Editing Rumour Grinding (Guide)

{{Item Grinding}}
== {{IL|Proscribed Material}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Proscribed Material}}

{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
* 6–45 (average 25.5) for [[A literary sort of fist-fight]] at {{IL|Dangerous}} 110; requires {{IL|PoSI}}

{{IL|The Crowds of Spite}}
* 50 for [[Dispose of seventy trophies]]; see [[The Crowds of Spite (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The Flit}}
* 100 for [[Rob the main archive]] at the [[Rob the Ministry of Public Decency|Ministry of Public Decency]]; this takes at least 5 actions to get the required {{IL|Casing...}}, giving a rate of at most 17 per action. For those without access to Parabola, this drops to at most 10  per action. See [[Casing (Guide)]] for more information.
* 315 for [[Trade favours with revolutionaries]] for {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|3 x}}

{{IL|The Blind Helmsman}}
* 300 or 400 for [[Accept a share of the crates cleared out of Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College]] or [[Claim the crates cleared out of Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College]] when [[Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl|intervening in a Dockers' brawl]]. The former gives at most 50 per action (60 per action if you have a {{IL|Special Dispensation}} and are brawling on the side of order, or with certain items of Whitsun clothing) and the latter gives at most 57.1 or 66.7 per action with harder checks. See [[Brawling with Dockers (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The University}}
* 26 for [[The Committee on Semiotic Safety]] at {{IL|Watchful}} 104; requires {{IL|Watchful}} 97 and locked with {{IL|Unwelcome at the University -}}. See [[Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide)]] if Unwelcome.

{{IL|A Trade in Reputations}}
* ({{IL|Advertising Profile: Name Recognition}} - 1250) / 4 for completing the [[Complete the paperwork (The Cosmic Matchmaker)|Cosmic Matchmaker]] campaign; see [[A Trade in Reputations (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The Foreign Office}}
* 450 for [[Escort duty]], on success at the end of the 15-action [[Working toward a Foreign Posting (Guide)]] carousel, giving a rate of at most 30 {{IL|Proscribed Material}} per action.

{{IL|Moulin}}
*[[The Upper Layer]]
**({{IL|Wages of a Dig}} - 1250) / 4; works out at 77.2 per action when using the strategy [[Moulin Expeditions (Guide)#Strategy|outlined in the guide]].

Other
* 41–55 (failure: 25, average on success: 48) for [[Sift through the pages]] ({{IL|Watchful}} 150) using [[The Censored Census of 1862]]. Notably, this is an item, and as such allows you to gain proscribed material where you might otherwise not be able to, so long as you are not in a storylet.
* Can be purchased from [[Crawcase Cryptics]] for 0.08{{e}}


== {{IL|Inkling of Identity}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Inkling of Identity}}
{{IL|Spite}}
* 5-24 for [[Take brandy in the parlour]] from [[Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go]] storylet, depending on base {{IL|Persuasive}}; requires {{IL|The Season in Soup}} at exactly 3 (currently '''{{#ifeq:{{#show:The Season in Soup|?Has current value}}|3|available|not available}}''').

{{IL|Moloch Street}}
* 5 for [[Discuss a minor case]]; requires having completed [[Making Your Name: the Absconding Devil|The Case of the Absconding Devil]] (i.e. having {{IL|A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets}} 3) and [[The Case of the Starving Poet]]

{{IL|The Shuttered Palace}}
* 7 for [[Attend: and be erudite]] at {{IL|Persuasive}} 66; requires {{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish}} 4.
* 5 for [[Publish poetry in praise of the Duchess]]

{{IL|Mahogany Hall}}
* 30 for [['Obtain' licences from the Ministry of Public Decency]] at {{IL|Persuasive}} 98, costs {{IL|Moon-pearl|x 200}}

{{IL|The Rat Market (Area)|Appearance=The Rat Market}}
* Can be purchased for 1{{r}} from [[Crow-Crease Cryptics]] (at cost)

Other
* 25 for [[Investigate the Clay Highwayman: Ask the Constables]] on the card [[Who is the Clay Highwayman?]]; requires {{IL|On the Trail of the Clay Highwayman}} 99 or less.
* 10 for [[Give her something, for the sake of appearances]] on the card [[The Soft-Hearted Widow]]; consumes {{IL|Moon-pearl|x 20}}
* Upconverting from Proscribed Materials; amount per action ranges from about 4 for Material sourced from [[Rob the Ministry of Public Decency|the Ministry of Public Decency]] to about 24.8 when sourcing from Moulin.

== {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}}
{{IL|Spite}}
* 1-5 for [[Promenade (Season 3)]] or [[A Port Carnelian marinade]] from [[Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go]] storylet, depending on base {{IL|Persuasive}}; requires {{IL|The Season in Soup}} at 3 or 4 (currently '''{{#ifexpr:{{#show:The Season in Soup|?Has current value}}>2|available|not available}}''').

{{IL|The Singing Mandrake}}
* 2 for [[Spread some currency around]]; costs {{IL|Piece of Rostygold|100 x}}.

{{IL|The Labyrinth of Tigers}}
* 88 on average for [[Breed the Plated Seal 6]] via [[Fungus and Pious Wrath]]; requires at least 15 actions and a {{IL|Plated Seal}} for <4.8 per action.

{{IL|Doubt Street}}
*  {{IL|Salacious Copy}} +  {{IL|Meritorious Copy}} - 28 from [[Publish a seditious edition]]; see [[Publishing a Newspaper (Guide)]] for more information: up to 107 in 18.5 actions, ~5.784 per action.

{{IL|A Dream of a Thousand Tails|Appearance=The Whisker-Ways}} {{FontFate}}
* Up to 24 from the Mythopoesis carousel. See [[The Whisker-Ways (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|Port Cecil}}
* 5 for [[Instruct the lamp-cats in the coral calcification of the locals]], for a total of 30 over the 14-action [[Port Cecil (Guide)|Port Cecil carousel]].

{{IL|The Magistracy of the Evenlode}}
* 3 for [[Address the main usher 2]]

{{IL|The Hurlers}}
* 11-12 with [[Trade rumours with the Calculating Lapidary]]; costs {{IL|Rumour of the Upper River|x 1}} for 5.25 per action.

Other
* 5 for [[Dangerous pastimes]], consumes {{IL|Whispered Hint|x 100}} and {{IL|Implacable Detective's Business Card|x 1}}; see [[Cat and Mouse (Guide)]] for more information
* Upconverting from {{IL|Inkling of Identity}}; with inklings upconverted from Moulin material, this reaches 4.96 per action.
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* Side-converting from [[Writing a Newspaper (Guide)|Newspaper-sourced]] {{IL|Journal of Infamy}}; this gives 5.22 per action.
* [[Discordant Ripples (Frozen) 4]] gives 10-11
* [[Discordant Ripples (Mouth) 5]] gives 10
* 5 per action when [[Make fun of Madame Shoshana (The Waswood)|making fun of Madame Shoshana]] during the [[Remember_the_Election_of_1897|Waswood's Reflection of the Election of 1897]]. See [[The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide)]] for scheduling.
* 2 per action from [[Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel]]. Requires [[Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past]].
* 10 for [[Check in with your Revolutionary contacts]] on the card [[The Calendrical Confusion of 1899]], requires {{IL|A Name Signed with a Flourish}} 6 and {{IL|Language of Laces}}

== {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=An Identity Uncovered!}}
{{IL|Spite}}
* 3 from [[Send the Unfinished Man to teach Fourth City History]]; averages 0.6 identities per action. See [[Underclay (Guide)]].

{{IL|Your Activities}}
*[[In mysteries]] lets {{IL|Ontological Cartographer}}s and {{IL|Monster-Hunter}} pay out their [[Professional Activities (Guide)]] in identities and other items. Up to about 0.24 per action for {{IL|Ontological Cartographer}}s and 0.16 per action for {{IL|Monster-Hunter}}.

{{IL|Doubt Street}}
* 4 for [[An edition brimming with truth and wisdom]] when publishing a newspaper, requires {{IL|Meritorious Copy|x 104|Appearance = }}(not achievable without end-game qualities); see [[Publishing a Newspaper (Guide)]] for more information. With [[Searching out a Missing Woman (Guide)]]-sourced {{IL|Whirring Contraption}}, this yields 0.22 identities per action.

{{IL|The Sacroboscan Calendar}}
* 1 through [[Protest the Jovial Contrarian's Campaign (The Waswood)|Protest the Jovial Contrarian's Campaign]] or [[Upset the Captivating Princess' dignity (The Waswood)|Upset the Captivating Princess' dignity]] when the Waswood remembers the 1896 election.

{{IL|A Dream of a Thousand Tails|Appearance=The Whisker-Ways}} {{FontFate}}
* 1 for a stand-alone action, dependent on your story ending. See [[The Whisker-Ways (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|Ealing Gardens}}
* 1 for [[Ask where Furnace got her name]] ({{IL|Persuasive}} 200, increased by {{IL|Tracklayers' Displeasure}}), on success

{{IL|Jericho Locks}}
* 1 for [[Ask whether Furnace Ancona ever comes out this way]] ({{IL|Persuasive}} 180, increased by {{IL|Tracklayers' Displeasure}}), on success

{{IL|The Magistracy of the Evenlode}}
* 1 for [[Try to join with the game of cards again]] in the Constabulary. Requires [[Seeing Banditry in the Upper River]] less than 6. Requires no stat checks, and gains no menace.

{{IL|Balmoral}}
* An amount that scales with {{IL|Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies}} for [[Export the Skeleton of a Neathy Bird]]. {{IL|Skeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility|Appearance=Implausibility}} is no concern.

{{IL|Station VIII}}
* {{IL|Culinary Ingredient Value}}/250 when you [[Supply Dr Schlomo with (your dish)|sell certain dishes to Dr Schlomo]]. See [[A Kitchen for Artists (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|Marigold Station}}
* 1 for [[Enter the Gatehouse]] in The Very Walls of Hell. Requires no stat checks, and gains no menace.

Other
* In the Upper River, 2 from [[Wager a penny on a hand of Spite Dr. Blemmigan]] on the card {{IL|The Urchins' Games}}; requires having [[Involved in a Railway Venture|opened a station at the Magistracy]] and {{IL|Constant Cufflinks}} (or certain endings of {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!|Appearance=Heart's Desire}}).
* Upconverting from {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}}; with gossip side-converted from [[Writing a Newspaper (Guide)|newspaper-sourced]] journals this reaches 0.96 per action (if publishing [[an edition brimming with truth and wisdom]]).
** At a minimum of 203 {{IL|Persuasive}} (so as to receive 5 at a time), upconverting {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|Appearance=Scraps of Incendiary Gossip}} sourced from [[The Season in Soup (Guide)|Chapman's House]] gives 0.9 identities per action over 11 actions, but does not require the investment or cost of Newspaper publishing.

== {{IL|Blackmail Material}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Blackmail Material}}
{{IL|Spite}}
* 1 from [[Send an Unfinished Man to Wolfstack Docks]]; requires at least 7 actions per blackmail. See [[Underclay (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The Rat Market (Area)|Appearance=The Rat Market}}
* Can be purchased from [[Crow-Crease Cryptics]] for 250{{r}} (100% markup). This is better than purchasing {{IL|Inkling of Identity}} and upconverting. For various rates of {{IL|Rat-Shilling}} per action, this gives:

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{{IL|Concord Square}}
* 1 from [[Attend a Funeral]], at the conclusion of the 15-action [[Riding the Savage Cobbles (Guide)|Riding the Savage Cobbles]] carousel.

{{IL|A Trade in Reputations}}
* 1 for completing the [[Complete the paperwork (The Cosmic Matchmaker)|Cosmic Matchmaker]] campaign; see [[A Trade in Reputations (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|A Dream of a Thousand Tails|Appearance=The Whisker-Ways}} {{FontFate}}
* Up to 3 from the Mythopoesis carousel, up to 4 when expending resources. See [[The Whisker-Ways (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|Ealing Gardens}}
* 1 for [[Attract a companion for the rest of the evening]]; costs {{IL|Fascinating...|-210 CP}}

{{IL|Khan's Heart}}
* 1 for [[Fabricate blackmail material]]; takes 4 actions and {{IL|Intercepted Cablegram|x 2}}. You can obtain the cablegrams at a rate of 0.6 actions for 2 via [[Tap the underzee cable]]. See [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)]] for more information. If one is grinding Hinterland Scrip and abstracts away some of the actions (as they give [[Great Game]] items which can be sold directly for scrip) at a rate of 10SPA, it takes 4.4 actions per {{IL|Blackmail Material}} (i.e., starting from scratch and giving "no profit").

{{IL|Upper River}}
* Obtain {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}} from [[Wager a penny on a hand of Spite Dr. Blemmigan (Constant Cufflinks)]], then upconvert them using {{IL|Favours: Society}}. This takes about 2.94 actions per {{IL|Blackmail Material}} (depending on one's sources of {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}} and {{IL|Suspicion}} reduction, but is reliant on drawing cards in both the Upper River and in London. This is equivalent to 0.34 BM/action in bulk (i.e., 30 BM for around 88.2 actions, requiring 150 Identities).

*{{IL|The City of the Tracklayers}}
* 1 for [[Infernal encounters]] on the card [[Imports and Exports]]. Costs 750 (700 if {{IL|Hinterland City - Chosen Site|Appearance=Chosen Site}} is near Marigold){{IL|Hinterland Prosperity}} at max {{IL|Hinterland Efficiency}}. This takes 2.35/2.44 actions per Material.

Other
* 1 for up-converting {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|25 x}} on the [[Wanted: Reminders of Brighter Days]] card.
* 1 for success with [[Drink up. Metabolize the poison.]] on [[A Curious Taste]]. Required slighting another player and having that person send the Polite Poisoner after you. High {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} is recommended; KT 12 guarantees success.

== {{IL|Night on the Town}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Night on the Town}}
{{IL|Bazaar Side-Streets}}
* 1 for [[Arrange a Night on the Town]]; costs {{IL|Compromising Document|15 x}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet|40 x}}, and 20 CP {{IL|Making Waves}}

{{IL|Jericho Locks}}
*1 for [[An Ambivalent Scion]]; costs {{IL|Favours: Society|4 x}}

{{IL|The Hurlers}}
*12 for [[Call in favours from Revolutionaries (The Hurlers)]]; Costs {{IL|Favours: Revolutionaries|4 x}} with [[Put up a statue honouring the Liberation of Night|the right statue.]]

Other

*2 for [[Ingratiate yourself with the citizens]] per action, the best but only open in certain times, see [[Living World Events#Shifting_Streets]].

== {{IL|Rumour of the Upper River}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Rumour of the Upper River}}
===Pre-Railway===
{{IL|The Bone Market}}
* 1 for [[Discover her beliefs]] with {{IL|A Crooked Cross}}
* 1 for [[Sell him a Viric Lizard]]; costs {{IL|Viric Lizard|x 1}}
* {{IL|Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology}} x for [[Sell your Skeleton to the Sculptress]]

{{IL|University Laboratory}}
* 1 for [[Graduate the Visionary Student]]; requires having {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory|60}} so you can [[Take on a Visionary Student]] in the first place

Other
* 1 for [[Eavesdrop]] on [[An Evening at the Clay Tailor's]] card, requires being a member of {{IL|The Clay Tailor Club}}.

===Railway===
* Any action that moves you between railway stations, with the exception of [[Back to the Smoke (Ealing Gardens)|Ealing Gardens to London]], will give a rumour.
* [[Speak to the Remorseless Archaeologist]] in Jericho Locks is a notable option as well. While it costs {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|1 x}} to use this option, it averages {{IL|Hinterland Scrip|1.5 x}} in additional {{IL|Survey of the Neath's Bones}}, making it overall more profitable than moving between stations.

== {{IL|Mortification of a Great Power}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Mortification of a Great Power}}
{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
* 1 for [[An illicit secret]], costing {{IL|Hearts' Game: Exploits|18 x}} (and thus taking about 19 actions per mortification). See [[Hearts' Game (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|Moloch Street}}
* 1 for [[Send an inordinately enormous stack of documents to Mount Palmerston]]; requires at least 18 actions per mortification. See [[The Sunken Embassy (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The Dolorous Pavilion}}
* 3 for the [[Enforce your demands]] ending of the [[A Second City Vengeance]] campaign; see [[Parabolan War (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The Magistracy of the Evenlode}}
* 1 for [[Breathe an ancient air]]; costs {{IL|Final Breath|x 75}}
* 1 for [[Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Prosecution)]]; costs {{IL|Preserved Surface Blooms|20 x}} and takes 6 actions. See [[Barristering at Evenlode (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|Khan's Heart}}
* 1 for [[A Bandaged Naval Officer]], [[A Shapeless Aristocrat]] or [[An Idle Soldier]]; requires at least 15 actions and {{IL|Intercepted Cablegram|x 2}}. You can obtain the cablegrams at a rate of 0.6 actions for 2 via [[Tap the underzee cable]]. See [[Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)]] for more information.

== {{IL|Intriguer's Compendium}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Intriguer's Compendium}}
{{IL|Watchmaker's Hill}}
* Can be purchased via [[The curious antique book]] in exchange for {{IL|Hearts' Game: Exploits|Appearance=Exploits|x 65}}. See [[Hearts' Game (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The Rat Market (Area)|Appearance=The Rat Market}}
* Can be purchased for 3125{{r}} when [[Direction of the Rat-Wind:|the Rat-Wind blows]] South and the [[Phase of the Rat-Moon:|the Rat-Moon is]] Blue.

Other
* Can be [[Hand over a roomful of scraps for an Intriguer's Compendium|purchased]] for {{IL|Certifiable Scrap|x 680}} from the Curt Relicker.

== {{IL|Rumourmonger's Network}} ==
{{#set:Has grind objective=Rumourmonger's Network}}
{{IL|Balmoral}}
* 1 for [[A long list (Deciphering a Document)]]; requires that you [[Sell a very advanced identity to Spies]] ({{IL|Cover Identity: Backstory|500}}, {{IL|Cover Identity: Credentials|6}}, {{IL|Cover Identity: Nuance|6}},  {{IL|Cover Identity: Witnesses|6}}, {{IL|Cover Identity: Elaboration|10}} and {{IL|Cover Identity: Ties|exactly 1}} (Surface)) and at least 16 further actions of decoding for Midnighters (20 for non-Midnighters). See [[Cover Identities (Guide)]] for more information.

{{IL|The City of the Tracklayers}}
*Trading 156250 {{IL|Hinterland Prosperity}} for 1 in the card [[A Visit from Virginia]]; with maximum {{IL|Hinterland Efficiency}}, this takes in the vicinity of 300 actions.

Other
* Can be [[Hand over a multitude of scraps for a Rumourmonger's Network|purchased]] from the Curt Relicker for {{IL|Certifiable Scrap|x 3200}}
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