Estival (Guide)/Item Comparison

Early MYN Content and Onwards

This content is only available during Summer festivals! For the history of this holiday see Summer festivals (historical)

The purpose of this guide is to help players decide how to spend their allowance of Estival Tokens every year.

Items Sorted by Stats

Note that these tables follow the following format: strict BIS is bold, shared BIS is italic, and stats which are neither but are nonetheless notable will be in regular case.

Best In Slot

These items are the strict best in slot for one or more stats.

Item	Slot	Tokens	Stats	Notes
Honey-Stained Shackles	Boots	30	Shadowy +8 Glasswork +1 Dreaded +1	None.
Corinthian Belfry Hat	Hat	20	Shadowy +8 Bizarre +1	Provides three points of Shadowy over the Bazaar-buyable Sneak-Thief's Mask, and one point over the Tanned Mask from FEAST OF THE ROSE.
Epicurean War-Helm	Hat	20	Dangerous +8 Dreaded +1	Provides two points of Dangerous over the freely-available 'Surplus' Captain's Hat.
Polythremean Peacoat	Clothing	20	Respectable +1 Zeefaring +1 Bizarre +1 Neathproofed +1	Peer Neathproofed items include the easily-acquired Ratskin Suit. Peer BDR items include the Slaughtered Shell and Twice-Slaughtered Shell
Horseless, Driverless, Remorseless Carriage	Transport	50	Dangerous +4 Artisan of the Red Science +1 Dreaded +2	Also shares non-FATE BIS for Dangerous for those without Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled. For those willing to spend FATE, it is surpassed by An Uneasy Alliance with an Exiled Tiger, available for 7 x Memory of a Tale.
A Patron of the Pliable Arts	Affiliation	50	Persuasive +5 Shapeling Arts +1 Bizarre +4	Shared BIS in Persuasive for those who don't have access to Lyon Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary. Persuasive peer item is Strange Aeronaut from the Waswood, as well as the past event items A Bronze Plaque Dedicated to Your Good Self/ The Final Resting Place of an Old Friend. Shared BIS for BDR with the freely-available Membership of God's Editors
Conspicuously Liveried Carriage	Transport	20	Respectable +1 Mithridacy +1	Only Mithridacy Transport.
Khatun-class Electric Launch	Transport	50	Shadowy +4 Respectable +2 A Player of Chess +1	Only non-FATE A Player of Chess Transport; peer item is the FATE-locked Sapphir'd Funeral Barge, available during CHRISTMAS. Best non-FATE Shadowy transport, surpassed by Thoroughly Cowed Pony.
Overwrought Bathtub	Home Comfort	30	Dangerous +6 Bizarre +1 Artisan of the Red Science +1	None.
Huzzite Shroud	Hat	30	Watchful +4 Artisan of the Red Science +1 Insubstantial +1	Only Insubstantial Hat. Equivalent free AotRS item available at FRUITS OF THE ZEE, and another from Ambition: Heart's Desire!
Censor's Touch	Gloves	20	Persuasive +8 Dreaded +1 Mithridacy +1	Only Mithridacy Gloves. Shares BiS Persuasive with Genuine Rubbery Lumps and 'Lucky' Claw.
Varchaasi Holdall	Luggage	20	Bizarre +1 Glasswork +1	Only Glasswork luggage. Shared BIS in Bizarre and BDR include the freely available 'Heirloom' Carpetbag.
Pilgrim's Sandals	Boots	30	Watchful +7 Chthonosophy +1 Inerrant +1	Only Chthonosophy and Inerrant boots. Shares BIS Watchful with Language of Laces.
Cautious Bracer	Gloves	50	Dangerous +6 Shapeling Arts +1 Watchful +4	Only Shapeling Arts gloves.

Situational Best in Slot

For a subset of players, these items are the best available options for their slot. This may be because the alternatives are only available at other festivals, are only obtainable with certain Ambitions, cost FATE, etc.

Item	Slot	Tokens	Stats	Notes
Augmented Electrostatic Machine	Transport	30	Dangerous +3 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	Peer item is technically freely available to all players, but it's Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled.
'Lucky' Claw	Gloves	30	Persuasive +8 Glasswork +1	Peer Item for Glasswork is Coilbreaker's Prints. Shares BiS Persuasive with Genuine Rubbery Lumps and Censor's Touch.
Fourth City Eyeball	Hat	30	Watchful +4 A Player of Chess +1 Respectable +1	Peer item is The Captivating Princess' Third-Best Tiara, available during HALLOWMAS for 20 FATE.
Heavily Annotated Timetables	Weapon	30	A Player of Chess +1 Respectable +2 Dreaded -1 Bizarre +1	Peer item is Mesmeric Parasol for A Player of Chess, available during WHITSUN, as well as the Ambition item A Bestiary of the Hearts' Desires.
Verdant Hairpin	Weapon	20	Watchful +5 Dangerous +8 Glasswork +1	Ambition: Heart's Desire! and Ambition: Bag a Legend! players have peer items available during their Ambitions. The False-Star Catalogue available during Spring at the Rat-Market is available to all players as well.
Surplussed Giftschrank	Home Comfort	30	Shadowy +3 Dangerous +3 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	Peer Kataleptic Toxicology item is Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from Ambition: Heart's Desire!.
Cloud-filled Sphere	Home Comfort	30	Watchful +8 Shapeling Arts +1	Peer BIS Watchful item is Diatomist's Array, available some years from the Advent Calendar at CHRISTMAS. Provides one point of Watchful over the freely-available F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Neathoscope, Containing and Displaying All Seven Colours of Exotic Light. Free alternative for Shapeling Arts available at the conclusion of the Railway story.
Velvet Cloak with Burning Buttons	Clothing	30	Shadowy +4 Artisan of the Red Science +1 Dreaded +1 Neathproofed +1	Peer Artisan of the Red Science item is Incombustible Inverness, available during CHRISTMAS for 30-60 FATE.
Elevating Silk Slippers	Boots	30	Dangerous +8 Monstrous Anatomy +1 Respectable +1	Peer Monstrous Anatomy item is Chiropteran Claws, available during CHRISTMAS for 30-60 FATE. Peer Dangerous items include the easily-available Pair of Vakeskin Boots.
A Hungry Little Snuffbox	Weapon	30	Shadowy +9 Respectable +1 Artisan of the Red Science +1	Peer Artisan of the Red Science item is Russet Brachiator, available during WHITSUN.

Perennial Peer Items

These items have peer items freely available at all times of year, though they may be difficult to acquire or require completion of a lengthy storyline.

Item	Slot	Tokens	Stats	Notes
A Rack of Carefully-Individuated Deaths	Weapon	20	Persuasive +7 Dreaded +2 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	Peer items available from several sources: freely available ( Honest Butcher's Tool), FATE locked except for the Hellworm Gacha ( Vial of Cantigaster Venom) or from WHITSUN ( Telsonic Signet).
Strangling Willow Ring	Adornment	20	Persuasive +8 Mithridacy +1 Dreaded +1	Shared BiS Persuasive items are Twelve-Carat Diamond Ring, easily available at the Bazaar for 350 Echoes. Shared BiS Mithridacy Items include the Viscount's Bejewelled Collar, available some weeks at the Waswood.
Genuine Rubbery Lumps	Gloves	20	Persuasive +8 Bizarre +1 Neathproofed +1	Shared BiS Persuasive items are 'Lucky' Claw for 30 tokens or Censor's Touch for 20 tokens. A peer Neathproofed item, Devil's Dictionary, is available from a story in the Hurlers.
Highly-Accurate Gargoyle	Home Comfort	30	Dangerous +4 Monstrous Anatomy +1 Bizarre +1	Free alternative available as part of Evolution.
Extensive Collections of Mayoral Campaign Buttons	Adornment	20	Persuasive +3 Mithridacy +1	Peer Mithridacy items include the easily-acquired Viscount's Bejewelled Collar.
Devilbone Talons	Gloves	30	Watchful +8 Respectable +1	Just buy the Insatiable Glove from the Bazaar instead.
Gilded Spinneret	Adornment	50	Dangerous +4 Persuasive +4 Dreaded +1 Monstrous Anatomy +1	Peer Monstrous Anatomy item is Whaletallow Taper, which is freely available during the Firmament storyline.

Early-Game Utility

These items are strictly outclassed for endgame players, but may be useful options for those who do not yet have access to a more lategame alternative.

Item	Slot	Tokens	Stats	Notes
The Neathy Tarot, Featuring all 77 of the Major Arcana	Gloves	20	Shadowy +8 Dreaded +1	Outclassed by the Pair of Lenguals, though the combination of Shadowy and Dreaded may make it useful during heists, when outfits can't be switched.
Indignant Bearskin	Hat	20	Persuasive +8 Respectable +1 Neathproofed +1	Outclassed by Devilish Fedora/ Fecund Amber Tiara. Several free, non-seasonal hats also provide Neathproofed.
Mr Slowcake's Caducean Rose	Weapon	20	Persuasive +8 Respectable +1	Peer items available year-round, albeit not every week, include Polythreme Drinking Vessel and Rat's-Head Cane. Outclassed by Unexploded Mine.
A Mutton Island Account	Weapon	20	Persuasive +8 Respectable +1 Shadowy +4	Peer items available year-round, albeit not every week, include Polythreme Drinking Vessel and Rat's-Head Cane. Outclassed by Unexploded Mine.
A Bottle of Angry Bees	Weapon	20	Dangerous +8 Dreaded +1	Outclassed by the Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle. Peer items available year round, albeit not every week, include Ratwork Pocket Piece and A Poisoned Pen.
The Contrarian's Monochromatic Lantern	Weapon	20	Watchful +8 Bizarre +1	Peer items include the Bazaar-buyable Ratwork Watch. Outclassed by several options, including the Infernal Vinification Apparatus.
Voting Booth of One's Own	Home Comfort	50	Shadowy +6	Equaled by the Rook-Crowned Oneiropompic Stave, outclassed by the Oneiric Key.
A Gazebo!	Home Comfort	40	Persuasive +6 Respectable +1	Equaled by the Serpent-Headed Oneiropompic Stave, outclassed by the Beatific Stone.

No Stats

These items are difficult to recommend based on stats, even for earlygame players

Item	Slot	Tokens	Stats	Notes
A Traitor's Carriage	Transport	30	Dangerous +3 Dreaded +1	Buy the Augmented Electrostatic Machine instead.
A Seven-Times-Exiled Parliamentarian's Guide to Electioneering	Weapon	40	Shadowy +6	Buy A Hungry Little Snuffbox instead. Or don't and just wait to be able to afford the Ratwork Watch.

Items Sorted by Use

Efficient Repeatable

These items unlock repeatable options that are much better than their evergreen alternatives.

Item	Tokens	Unlocks	Notes
Augmented Electrostatic Machine	30	Trade Hedonist CP for two Parabolan Orange-apple in your Parabolan Base-Camp	Possibly of interest to those interested in becoming A Poet-Laureate.

Efficient Single-Use

These items unlock a one-time option that saves the player significant resources compared to the free alternatives.

Item	Tokens	Unlocks	Notes
The Neathy Tarot, Featuring all 77 of the Major Arcana	20	Shortcut an expensive step when upgrading your Laboratory.	The universal options are all expensive. Those who chose a particular ending of Ambition: Heart's Desire! can shortcut this step for free as well.

Niche Repeatable

These items unlock repeatable options that are either equivalent to or outclassed by their evergreen alternatives.

Item	Tokens	Use	Notes
Cloud-filled Sphere	30	A unique conclusion when shaping dreams for the Sculptress	The option is equally economically to the others, and it may be a decent midgame source of the Rubbery items it provides, particularly to those who are disinclined towards the Bone Market but need Nodule of Warm Amber.
A Mutton Island Account	50	Deal with Corporate Debt	The option is just bad. Just boomerang the Tentacled Entrepreneur. He won't mind. He never does.
A Gazebo!	40	A standard frequency card in Ealing Gardens	The card it unlocks isn't very profitable, though along with the profit, one option does decrease Tracklayers' Displeasure.
Khatun-class Electric Launch	50	Ride your boat to your ship when London is in a state of emergency	Really, how often is London in an emergency situation, anyway? Currently only known to be used during The London Horticultural Show, but could recur if a crisis strikes again. Can also be bypassed with a Persuasive check that scales based on Zeefaring. You may also prefer to stay and help during an emergency in London.
Heavily Annotated Timetables	30	An option during False-Dawn during long Khaganian Intrigues	False-Dawn options are situational; additional options are available to those with Mesmeric Parasol and all players have one option available based on Methods of a Khaganian Front:

Niche Single-Use

These items unlock a one-time option that is either equivalent to or outclassed by the evergreen alternatives.

Item	Tokens	Use	Notes
'Lucky' Claw	30	Offer her a weapon to resolve the Efficient Commissioner's Nightmare and increasing Dangerous Gains	Several other options available. Ambition: Bag a Legend! and Ambition: Nemesis players may be able to progress with items acquired during their Ambitions. For the rest, this is certainly better than Offer her a tonic, but Offer her a guardian is easy for a player reasonably comfortable with the Bone Market. Note that while technically repeatable, this option is not valuable after raising your Dangerous Gains.
Indignant Bearskin	20	One of several options to become Acquainted with Sophia's.	Multiple other options, including passing a Monstrous Anatomy check, having An Orphanage, and having a few points of Monster Nurturer from WHITSUN.
The Contrarian's Monochromatic Lantern	20	One of several options to build a watchtower in Ealing Gardens.	There are multiple other options, including one that merely costs 250 x Phosphorescent Scarab. The watchtower itself is completely optional and purely a roleplaying decision: it does not unlock any permanent options, merely altering text in a few places.
Mr Slowcake's Caducean Rose	20	Shortcut a certain hunt in Parabola	You are required to do the hunt once as part of the Shadowy Gains story and then are unlikely to ever do so again. Even if you do, this "shortcut" will only save you 1-2 actions when you take into account the actions for purchasing it.

No Uses

These items do not unlock any additional actions.

Item	Tokens
Surplussed Giftschrank	30
Extensive Collections of Mayoral Campaign Buttons	20
Conspicuously Liveried Carriage	20
A Hungry Little Snuffbox	30
Overwrought Bathtub	30
A Patron of the Pliable Arts	30
Strangling Willow Ring	20
Polythremean Peacoat	20
Honey-Stained Shackles	30
Elevating Silk Slippers	30
Corinthian Belfry Hat	20
Epicurean War-Helm	20
Velvet Cloak with Burning Buttons	30
Horseless, Driverless, Remorseless Carriage	50
Fourth City Eyeball	30
Verdant Hairpin	20
A Rack of Carefully-Individuated Deaths	20
Genuine Rubbery Lumps	20
Highly-Accurate Gargoyle	30
A Bottle of Angry Bees	20
A Traitor's Carriage	30
Devilbone Talons	20
A Seven-Times-Exiled Parliamentarian's Guide to Electioneering	40
Voting Booth of One's Own	50

Special Note: The Waswood and Festival Story Items

While we can expect the items available for Estival Token to recur again every year, certain items from summer festivals are tied to the story of the event, and will not be available in subsequent years. Some of these may be available through the Sacroboscan Calendar when the event is eventually added to the Waswood rotation, either in their original form or altered to suit the Parabolan settings. Possibly some may even become permanently accessible in future content. We won't know until it happens.

The Grand Clearing-Out

Several of these are actually former ELECTION items, given a permanent home in the GCO Waswood.

Item	Slot	Notable Stats	Uses	Availability	Notes
A Preserver of London	Affiliation	Artisan of the Red Science +1 Respectable +4 Suspicion -1	Unlocks a unique title for your character.	RETIRED; reenacting the events in the Waswood to get this instead gives A Reverie of Heroism, which is in no way a mechanical replacement.	Freely available peer Artisan of the Red Science affiliation in Lowell's Locks & Cages. Peer all-around affiliation is FATE-locked at Christmas, The Undying Respect of the Order of the Blackened Hoof. BDR peer items include Membership of God's Editors.
Singed and Stained Work Gloves	Gloves	Dangerous +8 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	None.	Given as a bonus in the Waswood when acquiring A Reverie of Heroism	None.
F.F. Gebrandt's Patent Illuminating Cap	Hat	Watchful +8 Monstrous Anatomy +1 Neathproofed +1	None.	Ask Gebrandt if she has any of her patent Illuminating Caps left for 50000 x Curator's Gratitude	Only peer item for Monstrous Anatomy is for Bag A Legend players - Free-roving Teeth.
A Pre-Lapsarian Speaking Tube	Weapon	None.	None.	Free from the Sacroboscan Calendar.	None.
M. D_____' A_____ for _______: F____ Edition	Weapon	Zeefaring +1	None.	Free from the Sacroboscan Calendar.	None.
Polythreme Drinking Vessel	Weapon	None.	None.	Free from the Sacroboscan Calendar.	None.
A Poisoned Pen	Weapon	None.	None.	Free from the Sacroboscan Calendar.	None.
Wax-Hardened Boots	Boots	Respectable +1	None.	Free from the Sacroboscan Calendar.	None.
Haunted Clydesdale	Companion	None.	None.	RETIRED, no replacement.	Farewell, sweet prince.

F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition

Item	Slot	Stats	Uses	Availability	Notes
A Bronze Plaque Dedicated to Your Good Self	Affiliation	Persuasive +5 Respectable +4 Monstrous Anatomy +1	None.	RETIRED; reenacting the events in the Waswood instead gives Memory of a Miniature Museum, which is not a mechanical replacement.	Peer item is The Rank of Flight Captain, a story item from The London Horticultural Show.
Your Name in F.F. Gebrandt's Address Book	Affiliation	Watchful +5 Bizarre +1 A Player of Chess +1	None.	Obtainable from the Sacroboscan Calendar for 1 x Oneiric Pearl.	It shares BIS for Watchful if one does not make a certain choice in Ambition: Nemesis.
An Initiate into the Perfumer's Arts	Affiliation	Shadowy +5 Dreaded +4 Kataleptic Toxicology +1	None.	Obtainable from the Sacroboscan Calendar for 1 x Viric-filled Mirrorcatch Box, 3 x Emetic Revelation, 250 x Venom-Ruby.	None.
A Stalking Stone Shadow of your Very Own	Burden	Watchful -2 Shadowy -5 Dangerous -2 Persuasive -2	None.	RETIRED, thank goodness.	None.
A Stalking Stone Shadow Beyond the Glass	Affiliation	Shadowy +4 Dreaded +2 Mithridacy +1	None.	The option to obtain this is permanently accessible by hunting, after reenacting events in the Waswood.	Peer item available as an option in Ambition: Heart's Desire!, if you make a certain choice.

The London Horticultural Show

Item	Slot	Stats	Uses	Availability	Notes
A Hard-Earned Knack for Repair	Affiliation	Watchful +5 Respectable +2 Reduces Scandal build up.?	None.	In the Waswood recollection, lower A Dream of London's Ruination to 0 before playing Turn the tide.	Currently one of only a handful Scandal-mitigating items. It shares BIS for Watchful with Your Name in F.F. Gebrandt's Address Book if one does not make a certain choice in Ambition: Nemesis.
The Rank of Flight Captain	Affiliation	Dangerous +3 Dreaded +3 Monstrous Anatomy +1	None.	Available from the Waswood recollection by spending 1x Oneiric Pearl.	Peer Monstrous Anatomy item is A Bronze Plaque Dedicated to Your Good Self, a story item from F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition.
Honorary Membership in the London Horticultural Society	Affiliation	Respectable +2 Dreaded -2 Bizarre +2	None.	Available from the Waswood recollection by spending 3x Parabolan Orange-apple.	Strict worst in slot for Dreaded. Those who need a perennial way to reduce Dreaded should look to Annings' Complete and Reliable Kit to craft skeletal Home Comforts, or making offerings to the Fingerkings at The Dome of Scales, Occupied.
The Final Resting Place of an Old Friend	Affiliation	Persuasive +5 Mithridacy +1 Reduces Nightmares build up.?	None.	RETIRED; The Waswood recollection instead rewards Strange Aeronaut, which is mechanically the same item minus the Mithridacy.	Shared BIS for Nightmares mitigation with its Waswood replacement and situational BIS for Mithridacy. For those without this and without The Thief-Oath of Tristram Bagley, wait for A Stalking Stone Shadow Beyond the Glass to become available via the Waswood.
Amber Ambassador's Seal	Home Comfort	Watchful +5 Bizarre +2 Shapeling Arts +1 Reduces Nightmares build up.?	None.	With London, Falling, spend a few weeks conducting cultural exchange at The Starved Embassy. There is currently no way to obtain the quality for those who do not already possess it.	Shares Nightmare reduction with Murgatroyd's Patented Fungal Christmas 'Tree' from the 2024 Advent. Peer Shapeling Arts items available include Amber Vision of the Sea of Spines and Cloud-filled Sphere.

The Sixth Coil

Item	Slot	Stats	Uses	Availability	Notes
The Distinction of the Waking Fire	Adornment	Reduces Nightmares build up.? Dangerous +5 Dreaded +1	None.	TBD	Strict BIS Nightmares reducer; peer Dangerous item is available only for a substantial price from the Bazaar and peer Dreaded items are available only from other summer events.
Huffam's Personal Blend	Weapon	Watchful +5 Dreaded +1	None.	TBD	No outstanding qualities.
Coilbreaker's Prints	Gloves	Shadowy +6 Glasswork +1 Insubstantial +1	None.	TBD	Strict BIS Insubstantial; shared BIS Glasswork with 'Lucky' Claw.
In Mr Huffam's Good Graces	Affiliation	Respectable +1 Dreaded +1 Inerrant +1 Reduces Scandal build up.?	None.	TBD	Strict BIS for Inerrant and shared BIS for Scandal reduction with an affiliation from the Horticultural Show. The only affiliation that is both Respectable and Dreaded.
Half-Devoured Heart	Home Comfort	Watchful +5 Dreaded +2 Chthonosophy +1	None.	TBD	Strict BIS for Chthonosophy and shared BIS for Dreaded with several other Home Comforts. Current shared BIS for coolness.