Wines Grinding (Guide)
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Bottle of Greyfields 1879[edit]
- 10 or 15 for the options on Go Mudlarking
- 101–1000 for Your crowd of admirers (5 actions, average 110.1 per action) at
Persuasive 100; requires 
PoSI
- 10 for Mock an Insufferable Poseur
- 1-20 (average 10.5) for Arm-wrestle a rat-catcher or Arm-wrestle a Clay Man
Other
- Up-converting Vision of the Surface gives just under 30 on average.
- Can be purchased for 0.02
from Merrigans Exchange, meaning that any >2.2 EPA grind will be more efficient than other options on this page (see Money-Making).
Bottle of Greyfields 1882[edit]
- 50 for A tradition developed after the Fall at
Watchful 100; requires PoSI and 
Renown: The Great Game 10. Has a rare chance of 
x 1 Aeolian Scream.
- 210 in exchange for
1 x Favours: Society with A boon from a Lady-in-Waiting - 37 for Offer the fellow a partnership or 15 for Start a rumour about your rival with
4-6 A Name Signed with a Flourish.
- 30 for Getting to know Summerset, 45 for Join in this week's caper, for a total of 1170 over the 38-action Term Passing... carousel (average 30.8 per action).
- 100 for Dine with the monks.
- 100 for Take something on The Liberation, in Violant in A Dark Future, which requires a
Winds of Fortune check. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
Other
- 60 on average when upconverting
Stolen Kisses; 9 on average when upconverting 
Proscribed Material. - Can be purchased for 0.04 from Merrigans Exchange. If strictly grinding for Greyfields 1882 a very low EPA grind of 2+ EPA is already preferable to most of the methods listed above, due to the low returns or large number of actions required for most sources.
- 900 in exchange for
5 x Favours: Criminals with Smuggle Brandy: Just fence a few casks for now, while you get to know your new colleagues on An Implausible Penance opportunity card.
Bottle of Morelways 1872[edit]
- 6 for Boast about your wounds in a dockside tavern, a redirect from Take a Break from Duelling; requires
Wounds 2, 
A Name Scrawled in Blood 5. Caution: very click heavy, as you cannot 'Try Again' and have to navigate back to this storylet each time.
- 10 for Have you got a secret?, for a total of 90 over the 24-action Time Passing in the Labyrinth carousel (average 3.75 per action).
- 179 on average for Breed the Tomb-Lion 1; takes at least 8 actions and a
Tomb-Lion. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
- (25 + ((
Approximate Value of Your Skeleton in Pennies + 
Zoological Mania Bonus) / 10)) when you Sell your skeleton to the Teller of Terrors; see Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.
- 10 for Take something on The Liberation, in Violant in A Dark Future, which requires a Winds of Fortune check. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
- 326 for Offer champagne for its Revels, or 328 for Bid it to try the sorbet; see A Kitchen for Artists (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconvert from Bottle of Greyfields 1882; with 1882 sourced from Unfinished Business (requiring Renown: The Great Game 10), this averages 9.5 per action; with 1882 sourced from Merrigans Exchange, this averages 15.6 per action if you can make money at 3.5 EPA.
- 100, amongst other rewards, in exchange for 7 x Favours: Criminals with Smuggle Brandy: Join the salvage party on An Implausible Penance opportunity card.
Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe[edit]
- 35 for Accept a gift for your efforts; averages 2.5 per action over the 13-action Boxful of Intrigue carousel.
- 37.8 on average for Breed the Somnolent Hyaena 1; requires 13 actions and
x 100 Drop of Prisoner's Honey. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
- 2 for Charm the ladies, for a total of 28 over the 27-action Hunter's Keep carousel (average 1.04 per action).
- An amount depending on
St Stalactite's Favour and 
The Oblations of St Stalactite (potentially up to 147, although this is exceedingly unlikely) for Return to Aeschaven (The Pilgrim's Path outside of Evolution) at the end of the 16-action Pilgrimage in Godfall carousel.
- 6 for Observe the Day of the Hunt on The Counting of Days in A Chilly Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
- 0.5*
Fitting in at Helicon House for Agree to do a bit of modelling; see Helicon House (Guide) for more information.
- 66 for Bid it to try the sorbet; see A Kitchen for Artists (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Discordant Ripples (Following) 3 gives 3.
- Side-converting from Newspaper-sourced
Journal of Infamy; this gives up to 3.38 per action. - Side-converting from
Zee-Ztory using the route Underclay (Guide) -> 
Shard of Glim -> 
Map Scrap -> Zee-Ztory. This reaches 4.48 per action. - 0.6 on average for upconverting Tales of Terror!!
- Upconverting Morelways 1872; with '72 upconverted from Unfinished Business '82, this averages 1.96 per action.
- Buy Map Scrap in The Rat Market, then upconvert once and sideconvert 1 times. Depending on the efficiency of your source of
Rat-Shillings, this gives the following overall efficiency:
| /action:
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30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
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5.42 | 6.87 | 8.18 | 9.37 |
Bottle of Broken Giant 1844[edit]
- 7 for Read them the Riot Act; averages 0.47 per action over the 15-action Riding the Savage Cobbles carousel.
- 4 for The tawdry secrets of the famous laid bare!, averaging 0.22 per action; see Publishing a Newspaper (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Graduate the Visionary Student; takes at least 10 actions on average.
- An amount depending on the complexity of your identity for Fence this identity with no
Cover Identity: Ties. Pays out a maximum of 28 over 29 actions (0.97 per action); see Cover Identities (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Make your way to the Overseer's office; averages 1 per 4-action visit.
Other
- 5, amongst other rewards, for casting an Oneiric Pearl into the zee.
- Upconverting Strangling Willow Absinthe; with Newspaper-sourced Absinthe, this can reach 0.63 per action.
- 24 for upconverting 5000 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879 with Perhaps you're interested in an exceptional vintage? on A Presumptuous Little Opportunity.
Cellar of Wine[edit]
- In wine lets
Silverers, 
Correspondents and 
Letheologists pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in cellars. Up to 1 every 12.5 actions for Silverers and Correspondents and 16.7 actions for Letheologists.
- 3 for Hand over your hou... snake; takes 23 actions and a
Plated Seal. See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Lay down a Cellar of Wine; costs 250 x Bottle of Greyfields 1882, 50 x Bottle of Morelways 1872, 5 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe and 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844. Compared to upconverting directly from Broken Giants in your inventory, this is much less action efficient (but still maintains financial parity), but doesn't cost Church Favours and may be useful if you're only requiring a single Cellar for some reason.
Balmoral/London
- 1 for Unveil your Painting (Nostalgic); see Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Buy Map Scrap in The Rat Market, then upconvert once and sideconvert once and upconvert twice. Assuming that you get
1 x Favours: The Church per action and 50 x Rat-Shilling per action which means 8.04 x Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe per action, this averages (250/8.04+5+2+2)/10=4.01 actions per Cellar of Wine.
- To elabourate:
- 2A -> 2x Favours: Church
- 30A x 50 Rat-Shillings/A -> 1500 Rat-Shillings -> 1500 Map Scrap
- 1500 Map Scrap + 3A -> 300 Zee-Ztory (only 250 needed, so 50 remainder)
- 250 Zee-Ztory + 5A -> 250 Strangling Willow
- 250 Strangling Willow + 5A -> 50 Broken Giant '44
- 50 Broken Giant '44 + 2x Favours: Church + 2A -> 10 cellar of wine
- -> 47 Actions for 10 cellars of wine + remaining 50 Zee-Ztories + random bits from the conversions
Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise[edit]
- 1 for Propose special consideration to certain charitable groups; requires
Board Member: the Gracious Widow and also results in +1 CP In Corporate Debt and +21 Seeing Banditry in the Upper River.
- An excellent way to grind Airag is to combine this with Propose paying a dividend to the poor of the Hinterlands (requires
Board Member: Sinning Jenny). That action reduces Seeing Banditry in the Upper River so you can get Airag from the Widow again. Note that both actions increase In Corporate Debt, so be sure to start with 0 if possible for maximum Airag gain.
- An excellent way to grind Airag is to combine this with Propose paying a dividend to the poor of the Hinterlands (requires
- 0.13 on average for completing an expedition to A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven (requires at least
20 x Crate of Expedition Supplies and 9 actions); see Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Wisdom on The End of Battles; costs
3 x Sudden Insight.
- 1 for a rare success on Reach towards the shore (Airs 50-100)
- 1 for Form your Grand Parabolan Company. This is repeatable via Dismiss your Grand Parabolan Company, at the cost of resetting your
Parabolan Oneironaut as well as 
Parabolan Cultivator, 3 x Cellars of Wine, 
3 x Legal Documents, and some actions. See Parabolan War (Guide).
- 1 for Return to Aeschaven with 22 x St Stalactite's Favour when completing a Pilgrimage. This requires passing all checks during the pilgrimage and additional luck with
Airs of Godfall.
Balmoral/London
- 1 for Unveil your Painting (Default), Unveil your Painting (Nostalgic + Luminosity) or Unveil your Painting (Nostalgic); see Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
The Copper Quarter/London
- Cracking open a crate from the the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company has a 1 in 10 chance of giving 1.
- 1 for A Scorned Diplomat; requires at least 15 actions and
2 x Intercepted Cablegram. You can obtain the cablegrams at an average of 0.6 actions for 2 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information. - 1 for Arrange for the Forlorn Captain's desertion or Vouch for the Foppish Revolutionary; requires at least 12 actions and an
Emetic Revelation.
Khan's Heart/London
- 1 for Conclude the infiltration (Attentive Chambermaid); requires at least 16 actions, not including travel time. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 5 for
31,250 x Hinterland Prosperity in Officially Non-Criminal. At the maximum 300 
Hinterland Efficiency, this requires ~61-63 actions (~12.2-12.6 per bottle) , depending on the cards drawn.
Other
- Upconvert from Cellar of Wine with An improbable exchange on A Presumptuous Little Opportunity.
Vial of Tears of the Bazaar[edit]
- Can be purchased for 3125
when the Rat-Wind blows North (currently West) and the Rat-Moon is Blue (currently Runny).
- 1 for A casket marked with a black ribbon on The Catafalquerie; costs
Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre 7. See Christmas (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconverting x 7 Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise with A potent possibility on A Presumptuous Little Opportunity
- 1 in 32 chance of receiving one when milking a hellworm; requires
Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm or Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled
Vial of Masters' Blood[edit]
- Upconverting x 5 Vial of Tears of the Bazaar at a cost of
x 7 Notability with A dangerous deal on A Presumptuous Little Opportunity;
- 1 in 32 chance of receiving one when milking a hellworm (requires Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm or Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled).
- Trading 156,250 Hinterland Prosperity for 1 from the card A Visit from Virginia; with maximum Hinterland Efficiency, this takes in the vicinity of 300 actions.
Bottled Oblivion[edit]
Other
- 0.80 each at Carrow's Steel
- 1 in 32 chance of receiving one when milking a hellworm; requires Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm or Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled
Bottle of Black Wings Absinthe[edit]
- 1 for a rare success at Try your luck at dice; costs
x 1 Carnival Ticket
Other
- 50% chance for 1 with The unlabelled box on Mr Wines is holding a sale!; costs
x 1 Touching Love Story
Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing[edit]
- In jewels allows
Midnighters and 
Licentiates to pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in 1868 First Sporing and other items. Up to 1 every 25 actions on average for Midnighters, and every 12.5 for Licentiates.
Other
- 50% chance for 1 with The unlabelled box on Mr Wines is holding a sale!; costs x 1 Touching Love Story
- 1 every 3 actions when repeating A Nocturnal Visitor to the Palace Cellars 0-2
- Discordant Ripples (Frozen) 2 gives 2
- 1 in 32 chance of receiving one when milking a hellworm; requires Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm or Your Very Own Miniature Hellworm, Saddled and Bridled
