How to Survive

Salvage/provisions trader (Nell's Salvage) · West Isle (2nd island), Rustwater (far-end exit town under the Spires).

Shop

Stock refills at 6:00 once a full day of play has passed. Prices are before the Merchant skill; a weapon is priced by its level (shown at Lv 1) and rarity.

ItemPriceStock
Tent35 gold2
Iron Ore5 gold10
Coal4 gold10
Campfire10 gold3
Axe100 gold2
Pickaxe100 gold2
Stick2 gold20
Stone2 gold20
Plant1 gold10
Fiber3 gold10
Cloth3 gold10
Bone3 gold10
Hide4 gold10
Deadwood Log3 gold10
Feather4 gold10
Rope9 gold5
Scroll of Forgetting500 gold2
Scroll of Holding1500 gold1
Camera75 gold1
Pocketwatch50 gold1
A piece of clothing (Uncommon or Rare)—1
A piece of clothing (Uncommon or Rare)—1

Buys survival gear (tents, campfires, clothes, potions), materials for 90% of their worth, and anything else worth gold for 35%.

Talk

  1. “Name's Nell. I sell salvage. Things people left behind. Out here people leave a lot behind. Mostly themselves.”
  2. “Folks ask me why anybody'd set up shop at the far end of a radioactive waste. I tell them location. Then they ask what's good about the location. I tell them it's the end. Nobody walks past the end.”
  3. “You came down past the crypt up the hill. The big glittering thing at the bottom of it. If you're standing here, you beat it, or you went around. Either way, I respect it. Going around is underrated.”
  4. “I'll buy what you bring. Not for much. I have to carry it to the stall. That's four steps. Out here four steps is a commitment.”
  5. “The green fog's not as bad as it looks. It's worse. It just looks bad to give you a fair warning. That's the only fair thing out here.”
  6. “I sell the Scroll of Forgetting. You read it, you forget everything you learned. I keep one by the bed. Some nights you want a fresh start. Some nights you want a fresh everything.”

Shop greetings

  • “Salvage. All of it used. Some of it used up. You'll have to tell the difference yourself.”
  • “Back again. Good. Means the fog hasn't got you yet. It's patient. So am I.”

Quips

After you buy

  • “There you go. It worked for the last fella. Right up until it didn't.”
  • “Sold. No refunds. No receipts. No questions. Out here we keep it simple.”

When you can't afford it

  • “You're short. Gold, I mean. Everybody out here's short something. Usually years.”

When your bag is full

  • “Your bag's full. Lighten it. Leave something in the waste. Everybody else does.”

After you sell

  • “I'll take it. I'll put it with the other stuff. The other stuff won't mind. It's past minding.”

When it is sold out

  • “That's gone. More tomorrow. Somebody always leaves something behind by tomorrow.”

When they don't buy it

  • “I can't give you anything for that. I sell salvage. That's just garbage. There's a difference. It's small. But there is one.”

When you walk off mid-sentence

  • “Go on. I'll still be here. Everything out here stays put. That's the trouble.”
  • “Off you go. Mind the glowing bits. Or don't. They mind you either way.”
  • “Fine. I'll sell it to the next person. There's never a next person. But I'll sell it to him.”