Raising Connections

This guide lists the best repeatable methods in London for raising Connected values for characters whose major qualities are 100 or more.

[Todo: include storylets available only at the University or Empress' Court]

Faction Opportunity Cards
Each faction has its own Opportunity card which provides an option to spend a few Pence to increase that faction's Connected quality.

[Todo: Table]

Mrs Plenty's CarnivalCarnival.png
If your Connected is less than 10, you can expend two actions and a Carnival Ticket to gain a certain amount of CP depending on the faction. This method can be used for all factions other than Benthic, Summerset and The Masters.

The Big Top (30 CP): The sideshows:
 * Bohemian
 * The Church
 * Constables
 * Hell
 * Society
 * The Tomb-Colonies
 * The Widow
 * Criminals (10 CP, available upto Connected 15)
 * The Docks (10 CP)
 * The Duchess (20 CP)
 * The Game (20 CP)
 * Revolutionaries (20 CP, costs three actions)
 * Rubbery Men (12 CP)
 * Urchins (12 CP)

Conflict Cards
Ten conflict cards unlock when you have Connected 5 with both factions. These let you trade 15 CP with one faction for 30 CP with the other. Many options also give 30-100p worth of items and affect quirks. You can use these to increase connections with all factions other than Benthic, Criminals, the Duchess, and Summerset, for a net benefit of 15 CP per action (along with other benefits/detriments). This is usually more efficient on a per action basis than using storylets (exceptions: Bohemians, Revolutionaries and Society), although it takes longer in real time since you actually have to draw the cards. The combinations are:



Notable secondary effects:
 * Siding with The Church against The Great Game gives one of each Second Chance
 * Siding with The Church against Hell reduces Scandal by 3 CP
 * Siding with Hell against The Church increases Scandal by 1 CP
 * Siding with Urchins against Hell gives 3 CP Wounds
 * Siding with Urchins against The Widow reduces Nightmares by 3 CP
 * Siding with the Rubbery Men against the Revolutionaries increases Scandal by 1 CP
 * Either option on A misfortune at the Carnival gives 1 CP Wounds and 5 Carnival Tickets

One good use of these cards is to transfer CPs from easily grindable factions like Bohemians and Society to others.

Two more cards become available with Docks/Widow 30 and Constables/Criminals 50: The Acacia and the Butterfly and Crime or punishment? These basically give valuable items at the price of a huge hit in one or both Connected qualities.

Bohemian

 * Publishing poetry in praise of the Duchess gives 22 CP Bohemians and 10 CP Duchess which is best for grinding.
 * Giving a public lecture in The Forgotten Quarter gives 15 CP Bohemians, Revolutionaries and Society costing 1 CP Suspicion.
 * Completing a poem, novel, play, song, symphony or ballet at the Empress Court gives 20-75 CP Bohemians, depending on the specific work created. Some choices also raise Society, Revolution, Docks, or Summerset and Benthic.

The Church

 * Giving the Bishop a Hound of Heaven provides 50 CP and a Cellar of Wine, but requires a lengthy trip to Zee and at least 23 actions in the Labyrinth.
 * If the Airs of London are right, it is possible to gain 5 CP and 22 Glim for three actions by undertaking the Temperance Campaigner's quick commission in Veilgarden.
 * Completing A Rousing Hymn at the Empress Court gives 50 CP Church.
 * Cards: Attending a fête gives 10 CP Church and -1 CP Nightmares.
 * Working diligently for the God's Editors gives 5 CP Church, -1 CP Scandal and Nightmares, and 1 CP Austere.
 * Intervene to help the cleric choice at A tavern dust-up card at Watchmaker's Hill gives 15 CP at cost of 10 Cryptic Clues. (Only with no Connected Pet)

Constables

 * Selling information in the Flit gives 30 CP and 10 Moon-pearls for 6 CP of Casing.... Using a Gang of Hoodlums at a 100% success rate, that's 11.25 CP per action.
 * Providing training in Watchmaker's Hill gives 5 CP and 47 Rostygold.
 * Dress up as a victim and wait to be stabbed gives 6 CP and 39 Rostygold, with rare chance to get a CP of An Annoyance to Jack-of-Smiles.
 * Cards: Intervene to help the Constable choice at A tavern dust-up card at Watchmaker's Hill gives 15 CP at cost of 10 Cryptic Clues. (Only with no Connected Pet)

Criminals

 * Selling information in the Flit gives 10 CP Criminals and 10 CP Shadowy for 10 CP of Casing... (capped at Connected 50). Using a Gang of Hoodlums at a 100% success rate, that's 2.65 CP per action.
 * With Casing... 5 and Suspicion 2, you can watch those watching you in the Flit for 30 Cryptic Clues and 2 CP Hell, Constables and Criminals.
 * Cards: you can remind your Hoodlums who's boss for 10 CP Criminals and 1 CP Suspicion.
 * Frustrating Jack-of-Smiles on the Tower of Knives gives 10 CP Criminals and Revolutionaries, but is only available to those who are an annoyance to him -- and naturally, he must still be around.
 * Those with Shadowy 118 or less can get 5 CP and 80 Moon-pearls from a normal success on The little people card.
 * Choosing a bare-knuckle prize fight as your implausible penance gives 5 CP Criminals and either 60 Rostygold or 100 Rostygold and -5 CP Constables.
 * Dirigible theft gives 15 CP Criminals.
 * Meeting the Sardonic Music-Hall Singer through A Visit card and Drop in for a chat gives 10 CP of Criminals and Bohemians.
 * Accept the job choice at The Tomb-colonist and the Footpad card at Spite gives 15 CP at cost of 1 Intriguing Gossip. (Only with no Connected Pet)

The Docks

 * If your Dangerous is 90 or less you can take a break from duelling in Wolfstack Docks for 5 CP Docks, 15 Cryptic Clues and 3 Morelways.
 * Cards: Intervene to help the docker choice at A tavern dust-up card at Watchmaker's Hill gives out 15 CP at cost of 10 x Cryptic Clue. (Only with no Connected Pet)
 * For high-level characters with a ship, Rescuing the crew at the end of the Mutton Island carousel gives out 150 CP, but is unavailable at level 31.
 * Completing A Patriotic Adventure or A Newly Arranged Folk Song at the Empress Court gives 50 or 25 CP, respectively, and an equal amount of Bohemians.

The Duchess

 * Publishing poetry in praise of the Duchess at the Palace gives 10 CP Duchess and 22 CP Bohemians which is best for grinding.
 * Cards: Freeing a boxed cat gives 15 CP.

The Great Game

 * Dabble in the Great Game has options to increase it up to Connected 10.
 * Cards: Visiting the Wry Functionary gives 20 Cryptic Clues, 12 CP Great Game and 12 CP Society.
 * Failing a luck check on the A parliament of bats card gives 8 CP Great Game
 * Courier work on your Velocipede gives 70 Cryptic Clues and 5 CP, up to Connected 15.
 * Find a buyer for the information choice at Valuable Secrets card at Ladybones Road gives 15 CP at cost of 15 Whispered Secrets. (Only with no Connected Pet)
 * You can also gain a single CP by chatting to the tipsy spy in Veilgarden, inside The Singing Mandrake.
 * Cards: If you no yet have access to Wilmot's End, then you can sell 5 Intriguing Gossip for 10 CP Great Game and assortment of secrets and rumors.

Hell

 * Selling information gives 30 CP and for 6 CP of Casing.... Using a Gang of Hoodlums at a 100% success rate, that's 11.25 CP per action.
 * Sell the information to the Embassy choice at Valuable Secrets card at Ladybones Road gives 15 CP at the cost of 15 Whispered Secrets. (Only with no Connected Pet)
 * Cards: for PoSI, bringing a certain document along for the Brass Ambassador at A Polite Invitation party gives 50 CP, but won't raise Talk of the Town.

Revolutionaries

 * Public lectures in The Forgotten Quarter provide 15 CP Revolutionaries, Bohemians and Society for 1 CP Suspicion.
 * Blowing up statues/bankers in the Flit gives 50/100 CP, 200/300 Proscribed Material and 90 Stolen Correspondence/200 Cryptic Clues.
 * Completing An Allegorical Satire at the Empress Court gives 45 CP Revolutionaries and 35 CP Bohemians.
 * Cards: Take the Revolutionary's side choice at A scuffle on the street at Veilgarden give 15 CP. (Only with no Connected Pet)
 * The next victim? in The Tower of Knives card provides 10 CP of Criminals and Revolutionaries, if you have An Annoyance to Jack-of-Smiles quality.

Rubbery Men

 * Cards: If in possession of Warm Amber you can give away one to gain 5 CP Connected and 100 Deep Amber.
 * Grinding in Flute Street is significantly more efficient, but it is a Fate-locked area.

Society

 * Being erudite at the Duchess's salon in The Shuttered Palace gives 33cp Society which is best for grinding if you are banned from Court.
 * Otherwise, you can help with someone else's scandal for 30 CP Society and 20 Greyfields 1882, or go to afternoon tea for 10 CP Society and 84 Whispered Secrets.
 * Addressing the committee at the University gives 10 CP Society and 21 Proscribed Material.
 * Completing several types of poem, play, song, symphony or ballet at the Empress Court will give 25-45 CP Society, depending on the specific work created. Most choices also raise Bohemians.
 * Cards: giving someone a lift in your Respectable Landau gives 150 Whispered Secrets, 1 Appalling Secret and 20 CP Society.
 * Saving someone from death by water on The Heron Tower card gives 30 CP and 1 Certifiable Scrap.
 * Standing up for the Lady at A scuffle on the street at Veilgarden gives 15 CP. (Only with no Connected Pet)

The Tomb-Colonies

 * Almost every card in Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies gives out some Tomb-Colony CP.
 * Cards: Double-crossing him at The Tomb-colonist and the Footpad card at Spite gives 15 CP at cost of 1 Intriguing Gossip. (Only with no Connected Pet)

Urchins

 * Speaking softly while having Fun with the Fisher-Kings in the Flit gives 3 CP.
 * Cards: Assisting the Urchin at A scuffle on the street card at Veilgarden gives 15 CP. (Only with no Connected Pet)

The Widow

 * The best option is to attend an audience with the Widow in Spite (which requires Connected 10) for 10 CP Widow and 36 Jade.
 * Alternatively, helping to bring in peach brandy gives 6 CP Widow and 42 Jade, requiring only Connected 5.

Benthic and Summerset

 * Helping A colleague with a problem gives 40 Cryptic Clues and 5 CP Benthic and Summerset.
 * Progressing through Term Passing... during Featuring in the Tales of the University at exactly 5 opens up ample variety of storylets to gain these connections (cf. guide).
 * If you already passed Level 5 of Featuring in the Tales of the University, then success on Make your peace with Dr Orthos option at Term Passing 7 will give 10 CP Benthic and Summerset, along with 10 CP Society and 10 CP Bohemians.
 * Donating the finds from pursuing an Archaeological Expedition to either Benthic or Summerset awards CP based on the treasure's value. This, however, is generally a bad deal.
 * Completing A Tale of the Future! at the Empress Court gives 10 CP Benthic, 10 CP Summerset and 50 CP Bohemians.

The Masters of the Bazaar

 * The best way to gain this Connection is to progress through story as Master's worker - Suggest he take a more material view on The Loquacious Vicar's Great Work; Confront Unfinished pair for Mr Pages; Follow Mr Wine's order against F.F. Gebrandt; Betray the Cheesemonger to the Masters of the Bazaar; Frame innocent scholar for murder and have no guilt; and such.
 * Siding with Masters (any of the two) at the conclusion of A Survivor of the Affair of the Box will gain Master's favor.
 * It can also be raised to the same cap less efficiently by those who possess an Invitation to the Temple Club and 2500 Romantic Notions.
 * You can gamble your connection through ...an incognito Master? option, but the (actual) odds are against you.
 * Cards: A libraryette for Mr Pages lets you either trade 10,000 Proscribed Material and 50 Jade for 1 CP Masters and 10 Appalling Secrets, or 20 Collated Research, 80 Touching Love Stories, 5 Blackmail Material and 5 Uncanny Incunabula for 3 CP. The Proscribed Material is worth 400 echoes while the assorted items are worth 375; the latter option is therefore more than three times as cost-effective. To draw the card, you must have at least 100 Proscribed Material, and Connected 10 or less.
 * You can work at Mr Wines' Revels - As hired help. At the end of this work, Mr Wines will present 1 CP of Masters of the Bazaar, but no more than one level . This is only for those with no Master connection at all.