Encountered later in the game,the Desert Traderis a new merchant offering a variety of useful and exotic items through bartering. However, she doesn’t accept Gold and instead encourages you to trade valuables like Omni Geode, Diamond, and Ruby. ThisStardew Valleyguide provides comprehensive information about the Desert Trader, beginning with a brief explanation of how to unlock her.
How to Unlock the Desert Trader
You can access the Desert Trader byrepairing the bus. To do so, you must either completeall Vault Bundles at the Community Centeror pay 40,000g to Joja Community Development Projects. Both methods cost about the same. However, the latter, working with Joja projects, unlocks the Desert instantly.
After gaining access to the Calico Desert, take the bus to visit the Desert Trader. You’ll find her near the bus stop, situated next to the camel within the tent.
The Desert Trader Collection
The Desert Trader offers ten permanent items:Artifact Trove, Warp Totem: Deser, Triple Shot Espresso, Spicy Eel, Mega Bomb, Bomb, Warp Totem: Desert Recipe, Butterfly Hutch, Green Turban, and Birch Double Bed.
She also has a rich stock of 13 rotating items: Hay, Fiber, Cloth, Magic Rock Candy, Cheese, Spring Seeds, Summer Seeds, Fall Seeds, Winter Seeds, Staircase, Magic Turban, Magic Cowboy Hat, and the Void Ghost Pendant.
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Best Buys From the Desert Trader
As a barter, the Desert Trader is not the ideal merchant inStardew Valley. Most of her permanent items are abundant in your inventory by the time you unlock the Desert. However, out of her offers, the following are worth the price: Artifact Trove,Warp Totem Recipe, and the Void Ghost Pendant.
The Void Ghost Pendant is a specialty item requiring a set of prerequisites. To unlock this item, you must be single andincrease your friendship level with Krobusto the maximum.
