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 8. Book 1's pass, book 2's Vegas-and-Mardi-Gras rooms, a dive bar at every transfer station ending in one on the fourth floor, every crawler banned under new management on the ninth. In book 8 it is Hamed's club, the strippers gone to him; the Nothing spots have been replaced on every game, the 'Nothing' on the Wheel of Fortune comes back in quotes as a one-way portal, and on the last night it is jazz, murals, Mitch the croupier and the shadow mimics.

Open threads

Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.

Thread	Opened	Status
Damascus Steel and Anaconda go to avenge their mother	B6 ch. 34	open · B8 ch. 85 — Damascus Steel and Anaconda, gone hunting for their father, joined his cause instead; Hamed runs the club and the Guild of Suffering; the strippers who went to see him vanish; the shadow mimics were sent against his revolution (ch. 86).

All threads: Open threads.

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).

Through book 4

A dive bar with a third bodyguard; a liaison's office (B4 ch. 7, B4 ch. 19); the door every rescue gate opens from, and the requirement a bubble must meet (B4 ch. 32, B4 ch. 33); the ninth floor's entrance bar drowned (B4 ch. 34).

Through book 5

Orren's office is entered through it (B5 ch. 1); its Zockau entrance collapses on the hunters inside (B5 ch. 5); Hurk designed it and is paid in compliments (B5 ch. 31, B5 ch. 33). By the end its floors are segregated, a hidden stair connects the bathrooms, and the Hunting Grounds level's casino carpet leads to the liaison again (B5 ch. 58, B5 ch. 59).

Through book 6

Secret passages, drug dens, a potion market (B6 ch. 24); a demon through the knife game, an assassination in the kitchen, vorpals through the floor, closed for remodelling (B6 ch. 32–B6 ch. 34); rebuilt by hand (B6 ch. 51).

Through book 7

Under new management on ring four, every crawler banned (B7 ch. 8, B7 ch. 10); a Cosmic Lounge to the eighteenth (B7 ch. 82).

Through book 8

Akuma names its casinos as one way into the Cabaret (B8 ch. 38); the Nothing spots have been replaced (B8 ch. 55). It is Hamed's club now, the strippers gone to him (B8 ch. 59); the 'Nothing' on the Wheel of Fortune comes back in quotes (B8 ch. 79). On the last night it is jazz, murals, Mitch the croupier, the portal and the shadow mimics (B8 ch. 85, B8 ch. 86); a note on Clarabelle's chair says it is infested (B8 ch. 87).

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
4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods	17/35	1–2, 6–8, 10, 14–15, 19, 23–25, 28–29, 32–34 · the book's own page
5 — The Butcher's Masquerade	16/78	1, 3–6, 8, 10, 21, 31, 33, 37, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60 · the book's own page
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	28/74	5, 8, 10–12, 14–15, 18–20, 22–24, 27–28, 30, 32–35, 38, 40, 48, 51, 54, 56–57, 59 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	21/89	0, 2, 4, 8–11, 16, 23, 28, 30, 35, 39, 46, 52, 56, 63, 67, 69, 82, 88 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	12/99	14, 24, 38–39, 58–60, 79, 84–85, 87, 91 · 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).

The Desperado Club in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods

A dive bar in Hump Town with a third bodyguard, Very Sullen, the Penis Parade's hats and boas, and a booth where the tomb raiders get their map (ch. 7, ch. 8); an office where a Syndicate liaison sits (ch. 19); the Silk Road's Pustule for detonator pus. Its door is the requirement for a rescue: every gate opens from a Desperado, and a bubble whose entry pub is destroyed cannot be reached (ch. 32, ch. 33). Katia's last hug is at its ground-level entrance (ch. 33). The ninth floor's entrance bar is drowned with the market (ch. 34).

The Desperado Club in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

Orren's office is entered through it (ch. 1); its Zockau entrance collapses on the hunters inside (ch. 5); Hurk designed it and is paid in compliments (ch. 31, ch. 33). By the end its floors are segregated, a hidden stair connects the bathrooms, and the Hunting Grounds level's casino carpet leads to the liaison again (ch. 58, ch. 59).

The Desperado Club in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

A middle floor with a real casino (ch. 22); the Penis Parade and a portal in a closet (ch. 23); secret passages, drug dens, a potion market (ch. 24); a demon through the knife game, an assassination in the kitchen, vorpals through the floor, closed for remodelling (ch. 32–ch. 34); rebuilt by hand (ch. 51).

The Desperado Club in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

A 1960s concrete box on ring four under new management, every crawler banned by Clarabelle; a kitchen panel to Juice Box's war room; Hunger Hammy kissing Louis (ch. 8–ch. 10). Its manager is the Night Wyrm (ch. 10); Orren's office has a new hall and a painting of Astrid (ch. 36); its Cosmic Lounge carries Rust's harem to the eighteenth (ch. 82).

The Desperado Club in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

Akuma names its casinos as one way into the Cabaret (ch. 38); the Nothing spots have been replaced (ch. 55). It is Hamed's club now, the strippers gone to him (ch. 59); the 'Nothing' on the Wheel of Fortune comes back in quotes (ch. 79). On the last night it is jazz, murals, Mitch the croupier, the portal and the shadow mimics (ch. 85, ch. 86); a note on Clarabelle's chair says it is infested (ch. 87).