Hobo nickel

hobo nickel

This is a hobo nickel -- a small coin, made out of some sort of mysterious, unidentifiable metal, into which has been carved a small bas-relief by an industrious hobo. In this particular case, industry did not correspond with creativity, as the bas-relief depicts an unadorned numeral 5.

Cannot be traded or discarded

(In-game plural: hobo nickels)

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Obtained From

Hobopolis Town Square

Normal hobo (only if the hobo doesn't drop a body part)

Burnbarrel Blvd.

Hot hobo

Exposure Esplanade

Cold hobo

The Heap

Stench hobo

The Ancient Hobo Burial Ground

Spooky hobo

The Purple Light District

Sleaze hobo

Items

Li'l Businessman Kit (sometimes after combat in Hobopolis)

Boxcar turtle (10) (sometimes)

Lucky gold ring (sometimes after combat)

Skills

Just the Facts (after some combats, see this helpful tool made by Semenar.)

Obsoleted Areas/Methods

Elf Alley

Hobelf

Buying with hobo nickels

There are various things in Hobopolis you may purchase with nickels during choice adventures.

Hobopolis Town Square (nickel content only; full market map at The Hobo Marketplace Table)

Mind Yer Binder

hobo code binder (30)

Note: You can only buy a binder once.

The Hobo Marketplace in Hobopolis Town Square

Food Court

Food (consumed upon purchase)

Protein shake (20)
Salad (20)
Sizzling weasel on a stick (20)

Booze (consumed upon purchase)

Arthur Finn's World-Record Homebrew Stout (20)
Mad Jack's 'corn squeezins' (20)
Bathtub Jimmy's gin (20)

Shopping

Garment District

Hats

crumpled felt fedora (250)
battered old top-hat (150)
shapeless wide-brimmed hat (200)

Pants

mostly rat-hide leggings (200)
hobo dungarees (150)
old patched suit-pants (250)

Accessories

old soft shoes (250)
hobo stogie (200)
rope with some soap on it (150)

Housewares

Tools

sharpened hubcap (10)
very large caltrop (10)
The Six-Pack of Pain (10)

Entertainment

Music

sealskin drum (99)
washboard shield (99)
spaghetti-box banjo (99)
marinara jug (99)
makeshift castanets (99)
left-handed melodica (99)
dinged-up triangle (10)

Pets

hobo monkey (1000)

The Guy Who Carves Driftwood Animals

3 valuable trinkets (10)

Health

Tanning Salon

Effect: Healthy Bronze Glow (5)
Effect: Chalky White Pallor (5)

Self-Improvement

Educational Films

Effect: Educated (Kinda) (5)
Effect: Educated (Sorta) (5)

YMHA

Effect: It Didn't Kill You (5)
Effect: The Sweats (5)

Body Modifications

Hobo Tattoo (20+)

Semi-Rare Adventures:
Burnbarrel Blvd.

jar of squeeze (5)

Exposure Esplanade

bowl of fishysoisse (5)

The Heap

concentrated garbage juice (5)

The Purple Light District

lewd playing card (5)

The Ancient Hobo Burial Ground

deadly lampshade (5)

Elf Alley

gift-a-pult (50)

Notes

• These can be used to purchase various rewards at the Hobo Marketplace, one of the adventure results in Hobopolis Town Square (though it may be impenetrable without a hobo code binder). These rewards include food, booze, various effects, and equipment.
• The Hobo Marketplace Table maps out the possible nickel-spending sprees.
• This item can't be pickpocketed.

References

• This is a reference to hobo nickels. Nickels used to be made of nickel.

Collection

• 🥇: ThunderGate (#294980) - 360,000
• 🥈: Rammerking (#1549679) - 109,912
• 🥉: Stupid_hippy (#1557833) - 102,000
• #4: deus ex machina maximus (#1294601) - 89,967
• #5: Chanifean (#1505893) - 83,333
• #6: MoxieMolly (#1349269) - 48,749
• #7: DarkSpuddle (#1437616) - 43,000
• #8: JXQZ (#2778872) - 36,151
• #9: TQuilla (#2771003) - 30,011
• #10: Joell (#253532) - 30,000

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