bank potential Making Waves long term for the purposes of hitting high [[Notability]] levels. The Salon uses favours and the Orphanage essentially uses echoes. It's not completely obvious which option is better, as favours are extremely useful, but the community seems to favour the salon. Additionally, the salon has different stats, which may be more useful, especially if you already have God's Editors and a Newspaper, which together has the same stats as the orphanage.

The Gang of Hoodlums and Membership of God's Editors both provide additional means of gaining favours, which is reason enough to get them. It should be noted that the Hoodlums also give suspicion in the process, limiting the usefulness of this. Additionally, the Gang of Hoodlums unlocks one of the most efficient means of obtaining [[Casing...]] before Parabola/dealing with the Big Rat. The [[Membership of God's Editors]] is tied for the best non-mood BDR with several affiliations and a decent way to reduce both Suspicion and Scandal.

====Affiliations Which Require Being Equipped for the Opportunity Card====
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Card
! width="50%" | Rewards
|-
| [[A Member of the Crew of the St Elmo]]
| [[Drink with the Crew of the St Elmo]]
| {{TableList|{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores| 2 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872| 1-5 x}}|OR|{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872| -5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Criminals| 1 x}} (up to 7)}}
|-
| [[A Member of the Order of Those Who Will Not Be Caught Red-Handed]]
| [[A Shrouded Soiree with the Order of Those Who Will Not Be Caught Red-Handed]]
| {{TableList|{{IL|Maniac's Prayer| 1-5 x}}, {{IL|Memory of Light| 2 x}}|OR|{{IL|Surface-Silk Scrap| -5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Bohemians| 1 x}} (up to 7)}}
|-
| [[Inducted into the Inverted Stalactite Society]]
| [[Meetings of the Initiates of the Society of the Inverted Stalactite]]
| {{TableList|{{IL|Nodule of Warm Amber| 1-80 x}}, {{IL|Ambiguous Eolith| 2 x}}|OR|{{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab| -5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Rubbery Men| 1 x}} (up to 7)}}
|-
| [[A Seat at the Bishop's Table]]
| [[Attend a dinner at St Fiacre's]]
| {{TableList|{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 1-2 x}}, {{IL|Inkling of Identity| 1-5 x}}|OR|{{IL|Romantic Notion| -5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: The Church| 1 x}} (up to 7)}}
|-
| [[Lowell's Locks and Cages]]
| [[Lowell's Locks and Cages (Card)]]
| {{TableList|'''Success:''' +1 CP {{IL|Wounds}}, {{IL|Moon-Pearl| 421-540 x}}|'''Failure:''' +2 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, {{IL|Primordial Shriek| 61 x}}|OR|'''Success:''' {{IL|Extraordinary Implication| 2 x}}, {{IL|Inkling of Identity| 9-15 x}}|'''Failure:''' +1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, {{IL|Appalling Secret| 7 x}}|OR|'''Success:''' {{IL|Sworn Statement| 1 x}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet| 7 x}}|'''Failure:''' {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note| 1 x}}}}
|-
|}

All of these affiliations require them to be equipped for their respective opportunity cards to appear. The {{FontHallowmas}} cards are not particularly profitable at less than 2{{E}} for your action, though the favour for 0.5{{E}} worth of items is usually not a bad trade. Lowell's, by the time you can get it, is worse than other grinds.

===Transport===
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Card
!Rewards
|-
|[[Velocipede]]
|[[Riding your Velocipede]]
| {{IL|Cryptic Clue|80 x}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Maniac's Prayer|-5 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Constables|1 x}}
|-
|[[Respectable Landau]]
|[[Once upon a time in a carriage]]
|{{IL|Appalling Secret|4 x}}<br />{{IL|Whispered Hint|150 x}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Confident Smile|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Hedonist|+3 CP}}<br />{{IL|Heartless|+1 CP}}<br />{{IL|Magnanimous|-1 CP}}<br />{{IL|Austere|-3 CP}}
|-
|[[Clay Sedan Chair]]
|[[A day out in your Clay Sedan Chair]]
|{{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub|180 x}}<br />{{IL|Heartless|+3 CP}}<br />{{IL|Magnanimous|-3 CP}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Austere|+3 CP}}<br />{{IL|Magnanimous|+1 CP}}<br />{{IL|Hedonist|-3 CP}}<br />{{IL|Heartless|-1 CP}}
|}
The Velocipede is included for the sake of completeness, as you are required to make one as part of becoming a PoSI and can't get rid of this card before Watchful Gains 18. Luckily, it provides a healthy number of Cryptic Clues and a way to gain [[Favours: Constables]], especially once you have reliable access to {{IL|Maniac's Prayer}}s from the Rat Market.

The other Transportation options are a mixed bag. The Respectable Landau provides 1.9 echoes worth of goods, but by the time you can gather the supplies necessary for the landau, this will probably not be that good. The Clay Sedan Chair provides a nice bounty of candles for the Heartless and a source of Society favours for the Austere. As candles are very expensive to buy from the Bazaar, and favours are always nice, this is generally a good card. The Sedan Chair also has an option with a luck check if Jack of Smiles is about, but this is less useful unless you need an [[Antique Constable's Badge]] and refuse to just buy one.

Once you reach [[Watchful Gains]] 18 you may lend out your transports temporarily, removing their opportunity cards from your deck.

===Home Comforts===
{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Card
!Rewards
|-
|[[Formidable Basalt Gymnasium]]
|[[Your Edifice of Black Stone]]
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|150 x}}<br />OR<br />{{IL|Dangerous|+10 CP}}<br />{{IL|Wounds|+1 CP}}
|-
|[[Voluminous Library]]
|[[A library of your own]]
|Luck check: 50%<br />Success:<br />{{IL|Proscribed Material|10 x}}<br />{{IL|Stolen Correspondence|20 x}}<br />{{IL|Appalling Secret|1 x}}<br />Failure:<br />{{IL|Cryptic Clue|75 x}}<br />OR<br />Luck check:it could go either way<br />{{IL|Nightmares}} up or down<br />(Rare success) {{IL|Memory of Light|5 x}}
|}
These items have some use in the mid-game, before they're out-shone by Renown items. The economic options on the opportunity cards are generally considered bad at this stage of the game. The gymnasium card is generally only useful for training Dangerous, and the library card is best avoided. Once you've reached the cap for training dangerous, consider lending out the gymnasium to remove the card. The Library is necessary for improving your own lab, which will allow you to rid yourself of the opportunity card by moving it into your lab.

===Spouses===
{| class="article-table"
!Spouse
!Card
!Rewards
|-
|[[A Bewildering Procession of Companions, Lovers, Suitors, and Paramours]]
|[[Attend to Your Spouses]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favours: Bohemians| 1 x}} (up to 7)|OR|{{IL|Touching Love Story| 1 x}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 4 x}}}}
|-
|[[Academic Intriguer]]
|[[Academic Intriguer|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Touching Love Story| 1 x}}, {{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Touching Love Story| 1 x}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 4 x}}}}
|-
|[[Blooming Wallflower]]
|[[An Evening with your Beloved]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favours: Society| 1 x}} (up to 7)|OR|{{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap| 4 x}}, {{IL|Aeolian Scream| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Boneless Consort]]
|[[Boneless Consort|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|+2 CP {{IL|Watchful}}|OR|+2 CP {{IL|Shadowy}}|OR|{{IL|Scandal}} set to 8, +3 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}, {{IL|Nodule of Warm Amber| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber| -1000 x}}, {{IL|Nodule of Trembling Amber| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Companion in Amber| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Celebrated Artist's Model]]
|[[Promenade with the Celebrated Artist's Model]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|1 x}}, {{IL|Making Waves|+1-10 CP}}, {{IL|Confident Smile|2 x}}|OR|{{IL|Romantic Notion|-5 x}}, {{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}} (up to 7)}}
|-
|[[Comfortable Intriguer]]
|[[Comfortable Intriguer|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Touching Love Story| 1 x}}, {{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Romantic Notion| 5 x}}, {{IL|Proscribed Material| 12 x}}, -1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}|OR|{{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent| 5 x}}, {{IL|Extraordinary Implication| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Companion in Amber]]
|[[Companion in Amber|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|+2 CP {{IL|Watchful}}|OR|+2 CP {{IL|Shadowy}}|OR|{{IL|Scandal}} set to 8, +3 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}, {{IL|Nodule of Warm Amber| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber| -500 x}}, {{IL|Nodule of Trembling Amber| 1 x}}|OR|+1 CP {{IL|Shapeling Arts}}}}
|-
|[[Cultured Attaché]]
|[[Cultured Attaché|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|'''50%:''' {{IL|Sworn Statement| 1 x}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet| 12 x}}, {{IL|Inkling of Identity| 1 x}}|'''50%:''' {{IL|Aeolian Scream| 2 x}}|OR|'''90%:''' {{IL|Appalling Secret| 15 x}}, {{IL|Tale of Terror!!| 2 x}}|'''10%:''' {{IL|Unaccountably Peckish| 1 x}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!| 1 x}}, {{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Cultured Attachée]]
|[[Cultured Attachée|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|'''50%:''' {{IL|Sworn Statement| 1 x}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet| 12 x}}, {{IL|Inkling of Identity| 1 x}}|'''50%:''' {{IL|Aeolian Scream| 2 x}}|OR|'''90%:''' {{IL|Appalling Secret| 15 x}}, {{IL|Tale of Terror!!| 2 x}}|'''10%:''' {{IL|Unaccountably Peckish| 1 x}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!| 1 x}}, {{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Devout Intriguer]]
|[[Devout Intriguer|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Moves in the Great Game| 5 x}}, {{IL|Dubious Testimony| 4 x}}|OR|{{IL|Vienna Opening| 1 x}}, +1 CP {{IL|Someone Is Coming}}}}
|-
|[[Flexible Intelligencer]]
|[[Indulge the Flexible Intelligencer]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Touching Love Story| 1 x}}, {{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Romantic Notion| 5 x}}, {{IL|Proscribed Material| 12 x}}, -1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}|OR|{{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent| 5 x}}, {{IL|Extraordinary Implication| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Gentleman Smuggler]]
|[[Gentleman Smuggler|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|+8 CP {{IL|Casing...}}|OR|-2-4 CP {{IL|Wounds}}}}
|-
|[[Incendiary Tastemaker]]
|[[Incendiary Tastemaker|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|+20 CP {{IL|Inspired...}}|OR|{{IL|Favours: Bohemians| 1 x}} (up to 7)|OR|-2-4 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}}}
|-
|[[Joyful Charter Clerk]]
|[[Down by the Docks with your Wife]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Favours: The Docks| 1 x}} (up to 7)|OR|{{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}, {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores| 1 x}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 1 x}}, {{IL|Vision of the Surface| 1 x}}, {{IL|Zee-Ztory| 1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Joyful Illuminator]]
|[[Share in Your Wife's Passions]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Touching Love Story| 1 x}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 4 x}}|OR|+20 CP {{IL|Inspired...}}}}
|-
|[[Master Jewel Thief]]
|[[Burglary with the Master Jewel Thief]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Flawed Diamond|5 x}}, {{IL|Venom-Ruby|1 x}}, {{IL|Sapphire|1 x}}, {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|3 x}}, -1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Intriguing Snippet|-20 x}},{{IL|Magnificent Diamond|1 x}}, -1 CP{{IL|Nightmares}}, {{IL|Hastily Scrawled Warning Note|2 x}}|OR|{{IL|Favours: Criminals|1 x}} (up to 7)}}
|-
|[[Notorious Art Dealer]]
|[[Notorious Art Dealer|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|+20 CP {{IL|Inspired...}}|OR|{{IL|Favours: Bohemians| 1 x}} (up to 7)|OR|-2-4 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}}}
|-
|[[Platonic Partner in Crime]]
|[[An Afternoon Entirely Without Mischief]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Ostentatious Diamond| 3 x}}, {{IL|Zee-Ztory| 3 x}}, {{IL|Secluded Address| 1 x}}, {{IL|Compromising Document| 2 x}}|OR|+3-5 CP {{IL|Casing...}}}}
|-
|[[Philosophically Perfect Partnership]]
|[[An Evening with your Spouses]] 
|{{TableList|+1 CP {{IL|Someone Is Coming}}, -3 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}|OR|{{IL|Memory of Distant Shores| 2 x}}, +1 CP {{IL|Someone Is Coming}}|OR|-3 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, -2 CP {{IL|Wounds}}}}
|-
|[[Promethean Rogue]]
|[[Promethean Rogue|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|+8 CP {{IL|Casing...}}|OR|-3 CP {{IL|Wounds}}}}
|-
|[[Soothing Palaeontologist]]
|[[Spend an Evening with the Soothing Palaeontologist]] 
|{{TableList|{{IL|Femur of a Jurassic Beast| 1 x}}, {{IL|Unidentified Thigh Bone| 2 x}}, {{IL|Bone Fragments| 10 x}}|OR|{{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap| 1 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe| 2-4 x}}}}
|-
|[[The Revolutionary Firebrand, Happy]]
|[[The Revolutionary Firebrand, Happy|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|'''50%:''' {{IL|Proscribed Material| 100 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872| 10 x}}|'''50%:''' {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent| 2 x}}, {{IL|Romantic Notion| 5 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe| 1 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844| 1 x}}|OR|'''50%:''' {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries| 2 x}} (up to 7)|'''50%:''' {{IL|Proscribed Material| 100 x}}, {{IL|Journal of Infamy| 2 x}}}}
|-
|[[Cultured Attachée]]
|[[Cultured Attachée|Fate Card]] 
|{{TableList|'''50%:''' {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 5 x}}, {{IL|Zee-Ztory| 2 x}}, {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent| 2 x}}, {{IL|Vision of the Surface| 1 x}}|'''50%:''' {{IL|Stolen Kiss| 1 x}}, {{IL|Vision of the Surface| 4 x}}, {{IL|Romantic Notion| 5 x}}, {{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844| 1 x}}|OR|'''50%:''' {{IL|Whispered Hint| 50 x}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip| 2 x}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!| 1 x}}|'''50%:''' {{IL|Maniac's Prayer| 30 x}}, {{IL|Appalling Secret| 10 x}}, {{IL|Tale of Terror!!| 1 x}}}}
|-
|}
First off, it should be noted that all of these cards are Very Infrequent, so they won't have a huge impact on the value of your opportunity deck. They also provide fewer stat bonuses than player spouses (and none of the BDR of a Boneless Consort). That said, both are quite profitable cards. The Artist's Model provides 2.5 echoes plus Confident Smiles and Making Waves, or a means to get Favours: Bohemians. The easy option from the Master Jewel Thief provides 2.32 echoes and a Nightmares cure, but the most profitable option from the Master Jewel Thief is likely the Favours: Criminals.

===Clubs===

{| class="article-table"
! width="15%" scope="col" |Club
! scope="col" |Option
! width="14%" scope="col" |Challenge
! width="30%" scope="col" |Success
! width="20%" scope="col" |Failure
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{IL|The Parthenaeum|Size=40px}}
|[[Fall asleep in front of the fire]]
|
|{{IL|Whispered Hint|150 x}}
|
|-
|[[Have a little word with the Chief Constable]]
|
|{{IL|Suspicion|-2 CP}}
|
|-
|[[Indulge in a quiet game]]
|{{IL|A Player of Chess}} 6
|{{IL|A Player of Chess|1 CP}} <br />{{IL|Hinterland Scrip|3 - 5x}} <br />{{IL|Whispered Hint|30 x}}
|{{IL|A Player of Chess|1 CP}}<br />{{IL|Suspicion|+1 CP}} 
|-
|[[Drum up a few investments for the Great Hellbound Railway]]
|
|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-12 x}} <br />{{IL|In Corporate Debt}} - 6 CP
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{IL|The Young Stags' Club|Size=40px}}
|[[Bet 'Winkles' Cheesewright-Cheesewright that he won't steal a Constable's helmet]]
|Luck check: 90%
|{{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882|90 x}}
|{{IL|Scandal|+1 CP}}<br />{{IL|Suspicion|+1 CP}}<br />
|-
|[[Put up some money for an artistic endeavour]]
|
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|-500 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Society|2 x}}<br />{{IL|Favours: Bohemians|1 x}}
|
|-
|[[Mix Chuffy a hangover cure]]
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 6
|{{IL|Headless Skeleton|1 x}}<br />{{IL|Nightmares}} +2 CP
|{{IL|Nightmares}} +3 CP
|-
|[[Invite Chuffy to picnic at the Magistracy of the Evenlode]]
|{{IL|Shadowy}} 200
|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|- 5}} <br />{{IL|Hand-picked Peppercaps|27+}}
|{{IL|Suspicion}} +2 CP<br />{{IL|Scandal}} +2 CP
|-
|[[A Private Party (45 FATE)]]
|
|Fate-locked
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |{{IL|Sophia's|Size=40px}}
|[[Cure a poisoning]]
|{{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 6
|{{IL|Favours: Tomb-Colonies}}
|{{IL|Wounds}} +2 CP
|-
|[[Offer your services as a doctor]]
|
|{{IL|Knob of Scintillack|1 x}}
|
|-
|[[Take tea]]
|
|{{IL|Jasmine Leaves|19-28 x}}
|
|-
|[[Propose a hunting expedition]]
|{{IL|Dangerous}} 200
|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-5 x}} <br />{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1500 x}} <br />{{IL|Jet Black Stinger|2 x}} <br />{{IL|An Estimable Trophy|2 x}}
|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-5 x}} <br />{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|1500 x}} <br />{{IL|Wounds}} +2 CP <br />{{IL|An Estimable Trophy|1 x}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |{{IL|The Clay Tailor Club|Size=40px}}
|[[Eavesdrop (Clay Tailor)|Eavesdrop]]
|{{IL|Shadowy}} 140
|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|1 x}}
|{{IL|Scandal}} +2 CP <br />{{IL|Suspicion}} +2 CP
|-
|[[Disguise a Revolutionary-minded member]]
|{{IL|Mithridacy}} 6
|{{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|1 x}}
|{{IL|Scandal}} +1 CP <br />{{IL|Suspicion}} +1 CP
|-
|[[Feather a hat for a fellow member]]
|
|{{IL|Tailfeather Brilliant as Flame|-1 x}}<br /> {{IL|Royal-Blue Feather|-2 x}}<br /> {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|11 x}}
|
|-
|[[Construct a pair of diamond-studded lizard-leather boots of your own design]]
|
|{{IL|Reprehensible Lizard|-3 x}}<br /> {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond|-30 x}}<br /> {{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap|-1 x}}<br /> {{IL|Boots with Diamond Soles|1 x}}
|
|-
|[[Invite your companions to investigate Infernal Fashions]]
|{{IL|Persuasive}} 200
|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|-5 x}} <br />{{IL|Jasmine Leaves|+ 10+ x}} <br />{{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap|6 x}}
|{{IL|Scandal}} +2 CP
|}
The Parthenaeum provides a handy Suspicion cure and doesn't require any gambling, but the Young Stags' Club provides a good source of wines that can be profitably fed to the Portly Sommelier. The second option on The Young Stags' card is even better, giving you three Favours for five echoes of Rostygold, a significant profit even if you simply cash those favours in at the Shuttered Palace. On top of that, The Young Stags provide Bizarre and Dreaded which are generally more difficult to stack than The Parthenaeum's Respectable. Sophia's and the Clay Tailor Club could be more interesting once you gain access to the railway content and have end game stats.

That more or less covers everything when it comes to equippable items that add cards to your deck. Hopefully this helps in optimizing your deck for whatever stage of the game you are at.

==Renown Items==

{| class="article-table"
!Item
!Card
! width="50%" | Rewards
|-
| {{IL|Your Very Own Bandages!}}
| [[A Tomb-Colonist Tour]]
| {{TableList|'''Success:''' {{IL|Moon-Pearl| 250+ x}}| '''Failure:''' {{IL|Silk Scrap| 250+ x}}|OR|'''Success:''' +25 CP {{IL|Investigating...}}| '''Failure:''' +2 CP {{IL|Suspicion}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Chelatic Mitten}}
| [[Canal Workers on the Upper River]]
| {{TableList|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River}}, {{IL|Inkling of Identity| 0-2 x}}, Moved to {{IL|Wolfstack Docks}}|OR| -3 CP {{IL|Suspicion}}, Moved to {{IL|Your Lodgings}}|OR|'''Success:''' {{IL|Zee-Ztory| -1 x}}, {{IL|Fin Bones, Collected| 2-8 x}}, {{IL|Deep-zee Catch| 0-1 x}}|'''Failure:''' {{IL|Zee-Ztory| -1 x}}, {{IL|Withered Tentacle| 1 x}}|OR|{{IL|Favours: The Docks| -1 x}}, +4 CP {{IL|Magnanimous}}, {{IL|Certifiable Scrap| 10 x}}|OR|{{IL|Magisterial Lager| -2 x}}, +36-46 CP {{IL|Investigating...}}, {{IL|Certifiable Scrap| 10 x}}}}
|-
| {{IL|The DF}}
| [[Upper River Artistry]] ({{IL|Ealing Gardens}} only)
| {{TableList|'''Success:''' {{IL|An Estimable Trophy| 2}} (with 3 or less), {{IL|Rostygold| 300}}|'''Failure:''' +3CP {{IL|Wounds}}|OR|{{IL|Rumour of the Upper River}}}}
|-
|}
These cards are only drawn on the upper river and are generally considered bad. The Canal worker card has some use when travelling back to London, and the Artistry card can be useful when gathering trophies.

==Ambition Rewards==

Collapsed because these necessarily contain spoilers regarding ambitions.

{| class="article-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" 
!Ambition
!Item
!Card
! width="50%" | Rewards
|-
| {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}}
| {{IL|The Thief-Oath of Tristram Bagley}}<ref name="equipped">Requires being equipped to draw</ref>
| [[An Encounter with Tristram Bagley]]
| {{TableList|{{IL|Favours: Criminals| 1 x}} (up to 7)|OR|'''Success:''' {{IL|Romantic Notion| 20 x}}|'''Failure:''' +2 CP {{IL|Suspicion}}, {{IL|Romantic Notion| 10 x}}, {{IL|Maniac's Prayer| 10 x}}|OR|+1-2 CP {{IL|Suspicion}}, +2-6 CP {{IL|Casing...}}, {{IL|Appalling Secret| 10-14 x}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Ambition: Light Fingers!}}
| {{IL|A Loyal Nightmare of Poor Edward}}
| [[A dream about Poor Edward]]
| {{TableList|+1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!| 1 x}}|OR|+1 CP {{IL|Nightmares}}, {{IL|Maniac's Prayer| 25 x}}}}
|-
|rowspan="4"| {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}}
| {{IL|Your Daughter, Returned}}<ref name="equipped" />
| [[A Neathy Education]]
|rowspan="4"| {{TableList|+1 CP {{IL|Someone Is Coming}}, {{IL|Dubious Testimony| 5 x}}, {{IL|Sudden Insight| 1 x}}|OR|+1 CP {{IL|Someone Is Coming}}, {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores| 5 x}}, {{IL|Confident Smile| 1 x}}}}
|-
| {{IL|Your Brother, Returned}}<ref name="equipped" />
| [[Duty Calls]]
|-
| {{IL|Your Lover, Returned}}<ref name="equipped" />
| [[Visiting the Person who Was your Lover]]
|-
| {{IL|Your Spouse, Returned}}<ref name="equipped" />
| [[Visiting the Person who Was your Spouse]]
|-
|colspan="4"|<references />
|}

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