Tattoo

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A tattoo can be displayed to others through on your character profile and has no in-game effect other than the tattoo contest in PvP. You can select which tattoo to display in your account menu.

Most tattoos are obtained by visiting The Dirt-Walled Hovel of The Pretentious Artist with an outfit on, or by completing ascensions with certain classes, but there are a few exceptions.

Here are all tattoos currently available and how to obtain them:

(There are currently 105 tattoos available along with 7 custom tattoos.)

Class Tattoos

You get these for being that class. There are currently 6 class tattoos.

Seal Clubber	Turtle Tamer	Pastamancer
Sauceror	Disco Bandit	Accordion Thief

Outfit Tattoos

Each of these tattoos is obtained by visiting the Pretentious Artist while wearing the appropriate outfit. You must have completed the Pretentious Artist Quest to obtain these tattoos. There are currently 56 outfit tattoos.

Sword Tattoo 8-Bit Finery	Armor Tattoo Antique Arms And Armor	Arbor Day Tattoo Arrrbor Day Apparrrrrel	Wreath Tattoo Arboreal Raiment	Black Tattoo Black Armaments
Meat Tattoo Bounty-Hunting Rig	Bow Tux Tattoo Bow Tux	Bugbear Tattoo Bugbear Costume	Cloaca-Cola Tattoo Cloaca-Cola Uniform	Clockwork Tattoo Clockwork Apparatus
Crimbo Pressie Tattoo Crimbo Duds	Crimborg Tattoo Crimborg Assault Armor	Cursed Zombie Pirate Tattoo Cursed Zombie Pirate Costume	Gravestone Tattoo Dire Drifter Duds	Dwarvish Tattoo Dwarvish War Uniform
Dyspepsi-Cola Tattoo Dyspepsi-Cola Uniform	El Vibrato Tattoo El Vibrato Relics	Jellyfish Tattoo Encephalic Ensemble	Cold-Weather Gear Tattoo eXtreme Cold-Weather Gear	Hippy Tattoo Filthy Hippy Disguise
Rock Tattoo Floaty Fatigues	Frat Boy Tattoo Frat Boy Ensemble	Frat Warrior Tattoo Frat Warrior Fatigues	Loser Tattoo Furry Suit	Recycling Tattoo Glad Bag Glad Rags
Gnauga Tattoo Gnauga Hides	Oyster Egg Tattoo Grass Guise	Reaper Tattoo Grimy Reaper's Vestments	Hobo Glyph Tattoo Hodgman's Regal Frippery	Ninja Tattoo Hot and Cold Running Ninja Suit
Snowballs Tattoo Hyperborean Hobo Habiliments	Elite Guard Tattoo Knob Goblin Elite Guard Uniform	Harem Girl Tattoo Knob Goblin Harem Girl Disguise	Miner Tattoo Mining Gear	DNA Tattoo Mutant Couture
Little Canadia Tattoo OK Lumberjack Outfit	Palm Tattoo Palmist Paraphernalia	Pig Iron Tattoo Pork Elf Prizes	Notes Tattoo Primitive Radio Duds	Burning Tire Tattoo Pyretic Panhandler Paraphernalia
Radio Tattoo Radio Free Regalia	Cross Pattée Alisee Tattoo Roy Orbison Disguise	Slime Tattoo Slimesuit	Star Tattoo Star Garb	Pirate Tattoo Swashbuckling Getup
Duct Tape Tattoo Tapered Threads	Greasy Bacon Tattoo Tawdry Tramp Togs	Clown Tattoo Terrifying Clown Suit	42 Tattoo Terrycloth Tackle	Hourglass Tattoo Time Trappings
Tropical Crimbo Tattoo Tropical Crimbo Duds	Arrrborween Tattoo Vestments of the Treeslayer	Pile of Garbage Tattoo Vile Vagrant Vestments	War Hippy Tattoo War Hippy Fatigues	Dodecahedron Tattoo Wumpus-Hair Wardrobe
Elbereth Tattoo Yendorian Finery

Ascension Tattoos

There are currently 39 ascension tattoos.

Normal/Casual Ascensions	Hardcore Ascensions
Hardcore Class Tattoos (sparkling): You get these after completing a hardcore ascension in that class. Seal Clubber Turtle Tamer Pastamancer Sauceror Disco Bandit Accordion Thief	Hardcore Class Oxygenarian Tattoos (SUPER sparkling): You get these after completing a hardcore Oxygenarian ascension in that class. Seal Clubber Turtle Tamer Pastamancer Sauceror Disco Bandit Accordion Thief
Hardcore Path Tattoos: You get these after following a path in a hardcore ascension. Teetotaler Boozetafarian Oxygenarian

Other Tattoos

There are currently 4 miscellaneous tattoos.

Complete the Pretentious Artist Quest.

Each time you drink a martini there is a one in four chance you'll get this tattoo.

Each time you eat a delicious salad there is a one in four chance you'll get this tattoo.

The Hobo Tattoo is obtained in parts from the Tattoo Shop in the Hobo Marketplace in Hobopolis Town Square.

Furthermore, the Ghost of the English Language used to have a broken image for his tattoo, titled "class8.gif".

Custom Tattoos

Given to ZetaReticula (#80507) for getting a real life KoL tattoo.

Given to Daisy Cutter (#13041) for getting a real life KoL tattoo.

Given to corneliusv (#549464) for getting a real life KoL tattoo.

Given to Spo (#626298) on Feb 1, 2007 for getting a real life KoL tattoo.

Given to members of Teh Club for their participation as the Boys of Loathing Calendar and Girls of Loathing Calendar at the KOL Con III Costume Party.

Acquired by Seventh (#363053) by being the first to summon Ak'gyxoth.

Notes

• When the Yendorian Finery outfit was first introduced, Jick took a while to implement its tattoo. Until he did this, the generic message The Pretentious Artist would give for the outfit was:

  Jick forgot to make a tattoo for this outfit. Give it a few days.

• Users who complete a Hardcore Oxygenarian ascension will only collect the "super sparkling" tattoo — the Hardcore "sparkling" tattoos can only be earned by completing a non-Oxygenarian ascension.
• Oddly enough, users who complete a Bad Moon ascension will not receive the "sparkling" tattoo normally acquired by completing a non-Oxygenarian ascension.
  • Getting a "sparkling" tattoo before White Wednesday, and then visiting the tattoo page afterwards gave that tattoo and all tattoos less sparkling.
• Jick has announced that he will no longer give out custom in-game tattoos for getting a real-life kol tattoo. Contrary to the previous statement, he has since given Spo a custom in-game Bonerdagon tattoo in celebration of his real-life Bonerdagon tattoo.
• The number of tattoos collected contributes to the Collector's Score and is mentioned in the other accomplishments section of your Quest Log. Updates to the Hobo Tattoo do not count as additional tattoos in the Quest Log.