Advent: A Calendar of Encounters/2023
2023 Advent Calendar[edit]
Grab a spare consignment of Christmas cards
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is present (World Quality, now available)
Locked with
Opening the Doors
Success
Season's greetings
Success Instructions: From 2nd December until Christmas Day, you will receive new Christmas cards each week via Time, the Healer.
1: Envelopes at your doorstep; heavy paper and colourful inks and lace ribbons. (Sets 
Opening the Doors to 1)
An occurrence! Your 'Potential Christmas Card' Quality is now 7!- With
Days of Advent exactly 1:
You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Claim a sooty bundle of rags
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 2 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 1
Success
Perfect disguises
- 2: A log crackling in the fireplace; pine tar and soot. (Sets Opening the Doors to 2)
You now have 1 x Inconspicuous Overalls
With
Days of Advent exactly 2:
You've gained 1 x An Identity Uncovered!
Open the sash window
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 3 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 2
Success
A tinge of the macabre
- 3: Gifts of jewelry and finery and ratwork, glinting in candlelight. (Sets Opening the Doors to 3)
You've gained 2 x Whirring Contraption
With
Days of Advent exactly 3:
You've gained 5 x Tale of Terror!!
Scoop up a pail of lacre
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 4 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 3
Success
Keep away from bare skin
Success Instructions: Use this in your inventory to learn more about lacre, or to acquire a Destiny.
- 4: It piles on stoops, it weighs on eaves, it swirls in the air. (Sets Opening the Doors to 4)
You've gained 1 x Unusual Pail of So-Called Snow
With
Days of Advent exactly 4:
You've gained 1 x Aeolian Scream
Tolerate your Aunt
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 5 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 4
Success
Tea-time heirlooms
- 5: Gingerbread and pudding and scones and trifle and brioche and... (Sets Opening the Doors to 5)
You've gained 1 x Plate of Scandalously Buttered Scones- With Days of Advent exactly 5:
You've gained 1 x Vienna Opening
Catch an errant beast
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 6 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 5
Success
A proficient ratter
- 6: Uncharacteristic quiet; the rats in the walls with runty winter litters, small and silent. (Sets Opening the Doors to 6)
You've gained 1 x Araby Fighting-Weasel
You've gained 1 x Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse
With
Days of Advent exactly 6:
You've gained 5 x Venge-Rat Corpse
Investigate a troubling noise
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 7 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 6
Success
Furred, wicked, dripping
- 7: Some wicks cannot be unlit. (Sets Opening the Doors to 7)
You've gained 1 x Rat of Glory- With Days of Advent exactly 7:
You've gained 1 x Mourning Candle
Pause on a late-night walk
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 8 (World Quality, now available), Opening the Doors exactly 7
Success
Ships in the night
- 8: No darker than the rest of the year - but it feels like it. (Sets Opening the Doors to 8)
You've gained 1 x Clandestine Candle
With
Days of Advent exactly 8:
You've gained 5 x Memory of Light
Retrieve an unexpected package
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 9 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 8
Success
Sumptuously wrapped
Success Instructions: 'We've had our differences. But this is Christmas. Best wishes, the Fallen London Probably Random Number Algorithm.'
- 9: Hold a box aloft; feel its weight; rattle its contents. What's inside? (Sets Opening the Doors to 9)
You've gained 1 x Devilbone Die
With
Days of Advent exactly 9:
You've gained 1 x Queer Soul
Wander through a local graveyard
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 10 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 9
Success
Incongruous
- 10: Candles on gravestones, candles at the doors of disused columbaria, candles on dinner tables and windowsills. (Sets Opening the Doors to 10)
You've gained 1 x Fragment of the Tragedy Procedures
With
Days of Advent exactly 10:
You've gained 5 x Dubious Testimony
Meet a Relicker, out of season
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 11 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 10
Success
An armful of... something
- 11: The Carol of the Wells. (Sets Opening the Doors to 11)
You've gained 20 x Certifiable Scrap
You've gained 100 x Primordial Shriek
With
Days of Advent exactly 11:
- You've gained 1 x Aeolian Scream
Greet the local urchins
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 12 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 11
Success
Taxes, paid in headwear
- 12: Children on the streets in vicious packs; schoolboys out of their classes becoming feral as urchins; all-out lacre warfare. (Sets Opening the Doors to 12)
You've gained 1 x Gant Bowler of Fiduciary Responsibility
With
Days of Advent exactly 12:
You've gained 1 x Thirsty Bombazine Scrap
Check your post
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 13 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 12
Success
Antibiographica
- 13: Some books cannot be unread. (Sets Opening the Doors to 13)
You've gained 1 x Caustic Apocryphon
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 6)
With
Days of Advent exactly 13:
- You've gained 1 x Extraordinary Implication
Answer an insistent rapping
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 14 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 13
Success
How rude!
- 14: Ha. (Sets Opening the Doors to 14)
You've gained 1 x Pugilist's Hello
With
Days of Advent exactly 14:
- You've gained 5 x Palimpsest Scrap
Lend your ear to tall tales
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 15 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 14
Success
Legends of a sunless sky
- 15: Cold, bitter wind through the streets; lacre swirling in eddies. "The Avid Horizon yawns," say the zailors. (Sets Opening the Doors to 15)
You've gained 1 x Sky-Story
With
Days of Advent exactly 15:
- You've gained 1 x Aeolian Scream
Savour the goodwill of the season
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 16 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 15
Success
A proficient ratter
Success Instructions: This Boon will dissipate after two weeks.
A living story will begin soon. (Activates the Living story Dissipating Goodwill; this message is not displayed.)- 16: Cold hands; warm hearts. (Sets Opening the Doors to 16)
- An occurrence! Your 'Lingering Goodwill' Quality is now 1!
With
Days of Advent exactly 16:
You've gained 25 x Romantic Notion
Catch a flying tin
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 17 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 16
Success
Enthusiastic marketing
- 17: Peppermint and licorice and ginger and sultanas and mandarins and... (Sets Opening the Doors to 17)
You've gained 1 x Tin of Murgatroyd's Jellied Mushroom Cakes
With
Days of Advent exactly 17:
You've gained 1 x Sworn Statement
Dream of sunless depths
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 18 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 17
Success
Seasonal secrets
Success Instructions: This has raised your Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre quality. You'll be able to trade it for rewards in January.
- 18: Do you recall— do you recall— do you recall— (Sets Opening the Doors to 18)
- You've gained 1 x Putting the Pieces Together: the Taste of Lacre
With
Days of Advent exactly 18:
- You've gained 5 x Tale of Terror!!
Clean out your fireplace
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 19 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 18
Success
Insult to injury
Ouch – it appears you have burned your hand. (Activates the Living story A Wound Heals; this message is not displayed.)- 19: Some names cannot be unlisted. (Sets Opening the Doors to 19)
- You've gained 1 x Mark of Disdain
Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)
With
Days of Advent exactly 19:
You've gained 5 x Correspondence Plaque
Greet a neighbour
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 20 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 19
Success
Revelatory
- 20: Baubles, tinsel, glass, lacework. (Sets Opening the Doors to 20)
You've gained 1 x Mountain-sherd
With
Days of Advent exactly 20:
You've gained 5 x Mystery of the Elder Continent
Accept a free sample
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 21 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 20
Success
Revolutionary!
Success Instructions: Drinking Darkdrop Coffee will refresh ten actions. Find it in your inventory.
- 21: Mulled wine, long-steeping tea, hot chocolate... nog. Inquire not on the sourcing of the eggs. (Sets Opening the Doors to 21)
You've gained 1 x Darkdrop Coffee
With
Days of Advent exactly 21:
You've gained 25 x Inkling of Identity
Answer the door – again
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 22 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 21
Success
Coronation
- 22: Honeyed dreams and the milk of inhuman kindness. (Sets Opening the Doors to 22)
You've gained 1 x Apian Coronet
With
Days of Advent exactly 22:
You've gained 250 x Nevercold Brass Sliver
Become accessory to a crime
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 23 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 22
Success
Rare serenity
- 23: All is quiet; breath is held. (Sets Opening the Doors to 23)
You've gained 1 x Silent Soul
With
Days of Advent exactly 23:
You've gained 25 x Maniac's Prayer
Answer the door – carefully
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 24 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 23
Success
Ancient words
- 24: Ho. Ho. Ho. (Sets Opening the Doors to 24)
You've gained 1 x Meticulously Altered Stocking
With
Days of Advent exactly 24:
You've gained 1 x Touching Love Story
Feast!
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Days of Advent is 25 (World Quality, now locked), Opening the Doors exactly 24
Success
Blessings of the season
Success Instructions: In Fallen London, it is Christmas. But wherever, whoever and whenever you are, Failbetter Games wishes you the best imaginable holiday of your dearest preference. We'll see you in 2024!
- 25: "What's today, my fine fellow?" (Sets Opening the Doors to 25)
You've gained 1 x Magnificent Feast
With
Days of Advent exactly 25:
You've gained 1 x Bottle of Broken Giant 1844
