Place · from book 1

The Desperado Club

Known in the first book only as a dagger tattoo burned onto Carl's neck and Donut's shoulder out of a Bronze Asshole's Box, three drink tickets, and a warning that holding a Desperado Pass forfeits a Vanquisher pass. Mordecai will not discuss it before the third floor.

First appears: Book 1

Series arc

As of book 3. Book 1's pass and book 2's Vegas-and-Mardi-Gras rooms; on the fourth floor a dive bar at any transfer station ending in one, with bodyguards, a casino with a wheel and a trapdoor, rogue guilds, a dagger in Donut's back, and Frank Q at the bar. Katia gets the tattoo.

Through book 1

A tattoo, three drink tickets and a refusal to explain. The third floor will.

Through book 2

Entered (B2 ch. 15): eight signed doors, a pharmacist, an arms dealer, a casino chip, stairs to the Hunting Grounds, and the same room from every door on the floor. Its back room is the only shelter from the blast (B2 ch. 24).

Through book 3

A dive bar at any transfer station ending in 1: bodyguards, a casino, a wheel with a trapdoor, rogue guilds, strip clubs, a dagger in Donut's back, and Frank Q at the bar (B3 ch. 6, B3 ch. 8, B3 ch. 9, B3 ch. 19). Katia gets her tattoo at the end (B3 ch. 25).

Where they appear

Book	Chapters they are in (of the book's)	Where
1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl	4/48	Ch. 19, Ch. 30, Ch. 32, Ch. 35 · the book's own page
2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario	12/26	1–2, 12–15, 18, 21–25 · the book's own page
3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook	14/35	6–7, 9, 12–14, 17–19, 21, 24–25, 29, 32 · the book's own page

By book

The Desperado Club in book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl

A dagger tattoo on Carl's neck and a gold splotch on Donut's back from the Asshole's Boxes (ch. 19), three drink tickets from another (ch. 30), and a note that it forfeits a Vanquisher pass. Mordecai: 'Off limits. You'll learn about the third floors soon enough' (ch. 35).

The Desperado Club in book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Entered at last (ch. 15): a public first room, a crocodilian on the members' door, privacy bubbles, bots, nine doors — Bitches, Penis Parade, Jobs, the Silk Road, Restrooms, the unlit Guild-O-Rama, Casino and Hunting Grounds, and an unmarked back room — and the same room from every entrance on the floor. Quint's pharmacy; Pustule's booth (ch. 16); a 100,000-gold comp chip for a casino not yet open (ch. 13). Its back room is the only shelter from the blast and Katia has no pass (ch. 24).

The Desperado Club in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

A dive bar at any transfer station ending in 1 (ch. 6); private security for 500; Elle at the bar, Imani through the door, a Knife Sharpener dead on the floor (ch. 8); Astrid's apology, the casino, Tito's wheel, stairways down to the Hunting Grounds and Larracos (ch. 9); rogue guilds opening (ch. 9, ch. 14); Bitches and Penis Parade (ch. 19); Frank Q at the bar and Chris walking out (ch. 19, ch. 20). Katia gets her tattoo at the end (ch. 25).