Ministry-Approved Literature

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Ministry-Approved Literature
Category	Cargo
Price	100 Sovereigns
Data ID	131667

Ministry-Approved Literature is a cargo item.

Description

It has been thoroughly censored. Nothing here is likely to startle your maiden aunt. Or make her cackle.

Obtaining

Ministry-Approved Literature can be obtained in many ways.

The repeatable ways to obtain Ministry-Approved Literature are:

• Purchasing it from Perdurance and Worlebury-juxta-Mare (see Shop availability below).
• Take tea with the ladies who brunch in Port Prosper's own The Admiral Nelson. You will gained the amount of Literature twice of your Westward Reputation.
• Break open a coffin from Bully's Acre can sometimes award you one.
• Increasing Embraced by the Displeased to 3 or higher and decreasing Hours of the Quiet Sea to 0 at The Stair to the Sea unlock the action Attend a last rite, which give you one each cycle. You can repeat the cycle by waiting 15 days or paying Uncanny Specimen.
• At the The End of the Day of Perdurance's Half-Light Masque, if you have raised both Debutante's Favour and Servants' Favour to 3, you will received various rewards, one of them is a Ministry-Approved Literature.
• If you are Staying Awhile at Langley Hall and have found:
  • ...The Yellow Drawing Room, you can pass the high Hearts check to Give a speech at the cost of 1 Ministry-Stamped Permit. Both success and failure gives you one Literature, but success also gives you two Tale of Terror.
  • ...The Upstairs Laundry Cupboard, you can pass the high Mirrors check to Search the cupboard at the cost of 1 Moment of Inspiration. You will gain an An Unwillingness to Leave.
• Getting A slim clasped box from a Cache of Curiosities may give you one.
• Various Bargains (see Bargains below).

See the tables below for more details.

Interactions

Interactions in Brief

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Interaction	Action	Result Type	Change
Cache of Curiosities	'A slim clasped box'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Admiral Nelson	'Take tea with the ladies who brunch'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ 2*[q:132981]
Propaganda at Carillon	'Cover the Company's tracks'	Requirement	≥ 2
Propaganda at Carillon	'Cover the Company's tracks'	Default / Challenge Fail	-2
Worlebury-juxta-Mare	'Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for Condemned Experiments'	Requirement	≥ 5
Worlebury-juxta-Mare	'Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for Condemned Experiments'	Default / Challenge Fail	-5
Courting the Deathless	'Make a donation to the upkeep of the Mausoleum'	Requirement	≥ 1
Courting the Deathless	'Make a donation to the upkeep of the Mausoleum'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Aboard the Flotilla	'Attend a last rite'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Illuminated Archivist	'Request another reading of the Word'	Requirement	≥ 5
The End of the Day	'You are whisked aside by a grateful chaperone'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	'Secure a worker medical attention'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	'Provide books to a school'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	'Provide books to a school'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Bully's Acre	'Break open a coffin'	Success	+1
Mr Barleycorn's Belfry	'Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for clemency'	Requirement	≥ 1
Mr Barleycorn's Belfry	'Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for clemency'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Beach, in the Off Season	'Make things deeply unpleasant for the cult'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Beach, in the Off Season	'Make things deeply unpleasant for the cult'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Venerable Flautist	'Offer her a book'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Venerable Flautist	'Offer her a book'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Fatalistic Signalman	'Rouse him from his gloom'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Fatalistic Signalman	'Rouse him from his gloom'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Upstairs Laundry Cupboard	'Search the cupboard'	Success	+1
The Yellow Drawing Room	'Give a speech'	Default / Challenge Fail	+1
The Yellow Drawing Room	'Give a speech'	Success	+1
The Eleutheria Transit Relay	'Acquire a travel permit'	Requirement	≥ 3
The Eleutheria Transit Relay	'Acquire a travel permit'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ -3
Calming the Masses	'Lower unrest with patriotic literature'	Requirement	≥ 1
Calming the Masses	'Lower unrest with patriotic literature'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Adrift!	'Burn Ministry-Approved Literature'	Requirement	≥ 3
Adrift!	'Burn Ministry-Approved Literature'	Default / Challenge Fail	-3
Adrift!	'Burn Ministry-Approved Literature'	Success	-3
Fire in the Hold	'Move the munitions away from the fire'	Default / Challenge Fail	+ -(1/2+([d:3]-2)/2)
Forging a Companion	'A pragmatic companion would be best'	Requirement	≥ 1
Forging a Companion	'A pragmatic companion would be best'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
Seeking Audience with the Lamentation of Mists	'Offer tribute to the Lamentation '	Requirement	≥ 1
Marketplace of Litigators	'Hire a Cowled Litigator in exchange for Ministry-Approved Literature'	Requirement	≥ 1
Marketplace of Litigators	'Hire a Cowled Litigator in exchange for Ministry-Approved Literature'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1
The Felined Eccentric	'Break the ice with an offer of approved reading material'	Requirement	≥ 1
The Felined Eccentric	'Break the ice with an offer of approved reading material'	Default / Challenge Fail	-1

Interactions in Detail

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Story	Action	Required	Effect
Cache of Curiosities	A slim clasped box	A Cache of Curiosities ≥ 51 ≤ 55	Default: +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature A Cache of Curiosities = 0
The Admiral Nelson	Take tea with the ladies who brunch	Westward Reputation ≥ 3	Default: Amusements on Port Prosper = [1-100] Days on Port Prosper = Date+15 +2* Westward Reputation x Ministry-Approved Literature Triggers event:  Explore Port Prosper
Propaganda at Carillon	Cover the Company's tracks	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 2	Default: Winchester War: Propaganda at Carillon = 10 [[COMPLETE]You helped the Windward propagandist sharpen their rhetoric, increasing the effectiveness of the Company's work] +10 x Fortunes: Stovepipes +10 x Reputation: The Windward Company -2 x Ministry-Approved Literature +1 x Ministry-Stamped Permit -10 x Fortunes: Tacketies +150 x Experience
Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare	Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for Condemned Experiments	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 5	Default: +1 x Condemned Experiment -5 x Ministry-Approved Literature Triggers event:  Worlebury-juxta-Mare
Courting the Deathless	Make a donation to the upkeep of the Mausoleum	Date ≥ 100 Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: Time Away from the Mausoleum = Date -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
Aboard the Flotilla	Attend a last rite	Embraced by the Displeased ≥ 3 Hours of the Quiet Sea ≤ 0	Default: -3 x Embraced by the Displeased +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
The Illuminated Archivist	Request another reading of the Word	An Initiate of the Supralapsarians = 1 [Bring Five Sheafs of Ministry Approved Literature to the Illuminating Archivist] Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 5	Default: An Initiate of the Supralapsarians = 2 [Provide a Moment of Inspiration for the Illuminating Archivist]
The End of the Day	You are whisked aside by a grateful chaperone	Debutante's Favour Servants' Favour ≥ 3	Default: +1 x Attended the Half-Light Masque +-((( Servants' Favour+ Debutante's Favour)*5)+([1-10])) x Terror + Servants' Favour+ Debutante's Favour x Salon-Stewed Gossip +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature +50*( Servants' Favour+ Debutante's Favour) x Experience Servants' Favour = 0 Debutante's Favour = 0 Time Passing in Perdurance = 0 Triggers event:  The Parlour
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld	Secure a worker medical attention	Exploring Brabazon ≥ 40 ≤ 60 Ministry-Stamped Permit ≥ 1 Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10	Default: Exploring Brabazon = [1-100] -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock +1 x Beneficence at Brabazon -1 x Ministry-Stamped Permit +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature + Met the Workers' Leader*[1-3] x Unrest at Brabazon +2 x Terror
	Provide books to a school	Exploring Brabazon ≥ 60 ≤ 80 Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: Exploring Brabazon = [1-100] -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock +1 x Beneficence at Brabazon -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature + Met the Workers' Leader*[1-3] x Unrest at Brabazon +1 x Vision of the Heavens
Bully's Acre	Break open a coffin	Veils (42 for 100%) Bully's Acre Randomiser = 3	Success: +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature Bully's Acre Randomiser = 0
Mr Barleycorn's Belfry	Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for clemency	The Servitor's Liberation = 2 [You are closer to freeing the Servitor from Piranesi] Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: The Servitor's Liberation = 4 [You are closer to freeing the Servitor from Piranesi] -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
The Beach, in the Off Season	Make things deeply unpleasant for the cult	Assisting the Bureau of Entertainments = 1 [The Bureau would like you to take steps to combat the cult in the Off Season] Veils (42 for 100%) Working in the Off Season ≥ 1 Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: -2 x Working in the Off Season -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
The Venerable Flautist	Offer her a book	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1 Date	Default: -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature +1 x Savage Secret +1 x Friendship with the Flautist Piranesi Timer: The Flautist's Memories = Date + 7
The Fatalistic Signalman	Rouse him from his gloom	Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 50 [The Signalman has sunk into surliness. Speak to him to try to find a way to raise his spirits] Moment of Inspiration ≥ 1 Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 55 [The Signalman has been away from his duty for a long time. He would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach] Visit the Battered Signal Box = 10 [Visit the Battered Signal Box, somewhere near the Mother of Mountains] Visit the Overgrown Signal Box = 10 [Visit the Overgrown Signal Box, somewhere near the Leadbeater & Stainrod Nature Reserve] Visit the Scorched Signal Box = 10 [Visit the Scorched Signal Box, in the vicinity of Port Prosper] Visit the Spidered Signal Box = 10 [Visit the Spidered Signal Box, in the vicinity of Traitor's Wood] -1 x Moment of Inspiration -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
The Upstairs Laundry Cupboard	Search the cupboard	Mirrors (100 for 100%) Airs of Langley Hall ≤ 33 Staying Awhile ≥ 1 Moment of Inspiration ≥ 1	Success: Airs of Langley Hall = [1-100] +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature You'll Come Back = Date+15 Dreaming of Langley Hall = [1-50] +1 x An Unwillingness to Leave -1 x Moment of Inspiration
The Yellow Drawing Room	Give a speech	Hearts (100 for 100%) Ministry-Stamped Permit ≥ 1 Staying Awhile ≥ 1	Default: -1 x Ministry-Stamped Permit +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature The Party Goes On = Date+10 You'll Come Back = Date+15 Dreaming of Langley Hall = [1-50] Success: -1 x Ministry-Stamped Permit +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature +2 x Tale of Terror The Party Goes On = Date+10 You'll Come Back = Date+15 Dreaming of Langley Hall = [1-50]
The Eleutheria Transit Relay	Acquire a travel permit	Reach-Eleutheria Transit Permit ≤ 0 Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 3 Vision of the Heavens ≥ 2	Default: Reach-Eleutheria Transit Permit = 1 [You may now travel between the regions of the Reach and Eleutheria] -3 x Ministry-Approved Literature -2 x Vision of the Heavens
Calming the Masses	Lower unrest with patriotic literature	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1 Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10 Exploring Brabazon ≤ 30 Currently Uprising ≥ 2 Unrest at Brabazon ≥ 1	Default: Exploring Brabazon = [1-100] -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock +-[1-15] x Unrest at Brabazon -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
Adrift!	Burn Ministry-Approved Literature	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 3 Fortune (-2 for 100%) Freezing ≤ 2	Default: -3 x Ministry-Approved Literature -2 x The Ministry's Gratitude -5 x Reputation: The Windward Company Success: +1 x Fuel -3 x Ministry-Approved Literature -2 x The Ministry's Gratitude -5 x Reputation: The Windward Company Scavenged = 0 Lull in Battle = 0 Freezing = 0 Adrift = 0
Fire in the Hold	Move the munitions away from the fire	None	Default: +-[1-2] x Supplies +-(1/2+([1-3]-2)/2) x Sack of Verdant Seeds +-(1/2+([1-3]-2)/2) x Caged Catch +-(1/2+([1-3]-2)/2) x Ministry-Approved Literature
Forging a Companion	A pragmatic companion would be best	The Forged Companion = 10 [Acquire some Ministry-Approved Literature or a Hogshead of Starshine to continue forging your companion] Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: A Pragmatic Companion = 1 The Forged Companion = 20 [Acquire a Cask of Navaratine Gemstones or a Sack of Verdant Seeds to continue forging your companion] -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature
Seeking Audience with the Lamentation of Mists	Offer tribute to the Lamentation	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	-
Marketplace of Litigators	Hire a Cowled Litigator in exchange for Ministry-Approved Literature	Accompanied by a Litigator ≤ 0 Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1	Default: +1 x Litigator: the Cowled Loquacitor -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature Hire of a Litigator = Date+30
The Felined Eccentric	Break the ice with an offer of approved reading material	Ministry-Approved Literature ≥ 1 Learning about the Felined Eccentric ≤ 0 Hull	Default: Learning about the Felined Eccentric = 3 [As time passes, the Eccentric's story will progress] -1 x Ministry-Approved Literature CatTimer = Date+10

Shop availability

Shop	Item	Buy Price	Sell Price
Victoria Market - New Winchester	Ministry-Approved Literature	-	+100 x Sovereign
Spitalfields Market - London	Ministry-Approved Literature	-	+100 x Sovereign
The Butler's Discretion - Perdurance	Ministry-Approved Literature	-100 x Sovereign	-
Juxta-Mare Market - Worlebury-juxta-Mare	Ministry-Approved Literature	-100 x Sovereign	-
The Night Market - Pan	Ministry-Approved Literature	-	+100 x Sovereign

Bargains

Bargain Name	Item Sold	Cost per Item	Amount	Location	Unlocked with	Profit
'Of Faerie knights and fairest Tanaquill'	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Carillon  Perdurance  Port Prosper  The Most Serene Mausoleum  Worlebury-juxta-Mare	Affiliation: Establishment ≥ 4	30 Sovereigns
An auction of dusty literature	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Langley Hall  Leadbeater & Stainrod's Nature Reserve  Piranesi  The Royal Society  Traitor's Wood	Affiliation: Academe ≥ 2	30 Sovereigns
A Selection of Fine Books	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	10	Titania	Titania_Albion_Museum ≥ 2	30 Sovereigns
A crisis of faith	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	The White Well	Affiliation: Academe ≥ 2	30 Sovereigns
A half-price stack of penny-dreadfuls	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Any bazaar on the Reach  Carillon  Hybras  Leadbeater & Stainrod's Nature Reserve  Lustrum  Magdalene's  Polmear & Plenty's Inconceivable Circus  Port Avon  Port Prosper  Titania  Traitor's Wood		30 Sovereigns
A bibliophile's bargain: the latest literature from London	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Port Prosper		30 Sovereigns
A sale of Ministry-approved poetry	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Caduceus  Floating Parliament  The Most Serene Mausoleum  Titania	Affiliation: Bohemia ≥ 2	30 Sovereigns
Clogging up the stacks	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	3	The Forge of Souls		30 Sovereigns
Looking for Patron	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Titania	Titania_Eleutheria_Theatre ≥ 2	30 Sovereigns
The Word in the Sky	Ministry-Approved Literature	60 Sovereigns	7	The Most Serene Mausoleum	Dealing with the Deathless ≥ 1	40 Sovereigns
'Poems of the Cypress King'	Ministry-Approved Literature	70 Sovereigns	5	Any bazaar on Eleutheria  Achlys  Caduceus  Eagle's Empyrean  Langley Hall  Piranesi  The House of Rods and Chains		30 Sovereigns

Prospects

Prospect Name	Item Required	Amount	Region	Delivery Location	Unlocked with	Earned per item	Total earned	Bonus
Dust-Jackets of Deceit: Literature for Lustrum	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	The Reach	Lustrum	Dominant in the Reach = 3 [The Windward Company]	190 Sovereigns	950 Sovereigns	+5 x Fortunes: Tacketies -5 x Fortunes: Stovepipes +150 x Experience Dusk-Jackets of Deceit = 1
Literature for Polmear & Plenty	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	The Reach	Polmear & Plenty's Inconceivable Circus		190 Sovereigns	950 Sovereigns	+1 x Savage Secret +150 x Experience
Literature for the Titanian Library	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	The Reach	Titania	Titania_Albion_Museum = 4 [Library]	210 Sovereigns	1050 Sovereigns	+150 x Experience +3 x Savage Secret
Literature for Traitor's Wood	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	The Reach	Traitor's Wood	A Regent's Grave ≥ 1	190 Sovereigns	950 Sovereigns	+1 x Vision of the Heavens +150 x Experience
The Fruits of Labour: Literature for the Clockwork Sun	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	Albion	Clockwork Sun		190 Sovereigns	950 Sovereigns	+1 x Vision of the Heavens +150 x Experience +10 x The Strength of the Sun
Words in the Wind: Literature for the Avid Horizon	Ministry-Approved Literature	3	Albion	Avid Horizon		190 Sovereigns	190 Sovereigns	+200 x Experience Hull = MaxHull
Propaganda on Parade: Literature to Eagle's Empyrean	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	Eleutheria	Eagle's Empyrean		190 Sovereigns	950 Sovereigns	+1 x Ministry-Stamped Permit +250 x Experience Propaganda On Parade = 1
The Eagle's Gratitude: Literature to the Empyrean	Ministry-Approved Literature	5	Eleutheria	Eagle's Empyrean	Balance of the Great Game: Eleutheria ≥ 0 and ≤ 1	240 Sovereigns	1200 Sovereigns	Balance of the Great Game: Eleutheria = 4 [The Eagle considers you an informant] -10 x The Strength of the Sun
The Last Last Rites: Literature for Death's Door	Ministry-Approved Literature	7	The Blue Kingdom	The Forge of Souls	Affiliation: Establishment ≥ 2	210 Sovereigns	1470 Sovereigns	+1 x Cryptic Benefactor +300 x Experience
All the Comforts of Home	Caddy of Dried Tea	9	The Reach	Port Prosper	Dominant in the Reach = 3 [The Windward Company]	210 Sovereigns	1890 Sovereigns	+1 x Cryptic Benefactor +1 x Ministry-Approved Literature +150 x Experience
Them that ask no questions isn't told a lie	Trunk of Illicit Literature	7	Albion - Eleutheria	Achlys		275 Sovereigns	1925 Sovereigns	+1 x Reputation: Smugglers +500 x Sovereigns +2 x Savage Secret +2 x Ministry-Approved Literature +500 x Experience