The Rat Market (Guide)

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Rat Market:
The Rat Market is: Closed, based on the timestamp: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:43:45 +0000

Last updated on: 11:15, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

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The Rat Market is a periodic, dynamic piece of content released in September 1899 (2021). Its mechanics make heavy use of World Qualities. According to the announcement post, one of the goals of the Rat Market is to introduce a regular source of variation, so that players are encouraged to experience more of the available content.

Every week, the Rat Market is only open for three days spanning the weekend. You access the Rat Market from a storylet in the Flit. It opens at 11am UTC on Friday, and closes at 11am UTC on Monday. Check your local time zone to see when it's accessible for you, and beware of Daylight Savings Time.

Mechanics[edit]

The most important to know up-front is that you cannot save . 72 hours after you enter the Rat Market (and gain the quality), any Rat-Shillings you have left will be converted to at a rate of 10 Rostygold per Rat-Shilling.

The second-most important thing to know about is The Rat Market (Bazaar), and the consistent things you can purchase from it. In some cases, this may be the purpose of your visit. In other cases, this may be an outlet of that would otherwise become .

World Qualities[edit]

What can be sold for , and what can be bought with , changes with a variety of different World Qualities on a weekly basis. The Rat Season cycles one season every week and determines which items you can sell for . The Rat-Wind and Rat-Moon change randomly every week to a new value. Each of these qualities unlock an array of items to buy, and their conjunction unlocks a Most Valuable or otherwise hard-to-get items. These are not regular economic items, and are either at a more substantial discount or are otherwise difficult to obtain. The False-Season follows real-world seasons and serves to unlock a unique piece of buyable equipment, for a total of 4 different pieces of equipment.

Cryptic Clues[edit]

While the market is only available on weekends, the clues to next weekend's items are revealed earlier with this action. The Rat-Season clue is linked to one of the items that can be exchanged that week, while the Rat-Moon and Rat-Wind hint at some items that can be gained that season.

For reference: East - "The unseen Rat-Wind is in the east; time is shorter this season! Look to your wrists!"

This refers to the

Soft - "However, the hidden Rat-Moon is soft, they say. Soft as skin and pink as a gentlerat's paw."

This refers to the

Kifer-Caitiff - "This is to be expected in the secret Rat-Season of Kifer-Caitiff. Sing your sorrow, but quietly. You never know who's listening. The tunnels have ears still unclogged!"

This refers to Captivating Ballads

Selling Items for [edit]

What items you can sell for depends on World Quality. The option to sell them is accessed from the Smaller Stalls; note that these sales take one action each (except for the es, which can additionally be sold from the Bazaar tab). All items are available in a range of Rat-Seasons, covering three consecutive weekends. This makes for somewhat less volatility for players wishing to stock up on exchangeable items. After the third week, the item will leave the Rat-Market and be replaced by another of equivalent value. These replacements are staggered, with one item being replaced each weekend.

The option to sell a is always available. This item has no other repeatable uses at this moment, and can be farmed in L.B. Industries at a competitive rate.

Rat-Season Abbreviations:

  • FaF: Freeze-and-Fall
  • LL: Lying-Longing
  • CC: Candle-Canker
  • WaW: Wink-and-Wane
  • VV: Vial-Vane
  • TaT: Take-and-Toil
  • WW: Wine-Whisper
  • RaR: Rise-and-Rake
  • NK: Nitre-Knife
  • KC: Kifer-Caitiff
  • SS: Skitter-Scatter
  • DD: Dimmest-Dark

Current season: Vial-Vane (VV)

Wiki note: On the weekends of May 17-20 and May 24-27, ALL items listed in the table below will be sellable on the Rat Market, regardless of The Rat Season.

Item Tier Shillings (bonus)
FaF LL CC WaW VV TaT WW RaR NK KC SS DD
May 17 - 20 and May 24 - 27
Rat Market Jubilee: All items may be sold!
Always

E 12.50[1][2]

125 (+0%)
Tier 5

E 12.50

200 (+60%)[3]
Tier 6

E 62.50

850 (+36%)
Tier 7

E 312.50

4000 (+28%)

Buying Items with [edit]

Items can be purchased with from four shops in the Bazaar tab, or two storylets which do not cost actions. A single is assumed to have a value of ten pennies (E 0.10). The actual exchange rate varies by good, but that's an easy value by which to compare.

In the Bazaar tab, cheap economic items can be purchased for a value equal to their Bazaar sell price, while more expensive items have a mark-up, going up to a 100% cost increase for items selling for E 2.50 or more. Equipable items can be purchased from the Rat Market for slightly cheaper than they cost in the Echo Bazaar (which is always still greater than the value of selling them back to the Bazaar).

From the (Ratty) Bazaar[edit]

:

Item Sale Value Shillings
(mark-up)
E 0.10 1 (at value)
E 0.10 1 (at value)
E 0.15 2 (+33%)
E 0.50 7 (+40%)
E 0.50 7 (+40%)
E 0.50 7 (+40%)
E 0.50 7 (+40%)
E 2.50 50 (+100%)
E 12.50 250 (+100%)

:

Item Sale Value Shillings
(mark-up)
E 0.50 / 1 8 (+60%)
E 0.50 / 1 8 (+60%)
1 10 (+100%)
1 10 (+100%)
E 2.50 / 3 25 (at value)
E 2.50 / 5 45 (+80%)
E 2.50 / 5 60 (+140%)

:

Item Sale Value Shillings
(mark-up) 		Buy price at the Bazaar
E 0.10 1 (at value)
E 0.10 1 (at value)
E 0.10 1 (at value)
E 0.12 2 (+67%)
E 0.50 7 (+40%)
E 2.50 50 (+100%)
E 3.20 63 E 6.40
E 32.40 640 E 64.80
E 51.20 1000 E 102.40
E 312.50 3999 E 400.00
E 250.00 4000 E 400.00

:

Item Shillings Buy price at the Bazaar
2
20 E 4.00
300 E 30
400 E 40
400 E 40
400 E 40
500 E 50
600 E 62.50
600 E 60


Direction of the Rat-Wind[edit]

Current value: West

Item Rat-Wind Currently available? Buy price at the Bazaar Shillings
(discount)
East ✗ E 460.00 3200 (-30%)
South ✗ E 450.00 3200 (-29%)
West ✓ N/A 3200
North ✗ N/A 3200


Phase of the Rat-Moon[edit]

Current value: Hard

Item Currently available? Buy price at the Bazaar Shillings
(discount)
Blue Soft Hard Runny
✓ ✓ ✗ N/A 3500
✓ ✓ ✓ N/A 3750
✓ ✗ E 400 2800 (-30%)
✓ ✗ E 400 2800 (-30%)
✓ ✓ E 420 2800 (-33%)
✓ ✗ E 320 2800(-12.5%)


Rat-Wind + Rat-Moon[edit]

Item Rat-Wind Rat-Moon Currently available? Sale value Shillings
(mark-up)
East Blue ✗ E 28.8 2000 (+594%)
East Soft ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
East Hard ✗ E 62.5[1] 625 (at value)
East Runny ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
South Blue ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
South Hard ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
/ South Soft ✗ E 470 5000 (+6.4%)
South Runny ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
West Blue ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
West Soft ✗ E 1560 15625 (+0.2%)
West Hard ✓ E 160 3000 (+87.5%)
West Runny ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
North Blue ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
North Soft ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
North Hard ✗ E 312.5 3125 (at value)
North Runny ✗ N/A 4000 (N/A)
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assumed value, may not be sold directly
  2. ↑ Sale takes 0 actions
  3. ↑ Or sell 5 for 850 in one action (+36%)
Rat-Wind
East South West North
Rat-Moon Blue
Soft
Hard
Runny


The False-Season[edit]

Current value: Spring

Item False-Season Begins on[1] Currently available? Shillings
Autumn Sep 3 ✗ 10000
St Eligius' Beard Hairs Winter Dec 3 ✗ 10000
Spring Mar 4, 2025 ✓ 10000
Summer Jun 3, 2025 ✗ 10000
  1. ↑ The value updates on the first Tuesday of the corresponding month


Unique Items[edit]

A handful of items in the Rat Market have no other sources.

Item Accessibility Currently available? Shillings Slot Stats
Rat-Wind: North ✗ 3200 Weapon
  • +4
  • +8
Rat-Wind: West ✓ 3200 Weapon
  • +4
  • +8
✗ 4000 Gloves
  • +3
  • +7
Autumn ✗ 10000 Boots
  • +7
  • +1
  • +1
St Eligius' Beard Hairs Winter ✗ 10000 Affiliation
  • +2
  • +1
  • +1
Spring ✓ 10000 Weapon
  • +9
  • +1
  • +1
Summer ✗ 10000 Weapon
  • +8
  • +1
  • +1
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