Hobo Code Binder

The single most important piece of equipment for the Sewer Tunnels is the Hobo Code Binder. It is essential to acquire this item during a character's first time in Hobopolis. The Hobo Code Binder is obtained in Hobopolis Town Square through the Mind Yer Binder adventure. It costs 30 Hobo Nickels, which may be collected in that area.

Using the Hobo Code Binder

Hobo Glyph The Binder is an off-hand item and must be equipped to have an effect. It is useful in two places. In the Sewer Tunnels it provides additional explorations during Code Test adventures. In The Hobo Marketplace of the Town Square it helps in understanding the signs, which will allow the adventurer to choose where to go there. The more glyphs, the more useful the Binder will be.

Hobo Glyphs

The Hobo Code Binder is used to hold Hobo Glyphs. There is a total of twenty glyphs. Glyphs are found in specific adventures in various locations spread throughout the Kingdom of Loathing.

Filling the Binder

Begin filling the Code Binder with glyphs as soon it has been obtained, as it will be immediately useful in the The Hobo Marketplace. A Hobo Code Binder, should be filled with as many of the twenty Hobo Glyphs as possible. Eleven of the glyphs may be found in locations open to any character who has completed all quests in an ascension (i.e., has defeated the Naughty Sorceress). The other glyphs require specific circumstances.

It will require a good bit of adventuring to find Hobo Glyphs. Their associated adventures do not occur commonly. If adventuring specifically for glyphs, maximize non-combat adventures. The Binder must be equipped to access the adventures with Hobo Glyphs. It is a free pull from Hagnk's in both Softcore and Hardcore, so glyph collection may occur at any point in any ascension.

Glyph Locations

The following lists decipher the location list contained in the Hobo Code Binder entry in the KoL Wiki.

Immediately Available
11 Glyphs

- Noob Cave
- The Sleazy Back Alley
- The Limerick Dungeon
- The eXtreme Slope
- The "Fun" House
- Lair of the Ninja Snowmen
- The Penultimate Fantasy Airship
- Cobb's Knob Menagerie, Level 3
- The Poker Room
- Belowdecks
- The Arid, Extra-Dry Desert (unhydrated)

These locations should be open for adventuring at the time the Binder is obtained. Next Ascensions
6 Glyphs

- Cola Wars Battlefield (Undisguised)
- The Enormous Greater-Than Sign
- The Misspelled Cemetary (Pre-Cyrpt)
- The Defiled Nook
- The Road to the White Citadel
- The Battlefield (Frat Warrior Fatigues)

These locations are only open at specific times during an ascension. It is unlikely that any will be available when the Binder is first purchased. Plan to get the glyphs in these locations during the next ascension(s). Moon Sign Specific
3 Glyphs

- Thugnderdome
- Bugbear Pens (pre-Felonia)
- Camp Logging Camp

One of these locations will be open depending on the current ascension's Moon Sign (assuming it is not the character's first life or a Bad Moon run). The other areas will need to be done during the following ascensions.