The Travelling Merchant

The Travelling Merchant

Sprite Travelling Merchant (Character).png

General Info

Location

Town Outskirts

The Travelling Merchant is a weekend Farm Path merchant who buys two changing seasonal crops at premium prices.

Every Saturday, the merchant randomly chooses one pair of crops from the current season's table. The same pair remains available on Sunday; it is not rerolled between the two days. He accepts all four qualities of both requested crops: Regular, Silver, Gold and Void (also labelled Basic, Quality, Artisan and Perfect on item tables).

Locations and schedule

The merchant pays about 50% more than an ordinary shop, which pays 50% of an item's base value. Only the two crops shown in his dialogue can be sold to him that weekend.

Seasonal requests

Each row is one possible weekly selection. All rows within a season are equally likely. The season controls the request table; it does not matter when the crop was grown, so stored crops can be sold whenever they are requested.

Rebirth

Each pair has a 1 in 9 chance (11.11%) of being selected.

Roll	First crop	Second crop	Chance
1	Spiralberry	Celery	1 in 9
2	Gloom Hops	Eyeball	1 in 9
3	Strawberry	Wheat	1 in 9
4	Bean	Celery	1 in 9
5	Wheat	Peas	1 in 9
6	Radish	Cauliflower	1 in 9
7	Radish	Grapes	1 in 9
8	Radish	Void Plum	1 in 9
9	Pumpkin	Tentacle	1 in 9

Harvest

Each pair has a 1 in 9 chance (11.11%) of being selected.

Roll	First crop	Second crop	Chance
1	Spiralberry	Corn	1 in 9
2	Celery	Corn	1 in 9
3	Celery	Eyeball	1 in 9
4	Pumpkin	Dread Pepper	1 in 9
5	Tomato	Wheat	1 in 9
6	Watermelon	Grapes	1 in 9
7	Bean	Peas	1 in 9
8	Strawberry	Cauliflower	1 in 9
9	Coffee Bean	Fingerfruit	1 in 9

Witch

Each pair has a 1 in 8 chance (12.5%) of being selected.

Roll	First crop	Second crop	Chance
1	Pumpkin	Tooth	1 in 8
2	Tooth	Eyeball	1 in 8
3	Pumpkin	Corn	1 in 8
4	Bean	Peas	1 in 8
5	Corn	Squash	1 in 8
6	Devilberries	Cauliflower	1 in 8
7	Squash	Cauliflower	1 in 8
8	Pumpkin	Devilberries	1 in 8

Death

Each pair has a 1 in 3 chance (33.33%) of being selected.

Roll	First crop	Second crop	Chance
1	Tooth	Deathleaf	1 in 3
2	Tooth	Ghostberries	1 in 3
3	Deathleaf	Ghostberries	1 in 3

Prices and unlocks

The four price columns use the crop's quality-specific icon from the game's icon sheet. The quality names correspond as follows: Regular (Basic), Silver (Quality), Gold (Artisan) and Void (Perfect). The merchant's request roll does not check whether the corresponding seed has been unlocked. A crop can therefore be requested before its usual seed source is available.

Crop	Requested during	Regular Basic	Silver Quality	Gold Artisan	Void Perfect	Seed or crop source	Availability
Bean	Rebirth, Harvest, Witch	Bean 39g	Bean 52g	Bean 66g	Bean 78g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete Penpals
Cauliflower	Rebirth, Harvest, Witch	Cauliflower 375g	Cauliflower 499g	Cauliflower 622g	Cauliflower 750g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete A Filling Meal
Celery	Rebirth, Harvest	Celery 127g	Celery 171g	Celery 213g	Celery 255g	Farming Shop	Starting stock
Coffee Bean	Harvest	Coffee Bean 52g	Coffee Bean 70g	Coffee Bean 88g	Coffee Bean 105g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete Meet Sophia
Corn	Harvest, Witch	Corn 54g	Corn 72g	Corn 90g	Corn 108g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete A Fast Food Fiend
Deathleaf	Death	Deathleaf 195g	Deathleaf 259g	Deathleaf 324g	Deathleaf 390g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Death
Devilberries	Witch	Devilberries 75g	Devilberries 100g	Devilberries 124g	Devilberries 150g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Witch
Dread Pepper	Harvest	Dread Pepper 52g	Dread Pepper 70g	Dread Pepper 88g	Dread Pepper 105g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Harvest
Eyeball	Rebirth, Harvest, Witch	Eyeball 39g	Eyeball 52g	Eyeball 66g	Eyeball 78g	Grow from an Eyeleaf Seed from the Farming Shop	Starting stock
Fingerfruit	Harvest	Fingerfruit 112g	Fingerfruit 150g	Fingerfruit 187g	Fingerfruit 225g	Fingerfruit Tree Seed from the Nursery	No task lock; the tree takes 28 days to mature
Ghostberries	Death	Ghostberries 52g	Ghostberries 70g	Ghostberries 88g	Ghostberries 105g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Death
Gloom Hops	Rebirth	Gloom Hops 45g	Gloom Hops 58g	Gloom Hops 75g	Gloom Hops 90g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete Bug Catching
Grapes	Rebirth, Harvest	Grapes 60g	Grapes 79g	Grapes 99g	Grapes 120g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete Childhood Fear
Peas	Rebirth, Harvest, Witch	Peas 75g	Peas 99g	Peas 124g	Peas 150g	Pea Seed at the Harvest Festival	Time-locked: sold only on Harvest 27
Pumpkin	Rebirth, Harvest, Witch	Pumpkin 135g	Pumpkin 180g	Pumpkin 225g	Pumpkin 270g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete The Skull Chalice
Radish	Rebirth	Radish 60g	Radish 81g	Radish 100g	Radish 120g	Farming Shop	Starting stock
Spiralberry	Rebirth, Harvest	Spiralberry 75g	Spiralberry 99g	Spiralberry 124g	Spiralberry 150g	Spiralberry Tree Seed from the Nursery	No task lock; the tree takes 28 days to mature
Squash	Witch	Squash 255g	Squash 340g	Squash 424g	Squash 510g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Witch
Strawberry	Rebirth, Harvest	Strawberry 67g	Strawberry 90g	Strawberry 112g	Strawberry 135g	Farming Shop	Locked: complete The Best Medicine
Tentacle	Rebirth	Tentacle 150g	Tentacle 249g	Tentacle 311g	Tentacle 375g	Tentacle Tree Seed from the Nursery	No task lock; the tree takes 28 days to mature
Tomato	Harvest	Tomato 105g	Tomato 141g	Tomato 175g	Tomato 210g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Harvest
Tooth	Witch, Death	Tooth 33g	Tooth 45g	Tooth 55g	Tooth 66g	Grow from a Toothbush Seed from the Farming Shop	Starting stock
Void Plum	Rebirth	Void Plum 112g	Void Plum 150g	Void Plum 187g	Void Plum 225g	Void Plum Tree Seed from the Nursery	No task lock; the tree takes 28 days to mature
Watermelon	Harvest	Watermelon 300g	Watermelon 399g	Watermelon 498g	Watermelon 600g	Seasonal Seed Shop on Mondays and Fridays	Available during Harvest
Wheat	Rebirth, Harvest	Wheat 18g	Wheat 24g	Wheat 30g	Wheat 36g	Farming Shop	Starting stock

Unlock and progression notes

• The Travelling Merchant does not require a task or friendship level to unlock. He appears automatically every Saturday and Sunday.
• In the full game, all four seasonal request tables are enabled from the beginning and the active table changes automatically with the season.
• Seed and crop availability does not affect the weekly roll. For example, Peas can be requested during Rebirth even though Pea Seeds are normally first sold at the Harvest Festival on Harvest 27.
• Completing a crop's task unlocks its seed at the Farming Shop; it does not add that crop to the merchant's table because the crop is already present in the relevant seasonal pool.

Notes

• The merchant's prices are fixed by crop and quality. Only the requested pair changes randomly.
• The sale price is calculated as 75% of the item's base value and rounded down to the nearest whole gold.
• The merchant buys crops; animal products are not part of his shop list.

Interactions

Dialogue

See also

• Crops
• Farming
• Shops
• Harvest Festival
• Nursery