Fallen London Timeline

Since its first iteration in 2009 Echo Bazaar Fallen London has changed in nearly every perceptible way. This page is an effort to preserve those changes in one place.

A timeline for wiki-related events can be found at Fallen London Wiki:Updates and changes.

What Goes Here

• Significant content updates, usually accompanied by an announcement (barring Exceptional Stories, which can be found here instead)
• Gameplay changes
• Dates for historical festivals and Living World events
• Notable milestones for FBG's other FL-associated projects

2009

• 15 October – A beta version of Echo Bazaar, a Victorian gothic browser game, is released. Players can request an invitation to play. The only means of authentication is a Twitter account. The game consists primarily of stories played through various storylets, available as long as their requirements are met, and cards, of which a limited number at a time can be drawn from an opportunity deck. Stories require actions to play, which regenerate at a rate of 1 every 7 minutes, and up to 10 can be stored at once. Playing tends to increase one of the four main stats: Watchful, Shadowy, Dangerous and Persuasive. These often dictate what stories are available to play. They can be raised up to level 50. After escaping from prison, players can find stories in various areas of Fallen London: Ladybones Road, Spite, Watchmaker's Hill, Veilgarden, The Forgotten Quarter, The Flit, Wolfstack Docks and The Shuttered Palace. Travelling to and from these locations is possible through Your Lodgings. Among the stories available from the very beginning are the early stages of the four Ambitions and a selection of dreams. Players may also participate in an early version of Knife-and-Candle.
• 24 October – Echo Bazaar can now be accessed without an invitation.
  
• 27 October – Ambitions are updated with new content.
• 28 October – Various Sidebar Snippets are added.
• 31 October – The first instance of Hallowmas is seen.
• 2 November – There is now an Ambition journal.
• 6 November – Some content associated with Traitor's Night is available.
• 1 December – Players may select Cameos for their characters and participate in some Social Actions with other players. Rare Successes are introduced.
  
• 3 December – All daily actions after the first 80 regenerate more slowly. Travelling between locations doesn't cost an action anymore. Custom character descriptions are enabled.
• 8 December – A state of some confusion is released.
• 10 December – Some pets with their own cards can now be bought.
• 16 December – Fate is introduced.
• 16 December – 70 thousand words of content exist at this point.
  
• 18 December – Players may now experience death.
• 21 December – Bag a Legend is updated.
• 23 December – The earliest version of Christmas is seen.

2010

• 2 January – New Newgate Prison - again! is released by this point.
• 4 January – The Mysteries are fleshed out.
  
• 10 January – Scandalous players may find themselves in Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies.
• 11 January – Failbetter Games is incorporated. This date is generally treated as Fallen London's birthday.
• 14 January – Echo Bazaar players can now make use of a map to travel around London.
• 20 January – Ambition: Light Fingers! is updated.
• 23 January – Red-bordered cards and Ambition resets are introduced.
• 30 January – Ambition: Bag a Legend! is updated.
• 4 February – Early access to Mrs Plenty's Carnival is available for Fate The Opportunity card decks now hold up to 6 cards.
  
• 12 February – The maximum stat caps are now 80.
• 14 February – The first Feast of the Rose begins.
• 26 February – A Trade in Souls, a Fate-locked story, is released.
• 5 March – Mrs Plenty's Carnival is now open for all players.
• 23 March – The Fire Sermon dreams are extended.
• 13 May – It becomes possible to dream of Chess. Light Fingers and Heart's Desire are updated.
  
• 17 May – First known reports of an easter egg emerge.
• 12 July – What the Thunder Said dreams are introduced.
• 16 July – Ambition: Bag a Legend! is updated.
• 22 July – The University opens its doors.
• 24, 28 July – Two updates to Ambition: Nemesis are released.
  
• 6 August – The Empress' Court and the Featuring in the Tales of the University, Acquiring Exhibits for the Labyrinth of Tigers and Embroiled in the Wars of Illusion stories are added to the game. The level caps for all the main stats are increased to 100.
• 14 August – The Mirror-Marches, Mysterious Benefactors and conflict cards are introduced.
• 26 August – Facebook credentials can now be used to play Echo Bazaar as well.
• 26 August – The entire Cheesemonger's story is now out. An Intimate of Devils is updated. 300 thousand words of content exist at this point.
  
• 6 September – Players may purchase an additional candle that doubles their action caps (up to 20) for a month. Increased action refresh time after 70 actions a day is replaced with a daily action cap of 70.
• 15 September – It becomes possible to rename player characters for Fate.
• 2 October – The Rubbery Murders and A Long-Lost Daughter? are released. Cameo changes are introduced as well.
• 25 October – It is now possible to engage in Shroom-Hopping.
• 31 October – Hallowmas begins.
• 12 November – The Fate-locked part of Inconvenienced by Your Aunt is released.
  
• 15 November – Nemesis is updated.
• 17 November – Bag a Legend is updated.
• 19 November – Light Fingers is updated.
• 20 November – Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold is released.
  
• 23 November – The Labyrinth of Tigers is open. The Dangerous cap is raised to 110.
• 24 November – A Fate-locked revel by Mr Wines is released.
• 25 November – The next part of Heart's Desire is released.
• 27 November – Recently released and upcoming content is listed.
• 6 December – Carving out a Reputation at Court is released. The cap for Persuasive is increased to 110.
  
• 8 December – The conclusion to An Intimate of Devils is released.
• 8 December – Christmas begins.
• 21 December – The investigation part of Featuring in the Tales of the University is added, so is the story of The Once-Dashing Smuggler. The maximum base Watchful is now 110.

2011

• 10 January – The Once-Dashing Smuggler is no longer a Fate-locked story.
• 19 January – The stories of the Big Rat, the Sinister Sprout and the Watchmaker's Daughter are released.
  
• 25 January – Knife-and-Candle is temporarily retired.
• 23 February – Exceptional Friendship (paid subscription) is introduced. It offers a daily action cap of 100 (the cap for free players has been reduced to 50), a second candle (up to 20 saved actions) and no ads.
• 7 February – The Feast of the Rose begins.
• 9 February – The Secular Missionary and The Revolutionary Firebrand arrive in London.
• 23 February – Mahogany Hall is released. The Shadowy cap reaches 110. Numerous items are added to the Bazaar. Do you have a tiger?
  
• 4 March – New items are introduced to increase Connected levels with various factions.
• 16 March – Accessible player profiles with journals, mantelpieces and scrapbooks are now available.
• 25 March – Solving Cases around London is released.
• 5 April – It is now possible to become a Person of Some Importance, explore Bazaar Side-streets, acquire home comforts and a ship.
  
• 11 April – Flute Street is released. The Watchful cap is now 120.
• 14 April – Constant Companions are introduced.
• 5 May – Nemesis and Bag a Legend are updated. Stormy-Eyed dream options are added. Dangerous can be increased up to 120.
• 16 May – Zailing is released, with two possible destinations: Hunter's Keep and Mutton Island. The caps for Persuasive and Shadowy are now also 120.
• 1 June – The House of Chimes opens its doors for Exceptional Friends.
  
• 15 June – Players can begin breeding monsters in The Labyrinth of Tigers.
• 24 June – Light Fingers and Heart's Desire are updated.
• 5 July – Wilmot's End is released.
• 25 July – Denizens of the Neath can attend parties.
• 27 July – The Searching out a Missing Woman carousel is added.
  
• 27 July – Stat caps of 200 and the conclusions to Ambitions are announced for (around) late October 2012.
• 2 August – It is now possible to rename your ship and spouse.
• 4 August – Players are able to compete in The Tournament of Lilies and Fight a War of Assassins.
• 30 August – Theological Husbandry is released.
• 12 September – Players are able to join the Velocipede Squad, explore its secrets and raise their Dangerous to 130.
• 20 October – The Foreign Office is released (so is the relevant Fate story). The Persuasive cap is now 130. Players can also have their horoscope cast.
• 3 November – It is now possible to publish a newspaper: Doubt Street is released. The Shadowy cap is increased to 130.
  
• 11 November – Potential players can experience the Tutorial Prison without signing up. Getting (up to 7) others to sign up rewards you with Darkdrop Coffee each time.
• 15 November – Some items are split into new categories.
• 24 November – It becomes possible to Embark on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery: Bullbone Island, Corpsecage Island and Grunting Fen are added to the game. The Watchful cap is raised to 130.
• 21 December – Christmas begins. The stories of various acquaintances are added.

2012

• 17 January – Two Fate-locked pupils are added to Provide Master-Classes in Etiquette.
• 24 January – Requirements now have icons.
  
• 26 January – Many Economy items can now be upconverted and/or sideconverted. Action costs (other than 1) are introduced.
• 1-3 February – The Festival of Endless Actions commences (daily action caps are removed). Players can engage in new investigations.
• 8 February – Daily action caps are abolished for good. An action now regenerates every 10 minutes instead of 7.
• 14 February – The Feast of the Exceptional Rose begins. The Admired quality is now known as Making Waves.
• 1 March – The story of the Fidgeting Writer is released.
• 15 March – Players can now explore Polythreme and The Sea of Voices.
  
• 26 March – Echo Bazaar becomes Fallen London.
• 26 March – A Facebook or Twitter account is no longer needed to sign up.
• 5 April – The Counting the Days carousel is added, so is A Wily Zailor.
• 3 May – The Iron Republic is released. All Ambitions are updated as well. All four require zee travel.
  
• 19 May – StoryNexus is announced.
• 23 May – Players can now crack The Jack-of-Smiles Case.
• 27 July – The Affair of the Box concludes. The Shadowy cap is increased to 140.
• 3 August – A Kickstarter for The Silver Tree is launched and funded within 7 hours.
• 16 August – Fate is replaced with Nex.
• 24 August – FL moves from "fallenlondon.com" to "fallenlondon.storynexus.com".
  
• 16 October – StoryNexus is launched.
• 23 October – The Silver Tree is released. The Temple Club opens its doors around the same time.
• 27 November – Heists are added to the game.
• 23 December – This Christmas season Londoners begin to get snowbound. The 12 Days of Mr Sacks story is introduced as well.

2013

• 11 January – Tier 1 Professions are introduced.
  
• 13 February – The Mind of a Long-Dead God becomes available.
• 14 February – A significantly revamped The Feast of the Rose begins. Living Stories make their first appearance during the event.
• 14 February – Broad challenges are introduced. Stat caps are increased to 150.
• 15 March – Constant Companions Spouses are no longer gender-restricted.
• 18 March – A new version of Knife-and-Candle is released.
  
• 20 March – Writing short stories is added to the game.
• 30 April – New Cameos are added.
• 6 June – A Fallen London Comic is released.
• Late June – Londoners can now undertake various expeditions in the Forgotten Quarter and access the Cave of the Nadir. Time, the Healer begins to make its rounds.
  
• 6 August – It is now possible to establish an orphanage. Salons follow a week later.
• 7 August – Notability is introduced, as are tier 2 professions.
• 3 September – A Kickstarter is launched for Sunless Sea.
• 3 October – Sunless Sea is funded. A stretch goal, promising an underwater expansion, is also reached.
• 7 October – Failbetter Games moves away from actively developing StoryNexus to focus on Fallen London and associated projects.
  
• 24 October – Hallowmas begins. Destinies are introduced.
• 13 November – Players can now view branches when out of actions and link to specific journal entries.
• 15 November – Tier 3 Professions are introduced.
  
• 29 November – To celebrate the imminent arrival of the Christmas season, action caps are doubled: 20 for all players, and 40 for Exceptional Friends.
• 1 December – The first Advent Calendar is released.
• 9 December – Seeking is retired for the time being.
• Mid December – Stat caps are raised to 200.
• 31 December – Double action caps are here to stay for good.

2014

• 5 January – Penstock's Wicket opens for the first time.
• 1 February – The Fallen London Mysteries close.
• 14 February – The Feast of the Rose begins. This year players are able to complete the Entwined in the Intrigues of the Clathermont Family story by encountering Lilac at the Panopticon and, optionally, getting a tattoo.
• 17 February – De Gustibus appears for the first time.
  
• 21 February – Players can now romance and marry other players.
• 24 April – It is now possible to Dabble in the Great Game.
• 4 June – An update to Ladybones Road is released. Players can now explore The Clay Quarters and Life on Ladybones Road.
• 18 June – Sunless Sea is available for Early Access.
• 28 August – The Fruits of the Zee, a new festival, begins.
  
• September – A Functionary's Confidant, a conversational Nex story, is released.
• 14 October – Further updates to Ambitions are announced. Bag a Legend is updated the same day.
• Late October – Various changes, including the introduction of caps, begin to be made to Quirks.
• 30 October – Hallowmas begins, with a new Nex-locked story in tow – A Trade in Faces.
  
• 1 December – The Christmas season begins with another Advent Calendar.
• 4 December – Ambition: Nemesis is updated.
• 9 December – More than a million words of content exist at this point.
• 24 December – The Gift, the first Premium Festive story, is released.

2015

• 31 January – To celebrate Sunless Sea's imminent release, players are able to access De Gustibus for a short time.
• 6 February – Sunless Sea is officially released.
  
• 13 February – The Feast of the Rose begins.
• 27 February – The Blemmigan Affair, a new Nex-locked story, is released.
• 17 April – Plans, a way to mark specific actions and view them later in a separate tab, now exist.
• 1 May – Exceptional Friends now receive an Exceptional Story every month.
• End of May – Fate replaces Nex as the name of the currency bought with real money used to purchase various in-game content.
• 4 June – It is now possible to access Port Carnelian.
• 23 June – The next chapter of Heart's Desire is released.
  
• 17 July – Quirk polishers are introduced.
• 5 August – There are half a million registered users at this point.
• 7 August – A major overhaul of the early game is in progress: the Making Your Name stories are introduced, beginning with A Name Signed with a Flourish.
• 20 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins.
• 26 August – Factions using Connected qualities are to be converted to a new system that uses Favour and Renown qualities instead. The first faction subjected to the change – Criminals.
• 7 September – A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets is introduced, and Watchful areas and stories within the game are revamped.
  
• 15 September – A Name Scrawled in Blood now tracks players' progress through the game's Dangerous content.
• 7 October – A continuation to Ascending the Reliables List of Mr Pages is released.
• 26 October – Hallowmas begins. Starting from this year Londoners can gather the confessions of well-known NPCs.
• 28 October – Outfits are introduced.
  
• 9 November – A new way to display requirements and costs is introduced. The method is ultimately short-lived, and few places remain with such display.
• 10 November – A Name Whispered in Darkness concludes the overhaul of early game progression.
• 1 December – A new Advent Calendar rings in the Christmas season.
• 16 December – Flash Lays are introduced.
• 22 December – Exceptional Stories now form Seasons in groups of 3, starting with the Season of Heart's Blood.

2016

• 9 February – The Feast of the Rose begins.
  
• 9 March – The Docks is the second faction to undergo the Connected-Favour/Renown conversion.
• 10 March – Players are now able to pick their characters' preferred form of address from a wide range of options.
• 24 March – Tomb-Colonies is the newest faction players can accumulate Renown with.
• 15 April – Knife-and-Candle is retired.
• 19 April – The Fallen London app is released on the App Store. An Android version follows later in the year. Some features are temporarily disabled for everyone, including moods and player marriages. Inviting friends from the Surface is retired for good.
  
• 3 May – Connected: Rubbery Men is no more, and Favours & Renown: Rubbery Men have taken its place.
• 8 June – A new version of Seeking Mr Eaten's Name is released. It is now possible to complete the quest.
• 4 July – The first Election takes place. It's a festival where Londoners (players) are introduced to 3 candidates and can vote for the Mayor of their choice.
• 15 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins. The new Mayor makes an appearance.
• 12 October – Zubmariner, an expansion to Sunless Sea, is released.
  
• 24 October – Hallowmas begins. Companion upgrades are introduced.
• 10 November – The factions already under the Favour/Renown system now have 3 tiers of items associated with them.
• 1 December – The Christmas season begins.
• 23 December – The Empress' Shadow, a Festive (non-Exceptional) Fate story, is released. The story unlocks the Sinning Jenny's Finishing School.

2017

• 19 January – The Urchin faction joins the Favour/Renown system.
  
• 1 February – A Kickstarter for Sunless Skies is launched and funded within 4 hours.
• 6 February – The Feast of the Rose begins. It is once again possible to marry (and divorce) another player.
• 24 February – The Season of Stones introduces a new way for Seasons and currently available Exceptional Stories to be presented.
• 22 May – Fallen London Reworks, a major project set to update various parts of the game, is announced.
• 1 June – Hell and Constables now make use of the Favour/Renown system, with The Great Game joining them 5 days later.
• 26 June – The Mayoral Election of 1895 begins.
  
• 17 July – The Fallen London Mysteries return.
• 25 July – It is now possible to become A Paramount Presence.
• 26 July – The following social activities are updated: Loitering, Sparring, Chess and Dinner.
• 26 July – Persons of Some Importance gain the ability to change their specialisation.
• 7 August – The last factions are converted to the Favour/Renown system: The Church and Bohemians, with Society and Revolutionaries joining them a day later.
• 21 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins.
  
• 31 August – An Early Access version of Sunless Skies becomes available.
• 26 September – The penultimate update to Light Fingers is released.
• 18 October – Successful governors are now able to return to the Empress' Court and work on becoming A Poet-Laureate. The conclusion of the Family and Law story is also released.
• 24 October – Hallowmas begins.
  
• 30 October – It is now possible to Head to the Fifth Coil of The Labyrinth of Tigers and visit The Court of the Wakeful Eye. This concludes the Fallen London Reworks project.
• 1 December – Christmas cards and a new Advent Calendar mark the return of the Festive season.
• 11 December – The Marriage of Feducci, this year's Premium Festive story, is released.

2018

• 6 February – Feast of the Exceptional Rose begins. Two spouses are added to the game.
• 25 April – The Fallen London app is retired.
• 5 June – Fallen London Redesign goes live, but after some issues it is optionally accessible in a beta version for the time being.
• 18 June – The Mayoral Election of 1896 begins. From this year on the mechanics are more streamlined.
  
• 17 July – Fallen London Mysteries close.
• 12 August – The correct answers to the Mysteries are revealed. Successful players can claim various rewards.
• 20 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins.
• 5 September – Three new expeditions are released.
• 22 September – Skyfarer: A Sunless Skies (pen and paper) RPG is released.
• 1 October – Fallen London Redesign, a major visual overhaul and a significantly improved experience on mobile, is live. It is now just "fallenlondon.com" instead of "fallenlondon.storynexus.com".
  
• 24 October – Hallowmas begins. This year Londoners could solve the Mystery of the Rosers, but confessions from well-known NPCs are no longer present.
• 1 December – The Festive Season arrives with a new Advent Calendar.
• 19 December – The Ceremony, another Premium Festive story, is released.

2019

• 31 January – Sunless Skies is released.
• 6 February – The Feast of the Rose begins.
  
• 7 March – A new heist is released.
• 15 July – The Mayoral Election of 1897 begins.
• 1 August – Londoners can now dream of Arbor.
• 19 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins, with a new Mayoral story.
• 24 October – Hallowmas begins. This year Londoners could engage in three related activities.
  
• 26 November – About 2.5 million words of content exist in Fallen London at this point.
• 1 December – An Advent Calendar marks the return of the Christmas season.
• 6 December – Ambition conclusions are announced.
• 19 December – The Brass Grail, the latest Festive Fate story, is released.

2020

• 11 January – Fallen London turns 10. Various celebratory updates, events and festivities are planned.
• 14 January – 28 January – The threefold finale of Ambition: Nemesis is released.
  
• 29 January – A level of Kataleptic Toxicology, the first of the advanced stats that are introduced in the following months, can now be obtained.
• 6 February – The Feast of the Rose begins. From this year on Londoners can indulge in Nuptial Phantasies.
• 3 March – 17 March – The three-piece conclusion of Bag a Legend. Vake-hunters receive early access to the Lab and Parabolan Base-Camp.
• 4 March – Fallen London has a new map. Some new locations appear: Moloch Street and Concord Square are split from Ladybones Road, Plan a Heist from The Flit, Area-Diving from Spite, Base-Camp from The Forgotten Quarter, The Singing Mandrake from Veilgarden, The Blind Helmsman from Wolfstack Docks, Your Social Engagements and Your Activities from Your Lodgings, and The Medusa's Head and Dept. of Menace Eradication are no longer merged with Watchmaker's Hill.
• 20 March – An extensive number of images used in the game are updated.
  
• 31 March – 14 April – Ambition: Light Fingers! concludes in three parts.
• 8 April – University Laboratory and Parabolan Base-Camp are released to everybody. The Bone Market becomes accessible.
• 21 April – 8 May – The finale of Heart's Desire is released in three weekly installments. All Ambitions are thus complete.
• 11 May – Whitsun, a new egg-themed festival, begins. It marks the return of De Gustibus.
  
• 28 May – Mr Chimes' Lost & Found is introduced. The currency is acquired by finishing Exceptional Stories (it is also received retroactively for each finished ES before this point). It's a replacement to the Season system.
• 3 June – Skeletons can now be built in The Bone Market.
  
• 3 June – Aspiring Paramount Presences now only need to grind up to 12 Notability (instead of 15). The overcapping mechanic is replaced with increasing stat caps (up to 230) that are unlocked by progressing certain stories.
• 10 June – It is now possible to search equipabble items by name.
• 17 June – The Clay Tailor Club and Sophia's join the preexisting clubs.. All players are now also eligible for three free invites to The Temple Club.
• 24 June – Enterprising Londoners can now join the Board of the Great Hellbound Railway Company and begin laying track to Ealing Gardens. This concludes the six-month-long celebrations of Fallen London's 10th anniversary.
  
• 13 July – The Mayoral Election of 1898 begins. This year the promises of all candidates are expected to be fulfilled (eventually).
• 15 July – Most StoryNexus worlds are taken offline.
• 27 July – Jericho Locks, the second GHR station, is released.
• 29 July – Several changes are made to outfits. Equipment can now be filtered by stat. Outfits can be renamed. One can have 2 more slots with Exceptional Friendship and purchase 4 more with Fate. Outfits cannot be changed in certain locations and while in storylets. This mechanic can be experienced in the conclusion of the Playing with Broken Toys story.
• 3 August – Following an unprecedentedly negative player response, changing outfits while in storylets is generally permitted again.
  
• 10 August – A list of areas that will remain outfit-locked is released.
• 12 August – Continuations to the Burial of the Dead and Fire Sermon dreams are released.
• 17 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins, with a new Mayoral story.
• 28 August – The Railway track can now extend up to The Magistracy of the Evenlode.
• 10 September – Helicon House, a sub-area of Ealing Gardens, is released.
  
• 15 September – Zailors are able to view a map of the Unterzee.
• 8 October – Balmoral can now be reached by train.
• 15 October – Metempsychosis, a way to Meet Your End, is announced.
• 22 October – The Railway reaches Station VIII.
• 26 October – Hallowmas begins. Most notably, it coincides with the release of some new spouses.
  
• 28 October – A significant balance patch is announced.
• 19 November – The Great Hellbound Railway now extends to Burrow-Infra-Mump.
• 24 November – Upwards, the yearly non-Exceptional Fate-locked story, is released.
• 1 December – The Christmas season returns with a new Advent Calendar.
• 2 December – Mask of the Rose, FBG's next major project, is announced.
• 3 December – A balance patch affecting many parts of the game is released. Some of the biggest changes are: the abolishment of the deck refresh mechanic, new grindable Favour sources, new options to remove most Lodgings cards from the deck, a major reduction in scrip costs for buildings in the Upper River, a new Fate-locked area in Helicon House, rebalanced Ambition rewards and two obtainable non-Fate outfit slots. 53 players could encounter a unique storylet and retain a memento.

2021

• 12 January – It is now possible to pursue the whole Clay Highwayman's story.
• 14 January – Publishing a Newspaper is reworked. New options are added and the opportunity cards are retired.
• 22 January – The Great Hellbound Railway can now reach Moulin.
  
• 28 January – A new social action system is introduced. Chess and Sparring Bouts are retired.
• 1 February – Heists are updated with higher possible difficulties and new cards.
• 4 February – The Feast of the Rose begins. Players can pursue a new set of dreams and find new spouses.
• 9 February – A Kickstarter is launched for Mask of the Rose. The game is funded within a day, and all social and stretch goals are achieved as well.
  
• 22 February – A roadmap is released after the conclusion of the Feast of the Rose.
• 11 March – Players can now Share a pot of tea at Beatrice's Tea Shop.
• 15 March – Having dinner is consequently retired.
• 25 March – Londoners can now engage in Parabolan Wars and raise their Shadowy and Dangerous up to 230.
• 30 March – A new storylet is available in the Temple Club.
• 21 April – It is now not possible to lay track to The Hurlers. The station itself is unlocked on the 26th. It introduces new challenge mechanics.
  
• 11 May – Whitsun begins, with a new egg this year.
• 19 May – Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is released.
• 25 May – Various (most notably) post-Railway plans are announced. Elections are to be retired. World Qualities are officially introduced with a Bone Market update.
• 1 June – Londoners may seek to become A Master Smuggler.
• 10 June – The Great Hellbound Railway concludes with the release of Marigold Station. This enables raising one's Persuasive up to 230.
• 17 June – Multiple carousels are nerfed, and some Upper River cards are buffed, following an announcement a day prior.
• 24 June – Zailing rework is live. The Khanate, a new port (in Fallen London), is now reachable by ship.
  
• 29 June – Londoners are beginning to experience unusual dreams. They can be investigated in the Viric Jungle.
• 8 July – It is now possible to complete the Persuasive MYN story without engaging in romantic relationships.
• 20 July – Mr Chimes' Grand Clearing-Out, a one-off summer festival, begins. During the course of the event five new locations are revealed.
  
• 10 August – Players can now raise their Watchful up to 230 by finishing the related story. It's also now possible to Seek Advice from the Grizzled Veteran and purchase Hellworms (with various additional accessories).
• 12 August – Metempsychosis (Meet Your End) is cancelled.
• 12 August – Some new borders are introduced: purple for high-value cards, green for content requiring World Qualities and teal for most Zee-menace cards.
  
• 16 August – Mask of the Rose is on the cusp of leaving pre-production.
• 17 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins, this time with a substantial new (one-time) activity.
• 23 August – It is now possible to view one's account creation date, as well as the next time Time, the Healer should visit.
• 2 September – The conclusion to the Playing with Soul story is released.
• 16 September – The Crowds of Spite carousel is revamped.
• 24 September – The Rat Market is now open for business, but only on weekends. It is the first piece of permanent content to rely that thoroughly on World Qualities.
• 5 October – A roadmap is released detailing upcoming updates in 2021 and beyond. Simultaneously, Ambition ending rewards are moved to their own slot.
• 7 October – Khan's Heart receives a signicant update.
• 12 October – It is briefly possible to Hunt an Angler Crab (a new Living World event). Their numbers are depleted after around 8 hours.
• 21 October – The reworked University Laboratory is released.
  
• 25 October – Hallowmas begins. This year the available activities begin rotating, with a new one introduced, and another unavailable for the year.
• 11 November – Various social actions can now target players in the the Upper River, the Lab and the Rat Market.
• 16 November – The Angler Crab spawning season returns. This time they are around 10 times more numerous.
• 1 December – The Christmas season begins with the new Advent Calendar.
• 1 December – Preparations begin for the turn of the century event.
  
• 2 December – The Poisoner's Library is released, containing the free Jericho Library content, and the "seasonal" eponymous Premium Story.
• 16 December – The repeatable activity A Trade in Reputations is released in the Bazaar Side-Streets.
• 31 December – The turn of the century event concludes.

2022

• 4 January – Journals are updated: they no longer use in-game accurate dates but now match present (21st century) time.
• 20 January – A War in Spite (a new Living World event) breaks out.
• 27 January – Polythreme is revamped.
  
• 3 February – The Feast of the Rose begins. It coincides with the release of a new story in Helicon House, featuring the Tentacled Entrepreneur.
• 10 February – A demo is released for Mask of the Rose.
• 3 March – It is now possible to relive certain past events in The Sacroboscan Calendar.
• 7 April – 5 new items are added to the Mr Chimes' Lost & Found.
  
• 21 April – Londoners can engage in a new Living World event: hunting the Ravenous Lifeberg. It survives for about 11 hours.
• 28 April – A roadmap is released detailing the rest of the major updates expected for 2022.
• 3 May – It is once again possible to hunt a Ravenous Lifeberg. This time it is 4 times bigger.
• 9 May – Whitsun begins. This year introduces the fourth egg type and the associated Eel and Kraken lines of companions.
  
• 26 May – The Troubled by Vermin story is reworked to include a pacifist resolution.
• 26 May – The first of the previously announced Professional activities is released.
• 9 June – T3 Profession items are slated to be moved to a separate slot.
• 23 June – The first part of Evolution, a new serial story, is released.
• 30 June – The Business of a Monster-Hunter (the second T3 Profession wheel) is released.
  
• 1 July – T3 Profession items are moved to a separate Tools of the Trade slot.
• 14 July – The second chapter of Evolution is released.
• 21 July – The Business of a Correspondent (the third T3 Profession wheel) is released.
• 25 July – F.F. Gebrandt's Prelapsarian Exhibition, another one-off summer event, begins.
  
• 11 August – Zailors can now reach Port Cecil. Various balance adjustments are made, including a way to Call in Favours at Jericho Locks.
• 18 August – The Fruits of the Zee festival begins, with a new post-Exhibition story.
• 8 September – The Business of a Crooked-Cross (the fourth T3 Profession wheel) is released.
• 15 September – The third chapter of Evolution is released.
• 22 September – Godfall, a new port at Zee, is released.
• 6 October – The Business of a Midnighter (the fifth T3 Profession wheel) is released.
  
• 13 October – Players can re-experience the events of the Great Sink in the Waswood.
• 20 October – The fourth chapter of Evolution is released.
• 24 October – Hallowmas begins. Two new spouses are released as well.
• 1 November – It's now possible to reverse your Bitter Partings with Fate. The qualities are also replaced with less final versions in the respective opportunity cards.
  
• 10 November – The Business of a Licentiate (the sixth and final T3 Profession wheel) is released.
• 17 November – Mangrove College, a new destination for zailors, is added. The yearly Premium Story, The Mushroom’s Dream, also takes place there.
• 1 December – The Christmas season returns with another Advent Calendar.

2023

• 12 January – A War in Spite breaks out once again.
  
• 19 January – A tutorial for social actions is added, alongside various additions and changes to early game stories.
• 19 January – Rosy Colours Leaping on the Wall dreams are introduced.
• 24 January – Mrs Chapman's Boarding House opens its doors.
  
• 2 February – The Feast of the Exceptional Rose begins with a new story and two spouses in tow.
• 21 February – Londoners can participate in a new Living World event: The Great Crate Commotion.
• 6 March – The prices of Fate and Exceptional Friendship are increased for the first time. Subscribing now nets three additional outfit slots instead of two.
  
• 16 March – Gaider's Mourn is released, alongside the fifth Evolution chapter and piracy: a new zailing mechanic.
• 28 March – It is possible to Hunt 50 000 Angler Crabs once again.
• 6 April – Various changes to the early game are made. Most notably, the Watchful MYN 1-3 sequence is reworked.
  
• 13 April – The first part of Hearts' Game, a series of updates aimed at endgame players, is released.
• 20 April – Players can now email themselves any of the messages they receive in anticipation of more strict in-game storage limits.
• 2 May – The sixth chapter of Evolution is released.
• 11 May – Whitsun begins, with a new augmentation that produces weapons out of eggs.
• 22 May – Messages in the Recently column are no longer stored indefinitely and have a lower total cap as well.
• 25 May – The first update to Hearts' Game is released.
  
• 1 June – Zailors can engage in a new Living World Event: help a Midnight Whale reach its final resting place.
• 1 June – New players can now make use of an expanded tutorial that unlocks elements of the game's UI piece by piece and an additional way to increase their Renown with factions early on. Noteworthy equipment previously obtained from access codes now has a less fleeting source.
• 8 June – Mask of the Rose is released.
  
• 22 June – Evolution concludes in Irem. New Destinies can be obtained afterwards. Boon items are introduced as well.
• 6 July – Menace items no longer provide a flat level bonus or penalty like other stat-affecting items but affect the rate at which menaces are acquired or lost when equipped.
• 13 July – Moods now utilize the Boon slot. A merry gentleman also redesigned to use Boons and Burdens
  
• 13 July – The Great Crate Commotion occurs again.
• 18 July – The spoiler policy on free storylines is officially relaxed.
• 20 July – The second update to Hearts' Game is released.

• 31 July – The London Horticultural Show, a one-off summer event begins.
• 24 August – Fifth City Stories, a new section on the Story tab where recurring universal storylets are stored, is launched.
  
• 4 September – The third update to Hearts' Game is released.
• 7 September – The redesigned Fruits of the Zee festival begins.
• 26 September – The first Shifting Streets Living World Event was released.
  
• 5 October – Becoming an Enhanced Exceptional Friend became possible. This higher subscription tier gives an additional story from the back catalogue each month (or two resets) from a selection of six, and three refreshes of seven actions per month. The House of Chimes also gains new content.
• 12 October – New research projects in the Jericho Library, trials in the Court of the Evenlode, and a short Burrow-Infra-Mump story are released. In addition, Burrow-Infra-Mump can now be developed into a secular freehold.
• 23 October – Hallowmas begins.
• 9 November – The fourth update to Hearts' Game is released.
• 16 November – It is once again possible to hunt a Ravenous Lifeberg.
• 23 November – The profile page is updated, allowing players to choose a header and description for their character, as well as pinning a journal entry and outfit to always be visible.
• 29 November – more cards become locked by Woeful, and new inconvenient cards are added which are unlocked by it.
• 1 December – The Christmas season begins with a new Advent Calendar – now an in-game storylet rather than a separate page with access codes as in previous years.
• 6 December – a new tutorial storylet, An Appointment with the Gracile Accountant is added to the lodgings.
• 8 December – a new opportunity card, Visit the Incandescent Bookseller, was added to help with midgame stat growth.
• 12 December – A Dream of a Thousand Tails, the year's Premium Story, is released.

2024

• 9 January – A War in Spite breaks out once again.
  

• 18 January – The City of the Tracklayers is released.

• 23 January – A FATE-locked story to grow Parabolan Kittens into Parabolan Panthers is introduced.

• 1 February – The Feast of the Rose begins once more.

• 27 February – The fifth update to Hearts' Game is released.

• 13 March – The first Ghost Ship Living World Event begins.
  

• 11 April – The Prologue to Firmament (the third large story arc after the Great Hellbound Railway and Evolution) is released.

• 16 April – The Adornment, Luggage, and Crew items slots are released. Various items become Adornments, and Trompowsky et Fils, a new Bazaar shop, opens.

• 18 April – The first chapter of Firmament is released, granting access to airships and Hallow's Throat, a location on the Roof.

• 30 April – The second Ghost Ship Living World Event begins.

• 5 May – The first Lorn-Fluke's Fury Living World Event begins, seemingly as a surprise continuation of the Ghost Ship event.

• 7 May – The final balance pass for Hearts' Game is released, and the Season of Nascency begins again; henceforth, the Season rotates on the first Tuesday of each month.

• 9 May – Whitsun begins once more, with the last four Bellic augmentations and a new FATE-locked activity.

• 28 May – After two weekends of a Rat Market "jubilee" where all sellable goods were eligible to be sold regardless of Rat-Season, the Rat Market begins to randomize sellable goods while putting buyable goods on the Rat-Season calendar.

• 6 June – Vertiginous Horticulture, a new early-game repeatable activity, is added in the Flit.

• 13 June – The Shifting Streets Living World Event returns to London.

• 2 July – The second chapter of Firmament is released, granting access to the Midnight Moon, along with the Midnight Trade and the Stacks carousel.

• 11 July - The Midnight Whale Living World Event takes place for the second time

• 23 July - About 4.5 million words of content now exist.

• 25 July - An expansion to the Stacks is released, along with a small FATE-locked vignette for it too.

• 1 August - The 2024 Estival, The Sixth Coil, begins.

• 22 August - The Angler Crab Living World event returns for a fourth time

• 5 September - The Fruits of the Zee Festival begins.

• 1 October - Firmament Chapter 3 is released, allowing access to Zenith, and the new weekly High Sancta carousel.

• 8 October - Additional profile page customisation is released, including additional headers, nouns/pronouns/adjectives, cameo frames, and a current in game location tracker.

• 15 October - The Great Crate Commotion returns once more, once more pitting the Criminals against the Constables.

• 28 October - Hallowmas begins once more.