Seeking Buyers
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0-1 | A few shoppers of the Bone Market hover near your stall, considering your wares from a safe distance. The question is, are they the ones you hoped to attract? Or would you rather do business with someone else? |
2-3 | After your recent sales, the Bone Market is a bit thinner of customers than before, though you can still find some shoppers interested in what you have to offer. |
4-5 | After your recent sales, the Bone Market is significantly thinner of customers than before. The wealthiest skeleton-buyers are not buying at the moment, but you may find purchasers among those who don't pay as well. |
8+ | The Bone Market conspicuously lacks the […] high-end customers who pay most richly: they have already spent so well on your recent work that they need to recoup their funds. There are still a few customers about who will make smaller purchases, however. |
A player-created Guide is available for this content: Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) |
Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions. |
Storylet appears in The Bone Market
Options:
Sell to a Naive Collector (
Suspicion < 4)
- Spoiler
Sell to a Constable (
Humanoid Skeleton)
- Spoiler
Sell to a Bohemian Sculptress (
Respectable 0)
- Spoiler
Sell to a Pedagogically Inclined Grandmother (
Dreaded 0)
- Spoiler
Sell to a Theologian of the Old School (
Bizarre 0)
- Spoiler
Sell to an Enthusiast of the Ancient World (
Respectable 3+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withRespectable 3
Redirects to:
→ Sell to an Enthusiast of the Ancient World
^
Sell to Mrs Plenty (
Dreaded 3+)
- Spoiler
Sell to the Tentacled Servant (
Bizarre 3+)
- Spoiler
Affected by
Bone Market Exhaustion
When Exhaustion reaches 4 and beyond, these options still appear, but with superficially different descriptions mentioning that their "funds have been depleted". The player cannot sell skeletons to them, but if they buy other things, they do purchase them.
Sell to an Investment-Minded Ambassador (
Respectable 15+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withRespectable 15
Locked with4 Bone Market Exhaustion (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Redirects to:
→ An Investment-Minded Ambassador
^
Sell to a Teller of Terrors (
Dreaded 15+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withDreaded 15
Locked with4 Bone Market Exhaustion (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Redirects to:
^
Sell to the Tentacled Entrepreneur (
Bizarre 15+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withBizarre 15
Locked with4 Bone Market Exhaustion (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Redirects to:
^
Sell to an Author of Gothic Tales (
Respectable 7+ &
Dreaded 7+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withRespectable 7,
Dreaded 7
Locked with4 Bone Market Exhaustion (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Redirects to:
^
Sell to a Zailor with Particular Interests (
Respectable 7+ &
Bizarre 7+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withBizarre 7,
Respectable 7
Locked with4 Bone Market Exhaustion (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Redirects to:
→ A Zailor with Particular Interests
^
Sell to a Rubbery Collector (
Dreaded 7+ &
Bizarre 7+)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withDreaded 7,
Bizarre 7
Locked with4 Bone Market Exhaustion (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Redirects to:
^
Dependent on World Quality
Sell to an Enthusiast in Skulls
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Skeleton: Skulls 2,
Occasional Buyer: is An Enthusiast in Skulls (World Quality, now locked),
Dreaded 3
Locked withBone Market Exhaustion 4
Redirects to:
→ Sell to an Enthusiast in Skulls
^
Sell to a Dreary Midnighter
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withSkeleton in Progress 110-299,
Occasional Buyer: is A Dreary Midnighter (World Quality, now available)
Locked withSkeleton: Amalgamy,
Skeleton: Support for a Counter-church Theology,
Bizarre 4
Redirects to:
^
Sell to a Colourful Phantasist
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withSkeleton: Self-Evident Implausibility 2,
Occasional Buyer: is A Colourful Phantasist (World Quality, now locked)
Locked withBone Market Exhaustion 4
Redirects to:
^
Sell to an Ingenuous Malacologist
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withSkeleton: Tentacles 4,
Bizarre 3,
Occasional Buyer: is An Ingenuous Malacologist (World Quality, now locked)
Locked withBone Market Exhaustion 4
Redirects to:
^
Sell to an Enterprising Boot Salesman
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withOccasional Buyer: is An Enterprising Boot Salesman (World Quality, now locked),
Skeleton in Progress 100,
Skeleton: Legs 4
Locked withSkeleton: Menace,
Skeleton: Amalgamy,
Bone Market Exhaustion 4
Redirects to:
→ An Enterprising Boot Salesman
^
Hiring Buskers
If your BDR isn't capable of reaching the requirements for some of the buyers, these options allow you to pay a small fee in return for access.
Hire a busker to help you attract a Bohemian Sculptress (
Respectable 1-2)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withRespectable 1-2,
10 x Maniac's Prayer
Success
Paid assistance
You've lost 10 x Maniac's Prayer
Redirects to: A Familiar Bohemian Sculptress
^
Hire a busker to help you attract a Pedagogically Inclined Grandmother (
Dreaded 1-2)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withDreaded 1-2,
10 x Surface-Silk Scrap
Success
Not frightened this time
You've lost 10 x Surface-Silk Scrap
Redirects to: A Pedagogically Inclined Grandmother
^
Hire a busker to help you attract a Theologian of the Old School (
Bizarre 1-2)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withBizarre 1-2,
10 x Flask of Abominable Salts
Success
Paid assistance
You've lost 10 x Flask of Abominable Salts
Redirects to: A Theologian of the Old School
^
Hire a busker to help you attract the Tentacled Entrepreneur (
Bizarre 13-14)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withBizarre 13-14,
100 x Nodule of Deep Amber
Locked withBone Market Exhaustion 4 (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Success
One of his own
You've lost 100 x Nodule of Deep Amber
Redirects to: A Tentacled Entrepreneur
^
Hire a busker to help you attract the Investment-Minded Ambassador (
Respectable 13-14)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withRespectable 13-14,
100 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
Locked withBone Market Exhaustion 4 (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Success
Socially acceptable
You've lost 100 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
Redirects to: An Investment-Minded Ambassador
^
Hire a busker to help you attract a Teller of Terrors (
Dreaded 13-14)
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked withDreaded 13-14,
100 x Shard of Glim
Locked withBone Market Exhaustion 4 (This is implemented as a soft-lock more than as a hard-lock; the player can still see this option and use it to sell anything other than skeletons.)
Success
Hardened
You've lost 100 x Shard of Glim
Redirects to: A Teller of Terrors
^