The Midnight Trade (Guide)
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Early Firmament Content |
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| Progress
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Raise  Peligin Work by playing options on  The Midnight Trade.
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| Raw EPA | 2 | Raw StPA | 50.167 | |||||||||||
The Midnight Trade is a carousel in 
The Midnight Moon wherein you work as a Candle-Man repairing aircraft, hauling supplies, lighting safe paths, and enforcing the rules of the Midnight Moon.
How to unlock[edit]
Even if you're not interested in the carousel, taking the actions to unlock it is worthwhile, as you receive a 
Whaletallow Taper, an Adornment item that raises 
Monstrous Anatomy.
Progress the 
Firmament story to Firmament 198/ Upon the Belly of the Whale 10 first.
You'll then need to raise 
Labour By Candlelight: from the Spire, Inn, Leviathan storylet, watch for the Midnight Moon's secrets and then spend 
50 to ask some pointed questions about candle-bearers. Play the The Lights of the Candle-Men storylet. You need any one of these to proceed:
10 Twilit Smuggler
10 Connected: The Widow
Corsair's Colours
25 Renown: Criminals and 
25 Renown: The Docks
A Conspiracy of Smugglers
If you can't manage any of the first four prerequisites, you can purchase the last one for 2000 Stuivers.
Once you've done a round of The Midnight Trade, you'll get to know Old Resurrection and start building a Roof-spanning trading network.
Progress[edit]
Two options appear on The Midnight Trade storylet depending on two randomizers, Airs of the Leviathan and 
Smuggled Airs. They're all combined checks with one primary stat/skill plus 
Inerrant or 
Neathproofed adding additional points of the primary. You can use the Outfit Planner to determine the best outfit for such combined challenges.
Progress is made whether you succeed or fail, but failures slightly raise 
Nightmares or 
Wounds. Every option also rerolls both Airs.
The carousel can be left and resumed any time.
| Option | Airs | Challenge | Additional Points | Success | Failure |
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| Haul supplies to the Midnight Moon | 0-33
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 200
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+15
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, +1 CP
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| Maintain the candle-guides | 34-67
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 200
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+15
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, +1 CP
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| Shuttle contraband through the stalactite | 68-100
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 18
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+1
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, +1 CP
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| Load contraband onto departing dirigibles | 0-33
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200
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+15
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, +1 CP
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| Negotiate with visiting captains | 34-67
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 18
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+1
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, +1 CP
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| Perform maintenance | 68-100
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200
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+15
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, +1 CP
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If the options are not to your liking, Smuggled Airs may be rerolled at Spire, Inn, Leviathan with Look up and Keep an eye on imports and exports, and Airs of the Leviathan can be rerolled by examining the leviathan on the same storylet. Smuggled Airs can also be rerolled with the Keep an ear open option on Beneath the Sign of the Midnight Moon, but this will accrue Nightmares as well, which probably defeats the purpose of rerolling outside The Midnight Trade.
Rewards[edit]
At Peligin Work 5, you can end your shift to get the rewards:
1 x Memory of Moonlight- 1 x Ascended Ambergris
2 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits
2 x Basket of Rubbery Pies
2 x Zee-Ztory
2 x Memory of Light
Discounting Menaces accrued from failures, the rewards of this activity are valued at 
27.05 per round, for an EPA of 4.51. Note however that Stuivers are difficult to convert into Echoes without significant losses, and vice-versa. The breakdown of rewards is 12 + 301, or 2 EPA + 50.2 StPA.
If a player is only interested in acquiring currency, they could obtain both more echoes and more Stuivers by splitting their actions between the Stacks and a high-return Upper River activity like Moulin or the Tracklayer City. However, this activity is likely more efficient for directly acquiring Memory of Moonlight and Ascended Ambergris compared to purchasing them with Stuivers, the latter of which is needed to obtain equipment in Hallow's Throat.
