Luminosity Grinding (Guide)

• 51-150 for A lovely thought at 100, average 100.5; requires

• 0.4* Modified Dangerous+30 for Light a candle, and wait; requires 2 actions of set-up.

• 380 per action at 297 for Seek out spy-holes while Seeking Documents in the Sunken Embassy, eventually paid out with Send a binder of documents to Mount Palmerston; requires 4 actions of set-up. See The Sunken Embassy (Guide) for more information.

• Up to 300 per action at 292, or higher with advanced stats and/or airs options, for Claim the crates destined for Iron and Misery with ~4 actions setup for Intervene in a Dockers' Brawl; requires . See Brawling with Dockers (Guide) for more information.

• 3000 for An Ode to the Elder Continent; with sourced from Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling, this takes 22 actions and averages 136 per action. See Carving out a Reputation at Court (Guide) for more information.
• 1700 for A Political Anthem! with sourced from The lead or Seek inspiration from your Prismatic Squidling, this takes 13 actions and averages 131 per action, not taking into account the it gives. With sourced from Composition: the high path, this becomes 11.6 actions and 146 per action, if you can reliably get 125 honey per action from the lab. See Carving out a Reputation at Court (Guide) for more information.

Other

• Can be purchased from Merrigans Exchange for 0.02

The Rat Market

• Buy from Merry Gun's Exchange for 1 (at value)

• An average of 440 for Breed the Plated Seal via Toadstools and a Stick; takes 15 actions and a . See Breeding Monsters (Guide) for more information.
• An average of 270 for Breed the Tomb-Lion via A Firm Hand; takes 15 actions and a

• 450 for an alternative success on Sponsor a trading voyage to the farthest reaches of the zee; costs , 10 and 5 actions.

Other

• Upconverting ; with Beeswax sourced from the Sunken Embassy, this works out to 28.9 per action (ignoring the 4 action spelunking tax). Increases .
• Can be purchased for 0.25 from Merrigans Exchange

See this flowchart for finding the optimal grind for your circumstances

• 1-5 per action for Promenade (Season 2) and A flavour of Dahut from Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go storylet, depending on base ; requires at exactly 3 (currently available).

• Selling a skeleton to an Investment-Minded Ambassador or an Antique skeleton to the Colourful Phantasist (who is an ) pay out in . See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.

• 6 per action from succeeding at the check of The Efficient Commissioner (Irem) and allowing the s to convert into MoLs when leaving.
• Usually 5 per action from grinding other Iremic resources likewise. (See Irem (Guide) for more information.)

• 1-10 per action (average 5 rather than 5.5) for Take a stroll along the waterfront from Explore the Copper Quarter storylet.

Other

• Side-converting from Newspaper-sourced ; this gives 3.73 per action.
• Upconverting en-masse from s will yield . With Scarabs upconverted from Sunken Embassy beeswax, this works out to 5.7 per action.
• Buy in The Rat Market, then upconvert once. Depending on the efficiency of your source of Rat-Shillings, this gives the following overall efficiency:

/action:	30	40	50	60
/action:	6.05	7.91	9.7	11.42

• 8 when you Send your report to certain bandaged gentlemen at the end of A Boxful of Intrigue carousel (which requires 12). This option also requires Empire's Kingmaker 40, which means it is unavailable the first 6 times the carousel is run. Averages 0.57 per action, see A Boxful of Intrigue (Guide) for more information.

The Whisker-Ways FATE

• 1 for a stand-alone action, dependant on your story ending. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.

• 5 when you Exchange some plunder for five Mourning Candles; costs , which requires at least 3 actions to obtain. See Piracy (Guide) for more information.

• 1 (which can be sold for a candle) for a failure at Aid in planting trees, or in exchange for with Take the day for yourself on the same card, A Good Day for a Stroll in A Brilliant Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.

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• 10 for Unveil your Painting (Nostalgic + Luminosity), or 2 for Unveil your Painting (Incendiary + Nostalgic). See Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.

• An amount depending on your monograph's Tragic (potentially up to 38) when you sell to The Charismatic Tracklayer; requires 6, having incorporated a Corrective Narrative and Black. This raises . See Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.

• 1 for Dive into the Lilymire.

Other

• Upconverting from ; with memories upconverted from Sunken Embassy beeswax, this averages 1.1 per action.

Other

• 5 for Upconverting from ; Costs
• Available from Carrow's Steel for 12.80

• Can be purchased for from the Midnight Market
• 250 can be purchased for from Purchase a box of lightbulbs

• 1 for selling an Epaulette Mate to the Investment-Minded Ambassador
• 0.8*()² for Sell your skeleton to the Ambassador; 0.8*()^2.1 on an Antiquity week. See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.

Other

• 0.25 on average from Drink it; takes . See Moulin Expeditions (Guide) for more information.

• The only FATE-less way to create lenses is Order the grinding of a bejewelled lens in the Bazaar Side-Streets. For most players and characters, the limiting ingredient will be s; consult Contraband Grinding for how best to acquire them.

The Whisker-Ways FATE

• Up to 1 for the Mythopoesis carousel, requiring around 10 actions without expending items. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.

• 1 for Send the Unfinished Man to the Khanate; requires at least 23 actions per sherd. See Underclay (Guide) for more information.

• 1 for rare successes on See the sights or Wander the Quarter
• 1 for a rare success on A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven (requires at least and 9 actions); see Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more information

The Rat Market

• Can be purchased for 625 when the Rat-Wind blows East and the the Rat-Moon is Hard.

Presently this is only available from events.

• 3 for Exchange your Spirit of Hallowmas for elements of light; Costs . See Hallowmas (Guide) for details.

Lifeberg Hunting

• 1 for Claim a strongbox, illuminated from within; Costs . See Hunting the Beasts of the Zee (Guide) for details.

The Rat Market

• Can be purchased for 3125 when the Rat-Wind blows East and the the Rat-Moon is Soft.

• 1 for the Second City conclusion of Study the Prelapsarian history of the Red Science; requires 2700, 10, and .

• 1 for finishing the Cats campaign having accepted the offer; see Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.

• 1 for Equip the stove to wander the Neath on its own; costs and , as well as a great many plaques and actions to get to that point.

Other

• Upconverting ; also costs and advances the Liberation of Night.