The other most important component is having enough BDR that you can force-grind Favorabld Circumstances without having to wait for the Amanuensis card!
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I’m going for Doubled Spring this year and have hoarded 200 Tears and supplies for around 150 pails. Here are some other tips that I’ve come up with:
- Snowfall (and pail-buying on the Urchins card) starts on December 8th, so have the Urchins card in your hand and ready to use before then.
- One of the possible branches on the agent plot “A Disposable Network” (“Extra-Strong Cheddar”) gives you Favourable Circumstances that you can use to force-draw the Urchins card. You can have that plot completed and ready to go when snowfall starts.
- You can cash in 9 points of the “Corresponding…” quality (obtained from writing letters to other players) via the branch “For a grand scheme” in “The Rewards of Correspondence” storylet in exchange for Favourable Circumstances.
- If you have access to the House of Chimes, one of the voting options there also gives Favourable Circumstances.
These tips should save a few actions for you, although having sufficient supplies stockpiled and a high enough BDR to repeatedly grind Favourable Circumstances is still the most important factor for a successful Noman tattoo run.
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I should be set for that, I’m up to 43, but thank you for the reminder, I need to set it up as an outfit!
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Oh, thank you, this is really helpful!
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I got myself a little carried away this weekend, and managed to reach the 800k Rat Market saturation cap… That’s around 2k€ of future Rat Market profits lost.
But now I’m sitting on a more comfortable pile of 176 Vials of Tears of the Bazaar, and 165 (potential) Pails.
That’s almost half a Cider worth of materials 
Any leftover materials at the end of January can go back into my actual Cider fund anyway 
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Without James’ tips, with 43 BRD (1 MW for Nota 7 and 5 for 8) you can easily grind around 3-4 buckets per day if you’re active enough. Now, this means that you can reach, probably, 5/day.
Not sure how much BRD I had in '21, but I know I didn’t push it too much and had ~3.34 buckets/day.
Best of luck!
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With an active accomplice to donate you Notability after buying circumstances, 7 is enough and should push the daily limit even further.
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You can also get a one-time only supply of 3 extra Favourable Circumstances buying a Sheaf of Poetic First Drafts from the Unsanctioned Relicker in the Medusa’s Head.
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PSA: if your Time the Healer arrives and provides you with a sweet free Favourable Circumstance, CLEAR THE PATH TO YOUR LODGINGS, before you use it to draw the Urchin card.
Otherwise it is a 16 action loss.
Remember kids, don’t be me.
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