Money-Making/Extras
Simple Endgame Grinds[edit]
If you don't like complex grinds, don't qualify for them, or want to grind specific resources in a simple way but at high speed, take a look at this - a list of all endlessly repeatable actions and simple 2-4 action loops with 2.5 EPA or more (up to 3.81).
| Option/s | Location | Requires | Stat/Skill to 100% | Item/s | EPA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write down some of what you know about the Discordance Discard your letter |
|
 5
|
None |  (variable)
|
2.5-3.65 | EPA depends on base 
|
| Send him out for a little more honey |  University Laboratory
|
 1 less than 8
|
 292
|
|
2.5 | |
| Contribute your insight to a future project | 
|
 15
|
 10
|
|
2.5 | |
| Beg a Rubbery Pie off her |
|
3
|
334
|
|
2.5 | |
| Build on the Human Ribcage Break down your (Skeleton Type) for parts (Human Ribcage) |
|
 
|
 250
|
|
3.125 | |
| Climb the dome itself (Fingerkings) or Climb the dome itself (Cats) | 
|
 1-2 or exactly 3
|
12
|
 (variable)
|
2.98-3.14 | Jade Fragment amount depends on Glasswork, from 48 at 12 to 64 at 16 |
| Survey the territory |
|
|
10
|
 (variable)
|
2.7-2.9 | |
| All options on All aboard! and all travel actions on similar storylets on all railway stations, except Back to the Smoke in Ealing Gardens |  and all railway stations
|
 50+
|
(variable)
|
|
2.5 | Dangerous challenge varies depending on option, location,  and 
|
| Ask about those stones out in the frozen patch of Neath | 
|
|
334
|
|
2.5 | Difficulty increases by 20 for each level of  .
|
| Attend for a treatment |
|
|
None | 50/50 chance of  / or 
|
2.875 | |
| Offer to design a treatment: a steam-bath of Mutersalt Vapours |
|
|
 10
|
95/5 chance of or 
|
3 | Rare success also gives 
|
| Speak to the Remorseless Archaeologist | 
|
 (consumed)
|
None | 
|
2.754 | In order to be self-sustaining, one Survey needs to be sold each time to pay for Lager |
| Try to join with the game of cards again | 
|
 (hidden) (hidden) less than 6
|
None | 
|
2.5 | |
| Search the upper floors |
|
  1-2
|
334
|
 
|
2.6-2.7 | Inkling of Identity amount equals Diving Depth |
| Help yourself to some venison bones | 
|
  (hidden)
|
 250
|
|
2.5 | |
| Discuss the Discordant Law (The Steward) | 
|
 6
|
None | 
|
2.55 | |
| Take in the air | 
|
None | None | 
|
2.5 | |
| Enter the Gatehouse |
|
 777
|
None |
|
2.5 | |
| Speak to the Dauntless Knight (Walls of Hell) |
|
777 exactly 35
|
None | 
|
2.5 | |
| Speak to the Dauntless Knight (Chandler's Chapel) |
|
exactly 40
|
None |
|
2.5 | |
| Explore the walls |
|
|
None | 
|
2.54 | |
| Dive into the Lilymire |
|
|
None | 
|
2.5 | |
| Take a stroll along the waterfront | 
|
|
None | 
|
2.75 |
If those don't fit, you might consider Grand Clearing Out activities[i], which are almost as simple but require you to not leave a specific area for a long time to get close to maximum EPA (2.5-3.8, with Rat Market [i] up to 4.39 but the complexity rises). Otherwise, you can take a look at a EPA ranking of complex grinds and see which tier suits your level:
FATE-based[edit]
- Fate-locked selling your soul (28.15 EPA, increasing amounts of Fate required)
- Fate-locked expeditions (7 Fate for 5.3 EPA [under correct conditions])
- Fate-locked Soul Trade (via Unfinished Business 1.75 EPA, with access to the Spa in Ealing Gardens up to 3.228 EPA)
Historical[edit]
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As the game has added new content, grinds that were once relatively profitable have fallen out of favour. While these grinds are too bad to mention on the main page they are retained here for historical interest.
- Hunter's Keep Searing Enigma rare success (Used to be 1.85 EPA, but has since been decreased, might now be ~1.5 EPA)
- Big Rat Grind (1.01 EPA, used to be 1.77 EPA, easily locked out of, but can be brought back w/ Fate)
- A thieves' cache! (1.48 EPA |3 progress| or 1.41 EPA |2 progress|, supplies via Connected: Docks and the Tankard| Since the revamp of Connected: Docks into Favours: The Docks, this works differently, though it is potentially more profitable. See sub-heading below.)
- Deal with mirror-smugglers and Kill the Fungus-column (~1.43EPA, easily locked out of) (Used to be ~1.9EPA but with Deal with mirror-smugglers becoming locked out at a level 8 of reduced the EPA substantially.)
- A Dream of Roses takes you to Arbor, with long-term card-draw-based grinds theoretically as high as 5.35 EPA, and 5 EPA being realistically achievable. However, the most profitable methods are mutually exclusive with the active grinds. This used to be one of the best grinds in the game as it used to be possible to use Investigate the Near-Arbori to gain Arbor: Permission to Linger, allowing you to stay in Arbor indefinitely and creating possibly the best general-purpose Echo grind. The action however was changed in late July 2020, and so active grinding in Arbor is no more.
Heists in the Flit[edit]
1.94 to 1.998 EPA, depending on risks taken. Read the entire comment section for details. The new heists kicked this into competitive territory, but they're still very chance-based - a simulator suggests an EPA of approximately 1.78, once accounting for Luck challenges and Menace gains. Heists also require a substantial preliminary investment in order to maximise the player's chances, such as 
, 10 or 
.
University Investigations[edit]
Investigations in the university and cashing in the Flit (~1.78 EPA)
- This option requires the player to have not advanced or finished the University storyline. Players may prefer to Talk to the Porters for a grind that is much less Echo-efficient but much more Watchful-efficient.
- If one has
in the range 10 to 15, of 177, and of 167, this can be combined with 
for 1.908 EPA. The detailed steps can be found at Category:Cryptic Clue Gain
Tale of the Fidgeting Writer[edit]
~1.92 EPA without grinding items, ~1.57 with grinding. It is recommended that players convert large batches of 
Tales of Terror (e.g., thousands) at a time given the heavy RNG influence in this storyline.
- This storyline requires at least 120, though it is composed entirely of challenges.
Boxful of Intrigue[edit]
The 
Boxful of Intrigue carousel, provided that players side with the Revolutionaries and intercept Correspondence Plaques along the way, as well as using the cash-in to obtain Mourning Candles. (1.64 EPA)
- This option requires the player to have advanced the
Affair of the Box story to at least Level 12, which itself requires access to 
. The carousel is composed of 120 challenges.
FATE-locked historical grinds[edit]
- Tanah-Chook, unlocked by the "All Things Must End" Exceptional story (1.8 EPA)
- Fate-locked selling your soul (1.8 EPA, easily locked out of)
- Fate-locked Velocipede Squad (1.2 EPA with new carousel ending, 2.5e with new card)
- Fate-locked Foreign Office (1.17 EPA with new carousel ending)
- Fate-locked Apis Meet (1.4 EPA incl. the bribe to stay another day, 2.9 EPA on the last day, reduced by the voyage)
