Ambition: Nemesis (Broad Guide)

This is meant to be a spoiler-minimal guide to . It will not feature a step by step walk-through, so if you are stuck don't look here. Instead, the point is to give you a hint what to grind in preparation for the next step. Anything which can be gained within 20 actions (without cards) is generally not listed here.

Hints on what materials to bring along will only be given for hard to access storylets like sea voyages.

Beginning (Ambition: Nemesis 1-30)[edit]

In order:

3500 x

Oversea Location (Ambition: Nemesis 31-36)[edit]

To unlock, you will need:

A Ship, guide can be found here: Ship Guide
10. Guide here: Raising Favours
3x : this will take some time, so start and grind as soon as you can. Using the guide: Spending Secrets and Counting the Days (Guide) will help you progress through this optimally.

Once you have 3x , you do not need to spend another CtD carousel to gain the access item, instead, use FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip

Before you start your voyage, you will also want to have:

2x

London (Ambition: Nemesis 37-90)[edit]

as high as you can easily grind it (see: A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)).

If you want to go past level 7, you may want to avoid being before hitting your desired level, so you can write Somewhat challenging music to increase it profitably.

(110 - 5 × Scholar) x
(110 - 5 × Scholar) x
(2 - Scholar / 15) x
(4 - Scholar / 10) x

Level 8 or higher is recommended, since that saves you a

Guessing/Deduction:[edit]

4-12 x (4 per guess, 3 possible answers)

Alternatively:

1 x
4 x
2 x

Guessing/Deduction (Independent from above):[edit]

2-12 x (2 answers required, 14 possible answers, 2 of which don't consume)
1 x

Alternatively:

10 x (Not consumed)
500 x
2 x
2 x

After that, you will need:[edit]

+ at least ten or 200 x
20 x
20 x
2 x
2 x

Remembering Something (Nemesis 100-150)[edit]

77 x
1 x
6500 x
1 x
Access to either Port Carnelian or . The former is grindable, the latter might take many months of drawing cards and will only be accessible one time before grinding is needed again.
100 x

Something about some book (Ambition: Nemesis 160-190)[edit]

1 x
5 x
5 x
7 x or 7 x
3 or 3 x

The following subsections can be done in any order

Something about some sin[edit]

5 x , 5 x , 5 x , or Profession:
250 x , 50 x , or
3 x

Something about a little something, and something whole[edit]

some 10000 , plus up to 2700 more if you have bad luck

Instead of soley relying on the Bazaar, you can also buy the needed item from the The Rat Market, which may increase your effective EPA. Certain professions may be of use here. For example, when The Rat Market is buying Uncanny Incanabula, s can sell their weekly pay for s.

The above will probably take some 2500 actions at 3.8 EPA, which is almost 11 days if you do not waste any actions, and probably at least a month if you need to sleep or work.

You will need to farm up and pass a check for a certain quality. This quality is discrete, so one level is one level, no CP nonsense.

Challenge Difficulty	Success	Failure
100	5 x Quality	3 x Quality -1 x
75	10 x Quality	5 x Quality -1 x
250	You're done	15 x Quality -1 x
200	You're done	5 x Quality -1 x

Alternatively can finish without a check if you have , , , and 50 x Quality

Final steps (Ambition: Nemesis 200-4500)[edit]

A certain profession or 25,

Before going, consider packing:

optionally, 1 x and 3 x
optionally, 11 x and 100 x
optionally, 2 x
optionally, 1 x

All of these are optional and probably not worth from a mechanical point of view. Bring a few second chances and be prepared to lose a level of some of your attributes (like in the Nadir), and you will be fine.

Afterwards, there is a choice which will get you your secondary ambition item. The former choice (something something unchain) eventually gives you an Affiliation item with