Strange Antiquities: Customer Request Walkthrough

Running an occult antique shop in Strange Antiquities means deciphering cryptic customer requests and matching them with the perfect mystical artifacts. Each day brings new challenges as customers arrive seeking everything from Hunter's Boons to Shadow Holds, often describing what they need rather than naming specific items. This comprehensive walkthrough covers every customer interaction across all 18 days, ensuring you never leave a customer empty-handed.

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Customer Request Types

Strange Antiquities presents three distinct customer request patterns that you'll encounter throughout your mystical shopkeeping journey.

Direct Item Requests

Some customers know exactly what they want, asking for specific artifacts by name. Thomas Pope's request for a Hunter's Boon on Day 1 exemplifies this straightforward approach. These requests require you to locate the named item using your Strange Artefacts reference book.

Property-Based Requests

More challenging customers describe what they need without naming the item. When Edith Moore seeks help "banishing inner demons," you must deduce she needs a Horned Shackle based on its properties. Your reference materials become crucial for these deductive challenges.

Mystery Requests (???)

The most complex requests arrive with question marks, requiring pure detective work. These customers describe their problems, leaving you to determine both the curse type and appropriate remedy through careful research.

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Days 1-6: Building Your Foundation

Day 1: First Customers

Your initial customers establish the game's core mechanics:

Strange Antiquities Hunter's Boon and Shadow Hold 

• Thomas Pope: Requests a Hunter's Boon - look for the primitive item crafted from beast trophies
• Jack Hungerford: Needs a Shadow Hold (Oshadic Vessel) - the decorated container for containing dark spirits
• Stanley Hume: Wants an Ossic Ring - the macabre offering to goddess Corchen that keeps vermin away
• Edmund Bishop: Seeks a Voice of Cernunnos - any bronze torc with nature-reading properties

Strange Antiquities Ossic's Ring and Vouce of Cernunnos

Day 2: Moral Choices Emerge

Day 2 introduces your first ethical decision with Daisy Winters, who wants to teach a thief a lesson:

• Binding Seed: Amplifies feelings of guilt and shame (gentler option)
• Zeah: Instills fear and paranoia (harsher punishment)

Other customers include:

• Tess Sherwood: Horned Shackle for overcoming personal demons
• Julia Braddock: Selenic Totem (Moon Heart) for storing feelings of love and joy
• Emmett Burrows: Libula for reassurance during upheaval

Strange Antiquities Selenic Totem and Binding Seed

Days 3-4: Expanding Complexity

These days introduce weight-based identification and your first mystery request:

Day 3 highlights:

• Francesca Robertson: Evocant weighing precisely 1lb (use the scales to verify)
• Temperance Parker: Shield Charm for basic protection
• Verona Green: Vessager to prevent disease spread

Strange Antiquities Shield Charm and Vessager  

Day 4 breakthrough:

• Edith Moore: Your first ??? request - she needs a Horned Shackle to banish inner demons

Days 7-12: Advanced Mechanics

Unlocking the Alcove (Day 6)

Simone Green provides the Alcove Key instructions. Place these three items on the workspace plinths:

1. Horned Shackle
2. Evocant
3. Selenic Totem

This unlocks additional rare artifacts for future customers.

Curse Identification System

Starting Day 9, customers arrive with magical afflictions requiring diagnosis:

Strange Antiquities  Curse Identification

Wyatt Collings (Day 9) suffers from Noctic Sight - vivid nightmares requiring a Moonstone Guardian for treatment. Consult your curse reference book to identify symptoms, then cross-reference with your artifacts index.

Strange Antiquities Lamb's Syphon and Moonstone Guardian  

Nancy Irwin (Day 12) shows Black-Heart curse symptoms - pale skin with dark veins, requiring a Lamb's Syphon for the complex extraction procedure.

Days 13-18: Endgame Challenges

Complex Puzzle Solutions

Later days introduce multi-step puzzles requiring specific item combinations:

Three Resonant Objects Puzzle (Day 12):

1. Use the Resonance Compass to identify resonant items
2. Weigh Ambra, Elva Stone, and Corvan's Might
3. Place them lightest to heaviest on the plinth
4. Solve the resulting moon puzzle using your clock

Critical Decision Points

Several customers offer meaningful choices affecting the story:

Accessing the Vault (Day 18)

The final challenge requires placing three specific items:

• Carrick's Candle (gives no light)
• Shadow Anchor (never touched ocean)
• Witch's Finger (finger, not flesh)

This unlocks the Nalean Casket needed for the story's conclusion.

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Quick Reference Tips

Weight Identification: Several items require precise weight verification. The Evocant must weigh exactly 1lb, while other items have specific weight requirements mentioned in their descriptions.

Material Recognition: Many artifacts specify materials - bronze for Voices of Cernunnos, stone for certain protective items, wood for others. These details help distinguish between similar-looking objects.

Gemstone Patterns: Items like Aries Remnant feature constellation arrangements, while others use specific gemstone types for their power. The Shimmer has six holes with three containing gems.

Curse Cross-Reference: Always consult both your curse identification book and artifacts index when customers present with mysterious ailments. Symptoms like nightmares, weakness, or physical marks each correspond to specific curses with targeted treatments.

This short but packed walkthrough ensures you'll successfully serve every customer while uncovering Strange Antiquities' deeper mysteries. Whether facing straightforward requests or complex multi-day puzzles, you now have the knowledge to excel as Undermere's premier occult antiquarian.