Wild Words Grinding (Guide)
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Primordial Shriek[edit]
Endgame players with access to highly profitable grinds (anything above 
2.75 per action) are better off just buying Primordial Shrieks from Merrigans Exchange.
Wolfstack Docks (and other parts of London)
- 270-2160 for various options when Acquiring Exhibits for the Labyrinth of Tigers, which can reach up to ~47 per action with Kill the goat demon and
The Hunt is On! sourced at 3CP/action; see The Hunt is On! (Guide) for more information.
- 1050 (failure: 700) for Breed the Somnolent Hyaena via Discipline at
Luck 70%. Assuming high stats and using the Lab to generate the required Honey, this averages to 945 Shrieks every 13.8 actions, which is 68.48 Shrieks ( 1.37) per action.
- 50 for Debate the nature of Primordial Shrieks at
Watchful 100; requires 
PoSI. Has a rare chance of 
1 x Aeolian Scream.
Maniac's Prayer[edit]
- Can be purchased from Crow-Crease Cryptics for 1
(at value)
- 310 (failure: 210) Breed the Somnolent Hyaena via Fungus and Pious Wrath at Luck 70%. Assuming high stats and using the Lab to generate the required Honey, this averages to 280 Prayers every 20.8 actions, which is 13.46 Prayers ( 1.35) per action.
- 200 for A Distressing Lack of Progress; averages 16.7 per action over the 12-action carousel. See Polythremic Promenade (Guide) for more information.
- An amount depending on the monograph's
Cautionary (potentially up to 1095) when you sell to the Militant Curate; see Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconverting Primordial Shrieks; with shrieks sourced from the Labyrinth this reaches 12.6 per action.
Correspondence Plaque[edit]
- 2 from Intercept the messages, for a total of 6 over the 13-action A Boxful of Intrigue carousel.
- Alternatively, you receive 2 even if you fail so reducing your
Shadowy to deliberately fail the task may be a reliable way to aquire these without progressing the carousel at the cost of 
Nightmares increasing (+1 CP).
- Can be purchased from Crow-Crease Cryptics for 7 (40% markup)
- A variable amount for Take some Correspondence plaques, averaging 9.33/action over 18 actions with a
Prisoner's Mask; see The Maze-Garden (Guide) for more information.
- 6
Fingerking Scales for The Efficient Commissioner on High Upon the Parapets in A Silvered Future; these can be sold for plaques. Has a 
Winds of Fortune check. See Irem (Guide) for more information. - Alternatively, 5 scales for Offer only yourself on Bargaining with Serpents in A Silvered Future
Other
- Upconverting Maniac's Prayers; with prayers sourced from Polythremic Promenade this reaches 3.39 per action.
- Sideconverting
Journals of Infamy; with Newspaper-sourced journals this reaches 7.03 per action. - Buy Maniac's Prayer in The Rat Market, then upconvert once. Depending on the efficiency of your source of
Rat-Shillings, this gives the following overall efficiency:
| /action:
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30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
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| /action:
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6.05 | 7.91 | 9.7 | 11.42 |
Aeolian Scream[edit]
- 6 when you Share what you've learned with a Cross at the end of the 13-action A Boxful of Intrigue carousel (which requires
A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12). Also grants 
1 x Favours: Urchins. Correct choices during the carousel (Intercept the messages) add 6 Correspondence Plaques per cycle, for an average of 1.2 additional Screams per loop. This gives a total of 0.55 Screams per action, including upconversion.
- 1 for Accept the contents of a small cocoon; takes at least 6 actions. See The Spider Symposium (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Enter in the company of a Storm-bird; requires that you have reached the acceptance ending of the Cats campaign and not started another campaign since, and also requires that you have a
Storm-bird.
- 1 for Harangue Virginia (The Waswood) or Learn more about the Viscountess' platform (The Waswood) during the appropriate weeks of the Sacroboscan Calendar
Selenitic Fragment (which can be sold for a Scream) for Unravel someone on Bleeding in A Ruinous Future. See Irem (Guide) for more information.
Other
- Upconverting Correspondence Plaques; with plaques from The Maze-Garden (Guide), this gives ~1.57 per action. Sideconverting from Newspaper-sourced journals gives 0.63 per action.
- Most options in
The Mind of a Long-Dead God
Storm-Threnody[edit]
- 1 for Send the Unfinished Man to teach Third City history; takes at least 7 actions. See Underclay (Guide) for more information.
- Up to 1 for the Mythopoesis carousel, requiring around 10 actions without expending items. See The Whisker-Ways (Guide) for more information.
- 4 for a 200 Curiosity/Frivolity concoction; optimally 2.75 actions per threnody, but Card-dependent and likely a bit worse. see Philosofruits (Guide) for more information.
- 2 for The Voice in the Fog; averages 6 actions per threnody. See Polythremic Promenade (Guide) for more information.
- 2 for A Hopeless Pickpocket; costs x 4 Favours: Urchins
The Magistracy of the Evenlode
- 1 for Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin (Defence); takes 6 actions. See Barristering at Evenlode (Guide) for more information.
Other:
- 5 for upconverting from Aeolian Scream; costs x 1 Favours: Urchins
Night-Whisper[edit]
- 3 for The Sanctuary of the Crimson Petals 2 about 17% of the time, or 2 for A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven 12.5% of the time, which takes half as many supplies. See Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Conclude your study of Attar; takes
Laboratory Research 450 and 
Parabolan Research 15, and requires 
A Vial of Queenly Attar.
- 1 for 20
Tribute when you Enjoy a bubbling hookah with the Minister of Culture; requires 4 actions
- 3 for the break ending of the Viscountess campaign, or the follow ending of the Ophidian Gentleman campaign. See Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Lend extensively; costs
x 2 Corrective Historical Narrative and 
x 3 Revisionist Historical Narrative.
Balmoral/London
- 1 for Unveil your Painting (Incendiary + Luminosity); see Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
- 5 for Close your eyes (All Gant); gives
+10 CP Advancing the Liberation of Night:, and takes at least 77 actions and 
x 5 Intercepted Cablegram.
Other
- 1 for Burn his works. Break his pen. Escort him to the Royal Beth, requiring on average 27.62 actions and 21.36 in materials. See Fidgeting Writer (Guide) for more information.
Starstone Demark[edit]
- Can be purchased via The Correspondence-marked stone in exchange for
Exploits Hearts' Game: Exploits. See Hearts' Game (Guide) for more information.
- Can be purchased for 3125 when the Rat-Wind blows East and the the Rat-Moon is Runny.
Other
- Can be purchased from the Shivering Relicker for
x 680 Certifiable Scrap.
Breath of the Void[edit]
- Can be purchased for
1 x Legenda Cosmogone, 
1 x Edicts of the First City, 
1 x Cartographer's Hoard, 
1 x Dreadful Surmise and 
1 x Coruscating Soul.
Other
- Can be purchased from the Shivering Relicker for x 3200 Certifiable Scrap
