TravelingMerchant

A wandering merchant can visit your camp at any time of day or night. Gather around the bonfire, wait for his arrival, and trade once he has taken a seat.

He sells metals, wood, hides, seeds, and a walking staff. Metals, wood and obsidian unlock after players have mined or gathered 50 of each material, counted across the world. Troll hide, wolf pelt and lox pelt require 20 of each. Seeds require 20 of each type and cost 5 gold each, including tree seeds, cones, acorns, barley and flax. Leather scraps, deer hide, and the staff are available from the start. Bronze requires 50 copper and 50 tin. Purchases from the merchant do not count toward unlocks. On existing worlds from day 6 onwards, materials already stored in built-in world chests are checked once when this update is first loaded and unlock their goods immediately. Materials missing from those chests use the gathering requirements above. Wood can be bought individually or in bundles of 25, at the same price per item. Includes two new background music tracks that play during his visit.

How to invite him:

• Your world must have completed five full days (day 6 onwards).
• Light an outdoor Bonfire at any time of day or night.
• Have at least one player sit near the bonfire and leave another seat free. Built-in chairs, stools, benches and thrones are supported, along with modded furniture using Valheim's standard Chair component. Keep the approach clear.
• Once he is seated, walk up and press E to trade. He stays for about five minutes after taking a seat, then packs up and leaves. After a visit, he skips the next two in-game days.

The Wanderer's staff costs 1,000 gold and is held in your shield hand. While held, it grants you and nearby players within 16 metres a 5% movement speed bonus. The effect does not stack.

Supports solo and co-op play. Install the same version on every player and the server.

0.22.13

• Shorten the English description to the visit rules, summoning steps, material unlocks and walking staff.

0.22.12

• Allow a new visit one full in-game day after the previous visit started.
• Automatically migrate the previous default cooldown from 2 to 1.
• Keep saved world progression and existing unlocks.

0.22.11

• Invite the merchant at any time of day or night.
• Visits last five minutes after seating, then he packs up and leaves.
• Increase walking speed by about 27%, matching stride and staff timing to movement.
• Add seeds, tree seeds, cones, acorns, barley and flax. Each type unlocks after collecting 20 and costs 5 gold per item, without discounts.
• Import existing-world stored seeds once, independently of the earlier material import.
• Preserve the five-world-day age requirement and two skipped days between visits.
• Saved visits retain their original walking speed.

0.22.10

• Troll hide, wolf pelt and lox pelt now unlock after collecting 20 of each type, shared across the world.
• Keep the 50-unit requirement for metals, wood and obsidian.
• Add optional 25-item bundles for every wood type at the same per-item price. Single-item purchases remain available.
• Validate purchase quantities and total prices on the server.

0.22.9

• Reduce the default harvesting requirement to 50 units per material, shared across the world.
• Migrate the previous default setting of 100 to 50 once; preserve other custom thresholds.
• Unlock saved progress that already meets the lower threshold when loading the world.
• Bronze now requires 50 copper and 50 tin with the default settings.

0.22.8

• Support buildable furniture with nested seat components, including compatible modded chairs.
• Use actual seat attachments for orientation, height and server validation.
• Reserve individual seats rather than every seat on a shared furniture object.
• Allow the approach to furniture whose colliders are on its root and seats are nested inside.

0.22.7

• Existing worlds can unlock stored materials from a one-time scan of built-in chests. New worlds retain the 100-material requirement.
• Merchant music can recover from a missing start cue or interrupted playback.
• Guard against invalid network references while finding bonfire seating.

0.22.14

• Sells Sailing Progression's Tailwind Belt and Tailwind Charm for 1,000 Coins each when available.

0.22.15

• Tailwind offers support either Sailing Progression or the standalone Tailwind Gear mod.

0.22.16

• Njord's Favor naming in optional wind item documentation. Prices remain 1,000 Coins each.

0.22.17

• Short description includes optional Njord's Favor gear alongside the staff.