Shroom-Hopping (Guide)

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This guide covers the repeatable activity accessible from A stroke of luck! (3 FATE) on A day at the races. This content is FATE-locked, so per this Wiki's Content Policy, the covered content will not otherwise be included on the Wiki, and the guide may contain mechanical descriptions but not narrative content. Storylets, Cards, and Actions will be identified by images and mechanical properties, but not by name.

Overview[edit]

This action brings you to a new location. The activities here are repeatable as long as you do not leave the area it brings. There are unique cards, repeatable storylets, and a carousel.

The Cards[edit]

This location has a unique Opportunity Deck. It uses the same deck size and hand size you normally have. All cards are discardable. If you have a 5 card hand size, you will draw one of every card, assuming you draw before starting a race.

Card Icon Options Challenge Requirements Success Failure
Crowd2.png Societywoman.png Persuasive 45 N/A 28 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey

Rare success (10%):

 Scandal +1 CP
Mushroom.png Eye.png Watchful 45 N/A 55 x Piece of Rostygold Nightmares +1 CP
Chap2.png Pocketwatch.png N/A Shepherd's Timepiece N/A
Banknotes.png N/A 15 x Inkling of Identity N/A
Fist.png Dangerous 45 N/A Wounds +1 CP
Forkbrass.png N/A Spirifer's Fork 55 x Nevercold Brass Sliver N/A
Mushroomhat.png Swamphand.png Dangerous 45 N/A Wounds +1 CP
Coingold.png Bohogirl1.png Luck 50% 200 x Jade Fragment 200 x Jade Fragment -200 x Jade Fragment
Piratered.png Luck 30% 200 x Moon-Pearl 300 x Moon-Pearl -200 x Moon-Pearl
Chapposh.png Luck 10% 200 x Whispered Hint 700 x Whispered Hint -200 x Whispered Hint
Rubberyman.png
Only with
Time Remaining... Time 1-5 		Bohogirl1.png Luck 50% No In the Lead In the Lead +2 CP No effect
Rubberyman.png Shadowy 45 1 x Burst of Speed! In the Lead reset
Rubberyman.png N/A N/A


This is a very easy way to gain Favours: Society and if you're a Shepherd Favours: The Church at one favour per action, and same goes for Confident Smiles.

The Storylets[edit]

Storylet Options Challenge Requirements Success Failure
Document.png Quill.png N/A N/A Starts the Carousel N/A
Mushroomhat.png Modebonnet.png Watchful 42 Modish Bonnet 40 x Whispered Hint +2 CP Scandal
Follow2.png Dangerous 42 Iron Hat 60 x Nodule of Deep Amber +2 CP Wounds
Piratehat.png Shadowy 42 Pirate Hat +2 CP Suspicion
Ridiculoushat.png Persuasive 42 Ridiculous Hat 12 x Proscribed Material +2 CP Nightmares
Placeholder5.png Placeholder2.png N/A N/A Leaves the subarea N/A

The Carousel[edit]

You will start with 6 x Time Remaining... and each action you take will decrement it by 1 or 2. Your goal over the course of this carousel is to increase your In the Lead as much as you can and then at 7 x Time Remaining... there will be one final challenge based on In the Lead to determine the payout. There are 2 different tracks depending on whether you currently have any In the Lead, and when you do not have any, you will have opportunities to acquire Burst of Speed!s which can be spent to gain In the Lead.

The Storylets[edit]

Time Remaining... In the Lead >0? Burst of Speed! Needed? Storylet Options Challenge Success Rare Success Failure
6 N/A X Pistol.png Blackglove.png N/A N/A N/A
Running.png Dangerous 43
5 ✓ X Mushroom.png Leap.png Dangerous 43
Secret.png Persuasive 45 N/A
X X Swamphand.png Eye.png Watchful 41
✓ Secret.png Shadowy 43 N/A
4 ✓ X Bohogirl1.png Mercyhand.png Persuasive 40
Eye.png Watchful 43 N/A
Piratered.png Fog.png Shadowy 43 N/A
X ✓ Fist.png Dangerous 43 N/A
X Chapposh.png Vialyellow.png Persuasive 41
3 ✓ X Clouds.png Flag.png Shadowy 43 N/A
Leap.png Luck 50% N/A
X ✓ Fog.png Eye.png Watchful 43
X Furtivehand.png Shadowy 41 N/A
2 ✓ X Placeholder6.png Fist2.png Dangerous 46 N/A
Eye.png Watchful 43 N/A
X ✓ Deportestration.png Fist.png Dangerous 43 N/A
X Sneaky.png Persuasive 41 N/A
1 ✓ ✓ Placeholder6.png Leap.png In the Lead 1
X Running.png In the Lead 2 N/A
X ✓ Placeholder6.png Leap.png Burst of Speed! 5 N/A
X Sneaky.png Burst of Speed! 1 N/A

Rewards[edit]

The final rewards are based on your ending In the Lead which caps at 4 and can be found in the table below:

In the Lead Reward
0
1
2
3
4

On each level of Time Remaining..., there is an option to leave the carousel and return to the main lobby if you're not sure you'll win, or the option to leave the area altogether.

Strategy[edit]

The best route to complete this in the fewest number of action is to take the options that result in a loss of 2 Time Remaining.... This will make the carousel take 6 actions and get you the max rewards 80% of the time. This is an average of 2.03 making waves per action. Otherwise, losing provides 1 of each of the second chances for a similar number of actions. EPA wise this is pretty terrible at 0.776 EPA.

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