Recruit officers on your travels - some are familiar faces from Fallen London, some are new. Officers provide bonuses to your stats -
Iron,
Veils,
Mirrors,
Hearts and
Pages, and they are the most accessible method of training those stats while the limits permit it. They're also a source of stories and interactions of variable interest and profit.
You can view your available officers and mascots anytime by viewing the Officers tab in your gazetteer. If you change officers while at sea, you will gain one unit of Terror.
Obtaining[]
The most common way to obtain Officers is to recruit him/her in Fallen London by doing the A new recruit! action. You can only recruit Officers if you have
Another Day: A New Recruit?, a quality gained by arriving in
Fallen London with
Something Awaits You.
Mascots and other Officers can only be obtained via interactions. See the list below for more details in how to obtain them.
List of officers[]
Cooks[]
Portrait | Name | Effects | Skill Training Limit | Notes |
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Bandaged Poissonnier | ![]() |
This officer can be recruited (for 300 E) by doing The Vengeance of Jonah at Venderbight. | ||
Bandaged Chef-Paramount | ![]() |
Promoted from Bandaged Poissonnier by completing his story. | ||
Nacreous Outcast | ![]() |
This officer can can be recruited by doing An Extra Move in the story The Pulse of the Principles. | ||
Nacreous Survivor | ![]() |
Promoted from Nacreous Outcast by choosing Lose the match at the conclusion of The Pulse of the Principles, or ransomed back from the Fathomking at great expense after winning. | ||
Shady Cook |
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Received with the Veteran of the Campaign of '68 background. | |
Scrimshaw Chronicler | No Training | Obtained during the Memoirs: Glory's Bones quest and selecting the Tell him the truth option to complete the quest. |
Chief Engineers[]
Portrait | Name | Effects | Skill Training Limit | Notes |
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Gall-Eyed Engineer |
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Received with the An ordained priest background. | |
Genial Magician | ![]() |
Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 3 or 4. | ||
Prudent Magician | ![]() |
Genial Magician becomes this after his story is completed semi-successfully. | ||
The Satisfied Magician | ![]() |
Genial Magician becomes this after his story is completed successfully. | ||
The Urbane Magician | ![]() |
Genial Magician becomes this after his story is completed unsuccessfully. Great stats but unable to build The Serpentine. | ||
Maybe's Daughter |
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Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 6 or 7.
Recruit this Officer in Mangrove College during a story. | |
Maybe's Rival |
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Maybe's Daughter becomes this if she successfully returns from Pentstock's Wicket in A Visit to the Bazaar. | |
Nobody's Daughter |
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Maybe's Daughter becomes this if she is discouraged from going through Pentstock's Wicket in A Visit to the Bazaar. | |
Tireless Mechanic |
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Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 4 or 5.
Recruit this officer in Frostfound for 20 echos with Engage an Officer: the Tireless Mechanic |
First Officers[]
Portrait | Name | Effects | Skill Training Limit | Notes |
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Carnelian Exile | ![]() |
Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 5 or 6, or at the Grand Geode. | ||
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The Merciless Modiste | ![]() |
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Sigil-Ridden Navigator | ![]() |
Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 9 or 10, or at Shepherd Isles for 50 echo. | ||
Sigil-Eaten Navigator | ![]() |
The Sigil-Ridden Navigator becomes this if his story is completed at Kingeater's Castle | ||
Sly Navigator |
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Received by starting the game with the Poet background. | |
Your Father | No Training | Your Father can be rescued as one way to obtain his bones, and thus win the game. |
Gunnery Officers[]
Portrait | Name | Effects | Skill Training Limit | Notes |
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Irrepressible Cannoneer |
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Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 8 or 9, or in the Iron Republic.
*20% chance to lightly damages the ship and give two points of Iron for one Secret. | |
Longshanks Gunner |
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Received by starting the game with the A street urchin! background. | |
Presbyterate Adventuress | ![]() |
Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 7 or 8, or in port near Adam's Way.
*22% chance to also gives you a wound and 50 fragments for one Secret. | ||
Wistful Deviless |
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No Training | From the Wistful Deviless storylet on Mount Palmerston. |
Surgeons[]
Portrait | Name | Effects | Skill Training Limit | Notes |
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Brisk Campaigner |
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Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 1 or 2. | |
Indomitable Campaigner |
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Complete the Brisk Campaigner's storyline. | |
Cladery Heir |
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Recruit this Officer in London with A New Recruit? value of 1 or higher. Previously was only available to players who backed Sunless Sea at the Navigator Tier or higher. | |
Haunted Doctor |
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Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 2 or 3, or at Saviour's Rocks for free. | |
Determined Doctor |
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Promote this Officer from the Haunted Doctor. | |
Disillusioned Doctor |
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Promote this Officer from the Determined Doctor. | |
The Lady in Lilac | ![]() |
Random event when Terror is greater than 75. Disappears when Terror goes below 26. | ||
Plausible Surgeon |
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Received by starting the game with the A natural philosopher background.
NOTE: The Plausible Surgeon is the only officer that allows you to upgrade | |
The Scarred Sister |
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Received by doing the Hunter's Keep storylet. |
Mascots[]
Portrait | Name | Effects | Speakable | Notes |
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Albino Tinkerer |
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No | This mascot can be recruited by taking the side of the Rats in Pigmote Isle. | |
Comatose Ferret |
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Yes | This is your starting mascot. | |
Elegiac Cockatoo |
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No | This mascot can be recruited by exploring the swamps in Mangrove College. | |
Eyeless Skull | No | This mascot can be recruited by several ways, including exploring the Shattered Citadel in Godfall. | ||
Guinea Page |
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No | This mascot can be recruited by taking the side of the Cavies in Pigmote Isle. | |
Keeper-Moth | No | Possible reward mascot from the The First Curator storyline in Venderbight. | ||
Monkey Foundling |
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TBD | This mascot will volunteer herself if you forebear with her in the Empire of Hands. | |
Parabolan Kitten |
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TBD | This is a starting mascot unlocked through Fallen London, where it may be obtained from the Kickstarter-exclusive Parabolan Panther or received as a gift from a panther-owner. | |
Parabolan Panther | No | This is a Kickstarter backer-only starting mascot that unlocks the corresponding panther companion in Fallen London. With the right card it could generate giftable Parabolan Kittens. | ||
Vigilant Idol |
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No | The Vigilant Idol can be recruited by completing the Principles' quest in Port Cecil and choosing to win the final chess game. | |
Wretched Mog |
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No | This mascot can be recruited by spending 3 x Supplies at Mutton Island by choosing the "Pick up a Wretched Mog" interaction. | |
Blemmigan Gallivanter | Yes | Blemmigan Gallivanter can be adopted in London, for free. |