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Stop It, Get Some Help - A guide for Assistance in Book of Hours (Ver. 1.2)
By Beachcomber347
This is a guide for all known assistance in the game. It turns out there are a lot.
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Category: Characters, Secrets
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Guide Index
Overview
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Boosting Assistance 
Obvious Assistance 
Seasonal Assistance 
Unusual Assistance 
Afterward 
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Yes, though the Rector, the Blacksmith & Mrs and Mr Kille are easily accessible, there exists more assistance you can use. This guide aims to list them all.
To use this guide, use "ctrl + f" for the principle you need, then back trace the assistance who possess the principle.

*Ver 1.1 Update: With 8.b.9, Poet can now consume Flower, and Nun can now consume Omen
*Ver 1.2 Update: Thanks to Lyneralia, I now know that the cost of Obvious Assistance changes depending on your starting Soul choices. This has been changed accordingly.
Boosting Assistance
If you talk with an assistance, you will find their principles can be boosted with specific cards. These include Elements of the Soul, Beverages, Memories, Sustenance, and Tools. Some assistance can be boosted with other consumables. In this case this guide will list these out too.
Obvious Assistance
Name
Condition
principle 1
potency
principle 2
potency
can consume
Coffinmaker's Assistance
Mrs and Mr Kille, need Winter Soul, cost 12*
Sky
1
Winter
2
Wood
Midwife's Assistance
Mrs and Mr Kille, need Grail Soul, cost 12*
Grail
2
Heart
1
Fabric and Fibre
Blacksmith's Assistance
The Smithy, need Edge/ Forge/ Heart Soul, cost 12*
Edge
2
Forge
2
Metal
Rector's Assistance
The Rectory, need Knock/ Lantern, cost 12*
Lantern
2
Knock
1
Candle
* the cost of Obvious Assistance changes depending on your starting Soul choices. Whichever house you go first means the residents in that house is free.
Seasonal Assistance
These can only be found on specific season. So far, there is no seasonal assistance during Numa.
Name
Condition
principle 1
potency
principle 2
potency
principle 3
potency
can consume
Miner's Assistance
Spring, in pub, no me, cost 12
Forge
1
Moon
1
Scale
2
basic
Barber's Assistance
Summer, in pub, no me, cost 12
Moth
2
Rose
1
basic
Orchard-Keeper's Assistance
Autumn, in pub, no me, cost 12
Heart
1
Nectar
2
basic
Fisherman's Assistance
Winter, in pub, no me, cost 12
Moon
2
Sky
1
basic
Unusual Assistance
You get unusual assistance by going to the pub. They have more principle potency then the assistance above. However, which one you get is totally random.
I tried using 1 ereb & 2 pence, and rolled at least 20 times.
The result is 6 different assistance.
Yet there seems to be some bias, as the occurrence of the Nun is lower than that of other assistance.
I am unsure if this is related to the type of element of the soul used. But I am certain the amount of pence used does nothing. As you only pay the assistance only after you "draw" and talk to the assistance.
Name
Condition
principle 1
potency
principle 2
potency
principle 3
potency
can consume
Consulting Engineer's Assistance
Random, in pub, add me, cost 24
Forge
4
Lantern
4
Sky
4
Fuel
Elegiac Poet's Assistance
Random, in pub, add me, cost 24
Moth
4
Sky
4
Winter
4
Flower
Fugitive's Assistance
Random, in pub, add me, cost 24
Edge
4
Heart
4
Scale
4
basic
Nun's Assistance
Random, in pub, add me, cost 24
Grail
4
Knock
4
Moon
4
Omen
Surrealist Painter's Assistance
Random, in pub, add me, cost 24
Grail
4
Moth
4
Rose
4
Pigment
Travelling Musician's Assistance
Random, in pub, add me, cost 24
Nectar
4
Rose
4
Sky
4
basic
Afterward
I hope this guide helps you. So you won't need to realise the existence of other assistance 9 hours into the game like me.
See you in Mansus.
11 Comments
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Beachcomber347  [author] 23 Aug, 2023 @ 7:14am 
As for the poet, I've yet to see a Flower that has any principle with more than 2 potency. This is just a minor boost.
Beachcomber347  [author] 23 Aug, 2023 @ 7:06am 
I find the choice of letting the Nun use Omen very interesting. If a Nun uses Wormwood Dream (Omen, Edge 3, Moon 6, Winter 6, crafted with 15 Moon and a Stymphling) she will already have 10 Moon before any other boosts. This is a bit strong.
ArmedPenguin 22 Aug, 2023 @ 6:18pm 
Looking at the card deck for Unusual Assistance in the incidents_deck file, both the Nun and the Fugitive have a 10% draw rate. The other 4 all have 20% each.
inago 21 Aug, 2023 @ 8:35am 
as with lyneralia and aki said getting mis and mr kile both for free is possable.
Aki 21 Aug, 2023 @ 7:45am 
@technopiper I've absolutely got them both for free - and given how much of a PITA it is to use the undertaker, with only one soul giving Winter, I'm certainly glad of it!
Lyneralia 21 Aug, 2023 @ 5:59am 
with the coffin-maker and midwife, if you get one or the other at the start, both are free (I double checked this just now), but which you get when interacting with their house depends on the soul card used, so at the very start you may not have access to both, depending on the soul cards you chose to start out.
also, for anyone wondering, you can 'collaborate' with your free assistance to be able to get an introduction to the other two houses in town, provided you grant them at least one matching aspect, you don't need to spend money hiring anyone, which is probably intended to gain access to hush house initially, though i just hired unusual help.
Technopiper 21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:12am 
@Tunafish Man - Don't think that's true. You can either have the coffinmaker or the midwife as contact, not both. The other one will still cost you a shilling.
VNLover 20 Aug, 2023 @ 7:26am 
Worth noting, the "Obvious Assistance" free assistance varies depending on how the introduction goes, from what I've seen. So you can have the blacksmith instead of the coffinmaker/midwife couple. Although having the two-for-one with the couple is very nice.
somebodybond 19 Aug, 2023 @ 9:09pm 
To elaborate: To get seasonal workers, you pay money (at least a shilling; if you pay more, you get change, as always) and don't use a soul.
Debs 19 Aug, 2023 @ 7:14pm 
Seasonal Assistance is found at The Sweet Bones. Pay money and the assistant will be determined by the Season you are in.