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[[The Sleazy Back Alley]] is located in [[Seaside Town]] on the [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]].
'''The Sleazy Back Alley''' is located in [[Seaside Town]] on the [[Wrong Side of the Tracks]].
 
{{CombatFrequency|num=79.9}}


==Combat Adventures==
==Combat Adventures==
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{{Combat|name=hung-over half-orc hobo|note1=Only encountered on alternating ascensions (after the first). Otherwise, you encounter [[drunken half-orc hobo]]s instead.}}
{{Combat|name=hung-over half-orc hobo|note1=Only encountered on alternating ascensions (after the first). Otherwise, you encounter [[drunken half-orc hobo]]s instead.}}
{{Combat|name=rushing bum}}
{{Combat|name=rushing bum}}
{{Combat|name=crazy bastard|note1=An [[Ultra Rares|ultra rare]] adventure.}}
{{Combat|name=scavenger bugbear|note1=Only encountered when in the [[Bugbear Invasion]] path|tag=bugbear}}
{{Combat|name=crazy bastard|tag=ur}}


==Non-combat Adventures==
==Non-combat Adventures==
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{{choice|name=Dumpster Diving|image=dumpster.gif
{{choice|name=Dumpster Diving|image=dumpster.gif
|choice1name=Punch the hobo|choice1=fight [[drunken half-orc hobo]]
|choice1name=Punch the hobo|choice1=fight [[drunken half-orc hobo]]{{combat|noline=yes|name=drunken half-orc hobo}}
|choice2name=Rob the hobo|choice2= 3-4 meat, 4-5 {{moxie}}
|choice2name=Rob the hobo|choice2= 3-4 meat, 4-5 {{moxie}}
|choice3name=Look under the hobo|choice3=[[Mad Train wine]]}}
|choice3name=Look under the hobo|choice3=[[Mad Train wine]]}}
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|choice3name=Try for a science-fiction double feature|choice3=15 meat ''or'' 15 meat and 6-8 {{mysticality}}
|choice3name=Try for a science-fiction double feature|choice3=15 meat ''or'' 15 meat and 6-8 {{mysticality}}
|choice4name=Introduce them to avant-garde|choice4=(Does not use an adventure)}}
|choice4name=Introduce them to avant-garde|choice4=(Does not use an adventure)}}
{{choice|name=Under the Knife|image=clinic.gif
|choice1name=Yes! I'm trapped in the wrong body! (500 Meat)|choice1=Switch [[Gender Differences|Genders]]
|choice2name=Umm, no thanks. Seriously.|choice2=(Does not use an adventure)}}
{{Adventure|name=In the Still of the Alley|drops=3 {{plural|distilled fortified wine}}|image=still.gif|note1=Occurs [[Semi-Rare Adventures|semi-rarely]].}}
{{Adventure|name=Lucky You, Unlucky Hobo|drops=3 {{plural|ice-cold fotie}}|image=Corpse.gif|note1=This adventure is triggered whenever you adventure here with a [[ten-leaf clover]] in your inventory.}}


{{choice|name=Please, Hammer|image=haroldsad.gif
{{choice|name=Please, Hammer|image=haroldsad.gif
|choice1name=Sure, I'll help.|choice1=[[Harold's hammer head]], [[Harold's hammer handle]]
|choice1name=Sure, I'll help.|choice1=[[Harold's hammer head]], [[Harold's hammer handle]] (Does not use an adventure)
|choice2name=Sorry, no time.|choice2=(Does not use an adventure)
|choice2name=Sorry, no time.|choice2=(Does not use an adventure)
|choice3name=What's the frequency, Kenneth?|choice3=6 {{muscle}}
|choice3name=What's the frequency, Kenneth?|choice3=6 {{muscle}}
|note1=This adventure triggers [[Harold's Hammer Quest]] and doesn't reoccur after receiving the hammer parts.}}
|note1=This adventure triggers [[Harold's Hammer Quest]] and doesn't reoccur after receiving the hammer parts.}}


{{Adventure|name=No Man, No Hole|drops=[[sewer turtle]]|image=alley2.gif|note1=This adventure is triggered only with the [[Eau de Tortue]] effect.|note2=Does not cost an adventure.}}
{{choice|name=Under the Knife|image=clinic.gif
|choice1name=Yes! I'm trapped in the wrong body! (500 Meat)|choice1=Switch [[Gender Differences|Genders]]
|choice2name=Umm, no thanks. Seriously.|choice2=(Does not use an adventure)}}


{{Adventure|name=All-but-Dissertation Tucker Dummychuck, the Fingerless Hobo|image=hobo.gif|note1=A [[Ascension#One_Time|one time]] adventure.
{{Adventure|name=Bree-Yark!|meat=50|stat=5 {{Moxie}}|image=gobtourist.gif|note1=A [[Ascension#One-Time|one time]] adventure.}}
|note2=Occurs during the [[Going Postal]] quest.}}
{{Adventure|name=All-but-Dissertation Tucker Dummychuck, the Fingerless Hobo|image=hobo.gif|drops=[[fingerless hobo gloves]]|note1=A [[Ascension#One_Time|one time]] adventure.
|note2=Occurs during the [[Going Postal]] quest, after obtaining the [[EZ-Play Harmonica Book]].}}


{{Adventure|name=Bree-Yark!|meat=50|stat=5 {{Moxie}}|image=gobtourist.gif|note1=A [[Ascension#One Time|one time]] adventure.}}
{{Adventure|name=Spirit of the Slug Lord|drops=[[the Slug Lord's map]]|image=slugghost.gif|tag=osl}}


{{Adventure|name=Don't Hurt 'Em|drops=[[Harold's bell]]|image=hammerguy.gif|note1=This [[Ascension#One Time|one time]] adventure is triggered after obtaining [[Harold's hammer]] and completes [[Harold's Hammer Quest]].}}
{{Adventure|name=Don't Hurt 'Em|drops=[[Harold's bell]]|image=hammerguy.gif|note1=This adventure is triggered after obtaining [[Harold's hammer]] and completes [[Harold's Hammer Quest]].|tag=slo}}


{{Adventure|name=Spirit of the Slug Lord|drops=[[the Slug Lord's map]]|image=slugghost.gif|note1=A [[Ascension#One Time|one time]] adventure.}}
{{Adventure|name=They Tried and Pailed|drops=[[pail of pretentious paint]]|image=bigpail.gif|note1=This adventure is triggered after speaking to the [[The Dirt-Walled Hovel of the Pretentious Artist|Pretentious Artist]].|tag=slo}}


{{Adventure|name=They Tried and Pailed|drops=[[pail of pretentious paint]]|image=bigpail.gif|note1=This [[Ascension#One Time|one time]] adventure is triggered after speaking to the [[The Dirt-Walled Hovel of the Pretentious Artist|Pretentious Artist]].}}
{{Adventure|name=Now's Your Pants! I Mean... Your Chance!|image=Alley2.gif|note1=This adventure is triggered by accepting the [[Guild Hall#Joining a Guild|quest to join a guild]] as a Disco Bandit or Accordion Thief, and will occur on the 6th turn spent in this zone after accepting the quest. |tag=slo}}


{{Adventure|name=For Sale By Squatter|image=glyphs2.gif|note1=Occurs only when adventuring with a [[hobo code binder]] equipped.}}
{{Adventure|name=In the Still of the Alley|drops=3 {{plural|distilled fortified wine}}|image=still.gif|tag=lucky}}


{{Adventure|name=Sandwiched in the Club|image=alley2.gif|note1=Only available under a [[Bad Moon]] ascension.|note2=Gives 10 turns of [[Chronologically Pummeled]]}}
{{Adventure|name=No Man, No Hole|drops=[[sewer turtle]]|image=alley2.gif|tag=turtle}}


==Obsolete Adventures==
{{Adventure|name=All-but-Dissertation Tucker Dummychuck, the Fingerless Hobo|image=hobo.gif|note1=A [[Ascension#One_Time|one time]] adventure.
This area underwent a major revision on [[History of Loathing (2006)#November 28, 2006|November 28, 2006]].
|tag=postal}}
{{Adventure|name=All-but-Dissertation Tucker Dummychuck, the Fingerless Hobo|image=hobo.gif|drops=[[fingerless hobo gloves]]|note1=A [[Ascension#One_Time|one time]] adventure.
|tag=postal}}


{{Adventure|name=An Amateur Pickpocket is You!|meat=5|stat=1 {{Moxie}}|image=Corpse.gif}}
{{Adventure|name=For Sale By Squatter|image=glyphs2.gif|tag=hobo}}


{{Adventure|name=The Bum's Dilemma|meat=8|image=bum.gif}}
{{Adventure|name=Sandwiched in the Club|image=alley2.gif|tag=bm|effect=[[Chronologically Pummeled]] (10 turns)}}


{{Adventure|name=Dumpster Diver|meat=9|image=chest.gif}}
==Obsolete Adventures==
 
{{Adventure|name=Lucky You, Unlucky Hobo|drops=3 {{plural|ice-cold fotie}}|image=Corpse.gif|note1=Old [[Clover Adventures/Old|Clover]] adventure}}
{{Adventure|name=Hammer Time|stat=2 {{Moxie}}|image=Hammerguy.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Happy Birthday!|stat=2 {{Moxie}}|image=Cakeguy.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Knob Goblin Intrigue|meat=7|stat=1 {{Moxie}}|image=goblin.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Knob Goblin Philosophy|stat=2 {{Moxie}}|image=Goblin.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Knob Goblin Rumble|stat=3 {{Moxie}}|image=Goblin.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Meat-Shaped Box|meat=10|image=chest.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Out of Aces|meat=10|image=Cards1.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=A Strike in the Dark|stat=2 {{Moxie}}|image=Pins.gif}}
 
{{Adventure|name=Spared in the Dark|stat=3 {{Moxie}}|image=Pins.gif}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
*Once per [[ascension]], any monster here can randomly drop [[hot pink lipstick]] if a [[Sleazy Gravy Fairy]] is used.
*Once per [[ascension]], any monster here can randomly drop [[hot pink lipstick]] if a [[Sleazy Gravy Fairy]] is used.
 
*Apparently, there's a library across the street from The Sleazy Back Alley. While it cannot be accessed, it is spoken in the following bits of text.
**Monster Manuel text for [[N-space Virtual Assistant]] implies it's called the Library of Loathing.
**[[Talk to the Deep Fat Friars]] (the local library (you know, the one across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley))
**[[Your father's MacGuffin diary]] (the library across the street from the sleazy back alley)
**[[Cursed piece of thirteen]] (that library across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley)
**[[Room, Interrupted]] (you know, the one across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley?)
**[[A Lost Room]] (you know, the one across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley?)
**[[GameInformPowerDailyPro subscription card]] use text (take it to the post office that's next door to the library that's across from the Sleazy Back Alley)
**[[Shen Copperhead, Nightclub Owner]] ([The Copperhead Club is] right near that library across from the Sleazy Back Alley)
**[[very overdue library book]] use text (You take the book back to the library (you know, the ''library''))
**[[Handful of tips]] use message (You take the tips down to a currency exchange place (there's one right next to the check-cashing place across the street from the library))
**[[Neverending Party invitation envelope]] description (I'm surprised you weren't aware of it before this. It's right across from the library.)
[[Category:Locations|Sleazy Back Alley, The]]
[[Category:Locations|Sleazy Back Alley, The]]
**[[Tammy]] during Crimbo 2018 ("Ummm..." Tammy checks her notes. "You know that library across the street from the Sleazy Back-Alley? It's across from that.")
**A trivial update on January 7, 2019 referenced the library:
***"A dictionary can now be found in the library, making the Baron's quest finishable again. The one in Spookyraven Manor, not the one across from the Sleazy Back Alley."


== Headline text ==
==History==
*This zone replaced [[The Sleazy Back Alley (Retired)]] on [[History of Loathing (2006)#November 28, 2006|November 28, 2006]].

Latest revision as of 14:13, 15 June 2025

The Sleazy Back Alley
The Sleazy Back Alley
The Sleazy Back Alley
Zone Num 112
Location Wrong Side of the Tracks
Unlocks Open by default
Recom Stat 0
Combat % 79.9
ML 1
Terrain outdoor
Special Adventures
Lucky In the Still of the Alley
Turtle No Man, No Hole
Ultra Rare Crazy bastard
Bad Moon Sandwiched in the Club
refreshedit data


The Sleazy Back Alley is located in Seaside Town on the Wrong Side of the Tracks.

Combat Adventures

big creepy spider This monster is a Bug -- (edit metadata)
  • Item Drops: spider web, spider web, drop of filthy ichorb
  • Meat Drop: 4-6
  • Monster Level: 1 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 11
  • Monster Defense: 0
  • Hit Points: 1
  • Initiative: 40
  • Elemental Alignment: None
  • Note: A successful attack from this monster has a chance of giving you 10 Adventures of Hardly Poisoned at All.
completely different spider This monster is a Bug -- (edit metadata)
  • Item Drops: spider web, spider web
  • Meat Drop: 4-6
  • Monster Level: 1 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 11
  • Monster Defense: 0
  • Hit Points: 1
  • Initiative: 40
  • Elemental Alignment: None
  • Note: A successful attack from this monster has a chance of giving you 10 Adventures of Hardly Poisoned at All.
drunken half-orc hobo This monster is a Hobo -- (edit metadata)
  • Item Drops: dirty hobo gloves, Mad Train wine, moxie weed, hobo gristleb, Boozehounds Anonymous tokenp, beer-battered accordiona
  • Meat Drop: None
  • Monster Level: 1 • Substat Gain: 1 • Moxie for No Hit*: 11
  • Monster Defense: 0
  • Hit Points: 1
  • Initiative: 40
  • Elemental Alignment: stench, weak against cold and sleaze
  • Note: Only encountered during the first ascension and alternating ascensions after that. Otherwise, you encounter hung-over half-orc hobos instead.
hung-over half-orc hobo This monster is a Hobo -- (edit metadata)
rushing bum This monster is a Hobo -- (edit metadata)
scavenger bugbear This monster is a Beast -- (edit metadata)
  • Item Drops: BURT
  • Meat Drop: None
  • Monster Level: 5 • Substat Gain: 1.25 • Moxie for No Hit*: 15
  • Monster Defense: 4
  • Hit Points: 5
  • Initiative: 150
  • Elemental Alignment: None
  • Damage Resistance: ?
  • Note: Only encountered when in the Bugbear Invasion path
crazy bastard This monster is a Dude -- (edit metadata)
  • Item Drops: crazy bastard sword
  • Meat Drop: None
  • Monster Level: 20 • Substat Gain: 4 • Moxie for No Hit*: 30
  • Monster Defense: 18
  • Hit Points: 25
  • Initiative: always
  • Elemental Alignment: None
  • Note: An ultra rare adventure.

Non-combat Adventures

Aww, Craps
Aww, Craps
  • Cheat Just a Little: 4-5 Roguishness
  • Cheat Like Crazy: 7 Roguishness and 31-40 meat or lose 2 HP
  • Bilk 'em, Danno: 6-8 Roguishness, 41-49 meat, and Smugness (10 Adventures) or lose all HP
  • Walk Away: (Does not use an adventure)
Dumpster Diving
Dumpster Diving
drunken half-orc hobo This monster is a Hobo -- (edit metadata)
The Entertainer
The Entertainer
Please, Hammer
Please, Hammer
Under the Knife
Under the Knife
  • Yes! I'm trapped in the wrong body! (500 Meat): Switch Genders
  • Umm, no thanks. Seriously.: (Does not use an adventure)
Bree-Yark!
Spirit of the Slug Lord
Don't Hurt 'Em
They Tried and Pailed
Now's Your Pants! I Mean... Your Chance!
  • Note: This adventure is triggered by accepting the quest to join a guild as a Disco Bandit or Accordion Thief, and will occur on the 6th turn spent in this zone after accepting the quest.
  • Note: A one-time superlikely adventure.
In the Still of the Alley
No Man, No Hole
All-but-Dissertation Tucker Dummychuck, the Fingerless Hobo
All-but-Dissertation Tucker Dummychuck, the Fingerless Hobo
For Sale By Squatter
Sandwiched in the Club

Obsolete Adventures

Lucky You, Unlucky Hobo

Notes

  • Once per ascension, any monster here can randomly drop hot pink lipstick if a Sleazy Gravy Fairy is used.
  • Apparently, there's a library across the street from The Sleazy Back Alley. While it cannot be accessed, it is spoken in the following bits of text.
    • Monster Manuel text for N-space Virtual Assistant implies it's called the Library of Loathing.
    • Talk to the Deep Fat Friars (the local library (you know, the one across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley))
    • Your father's MacGuffin diary (the library across the street from the sleazy back alley)
    • Cursed piece of thirteen (that library across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley)
    • Room, Interrupted (you know, the one across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley?)
    • A Lost Room (you know, the one across the street from the Sleazy Back Alley?)
    • GameInformPowerDailyPro subscription card use text (take it to the post office that's next door to the library that's across from the Sleazy Back Alley)
    • Shen Copperhead, Nightclub Owner ([The Copperhead Club is] right near that library across from the Sleazy Back Alley)
    • very overdue library book use text (You take the book back to the library (you know, the library))
    • Handful of tips use message (You take the tips down to a currency exchange place (there's one right next to the check-cashing place across the street from the library))
    • Neverending Party invitation envelope description (I'm surprised you weren't aware of it before this. It's right across from the library.)
    • Tammy during Crimbo 2018 ("Ummm..." Tammy checks her notes. "You know that library across the street from the Sleazy Back-Alley? It's across from that.")
    • A trivial update on January 7, 2019 referenced the library:
      • "A dictionary can now be found in the library, making the Baron's quest finishable again. The one in Spookyraven Manor, not the one across from the Sleazy Back Alley."

History

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