Certifiable Scraps (Guide)

Early MYN Content and Onwards

So you have decided you need some s.

How to obtain Scraps

This section is roughly sorted from most profitable to least profitable.

Urchin Favours

can be traded for 25 Scraps at , an Action from Call in favours in the Flit, a Storylet in The Flit. For sources of the Favours, see Category:Favours: Urchins Gain. Generally speaking, though, they are obtained either through luck in drawing cards at 1 Favour/action or through grinding at about 1 Favour for 5 actions (end-game).

Lodgings cards

Almost all Lodgings cards have an option that gains Certifiable Scraps.

Card	Action	Scraps
		4
		3
		3
		2
		2
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1
		1

Miscellanea

• , an Autofire Card in Fallen London, must be unlocked in the Hurlers (see Guide), gives 10 scraps
• Chance of 5 scraps from , an Action from Scrounged Goods, a Card in Far Beyond the Cordon (50% challenge)
• , an Action from Canal Workers on the Upper River, a Card in Upper River, requires the Renown 25 item of Faction: The Docks and trades for 10 scraps.
• , an Action from A Parliament of Bats, a Card in Fallen London, can earn 3 scraps.
• FATE: A particular choice in A Trade in Faces unlocks an option in The Curt Relicker and Montgomery are Moving Quietly Past which gives s and .
• FATE: A particular decision in the final choice on The Blemmigan Affair (Story) adds an option for Court and Cell: the Constables giving 1-2 x s and up to (/3) x .

Early-game stories

These stories are a one-time source of different amounts of scraps each.

• Your first time picking earns 4 scraps.
• : 8-16 scraps, depending on your decisions.
• : 8 scraps.
• : 8-14 scraps, depending on your decisions.

Suboptimal grinds

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(And want to save you the time calculating those grinds on your own.)

Selling Drownie toys

You may be tempted to play to get toys and sell them for scraps. However, this is not particularly worth it:

• you can only get one toy per trip
• the three basic toys require at least 5 actions each to get and sell for 5 scraps (≤ 1 scrap per action).
• the advanced toy requires the 3 basic toys plus another trip (20 actions total) and sells for 10 scraps, i.e. 0.5 scraps per action.

Statues

• , an Action from Under the Statue at the Magistracy, a Card in The Magistracy of the Evenlode, allows trading 2 for 1 scrap and a chance at a further scrap from the bundle.
• , an Action from Under the Statue at the Magistracy, a Card in The Magistracy of the Evenlode, gives 3 scraps if you fail the challenge. To get on average 1 scrap per action, you need a success chance of at most 66% ( ≤220).

Gambling analysis

Each Relicker card has three options. Each is a 50% challenge.

• Recertify some scraps - either gain 5 scraps or lose 4
• Recertify an armful of scraps - either gain 10 scraps or lose 8
• Recertify a double-armful of scraps - either gain 20 scraps or lose 18

Generally speaking, the latter two seem to gain about 1 scrap per action on average, while still remaining a gamble. The first one gains 0.5 scraps per action on average.

Uses

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A minor use for scraps is trading 2 Scraps for , if you cannot or don't want to ask a friend for help.

Relickers

Most importantly, scraps can be traded with Relickers for items. The table of rewards is below.

	Stats	Capering	Coquettish	Curt	Shivering	Sell value
5   Scraps	25,					~1.2
15   Scraps	50,					~5-5.25
30   Scraps	75,					~13-14
100   Scraps	100,					~32
120   Scraps	125					37.50
160   Scraps	150					60 - 62.50
680   Scraps	175					312.50
3200   Scraps	200					1560

What not to use scraps for

Unless you are very early in the game, by the time you manage to assemble the appropriate number of scraps, you will probably have cheaper means to obtain most items in the above table. Specifically, items up to tier 6 (the "160 Scraps" row on the table) have better sources. However, some of the tier 7 and tier 8 items in the game are almost exclusively only available for scraps, namely (unless you want to study the Discordance) and (which can alternatively be obtained in Moulin), both of which are needed for the Treasures branch of .