Favours: Criminals

You've done somebody a good turn. Now, they're in your debt.

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It is impossible to raise this quality beyond the cap of 7 under any circumstance. Excess from actions raising the quality is wasted after hitting the cap!

Notable sources

Source	Action	Location/Card	Cost/Requirements	Number of Favours	Notes
Professions	The Enforcer's reward	London	4 actions Must be a	1	Once per week, after Time, the Healer
Storylets	A better breed of shiv			1
	Meet some criminals		Less than 5 x Renown	1
	Share what you've learned with a Second-Storey Man		14 Actions	1	See A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide)
Cards	Drop by for a chat	A Visit ➤ the Forger	Acquainted	1
	Any choice where he's alone.	A drink with the Cheery Man	Favouring the Cheery Man	1	Early Game Only
	Wade in with fists flying	A riot in Spite!		0-1	only, Early Game Only
	Join the pirates	An evening's zailing	3 Actions	1	Early Game Only
	Buy them both a drink	An opportunity for profit		1	Early Game Only
	Arrange for him to take tea with a maid	Etiquette for the Ruthless		1	in inventory
	Dirigible theft	A merry sort of crime	20	1
	The Life of Crime	Remind them who's boss	+2 CP	1	in inventory
	Recommend her 'sister' to a wealthy home	Overly alluring?		1	in inventory
	Find a third	Burglary with the Master Jewel Thief		1	in inventory
	Scheme: Graduation	The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse	6	1	, gains lots of
	The next victim?	The Tower of Knives: Difficulties at a Smoky Flophouse	1 Jack's Still About	0-1
	Carouse with the Crew of the St Elmo	Drink with the Crew of the St Elmo		1
	Share a drink with Tristram	An Encounter with Tristram Bagley		1
	Provide an alibi	The Alleys of London: the Criminals	+1 CP	1
	Volunteer	Bilge duty	CP loss on most stats.	1	Drawn in
	Make note of their comings and goings	Respectable Passengers	10	1	Drawn in Also increases Banditry
	Find an unusual home for your Mark of Credit Page	Secrets and Spending		1
	Use him to distract some Constables	What will you do with your Disappointing Marsh-wolf?		1

Notable uses

Source	Action	Location	Cost	Reward	Value/Notes
Storylets	Seek a thieves' cache	Base-Camp	1 x Favours		2
	The warehouses of the Peaceable & Godly Trading Company	The Copper Quarter	1 x Favours		Can be traded for items by chance, including
	Trade favours with criminals	The Flit	3 x Favours		12
	Acquire human remains from the criminals	The Flit	5 x Favours		see Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)
	A Grinning Villain	Jericho Locks	4 x Favours		see Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)
	The Balustraded House in Elderwick	On a Heist	5 x Favours	or	32.5
	Offer an unrepentant ex-convict who won't be missed	The Labyrinth of Tigers	7 x Favours		Can be exchanged for a 62.5 item
Cards
	Swap gossip with cat burglars	The Alleys of London: the Criminals	1 x Favours	per favour	If
	Share a few drinks with a recently escaped recidivist		3 x Favours		If
	Consult with a master thief		5 x Favours		If
	Easy money	Demander for a day	1 x Favours		requires
	Deal with the mason	Demander for a day			requires
	Humbug!	A merry sort of crime			4.4
	Make use of this new development	The Henchman and the Accomplice			3.5 requires
	Inquire about a 'special harvest'	A Disillusioned Fungiculturalist			10 or
	Perhaps she is in danger	Overly alluring?	1 x Favours		3.3
	Give evidence	Crime or punishment?	2 x Favours		8.5
	Receive an offering from the Clay Highwayman	Under the Statue at the Magistracy	2 x Favours		17.54 plus Bundle requires 10 Magistracy Development
	Fencing certain coins	Secrets and Spending	3 x Favours		5
	Sit by your statue	Under the Statue at Marigold Station	4 x Favours		30 requires 20 Marigold Development
	Alert the Gracious Widow to these complaints	A Word From Your Creditors	6 x Favours		Requires
	All storylets on the card	An Implausible Penance	1-7 x Favours	Wide range, see card entry for details
	A grass	The talkative gaoler	all Favours	removes all	Only playable if Favours > Instant release from New Newgate Prison