Does anyone know what "Artemis's Pretense" is and where to find it? Arle seems to require it to do anything...
EDIT: My guess is that its probably unicorn horn. That's a rare item I don't have right now, but I really have most items filled out...
Fig Leaves, Belladonna, and Mandragora Roots seem to be the "Sleeping" items (weakest to strongest). Toad Fat, Vampire Wings, and Sea Snake Blood are your aphrodisiacs (from weakest to strongest).
The 2nd dungeon (Rumored Labyrinth) seems to drop Mandragora Roots, Vampire Wings, an Sea Snake Blood. As such, that's the one you want to "grind" if you want to pick up on maids.
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Thugs are 1-military, Soldiers are 2-military, Mercenaries are 4-military, and Bouncers are 6-military. This puts the shopkeeper at an overpowered lol 105 strength (but this might be from me playing multiple playthroughs)
The various girls may give +1 military per thug/soldier/mercenary, and one gives x2 military to Bouncers.
The max I've seen is ~60 for Mercenaries and ~110 for Thugs. In both cases, you're getting ~40G to ~80G per military (depending on RNG). Bouncers work differently: you spend anywhere from 50G to 3000G+ (!!!) per bouncer at the "Trade City", most are around 200G to 500G region, but you may suddenly get bankruptcy if you get unlucky with a high-cost bouncer. Because of the outrageous number of clicks, I prefer to get the 8000G Mercenaries or 5000G Thugs.
If you get +1 thug boost or Arles +1 to all units, Thugs suddenly become extremely cost effective.
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The various girls seem to give +5 to their favorite stat. Ex: if a girl likes "Room", then they'll give +5 Room when they join. Ditto for +Food or +Intelligence.
Intelligence seems based on how many dungeon floors you've cleared, or how many towns you've unlocked. Its the most permanent way to get more Fame, and therefore more money/day. Room Lvl is the 2nd easiest: with higher level items lasting 8 or more days per use (!!!). Very efficient from a cost perspective.
Food level is the hardest to keep up: you need to just constantly be finding food from dungeon runs. Town-based food items (wheat or asparagus) never makes a profit, only use them if you're trying to attract a "Food girl". Eventually, you'll be making enough dungeon runs that you can sustain good food (Nandi Milk is very common in the 2nd dungeon / Rumored Labyrinth. Since you'll be grinding Rumored Labyrinth for sleeping pills / aphrodisiacs, you'll get plenty of +25 food Nandi milk.