Upper River

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The places that are found in the Hinterlands next to the Upper River as the player character develops the Great Hellbound Railway.


See Category:Upper River for storylets unique to the .

Unlocked with

The replaces the Bazaar as the trade interface in these locations.

Deck Quirks

  • Card deck: Upper River locations use a different base deck from London locations
  • Cards that are unique to certain Upper River locations are retained after having gone to other Upper River locations.
  • If you leave any of these locations and come back later to any of them, you will start with all the cards that were in your hand when you left, except the cards whose unlock requirements you no longer satisfy.

Locations

The locations next to the Upper River are unlocked in the following order, and can be accessed through a storylet in while in London.

  • : the first to be unlocked. Home for most Rubbery people.
  • : the second. Home for those who work the canals in the Upper River.
  • : the third. The furthest reach of the law of London, and remnants of the First City.
  • : the fourth. The Empress's Scottish holding taken down during the Fall.
  • : A lonely factory extracting emotions in chemical form resides here.
  • : Seemingly in the middle of nowhere – until someone decides to build a church here.
  • : A quiet hamlet on the edges of one of the battlefields in Hell.
  • : A frozen and dark wasteland.
  • : By the walls of Hell.

Menaces

The consequences for accumulating too much of any Menace at any Upper River locations are the same as London-proper. However, some things are different:

  • : This card appears if you are accumulating too many Nightmares. The Manager of the Hotel does have interests along the Upper River.
  • : In the case of accumulating too much Scandal, you get this auto-fire storylet.
  • : You get this auto-fire storylet if you have accumulated too high Suspicion.

Technical information

This page describes the setting Upper River.

By default in this setting, you can:

  • not change your outfit (but this may be overridden by locations)
  • not open a map
  • use items in your inventory

Your deck here is limited to 6 cards (or 10 cards for Exceptional Friends).

The following locations are linked to this setting: