Feast of the Rose (Guide)
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This content is only available during Feast of the Exceptional Rose!
For the history of this holiday see Feast of the Exceptional Rose (historical) |
Introduction[edit]
This is a guide that collates all the notes on playing Feast of the Exceptional Rose.
Key Dates for 1899 (2024):
- 1st February – Festival Opens
- 8th February –
can be exchanged for companions and 
- 15th February – Gift-giving and feast activities close
- 22nd February – Exchanging gifts for , the Clathermont story and meeting companions close.
- Source: https://www.failbettergames.com/news/the-feast-of-the-exceptional-rose-2024-is-here
| Activity | 1st week | 2nd week | 3rd week | Info |
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| The Feast of the Rose! | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | Card for gaining and other qualities
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| An Arranger of Nuptial Phantasies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Storylet for purchasing romantic dreams |
| Celebrate the Feast of the Exceptional Rose! | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | Storylet to send Rose gifts to other players |
| An Encounter at the Feast | ✘ | Card | Storylet | Spend on rare items
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| The Lady in Lilac | ✘ | Card | Storylet | Raise above 20 using Rose gifts, and other qualities
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| Millicent's Parlour | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | Storylet to get a tattoo; requires  30
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0-3 | 0-9 | 0-1, 3-9 | Narrative content uncovering the mysteries of the festival's namesake flower |
External Resource links:
Gaining Masquing[edit]
Masquing is primarily gotten through The Feast of the Rose! card, but the exact options available depend on The Airs of London. (See the Airs page for ways to change unfavourable Airs if necessary.) The following table shows the number of Masquing gained with any conditions. None of the options will increase Masquing if it's at least 20 already, though options granting 2 or more Masquing can increase it from levels below 20 to levels above 20.
Abbreviations used:
- Menaces:
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0-25[edit]
Most reliable way to obtain : A lovers' tryst --> Arrange to meet by the silver fountain (with sufficient 
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| Option | Sub-option | Requirements | Challenge | Success | Rare Success | Failure |
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| A masked revel! (Unlocked with )
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Dance with your Spouse | 
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| Dance with a mysterious stranger | 20
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| An assignation in the garden with a stranger |  70%
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(< 5) (random)
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| Cast aside your mask! | 90+
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50%
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| Remove a mysterious stranger's mask |  20
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| Spy on conversations |  20
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| Partake of Mr Wines' hospitality (2 FATE) | 2 FATE,  1,  , 
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50-60%
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| An assignation in the garden with a friend (3 FATE) | 3 FATE | [2]
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| A dance with devils! | Bluff your way in | 40
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| Attend as an invited guest | 30
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| Actually, you'll be meeting someone there | 3
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60%
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| A lovers' tryst | Choose an out-of-the-way spot | 75
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(if > 0)
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| Arrange to meet by the silver fountain | 100
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| Seasonal mischief | Disrupt an inconvenient romance | 50
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| Rid yourself of that irritating suitor | 50%
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| Take advantage of others' distraction | 40
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| Make a profit | 50%
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26-50[edit]
Most reliable way to obtain : Buy a kiss from Sinning Jenny --> Negotiate a little first (with sufficient )
| Option | Challenge | Success | Rare | Failure |
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| Help Mrs Gebrandt answer her correspondence: Be sympathetic |
50
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| Help Mrs Gebrandt answer her correspondence: Be cruel to be kind |
75
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| Help Mrs Gebrandt answer her correspondence: Take cold-blooded advantage |
80
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| Enjoy a theatrical entertainment: Suggest a children's puppet show |
40%
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| Enjoy a theatrical entertainment: Suggest a magic lantern show |
60%
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| A long-lost love: Help to console the gentleman |
30
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| A long-lost love: Offer to help find the lady |
30
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| Buy a kiss from Sinning Jenny: Pay the asking price
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60%
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(bonus)
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| Buy a kiss from Sinning Jenny: Negotiate a little first
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60
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51-75[edit]
The Duchess' Banquet allows you to gain Acquaintance: the Captivating Princess in exchange for 15 Masquing. This is currently the only option to make her acquaintance, which has a few uses. Additionally, this provides a Dreadful Surmise which may take time to acquire by other means. A mysterious envelope usually gives at least 1 Masquing (except on a rare success) and gives 2 Masquing 50% of the time.
Options on The Perfumed Pleasure Garden, unlike other selections, are repeatable, though they cost 1-2 Carnival Tickets each. The Exceptional Rose option grants 
x 10 on success, so it can be used to sustain a prolonged visit. In this way, an early character might use Enjoy the decadence to reliably increase Hedonist to a cap of 10, or use The Wheel of Affection to grind Romantic Notions to afford a Key to a Handsome Townhouse.
76-100[edit]
Most reliable way to obtain : A face from the past --> Don't remind yourself (with 
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| Option | Challenge | Success | Rare | Failure |
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| Scandal and intrigue!: Send a romantic note 1
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Ask a friend | Both receive: (< 20)
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| Scandal and intrigue!: Take the opportunity |
50
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| Secure a table at Dante's Grill: Try your luck |
50%
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(< 10), (if > 0),
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(< 10), (if > 0),
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| Secure a table at Dante's Grill: Bribe the maître d' |
2 FATE | (< 15)(if > 0),
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| A face from the past: Don't remind yourself 1
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Auto | (< 5) (< 6)
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| A face from the past: An intriguing resemblance 1
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Auto | (< 5), (< 10)
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| Sweets to the sweet: Eat one |
50%
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-2 CP
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-3 CP
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+2 CP
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Gifts[edit]
Cost for free gifts equate to 
10 per with the exceptions of 
which cost 20 per , and 
which costs 15 per .
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200 x
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1 x | Can be used as a skull in 
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20 x
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Can be used to gain  and  in the  and the Reflection of your Laboratory.
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100 x
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500 x
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50 x
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Can be offered to 
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50 x
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500 x
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200 x
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200 x
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200 x
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Counts as a cat for 
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200 x 
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40 x
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Could be upgraded to  during HALLOWMAS in past years.
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1 x , 200 x
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Alternatively, a  (FATE-locked) can be used in place of the kitten without being consumed.
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5 FATE | 3 x | Can be combined into 
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10 FATE | 10 x | |
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20 FATE | 20 x | |
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30 FATE | 30 x | |
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Best  Transport, and one of few Transports
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40 FATE | 40 x | |
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Best Weapon for BDR and Dreaded, excluding Ambitions and SMEN | ||
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50 FATE | 50 x | Unlocks Point out the extraordinary flaws in their service on Disagreements at Moloch Street when setting up the Railway |
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Spending Masquing[edit]
Gaining Companions[edit]
It is generally advisable for newer players to focus on a pair of 10- or 20- Masquing companions to flesh out their outfit portfolio, as comparable companions are often expensive or otherwise challenging to obtain. Once you have acquired suffiently high-level companions, prioritise collecting companions with an entry in the Opportunities Unlocked column below. Opening up as many opportunities for yourself later on is generally good practice, even if they don't appear useful on first glance.
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✗ | Ask an old friend during 
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✗ | N/A | |
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✗ | Trade (your dish) to the Canny Costermonger on A Kitchen for Artists in  , which is an entirely new option to gain resources for your dish
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| 4 x | 
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| 10 x | 
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✓ | Option in The Pentecost Predicament (FATE) | |
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✗ | Options in A Crown of Thorns (FATE), Homecoming (FATE), Steeped in Honey (FATE), and The Icarian Cup (FATE) | |
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✓ | Could be upgraded to  during a previous HALLOWMAS
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✗ | Required to acquire  and  during a previous HALLOWMAS
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✗ | Work with the Codebreaking Courier in your Cabinet Noir | |
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✗ | Option in The Serpent Muralist (FATE) | |
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| 40 x | 
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| 80 x | 
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✓ | Could be upgraded to the  during a previous HALLOWMAS
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✓ | Option in Three Body Problem (FATE) | |
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✗ | Rely on the Commodore's old codes on A Corvette of Her Majesty's Navy | |
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An Arranger of Nuptial Phantasies[edit]
During the Feast of the Rose An Arranger of Nuptial Phantasies will set up shop in 
, offering dreams of a future with one of 5 spouses, at the cost of 20 . All of these will earn a in the end.
Your progress (i.e. how many dreams you have left) is stored in 
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remembers your modifications. All dream conclusions increase your by 1.
| Subject | Possible modifications | First Dream of ... | Second Dream | Third Dream of ... |
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 Mr Wines
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...Mr Wines | (see here) | ...Mr Wines | |
 Sinning Jenny
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...Sinning Jenny | (see here) | ...Sinning Jenny | |
 Cheery Man
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...the Cheery Man | (see here) | ...the Cheery Man | |
 Gracious Widow
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...the Gracious Widow | (see here) | ...the Gracious Widow | |
 Bishop of Southwark
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...the Bishop of Southwark | (see here) | ...the Bishop of Southwark |
Entwined in the Intrigues of the Clathermont Family[edit]
This short storyline starts once you have 
4 in 
and can be progressed until level 8 there. Then you must Search Out a Missing Woman in 
to reach level 9. Levels 10 and beyond are only available during weeks 2 and 3 of the event. Level 10 is unlocked with 
in . Then you need to draw The Lady in Lilac and . You can either betray her to Mr. Clathermont or go straight to the meeting. After a short conversation, you will be able to get a tattoo in The Forgotten Quarter.
Tattoos[edit]
Once you have reached 30, Characters may gain a tattoo, providing a permanent point of Bizarre or Dreaded at Millicent's Parlour in the second and third weeks of the festival, with a maximum of one tattoo per year and two tattoos total. Alternatively you can gain a single point of respectable for choosing not to get a tattoo. This locks you out of future tattoos and as such results in lower BDR. Here are the available tattoos and the unlock requirements for each:
Bizarre Tattoos[edit]
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25
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7
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Dreaded Tattoos[edit]
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 25
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 : You did it!
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110
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 10
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On the Scent of the Exceptional Rose[edit]
This short storyline is available in some form throughout the event. In order to progress from 2 to 3, The Perfumed Pleasure Garden must be open (Week 1 and 2). Advancing further requires access to both The Lady in Lilac and Millicent's Parlour, and as such is only available during week 2 and 3. Finishing the storyline provides either 
or 
. Neither seems to have any specific uses yet.
