Twilit Smuggler (Guide)

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Twilit Smuggler is the statue quality representing Shadowy and is gained in Balmoral by sending up various items up to the surface via the dumbwaiter in Balmoral. This is fastest of all the statue qualities but is still fairly expensive.

Starting Out[edit]

In order to begin the storyline, you must first discover the Balmoral Dumbwaiter and make contact with the Woman Upstairs.

In order to discover the dumbwaiter, you must do one of two things. Either:

The storylet for the dumbwaiter itself is located in Balmoral Castle where you must Sneak down to the Kitchens of Balmoral. With Renown: Criminals 40 and Base Shadowy Shadowy 215, you can Establish contact with a Surface smuggler for the cost of 3 x  Favours: Criminals.

The Process[edit]

Once you have established contact, you can turn in the required items for the next level of Twilit Smuggler, if you pass an increasingly difficult Shadowy check based on the item you're sending.

Tables of Items Shadowy Check
Shadowy Item
200 Tinned Ham
220 Judgements' Egg
240 Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures
250 Crackling Device
260 Oneiric Pearl
280 Scrap of Ivory Organza
320 Parabolan Parable
350 Legenda Cosmogone
380 Fabulous Diamond
420 Corresponding Sounder
450 Vial of Masters' Blood

You will have to send up 15 Tier 6 items, 5 Tier 7 items, and 1 Tier 8 item, totaling 4062.5E worth of items. These items can be seen in the table below, and will be discussed in further detail. This process will give you 30000 x  Fistful of Surface Currency (worth 900E ), which can be seen as a loss of 80% of the value of the items.

Tables of Items for Raising Twilit Smuggler
Twilit Smuggler E Value
0 Tinned Ham 62.5
1 Judgements' Egg 62.5
2 Judgements' Egg 62.5
3 62.5
4 62.5
5 62.5
6 62.5
7 62.5
8 62.5
9 62.5
10 62.5
11 Oneiric Pearl 62.5
12 Oneiric Pearl 62.5
13 Oneiric Pearl 62.5
14 Oneiric Pearl 62.5
15 Ivory Organza 312.5
16 Parabolan Parable 312.5
17 Legenda Cosmogone 312.5
18 Fabulous Diamond 312.5
19 Corresponding Sounder 312.5
20 Masters' Blood 1562.5

The Items[edit]

Some of the items are relatively easy to obtain, while others are very hard. In order to finish this storyline, you will need access to Khan's Heart to obtain the Corresponding Sounder at a minimum, though several of the items are easier to acquire there.

Tinned Ham[edit]

You will need 1 of these for level 0.

Judgements' Egg[edit]

You will need between 2-6 of these for levels 1-6. Levels 3-6 can be substituted with Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures, and levels 5-6 can also be substituted with Crackling Devices.

See Academic Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures[edit]

You will need up to 6 of these for levels 3-8. Levels 3-6 can be substituted with Judgements' Egg, and levels 5-8 can be substituted with Crackling Devices.

See Legal Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Crackling Device[edit]

The player will need up to 6 of these for levels 5-10. Levels 5-6 can be substituted with Judgements' Eggs, levels 5-8 can be substituted with Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures and levels 9-10 can be substituted with Oneiric Pearls.

See Curiosity Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Oneiric Pearl[edit]

You will need between 4-6 of these for levels 9-14. Levels 9-10 can be substituted with Crackling Devices, which are easier to acquire in bulk.

  • There are three main ways to obtain these:
    • Perform intrigue at the khanate - this should take 15 actions per Oneiric Pearl. (1 to start, 13 to build, and 1 to cash out.) Again, this is dependent on the airs cooperating and giving you A Radical Physician. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for details.
    • Perform intrigues at the Khanate with Strength of your Khaganian Network 20, which should take 12 actions per Oneiric Pearl. (1 to start, 10 to build, and 1 to cash out.) This is only available for one pulling threads option, Leave him in his state, which means you will have to do other options as well and this will probably not be very efficient. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for details.
    • All the main zee dreams provide one upon completion. See Zailing (Guide) for details.

See Zee-Treasures Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Scrap of Ivory Organza[edit]

You will need one of these for level 15.

See Rag Trade Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Parabolan Parable[edit]

You will need one of these for level 16.

See Cartography Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Legenda Cosmogone[edit]

You will need one of these for level 17.

See Theological Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Fabulous Diamond[edit]

You will need one of these for level 18.

See Contraband Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Corresponding Sounder[edit]

You will need 1 of these for level 19

See Great Game Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Vial of Masters' Blood[edit]

You will need one of these for level 20.

See Wines Grinding for the most up to date grinds.

Conclusion[edit]

Once you have sent up the Vial of Masters' Blood you will have 21 x  Twilit Smuggler and have completed this statue quality.