Breeding Monsters (Guide)

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Breeding Monsters Summary
Limited-Length Activity
Setup Progress End
0 A 7+/14+/21++ A 1 A
Progress

Details

Raise any number of , and to 7. Higher reward for completing more of them.
Items Inputs/Outputs
Start-up
Boosting
Outputs
Raw EPA 1.36 Raw SPA -

Theological husbandry in the Labyrinth of Tigers. Unlocked with Making Progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers 16.

Before you Begin[edit]

  1. Find Mr. Inch in the Labyrinth of Tigers to finish and set to 3.
  2. Go back to the first coil and do Odd jobs in the Labyrinth to get to 7 so you can unlock Meeting a junior keeper. (See The Hunt is On! (Guide) for more details.)
  3. Do the same thing several more times. Eventually you will get Making Progress up to 16.

Catching the livestock[edit]

  •   may be found  2. You need 100  and  5 to catch it. (By the way, there is also a useful action on the Hyaena's storylet that reduces Nightmares.)
Cost (If we add the cost of moving to and from the 4th coil):
5 actions, 100 and 10 s.
Cost (Not taking into account getting out of exile):
1 action, 1 (1 E if bought from the Bazaar)
Cost:
Setting zail from London and returning with a seal takes 14.4-18 actions. saves one action over and , and takes 2 actions more than Yacht and Zub. Being a saves approximately 0.6 actions on average, thanks to Make a daring approach. 14.4 actions is for a Monster Hunter with a Clipper, 18 is the expected for non-Monster Hunters with a Rusty Tramp Steamer. If you happened to be in Stormbones anyway, it takes 5.4-6 actions.
  • is FATE-locked and may be found in Flute Street. According to the Fate policy, only mechanical rewards regarding the Hound may be recorded on the wiki.

Ways to breed, and the results[edit]

You can work at raising one, two, or all three of the following 3 Progress qualities (, and ) to 6 in order to breed your beast. The different combinations will give different results for a total of 7 possible results from any one animal! For increasing one may also use options in Wolfstack Docks. Getting a progress quality to 6 takes 7 actions with 100% on the hardest options.

Breeding through Discipline[edit]

Requires
  • Hyaena on a success; 700 on a failure.
  • Tomb-Lion: on a success; 1300 on a failure.
  • Plated Seal: on a success; 11 on a failure.
  • Rubbery Hound: on a success; 2900 on a failure.

Just Keep the Devils Away[edit]

Requires
  • Hyaena: on a success; 6 on a failure
  • Tomb-Lion: on a success; 6 on a failure.
  • Plated Seal: on a success; 2 on a failure.
  • Rubbery Hound: on a success; 2900 on a failure.

Just the Toadstools[edit]

Requires
  • Hyaena: plus on a success; 28 x Absinthe on a failure.
  • Tomb-Lion: on a success; 130 on a failure.
  • Plated Seal: on a success; 56 on a failure.
  • Rubbery Hound: on a success; 2900 on a failure.

A Firm Hand[edit]

Requires and
  • Hyaena:  on a success, 210 on a failure.
  • Tomb-Lion: on a success; 200 on a failure.
  • Plated Seal: on a success; 2 on a failure.
  • Rubbery Hound: on a success; 3700 on a failure.

Toadstools and a Stick[edit]

Requires and
, , , clears

Fungus and Pious Wrath[edit]

Requires and
  • Hyaena: on a success; 210 on a failure.
  • Tomb-Lion: on a success; 100 on a failure.
  • Plated Seal: on a success; 60 on a failure.
  • Rubbery Hound: on a success; 74 on a failure.

Pulling out the Stops[edit]

Requires all 3 qualities
  • Hyaena: on a success; 55 on a failure.
  • Tomb-Lion: on a success; 12 on a failure.
  • Plated Seal: on success and failure alike.
  • Rubbery Hound: on a success; 4 on a failure.
Hounds of Heaven can be handed over for:

or

The Formula for Empyrean Redolence[edit]

This guide is incomplete. You can help by expanding it.
What needs work: Details on advancing the storyline once you get the formula.

Should you have this FATE-locked item, some additional options will be open to you under Pulling out the Stops. You will be able to breed four new beasts with their own opportunity cards. You will also need access to Flute Street for the Rubbery Hound. Once all beasts are bred, you may breed a by using in your lodgings.

  • breeds into
  • breeds into
  • breeds into (NB: transport, not companion)
  • breeds into
  • , , , , and breed into

Empyrean Redolence cards[edit]

Each of the , , , and have an associated opportunity card. As these companions/transport are FATE-locked, no narrative text may be recorded on the wiki but mechanical effects may be recorded.

Card Requirements Option Image Option Requirements Challenge Rewards
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  • (up to level 10)
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  • Success:
  • Failure:
Violant.png 175 n/a
Eye.png n/a
  • Success:
  • Failure:
Tentacles.png n/a
  • Success:
  • Failure:
Joshuashrine.png 175 n/a
Caperers.png n/a
  • Success:
  • Failure:
Mercyhand.png 18 n/a
  • No

    No
Bishop.png n/a
  • Success:
  • Failure:
  • Bethlehem.png
n/a n/a
  • Honey.png
n/a n/a
  • Spectacles2.png
175 n/a
  • (Rare Frequency)
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  • per level of
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  • Success:
  • (up to level 10)
  • Rare success bonus:
  • Failure:
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  • Success:
  • Rare success:
  • Failure:

Bound in Diocesan Intrigue[edit]

Once you have bred the , you will unlock an opportunity card in London that will grant one point of . This in turn will unlock a series of opportunity cards in London that each grant +1 CP of the trait upon successfully completing them. Some of these have unique options with 8 or 3. Upon reaching 5, you will unlock a final opportunity card that gives you four options to conclude the story. None have direct material rewards, but each may increase various traits, and two grant a unique trait needed to unlock the Destiny of . See the list of rewards in .

Overview[edit]

(See also [1][2])
FATE
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Breeding through Discipline

(21 / 14 Echoes) (Expected: 18.9 E )


(20 / 13 Echoes) (Expected: 17.9 E )


(37.5 / 27.5 Echoes) (Expected: 34.5 E )


(44 / 29 Echoes) (Expected: 39.5 E )

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Just Keep the Devils Away

(20 / 15 Echoes) (Expected: 18.5 E )


(20 / 15 Echoes) (Expected: 18.5 E )


(37.5 / 25 Echoes) (Expected: 33.75 E )


(44 / 29 Echoes) (Expected: 39.5 E )

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Just the Toadstools


(21 / 14 Echoes) (Expected: 18.9 E )


(20 / 13 Echoes) (Expected: 17.9 E )


(35 / 28 Echoes) (Expected: 32.9 E )


(44 / 29 Echoes) (Expected: 39.5 E )

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A Firm Hand

(31 / 21 Echoes) (Expected: 28 E )


(30 / 20 Echoes) (Expected: 27 E )


(50 / 25 Echoes) (Expected: 42.5 E )


(55 / 37 Echoes) (Expected: 49.6 E )

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Toadstools and a Stick

(31 / 21 Echoes) (Expected: 28.0 E )


(30 / 20 Echoes) (Expected: 27.0 E )


(50 / 30 Echoes) (Expected: 44.0 E )


(55 / 37 Echoes) (Expected: 49.6 E )

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Fungus and Pious Wrath

(31 / 21 Echoes) (Expected: 28.0 E )


(30 / 20 Echoes) (Expected: 27.0 E )


(50 / 30 Echoes) (Expected: 44.0 E )


(55 / 37 Echoes) (Expected: 49.6 E )

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Pulling out the Stops

(40 / 27.5 Echoes) (Expected: 36.25 E )


(45 / 30 Echoes) (Expected: 40.5 E )


(52.5 E plus 3 Favours)


(62.5 / 50 Echoes) (Expected: 58.75 E )

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Pulling out the Stops

(35 E )


(35 E )


(35 E )


(35 E )