Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)/Bone Sources

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World Qualities:
Preferred Quality:
Preferred Type:
Insects
Occasional Buyer:
A Dreary Midnighter
Diplomat's Fascination:
Amphibian Skeletons
Reference Tables:

The tables below contain the majority of significant, grindable(!) bone sources. Some were omitted, being too niche or inconsequential.

The aim of these tables is to give a comprehensive overview of the different repeatable ways of getting each bone, to compare how to most easily get the bones you need. Ideally, there should be a calculation on the total action cost of each option, but that is a lot of calculations.

Torsos[edit]

Torso Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Explore the riverbank in low tide (Bones in the River) Card in

London Airs 0-25

Alternate success
check

Alternate:

Mix Chuffy a hangover cure Card in London

check
Explore the riverbank in low tide Card in

Ealing Airs 0-25

Rare success
check

Regular success:

Explore the Folly 1 action
Pay far too much for a Headless Skeleton
A longer conversation with the Commissioner of Police ~6 Actions[1]
Accept a share of the small crate stolen from the Bone Market Brawling with Dockers

1-9

40

(1500 max)

Claim the small crate stolen from the Bone Market Brawling with Dockers

10

60

(2000 max)

Dig a little distance from the river Card in

Rare:

Dig near Ealing Gardens



Explore the riverbank in low tide (Bones in the River) Card in

London Airs 0-25

Alternate success
check

Alternate:

Invest extravagantly in a Human Ribcage
Charter a barge to the Octagonal Tomb

: Doctore




The burial-place of First City caravaners Various cards or storylets

A Grinning Villain

Railway 80


Dig near the Magistracy of the Evenlode

Railway 70






Report a sighting of a Fox


()



Return to your Base-Camp 1 Rare success
Search the undergrowth

Two thorned ribcages Various cards or storylets
A Glabrous Nymph

Railway 130


Complete your research in the shaping of bones University Laboratory







Create a Flourishing Ribcage


Trade Favours for Bones

Statue to a Custom-Made Saint
20

: 50% chance
50%:

50%:

Rare:

An Invertebrate Factor

In bones
  • One of the following:
Try the Betrayer of Measures on Warbler Skeleton University Laboratory



Report a sighting of Grouse


()




(Possibly )
12 actions without travel time.
Costs .
Unveil your (Incendiary) Painting Paint in , sell in London
4


A mammoth ribcage Various cards or storylets
Try the Betrayer of Measures on a human ribcage University Laboratory


Report a sighting of Red Deer


()





Some
Create a Ribcage with a Bouquet of Eight Spines




Impress her with your own constructions Card in London

Finished Skeleton with
30000 Value
The torso of a Leviathan! Various cards or storylets
The huge fossil ribcage
66 actions per Frame, win or lose
Lead an expedition to the strangest point on the horizon Card in
Con a Palaeontological Yank Card in 10

Cover Identity 80, 10, 5, 5

4

Trade Favours for Bones

Statue to a Custom-Made Saint
20

Rare success

Regular 50%:


Regular 50%:


FATE
Upwards
9 Actions per ribcage
Claim something that no-one was looking for

Deed to a Port Cecil Business


14 actions; requires getting a tie
The Flexile Peddler
  1. It is possible to get the favours several ways, sometimes costing, or giving, resources. But most cards give one favour per action, making 6 the generalised action cost.

Skulls[edit]

Skull Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Sell to an Author of Gothic Tales (Skeleton)

7
7
Exhaustion < 4

Finished Skeleton ( Antiquity × Menace) x
( Value + 5) x
( Antiquity × Menace / 20) x Exhaustion
Net whatever is in the river Card in

Jericho Airs 26-100

Alternate success

Alternate:

Reach towards the shore 2

50-100

: 50% chance
50%:

25%(?):
25%(?):

Rare:

Graduate the Meticulous Student University Laboratory 5
Fund revolutionary research
FATE
Flute Street
Flute Street Only if not already possessing such a skull. A minimum of 30 actions.
A skull of Bullbone, borrowed
The bones of Bullbone Alternate success

Alternate:

Dig near the Magistracy of the Evenlode

70






Duplicate the skull of an Aurochs


2


The rest of a long-gone ox Various cards or storylets
In bones
  • One of the following:
FATE
Upwards

9 Actions per skull
Duplicate the skull of John the Baptist, if you can call that a skull



Charter a barge to the Persephone

: Doctore




Duplicate the skull of a Plated Seal


3



In bones
  • One of the following:
Wander the Quarter

21-40

Rare success

Regular:

See the sights

61-70

Rare Success

Regular:

A Shrine of the Deep Blue Heaven

2

Rare Success
20


Regular:
Unpredictable Treasures

Report a sighting of a Fox


()



Study the shape of her skull

4-5


There is a very similar branch, but using it locks off this option.
A sabre-toothed skull Various cards or storylets
Buy a Sabre-toothed Skull off him

3

Take the skull off a Somnolent Hyaena


2
No



)
Duplicate the skull of a Somnolent Hyaena


2



(Possibly or )
The Echo Bazaar! E 62.5
Hand over a cartload of scraps for a Bright Brass Skull Card in London

150

Charter a barge to the Cedarwood

: Doctore



The Sanctuary of the Crimson Petals 2

2

40

Rare:

Duplicate the Vake's skull and use it to decorate your (Skeleton Type)


FEAST OF THE ROSE
Send a Custom-Engraved Skull
London Acquaintance spends You have to be sent this skull from another player. But gifts can be retracted after sending before they are accepted, awarding you the skull in a process.
Duplicate your own skull and affix it here


Arms[edit]

Arm Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Hail them and purchase a bag of assorted bones Card in


Take the pincers off a Deep-zee Catch

3

An amalgamous interment Various cards or storylets
Dig near Ealing Gardens



Search an especially useful bit of shore Card in
check

Failure:

Search the river's edge as the tide falls Card in

Ealing Airs 51-75


Complete your research in the shaping of bones University Laboratory







Acquire human remains from the criminals
Offer her a surgery 2


7


Perform outreach for the church

Diocesan Church of Hell

Spring for a bag of loose Arms
Claim the small crate stolen from the Bone Market

10

60

The burial-place of First City caravaners Various cards or storylets

A Grinning Villain

Railway 80


Upper River Exchange
Two fossilised forelimbs Various cards or storylets
In bones
  • One of the following:
Inquire about her willingness to supply a forgery

0


check
Call in favours from Bohemians Card in

Statue to Yourself, Poet-Laureate of the Neath

Shift your organs out of the way Card when dealing with The Gloomy Guttersnipe 8 check Requires Slighting a friend

Legs[edit]

Leg Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
...the Osteology Wing

Help yourself to some venison bones


Upper River Exchange
Dredge the bottom of the river at low tide Card in

0-25


Rare:



Explore the riverbank in low tide (Bones in the River) Card in

London Airs 0-25

Alternate success
check

Alternate:

Explore the riverbank in low tide (Engage in Excavation) Card in

Ealing Airs 0-25

Rare:

Inquire whether she has any spare bones she wants to get rid of

0

check

Rare:

...the Osteology Wing

A collection of Jurassic thighs Various cards or storylets
Determine the true nature of this bone University Laboratory check


Failure:

Dig near the Magistracy of the Evenlode

70






Dredge the bottom of the river at low tide Card in

0-25


Rare:



Accept a share of the large crate stolen from the Bone Market Brawling with Dockers

1-9

80

(500 max)

Using Fight without taking your eye off the goods! at 100% chance ( 209), takes 10 actions.
Claim the large crate stolen from the Bone Market Brawling with Dockers

10

110

(1000 max)

Using Fight without taking your eye off the goods! at 100% chance ( 292), takes 10 actions.
Trade Favours for Bones

Statue to a Custom-Made Saint
20

: 50% chance
50%:

50%:
Rare:

Report a sighting of Red Deer


()





Some
In bones
  • One of the following:
An amalgamous interment Various cards or storylets
Dig near Ealing Gardens



Sift the riverbank mud in the rising tide Card in

Ealing Airs 26-50

Rare:

Trade Favours for Bones

Statue to a Custom-Made Saint
20

: 50% chance
50%:

50%:
Rare:

FATE
Flute Street
Flute Street
Report a sighting of Red Deer


()





Some
Invent a false nature for this bone University Laboratory



Call in favours from the Church (Bishop of Saint Fiacre's) Card in

Statue to the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's

A Composed Composer

Publish an Expose of Palaeontology

Newspaper




Various other bones from collecting

Investigate the souvenir stalls Card in ,

after building a spur line to the City.

Convince her to produce an elaborate forgery

0


Wings[edit]

Wing Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Duplicate the wings of a bat



Duplicate the wings of a Young Terror Bird


3


Take the Bishop of Southwark hunting

Anglican Church of England

check

Failure:

A Composed Composer

Report a sighting of Grouse


()




(Possibly )
12 actions without travel time.
Costs .
Duplicate the wings of a Focused Albatross


2


Keep it in total darkness University Laboratory


In bones
  • One of the following:

Fins[edit]

Fin Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Dig near the Magistracy of the Evenlode

70






Go spear-fishing


Evenlode Airs 51-75


(1 + ) x
Kill the Pinewood Shark

Base Dangerous 203
1
1





Charter a barge to the Persephone

(3 if : Doctore)




Search where the water flows out Card in

Trade Zee-Ztories with the Gondoliers Card in

50

: 50% chance
50%:

50%:

Turn attention to its Skeleton University Laboratory



In bones
  • One of the following:
Convert your fin-bones into something more impressive

Tentacles[edit]

Tentacle Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Distract the lamp-cats with local wildlife

6-12

150 check (100% at 250) See Port Cecil (Guide) for details
Draw tentacles from the cauldron

Net whatever is in the river Card in

Jericho Airs 26-100

Alternate success

Alternate:

Trade Zee-Ztories with the Gondoliers Card in

50

: 50% chance
50%:

50%:

Miscount the Second Circle by four

4

Tails[edit]

Tail Source Location & Requirements Cost Reward Calculations & Notes
Dig near the Magistracy of the Evenlode

70






Dig where the fossils are likeliest Card in London

105


check

Failure:


Propose a hunting expedition Card in London


50


check


Failure:


...the Osteology Wing Card in

5
is "The Museum of Prelapsarian History" (The Museum of Prelapsarian History)



Offer her a few Surveys Card in London

Talk to stall-holders from the Bone Market


Locked with



Duplicate the tail of a Tomb-Lion


3


Distract the lamp-cats with local wildlife

6-12

150 check (100% at 250) See Port Cecil (Guide) for details
Draw tentacles from the cauldron

Net whatever is in the river Card in

Jericho Airs 26-100

Alternate success

Alternate:

Trade Zee-Ztories with the Gondoliers Card in

50

: 50% chance
50%:

50%:

Complete your research in the shaping of bones University Laboratory







Bone resources[edit]

Item Value Uses Source Location & Requirements
0.01 E Most uses require or
- Leave the barge (The Persephone) See Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide)
1
  • Finding bones
  • Finding with access to
or
- Creating a Skeleton with Seven Necks
  • Requires
or
(12.5 E ) Sort the Results of Excavation to gain a variety of bones.
  • Exchange
  • Work on your railway
First encountered on the way to
0.01 E Many sources, but the best one by far is The Sunken Embassy. See Goods Grinding (Guide) for others. The Lab experiment requires a and a
(0.10 E ) Duplicate and transform bones. Generally needs , , , or
12.50 E Widely varied; see individual options
(12.50 E ) Exchange these for and
5 Duplicate the skull of a Plated Seal , requires and a
2.50 E / 5 Attaching Skulls in Coral The Phantasist is only available when she is the , which means it's subject to World Quality RNG.

The Diplomat in Moulin requires a fully upgraded .