Curiosities

Curiosities available at the Bazaar

  • vialsmall.png Nikolas & Sons Instant Ablution Absolution Removes the most stubborn, savage & suspicious of stains! Warranted by the Topsy King hisself! - reduces suspicion - 1 Echo, 50 pence, sells for 25 pence
  • vialbluesmall.png F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour According to the label, it cures pain, sets bones, curls hair and wards off spiders. - reduces wounds - 1 Echo, sells for 10 pence
  • bottleclearsmall.png F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum Ensures a deep sleep, but may affect your health. - reduces nightmares, raises wounds - 1 Echo, sells for 10 pence
  • goldenapplesmall.png Hesperidean Cider WHOSO THIRSTETH AND DRINKETH OF THIS, SO SHALL HE NEVER DIE. - 160000 Echoes
  • maskrosesmall.png Mask of the Rose Mysterious and alluring. A vital accessory for revels on the Feast of the Exceptional Rose. - unlocks content for the Feast - 1 Echo, only available during the Feast of the Exceptional Rose; sells for 10 pence.

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Curiousities that increase Connections (also available at the Bazaar)

  • coppersmall.png Antique Constable's Badge It's a little dented, a bit tarnished, but this is the badge from a genuine police helmet. [Use this to increase your Connected: The Constables quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 30 Echoes, sells for 25 Echoes
  • ringsmall.png Copper Cipher Ring Intricate little interlocking wheels let you code and decode messages. And make delightfully satisfying little clicking sounds. [Use this to increase your Connected: The Great Game quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 40 Echoes, sells for 37.50 Echoes
  • universitysmall.png Endowment of a University Fellowship One lucky academic now has you to thank for their research position. They have to use your name in all official correspondence. They probably love that. [Use to increase your connections at the University up to 20] - 100 Echoes, sells for 50 Echoes
  • tankardsmall.png Engraved Pewter Tankard It's got a figurehead for a handle and an engraving of a ship over the word 'Bonny'. It lives behind the bar at the dockside tavern. [Use this to increase your Connected: The Docks quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 50 Echoes, sells for 47.50 Echoes
  • bookbrownsmall.png Entry in Slowcake's Exceptionals Your own personal paragraph in the only guide to who is reliably whom in Fallen London. [Use this to increase your Connected: Society quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 30 Echoes, sells for 27.50 Echoes
  • bookpurplesmall.png O'Boyle's Practical Primer in Many Oriental Languages Claims to give a grounding in most of the major languages of Asia. Quite a tall order for one little book. [Use this to increase your Connected: The Orient quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 30 Echoes, sells for 27.50 Echoes
  • typewritersmall.png Ornate Typewriter A Fine, Elegant and Robust Feat of Mechanical Engineering! [Use this to increase your Connected: Bohemian quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 60 Echoes, sells for 30 Echoes
  • keystonesmall.png Old Bone Skeleton Key It's a bit antiquated as lockpicking tools go, but this beautiful bit of ratwork craftsmanship marks you out as a connoisseur of criminality. [Use this to increase your Connected: Criminals quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 62.50 Echoes, sells for 57.50 Echoes
  • flagsmall.png Red-Feathered Pin A tiny, enamelled pin, the secret signal Revolutionaries use to recognise one another. No, it's not decorative. Decorativeness is bourgeois. [Use this to increase your Connected: Revolutionaries quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 40 Echoes, sells for 35 Echoes
  • paintingfragmentsmall.png Tiny Jewelled Reliquary A miniature ivory coffin, containing what is most assuredly the genuine uvula of Saint Leonard of Noblac! [Use this to increase your Connected: The Church quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 40 Echoes, sells for 35 Echoes

— the four next items are found under the "Goods" category of the Bazaar, instead of the "Curiosity" category, although they also are used to raise connections: —

  • graffitihierosmall.png Rookery Password A secret you must guard with your life! [Use this to increase your Connected: Urchins quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 62.50 Echoes, sells for 60 Echoes. Is in fact classified under the "Contraband" category in your Inventory, and not under "Curiosity".
  • skullbrasssmall.png Bright Brass Skull A dear little trinket of the sort favoured by devils. [Use this to increase your Connected: Hell quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 62 Echoes, sells for 60 Echoes. Is in fact classified under the "Hell" category in your Inventory, and not under "Curiosity".
  • bookdeadsmall.png Diary of the Dead Heavily foxed, crumbling parchment, bound in suitably unpleasant flaking leather. It certainly looks like a diary of the dead. [Use this to increase your Connected: The Tomb-Colonies quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 62.50 Echoes, sells for 60 Echoes. Is in fact classified under the "Rumour" category in your Inventory, and not under "Curiosity".
  • ambersmall.png Pulsating Amber   It looks like an ordinary chunk of Deep Amber, but if you hold it in your hand, it beats like a little heart. [Use this to increase your Connected: Rubbery Men quality up to 20, and beyond with Fate] - 100 Echoes, sells for 62.50 Echoes. Is in fact classified under the "Amber" category in your Inventory, and not under "Curiosity".

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Some of the Curiosities not available at the Bazaar

— … but that can be sold under the "Curiosity" category of the Bazaar:

  • adorationsmall.png Gift of Adoration Whoever sent this must adore you! Or, possibly, they're hoping you'll let down your guard. - Sells for 20 pennies - Obtained through social actions on the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, or by progressing as an Intimate of devils
  • scornsmall.png Gift of Scorn Someone has sent you a dead bat in a little box. That's the Feast of the Exceptional Rose for you. - Sells for 1 penny - Obtained through social actions on the Feast of the Exceptional Rose
  • roseblacksmall.png Gift of Transcendent Devotion Even in Fallen London, there is such a thing as true love. This is a flower plucked from the surface and watered with real tears. What did it cost them? - Sells for 2 Echoes - Obtained through social actions on the Feast of the Exceptional Rose
  • coinsmall.png First City Coin One side bears what might be a cedar tree. You've never met anyone who can read the script on the other side. - Sells for 25 pennies - Obtained during the Ambition: Heart's Desire; this is the main source, there may be others…
  • boxmutedsmall.png A Boxed Cat? A struggling box! What could be in here? A tabby cat? A black cat? A really angry dwarf? - Sells for 10 pennies - Obtained with the card "Pass the Cat: a wriggling delivery", if you choose to Accept the delivery.
  • sapphiresmall.png Sapphire They import these things from the Carnelian Coast. But they're sapphires. Clear? Excellent. - Sells for 12 pennies
  • rubysmall.png Venom-ruby A single drop of the Cantigaster's blood. Scintillating. Lethal. Don't put it in your mouth. - Sells for 10 pennies
  • cherriessmall.png Dark-dewed Cherries Fresh fruit! Down here? On which strange tree did these little beauties grow? - Sells for 70 pennies
  • dicesmall.png Devilbone Dice Does Hell load its dice? With what? Gunpowder? - Sells for 90 pence - Obtained by accidentally selling your soul while becoming an Intimate of devils

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— … and a sample of Curiosities that cannot be sold at the Bazaar, anyway:

  • ambersmall.png Amber Carnival Token A glowing mote which will allow you early entrance to the Carnival. Visit your Lodgings to use. - Allows access to Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival - 100 Fate
  • ribbonblacksmall.png Black Ribbon A scrap of black ribbon to be worn on the arm. This denotes that you have permanently killed a member of the Black Ribbon duelling society. - Yup, you gotta kill someone for one of these babies. Available at Wolfstack Docks.
  • bottleblacksmall.png Black Wings Absinthe Another of Mr Wines' creations. Are the contents of the bottle actually moving independently? It's hard to be sure. - Its effects are mysterious and powerful and may be shared through social actions - Distributed as a gift on 1/15/2010 via Twitter, get a rare success throwing dice at the carnival, by seducing the Provost in the University, or through opportunity cards
  • teasmall.png Darkdrop Coffee Musky! Explosive! Almost certainly not actually brewed from bat guano! That's just Mr Wines' little joke. - Refreshes 10 actions(even if you have a 2nd candle), for the cost of one action and a wound. - Received as a reward for recruiting a player through a social action. Given to all players on Feb 11, 2011 as a gift for enduring some intermittent outages
  • oldwomansmall.png Implacable Detective's Business Card Your paths are bound to cross again soon. Almost any contact with the Implacable Detective will give you one.
  • blackcatsmall.png Starveling Cat The wretched thing follows you about and tells wicked lies! And it eats all the food in the larder. Persuasive -3 - It cannot be equipped, and simply having it in your inventory does not affect Persuasive. It is a usable item with effects that are powerful and mysterious. It can be passed on to others… maybe it will be passed on to you?
  • boxpurplesmall.png A Surprise Package What has your friend sent you? Open it to find out.

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