Defender of Public Safety (Guide)

Early Railroad Content and Onwards

quality represents your commitment to eradicating monsters that may prove a threat to public safety. Its levels reach a maximum at 21. In order to raise this quality you must turn in Estimable Trophies to the . In short, it is referred to as DoPS.

Raising Defender of the Public Safety

Unlocking the Storylet

In order to start your journey, you need to raise your to 50 by reaching . Then you can find the storylet in the .

Raising DoPS

Now that the storylet is unlocked, you need to turn in Estimable Trophies amounting to 5 + DoPS at each level. You also need to have boosted of 100+10* DoPS. Once you reach level 20, level 21 is granted with an action. You will need 290 to reach the final level. The cost for each level is as follows:

Trophies needed for DoPS levels

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250	260	270	280	290
	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Total	5	11	18	26	35	45	56	68	81	95	110	126	143	161	180	200	221	243	266	290

Gaining Estimable Trophies

There are two types of sources of Estimable Trophies. Capped sources are capped at 3, but are the most action efficient ways of gaining them, whereas uncapped sources require many actions, but allow them to be gained once you've hit that 3 trophy threshold.

Capped Sources

Storylet	Option	Location	Requirements	Actions	Gain (Up to 3)
The Efficient Commissioner's Nightmare➤Waking the Efficient Commissioner	Send her home without or with a guardian.			2	3
Card: Upper River Artistry	Offer your defensive escort			1	2

Because you will frequently need to go to the Parabola in order to complete this, there should be no extra action costs in reaching it. Grab The Efficient Commissioner's Nightmare whenever you are eligible.

Uncapped Sources

Storylet	Option	Location	Requirements	Actions	Gain
The Return of the Honey-Mazed Bear	Restore the Honey-Mazed Bear to his rightful owners		200	9+	5
Kill the Pinewood Shark	Embattled with the Pinewood Shark		203	4+	6
Card: Bring it back to the station at the Hurlers	Stop That Stove!			33	5
Card: An Evening at Sophia's	Propose a hunting expedition			1	1-3

Strategy

Whenever you have 0 trophies and you can efficiently get the items required then you will want to visit the Efficient Commissioner's nightmare in order to have trophies set to 3. And, while it doesn't make sense to grind to use Sophia's card, whenever you have spare ones, it makes sense to cash them in.

Pinewood Shark

However, your main source of Estimable Trophies is going to be hunting Pinewood Sharks as the other uncapped options are far less action efficient, and as such you will need a Base Dangerous of 203. This guide will assume a modified of 300, and a of 12. If you are a , it assumes a of 14. Optimum strategy is as follows:

s

< 5

• Track the Animals of Parabola
  1. Pick up the trail of the Pinewood Shark
• Lost in Strange Lands
  2. Apply your own knowledge
  3. Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP on failure)
• Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
  4. Wound the Parabolan Quarry
  5. Wound the Parabolan Quarry
  6. Await the Parabolan Quarry at its Lair
• Lost in Strange Lands
  7. Continue towards (Quarry Home)
• Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)
  8. Strike down the (Parabolan Quarry) here in (Quarry Home)
• Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
  9. Kill the Pinewood Shark

≥ 5

• Track the Animals of Parabola
  1. Pick up the trail of the Pinewood Shark
• Lost in Strange Lands
  2. Apply your own knowledge
  3. Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP on failure)
• Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
  4. Wound the Parabolan Quarry
  5. Wound the Parabolan Quarry
  6. Trick the Parabolan Quarry into chasing you
• Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
  7. Kill the Pinewood Shark

Everyone Else

< 5

• Track the Animals of Parabola
  1. Pick up the trail of the Pinewood Shark
• Lost in Strange Lands
  2. Apply your own knowledge
  3. Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP on failure)
• Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
  4. Await the Parabolan Quarry at its Lair
• Lost in Strange Lands
  5. Continue towards (Quarry Home) (50%, may take multiple attempts. +1CP on failure)
• Face the (Parabolan Quarry) in (Quarry Home)
  8. Strike down the (Parabolan Quarry) here in (Quarry Home)
• Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
  9. Ambush the Parabolan Quarry at close range
  10. Ambush the Parabolan Quarry at close range
  11. Ambush the Parabolan Quarry at close range
  12. Ambush the Parabolan Quarry at close range
  13. Kill the Pinewood Shark

≥ 5

• Track the Animals of Parabola
  1. Pick up the trail of the Pinewood Shark
• Lost in Strange Lands
  2. Apply your own knowledge
  3. Push onward (50%, may take multiple attempts, +2CP on failure)
• Pursuing the Parabolan Quarry
  4. Trick the Parabolan Quarry into chasing you
• Embattled with the (Parabolan Quarry)
  5. Kill the Pinewood Shark (37%. If you fail, you'll return to step 4 on failure and gain +5CP )

Expected Actions/Menaces per cycle

?	Yes		No
≥ 5 ?	Yes	No	Yes	No
Expected Actions	8	10	11.27	12.34
Expected	2 CP	2 CP	2 CP	2.09 CP
Expected	0 CP	0 CP	8.43 CP	0 CP

As can be seen, s greatly decreases the expected time that the cycle takes, especially when are high enough. Also, if you are not a , it may be wise to always track the quarry to the lair to save wounds. If you can get your to 12 with a base of 3, and a of 14 with a base of 5, then can be ignored, as the skill gains will outpace losses due to Conflagration.

This is covered in the Parabolan Hunting (Guide) in more depth.

What is it useful for?

Only two uses exist for this quality. The first is putting up a statue of yourself at , the details of which are discussed in the guide Statues at the GHR Stations. The second use is for releasing your stove, which is an extremely expensive way to get a and to obtain a vanity quality.