Editing Item Grinding (Guide)

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== Introduction ==

=== Grinds vs. carousels vs. conversions ===
For the purposes of this guide, a '''grind''' is a single repeatable action that reliably gives decent quantities of the expected item at little or no cost (besides actions). Grinds tend to generate lower-tier items, like Shards of Glim and Primordial Shrieks. For higher-tier items, you'll likely need to convert or do a carousel.

A '''carousel''' is a repeatable multi-action process. This guide includes some carousels, as these can also be considered a type of grind. Carousels involve going through a set series of actions, sometimes more than once, and often require raising a quality to a certain level and then cashing it out. Examples include the [[A Boxful of Intrigue|Boxful of Intrigue]] carousel (often used to obtain Mourning Candles), Dramatic Tension carousels [[Fighting a War of Assassins (Guide)|War of Assassins]] and [[Doing Business in Wilmot's End (Guide)|Wilmot's End]] (for Collections of Curiosities), and the various [[Arbor (Guide)#Making Money|Arbor grinds]]. Another type of carousel involves a series of item conversions—notably the [[Template:Cross Conversion|Cross conversion carousel]] for 50p items, which converts 50 of each item to 51 of the next and also raises {{IL|Making Waves}} at certain points.

The third major way to obtain significant quantities of an item in Fallen London is to '''convert''' other items. This includes ''up-conversions ''(e.g., {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|Appearance = Drops of Prisoner's Honey|50 x}} to {{IL|Romantic Notion|Appearance = Romantic Notions|10 x}}) and ''side-conversions'' (e.g., {{IL|Compromising Document|Appearance = Compromising Documents|50 x}} to {{IL|Memory of Light|Appearance = Memories of Light|51 x}}). An expandable table for these can be found below.
{{:Items (Guide)/Item Conversions}}

=== Grindable sources ===
The next sections list some of the most accessible and efficient grinds/carousels, and their requirements, for easy reference. Actions that are non-repeatable, or not easily repeatable (e.g., opportunity cards), are not included.

== Academic ==
Academic items include: {{IL|Memory of Discordance}}, {{IL|Foxfire Candle Stub}}, {{IL|Flask of Abominable Salts}}, {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores}}, {{IL|Incisive Observation}}, {{IL|Unprovenanced Artefact}}, and {{IL|Volume of Collated Research}}.

{{HasGuide|Academic Grinding (Guide)}}

== Books ==
Books include: {{IL|Revisionist Historical Narrative}}, {{IL|Corrective Historical Narrative}}, {{IL|Slim Volume of Bazaarine Poetry}}, {{IL|Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes}}, {{IL|Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes}}, {{IL|Page of Theosophistical Notes}} and {{IL|Unusual Love Story}}.

{{HasGuide|Book Grinding (Guide)}}

== Cartography ==
Cartography items include: {{IL|Shard of Glim}}, {{IL|Map Scrap}}, {{IL|Zee-Ztory}}, {{IL|Partial Map}}, {{IL|Puzzling Map}}, {{IL|Cartographer's Hoard}}, and {{IL|Collection of Curiosities}}.

Furthermore, Parabola-related items include: {{IL|Sighting of a Parabolan Landmark}}, {{IL|Glass Gazette}}, {{IL|Vitreous Almanac}}, {{IL|Oneiromantic Revelation}}, {{IL|Parabolan Parable}} and {{IL|Waswood Almanac}}.

{{HasGuide|Cartography Grinding (Guide)}}

== Contraband ==
Contraband include: {{IL|Flawed Diamond}}, {{IL|Ostentatious Diamond}}, {{IL|London Street Sign}}, {{IL|Use of Villains}}, {{IL|Comprehensive Bribe}}, {{IL|Hillmover}}, {{IL|Magnificent Diamond}}, various filled Mirrorcatch boxes, and {{IL|Fabulous Diamond}}.

{{HasGuide|Contraband Grinding (Guide)}}

== Curiosity ==
Grindable Curiosity items include: {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|Appearance = Laudanum}}, {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour|Appearance = Tincture of Vigour}}, {{IL|Implacable Detective's Business Card}}, {{IL|Venom-Ruby}}, {{IL|Sapphire}}, {{IL|Horsehead Amulet}}, {{IL|Whirring Contraption}}, and {{IL|Strong-Backed Labour}}.

{{HasGuide|Curiosity Grinding (Guide)}}

== Currency ==
Currencies include: {{IL|Fistful of Surface Currency}}, {{IL|Assortment of Khaganian Coinage}}, {{IL|First City Coin}}, {{IL|Fourth-City Echo}} and {{IL|Justificande Coin}}. For guidance on grinding {{IL|Hinterland Scrip}}, see [[Hinterland Scrip-Making]]; for guidance on grinding Echoes, see [[Money-Making]].

{{HasGuide|Currency Grinding (Guide)}}

== Elder ==
Elder items include: {{IL|Jade Fragment}}, {{IL|Relic of the Third City}}, {{IL|Mystery of the Elder Continent}}, {{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase}}, {{IL|Antique Mystery}}, {{IL|Primaeval Hint}}, and {{IL|Elemental Secret}}.

{{HasGuide|Elder Grinding (Guide)}}

== Goods ==
Goods include: {{IL|Certifiable Scrap}}, {{IL|Nevercold Brass Sliver}}, {{IL|Piece of Rostygold}}, {{IL|Bessemer Steel Ingot}}, and {{IL|Knob of Scintillack}}.

{{HasGuide|Goods Grinding (Guide)}}

== Great Game ==
Great Game items include: {{IL|Well-Placed Pawn}}, {{IL|Final Breath}}, {{IL|Moves in the Great Game}}, {{IL|Vienna Opening}}, and {{IL|Vital Intelligence}}.

{{HasGuide|Great Game Grinding (Guide)}}

==Historical==
Historical items include {{IL|Trace of the First City}}, {{IL|Relic of the Second City}}, {{IL|Relic of the Fourth City}}, {{IL|Rusted Stirrup}}, and {{IL|Silvered Cat's Claw}}.

{{HasGuide|Historical Grinding (Guide)}}

== Infernal ==
Infernal items include: {{IL|Soul}}, {{IL|Amanita Sherry}}, {{IL|Brilliant Soul}}, {{IL|Muscaria Brandy}}, {{IL|Brass Ring}}, {{IL|Devilbone Die}}, {{IL|Queer Soul}}, {{IL|Silent Soul}}, {{IL|Portfolio of Souls}}, {{IL|Bright Brass Skull}}, and {{IL|Coruscating Soul}}.

{{HasGuide|Infernal Grinding (Guide)}}

== Influence ==
Influence items include: {{IL|Stolen Correspondence}}, {{IL|Intriguing Snippet}}, {{IL|Compromising Document}}, {{IL|Secluded Address}}, {{IL|Stolen Kiss}}, {{IL|Favour in High Places}}, and {{IL|Personal Recommendation}}.

{{HasGuide|Influence Grinding (Guide)}}

== Legal ==
Legal items include: {{IL|Infernal Contract}}, {{IL|Dubious Testimony}}, {{IL|Sworn Statement}}, {{IL|Cave-Aged Code of Honour}}, and {{IL|Legal Document}}.

{{HasGuide|Legal Grinding (Guide)}}

== Luminosity ==
Luminosity items include: {{IL|Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax}}, {{IL|Phosphorescent Scarab}}, {{IL|Memory of Light}}, {{IL|Mourning Candle}}, {{IL|Patent Scrutinizer}}, {{IL|Eyeless Skull}}, {{IL|Bejewelled Lens}}, and {{IL|Ray-Drenched Cinder}}.

{{HasGuide|Luminosity Grinding (Guide)}}

==Mysteries==
Mysteries items include: {{IL|Whispered Hint}}, {{IL|Cryptic Clue}}, {{IL|Appalling Secret}}, {{IL|Tale of Terror!!}}, {{IL|Journal of Infamy}}, {{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}, {{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}}, {{IL|Direful Reflection}}, {{IL|Searing Enigma}}, {{IL|Dreadful Surmise}}, and {{IL|Impossible Theorem}}.

{{HasGuide|Mysteries Grinding (Guide)}}

==Nostalgia==
Nostalgia items include: {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey}}, {{IL|Romantic Notion}}, {{IL|Vision of the Surface}}, {{IL|Touching Love Story}}, {{IL|Bazaar Permit}}, {{IL|Captivating Ballad}} and {{IL|Soothe & Cooper Long-Box}}.

{{HasGuide|Nostalgia Grinding (Guide)}}

==Osteology==
Osteology items include a wide variety of bones.
{{HasGuide|Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)/Bone Sources}}

==Rag Trade==
Rag Trade items include: {{IL|Silk Scrap}}, {{IL|Surface-Silk Scrap}}, {{IL|Whisper-Satin Scrap}}, {{IL|Thirsty Bombazine Scrap}}, {{IL|Puzzle-Damask Scrap}}, {{IL|Parabola-Linen Scrap}}, {{IL|Scrap of Ivory Organza}}, and {{IL|Veils-Velvet Scrap}}.

{{HasGuide|Rag Trade Grinding (Guide)}}

==Ratness==
Ratness items include: {{IL|Rat on a String}}, {{IL|Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse}}, {{IL|Rat of Glory}}, and {{IL|Venge-Rat Corpse}}.

{{HasGuide|Ratness Grinding (Guide)}}

==Rubbery==
Rubbery items include: {{IL|Nodule of Deep Amber}}, {{IL|Unearthly Fossil}}, {{IL|Nodule of Trembling Amber}}, {{IL|Nodule of Warm Amber}}, {{IL|Nodule of Pulsating Amber}}, {{IL|Nodule of Fecund Amber}}, and {{IL|Fluke-Core}}.

{{HasGuide|Rubbery Grinding (Guide)}}

==Rumour==
Rumour items include: {{IL|Proscribed Material}}, {{IL|Inkling of Identity}}, {{IL|Scrap of Incendiary Gossip}}, {{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}, {{IL|Night on the Town}}, {{IL|Blackmail Material}}, {{IL|Diary of the Dead}}, {{IL|Intriguer's Compendium}}, and {{IL|Rumourmonger's Network}}.

{{HasGuide|Rumour Grinding (Guide)}}

==Sustenance==
Sustenance items include {{IL|Parabolan Orange-apple}}, {{IL|Jasmine Leaves}}, {{IL|Basket of Rubbery Pies}}, {{IL|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits}}, {{IL|Tin of Zzoup}}, {{IL|Hand-picked Peppercaps}}, and {{IL|Sausage About Which No One Complains}}.

{{HasGuide|Sustenance Grinding (Guide)}}

==Theological==
Theological items include {{IL|Verse of Counter-Creed}}, {{IL|Palimpsest Scrap}}, {{IL|Apostate's Psalm}}, and {{IL|False Hagiotoponym}}.

{{HasGuide|Theological Grinding (Guide)}}

==Wild Words==
Wild Words include: {{IL|Primordial Shriek}}, {{IL|Maniac's Prayer}}, {{IL|Correspondence Plaque}}, {{IL|Aeolian Scream}}, {{IL|Storm-Threnody}}, {{IL|Night-Whisper}}, {{IL|Starstone Demark}}, and {{IL|Breath of the Void}}.

{{HasGuide|Wild Words Grinding (Guide)}}

==Wines ==
Wines include: {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1879}}, {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1882}}, {{IL|Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing}}, {{IL|Bottle of Morelways 1872}}, {{IL|Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe}}, {{IL|Bottle of Broken Giant 1844}}, {{IL|Cellar of Wine}}, {{IL|Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise}}, {{IL|Vial of Tears of the Bazaar}}, and {{IL|Vial of Masters' Blood}}.

{{HasGuide|Wines Grinding (Guide)}}

==Zee Treasures==
Zee Treasures include: {{IL|Moon-Pearl}}, {{IL|Deep-zee Catch}}, {{IL|Royal-Blue Feather}}, {{IL|Ambiguous Eolith}}, {{IL|Carved Ball of Stygian Ivory}}, and {{IL|Live Specimen}}.

{{HasGuide|Zee Treasures Grinding (Guide)}}

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