Editing Department of Menace Eradication (Guide)

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{{ActivitySummary
|Activity=Hunting Menaces
|Starting Actions=1
|Length=Limited
|Progress Actions=2+/4+/6
|Ending Actions=2
|Progress Details=Lower {{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=Hiding}} to 0 and catch the contract. Base {{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=Hiding}} and difficulty is set by the chosen contract.
|Output Items=*{{IL|Piece of Rostygold}}
*{{IL|Rat on a String}}
*{{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab}}
*{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872}}
*{{IL|Emergency Blunderbuss}}
*{{IL|Watchful Doll}}
*{{IL|Appalling Secret}}
*{{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}
*{{IL|Inkling of Identity}}
*{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}}
*{{IL|Secluded Address}}
*{{IL|Curator's Gratitude}}
*{{IL|Captured Ushabti}}
*{{IL|Tale of Terror!!}}
|Boost Items=*{{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts}}
*{{IL|Moonlight Scales}}
|Raw EPA = 1.00
|Raw SPA = 2.00
|Locked=Yes
|Starting Items=*3 {{FontFate}} for Doll.
}}
{{GuideNeedsWork|Reason = Missing some failure/challenge info, especially on fate locked content}}

One of the starting storylets that a player has access to is [[The Department of Menace Eradication]], where they can take part in helping rid London of some of the lowely pests that are not even worth the time of the great monster hunters. But hey, everyone has to start somewhere, and they'll start being a rat catcher. Several of these contracts are required to increase your {{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood}}. This guide only covers the contracts availible in this storylet.

== Quarries ==

A cheat sheet for availible Quarries:

{| class="article-table"
|-
!width="30%" |Target
!width="20%" |Requirements
!{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=}}
!{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=}}
!Additional
!Rewards
|-
| [[Contract: a Worryingly Large Rat|A Worryingly Large Rat]]
| N/A
| 10
| 15
| {{IL|Quarry's Greed|Appearance=}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|200 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+10 CP}}|'''OR'''|{{IL|Rat on a String|50 x}}|{{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab|35 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+12 CP}}}}
|-
| [[Contract: destroy an infestation of sorrow-spiders|Sorrow-Spiders]]
|{{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=}} 1
|colspan=4 | [[Running Battle (Guide)|Uses a different mechanic and is covered in this Guide]]
|-
| [[Contract: a Miniature Menace (3 FATE)|A Miniature Menace]] {{FontFate}}
|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 15
| 20
| 20
| {{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=}} 3
|{{TableList|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|300 x}}|{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872|1 x}}|{{IL|Emergency Blunderbuss|1 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+10 CP}}|'''OR'''|{{IL|Watchful Doll|1 x}}|{{IL|Appalling Secret|10 x}}|'''OR'''|{{IL|Watchful Doll|1 x}}|{{IL|Appalling Secret|10 x}}|'''OR'''|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|1 x}}|{{IL|Inkling of Identity|10 x}}|{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|10 x}}|{{IL|Secluded Address|5 x}}|{{IL|Playing with Broken Toys|1 x}} (3 Max)|{{IL|Seeing through the Eyes of Icarus|+? CP}}|'''OR'''}}
|-
| [[Contract: A Malicious Ushabti|A Malicious Ushabti]]
| {{IL|A Name Scrawled in Blood|Appearance=}} 3
| 30
| 30
| {{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=}} 4
|{{TableList|{{IL|Curator's Gratitude|800 x}}|'''OR'''|{{IL|Captured Ushabti|1 x}}|{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|15 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+12 CP}}}}
|-
|}


==Hunting across London==
The goal for each contract is to reduce {{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding}} to 0 so that the player can confront the menace, usually by capturing or killing it, but for the rat, it may also involve searching its lair. If they fail this action, they will gain some more {{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding}} but reduce their {{IL|Quarry's Savagery}}.

===Hunting Actions===
{|class="article-table"
!Option
!width="20%|Requirment
!width="15%"|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}}
!width="15%" data-sort-type="number"|Success
!width="15%" data-sort-type="number"|Failure
|-
|[[Search for traces]]
|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=}} < 4
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|1x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-2-5 x}}|'''Rare:'''|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-2-5 x}}|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=|+1 x}}}}
| {{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-1 x}}
|-
|[[Expose yourself as bait]]
|
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|1.5x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-2-10 x}}}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-2 x}}}}
|-
|[[Employ the strategies of Mr Inch]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 30|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=}} < 4}}
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|2x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-5-7 x}}}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|+1 x}}|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=|-0-1 x}}}}
|-
|[[Stalk silently]]
|
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|1x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=|-1 x}}}}
|
|-
|[[Lay a shining trail]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=}} 70|{{IL|Moonlight Scales|Appearance=|30 x}}}}
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|?x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-10-16 x}}|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=-0-1 x}}|{{IL|Moonlight Scales|Appearance=|-30 x}}}}
| 
|-
|[[Approach it very casually]]
|{{TableList|No {{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=}}}}
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|?x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|-10}}|{{IL|Your Quarry: Wariness|Appearance=+1 x}}}}
| {{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|Appearance=|+1}}
|-
|[[Lay poisoned bait]]
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=}} 5|{{IL|Quarry's Greed|Appearance=}}|{{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|Appearance=1 x}}}}
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|2x}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|-3}}|{{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|Appearance=|-1 x}}|{{IL|Quarry's Greed|Appearance=}} Reset}}
| {{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts|Appearance=|-1 x}}
|-
|}


==Trading in the Bounty==
Once you have caught up with the quarry, you will have a couple options on how you wish to deal with it. These are detailed below.

===A Worryingly Large Rat===

{|class="article-table"
!Option
!width="15%"|{{IL|Dangerous}}
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Success
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Failure
|-
|[[Shoot it the moment you see it]]
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|1x}}
|{{TableList
|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|200 x}}
|{{IL|Dangerous|+10 CP}} }}
|{{TableList
|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|-1 x}}
|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|+2 x}} }}
|-
|[[Explore its lair thoroughly before it returns]]
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|?x}}
|{{TableList
|{{IL|Rat on a String|50 x}}
|{{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab|35 x}}
|{{IL|Dangerous|+12 CP}} }}
| {{ TableList
|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|-1 x}}
|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|+4 x}} }}
|-
|}


===A Miniature Menace===

This section covers content that is {{FontFate}}-locked, so per this Wiki's [[Fallen_London_Wiki:Content_Policy|Content Policy]], the covered content will not otherwise be included on the Wiki, and the guide may contain mechanical descriptions but not narrative content. 

{|class="article-table"
!Option
!width="15%"|{{IL|Dangerous}}
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Success
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Failure
|-
|[[File:rats.png]]
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|?}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|300 x}}|{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872|1 x}}|{{IL|Emergency Blunderbuss|1 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+10 CP}}}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|-? x}}|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|+? x}}
|-
|[[File:gossip.png]]
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|?}}
| Further Choices, see below.
| {{TableList|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|-? x}}|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|+? x}}
|-
|}

If the second choice is taken there is one more choice to make:
{|class="article-table"
!Option
!width="15%"|Challenge
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Success
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Failure
|-
|[[File:Honey.png]]
| {{IL|Persuasive|Appearance=|?}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Watchful Doll|1 x}}|{{IL|Appalling Secret|10 x}}}}
| ?
|-
|[[File:fist.png]]
| {{IL|Dangerous|Appearance=|?}}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|1 x}}|{{IL|Inkling of Identity|10 x}}|{{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip|10 x}}|{{IL|Secluded Address|5 x}}}}
| ?
|-
|[[File:Knifeting.png]]
|N/A
| {{TableList|{{IL|Piece of Rostygold|300 x}}|{{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872|1 x}}|{{IL|Emergency Blunderbuss|1 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+10 CP}}}}
| N/A
|-
|[[File:mercyhand.png]]
| N/A
| {{TableList|{{IL|Magnanimous|+? CP}} (Max 10)}}
| N/A
|-
|}


===A Malicious Ushabti===

{|class="article-table"
!Option
!width="15%"|{{IL|Dangerous}}
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Success
!width="25%" data-sort-type="number"|Failure
|-
|[[Shoot it the moment you see it]]
| {{IL|Quarry's Savagery|Appearance=|2x + 5}}
|{{TableList|{{IL|Curator's Gratitude|800 x}} }}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|-4 x}}|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|+5 x}}}}
|-
|[[Capture it alive!]]
| 120
|{{TableList|{{IL|Captured Ushabti|1 x}}|{{IL|Tale of Terror!!|15 x}}|{{IL|Dangerous|+12 CP}} }}
| {{TableList|{{IL|Quarry's Savagery|-4 x}}|{{IL|Quarry: Confounded Thing is Hiding|+5 x}} }}
|-
|}

==Strategy==
===Early Game===
If possible, one should start with [[Approach it very casually]], and then if the chance to succeed on [[Expose yourself as bait]] is at least 50%, then repeatedly take this option. This is the quickest way to defeat the quarry. This result in capturing the rat in a minimum of 5 actions.

===Grinding Gratitude===
Later on, a player may wish to return to the department in order to grind {{IL|Curator's Gratitude}}. Without having any {{IL|Moonlight Scales}} this will take an average of 8 actions, for 100 {{IL|Curator's Gratitude}}/action. If a player is willing to spend {{IL|Moonlight Scales}}, the optimum strategy is to [[Lay a shining trail]] twice and then [[Expose yourself as bait]] for an average of 6 actions for 133 {{IL|Curator's Gratitude}}/action. This is likely not an optimal grind once you have access to {{IL|Moonlight Scales}}, however, because by then, the player should have an easy access to a source of {{IL|Femur of a Jurassic Beast}} for the better curator grind. See [[The Prelapsarian Museum (Guide)]].

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