Unlocking Places (Guide)
This guide explains how to unlock different places in Fallen London. It is intended for players at any stage in the game. This list is generally organised in order of accessibility - locations lower on the list are harder to reach.
Flow of discovery[edit]
This table describes the general order in which you can unlock important locations. For example, the Bone Market requires the University Laboratory, which in turn requires you to be 
A Person of Some Importance.
| A Person of Some Importance
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| The Unterzee | University Laboratory | PoSI tier 2
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| Parabola[1] | The Bone Market | PoSI tier 2
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Hearts' Parlour | |||
| Ealing Gardens | ||||||
| The roof | Helicon House | Balmoral | ||||
| The Khanate | ||||||
Starting, early, and mid-game - Making your name[edit]
- See also: Making Your Name (Guide)
When first starting out in London, you will progress the game through the Making Your Name storylines. These will gradually open up new parts of the map. See Making Your Name (Guide) for a more comprehensive guide.
A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets[edit]
A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets begins on Ladybones Road, which is always accessible. Progressing this storyline will unlock:
A Name Whispered in Darkness[edit]
A Name Whispered in Darkness begins in Spite, which is always accessible. Progressing this storyline will unlock:
A Name Scrawled in Blood[edit]
A Name Scrawled in Blood begins in Watchmaker's Hill, which is always accessible. Progressing this storyline will unlock:
- The Medusa's Head
- Dept. of Menace Eradication
- Wolfstack Docks
- The Blind Helmsman
- The Labyrinth of Tigers
A Name Signed with a Flourish[edit]
A Name Signed with a Flourish begins in Veilgarden, which is always accessible. Progressing this storyline will unlock:
A Person of Some Importance[edit]
- See also: A Person of Some Importance (Guide)
Once at least one of your main attributes has reached modified 100 (i.e. bonuses from equipment do count toward this), you can begin becoming a Person of Some Importance (PoSI). This will open up several new locations on the map.
Bazaar Side-Streets[edit]
- For a more detailed guide, see: A Person of Some Importance (Guide)
The Bazaar Side-Streets will open up once you are on your way to becoming a Person of Some Importance, specifically when you have raised A Person of Some Little Consequence to 9. This will unlock the storylet A most interesting briefcase in your lodgings, which you can use to learn the route to the side-streets.
Wilmot's End[edit]
- See also: A Person of Some Importance (Guide)
Wilmot's End can be unlocked from Your Lodgings. You will need to be a Person of Some Importance, and have at least 110 Persuasive, or 115 if you have been banished from court.
Steps[edit]
- Become a PoSI
- Raise Persuasive to 110 (or 115 if you have been banished from court)
- Visit you lodgings, and select the storylet FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip
- Pre-banishment, Speak to the Bohemian Sculptress and select The Missing Woman at Wilmot's End
- Post-banishment, select instead A posting with the Foreign Office
Alternatively, Wilmot's End can also be unlocked by the following:
- Draw the card Don't you know her? and passing a 120 Shadowy check on Where's she going?. Drawing this card requires 110 Shadowy, and the option Where is she going? requires 10 Renown: The Great Game.
- If you have been banished from court, drew the card The Servant of a Certain Gentleman and became A Diplomat in the Making -, you can find the way to Wilmot's End from the gold storylet The Way to Wilmot's End.
Doubt Street[edit]
Once you have become a A Person of Some Importance and raised Shadowy to 110, Speak with the Urchin on the Roof from the storylet FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip in your lodgings, or draw the card The Start of the Day's Business. This will allow you to become An Editor of Newspapers - and unlock Doubt Street.
Note that until you have finished staffing your newspaper, there will be a fee of 200 Silk Scraps each time you enter Doubt Street.
Concord Square[edit]
To reach Concord Square, you must have 110 Dangerous and a Velocipede. This will allow you to be On the Velocipede Squad, which unlocks Concord Square.
Steps[edit]
- Unlock the #Bazaar Side-Streets by becoming a Person of Some Little Consequence, and continue raising it to 11
- Raise Dangerous to 110
- Acquire a Velocipede in the side-streets with 1 Strong-Backed Labour, and 1 Bazaar Permit.
- Join the Velocipede Squad
- Either by drawing the card The Inspector Calls
- Or by Speaking to the Clay Coalman in the storylet FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip in your lodgings.
- You can visit Concord Square on the left-hand side of the map
University Laboratory[edit]
- See also: University Laboratory (Guide)
The University Laboratory (Place) can be unlocked once you reach the University and are a Person of Some Importance (PoSI). You will need to either be a Correspondent by profession, or otherwise bribe the Dean.
Steps[edit]
- Continue A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets until you unlock the University
- Become a PoSI
- If you are Unwelcome at the University -, you must Re-establish your academic reputation after Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery
- Your Own Lab
- If you are a Correspondent, you will be able to open a lab with no payment
- Otherwise you must spend a Cellar of Wine, a Primaeval Hint, and a Justificande Coin
London sub-areas[edit]
Cave of the Nadir[edit]
- See Cave of the Nadir (Guide) for more detailed instructions on reaching the Cave.
The Cave of the Nadir can be reached by carrying out an expedition from your Base-Camp. This requires progressing A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets until you have access to the Forgotten Quarter. Additionally, you will need the Route to the cave, some experience with expeditions, and many supplies.
Steps[edit]
- Continue A Name in Seven Secret Alphabets until you have access to the Forgotten Quarter and a Base-Camp
- Learn the Route by raising both Intimate with a Secular Missionary and Intimate with a Revolutionary Firebrand to 10, and then having a meeting at your lodgings
- Raise Archaeologist to 5 by going on expeditions
- Obtain an Eyeless Skull and 60 Crates of Expedition Supplies
- You can now embark on an expedition to the Cave
Once you have been been to the Cave the first time, you will be able to revisit it from your Base-Camp once per week (or earlier by spending Fate) at the cost of three actions.
The Bone Market[edit]
The Bone Market is an area within the Dept. of Menace Eradication. To unlock the Route to the Bone Market, you will need to be a Person of Some Importance (PoSI), and have access to a University Laboratory.
In your Lab, perform a few experiments until your The Prestige of your Laboratory is 5, and then Accept a Palaeontological Task from the Dean. Upon completion of this experiment, you will learn the route to the Bone Market.
Steps[edit]
- Become a PoSI (A Person of Some Importance (Guide))
- Open a #University Laboratory
- Complete at least five research projects
- Begin the experiment Accept a Palaeontological Task from the Dean
- Visit the Bone Market from the storylet The Back Stair to the Bone Market in the Dept. of Menace Eradication
The Rat Market[edit]
- See also: The Rat Market (Guide)
The Rat Market is a location that is open from 11am UTC Friday to 11am UTC Monday every week. It can be reached from a storylet in the Flit.
The Naga Advertising Agency[edit]
- See also: A Trade in Reputations (Guide)
A Trade in Reputations can be accessed from the storylet The Naga Advertising Agency in the Bazaar Side-Streets. To access the Agency, you need to be a Person of Some Importance, then Pick it up in the storylet A Business Proposition from your lodgings.
The Museum of Prelapsarian History[edit]
You may visit The Museum of Prelapsarian History from Veilgarden, after reaching A Name Signed with a Flourish 3.
Menace locations[edit]
- Main article: Menace Locations (Guide)
If your Wounds, Nightmares, Scandal, or Suspicion reaches 8, you will be moved to a new location.
- Wounds
- a slow boat passing a dark beach on a silent river
- Suspicion
- New Newgate Prison - again!
- Scandal
- Disgraced exile in the Tomb-Colonies
- Nightmares
- A state of some confusion if you do not have any Memories of Light, or Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? less than 10.
- The Mirror-Marches if you have at least 1 Memory of Light, or Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? at 10.
Dreams and cards[edit]
Attending a Party[edit]
- See also: Attending a Party (Guide)
Once you are a Person of Some Importance, and your Persuasive is at least 110, you can attend a party in Veilgarden via the card A Polite Invitation.
Arbor, of the Roses[edit]
- See also: Arbor (Guide)
Once your Persuasive is at least 20, you can visit Arbor via the card A Dream of Roses.
The Mind of a Long-Dead God[edit]
- Main article: The Mind of a Long-Dead God (Guide)
Once you have raised Stormy-Eyed to 19, and Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said to 15, the storylet The Thunder Takes Me Away will be available from anywhere in London, taking you to The Mind of a Long-Dead God.
Parabola[edit]
- For a more comprehensive guide to entering and getting around Parabola, please see Parabola (Guide).
If you are a Silverer by profession, you can enter Parabola from Veilgarden: Establish a Parabolan Base-Camp in the storylet The Honey-Dens of Veilgarden.
Otherwise, you will need access to your University Laboratory to perform the experiment Find a Route to Parabola, which will eventually grant you Access to a Parabolan Base-Camp. Afterwards, you will be able to Enter the mirror when leaving your lab.
Once you have access to a base-camp in Parabola, you can enter from a number of locations, including the University Lab, your lodgings, and the Honey-Dens of Veilgarden. Entering always costs 100 Drops of Prisoner's Honey, or 50 for Silverers.
Reflection of your Laboratory[edit]
You can find this location in Parabola by entering there from your University Laboratory. You can also leave your base-camp and Look for the Reflection of your Laboratory with a Glasswork 1 challenge.
The Waswood[edit]
To find the Waswood, leave your base-camp and Look for the Waswood with a Glasswork 4 challenge.
You can also find it either from:
- Cut through a forest of things-that-were from Lost in Strange Lands, a storylet available while tracking animals in Parabola
- Or searching for a place in the Neath. This option requires Airs of Parabola 70-79 and Having Recurring Dreams: Is Someone There? of at least 2.
The Chessboard[edit]
To find the moonlit chessboard, leave your base-camp and Look for the Moonlit Chessboard with a Glasswork 7 challenge. Those with the Midnighter profession instead have a Glasswork 0 challenge.
You can also find it via:
- Encounter a moonlit chessboard from Lost in Strange Lands, a storylet available while tracking animals in Parabola
- Or searching for a place in the Neath. This option requires Airs of Parabola 60-69 and Having Recurring Dreams: A Game of Chess of at least 2.
The Dome of Scales[edit]
To find the Dome of Scales, Ascend the side of a dome from Lost in Strange Lands, a storylet available while tracking animals in Parabola or searching for a place in the Neath. This option requires Airs of Parabola 50-59 and Having Recurring Dreams: What the Thunder Said of at least 5.
Viric Jungle[edit]
To find the Viric Jungle, leave your base-camp and Look for the Viric Jungle with a Glasswork 7 challenge.
You can also find it via:
- Head into a viric jungle from Lost in Strange Lands, a storylet available while tracking animals in Parabola
- Or searching for a place in the Neath. This option requires Airs of Parabola 80-89, a Shared a Phantasie of the Bazaar, and Subject of a Trance-Dream.
Zailing[edit]
- See also: Zailing (Guide)
Once you have unlocked the Wolfstack Docks, and are a Person of Some Importance, you will be able to buy a ship and zail. Prior to owning a ship, you may still visit Polythreme via A Ticket to Polythreme, or Mutton Island during Fruits of the Zee.
Mutton Island and Hunter's Keep[edit]
Both of these locations are always available while you have a ship. Mutton Island can also be visited during the Fruits of the Zee festival by Catching a ferry to the Fruits of the Zee festival with 10 moon-pearls.
Bullbone Island, Corpsecage Island, Grunting Fen, and Port Cecil[edit]
- See also: Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide), Associating with Radical Academics (Guide), Port Cecil (Guide)
You may visit Bullbone Island and Corpsecage Island while Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery as part of the Dilmun Club storyline. See Associating with Radical Academics (Guide) for details on joining the Dilmun Club. To unlock scientific voyages, you will need to be a PoSi, have 120 Watchful, progress with the Dilmun Club, and to have finished the Featuring in the Tales of the University storyline (see Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide) for more details).
Grunting Fen similarly is a Voyage of Scientific Discovery, but additionally you will need a Screaming Map. To obtain a screaming map, you will need a left and right half, and then to assemble it in your lodgings. You can start this at Wolfstack Docks. See Cat and Mouse (Guide) for more information.
Port Cecil can be found once you have reached 2 in Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery. You must then either draw the card A Coral Commotion while in Stormbones, or spend 8 Partial Maps to Decipher a lesser-known route to a busy port.
Steps[edit]
- For a detailed guide see: Embarking on a Voyage of Scientific Discovery (Guide)
- Raise Watchful to 120
- Raise Associating with Radical Academics to 3
- This will happen via opportunity cards
- Become a PoSI
- Complete the University storyline (Featuring in the Tales of the University)
- Join the Dilmun Club from Ladybones Road
- Do some Preparatory Research at your lodgings
- You may now sail to Bullbone and Corpsecage Islands
- Grunting Fen requires a Screaming Map
- Port Cecil requires you to have Discovered: The Principles of Coral, either by using 8 Partial Maps from your inventory, or by zailing to Stormbones and drawing the card A Coral Commotion
Polythreme[edit]
You can go to Polythreme anytime after unlocking Wolfstack Docks by buying A Ticket to Polythreme.
Once you have a ship, you can zail there with a Screaming Map. To obtain a screaming map, you will need a left and right half, and then to assemble it in your lodgings. You can start this at Wolfstack Docks. See Cat and Mouse (Guide) for more information.
Steps[edit]
- Become a PoSI
- Buy a ship
- Gain the quality Polythreme Ho!, both sources costs 50 Map Scraps:
- You can either draw the infrequent card Matters Cartographical
- Or use FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip (The Screaming Map) in your lodgings
- Visit the storylet Finding the Screaming Map: beginning the search in Wolfstack Docks
- Gain the left-hand half from the Disgruntled Naval Officer
- Gain the right-hand half from the Enterprising Astronomer, or the Masked Clay Man
- (See Cat and Mouse (Guide))
- Each half may take a few days to arrive. Once you have both, visit your lodgings and deal with your Screaming Map
- You may now zail to Polythreme
The Iron Republic[edit]
To visit the Iron Republic Streets, you will need an Iron Republic Safe-Conduct. You can obtain this in the FIND NEW STORIES: Chat with the Local Gossip storylet in your lodgings (Obtain an Iron Republic Safe-Conduct), or via the Secrets and Spending card (Obtain an Iron Republic Safe-Conduct). For both options, you must be a PoSI, have 10 Renown: Hell, 1 Brass Ring and 3 Mark of Credit Pages.
Port Carnelian[edit]
To visit Port Carnelian, you must be a PoSI, have been banished from court, unlocked the #Foreign Office, and finished working toward a foreign posting (Working toward a Foreign Posting (Guide)).
The Khanate[edit]
You can discover and zail to the Khanate by passing by while zailing from the Sea of Voices back to London. You can also discover the location if you have 3 Zeefaring and a Salt Steppe Atlas, either by using the atlas to Figure out a route to the Khanate (Atlas), or from a redirect while Deciphering a Document in your Cabinet Noir in Balmoral.
Khan's Heart[edit]
- See also: Khaganian Intrigue (Guide)
While you can visit the Khanate easily, most of the area will be locked off until you are able to create Cover Identities. In order to visit Khan's Heart, you must advance the railway as far as Balmoral. Then, visit the offices of the Tracklayer's Union in Balmoral and construct and upgrade your Cabinet Noir until it is level 4. If you have not yet done any construction at Balmoral, this will cost 500 scrip.
From there you must draw the card A Letter from the Khanate while in London, return to Balmoral and create a cover identity, and you will be able to visit Khan's Heart while at zee.
Godfall[edit]
Godfall and Aeschaven can be discovered by drawing the card Row, row, row while in Shepard's Wash, and spending 1 Cellar of Wine and 100 Bottles of Morelways 1872 to learn the location from some monks.
Alternatively, if you have 16 Making Progress in the Labyrinth of Tigers, you can spend a Relatively Safe Zee Lane in the storylet A Monastic Vintage at Wolfstack Docks to learn the location.
Mangrove College[edit]
Mangrove College can be discovered by passing by its location, typically by travelling to any destination in the Sea of Voices.
Gaider's Mourn[edit]
You can learn the location of Gaider's Mourn once you have 5 Zeefaring by using a Relatively Safe Zee Lane while in Wolfstack Docks (A Return to Terra Firma). To actually discover Gaider's Mourn, you must zail through The Snares. Going through the Snares will make zailing checks more difficult, so this is not advisable while still early-on in the game.
Cline and Irem[edit]
- See also: Evolution (Guide), Irem (Guide)
You will visit Cline after you have raised Associating with Radical Academics to 100 as part of the Dilmun Club and Evolution storyline. See Associating with Radical Academics (Guide) and Evolution (Guide).
You will travel to Irem after progressing Evolution to the final chapter.
Hearts' Parlour[edit]
- See also: Hearts' Game (Guide)
Hearts' Parlour is a sub-location of Watchmaker's Hill. To be able to enter, you must be a tier 2 Person of Some Importance (requires unmodified 200 of any main attribute, see the guide), and have a modified 200 Dangerous.
Once these requirements are met, you will draw A Dangerous New Pastime? immediately, which will redirect you to The Gamekeeper's Cottage, Renovated. You can now visit Hearts' Parlour from Watchmaker's Hill.
The Great Hellbound Railway and the Hinterlands[edit]
- See also: Railway Beginning (Guide), Railway (Guide)
To reach the Hinterlands, you will need to build a railway. Therefore, to reach any of these locations, you will need, among other things:
- Access to the University Laboratory
- Access to Parabola
- Tier 2 Person of Some Importance (requires unmodified 200 of any main attribute, see the guide)
- A modified Persuasive of at least 175
See Railway Beginning (Guide) for a more detailed guide on starting the railway.
Once you begin laying track, gaining access to these locations is straightforward. They will unlock in the following order:
- Ealing Gardens
- Jericho Locks
- The Magistracy of the Evenlode
- Balmoral
- Station VIII
- Burrow-Infra-Mump
- Moulin
- The Hurlers
- Marigold Station
- The City of the Tracklayers
Helicon House[edit]
- See also: Helicon House (Guide)
Helicon House is an area in Ealing Gardens. Once you've established a station at Ealing, you can unlock the house in one of two ways.
If you have The DF (Renown: Bohemians 25 faction item) or Rubbery Bellringer (Renown: Rubbery Men 25 faction item), then you can unlock the House with a card drawn while in Ealing Gardens (Upper River Artistry or Rubbery Observances).
Otherwise, you will need to build up Investigating... to 5 (see Investigating (Guide)) and then Track rumours you've been hearing in the Tour the Neighbourhood storylet in Ealing.
The roof[edit]
- See also: Firmament (Guide)
Once you have opened a railway station at Ealing Gardens, you will be able to begin the Firmament storyline, which will open up exploration of the roof. Some roof locations have their own markets that replace the Echo Bazaar while you are there.
Progressing Firmament will open up the following locations:
