Phosphorescent Scarab

ID: 652

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Economy: Luminosity (Notable Sources)
0.01	Lump of Lamp- lighter Beeswax
▾▾▾	100:10 or 1000:105 0.32 | Rare: 2.50 [or 25:4 Memory]
0.10	Phosphorescent Scarab
▾▾▾	50:10 or 500:105 0.40 | Rare: 12.50
25	Memory of Light
▾▾▾	50:10 1.00 | Rare: 25.00
2.50	Mourning Candle
▾▾▾	25:5 2.00 | Rare: 62.50
6.40	Patent Scrutinizer
25 250	Memory of Moonlight
(0.10)	Khaganian Lightbulb
(1.00)	Chrysalis Candle
2.50 5	Tailfeather Brilliant as Flame
(12.50)	Snuffer's Gratitude
12.50	Bejewelled Lens
30.00	Eyeless Skull
▾▾▾	5:1 2.00 | Rare: 62.50
62.50	Element of Dawn
62.50	Mountain-sherd
312.50	Ray-Drenched Cinder
250	Anticandle
-	Decemberist Pocketwatch
-	Deconstructive Lens
-	The Sun beneath the Sea?
For items with two conversion options, the success given refers only to the first option. Bulk options do not have additional benefits.

Cheap but lamentably mobile substitute for candles. Evidence of Londoners' inordinate fondness for beetles.

Create this by using other Luminosity items in your inventory.

Phosphorescent Scarab is a Luminosity item.

See here for a list of how to obtain this item, or click here to show them.

( Ambition: Light Fingers!) A mass of chittering, an Action from Stopping Along the Coast, a Storylet in A Secluded Coastline.

(FATE) A strand of zeeweed (1 FATE), an Action from A Rat in a Sewery Maze, a Storylet in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Beetles!, an Action from A commotion above!, a Card in Your Lodgings.

Breed the Plated Seal 5, an Action from Toadstools and a Stick, a Storylet in The Labyrinth of Tigers.

Breed the Tomb-Lion 3, an Action from A Firm Hand, a Storylet in The Labyrinth of Tigers.

Deal with the rats as promised, an Action from Rats next door, a Card in Fallen London.

Deepen your acquaintance with Prisoner's Honey (DREAM OF A CITY), an Action from The Honey-Dens of Veilgarden, a Storylet in Veilgarden.

Don't brush their coats, an Action from Tending the Hurlers, a Card in Adulterine Castle.

Exorcise your secrets by writing a journal, an Action from The time has come to face your Appalling Secrets,.

Explore its lair thoroughly before it returns, an Action from A Rat in a Sewery Maze, a Storylet in Fallen London.

Fend off a swarm of oversized insects, an Action from Travelling through the Air, a Storylet in The Upper Airs.

Gather evidence... with a camera!, an Action from The Eye and the Camera, a Card in Fallen London.

Glowing and chittering, an Action from The Ways of the University, a Card in Fallen London.

Investigate your plant, an Action from Your green lodger, a Card in Fallen London.

Look into the matter 3, an Action from The Eye and the Camera, a Card in Fallen London.

Merrigans Exchange, a shop in The Echo Bazaar!.

Merry Gun's Exchange, a shop in The Rat Market (Bazaar).

(FATE) Mr Hearts' Exotic Meats Counter (1 FATE), an Action from The Bazaar's Emporium of Educational Curiosities, a Storylet in The Labyrinth of Tigers.

Offload a great quantity of wax, an Action from Find buyers for your Lamplighter Beeswax, an Item in your inventory.

Silencing the Fence, an Action from Working with the Cheery Man, a Storylet in Watchmaker's Hill.

Sponsor a trading voyage to the farthest reaches of the zee, an Action from Aspiring Zee-Captains, a Storylet in The Blind Helmsman.

( Ambition: Light Fingers!) Steal some scarabs, an Action from Room 387, a Card in The Silent Corridors of the Orphanage.

Suggest a walk in Tyrant's Gardens, an Action from Break through the Revolutionary Firebrand's reserve, a Card in Fallen London.

The Campaigner's reward, an Action from A Professional Reward, a Storylet in Fallen London.

Try some beach-combing instead, an Action from What is Grunting Fen Made of?, a Storylet in Grunting Fen.

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It can be purchased from Merrigans Exchange in the Bazaar and sold to the Bazaar:

Buying	0.25	(no message)
Selling	0.10	(no message)

It can be purchased from Merry Gun's Exchange in The Rat Market, but cannot be sold there.

Buying	1

See here for a list of pages unlocked or locked by this item, or click here to show them.

A hasty wedding (Unlock), an Action from Choose a Venue, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.

Add mirrors and light sources (Unlock), an Action from Improve Your Equipment, a Storylet in University Laboratory (Place).

Aid F.F. Gebrandt in Refining her Formulas (Unlock), an Action from Rely on F.F. Gebrandt, a Card in University Laboratory (Place).

Are you a philanthropist? (Unlock), an Action from Ask Madame Shoshana to cast your horoscope, a Storylet in Mrs Plenty's Carnival.

( Ambition: Heart's Desire!) Arrange a donation (Unlock), an Action from Ambition: Heart's Desire (The Bishop of St Fiacre's 1), a Storylet in Spite.

Assemble a Collection of Curiosities (Unlock), an Action from Stop in at the Horse-Steak Club, a Storylet in Bazaar Side-Streets.

Attack psychologically (Unlock), an Action from You have done well, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.

Better understand the metabolism of poisons (Unlock), an Action from Begin a Scientific Investigation, a Storylet in University Laboratory (Place).

Build a Watchtower, lit with the reflected light of Phosphorescent Scarabs (Unlock), an Action from Offices of the Tracklayer's Union: Ealing Gardens Branch, a Storylet in Ealing Gardens.

Commission a Whirring Contraption (Unlock), an Action from Visit the Workshops of the Great Downward Engineering Company, a Storylet in Bazaar Side-Streets.

End it all (Unlock), an Action from The Cheesemonger's Plan, a Storylet in Your Lodgings.

Enough! Burn them! (Unlock), an Action from Shed your Phosphorescent Beetles, an Item in your inventory.

Feed the fish with her (Unlock), an Action from The Giggling Charwoman, a Storylet in The Labyrinth of Tigers.

Light the Roof Below (Unlock), an Action from Meetings of the Initiates of the Society of the Inverted Stalactite, a Card in Fallen London.

Light the way to Zenith (Unlock), an Action from Firmament: Kindling Flame, a Storylet in The Midnight Moon.

( Ambition: Light Fingers!) Provide a sack of crunchy treats (Unlock), an Action from Light Fingers: A Family Visit, a Storylet in Parabolan Base-Camp.

Release a cloud of scarabs (Unlock), an Action from Up Close with a Festive Fir, a Storylet in Fallen London.

The Radical Factotum will be pleased to take them from you (Unlock), an Action from Shed your Phosphorescent Beetles, an Item in your inventory.

(RETIRED) Ask for help with confidence (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about what the thunder said, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Ask for courage (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about the burial of the dead, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Ask for help with nightmares 3 (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about what the thunder said, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Ask for help with your reputation (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about the fire sermon, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Ask for help with cunning (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about what the thunder said, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Ask for help with nightmares 2 (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about mirrors, a Card in Fallen London.

(RETIRED) Ask for help with Scandal (Unlock), an Action from Ask the Interpreter of Dreams about the burial of the dead, a Card in Fallen London.

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See Luminosity Grinding (Guide) for information on grinding this item.

Shed your Phosphorescent Beetles

Enough of their clicking wing-cases! They must go!

Options:

The Radical Factotum will be pleased to take them …

•  Spoiler ID: 9435
  

  Unlocked with 50 x Phosphorescent Scarab
  

   

  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 60%)

  Success

  A quick look

  •  You've lost 50 x Phosphorescent Scarab
  •  You've gained 10 x Memory of Light
  •  You've gained 4 x Inkling of Identity
  •  Advancing the Liberation of Night: is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 50)

  Rare Success

  Just how much gratitude?

  Wiki note: Rare success chance is 5%.

  •  You've lost 50 x Phosphorescent Scarab
  •  You've gained 10 x Memory of Light
  •  You've gained 1 x Favour in High Places
  •  Advancing the Liberation of Night: is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 50)

  Failure

  On a breezy Flit rooftop

  •  You've lost 50 x Phosphorescent Scarab
  •  You've gained 10 x Memory of Light
  •  Advancing the Liberation of Night: is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 50)

  ^

Enough! Burn them!

•  Spoiler ID: 9622
  

  Unlocked with 500 x Phosphorescent Scarab
  

   

  Success

  Crisped wings and smoke

  •  You've lost 500 x Phosphorescent Scarab
  •  You've gained 105 x Memory of Light

  ^