Merchants

A basic house with the Bearded Merchant inside.

Merchants are friendly creatures who serve as shopkeepers to the player. A merchant will move in when their respective spawn item is placed in a valid house.

Interacting with a merchant will open their shop menu. In the shop menu the player can purchase items with Ancient Coins, or sell items to obtain Ancient Coins. Each merchant has a limited stock of items, and it will take some time (see below) for their shop to refresh after one item is out of stock.

There are a total of 5 merchants and 5 respective spawning items in the game.

Housing requirements

In order for a room to be considered a "valid house", the following requirements must be met:

• The room must be fully enclosed with solid walls (doors are considered walls).
• The room must have no more than 64 tiles of floor space (making the maximum possible room size 8×8).
• A Bed is placed anywhere inside. It can be shared as the player's spawn point.
• At least one floor tile is free of furniture (making the minimum possible room size 2x2).

Neither lighting or a door are technically needed for a room to be considered valid.

Once all room requirements are met, and the merchant does not have an existing Bed set as their spawn point, they will arrive immediately.

Types

Merchant	Spawning item	Description
Bearded Merchant	Slime Oil	Sells basic materials, ores, Larva Meat and the Curious Egg.
Cloaked Merchant	Mysterious Idol	Sells equipment, boss-summoning items, rare materials, and a weapon recipe.
Seasonal Merchant	Seasonal Calendar	Does not accept Ancient Coins like other merchants. Trades for seasonal items and decorations.
Fishing Merchant	Pile of chum	Sells basic fish, bait and fishing equipment.
Brave Merchant	Nuclear Battery	Sells miscellaneous items and the Bait Pillar.

Notes

• Merchants will restock once every 25–35 minutes. The exact time is random, and different for every merchant.
  • Activating the Ghorm Statue, Malugaz Statue, The Core or defeating the Core Commander (the first time) will immediately trigger a restock for all merchants.

See also

• Ancient Hologram Pod
• Vending Machine
• Little Helperling

History

• 0.7.4.2-7883: Reduced frequency of the system that detects valid rooms.
• 0.7.3.3-0f8a: Fixed an issue where merchants would restock their items when restarting a world.
• 0.7.0.0-2cab: Added the Brave Merchant.
• 0.5.1.0-5633:
  • Merchants can now teleport even if a player is on screen.
  • Added the Seasonal Merchant.
• 0.4.0-3f9c: Added the Fishing Merchant.
• 0.1.91e2cab: Introduced.