Sunless Sea

Sunless Sea is another game by Failbetter Games. Fallen London and Sunless Sea are set in the same universe, and the two games bleed into each other. This page describes all tie-in content available in Fallen London.

The Kickstarter

While the Sunless Sea kickstarter was open, FL players were given the option to Pledge to Sunless Sea (tracked with the quality SUNLESS SEA).

• Those who pledged at the level of the Pantherine Pack or higher have received a Parabolan Panther and access to its story in both games.
• Those who pledged at the level of the Corsair's Pack or higher have received exclusive access to the story of the Dadd Wing and the Troubled Painter in Fallen London and the story of the Pirate-Poet in Sunless Sea.
• Those who pledged at higher levels yet have received exclusive access to the The Cladery Heart in both games, the story of the Surgeon's Child in Fallen London, and the story of the Cladery Heir in Sunless Sea.

The Kickstarter Teasers

During and around the Kickstarter, FBG released three snippets of content through access codes:

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/thegateandthekey
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
Who can dream / of the Dawn Machine? Who indeed? Find out in Sunless Sea. In the meantime, enjoy this small present.

Result:

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Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/talleyrand
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
For today only...enjoy a cup of Darkdrop Coffee, worth ten actions. March of the Calendar Council is selling more, and offering peculiar gifts besides. You can find him anywhere in Fallen London.

Result:

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•  You've gained 1 x Darkdrop Coffee

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/cleftforme
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
This unlocks a unique snippet of content to promote and celebrate the Sunless Sea Kickstarter passing 50%! All may use it, backers or not: it is suitable for early characters if you're trying out Fallen London.

Result:

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Wiki note: This code granted access to A Nocturnal Rendezvous, a storylet preview of Sunless Sea.

•  An occurrence! Your 'The Smuggler's Lamp' Quality is now 1!

The Nocturnal Rendezvous was reprised during the 2013 Advent Calendar. This code granted the Smuggler's Lamp quality, just like the one above.

The Nocturnal Rendezvous storylet was the only known source of  A Monstrous Orb prior to Whitsun 2020.

FBG also published snippets of the ballad of the Cladery Heart and the Surgeon's Child on the Echo Bazaar Facebook and Twitter feeds. Its mad entirety has been collated here (thanks, ZDee!).

The Launch Codes

In the week before the official launch of the game, Failbetter released a daily trinket or storylet through an FL access code. These codes are no longer active.

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/CannibalismIsntInTheCharter
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
The Apicius Club: a society of refined tastes! Their Procurer-General will pay, if you can procure fare adequate to their palates.

Result:

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For a short time, this has unlocked a storylet throughout London.

•  An occurrence! Your 'A Particular Day in the Neath' Quality is now De Gustibus!

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/UncertainSeas
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
Why is the Travel-Worn Antiquarian handing out old stock? And why only nautical charts? "These? The market's flooded. And Aestival hasn't been that close to the Salt Steppes in years."

Result:

"This one places Stamford's Expanse beyond the Pillared Sea. That captain was a drunk or a liar."

•  You've gained 1 x Puzzling Map
•  You've gained 1 x Memory of Distant Shores

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/Zee-Ztories
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
Cards at the Blind Helmsman. A Ragged Corsair surrenders coins, Prisoner's Honey, and her hat. After that, she stakes stories of the Unterzee.

Result:

A city on a turtle's back. A doorless ice-fortress. A ship's cat defeating pirates. Just tall tales?

•  You've gained 86 x Penny
•  You've gained 12 x Drop of Prisoner's Honey
•  You've gained 1 x Pirate Hat
•  You've gained 3 x Zee-Ztory

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/ASunlessConundrum
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
"You come highly recommended. I need an unorthodox approach. The situation is degenerating daily."

Result:

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•  An occurrence! Your 'A Particular Day in the Neath' Quality is now A Conundrum of Cavies!

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/ASmallToken
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
"My dear - I hope you will forgive me this premature Rose-gift... after your conduct in the affair of the Hon. S-- I am quite unable to contain myself..."

Result:

"Please do not mistake my intentions; I hasten to assure you it is already occupied..."

•  You've gained 1 x Soothe & Cooper Long-Box
• You've learnt a new route: Route: Wolfstack Docks

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/WaterWhiteAndBlack
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
You dream of a clifftop and a clouded sky. The wind weeps salt, while the thunder speaks of loss and sacrifice and something long ago that ended badly.

Result:

Storm. One of the zee's nameless gods, they say. They say he's still angry.

•  Stormy-Eyed is increasing… (+? CP) (if higher than 0)
•  Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said is increasing… (+? CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Storm-Threnody

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/AdviceForCaptains
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
M. Demeaux: navigator, diarist, casualty at zee. And now, author of a commemorative edition printed by his admirers.

Result:

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•  You've gained 1 x M. Demeaux's Advice for Captains: Commemorative Edition

Permanent Stories

Parabolan Kittens are still abundantly available. You can obtain one (or more) from your own panther, demand one from an empanthered friend, or ask for one politely on the official forum. If you play with your kitten enough, it will follow you into Sunless Sea.

The silver-bordered Aspiring Zee-Captains storylet in Wolfstack Docks provides three zee-themed options, two of which unlock further content in Sunless Sea.

The gold-bordered -SUNLESS SEA- Intruding upon Ratty Larceny storylet allows you one chance to wisely dispose of a whisper-locked puzzle-box, unlocking further content in Sunless Sea. This can be reset with Fate, if needed.

Metaqualities

These qualities mark out small stories that start in Fallen London and end in Sunless Sea.

Advice for the Navigator
Provide Sage Advice to Aspiring Zee-Captains in Wolfstack Docks. You will need to be an An Explorer of the Unterzee - (i.e. a PoSI with a ship).
You will start out in Sunless Sea with a Navigator's Boon, worth three Secrets.

Supping with Kittens
Play with your Parabolan Kitten. You will need a kitten (see above).
You will start out in Sunless Sea with a Parabolan Kitten (+2 Hearts mascot).

A Soothe & Cooper Long-Box
Sell a Soothe & Cooper Long-Box to an Aspiring Zee Captain in Wolfstack Docks. You will need a Soothe & Cooper Long-Box to sell; these were available at Christmas and from the pre-launch /a/ASmallToken access code.
You will start out in Sunless Sea with a Soothe & Cooper Long-Box.

A Whisper-Locked Puzzle-Box
Sell your freshly-pilfered puzzle-box to a zee-captain of your acquaintance.
You will start out in Sunless Sea with a Whisper-Locked Puzzle-Box.

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Easter Eggs

• Echoes
• Fuel
• Supplies
• An Eggshell Painted Black

Zubmariner Launch Codes

For the five days preceding the launch of the Zubmariner DLC, Failbetter again released a daily reward through FL access codes.

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/BodyCentredConversation
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
A sharp-tongued visitor has been causing a fuss at London's salons. They go bandaged, as the Tomb-Colonists do - but rumour has it they're nothing of the sort. You make arrangements to see for yourself.

Result:

As the salon gets underway, the visitor unwinds their facial bandages, revealing skin like polished crystal. Their tongue glitters in the gaslight as they fire witticisms at their audience. An admirer asks where they're from. "Nowhere of consequence," they reply, with a wink.

•  You've gained 3 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
•  Scandal is increasing… (+? CP)

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/DeniableDentistry
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
A ragged zailor has set up a stall near Wolfstack, selling 'wonders from the Gant Pole'. Salt-scarred veterans jeer him from the Rusty Tramp. "Is that the Gant Pole that's next door to Atlantis? Just up the road from Lemuria?"

Result:

The zailor's attention is diverted as he rebuts his hecklers. You investigate his wares in peace. They are a collection of rocks, knapped to a point; but their smoothness is closer to enamel than stone. Worth holding onto some, perhaps.

•  You've gained 3 x Ambiguous Eolith

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/APaguroidVisitor
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
A note has been posted through your door. 'London grows too large. I have found a new refuge; I hope you can offer the same to my old friend.' You don't recognise the signature.

Result:

Opening the door, you find a cloth bundle, filled with a crab. It scuttles through your Lodgings, and insinuates itself into a discarded soup-can.

•  You've gained 1 x Live Specimen

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/SmokeAndWater
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
You spy a zailor smoking a distinctive cigar. The shop that sold them closed twenty years ago - how did she get her hands on that?

Result:

"He's back at it. Reopened beneath the zee. He's working on something new, too. Something to set the zee ablaze."

•  You've gained 1 x Vital Intelligence

Access Code: http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/a/NavigatorsPeril
Wiki note: This Access code has been retired, and can no longer be used.
Every zee-captain possesses a copy of M. Demeaux's enduring classic, Advice for Captains. Few, however, are aware that the book has a second edition. Fewer still possess it.

Result:

The Ministry of Public Decency has been through this like a rat through a box of Murgatroyd's Fungal Crackers. Nevertheless, some intriguing snippets remain, hinting at terrors lurking beneath the Unterzee.

•  You've gained 1 x M. Demeaux's Advice for Captains: Second Edition