Stardew Valley Traveling Cart inventory set at save time?
I'm wondering when the game determine the inventory the traveling merchant will sell? Is it locked in right after you save at the end of the day or is it randomized when you get up. I've tried reloading it a couple of times and it seemed like it won't change that way. (No save scumming)
I ask because I've noticed some meals I get in the mail aren't the same if I reload the save file. If they are set in stone it would let you run there after waking up and seeing if there's anything worth buying (saving you time if there's nothing good).
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I have tested it five times now and the exact same options have appeared every time. It does not seem possible to "save scum" to get a better outcome.
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How often does the traveling cart come in Stardew Valley?
The Traveling Cart appears south of the farm in the Cindersap Forest on Fridays and Sundays from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm. It also appears every day of the Night Market.Is the Travelling cart random?
I took a look at the decompiled source code and found that the traveling cart inventory is determined by the value of uniqueIDForThisGame (which is randomly generated when you start a new game), combined with the number of days passed since the start of the game.What time does the traveling merchant leave Stardew?
The Traveling Merchant will appear every Friday and Sunday between 6 am and 8 pm. She will appear in the window of her cart when the shop is open, but the window will remain empty after the shop closes. The cart is pulled by a pig wearing a fez and glasses. You can also find the Traveling Merchant at the Night Market.Can you sell to the traveling merchant Stardew?
The merchant will sell a selection of ten random items in limited quantities (1 or 5 of each) as "standard stock", plus one piece of furniture at any one time....Cooked Dishes.ItemPriceAlgae Soup300-1,000gArtichoke Dip630-1,050gAutumn's Bounty1,050-1,750gBaked Fish300-1,000g70 more rows•Mar 25, 2022Travelling Cart Explained - Stardew Valley 1.3
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If you open your Charactername_numberID file with an editor and search for uniqueIDForThisGame right next to it is shown your file number. Change that number, I had a 9 digit number and left the first and last digit as they were and changed the 7 others and the cart showed other items with each different number. But after you change that number, the game creates a new file with charactername_newnumberID when you save ingame after having done the changes. And from that moment on every saving will update that new file.
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