Skills Obtained From Items

Many skills can be obtained by using items. Typically, the item is removed from your inventory after use, and the skill gained can be made permanent at Jermery's Permery. Any exceptions are noted on the table below.

Category	Skill	Obtained by using	Permanency	Notes
Hobopolis	Abs of Tin	Hodgman's journal #3: Pumping Tin
Hobopolis	Awesome Balls of Fire	Kissin' Cousins
Hobopolis	Benetton's Medley of Diversity	Benetton's Medley of Diversity
Crimbo 2009	Candyblast	A Crimbo Carol, Ch. 3		Keep used skillbook
Pastamancer nemesis quest	Canticle of Carboloading	black hymnal	Cannot be permed
Hobopolis	Chorale of Companionship	Chorale of Companionship
	Chronic Indigestion	insanely spicy enchanted bean burrito
Hobopolis	Conjure Relaxing Campfire	Tales from the Fireside
Hobopolis	Creepy Lullaby	Asleep in the Cemetery
Crimbo 2009	Cringle's Curative Carol	A Crimbo Carol, Ch. 6		Keep used skillbook
The Traveling Trader	Curiosity of Br'er Tarrypin	Uncle Romulus		Keep used skillbook
Hobopolis	Eggsplosion	Biddy Cracker's Old-Fashioned Cookbook
Hobopolis	Elron's Explosive Etude	Elron's Explosive Etude
Crimbo 2010	Executive Narcolepsy	CRIMBCO Employee Handbook (chapter 2)		Keep used skillbook
Crimbo 2010	Fashionably Late	CRIMBCO Employee Handbook (chapter 1)		Keep used skillbook
Hobopolis	Grease Lightning	Summer Nights
Crimbo 2009	Holiday Weight Gain	A Crimbo Carol, Ch. 1		Keep used skillbook
Hobopolis	Inappropriate Backrub	Sensual Massage for Creeps
The Traveling Trader	Inigo's Incantation of Inspiration	Inigo's Incantation of Inspiration		Keep used skillbook
The Traveling Trader	Iron Palm Technique	The Art of Slapfighting		Keep used skillbook
Crimbo 2009	Jingle Bells	A Crimbo Carol, Ch. 2		Keep used skillbook
The Traveling Trader	Käsesoßesturm	Zu Mannkäse Dienen		Keep used skillbook
The Traveling Trader	Kung Fu Hustler	The Autobiography Of Dynamite Superman Jones		Keep used skillbook
Boozetafarian or no-path only	Liver of Steel	steel margarita	Cannot be permed
Crimbo 2010	Lunch Break	CRIMBCO Employee Handbook (chapter 3)		Keep used skillbook
Crimbo 2010	Managerial Manipulation	CRIMBCO Employee Handbook (chapter 5)		Keep used skillbook
Hobopolis	Marginally Insane	Hodgman's journal #4: View From The Big Top
Hobopolis	Maximum Chill	Maxing, Relaxing
Hobopolis	Mudbath	Travels with Jerry
Hobopolis	Natural Born Scrabbler	Hodgman's journal #1: The Lean Times
Valhalla Invasion	Natural Born Skeleton Killer	Field Guide to Skeletal Anatomy		Keep used skillbook
Crimbo 2010	Offensive Joke	CRIMBCO Employee Handbook (chapter 4)		Keep used skillbook
The Suburbs of Dis	Pinch Ghost	Ghost Pinching Quarterly
Hobopolis	Prelude of Precision	Prelude of Precision
The Traveling Trader	Rainbow Gravitation	Rainbow's Gravity	Automatically hardcore permanent
Hobopolis	Raise Backup Dancer	Let Me Be!
Little Canadia	Really Expensive Jewelrycrafting	Really Expensive Jewelry and You
The Slime Tube	Slimy Shoulders	slime-soaked sweat gland		Lubrication counter is permanent.
The Slime Tube	Slimy Sinews	slime-soaked hypophysis		Lubrication counter is permanent.
The Slime Tube	Slimy Synapses	slime-soaked brain		Lubrication counter is permanent.
Hobopolis	Snowclone	Blizzards I Have Died In
Oxygenarian only	Spleen of Steel	steel-scented air freshener	Cannot be permed
Crimbo 2009	Stealth Mistletoe	A Crimbo Carol, Ch. 5		Keep used skillbook
Teetotaler only	Stomach of Steel	steel lasagna	Cannot be permed
The Traveling Trader	Stringozzi Serpent	A Beginner's Guide to Charming Snakes		Keep used skillbook
The Haunted Sorority House	Summon "Boner Battalion"	The Necbronomicon		Keep used skillbook
Mr. Store	Summon Alice's Army Cards	Sorcerers of the Shore Grimoire	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon BRICKOs	Libram of BRICKOs	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Candy Heart	Libram of Candy Heart Summoning	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Clip Art	Tome of Clip Art	Automatically hardcore permanent
Clan VIP Lounge - Crimbo 2009	Summon Crimbo Candy	Crimbo Candy Cookbook
Mr. Store	Summon Hilarious Objects	McPhee's Grimoire of Hilarious Object Summoning	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Love Song	Libram of Love Songs	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Party Favor	Libram of Divine Favors	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Resolutions	Libram of Resolutions	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Snowcones	Tome of Snowcone Summoning	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Stickers	Scratch 'n' Sniff Sticker Tome	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Sugar Sheets	Tome of Sugar Shummoning	Automatically hardcore permanent
Mr. Store	Summon Tasteful Items	Sp'n-Zor's Grimoire of "Tasteful" Gifts	Automatically hardcore permanent
Crimbo 2009	Surge of Icing	A Crimbo Carol, Ch. 4		Keep used skillbook
The Suburbs of Dis	Tattle	The Snitch's Manifesto
Hobopolis	The Ballad of Richie Thingfinder	The Ballad of Richie Thingfinder
Hobopolis	Thrift and Grift	Hodgman's journal #2: Entrepreneurythmics
The Suburbs of Dis	Torment Plant	The Thorax's Codex of Tormenting Plants
Hobopolis	Toynado	Tales of a Kansas Toymaker		Keep used skillbook
The Bounty Hunter Hunter	Transcendent Olfaction	Manual of Transcendent Olfaction	Automatically hardcore permanent
Uncle P's Antiques	Unaccompanied Miner	Ellsbury's journal		Keep used skillbook
Crimbo 2008	Vent Rage Gland	throbbing rage gland	Automatically hardcore permanent
Bigg's Dig	Volcanometeor Showeruption	unearthed volcanic meteoroid		Item is not consumed on use.
Hobopolis	Wassail	The Joy of Wassailing		Keep used skillbook

See Also

• Hobopolis skills