Editing Philosofruits (Guide)

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{{ActivitySummary
|Activity=Philosofruits
|Length=Limited
|Starting Actions=1
|Progress Actions=3+/8+/9+/11+/18
|Ending Actions=1
|Progress Details=Raise {{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance=Asceticism}}, {{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=Curiosity}}, {{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=Frivolity}}, {{IL|Philosofruit Yield}} and {{IL|Fruitful Rot}} to reach desired result.
|Output Items=*{{IL|Blackmail Material}}
*{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!}}
*{{IL|Antique Mystery}}
*{{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase}}
*{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum}}
*{{IL|Extraordinary Implication}}
*{{IL|Comprehensive Bribe}}
*{{IL|Correspondence Plaque}}
*{{IL|Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise}}
*{{IL|Cellar of Wine}}
*{{IL|Storm-Threnody}}
|Boost Items=*''{{IL|Honed Ushanka}}''
*''{{IL|Vigilant Chitin-Fur Boots}}''
*''{{IL|Moray Heels}}''
*''{{IL|A Hunter's Instinct for Nightmares}}''
*''{{IL|Special Dispensation}}''
|Raw EPA = 5.76
|EPA Notes = Ratmarket the Storm-Threnody
|Locked=Yes
}}
{{GuideNeedsWork|Missing optimization and strategy}}

This guide covers the repeatable activity unlocked after completing the Premium Story {{IL|The Mushroom's Dream}}. This content is {{FontFate}}-locked, so per this Wiki's [[Fallen London Wiki:Content Policy|Content Policy]], the covered content will not otherwise be included on the Wiki, and the guide may contain mechanical descriptions but not narrative content.

==Overview==

This activity is located in the {{IL|Mangrove College}}, a zee location in {{IL|The Sea of Voices}}. Philosofruits are accessed from a Gold-bordered Storylet visible while docked, which takes you to a new location. Leaving this location costs an action and resets activity progress. 

===Mechanics===

This location makes heavy use of the Opportunity Deck. It is infinite-draw with a three-card hand. There are no discardable cards, although several effects will discard all cards, including at least one playable card. Progress is made in three phases:

* Play cards to increase Yield and either Rot, or the three "regular" qualities with Quirk icons.
* From a Storylet, Harvest to gain Fruits based on the above qualities and re-set them. The three "regular" fruit qualties use the same icon as {{IL|Solacefruit}}.
* From a Storylet, create a Philosophy from the above Fruits and earn rewards. This resets '''all''' of the above qualities and wipes your hand.

You may Harvest multiple times for a single Philosophy. This is required to receive the {{IL|Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise}} reward (as it requires both regular and blackened fruits). More harvests decreases action efficiency, but attempting to produce a larger harvest will put a penalty card in your deck.

===Vanity title===
Every time you cash in fruits for rewards, you increase your {{IL|A Synthetic Philosopher}} quality by 1 (regardless of how many fruits you've turned in). This currently has no effect other than bragging rights. 

==Mechanics in Detail==
There are five tracking qualities for growing fruit:
* {{IL|Philosofruit Yield}}, which determines the total fruit harvested
* {{IL|Fruitful Asceticism}}, {{IL|Fruitful Curiosity}}, and {{IL|Fruitful Frivolity}}, which determine the distribution of fruit harvested
* {{IL|Fruitful Rot}}, an alternative harvest
Playing a card will let you raise one of these qualities by one level on success. 

When Harvesting, the '''total number of fruits''' will be 50 × Yield. The other qualities do not impact the total ''amount'' of fruits, but the ''distribution'' of fruits. If you are using the Rot option, then Yield is the only quality which impacts the result, earning 50 Blackened Fruit per Yield. Otherwise, you merely have to hit the [[#Restrictions|minimum values]] to play the action.

If you are playing the "normal" harvest action, then Asceticism, Curiosity, and Frivolity impact the ''distribution'' of fruits received but not the total amount. For example, if you have 4 Yield, 1 Asceticism, and 1 Frivolity then you will receive 100 Ascetic Fruit and 100 Frivolous Fruit. If your Asceticism and Frivolity were both 2, then you were received '''the same rewards'''. If you had 1 Asceticism and 3 Frivolity, then you would receive 50 Ascetic Fruit and 150 Frivolous Fruit. 

Harvest fruit resets the above five qualities. You can accumulate fruit over multiple harvests. This is necessary to receive the {{IL|Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise}} reward, but otherwise should be avoided as it spends unnecessary actions. Note that Harvesting does not wipe your hand.

If your current Yield is 3 or higher, a card is added to your deck which does not increase any qualities. The purpose of this card is to make large harvests more difficult. For this reason, it is better to focus on flavour first and yield second, subject to the whims of the RNG.

If your current Asceticism, Curiosity, or Frivolity reach 3 or higher, a corresponding frequent Card is added to your Deck to convert 3 of that quality into 3 extra Yield. Usually you only want these qualities to equal 0 or 1 (depending upon your desired reward), but if your hand is full of Cards without a Yield option this may be a slightly inefficient way to get your missing Yield. 

Constructing a Philosophy is a simple matter of playing the action when you have harvested enough fruit. Excess fruit will be converted into {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores}}. Then all relevant qualities (excess fruit, yield, rot, and flavours) are wiped and you are moved back to the main area of the Mangrove College.

===Restrictions===
You need a minimum {{IL|Philosofruit Yield}} equal to 2 for Rot Harvests, and for Regular Harvests equal to the sum of your Asceticism, Curiosity, and Frivolity (this sum is unofficially referred to below as "Flavour"). A Rot Harvest also has a minimum Rot requirement of 3, or equal to your Flavour if that's higher than 3.  

A Regular Harvest is also prevented by a Maximum Rot value, which can be raised with more Flavour:
*1 Rot is acceptable (but useless)
*2 Rot requires 5+ Flavour
*3 Rot requires 8+ Flavour
*4+ Rot '''cannot''' allow a Regular Harvest (tested as high as 17 Flavour).

{| class="article-table"
!Restriction
!Regular Harvest
!Rot Harvest
|-
|Minimum {{IL|Philosofruit Yield}}
| {{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance=Asceticism}} + {{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=Curiosity}} + {{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=Frivolity}}
| 2
|-
|Minimum {{IL|Fruitful Rot}}
| ''n/a''
| {{TableList|Higher of:|*{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance=Asceticism}} + {{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=Curiosity}} + {{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=Frivolity}}|*3}}
|-
|Maximum {{IL|Fruitful Rot}}
| 3
|''n/a''
|}

==References==

===Cards===
Unless otherwise noted, challenges against Primary stats are Broad with difficulty 180 (100% success rate with level 300). Challenges against Skills are Narrow with difficulty 5 (100% success rate with level 10).

{| class="article-table"
!Card Icon !! Frequency !! Options !! Challenge !! Success !! Failure
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Treeblue.png]] || rowspan="2"|100%
|[[File:treesmall.png]] || {{IL|Shapeling Arts}} 2|| +{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= A}} || -
|-
|[[File:cagedmansmall.png]] || {{IL|Dangerous}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Rot|Appearance = R}} || -
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:blemmigan.png]] ||rowspan="2"| 100%
|[[File:mushroomsmall.png]] || {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} 2|| +{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}} || - 
|-
|[[File:blacksmall.png]] || {{IL|Persuasive}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Rot|Appearance = R}} || -
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[File:passerby.png]] ||rowspan="2"| 100%
|[[File:salon3small.png]] || {{IL|Mithridacy}} 2|| +{{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}} ||  -
|-
|[[File:ring_brokensmall.png]] || {{IL|Watchful}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Rot|Appearance = R}} || -
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[File:argument.png]] ||rowspan="4"| 80%
|[[File:tonguesmall.png]] || {{IL|Dangerous}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}} || {{IL|Nightmares|+2 CP}}
|-
|[[File:confidentsmilesmall.png]] || {{IL|Persuasive}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= A}} || {{IL|Wounds|+2 CP}}
|-
|[[File:ropecourtsmall.png]]|| {{IL|Shadowy}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}} || -
|-
|[[File:blacksmall.png]] || {{IL|Mithridacy}} || +{{IL|Fruitful Rot|Appearance = R}} || -
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[File:crowd2.png]] ||rowspan="4"| 50%
|[[File:uttershroom_portsmall.png]] || {{IL|Watchful}} 150 || +{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}} || -{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}}
|-
|[[File:spidertreesmall.png]] || {{IL|Dangerous}} 150 || +{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= A}} || -{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= A}}
|-
|[[File:servantsmall.png]] || {{IL|Persuasive}} 150 || +{{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}} || -{{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}}
|-
|[[File:salon3small.png]] || {{IL|Shadowy}} || {{TableList|+{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}}|Clears Hand}} || -
|-
|[[File:jungle.png]]|| 80% || [[File:blueeyesmall.png]] || {{IL|Watchful}} 150 ||+{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}} || {{IL|Wounds|+2 CP}}
|-
|[[File:stick.png]] || 50% || [[File:fistsmall.png]] || {{IL|Dangerous}} 150 || +{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}} || +2 {{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}}
|-
|[[File:cherries.png]] || 100% || [[File:whispered_secretsmall.png]] || {{IL|Persuasive}} 150 || +{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}} ||  {{IL|Nightmares|+2 CP}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[File:mangrovecollege_interior.png]] ||rowspan="3"| 80%
|[[File:cherriessmall.png]] || {{IL|Kataleptic Toxicology}} || {{TableList|{{IL|Nightmares|-4 CP}}|{{IL|Wounds|+2 CP}}}} || {{IL|Nightmares|+2 CP}}
|-
|[[File:applegallssmall.png]] || - || {{TableList|+{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}}|{{IL|Nightmares|+1 CP}}}} ||
|-
|[[File:creepyhandsmall.png]] || {{IL|Watchful}} 150 || {{IL|Solacefruit|+10}} || -{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}} 
|-
|{{TableList|[[File:elegaiccockatoo.png]]|Drawn with 3+ {{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}}}} || 80% || [[File:heartfruitsmall.png]] || {{IL|Shadowy}} || {{IL|Wounds|-2 CP}} || -2{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}} 
|-
|{{TableList|[[File:drowned.png]]|Drawn with 3+ {{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}}}} || 200% || [[File:toolboxsmall.png]] || -  || {{TableList|-3{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}} |+3{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}}}}||
|-
|{{TableList|[[File:spidertree.png]]|Drawn with 3+ {{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= A}}}} || 200% || [[File:mercyhandsmall.png]] || -  || {{TableList|-3{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= A}} |+3{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}}}}|| 
|-
|{{TableList|[[File:parrot.png]]|Drawn with 3+ {{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}}}} || 200% || [[File:booktearssmall.png]] || - || {{TableList|-3 {{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}}|+3{{IL|Philosofruit Yield|Appearance =Y}}}}|| 
|}

===Rewards===
Excess fruit beyond the minimum requirements is paid out in the form of {{IL|Memory of Distant Shores}}, at a ratio of 6 Fruit per Memory.

==== Initial Harvest Rewards ====
When you first begin harvesting fruit, {{IL|Fruitful Rot}} is not possible and your possible rewards are constrained. The first three rewards you turn in must be, in any order, the three pairs of Fruitful qualities, with 50 each. These give you the  {{IL|Delivery of a Transcendental Philosophy}}, {{IL|Delivery of an Aesthetic Philosophy}}, and {{IL|Delivery of an Egocentric Philosophy}} qualities. These harvests have different rewards from their later repeatable counterparts.

After those, you must fulfill the reward for {{IL|Delivery of an Absurd Philosophy}}. This temporarily locks any harvests until you follow a chain of storylets which investigate Rot, starting outside the Wisp-Ways. After completing the investigation and returning to the Wisp-Ways, you must deliver {{IL|The Dream of the Hintershroom}}; from this point, {{IL|Fruitful Rot}} options on cards are unlocked. After a short series of storylets, two new possibilities open up, each of which requires both rotten and fresh fruit.<ref name="choice">Choices are made in these storylets which may affect the recipes available. Page currently reflects the recipes available if the choice was made to try to change the Hintershroom's mind.</ref> After fulfilling either request and a short group of storylets, the story is complete.
{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance= Asceticism}}!!{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=Curiosity}}!!{{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=Frivolity}}
!{{IL|Fruitful Rot|Appearance = Rot}}
!Step!! Reward
|-
| 50 ||  || 50
|
|1||{{TableList|{{IL|Memory of a Much Lesser Self|10 x}}}}
|-
| 50 || 50 || 
|
|1|| {{TableList|{{IL|Antique Mystery |1 x}}{{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase|5 x}}}}
|-
|  || 50 || 50
|
|1|| {{TableList|{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|5 x}}
|-
|100
|100
|100
|
|2
|{{TableList|{{IL|Storm-Threnody|4 x}}|}}
|-
|
|
|
|300
|3
|{{IL|Direful Reflection|5 x}}
|-
|100
|100
|100
|100
|4
|{{TableList|{{IL|Searing Enigma|1 x}}|{{IL|Direful Reflection|1 x}}}}
|-
|
|200
|100
|100
|4
|{{TableList|{{IL|Primaeval Hint|1 x}}|{{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}}}
|}
====Repeatable Rewards====
Once the story and all the initial harvests are done, the advanced recipe rewards open up. 
{| class="article-table mw-collapsible"
!{{IL|Fruitful Asceticism|Appearance=A}}!!{{IL|Fruitful Curiosity|Appearance=C}}!!{{IL|Fruitful Frivolity|Appearance=F}}!!{{IL|Fruitful Rot|Appearance=R}}!!Min. Actions!!Reward!!Max EPA
|-
| 50||  || 50||  ||5||{{TableList|{{IL|Blackmail Material|1 x}}|{{IL|An Identity Uncovered!|3 x}}}}||4.00
|-
| 50|| 50||  ||  ||5||{{TableList|{{IL|Antique Mystery|1 x}}|{{IL|Presbyterate Passphrase|3 x}}}}||4.00
|-
|  || 50|| 50||  ||5||{{TableList|{{IL|Uncanny Incunabulum|1 x}}|{{IL|Extraordinary Implication|3 x}}}}||4.00<ref name=":0">Up to 4.58 with the Rat Market.</ref>
|-
|150||150||150||  ||13||{{TableList|{{IL|Comprehensive Bribe|4 x}}}}||3.85
|-
|  ||  ||  ||300||10||{{IL|Correspondence Plaque|90x}} <ref>Requires {{IL|Starstone Demark}} (Not Consumed)</ref>||4.50
|-
|200||200||  ||250||20||{{TableList|{{IL|Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise|1 x}}|{{IL|Cellar of Wine|2 x}}}}||4.375<ref>Up to 5.09 using the Khanate and Rat Market, discounting travel costs.</ref>
|-
|  ||200||200||  ||11||{{TableList|{{IL|Storm-Threnody|4 x}}}}||4.54 <ref>Up to 5.76 with the Rat Market.</ref>
|}
<references />


==Optimization and Strategy==