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Category
No category
Contraband level
Legal
Base value
300 creditsThe actual selling price varies with difficulty, condition, market prices, the buyer's budget and negotiation.
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Official description

Short description

Draw power directly from the Lower Levels' grid to power any machine instead of a battery. The Current Converter nightly service must be paid in order to receive power.

Inventory shape

1 × 2 cells · 2 occupied cells

How to get

Quick summary

Vendors

Dr. Jackson

Dr. Jackson

Sells goods when visiting your shop

Visits your shop

  • If you didn't choose Skip Intro · On days 8 and 12
  • While you don't have Shunned · From day 12 · On Fridays

Notes

  • Waits at least 1 day before visiting again
Frequency
Alwaysper visit
Quantity
1, +1 after unlocking Jackson Investment I, +1 after unlocking Jackson Investment II
Price

Vendor price

Price +15%
On Mark Up difficulty
Price +50%
On Thin Margins difficulty
Price +100%
On Red Ink difficulty
Price −15%
While you have Pillar of the Lower Levels
Price +150%
Price −10%
Conditions
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Dr. Jackson

Dr. Jackson

Sells goods at a place you visit at night

Visit at night

    • Any of the following

    • While you don't have Shunned

    • Any of the following

Frequency
Alwaysper visit
Quantity
1, +1 after unlocking Jackson Investment I, +1 after unlocking Jackson Investment II
Price

Vendor price

Price +15%
On Mark Up difficulty
Price +50%
On Thin Margins difficulty
Price +100%
On Red Ink difficulty
Price −15%
While you have Pillar of the Lower Levels
Price −10%
On Sundays
Conditions
Frequency
Alwaysper visit
Quantity
1, +1 after unlocking Jackson Investment I, +1 after unlocking Jackson Investment II
Price

Vendor price

Price +15%
On Mark Up difficulty
Price +50%
On Thin Margins difficulty
Price +100%
On Red Ink difficulty
Price −15%
While you have Pillar of the Lower Levels
Price +150%
Conditions

Story scenes

Cadet Serpico

Cadet Serpico

He returns in the role determined by the recipient and lets you choose a reward bundle.

When

  • On day 57. You have chosen an evidence recipient: Recommend the Revolution / Recommend selling it through the black market / Recommend a trusted senior security officer. You did not report him when he came by on the run, and he was not captured. You have received his letter. At least 2000 kcal of food has been delivered
Frequency
Alwaysper visit
Quantity
2
Price

Free

Free
Conditions
  • If you choose "Choose 2 Current Converters"

Underground Exchange

Underground Exchange Authority

Leave goods for overnight barter

Available from the start

Introduced by Sawyer

Notes

  • If the handed-over goods (2× Vial of "Dream Dust") are too low in purity, they are consumed without a reward
  • While you don't have Blacklisted
  • While Janitorial Service is available
  • While you are using Janitorial Service
  • Activate Underground Exchange Directive to view the exchange list
  • Put the required goods in Trash Can before going to sleep
  • Goods are exchanged during Janitorial Service; after the remaining trash is cleared, rewards are placed in Trash Can
  • A reward that does not fit in Trash Can is destroyed
  • Trades with a higher priority use the goods first; each listed trade is checked once per night
  • 3 different promotional exchanges are selected at the start; after exchanges on every 7th night, the list is replaced for Monday
  • The exchange screen shows only the selected promotional exchanges
  • Each accepted trade also adds 75 ÷ 400 base reputation with Black Market
  • Positive reputation gains are adjusted by difficulty and halved by Blabbermouth; the reputation cap still applies
Frequency
sometimes included, more likely the better your luck when the crate was made
per box filled
Quantity
1

Comes in: Security Department Supply Crate

Item details

  • The received crate is locked
  • Contents are individual placement attempts; goods that do not fit are lost
  • On unlocking an unscanned crate, better current luck can replace all its contents
Price

Barter

Conditions
  • After the Underground Exchange is unlocked
  • While you don't have Blacklisted
  • While Janitorial Service is available
  • While you are using Janitorial Service
  • The required goods must remain in Trash Can when this trade is checked
  • At most 1 trade(s) per night
  • Goods are accepted in any condition
  • While this promotional exchange is on the current list
Frequency
often included, more likely the better your luck when the crate was made
per box filled
Quantity
1

Comes in: Engineering Foundry Supply Crate

Item details

  • The received crate is locked
  • Contents are individual placement attempts; goods that do not fit are lost
  • On unlocking an unscanned crate, better current luck can replace all its contents
Price

Barter

Conditions
  • After the Underground Exchange is unlocked
  • While you don't have Blacklisted
  • While Janitorial Service is available
  • While you are using Janitorial Service
  • The required goods must remain in Trash Can when this trade is checked
  • At most 1 trade(s) per night
  • Goods are accepted in any condition
  • While this promotional exchange is on the current list

Other sources

Engineering Foundry Supply Crate

Unlock Engineering Foundry Supply Crate to take what is inside. Several separate draws decide the contents, so you can get more than one of the same item.

Availability and notes

Cost

Frequency
often inside, more likely with higher luck.
per box filled
Quantity
1
Conditions
—

Security Department Evidence Locker

Unlock Security Department Evidence Locker to take what is inside. Several separate draws decide the contents, so you can get more than one of the same item.

Availability and notes

Cost

Frequency
sometimes inside, more likely with higher luck.
per box filled
Quantity
1
Conditions
—

Security Department Supply Crate

Unlock Security Department Supply Crate to take what is inside. Several separate draws decide the contents, so you can get more than one of the same item.

Availability and notes

Cost

Frequency
sometimes inside, more likely with higher luck.
per box filled
Quantity
1
Conditions
—

Service Department Supply Crate

Unlock Service Department Supply Crate to take what is inside. Several separate draws decide the contents, so you can get more than one of the same item.

Availability and notes

Cost

Frequency
sometimes inside, more likely with higher luck.
per box filled
Quantity
1
Conditions
—

People who buy this item

Sorted by the upper end of the base budget, before day-based increases and bonuses. Order- and item-value-dependent budgets follow.

Merchant

Merchant

Lower Levels

Buys saleable goods across categories, excluding Contraband.

Base budget

200–300 credits, rising as the days go by.