Rumour Grinding (Guide)
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- 6–45 (average 25.5) for A literary sort of fist-fight at
110; requires 
- 50 for Dispose of seventy trophies; see The Crowds of Spite (Guide) for more information.
- 100 for Rob the main archive at the Ministry of Public Decency; this takes at least 5 actions to get the required
, giving a rate of at most 17 per action. For those without access to Parabola, this drops to at most 10 per action. See Casing (Guide) for more information. - 315 for Trade favours with revolutionaries for
- 300 or 400 for Accept a share of the crates cleared out of Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College or Claim the crates cleared out of Saint Cyriac's Illuminated College when intervening in a Dockers' brawl. The former gives at most 50 per action (60 per action if you have a
and are brawling on the side of order, or with certain items of Whitsun clothing) and the latter gives at most 57.1 or 66.7 per action with harder checks. See Brawling with Dockers (Guide) for more information.
- 26 for The Committee on Semiotic Safety at
104; requires 97 and locked with 
. See Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide) if Unwelcome.
- (
- 1250) / 4 for completing the Cosmic Matchmaker campaign; see A Trade in Reputations (Guide) for more information.
- 450 for Escort duty, on success at the end of the 15-action Working toward a Foreign Posting (Guide) carousel, giving a rate of at most 30 per action.
- The Upper Layer
- (
- 1250) / 4; works out at 77.2 per action when using the strategy outlined in the guide.
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Other
- 41–55 (failure: 25, average on success: 48) for Sift through the pages ( 150) using The Censored Census of 1862. Notably, this is an item, and as such allows you to gain proscribed material where you might otherwise not be able to, so long as you are not in a storylet.
- Can be purchased from Crawcase Cryptics for 0.08
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- 5-24 for Take brandy in the parlour 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).
- 5 for Discuss a minor case; requires having completed The Case of the Absconding Devil (i.e. having
3) and The Case of the Starving Poet
- 7 for Attend: and be erudite at 66; requires
4. - 5 for Publish poetry in praise of the Duchess
- 30 for 'Obtain' licences from the Ministry of Public Decency at 98, costs
- Can be purchased for 1
from Crow-Crease Cryptics (at cost)
Other
- 25 for Investigate the Clay Highwayman: Ask the Constables on the card Who is the Clay Highwayman?; requires
99 or less. - 10 for Give her something, for the sake of appearances on the card The Soft-Hearted Widow; consumes
- Upconverting from Proscribed Materials; amount per action ranges from about 4 for Material sourced from the Ministry of Public Decency to about 24.8 when sourcing from Moulin.
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- 1-5 for Promenade (Season 3) or A Port Carnelian marinade from Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go storylet, depending on base ; requires at 3 or 4 (currently available).
- 2 for Spread some currency around; costs
.
- 88 on average for Breed the Plated Seal 6 via Fungus and Pious Wrath; requires at least 15 actions and a
for <4.8 per action.
+ - 28 from Publish a seditious edition; see Publishing a Newspaper (Guide) for more information: up to 107 in 18.5 actions, ~5.784 per action.
- Up to 24 from the Mythopoesis carousel. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 5 for Instruct the lamp-cats in the coral calcification of the locals, for a total of 30 over the 14-action Port Cecil carousel.
- 3 for Address the main usher 2
- 11-12 with Trade rumours with the Calculating Lapidary; costs
for 5.25 per action.
Other
- 5 for Dangerous pastimes, consumes
and 
; see Cat and Mouse (Guide) for more information - Upconverting from ; with inklings upconverted from Moulin material, this reaches 4.96 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:
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6.05 | 7.91 | 9.7 | 11.42 |
- Side-converting from Newspaper-sourced
; this gives 5.22 per action. - Discordant Ripples (Frozen) 4 gives 10-11
- Discordant Ripples (Mouth) 5 gives 10
- 5 per action when making fun of Madame Shoshana during the Waswood's Reflection of the Election of 1897. See The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide) for scheduling.
- 2 per action from Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel. Requires Acquainted with Miriam Plenty's Past.
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- 3 from Send the Unfinished Man to teach Fourth City History; averages 0.6 identities per action. See Underclay (Guide).
- In mysteries lets
s and 
pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in identities and other items. Up to about 0.24 per action for s and 0.16 per action for .
- 4 for An edition brimming with truth and wisdom when publishing a newspaper, requires (not achievable without end-game qualities); see Publishing a Newspaper (Guide) for more information. With Searching out a Missing Woman (Guide)-sourced
, this yields 0.22 identities per action.
- 1 through Protest the Jovial Contrarian's Campaign or Upset the Captivating Princess' dignity when the Waswood remembers the 1896 election.
- 1 for a stand-alone action, dependant on your story ending. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Ask where Furnace got her name ( 200, increased by
), on success
- 1 for Ask whether Furnace Ancona ever comes out this way ( 180, increased by ), on success
- 1 for Try to join with the game of cards again in the Constabulary. Requires no stat checks, and gains no menace.
- An amount that scales with
for Export the Skeleton of a Neathy Bird. 
Implausibility is no concern.
/250 when you sell certain dishes to Dr Schlomo. See A Kitchen for Artists (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Enter the Gatehouse in The Very Walls of Hell. Requires no stat checks, and gains no menace.
Other
- In the Upper River, 2 from Wager a penny on a hand of Spite Dr. Blemmigan on the card
; requires having opened a station at the Magistracy and 
(or certain endings of 
Heart's Desire). - Upconverting from ; with gossip side-converted from newspaper-sourced journals this reaches 0.96 per action (if publishing an edition brimming with truth and wisdom).
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- 1 from Send an Unfinished Man to Wolfstack Docks; requires at least 7 actions per blackmail. See Underclay (Guide) for more information.
- Can be purchased from Crow-Crease Cryptics for 250 (100% markup). This is better than purchasing and upconverting. For various rates of per action, this gives:
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- 1 from Attend a Funeral, at the conclusion of the 15-action Riding the Savage Cobbles carousel.
- 1 for completing the Cosmic Matchmaker campaign; see A Trade in Reputations (Guide) for more information.
- Up to 3 from the Mythopoesis carousel, up to 4 when expending resources. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Attract a companion for the rest of the evening; costs
- 1 for Fabricate blackmail material; takes 4 actions and
. You can obtain the cablegrams at a rate of 0.6 actions for 2 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information. If one is grinding Hinterland Scrip and abstracts away some of the actions (as they give Great Game items which can be sold directly for scrip) at a rate of 10SPA, it takes 4.4 actions per (i.e., starting from scratch and giving "no profit").
- Obtain from Wager a penny on a hand of Spite Dr. Blemmigan (Constant Cufflinks), then upconvert them using
. This takes about 2.94 actions per (depending on one's sources of and 
reduction, but is reliant on drawing cards in both the Upper River and in London. This is equivalent to 0.34 BM/action in bulk (i.e., 30 BM for around 88.2 actions, requiring 150 Identities).
Other
- Up-convert from on the Wanted: Reminders of Brighter Days card
- Discordant Ripples (Frozen) 1 gives 1
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- 1 for Arrange a Night on the Town; costs
, 
, and 20 CP 
- 1 for An Ambivalent Scion; costs
- 12 for Call in favours from Revolutionaries (The Hurlers); Costs with the right statue.
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- 1 for Discover her beliefs with
- 1 for Sell him a Viric Lizard; costs
- x for Sell your Skeleton to the Sculptress
Other
- 1 for Eavesdrop on An Evening at the Clay Tailor's card, requires being a member of
.
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- Any action that moves you between railway stations, with the exception of Ealing Gardens to London, will give a rumour.
- Speak to the Remorseless Archaeologist in Jericho Locks is a notable option as well. While it costs
to use this option, it averages in additional , making it overall more profitable than moving between stations.
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- 1 for An illicit secret, costing
(and thus taking about 19 actions per mortification). See Hearts' Game (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Send an inordinately enormous stack of documents to Mount Palmerston; requires at least 18 actions per mortification. See The Sunken Embassy (Guide) for more information.
- 3 for the Enforce your demands ending of the A Second City Vengeance campaign; see Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Breathe an ancient air; costs
- 1 for Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron (Prosecution); costs
and takes 6 actions. See Barristering at Evenlode (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for A Bandaged Naval Officer, A Shapeless Aristocrat or An Idle Soldier; requires at least 15 actions and . You can obtain the cablegrams at a rate of 0.6 actions for 2 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
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- Can be purchased via The curious antique book in exchange for x 65 Exploits. See Hearts' Game (Guide) for more information.
- Can be purchased for 3125 when the Rat-Wind blows South and the the Rat-Moon is Blue.
Other
- Can be purchased for
from the Curt Relicker.
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- 1 for A long list (Deciphering a Document); requires that you Sell a very advanced identity to Spies (
, 
, 
, , and 
(Surface)) and at least 16 further actions of decoding for Midnighters (20 for non-Midnighters). See Cover Identities (Guide) for more information.
- Trading 156250
for 1 in the card A Visit from Virginia; with maximum 
, this takes in the vicinity of 300 actions.
Other
- Can be purchased from the Curt Relicker for
