There is a specific job made easier by a ratty agent. But so far... no rat agent. Are we not looking in the right places?

Through my voyage west, i've came across a need to hire back a certain monetary expert again, without the means to do so. I've heard there's an abundance of these later on, thus my humble request of assistance in collecting 50 of those.

My profile, shall you consider supporting this endeavor. https://www.fallenlondon.com/profile/cumblaster69

Hi, this is Alexis-chan! A few months ago, I commissioned a friend to draw (and edit) an MV for Firmament Chapter 6 as a birthday gift for Alexis-chan's 55th birthday (No, of course it's not me in person. The OP always mixes up my self-references with my own FLPC. Although Alexis-chan's birthday is August 22nd, and I completely missed it, I can still get it out before the Firmament epilogue 🤤). I finally got the friend to send over the finished draft edit 😉 (Once again, thanks to Saloyor... Actually, Alexis-chan's official face comes from Saloyor-chan's hands. She's Alexis-chan's mother-artist 🥺)

✨⚠️✨ · The Tatterdemalion of the Alexis-chan universe has five native fingers, not four. · The appearance settings of the Other Duchess, Whitsun, St Margaret's Day, and Beltane come from the Alexis-chan universe. (Sorry, I kneel. I play Type-Moon games. Joan of Arc has to have braids!)

No matter what, I always feel that Go Go Ghost Ship (ゴーゴーゆうれいせん) fits the Firmament story perfectly. It started because on January 1st of this year, Alexis-chan happened to reach the Firmament Chapter 6 plot where Mary kills her stepmother Margaret, and was greatly shocked. "Good heavens, you're showing me this on New Year's? 😭" No matter what, I absolutely love June and Tatter arguing. Oh, you two cute things! So Alexis-chan loves Chapter 6 very, very much (By the way, Alexis-chan also super loves Chapter 9, and will consider commissioning an MV for The Rat Is Dead (ラットが死んだ) next year with tons and tons of cute Tatter content in it!! Tatter, he's so cute! 😭) At the time, did nobody think "I'm a ghost, yes, I know it's so, / And so I wonder if it's true that you can't see me, too?" fits Maximilian super well? So I commissioned this MV. Don't you think "As an android with spinning springs, / I have a voice and a head, but they're empty both." also fits the Illuminated Shepherd of the Alexis-chan universe super well? This hollow man was filled by the Immanent.

Chapter 9 spoilers ↓

I feel down at every little thing, So I think that all I need is just to have your love..." also fits Tatter super well, doesn't it? Of course, Cessate ← Transform. Alexis-chan went with the ending where Storm dies. One thing I find especially cute is... the text condemning Tatter at the court is so cute..

An error of love. Or of duty.

A heart to break

Reveal Tatterdemalion's crimes

Has it not been enough? To show you how to fall from the heights of the Moon? Has he not, in every way, charted all the ways you might fall to him? That he might fall to you? A kiss, dance, a dream. He has loved you, as much as a thing like he can love. In all things, look to the flaming heart.

Tatterdemalion does not speak, but the sigils that surround him grow a white, white heat. They are almost like wings, but the look he gives you is a fall in itself. He will not look at you thus again. Tears fall from the Eye: judgement. Perhaps it is justice, of a kind. ↑ Oh! Love! Is! So! Troublesome!

By the way, a quick question: how big do you all think the Vulgate is? If possible, I'd like some text describing all their specific appearances? Because Alexis-chan plans to modify some scenes and add a train crashing into the Vulgate. Good question, how big are they?

I have made my way through firmament all the way to procession and i need a history scarred and ragged, i have not been able to figure out how to grt that, is anyone able to assist?

I want to do the light fingers ambition (i‘m a big horror fan) but I also want to be a monster hunter, the main stats for light fingers are shadowy and persuasive and monster hunters main stats are dangerous and watchful, will I be fine or should I go for my second ambition choice of nemesis?

Apropos of nothing: imagining Fallen London had an aftermarket bolted-on achievements system made for it (think RetroAchievements), which ones can you imagine being there?

Out of the top of my hat:

• Club 55: Get your "Connected:" qualities for all factions to level 55.
• Have It All: You have Worm, Cider, and Knighthood all at the same time.
• Ghost of Future Past: Visit all possible Futures in Irem.
• Kind to Ravens: Have all Raven Advisor varieties and all Raven agents too.
• Modern Sisyphus: Max out all qualities associated with a specific Dream.
• Name of the Game: Achieve all possible Distinctions in Mr. Heart's Game.

But I am old and dull. Can you imagine something better?

gentlemen, ladies, and all other distinguished citizens of the neath, I have, for reasons most unwise, found myself in desperate need of a great many searing enigmas, and have as such found, what I believe to be, the most efficient grind for them possible, with perhaps the sole exception of buying and offering orphans to tigers, (or use of fate)

this process is quite complicated, available to mid-to-late game players who have started the Great Hellbound Railway, with multiple distinct parts, so if anyone has any way to improve any part of it (which don't require echoes or fate), than let me know.

part 1: The enigmas themselves:

contrary to most guides, we'll start with the end step, and then work backwards to see how we build up to it, for this grind our enigmas will be sourced from the University's department of Infernal Rarefactions, accessed via the following storylet and options:

Shadowy Dealings at the University --> Visit the Professor Denuntiatus of Infernal Rarefactions --> Manufacture Searing Enigmas.

This requires you to have access to the university (see here for gaining access to it), and costs 1 AP, 25 Uncanny Incunabulum and 20 CP of Connected: Benthic, to produce a variable number of Searing Enigmas, this also requires passing a Broad 200 watchful challenge (failure provides only 1 enigma) and higher watchful raises the maximum number of Searing Enigmas produced, so maximal watchful gains and equipment is recommended. see here for further information.

part 2: Uncanny Incunabulum (the most complex part of the grind)

part 2A: Newspaper publishing

To achieve the above steps, we will need to source Uncanny Incunabulum, to do this we will be using the newspaper grind, this will require having access to a newspaper (see here) for both starting a newspaper and further information on the newspaper grind itself) you will also need at least 1 of: Jericho Locks station, or a Hell-Scarred Gondolier, (see here) and here for information on each)

this will cost 1 whirring contraption, and 13 AP, during this process, choose as many of the following options as you are able:

The predator beneath, A travelogue of the Hinterlands [req: Jericho Locks station], An in-depth report on the Fourth City, Interview the Manager of the Royal Bethlehem, The Hell-Scarred Gondolier [req: The Hell-Scarred Gondolier], Something unlikely about the Home Secretary, Letters from Downside, An interview with a colourful character, Spirit photography.

if you lack 1 of the two required qualities, you will also need to to choose Do you have insufficient balderdash,

Either way, the important part is that get to the last step of the process with at least 104 outlandish copy, enabling you to choose The finest kind of madness, granting 4 Extraordinary Implications and 118 Journals of Infamy.

Journals of Infamy can be converted into Extraordinary Implications at a 50->10 ratio for 1 AP and 5 CP of Connected: Benthic, (as a bonus, this will also variably provide 100 glim, or, rarely, 2 Storm-Threnodies, see here)

Extraordinary Implications can be converted into Uncanny Incunabulum at a 25->5 ratio for 1 AP and 20 CP of Connected: Benthic, (as a bonus, this will also variably provide 200 Nevercold Brass Sliver, or, rarely, 1 Nodule of Pulsating Amber, see here)

As a further bonus, both publishing a newspaper and converting Extraordinary Implications produce making waves (5 CP from publishing, a highly variable amount from converting, see prev link)

part 2B: Whirring Contraptions

publishing papers requires Whirring Contraptions, these can be obtained through Searching out a Missing Woman at Wilmot's End, by finishing with The carpet bag, see here for accessing Wilmot's End, and here) for further information on grinding Whirring Contraptions) this gives 2 Whirring Contraptions for 11 AP, presuming you have high enough watchful and/or persuasive to pass all checks.

part 3: Connected: Benthic

Journal conversion, Implication conversion, and Incunabulum conversion, all require varying quantities of Connected: Benthic, to source this, we begin with Hunting Bees in Old Newgate, found at the university, starting this process costs 1 AP, we will want high watchful, dangerous, and Mithridacy.

One of Set an ambush or Sow carnage will always be available, depending on which side your on, these give 25 bees and will be our usual action, occasionally either Betray both sides or Commune with the bees will be available, these grant 31 and 33 bees respectively, and should be taken when they appear (assuming you can pass their checks) all of these option cost 1 AP each (see here) for further information).

Once a large enough quantity of bees are obtained, choose Send a small amount of Bees to Hell, to exchange 50 bees for 3 Muscaria Brandy, and convert all remaining bees into Foxfire Candle Stubs at 1->10 ratio for 1 AP.

Foxfire Candle Stubs can be converted into Flasks of Abominable Salts at a 1000->105 ratio, for 1 AP.

Using an Endowment of a University Fellowship, we can spend 15 Flasks of Abominable Salts and 3 AP to gain 75 CP of Connected: Benthic. (note: the Endowment of a University Fellowship can only be obtained by purchasing it from the Bazaar, however I still consider this an echo-less grind since its a one time purchase rather than a continuous need gain and spend echoes).

Addendum: The rat market

The rat market is available on Friday->Sunday, its demands change each weak, and it can accept various high value items, at no AP cost, for large quantities of rat shillings, which can be spent, at no AP cost, on tales of terror, at a 7->1 ratio, the rat market requires a once per week 3 AP cost to enter(see here) for further information).

tales of terror can be substituted for Journals of Infamy, converting to Extraordinary Implications almost identically, the primary difference being that it costs Connected: Summerset instead of Connected: Benthic.

Connected: Summerset can be acquired in an essentially identical manner as Benthic.

depending on the rat markets demand and your own inventory, this can very well be worth it.

Final AP cost analysis: conservative guesstimates ahead

The exact amount of Searing Enigmas generated at the end step is somewhat random, but lets say it averages about 4 for sake of analysis.

this whole process costs 45 CP of Connected: Benthic, (assuming you don't use the rat market) it costs 8 AP to produce 1000 Foxfire Candle Stubs, (though this becomes more efficient the fewer cycles of Bee Hunting you do, as 4 AP is spent per cycle just to enable and finish this cycle) + 1 AP to make that into 105 Flasks of Abominable Salts, which is enough for 525 CP of Connected: Benthic, slightly complicated by the fact that you can't gain Connected: Benthic this way while above 19 levels of it, though its not actually caped there, so the math should still work out, that adds 21 AP cost, bringing our current total to 30.

30 AP for 525 CP, which is enough for 11.6666... full cycles of conversion, we'll call that 11 and add 11 AP to our total for our end step, bringing us to 41 AP cost for 11 cycles.

To achieve 11 full cycles, we need 275 Uncanny Incunabulum, which requires 1375 Extraordinary Implications.

15 AP gives very rougly, 24.6 Extraordinary Implications, adding about 838.414634146 AP per 11 cycles, (again very roughly).

quickly adding in 5.5 AP per cycle to account for whirring contraptions grinding, and we get a total of 939.914634146 AP per 11 cycles.

939.914634146/11/11 brings us to 85.4467849224 per 1 cycle, 85.4467849224/4 brings us to an extremely rough 21.3616962306 per 1 Enigma, for conservation's sake lets call that 22 AP/1.

Now, this math is highly approximate, and almost assuredly I have made some glaringly obvious mistake that will embarrass me once pointed out.

its probably better to just buy orphans and give them to tigers, I haven't checked the math on that yet, however I am proud to have put this effort into this little guide, no matter how useless it actually is, and if anyone out there cares enough about this stuff as I decided to, please fell free to add corrections to my awful math, or edits to my janky methods.

I think this is my first 77 stat

There is not anything interesting hidden in the hurlers, and thus i’m not investigating it. I have not found the need for a discordant missive, and do not need one sent to me.

This is who i am, thank you for not helping me out.

genuinely why cant I marry this man 💔💔 why cant he be my spouse

and now the only place I can meet him is in exile :((((

First come first serve

I just had a thought most curious during my commute. When you think about it, aren’t there the most intriguing parallels between the Moon and Stone?

Consider it.

The Moon was made into what it is today when it, as a part of the earth, expressed a desire to be emit light all its own. Our sun, Sol, took that wish and twisted it, making the Moon come apart from the earth and making it into a great mirror to reflect Sol’s light. Now, with its wish supposedly fulfilled, the Moon bears nothing but spite and regret, tugging on the Creditor, the part of itself that was left behind, and intentionally distorting the Sun’s light, changing it from what is to what could have been.

Stone stands tall, a mountain of light hidden deep within the earth, down in the Neath. She is a part of the earth, at least now as she is, and yet even as she remains, well, Stone, she emits light that bursts forth from her and her alone. Her wish, unheard by Sol, is to split from the earth and take flight. She is almost innocent, seemingly ignorant of the callousness held by the stars she would see herself between. She bears little else but love and sorrow, both seemingly directed not in full but in large portion… to us, humans, beings that should be beneath the notice of one so high as her.

The Moon was a part of earth who wished to make light, and was cast into the stars, its wish granted and regretted. Now it casts light that is merely a spiteful echo of another’s light, and wishes to return to earth. Stone is a part of earth who does make light, and wishes to fly among the stars, her wish still nothing more than desire. Now she casts love filled light all her own, and wishes to depart from the earth. Is there not sad, beautiful irony amongst the two’s parallels? I don’t know. Twas merely a thought. But in Fallen London, it seems simple thoughts can often become so, so much more.

Postings Post Posting: 1
This counter goes up when I add something. It will be added to the section further down.

Gladiolus and phalanges Bone Brothers and Scaphoid Sisters, the time has come when the Zoomania and Fashion of the bone market have changed. That intro was fun when I first added it to the template but after 20 weeks it's wearing a little thin, like your skeleton if you don't maintain muscle mass as you age!

One week I copied and pasted the wrong link and then didn't check Reddit again until the Monday evening! If that ever happens again, all of the possible weeks are available on the Bonedex so you can always find options there!

Any Fish week is good, even Amalgamy fish, which is the worst of the three. Enthusiast in skulls and Leggy Diplomat are both pretty worthless. Weirdly, I was almost psychic again, I was in the canals but I was chartering to the Cedarwood, not Persephone.

Bone Market

https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1oikqdq/total_rework_bone_market_recipes_281025_amalgous/

There will be new Draconic Spine options and a fish week is the best week to use them!

If you are relatively new to the bone market, this guide explains Zoomania(Skeleton Species that gets extra value in any given week) and what the requirements are for each type of skeleton:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1vy4xt1/tamalekipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath/

Also check out this guide for evergreen options:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1sgxjh9/tamalekipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath/

Updates - Failbetter

Week Ending 9th October 2026

• The option to 'Plant it on your window-sill' has been retired from the storylet 'Do... something... with your Counterfeit Head of John the Baptist' due to outdated Knife-and-Candle requirements.
• The article 'A' has been removed from the names of the following items: 'Bedraggled, Forlorn Fox', 'Brass-Framed Dark Mirror', 'Complete Set of Preserved Internal Organs', 'Maudlin Gift from the Heavens', 'Semi-Autonomous Scrutinising Machine', 'Rendezvous Aboard HMS Ungulate', and 'Replica of the House of Chimes, Awash with Snow'.

Also see the timeline for the next two months here: https://www.failbettergames.com/news/fallen-london-the-next-two-months

The most urgent takeaway is HALLOWMAS starts NEXT MONDAY. It is normally 12.30 but FotZ was a few hours late.

Updates - Me

• I don't think I did anything last week.

Postings Post Posting

• This is where I add new stuff throughout the week. If it is not urgent I just add it to the template https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1sc9kxn/tamalekipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath/ for the next week.
• Added a Draconic Spine recipe to Amalgous and Menacing Fish weeks.
• I forgot about an update, or rather a new discovery… Thanks to u/vromikos for letting me know about it. You can now unite your raven advisors into an agent! and it has it's own plot! It is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1x2rmd7/trinket_probably_found_new_raven_agent_found/?share_id=BQaHeiy8x3MS4gp_tE30b&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

Occasional Buyer

Here is the guide to the occasional buyers. Don't get too excited, they are niche at best!

https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1rttwkl/tamelikipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath/

Diplomat

Is it a good week, is it a bad week, find out here in the diplomat guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1o1j4vg/tamalekipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath/

The Sky Market

This is always good, once you can, do it weekly! Guide to it is here, it just covers the demands and the rewards since almost any info would be a spoiler! If you want it, do more firmament, you will unlock it as part of a cool bit of story:

https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1t75em8/tamalekipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath/

The Bonedex

The Bonedex is where I store all of the bone posts and some guides on how to get going with the bone market yourself. If you need to know something paleontological it is your one stop shop(except for the wiki, and other guides, and learning things for yourself. ;)

https://www.reddit.com/r/fallenlondon/comments/1pcoda0/tamalekipoos_boneheaded_guide_to_the_neath_the/

Kittens!

If you don't have a parabolan kitten, post "[your character name] wants a kitty" in the comments and I or someone else will send you one.

Missives - Notability - First City Coins

If you need a Fire-Proofed or Discordant Missive, to get your notability back up to 1 or some first city coins, post "[Your Character Name] needs…" (You can just say the thing but my preference is for more amusing things like, to learn not to play with fire, nothing, recognised and sweetie money.)

As always, if you see any mistakes, have any suggestions, spot something I might have missed or just want to say hello, leave a comment on here, or on the guide or post in question! Feel free to ask femur information if anything is confusing, by asking you help the guides improve and the whole community.

Have a humerus week! Bone Person out!

Tamalekipoo

September ES - spoiler free Review(any spoilers are tagged)

Story - The Poetry of God

Lore - University, Ministry, Red Science

Rating - 3/5

Unique Practical Rewards - None

Review - A very cool little story, it never dragged or felt grindy and the characters were quirky and fun. It was not mind blowing lore but still some new ideas about how things work and what is possible.

Acabo de empezar en Fallen London aunque vengo del Sunless sea y ahora del Sunless skies, necesito y acepto con gusto contactos que quieran un compañero vigilante y honrado

A tribute to the opening steps of an unaccountable storyline.

And

Hunger

UPD: Ugh, apparently at least two more Raven agents were discovered since this release... You know what? I will not update the preset. Nevermore! ^{...I'll see myself out.}

What changed?

• Seeing that everyone and their Aunt are breeding Ravens nowadays, I have decided to add a new preset that groups all of the Advisors (and their ULTIMATE FORM) into one convenient place. Yes, the name is a pun. No regrets.
• A bug was fixed that prevented you from unequipping anything from that special slot. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Grab it here:

• GitHub
• Google Chrome (and compatible)
• Mozilla Firefox

As usual, brought to you by "Bloody Daft & Annoyed Co."

If you want to support further development on this and other extensions... Well, there is a Ko-Fi for that.

Enjoy!