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The Book of Judgement: The Black Market Trading Post

RAW ✔️ The Book of Judgement, p93

As lawless and unregulated as most underhive trading posts are, there remains an entirely different level of criminal trade for gangs to partake of. Hidden out in the badzones, or in the depths of ramshackle settlements – their existence protected by jealous crime bosses and hefty bribes – are the black markets. These underground markets deal in the rarest and most dangerous goods, especially those that have been outlawed by Lord Helmawr or the wider Imperium. At their most mundane, an underhive black market might offer pilfered Enforcer and Militia weaponry or stolen chems and rare wargear from the Clan House factories. At their more esoteric, a gang can find strange xenos weaponry and creatures brought in via the Cold Trade – or, should a gang feel especially reckless, objects imbued with the hateful energies of the Warp.

The following section offers a selection of weapons and wargear for gangs to acquire during the post-battle sequence.

Using The Black Market

The Black Market is ever present on Necromunda. To outlaws and recidivists, this illegal flow of goods and services fuels their livelihoods.

Gangs can visit both the Trading Post and the Black Market as they wish, as described on page 57. However, depending upon their alignment a gang may find it harder to track down the items they seek.

The Black Market is split into several broad categories, with each containing weapons and wargear of types players will already be familiar with. The equipment restrictions fighters have listed in their profiles apply to items purchased from the Black Market. For example, a House Goliath Juve can only be armed with Pistols and Close Combat weapons, and therefore cannot be armed with a Heavy Weapon purchased from the Black Market.

Imperial Weapons

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Basic weapons
Arc rifle100 creditsRare (13)
Stake-crossbow60 creditsRare (9)
Pistols
Inferno pistol145 creditsRare (12)
Special weapons
Storm bolter95 creditsRare (12)
Heavy weapons
Autocannon160 creditsRare (10)
Grav cannon140 creditsRare (10)
Mole Launcher100 creditsRare (11)
Close combat weapons
Lightning claw70 creditsRare (11)
Power fist100 creditsRare (11)
Grenades
Phosphor canister40 creditsRare (10)

Xenos Weapons

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Basic weapons
Kroot long rifle30 creditsRare (10)
Rak'Gol razor gun60 creditsIllegal (11)
Sling gun55 creditsRare (11)
Special weapons
Hrud fusil120 creditsIllegal (9)
Necrotic beamer110 creditsIllegal (12)
Neural flayer90 creditsIllegal (13)
Yu'vath puzzle box150 creditsIllegal (15)
Heavy weapons
Demiurg energy drill100 creditsIllegal (9)
Close combat weapons
Xenarch death-arc75 creditsIllegal (9)
Grenades
Mindflect shard50 creditsIllegal (10)

Corrupted Weapons

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Basic weapons
Warpstorm bolter60 creditsIllegal (10)
Pistols
Withertouch pistol55 creditsIllegal (13)
Special weapons
Balefire thrower120 creditsIllegal (9)
Kai hellspear90 creditsIllegal (12)
Close combat weapons
Desire's needle50 creditsIllegal (9)
Goredrinker axe20 creditsIllegal (9)
Hex'iron blade25 creditsIllegal (9)
Tenebrous scourge60 creditsIllegal (10)
Whisperbane knife30 creditsIllegal (11)
Grenades
Shard grenades30 creditsIllegal (9)

Special Ammunition

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Needle pistol
- Chem darts10 creditsCommon
Needler/needle rifle
- Chem darts10 creditsCommon
Lasgun
- Focusing crystal30 creditsRare (10)
Long las
- Focusing crystal30 creditsRare (10)
Las carbine
- Focusing crystal30 creditsRare (10)
Las sub-carbine
- Focusing crystal30 creditsRare (10)
Las pistol
- Focusing crystal30 creditsRare (10)
Suppression laser
- Focusing crystal30 creditsRare (10)
Shotgun
- Gas shell25 creditsRare (11)
- Shatter shell15 creditsRare (9)
Combat shotgun
- Gas shell25 creditsRare (11)
- Shatter shell15 creditsRare (9)
Sawn-off shotgun
- Gas shell25 creditsRare (11)
- Shatter shell15 creditsRare (9)
Bolt pistol
- Gas shell25 creditsRare (11)
- Shatter shell15 creditsRare (9)
Bolter
- Gas shell25 creditsRare (11)
- Shatter shell15 creditsRare (9)
Autogun
- Static rounds10 creditsIllegal (9)
- Warp rounds15 creditsIllegal (10)
Stub cannon
- Static rounds10 creditsIllegal (9)
- Warp rounds15 creditsIllegal (10)
Autopistol
- Static rounds10 creditsIllegal (9)
- Warp rounds15 creditsIllegal (10)
Stub gun
- Static rounds10 creditsIllegal (9)
- Warp rounds15 creditsIllegal (10)
Long rifle
- Static rounds15 creditsIllegal (10)
- Warp rounds20 creditsIllegal (11)
Heavy stubber
- Static rounds15 creditsIllegal (10)
- Warp rounds20 creditsIllegal (11)

Armour

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Ablative overlay20 creditsCommon
Archaeo-carapace120 creditsRare (12)
Armourweave20 creditsIllegal (9)
Ceramite shield40 creditsRare (8)
Gutterforged cloak15 creditsCommon
Mantle Malifica75 creditsIllegal (13)
Reflec shroud30 creditsRare (8)
Scrap shield15 creditsCommon

Personal Equipment

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Chrono crystal500 creditsIllegal (14)
Cameleoline cloak35 creditsRare (9)
Cred sniffer35 creditsRare (8)
Data-thief35 creditsIllegal (10)
Falsehood40 creditsRare (9)
Frenzon collar30 creditsRare (9)
Forged Guilder seal55 creditsIllegal (11)
Grapplehawk90 creditsIllegal (11)
Gyrinx cat120 creditsIllegal (14)
Hacked cyber-mastiff100 creditsIllegal (10)
Halo device250 creditsIllegal (14)
Harrier-skulls40 creditsRare (8)
Hexagrammic fetish35 creditsRare (10)
Holochromatic field100 creditsIllegal (9)
Iron Automata220 creditsIllegal (14)
Lho sticks5 CreditsCommon
Lock-punch10 creditsCommon
Magnacles20 creditsCommon
Malefic artefact90 creditsIllegal (13)
Mnemonic inload spike100 creditsIllegal (12)
Photo-lumens20 creditsCommon
Psi-grub50 creditsIllegal (12)
Sanctioning writ25 creditsIllegal (10)
Threadneedle worms45 creditsIllegal (13)
Xenoculum80 creditsIllegal (12)

Chems

ItemPriceLegality/Rarity
Frenzon20 creditsRare (9)
Ghast30 creditsIllegal (9)
Icrotic slime35 creditsRare (10)
Kalma15 creditsCommon
Obscura30 creditsIllegal (8)
‘Slaught30 creditsRare (10)
Spur35 creditsRare (11)
Stinger mould75 creditsRare (13)