Live Specimen

Live Specimen is considered a common Trade goods item.

Item description

"Something wriggling and peculiar. It's safely confined, probably."

A Live Specimen can be obtained in many interactions and events while playing the game.

Item location	Interaction	Effect	Notes
Gaider's Mourn	Explore the Mourn	+1 x Live Specimen	Successful Pages challenge: Attempt one of the Riddles of Pearl in A Contest Of Riddles.
Fallen London	The Labyrinth of Tigers	+1 x Live Specimen	Purchase a Live Specimen for 500 Echoes.
Mount Palmerston	Explore the island	+1 x Live Specimen	Successful Veils challenge: Capture it alive in A Shadowy Predator.
Mutton Island	Explore the shore	+1 x Live Specimen	Successful Pages challenge: Attempt one of the Riddles of Pearl in A Contest Of Riddles.
Port Cecil	Explore the coral knoll around Port Cecil	+1 x Live Specimen	Successful Veils challenge: Capture it alive in A Shadowy Predator.
Whither	Explore the town	+1 x Live Specimen	Successful Pages challenge: Attempt one of the Riddles of Pearl in A Contest Of Riddles.
An Unprepossessing Mass	A tin can?	+1 x Live Specimen	Requires An Unprepossessing Mass value between 44-47.
Demeaux Island	Explore the island	+1 x Live Specimen	Successful Veils challenge: Capture it alive in A Shadowy Predator.
The Uttershroom	Experiment with your Strange Catch	+1 x Live Specimen -1 x Strange Catch	Requires Another Day: Time, the Healer ≥ 50 Requires Something Awaits You

Live Specimen has many useful interactions throughout the game.

Location	Interaction	Requirements	Effects
The House of the Question in Whither	Gain Storm's Attention	1 x Cask of Mushroom Wine 1 x Live Specimen 10 x Echo The Gods of the Zee: Defiant ≤ 0 The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Attention ≤ 0	"A bloody rite" -1 x Cask of Mushroom Wine -1 x Live Specimen -10 x Echo +1 x The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Attention
The House of the Question in Whither	Lift Storm's Curse	1 x Live Specimen 7 x Cask of Mushroom Wine 7 x Firkin of Prisoner's Honey 7 x Supplies 100 x Echo The Gods of the Zee: Storm's Attention ≥ 1 Storm's Curse = 1 The Gods of the Zee: Defiant ≤ 0	"It's not pretty" -1 x Live Specimen -7 x Cask of Mushroom Wine -7 x Firkin of Prisoner's Honey -7 x Supplies -100 x Echo +5 x Terror -1 x Storm's Curse
Genial Magician by speaking with him.	Dispel the Darkness?	1 x Live Specimen 1 x Outlandish Artefact 2 x Bale of Parabola-Linen 5 x Firkin of Prisoner's Honey 10 x Terror Learning About: the Magician ≥ 1	"An event on the afterdeck" -5 x Firkin of Prisoner's Honey -1 x Live Specimen -1 x Outlandish Artefact -25 x Terror -5 x Hunger +1 x Bale of Parabola-Linen +20 x Fragment
The Alarming Scholar in London	A Live Specimen	1 x Live Specimen	-1 x Live Specimen +1 x Fragment +1 x Favours: Antiquarian +100 x Echo
The Labyrinth of Tigers in London	A Live Specimen	Live Specimen ≥ 1	"Most satisfactory." -1 x Live Specimen +125 x Echo +1 x Fragment

Shop	Item	Buy Price	Sell Price
Portentum - The Gant Pole	Live Specimen	-	+7 x Strange Catch