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''For a guide to increasing the basic four skills, see [[Leveling (Guide)]]''
 
''For a guide to increasing the basic four skills, see [[Leveling (Guide)]]''
  
This is a guide to the Advanced Skills, also called MAGCATS<ref>An abbreviation of the original seven advanced skills, though increasingly less apt as FBG has added more — see [[Abbreviations and Terms (Guide)#Advanced stats/Advanced skills|Abbreviations and Terms (Guide)]].</ref> or Esoteric Arts. These are stats that start becoming relevant in the midgame.
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This is a guide to advanced skills, also called MAGCATS<ref>An abbreviation of the original seven advanced skills, though increasingly less apt as FBG has added more — see [[Abbreviations and Terms (Guide)#Advanced stats/Advanced skills|Abbreviations and Terms (Guide)]].</ref> or esoteric arts. These are stats that start becoming relevant in the midgame.
  
Many of these skills have both '''unlocks''' and '''training options'''. The difference between these is that training options only increase your skill if it's already present at level 1 or higher, whereas unlock options will provide both the first CP, and (if repeatable) further training. For example, [[Indulge in a quiet game]] on the card for [[The Parthenaeum]] improves [[A Player of Chess]], but only if your base skill is already at least 1. If you have a [[Shrine to Saint Joshua]] or some other item which raises your Player of Chess skill, you ''still'' cannot improve it this way.
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Many of these skills have both unlocks and training options. The difference between these is that training options only increase your skill if it's already present at level 1 or higher, whereas unlock options will provide both the first CP, and (if repeatable) further training . For example, [[Indulge in a quiet game]] on the card for [[The Parthenaeum]] improves [[A Player of Chess]], but only if your base skill is already at least 1. If you have a [[Shrine to Saint Joshua]] or some other item which raises your Player of Chess skill, you still cannot improve it this way.
  
Advanced Skills all start capped at level 5, but this cap can be increased to 7 after advanced study. For more info on that, see [[Raising Attribute Caps (Guide)]].
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They're originally capped at level 5, but this cap can be increased to 7 after various actions. For more info on these, see [[Raising Attribute Caps (Guide)]].
 
This guide is loosely based on [https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/j4rj9a/guide_to_improving_advanced_skills/ this] guide on Reddit.
 
This guide is loosely based on [https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/j4rj9a/guide_to_improving_advanced_skills/ this] guide on Reddit.
  
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==[[A Player of Chess]] (APoC)==
 
==[[A Player of Chess]] (APoC)==
 
[[File:playerofchess sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:playerofchess sidebar.png|right]]
''A practitioner of the political dark arts; one who savours a scheme and always has a countermove at the ready. A meddler in plots, a student of the hidden motive, a piece always primed to advance its position on the board.''
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''Skill in political strategy''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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* Seeking animals in [[Moonlit Woods (Guide)|the Moonlit Woods]]
 
* Seeking animals in [[Moonlit Woods (Guide)|the Moonlit Woods]]
  
How to unlock:
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How to unlock/ train skill:
 
*Several options at {{IL|The Chessboard}}
 
*Several options at {{IL|The Chessboard}}
 
*[[Chequered Boards and Chess-Addicts]] at [[Port Cecil]] during the [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]] storyline
 
*[[Chequered Boards and Chess-Addicts]] at [[Port Cecil]] during the [[Evolution (Guide)|Evolution]] storyline
  
How to train:
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How to train skill:
 
*[[The Chessboard (Guide)|Playing chess on the Chessboard]]
 
*[[The Chessboard (Guide)|Playing chess on the Chessboard]]
 
*[[Fortunately, you have made arrangements|Slights]]
 
*[[Fortunately, you have made arrangements|Slights]]
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==[[Artisan of the Red Science]] (AotRS)==
 
==[[Artisan of the Red Science]] (AotRS)==
 
[[File:artisanredscience sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:artisanredscience sidebar.png|right]]
''A knowledge that breaks the Great Chain and makes new links on it.''
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''A knowledge that breaks the great chain, often leading to impossibilities''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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==[[Glasswork]]==
 
==[[Glasswork]]==
 
[[File:Glasswork sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:Glasswork sidebar.png|right]]
''The essential characteristic of a Silverer. Familiarity with the Fingerwork and knowledge of what lies behind the mirror.''
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''Knowledge about navigating Parabola''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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==[[Kataleptic Toxicology]] (KT)==
 
==[[Kataleptic Toxicology]] (KT)==
 
[[File:kataleptictoxicology sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:kataleptictoxicology sidebar.png|right]]
''A recent field of study dedicated to the toxins and alchemies of the Neath. It investigates substances like Prisoner's Honey, Attar, Cantigaster venom, Uttershroom spores, and Hesperidean Cider. It is favoured by those with fierce curiosity and very steady hands.''
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''Knowledge about poisons and how to cure them''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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==[[Mithridacy]]==
 
==[[Mithridacy]]==
 
[[File:Mithridacy sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:Mithridacy sidebar.png|right]]
''The art of confusion and deception, of misleading the listener without a single false word.''
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''The art of confusion and deception without telling lies''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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==[[Monstrous Anatomy]] (MA)==
 
==[[Monstrous Anatomy]] (MA)==
[[File:monstrousanatomy sidebar.png|right]]''The field of study that tells you that steel knives won't work on this enemy, or that stabbing it in the lower back is likely to pierce the venom-sac.''
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[[File:monstrousanatomy sidebar.png|right]]
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''Knowledge about monsters and their anatomy''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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==[[Shapeling Arts]] (SA)==
 
==[[Shapeling Arts]] (SA)==
 
[[File:Shapelingarts sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:Shapelingarts sidebar.png|right]]
''A power of transformation, as applicable to the living.''
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''Knowledge about transforming (living) things''
  
 
Useful when:
 
Useful when:
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[[File:stewardofdiscordance sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:stewardofdiscordance sidebar.png|right]]
  
''An inkling, only, of how to protect against things that should not be known.''
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''An inkling about how to protect from what shouldn't be known.''
  
This skill is used when dealing with the Discordance, but is not ''useful'' the way other Skills are, on purpose.
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This skill is useful when dealing with the Discordance.
  
 
The first discordant study is encountered with a {{IL|Discordant Law}} in the Nadir (See [[Rip out the words (without Discordant Studies)|Rip out the words]])
 
The first discordant study is encountered with a {{IL|Discordant Law}} in the Nadir (See [[Rip out the words (without Discordant Studies)|Rip out the words]])
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The only repeatable way so far to grind it past level 3 is to read the stones every week, then purge the law by Nadir, getting 1 CP, and then wait for irrigo to fade again.
 
The only repeatable way so far to grind it past level 3 is to read the stones every week, then purge the law by Nadir, getting 1 CP, and then wait for irrigo to fade again.
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==[[Zeefaring]]==
 
==[[Zeefaring]]==
 
[[File:Zeefaring sidebar.png|right]]
 
[[File:Zeefaring sidebar.png|right]]
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''How to chart a course with unreliable maps; how to steer a ship through dangerous waters; how to hold a crew together against adversity.''
 
''How to chart a course with unreliable maps; how to steer a ship through dangerous waters; how to hold a crew together against adversity.''
  
Useful when:
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This skill is useful when zailing.
 
 
* Zailing
 
* Invoking the necessity of hierarchy and arbitration.
 
  
 
How to unlock/train:
 
How to unlock/train:
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*Zeefaring Ztudies is gained by zailing. See [[Piracy (Guide)]] For ZZ 1.
 
*Zeefaring Ztudies is gained by zailing. See [[Piracy (Guide)]] For ZZ 1.
*Zeefaring Ztudies 2 can be gained in [[The House of Snow and Brine]], in [[Irem (Guide)]].
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*Zeefaring Ztudies 2 can be gained in [[The House of Snow and Brine]], in [[Irem (Guide)]].  
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[[Category:Guides]]
 
[[Category:Guides]]
 
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