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Category | Cargo |
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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 |
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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 |
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Cache of Curiosities | A slim clasped box | ![]() |
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The Admiral Nelson | Take tea with the ladies who brunch | Default:
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Propaganda at Carillon | Cover the Company's tracks | Default:
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Welcome to Worlebury-juxta-Mare | Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for Condemned Experiments | Default:
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Courting the Deathless | Make a donation to the upkeep of the Mausoleum | ![]() |
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Aboard the Flotilla | Attend a last rite | Default:
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The Illuminated Archivist | Request another reading of the Word | ![]() |
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The End of the Day | You are whisked aside by a grateful chaperone | Default:
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The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld | Secure a worker medical attention | ![]()
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Provide books to a school | ![]()
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Bully's Acre | Break open a coffin | ![]() |
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Mr Barleycorn's Belfry | Exchange Ministry-Approved Literature for clemency | ![]() |
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The Beach, in the Off Season | Make things deeply unpleasant for the cult | ![]()
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The Venerable Flautist | Offer her a book | Default:
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The Fatalistic Signalman | Rouse him from his gloom | ![]()
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The Upstairs Laundry Cupboard | Search the cupboard | ![]()
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The Yellow Drawing Room | Give a speech | ![]() |
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The Eleutheria Transit Relay | Acquire a travel permit | ![]()
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Calming the Masses | Lower unrest with patriotic literature | ![]()
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Adrift! | Burn Ministry-Approved Literature | Default:
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Fire in the Hold | Move the munitions away from the fire | None | Default:
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Forging a Companion | A pragmatic companion would be best | ![]() |
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Seeking Audience with the Lamentation of Mists | Offer tribute to the Lamentation |
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Marketplace of Litigators | Hire a Cowled Litigator in exchange for Ministry-Approved Literature | Default:
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The Felined Eccentric | Break the ice with an offer of approved reading material | Default:
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Shop Availability[]
Shop availability[]
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Bargains[]
Bargain Name | Item Sold | Cost per Item | Amount | Location | Unlocked with | Profit |
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'Of Faerie knights and fairest Tanaquill' | ![]() |
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5 | ![]()
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An auction of dusty literature | ![]() |
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A Selection of Fine Books | ![]() |
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10 | ![]() |
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A crisis of faith | ![]() |
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5 | ![]() |
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A half-price stack of penny-dreadfuls | ![]() |
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5 | Any bazaar on the Reach
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A bibliophile's bargain: the latest literature from London | ![]() |
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A sale of Ministry-approved poetry | ![]() |
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Clogging up the stacks | ![]() |
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Looking for Patron | ![]() |
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The Word in the Sky | ![]() |
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'Poems of the Cypress King' | ![]() |
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5 | Any bazaar on Eleutheria
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Prospects[]
Prospect Name | Item Required | Amount | Region | Delivery Location | Unlocked with | Earned per item | Total earned | Bonus |
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Dust-Jackets of Deceit: Literature for Lustrum | ![]() |
5 | The Reach | ![]() |
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Literature for Polmear & Plenty | ![]() |
5 | The Reach | ![]() |
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Literature for the Titanian Library | ![]() |
5 | The Reach | ![]() |
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Literature for Traitor's Wood | ![]() |
5 | The Reach | ![]() |
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The Fruits of Labour: Literature for the Clockwork Sun | ![]() |
5 | Albion | ![]() |
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Words in the Wind: Literature for the Avid Horizon | ![]() |
3 | Albion | ![]() |
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Propaganda on Parade: Literature to Eagle's Empyrean | ![]() |
5 | Eleutheria | ![]() |
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The Eagle's Gratitude: Literature to the Empyrean | ![]() |
5 | Eleutheria | ![]() |
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The Last Last Rites: Literature for Death's Door | ![]() |
7 | The Blue Kingdom | ![]() |
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All the Comforts of Home | ![]() |
9 | The Reach | ![]() |
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Them that ask no questions isn't told a lie | ![]() |
7 | Albion - Eleutheria | ![]() |
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