Old Bone Skeleton Key

It's a bit antiquated as lockpicking tools go, but this beautiful bit of ratwork craftmanship marks you out as a connoisseur of criminality. Use this to increase your Renown: Criminals quality by spending Favours: Criminals. You can also gain Favours: Criminals with Fate by using the key.

See here for a list of how to obtain this item, or click here to show them.

It can be purchased from Nikolas Pawnbrokers in the Bazaar and sold to the Bazaar:

Buying	62.50
Selling	57.50

It can be purchased from Extramural Trading Company in The Upper River Exchange and sold to The Upper River Exchange:

Buying	125	(no message)
Selling	1	(no message)

It can be purchased from Nightclaw's Paw-Brokers in The Rat Market, but cannot be sold there.

Buying	600

This item has no documented uses.

Take your Old Bone Skeleton Key for a spin

Be recognised as a proper criminal.

Options:

Try it in a lock (5 FATE)

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  Locked with Favours: Criminals 7
  

   

  Challenge information

  A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)

  Success

  No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.

  •  You've gained 1 x Favours: Criminals (up to 7)
  •  Shadowy is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 200 + Shadowy Gains)
  •  You've gained 1 x Sapphire
  •  You've gained 25 x Fistful of Surface Currency

  Failure

  No reward narrative information available for Fate-locked actions.

  •  You've gained 1 x Favours: Criminals (up to 7)
  •  Shadowy is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 200 + Shadowy Gains)
  •  You've gained 1 x Ridiculous Hat

  ^

Respond to a challenge from a Tomb-Colonist

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  Unlocked with Dangerous 250, Forceful 12-14
  

   

  Success

  A resounding victory

  •  Forceful is increasing… (+15 CP)
  • Subtle is dropping… (-15 CP)
  • You've lost 1 x Old Bone Skeleton Key

  ^

Win a Topsy-Trot

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  Unlocked with 3 x Favours: Criminals
  Locked with Renown: Criminals 8
  

   

  Success

  Cheating your way to the top

  • Your 'Favours: Criminals' Quality has gone!
  •  Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+1 CP per Favour, up to level 55)
  •  Shadowy is increasing… (+10 CP, up to level 200 + Shadowy Gains)

  ^

Mediate a peace between feuding gangs

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  Unlocked with 5 x Favours: Criminals, Renown: Criminals 8-14, 1 x London Street Sign
  

   

  Success

  An amicable arrangement

  •  Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+2 CP per Favour, up to level 55)
  • Your 'Favours: Criminals' Quality has gone!
  •  Shadowy is increasing… (+10 CP, up to level 200 + Shadowy Gains)
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • You've lost 1 x London Street Sign

  ^

Arrange an escape

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  Unlocked with 7 x Favours: Criminals, Renown: Criminals 15-54, Shadowy ( Renown × 6), 100 x Stolen Correspondence, 50 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing, 500 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879, 5 x Pair of Leg Irons
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Shadowy 162 || 111 - very chancy (41%) || 138 - chancy (51%) || 165 - modest (61%) || 192 - very modest (71%) || 219 - low-risk (81%) || 246 - straightforward (91%) || 270 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Shadowy, Broad-type challenge with base difficulty of 6 for every level of Renown: Criminals. The above example is at Renown level 27.

  Success

  The makings of a celebrated story

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Steadfast is increasing… (+5 CP, up to level 15)
  • Heartless is dropping… (-5 CP)
  • Your 'Favours: Criminals' Quality has gone!
  • You've lost 50 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing
  • You've lost 100 x Stolen Correspondence
  • You've lost 500 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
  • You've lost 5 x Pair of Leg Irons
  •  Renown: Criminals is increasing… (+28 CP, up to level 55)

  Failure

  How could they have known?

  • Shadowy is increasing…
  •  Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • You've lost 50 x Bottle of Greyfields 1879
  • You've lost 20 x Stolen Correspondence
  • You've lost 25 x Bundle of Ragged Clothing

  ^