The Crowds of Spite (Guide)

Early MYN Content

Pickpocket's Promenade Summary
Locked Limited-Length Activity
Setup				Progress				End
1 A				3+/5+/6+/7+ A				1 A
Progress Details			Gain . Starting determined by initial choice, and it ends at 10.
Items Inputs/Outputs Outputs
Raw EPA			2.66			Raw SPA			3.84

Also known as the Pickpocket's Promenade

is an area unlocked with 10 which can be useful for obtaining certain items at an early stage of the game. It mainly revolves around three things: , which can be turned in at the end for rewards, which track how close to the end you are and which ends the Promenade once it hits 10, and which tracks how suspicious you are, and will have negative effects if it hits 0.

The Routes

It will cost an action to select a route, the only difference between them are:

• The Tenterhooks sets to 7
• Smashtile Alley sets to 6
• Blythenhale sets to 5
• Strung-Up Street sets to 3

Certain harder and more rewarding opportunity cards appear at < 5

The cards you get will be the same and there will be ways to lower as you move through the crowd. Your choice isn't very important but if you are here to grind items and plan to stay longer, then Blythenhale or Strung-Up Street will always be the best option.

Mechanics

A Pickpocket's Promenade is usually played with opportunity cards, however there are also some storylets which can be played at any time.

The Storylets

Stop and consider	How does this work?	(A reminder of how this works) No Action Cost Don't let reach 0, you will be redirected to No longer unseen! where any option will increase your and remove some/all of your When (AYD) reaches 10 you will be redirected to trade in your .
	Loiter	50%	Success AYD -1 -1	Failure AYD -1 -2

The Cards

When pickpocketing you will usually gain an amount of Trophies based on your base , as well as extra trophies depending on your mark. The distribution of these is shown in the below tables.

Window-shopping from A mould-spangled curiosity shop is the ONLY CARD that can reduce (by 1, it also raises unseen by 1).

The Watchful Eyes Card will cause you to gain AYD no matter what option you choose, just leave it in your deck unless you really want to end your promenade.

• Example on how to use the tables below: With base shadowy 100 and pickpocketing the constable, you gain 3 trophies from your target, as well as 4 trophies from your skill for a total of 7 trophies.
• For a reference sheet, see The Crowds of Spite (Guide)/Cards

Inferior skill table: The amount of trophies given by the drunk and the shop, based on your base Shadowy.

Base Shadowy	1–70	71–91	92–101	102–109	110–116	117–123	124–130	131–138	139–148	149–169	170–230
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

Skill table: The amount of trophies given by most targets, based on your base Shadowy.

Base Shadowy	1–69	70–89	90–99	100–107	108–113	114–120	121–126	127–132	133–140	141–150	151–170	171–230
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Card	Pickpocket Challenge	Bonus Trophies	Pass by	Pickpocket Failure
Unless otherwise mentioned, all actions give AYD +1.
A drunk	3	+0		-1
A mould-spangled curiosity shop	5	+1	+1 AYD -1	-1
A Street Performer	5	+1	+1	-1
An Argument	10	+1	+1	-1
Gaoler	10	+1		-1
The Costermonger	12	+1		-1
The Rat-Catcher	12	N/A		-1 +1 CP
The Actress	15	+2		-1
A Shopkeeper	20	+2		-1
Watchful Eyes	30	N/A	N/A	-1
	50%	N/A		AYD +2 -1
A Constable!	30	+3	AYD +2	AYD +3 -2
A Special Constable	40	+4		AYD +2 -2
A... pickpocket?	50	+4		Trophy -3
Jack!	60	+9	AYD +3 +1	+3 CP
	100	N/A	N/A	Unseen -2 +3 CP
The Opera Singer	60	+6		-1
The Novelist	63	+7		-1
The Confidence Artist	65	+8		-1

Getting Caught

If your should be reduced to 0, and you're not at the end of your journey, this storylet will automatically be played, which will remove some of your trophies, increase your and put you at your destination.

Current	gain	Trophy loss
0-2	+2 CP	-5
3-4	+10 CP	-16
5+	+15 CP	Lose all

Rewards

When your reaches 10, The End of the Road! will autofire with the Examine your loot option. No action is needed and selecting Examine your loot will redirect you to Dispose of your Pickpocket's Trophies. You can trade  for items until you run out of them. Everything will reset once you select the Finished! option so don't let your go to waste.

Each Trophy usually has a value of 0.2

Option	Reward	Value
Dispose of seventy trophies	+12 +50 +12	14
Dispose of sixty trophies	+1 +350 +125	12
	Rare: + 1	12.5
Dispose of fifty Trophies via the Acquisitive Relicquarian	+2 +10 +25 CP	10
Dispose of forty Trophies	+3 +1 +15 CP	8
Dispose of thirty Trophies	+1 +5 +2 +10 CP	6
Dispose of twenty Trophies	+6 +6 +4 +(3 to 8) +5 CP	3.3 - 5.8
Dispose of ten Trophies	+20 +30 +30 +(1 to 106) +(1 to 100) +2 CP	0.82 - 2.86
Dispose of five Trophies	+100 +1 CP	1
Dispose of one Trophy	+20	0.2

Strategy

As a general principle, it's never profitable to use actions to increase unseen or reduce AYD, unless you risk getting caught if you don't, or you need just a few more trophies and being able to draw a new card is a decent benefit. As long as your (modified) suspicion is lower than 3, the penalty of getting caught is quite minor either way, and a slight risk isn't that bad, actually.

If you have a modified shadowy around 80-90 or better, it's probably always best to take Strung-up Street for more actions to pick pockets, as well as some extra, good cards for doing so. Otherwise, Blythenhale is a very good alternative.

This location's opportunity card hand-size is determined by your lodgings, so 4 or 5-card lodgings give you more chances to draw better cards and avoid playing the inefficient ones, therefore serious grinding of this carousel should wait until you have acquired one of those.

Unless you need something specifically, the most useful reward is arguably the jewels, as they don't have many other reliable sources. It's also worth mentioning that the option to exchange 50 trophies gives a better ratio of shadowy training per trophy than the other options.

As an alternative to the loot from pickpocketing, one could instead focus on grinding Touching Love Stories as well as Constable and Urchin favours from the card . Since his card can appear at any time along the length of the route, having 4 or 5-card lodgings and taking a short route could allow you to encounter him more frequently, as you merely have to end the route to discard your entire hand of the other cards and then start again with a fresh hand for more chances to draw his card.