When you’re staring at Strange Antiquities’ endless shelves, it doesn’t take long before every trinket starts looking the same.
That’s the real problem here: you’re expected to pick out the subtle details that tie each item back to its cryptic book description, but it rarely gives you more than a hint or two to work with. Do you trust the symbol? The material? The weight? Or that odd little test that suddenly makes sense after ten wrong guesses?
This walkthrough cuts through the confusion, pointing out how each object matches its lore so you can move on without second-guessing yourself.
** This guide is a work in progress. It was last updated on September 23, 2025.
Table of contents
All Day 1 Requests
Below you’ll find all the answers to the customer requests on your first day working behind the counter in Strange Antiquities.
Customer
Request
Correct Item
Justification
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| Thomas Pope |
Hunter’s Boon
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| The Hunter’s Boon is a tiger’s tooth necklace. |
It matches the description as a simple relic made from a deadly beast, carrying a raw sense of power.
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| Jack Hungerford |
Shadow Hold
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| The Shadow Hold is a bottle with the shadow–catcher design. |
This matches the description of vessels used to contain Oshadic Spirits.
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| Stanley Hume |
Ossic Ring
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| The Ossic Ring is crafted from bones,which matches the macabre nature. |
Its eerie trait is confirmed when held to the ear, as the faint hiss of Corchen can be heard.
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| Edmund Bishop |
Voice of Cerunnos
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| The Voice of Cernunnos is a bronze torc, just as described. |
It matches the sketch of Cernunnos wearing the same item.
All Day 2 Requests
Below you’ll find all the answers to the customer requests in your second day working behind the counter in Strange Antiquities.
Customer
Request
Correct Item
Justification
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| Tess Sherwood |
Horned Shackle
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| The Horned Shackle is identified by its horns. |
On closer look, the horns are worn smooth, showing the ritual use mentioned in the text.
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| Julia Braddoc |
Moon Heart, indexed as Selenic Vessel
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| The Selenic Totem is a carved owl linked to the night. |
It shows a crescent shape and imparts a feeling of joy, matching the book’s description.
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| Daisy Winters |
Binding Seed
Zeah
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| The Binding Seed is made of two materials, wood and stone, which matches the description. |
Its spiral encircling the seed reflects the book’s imagery of mind and body.
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| Emmet Burrows |
Libula
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| The Libula shows a symbol of wisdom. |
It matches exactly what the book describes.
All Day 3 Requests
Below you’ll find all the answers to the customer requests in your third day working behind the counter in Strange Antiquities.
Customer
Request
Correct Item
Justification
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| Francesca Roberton |
Evocant
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| The Evocant is a carved stone marked with red spiral symbols. |
It weighs exactly 1lb, which you can check by placing weighs (behind door on the right) on the scale.
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| Temperance Parker |
Shield Charm
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| The Shield Charm is a pendant with tusk-like curves and a central disk. |
The disk carries a symbol of protection, which matches the book’s description.
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| Verona Green |
Vessager
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| The Vessager is a rectangular object set with colorful gems. |
A candle test shows flames burn pale blue near it, just as the book describes.
All Day 4 Requests
Below you’ll find all the answers to the customer requests in your fourth day working behind the counter in Strange Antiquities.
Customer
Request
Correct Item
Justification
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| Edith Moore |
Something to make changes stick
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| The Horned Shackle is a small wooden figure with pointed horns. |
Use the second Index to look for items that contain the word Change.
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| Francesca Robertson |
Sleep Vessel
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| The Sleep Vessel is a star-shaped pendant with six points. |
Looking closer, it reveals a darkness inside, just as the book warns.
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| Althea O’Shea |
Silent Breath
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| The Silent Breath is a glass vial holding a single white hair. |
This matches the book’s description of a token taken from the living guardian of the forest.
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| Rufus Shelley |
Daedalus Link
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| The Daedalus Link is a pendant shaped like a black bird. |
Its light weight and bird motif match the book.
Use the scales and weights behind the sliding door on the right side of the counter.
All Day 5 Requests
Below you’ll find all the answers to the customer requests in your fifth day working behind the counter in Strange Antiquities.
Customer
Request
Correct Item
Justification
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| Gus Foley |
Orford Spire
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| The Orford Spire is a spiked crown-shaped item, stained dark red. |
Its bloodied surface shows it was submerged in blood, just as the book describes.
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| Eli White |
Guise of Lillian
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| The Guise of Lillian is a carved stone with an ammonite fossil set into it. |
The fossil links directly to the book, and the out-of-body effect matches its description of losing one’s sense of self.
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| Rebecca Rose |
Aries Remnant
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| The Aries Remnant is a black pendant set with purple gemstones. |
Their arrangement clearly mirrors the Aries constellation, confirming the book’s description.
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| Clarence Hawker |
Sun’s Bond
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| The Sun Bond is a bronze pendant with an amber gemstone that radiates warmth and light. |
Small and discreet, it reflects the book’s description of a charm carrying the brilliance of the sun to cut through darkness.
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| Audrey Bell |
Holgen Grimm
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| The mask’s skull-like design and gemstone match the book’s sketch. |
The vivianite stone confirms it as tied to death rituals.
All Day 6 Requests
Below you’ll find all the answers to the customer requests in your sixth day working behind the counter in Strange Antiquities.
Customer
Request
Correct Item
Justification
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| Helena Appleton |
St John’s Anvil
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| The pendant shows a bronze frame with leaf–shaped ornaments hanging below a glowing stone. |
The leaf design mirrors the St John’s Poppy sketch, and its muffled sound confirms it matches the book’s description.
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| Barton Porter |
Elva Stone
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| The Elva Stone shows a rough gray base topped with silver crescents, one nested inside the other like shifting moons. |
Its lunar design and silver metal tie it to the Selenic discipline, echoing the book’s mention of planetary influence.
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| Frances Mason |
Cussic Purifier
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| The Cussic Purifier is a green glass bottle with a plain cork and a faded label marked by the vinegar symbol. |
Inside, a rattle gives away the hidden topaz eye, which matches the book’s description of its cleansing function.
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| Jim Wolfe |
Hearing Charm
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| The Hearing Charm is a pendant shaped like a bat, wings spread wide around a central gem. |
Its design and inspection confirm it enhances hearing, echoing the bat’s famed sensitivity.
All relic location & riddles solved
Each day, you’ll unlock a card with a hint about a new relic. You’ll also get letters from citizens pointing to their location, but it’s up to you to track them down.
Here’s every new relic you can find based on those clues.
Card riddles
You’ll get a card with a riddle every day.
Card
Solution
Location
Rewards
Open the Explore map, find The Old Jail (10) north, and pick the building directly above it, to the left.
See name
Corvan’s Might
Open the Explore map, find the bulding that matches the pattern on the card. You’ll find it south, on Prince’s Street.
See name
Silent Breath
Shimmer
Open the Explore map, find the Locke House and Keystone Manor on the upper right corner of the map. Here, pick the spot behind them.
See name
Aries Remnant
Open the Gleaston castle map, find the room that’s shaped like the one in the card on the firest floor, to the stair’s right.
See name
Tenebran Cloak
Open the Gleaston castle map, find the room on the top left corner of the first floor.
See name
Elva Stone
Gemstones & Their Thaumic Book
Letters & maps
You’ll potentially get a letter with a more direct clue every day.
Letter
TL;DR
Location
Rewards
Charlie Weathers asks you to visit The Boat Yard (8) in the Explore menu.
See name
Sextrum
John Royston asks you to visit Royston Farm in the Explore menu, reference 30, southeast.
See name
Daedalus Link
Hugh Langston‘s map is pointing to the park area southwest of the map.
See name
Sun Bond
Sithean Charm
Edmund’s clues pointing to the room to the crow’s right on the Ground Floor, across the Conservatory.
See name
Amphisian Talon
Thomas’ clues point to a Heath Wood and its triangle of pines.
See name
Storm Ward
Manus
Loem
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