Stardew Valley: The Desert Trader Guide

Encountered later in the game, the Desert Trader is 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. This Stardew Valley guide provides comprehensive information about the Desert Trader, beginning with a brief explanation of how to unlock her.

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How to Unlock the Desert Trader

You can access the Desert Trader by repairing the bus. To do so, you must either complete all Vault Bundles at the Community Center or 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

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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.

Item	Price	Availability
Artifact Trove	5 Omni Geodes	Permanent
Warp Totem: Desert	3 Omni Geodes	Permanent
Triple Shot Espresso	1 Diamond	Permanent
Spicy Eel	1 Ruby	Permanent
Bomb	5 Quartz	Permanent
Mega Bomb	5 Iridium Ore	Permanent
Butterfly Hutch	20 Bat Wings	Permanent
Green Turban	50 Omni Geodes	Permanent
Warp Totem: Desert Recipe	10 Iridium Bar	Permanent
Birch Double Bed	1 Pearl	Permanent
Hay	1 Omni Geode	Monday
Fiber	5 Stone	Tuesday
Cloth	3 Aquamarine	Wednesday
Magic Rock Candy	3 Prismatic Shard	Thursday
Chasse	1 Emerald	Friday
Spring Seeds	2 Summer Seeds	Saturday
Summer Seeds	2 Fall Seeds	Saturday
Fall Seeds	2 Winter Seeds	Saturday
Winter Seeds	2 Spring Seeds	Saturday
Staircase	1 Jade	Sunday
Magic Turban	333 Omni Geodes	Even days
Magic Cowboy Hat	333 Omni Geodes	Odd days
Void Ghost Pendant	200 Void Essence	When prerequisites are met

Best Buys From the Desert Trader

left to right: desert trader, qi's walnut room, galaxy sword

As a barter, the Desert Trader is not the ideal merchant in Stardew 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 and increase your friendship level with Krobus to the maximum.

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