Bazaar Companions (Guide)
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Early MYN Content and Onwards |
There are a host of Companions available in Fallen London, and indeed three of the shops in the Bazaar sell Companions (although one is Fate-locked). While you can see their price, description, and stats through the shop interface, what you don't see is whether there are any additional advantages to being accompanied by any of these. This page addresses that need, listing various repeatable activities that require these Companions.
Summary[edit]
In general, it is worth having one of most Companions as this unlocks various options. This will greatly depend on whether you can easily afford them of course, so you'll want to start with the cheaper Companions. An overall assessment of which ones are most useful follows below. This is subjective, and your individual goals may lead you to a different opinion.
| Shop | Good | Neutral | Bad |
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| Nassos Zoologicals |
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| Redemptions |
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Later in the game, you may wish to optimise the contents of your Opportunity Deck; as such, here is a summary of which Companions add cards to your deck:
| Shop | Do not add Opportunity Cards | Add Opportunity Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Nassos Zoologicals |
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| Redemptions |
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Additional interactions:
| If you have both of these Companions | They add an Opportunity Card |
|---|---|
 +  |
The Urchin and the Monkey[3] |
 +  |
Like rats and cats |
 +  |
The Henchman and the Accomplice |
Nassos Zoologicals[edit]
Cheerful Goldfish[edit]
A very cheap addition to your roster, this little fellow reduces 
. Equip it before playing Dream opportunity cards, for example, to reduce your Menace build-up.
A Cheerful Goldfish can then give you 
when you are performing research with an 
in your University Laboratory. This consumes your Cheerful Goldfish.
In Fallen London, you can spend Cheerful Goldfish to:
- (1) Feed your plant a goldfish, when
(see: Tournament of Lilies (Guide)).
In Parabola, you can spend Cheerful Goldfish to:
- (1) Bait the Focused Albatross, to reduce its ferocity when trying to capture a
. - (1) Offer a habitation to one of the smaller Fingerkings, gaining you
and replacing the Cheerful Goldfish with a 
(which reduces your BDR, useful for certain Bone Market interactions for example).
- A Possessed Goldfish can then give you and
when you are performing research with an in your University Laboratory. This consumes your Possessed Goldfish. - You can sell a Possessed Goldfish to
at the Bone Market for 
and 
.
- A Possessed Goldfish can then give you
Lucky Weasel[edit]
Allows you to take part in City Vices: a tournament of weasels! (an unusual-frequency opportunity card in Fallen London). With a Lucky Weasel, you have a 30% chance of success.
When you have reached 
2, you will unlock Business on Watchmaker's Hill in 
. When 
are 0-25 and you Encounter: an enthusiastic outing, a Lucky Weasel can win you 
.
In 
, you can Entertain the Topsy King by attempting to Pull your Lucky Weasel from a hat. Success gives you 
, but failure will lose your Lucky Weasel.
If you have 400 Lucky Weasels, you'll draw the opportunity card You Appear to Have Purchased an Extraordinary Number of Weasels. This will grant you the special accomplishment 
.
In Fallen London, you can spend Lucky Weasels to:
- (1) Gain from the standard-frequency faction opportunity card The Roof-Tops: Urchins.
- (9) Feed a box of weasels to the plant, when (see: Tournament of Lilies (Guide)).
In a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river, you can spend Lucky Weasels to:
- (all) Offer the Boatman a sacrifice, awarding you
. This loses you all your Lucky Weasels, so in general it's best to carry exactly one.
In Parabola, you can spend Lucky Weasels to:
- (1) Offer a habitation to a moderate-sized Fingerking, gaining you and replacing the Lucky Weasel with a
(which greatly reduces your 
, useful for certain Bone Market interactions for example).
- You can sell a Weasel of Social Discomfiture to
at the Bone Market for 
. - If you are and have 400 Weasels of Social Discomfiture, you'll draw the opportunity card You Appear To Have Corrupted An Extraordinary Number of Weasels. This will change the description of your quality.
- You can sell a Weasel of Social Discomfiture to
Reprehensible Lizard[edit]
Owning a Reprehensible Lizard will add a standard-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Lizardly matters. This has a 60% chance of success, giving: 
, , and a 1.75 
profit in items. This is generally not considered to be valuable.
At 
in The games tent, a Reprehensible Lizard lets you try Lizard Throwing which gives you a 50% chance to win a 
(or, on a rare success, and 
).
In , when investigating Bats and Cats, a Reprehensible Lizard lets you Try intercepting some bats through which you can gain a (as well as advance the storyline).
A Reprehensible Lizard can then give you 
when you are performing research with an in your University Laboratory. This consumes your Reprehensible Lizard.
In Parabola, you can spend Reprehensible Lizards to:
- (1) Furnish the Fingerkings with a Lizard, gaining you and replacing the Reprehensible Lizard with a
(which greatly reduces your 
, useful for certain Bone Market interactions for example).
- A Viric Lizard can then give you and when you are performing research with an in your University Laboratory. This does not consume your Viric Lizard.
- You can sell a Viric Lizard to
at the Bone Market for 
.
- A Viric Lizard can then give you
Sulky Bat[edit]
Owning a Sulky Bat will add a standard-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: A Parliament of Bats. With this, you can try to gain a (either through a rare success of about 5% probability, or by spending to guarantee it). It also has a valuable option to spend 
(worth 0.50 ) to gain 
.
In , you can Entertain the Topsy King by attempting to Make your Sulky Bat disappear. Success gives you a Bundle of Oddities, but failure will lose your Sulky Bat.
In 
, when the 
are 0-40, you can Loose your Sulky Bat to gain 
and 
(see: Pilgrimages in Godfall (Guide)).
In 
, at Licensed by Mr Hearts, you can use a Sulky Bat to gain 
(which may or may not use up the Sulky Bat depending on your approach).
In Fallen London, you can spend Sulky Bats to:
- (10) Feed a few bats to your plant, when (see: Tournament of Lilies (Guide)).
- (1 or 2) Train some bats of your own when investigating Bats and Cats in , to advance the storyline. You need 10 to attempt this, and will lose 1 on a success or 2 on a failure.
In a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river, you can spend Sulky Bats to:
- (all) Offer the Boatman a sacrifice, awarding you . This loses you all your Sulky Bats, so in general it's best to carry exactly one.
Talkative Rattus Faber[edit]
The Talkative Rattus Faber gives -25 to each of your main Attributes. Why would you want that? Well, you gain more CP in levelling an Attribute when it is lower, so if you can reduce your Attribute artificially then you can increase it faster (see: Leveling (Guide)). The Weasel of Woe is more effective at this, but the Talkative Rattus Faber is significantly cheaper.
If you have completed Sartorial squeamishness, then having all three of 
, 
, 
opens a story in Your Lodgings: A night-time conference. See: Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face (Guide).
In , one of the rat companions can be used for Stealth watch repair, a standard-frequency opportunity card. Each rat has a different test.
Araby Fighting-Weasel[edit]
Allows you to take part in City Vices: a tournament of weasels! (an unusual-frequency opportunity card in Fallen London). With an Araby Fighting-Weasel, you have a 70% chance of success.
When you have reached 2, you will unlock Business on Watchmaker's Hill in . When are 0-25 and you Encounter: an enthusiastic outing, an Araby Fighting-Weasel can win you .
In Fallen London, you can spend Araby Fighting-Weasels to:
- (1) Get
The Crow or The Shepherd when you Ask Madame Shoshana to cast your horoscope at .
During Hallowmas, an Araby Fighting-Weasel can be upgraded to an 
.
- Owning an Ermine Assassin unlocks an option on City Vices: a tournament of weasels! (Attend with your Ermine Assassin) which doesn't require you to pass a luck check and gives you
and 
(3.5 in sale value). With 
spent on 
through Raw material, this amounts to up to 5.5 per action.
Dazed Raven Advisor[edit]
Owning a Dazed Raven Advisor will add a standard-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: A kindness of ravens. Amongst other options, with this card you can:
- Replace your Dazed Raven Advisor with a
at the cost of .
- This can be further replaced with a
at the cost of 
.
- This can be further replaced with a
at the cost of , 
, 
, 
.
- This can be further replaced with a
- This can be further replaced with a
- Replace your Dazed Raven Advisor with a
at the cost of 
.
- This can be further replaced with an
at the cost of 
.
- This can be further replaced with a
at the cost of , 
, 
, .
- This can be further replaced with a
- This can be further replaced with an
It should be noted that the Ravens do not have any uses for anything, and are inferior companions despite costing so much more than more readily available ones that give better stat bonuses.
Deshrieked Mandrake[edit]
Owning a Deshrieked Mandrake will add a standard-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: The song of the Mandrake. This has a 60% chance of success, giving: , , and a 1.75 profit in items. This is generally not considered to be valuable.
Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider[edit]
Owning a Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider will add a standard-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Spiders and flies. This has a 60% chance of success, giving: 
, , and a 1.75 profit in items. This is generally not considered to be valuable.
In 
, you can spend A Night at the Spider Pits. Rather than betting on another spider, you can use your own Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spider. The expected payoff is poor (0.04 ), unless you also have 
2, in which case this is the best option here (0.36 ) but still low.
In Fallen London, you can spend Fairly Tame Sorrow-Spiders to:
- (1) Feed your plant a sorrow-spider, when (see: Tournament of Lilies (Guide)).
Working Rat[edit]
Owning both a Working Rat and a 
will add a standard-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Sartorial squeamishness. This cannot be discarded. Either you must get sell the rat or the suit, or you can gain 
which opens up an additional storyline (and this card will not appear again)...
If you have completed Sartorial squeamishness, then having all three of , , opens a story in Your Lodgings: A night-time conference. See: Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face (Guide).
In , one of the rat companions can be used for Stealth watch repair, a standard-frequency opportunity card. Each rat has a different test.
Malevolent Monkey[edit]
Owning a Malevolent Monkey will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: The Honey-Addled Monkey. Amongst other options, with this card you can:
- Replace your Malevolent Monkey with an at the cost of (requires you to have
10). If you fail the 
60 test, you will instead get a . - Replace your Malevolent Monkey with a at the cost of
and 
. If you fail the luck test, you will instead get a 
.
If you also own a , owning a Malevolent Monkey will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: The Urchin and the Monkey. This has various options, one of which grants .
During the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, a Malevolent Monkey can be upgraded to a 
.
During Christmas, a Malevolent Monkey can be converted to a 
by feeding it an 
.
- A Dark-Carapaced Crustacean can then give you when you are performing research with an in your University Laboratory. This does not consume your Dark-Carapaced Crustacean.
Rattus Faber Bandit-Chief[edit]
If you have completed Sartorial squeamishness, then having all three of , , opens a story in Your Lodgings: A night-time conference. See: Seeking the Meaning of the Plaster Face (Guide).
In , one of the rat companions can be used for Stealth watch repair, a standard-frequency opportunity card. Each rat has a different test.
Midnight Matriarch[edit]
A Midnight Matriarch can give you when you are performing research to Find a Route to Parabola in your University Laboratory.
If you also own a , owning a Midnight Matriarch will add an unusual-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Like rats and cats which cannot be discarded.
Weasel of Woe[edit]
The Weasel of Woe gives -300 to each of your main Attributes and -10 to all Advanced Skills. Why would you want that? Well, you gain more CP in levelling an Attribute when it is lower, so if you can reduce your Attribute artificially then you can increase it faster (see: Leveling (Guide)).
Equipping a Weasel of Woe sets the 
quality. This is used to prevent certain options appearing, so that the Weasel's properties can't be exploited. It also adds two abundant frequency cards to your Fallen London opportunity deck: A Dream of Claws and A Dream of Teeth, both of which increase .
If you have 400 Weasels of Woe, you'll draw the opportunity card You Appear to have Purchased an Extraordinary Number of Weasels of Woe. This will grant you the special accomplishment 
.
Bengal Tigress[edit]
During Hallowmas, a Bengal Tigress can be upgraded to an 
.
In Parabola, you can spend Bengal Tigresses to:
- (1) Upgrade your
from 2 to 3.
Overgoat[edit]
The Overgoat has a much higher stat bonus (
+20) than any other non-Fate Companion (at most +10). Even Fate-locked Companions are rarely higher than +10, with only two non-goat exceptions at +11 and +12. It also has a correspondingly ridiculously-high cost of 11,712.80 .
All fear the Overgoat! is a standard-frequency opportunity card in Fallen London, unlocked with 100. Owning a goat unlocks additional options on this card, including:
- A pair of Overgoats can be upgraded to one
at the cost of 1 FATE. An Übergoat grants +30 (as well as BDR +4).
- Elsewhere, you can spend seven Übergoats and one
to gain a 
.
- Elsewhere, you can spend seven Übergoats and one
Owning an Overgoat (or Übergoat or Heptagoat) will add a standard-frequency card to your 
opportunity deck: Caprine Authority.
Redemptions[edit]
Devious Henchman[edit]
In the Cave of the Nadir, a Devious Henchman can be upgraded to a 
.
Grubby Urchin[edit]
Owning a Grubby Urchin will add a very infrequent card to your opportunity deck that's only drawn in your lodgings: Your Grubby Urchin is becoming troublesome. This has various options, one of which grants . If you also own a , owning a Grubby Urchin will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: The Urchin and the Monkey. This has various options, one of which grants .
You can spend Grubby Urchins to:
- (4) Set up an Orphanage on the lodgings card The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse; see Handsome Townhouse: Schemes (Guide) for more information.
Once you gain access to a University Laboratory, you can put your Grubby Urchin to work there without losing his item. You probably won't find much use for him there though until you're advanced enough to require a source of .
During Hallowmas, a Grubby Urchin unlocks an option to gain a 
(a +9, 
+9 Weapon).
Starry-Eyed Scoundrel[edit]
During Hallowmas, a Starry-Eyed Scoundrel can be upgraded to a 
.
In your Possessions, you can spend Starry-Eyed Scoundrels to:
- (1) Convert
into 
.
Winsome Dispossessed Orphan[edit]
If you also own any 
, owning a Winsome Dispossessed Orphan will add an infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Your Winsome Orphan is out of control. This has various options, one of which grants .
You can spend Winsome Dispossessed Orphans to:
- (1) Offer
to the Court of the Wakeful Eye (Offer a winsome dispossessed orphan) in the Labyrinth of Tigers; see Associating with Radical Academics (Guide) for more information. - (2) Set up an Orphanage on the lodgings card The Tower of Eyes: Behind Closed Doors at a Handsome Townhouse; see Handsome Townhouse: Schemes (Guide) for more information.
- (1) Admit your Winsome Orphan to the Orphanage once you are engaged in that scheme.
During Hallowmas, a Winsome Dispossessed Orphan can be upgraded to a 
or an 
.
Alluring Accomplice[edit]
Owning an Alluring Accomplice will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Overly alluring?. This has various options, one of which grants .
If you also own a , owning an Alluring Accomplice will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: The Henchman and the Accomplice. This allows you to spend certain Favours to gain items worth between 3 and 3.5 .
During Hallowmas, an Alluring Accomplice can be upgraded to a 
.
- You can go on to marry your Fabulous Accomplice to get a
. This also adds a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: An Afternoon Entirely Without Mischief (which gives 4.5 of items, or increases 
).
- For 20 FATE, you can upgrade your Platonic Partner in Crime to a .
- For 20 FATE, you can upgrade your Platonic Partner in Crime to a
Ruthless Henchman[edit]
Owning a Ruthless Henchman will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Etiquette for the Ruthless. This has various options, one of which grants .
If you also own an , owning a Ruthless Henchman will add a very infrequent card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: The Henchman and the Accomplice. This allows you to spend certain Favours to gain items worth between 3 and 3.5 .
Scuttering Squad[edit]
If you also own a , owning a Scuttering Squad will add an unusual-frequency card to your Fallen London opportunity deck: Like rats and cats which cannot be discarded.
Mr Chimes' Lost & Found[edit]
The various items and Companions in this shop are bought using 
. You gain these by completing Exceptional Stories which require you to spend Fate.
For more information, see: Mr Chimes' Lost & Found (Guide).
