Rookie Heist Checklist: Tools, Targets, and Common Mistakes

• Scout the Map: Hover each house for age group and traits. Circle Fragile children or Eldritch anomalies—they define the night’s priority targets.
• Check Your Loadout: Carry at least one extra syringe beyond the default; Tough and multi-tooth runs demand it.
• Review Trait Intel: Memorize how Heavy Sleepers, Night Owls, and Vampires alter meter behavior so you are not improvising mid-extraction.

• Fairy Dust: De-escalation in a pinch. Tap it after every noisy action to keep Fear and Lucidity manageable.
• Hook: Mandatory opener. Expect a Lucidity bump—dust immediately afterward to settle the donor.
• Anesthetic: Reserve for Pain spikes around 75% or any time you plan a second tooth in the same visit.
• Dental Drill: Rapid progress and rapid danger. Pulse it for one to two seconds, then reassess gauges before continuing.

1. Enter silently, Hook the mouth, dust to reset Fear.
2. Drill in short bursts while monitoring Lucidity and Pain.
3. When Pain climbs, pause and inject anesthetic before continuing.
4. Dust one final time, then pull with Forceps only when the tooth rocks freely.

Repeatability matters—stick to the loop until it becomes muscle memory.

• Tunnel Vision: Staring at the tooth instead of the meters guarantees a wake-up. Glance at gauges after every action.
• Greedy Drilling: Holding the trigger to “finish faster” only maxes Pain and Fear. Pulse, pause, dust.
• Ignoring Traits: Treating an Insomniac like a Heavy Sleeper ends poorly. Adjust cadence to match the trait card you saw outside.
• Retrying Immediately: Blowing a heist fills the house with suspicion. Rotate to another street before returning.