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The Arkham city portion of the game board is divided into a number of locations, which represent parts of the city. Locations are where much of the game action happens, as investigators move around and have encounters.

Each location belongs to a neighborhood, near to other thematically related locations. All of the locations in a neighborhood are connected by street areas, and the street areas for different neighborhoods are interconnected, allowing the investigators to move between them. The boards for the larger expansions such as Dunwich or Innsmouth also contain town regions made up of locations and grouped into neighborhoods.

Each location is marked with icons depicting the most common type of encounters at that location. Some locations, such as Arkham Asylum, have special icons denoting a guaranteed method of acquiring an item (for example, at Arkham Asylum investigators can recover their Sanity).

Locations also have a stability rating indicated by a green or red diamond: green locations are stable, and monsters and gates will not appear there automatically; red locations are unstable, and monsters or gates can appear in these locations as a result of an encounter or drawing certain cards. Unstable locations, while more risky, also give players the possibility of encountering an Ally, and Clue tokens often appear in unstable locations when Mythos cards are resolved.

During the Arkham Encounters phase any investigator in a location with no gate can draw a location card from the Encounter deck for that neighborhood and follow the instructions. They may instead choose to take the location's Special Encounter, if they meet its conditions, instead of drawing a location card.

Note: Some cards or instructions use the term "location" loosely. In game terminology it usually means a specific named location on some city board, excluding street areas and Other Worlds. However, in some cases it may mean your current location, which can include street areas and Other Worlds. See specific card descriptions for any clarifications.

List of Locations

Location Neighborhood Stability Encounter Encounter Expansion
607 Water St. Harborside Stable IconStable Location Spell IconSpell Stamina IconStamina 4Kingsport Horror
7th House on the Left Central Hill Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Spell IconSpell 4Kingsport Horror
Administration Building Miskatonic University Stable IconStable Location Money IconMoney Skill IconSkill
Arkham Asylum Downtown Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Sanity IconSanity
Artists' Colony South Shore Stable IconStable Location Sanity IconSanity Money IconMoney 4Kingsport Horror
Bank of Arkham Downtown Stable IconStable Location Blessing IconBlessing Money IconMoney
Bishop's Brook Bridge Village Commons Stable IconStable Location Money IconMoney UUnique Item 2Dunwich Horror
Black Cave Rivertown Unstable IconUnstable Location CCommon Item Spell IconSpell
Cold Spring Glen Backwoods Country Unstable IconUnstable Location Blessing IconBlessing Spell IconSpell 2Dunwich Horror
Congregational Hospital Central Hill Stable IconStable Location Sanity IconSanity Stamina IconStamina 4Kingsport Horror
Curiositie Shoppe Northside Stable IconStable Location CCommon Item UUnique Item
Darke's Carnival Village Commons Stable IconStable Location Sanity IconSanity Money IconMoney 2Dunwich Horror
Devil Reef Innsmouth Shore Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item 6Innsmouth Horror
Devil's Hopyard Blasted Heath Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Money IconMoney 2Dunwich Horror
Dunwich Village Village Commons Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Money IconMoney 2Dunwich Horror
Esoteric Order of Dagon Church Green Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Blessing IconBlessing 6Innsmouth Horror
Falcon Point Innsmouth Shore Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue CCommon Item 6Innsmouth Horror
First National Grocery Factory District Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue CCommon Item 6Innsmouth Horror
Gardners' Place Blasted Heath Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Stamina IconStamina 2Dunwich Horror
General Store Rivertown Stable IconStable Location CCommon Item Money IconMoney
Gilman House Hotel Factory District Stable IconStable Location Sanity IconSanity Stamina IconStamina 6Innsmouth Horror
Graveyard Rivertown Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item
Hall School South Shore Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Spell IconSpell 4Kingsport Horror
Harney Jones' Shack Blasted Heath Stable IconStable Location Stamina IconStamina Sanity IconSanity 2Dunwich Horror
Hibb's Roadhouse Easttown Unstable IconUnstable Location CCommon Item Money IconMoney
Historical Society Southside Unstable IconUnstable Location Skill IconSkill Spell IconSpell
Independence Square Downtown Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item
Inner Sanctum French Hill N/A N/A N/A
Innsmouth Jail Church Green Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue CCommon Item 6Innsmouth Horror
Jail Cell Church Green N/A N/A N/A 6Innsmouth Horror
Library Miskatonic University Stable IconStable Location UUnique Item Spell IconSpell
Ma's Boarding House Southside Stable IconStable Location Ally IconAlly Stamina IconStamina
Marsh Refinery Factory District Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Money IconMoney 6Innsmouth Horror
Neil's Curiosity Shop South Shore Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Money IconMoney 4Kingsport Horror
Newspaper Northside Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Money IconMoney
North Point Lighthouse Harborside Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Stamina IconStamina 4Kingsport Horror
Police Station Easttown Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue CCommon Item
River Docks Merchant District Stable IconStable Location CCommon Item Money IconMoney
Science Building Miskatonic University Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item
Silver Twilight Lodge French Hill Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item
South Church Southside Stable IconStable Location Blessing IconBlessing Sanity IconSanity
St. Erasmus's Home Central Hill Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item 4Kingsport Horror
St. Mary's Hospital Uptown Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Stamina IconStamina
Strange High House Kingsport Head Stable IconStable Location CCommon Item UUnique Item 4Kingsport Horror
The Causeway Kingsport Head Stable IconStable Location Spell IconSpell UUnique Item 4Kingsport Horror
The Rope and Anchor Harborside Stable IconStable Location Sanity IconSanity Stamina IconStamina 4Kingsport Horror
The Unnamable Merchant District Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item
The Witch House French Hill Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Spell IconSpell
Train Station Northside Stable IconStable Location CCommon Item UUnique Item
Unvisited Isle Merchant District Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Spell IconSpell
Velma's Diner Easttown Stable IconStable Location Money IconMoney Stamina IconStamina
Whateley Farm Backwoods Country Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue Spell IconSpell 2Dunwich Horror
Wireless Station Kingsport Head Stable IconStable Location Clue IconClue Stamina IconStamina 4Kingsport Horror
Wizard's Hill Backwoods Country Unstable IconUnstable Location Money IconMoney Spell IconSpell 2Dunwich Horror
Woods Uptown Unstable IconUnstable Location CCommon Item Money IconMoney
Y'ha-nthlei Innsmouth Shore Unstable IconUnstable Location Clue IconClue UUnique Item 6Innsmouth Horror
Ye Olde Magick Shoppe Uptown Stable IconStable Location Spell IconSpell UUnique Item

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