Town

The Alchemist stocks potions, treatments for corpses and zombies, and writing supplies. It sits on a house plot and, level with the Jeweler, is the costliest shop: Building Kit I ×8, Wooden Kit I ×6 and Iron Kit I ×3.

Its happiness list is longer than its cap: the full list tops out at 12, 22 and 34 per week while the caps are 8, 16 and 25, so you only need to sell whatever comes easiest. At tier III, one each per week of Tannin Liquid, Alkali, Umami and the Philosopher Stone pays 2 happiness apiece, the highest single-item value here.

The Apothecary supplies the alchemist and the church. It goes on a house plot and ranks among the cheapest shops: Building Kit I ×4, Wooden Kit I ×3 and Iron Kit I ×1.

Nowhere else in the game sells alchemic powders, and no recipe produces them. Tier I carries the nine powders with one or two runes; tier II adds the ten with three, so from then on the full set is available, 20 of each, priced from 5 to 30 copper. Other stock: church candles and incense, Alchemy Flasks I, Salt, Ash, and Alcohol from tier II.

Happiness goods are Fragrance, Alchemy Flasks, Salt and incense, with Alcohol and candles joining later. At each tier, selling every one up to its weekly limit lands exactly on the cap: 8, 16, 25.

The Baker is the town shop for bread and baking ingredients. Build it on a house plot for Building Kit I ×6, Wooden Kit I ×4 and Iron Kit I ×2.

Tier II brings milk, Flesh and spices; tier III doubles every stock level.

The Fish Stand buys fish and sells fishing gear from a house plot. It costs Building Kit I ×6, Wooden Kit I ×4 and Iron Kit I ×2.

No other trader buys whole fish. Fish are fixed-price here, so you always get the full base price no matter how many you sell, ranging from 10 copper for a Roach up to 1 silver 92 for an Eel. Tier I accepts ten species; tier II adds eight more, including Pike, Trout and Eel. Where each bites is on Fishing.

Rods are fixed-price and can’t be sold back.

The Furniture Maker sells woodworking parts and building kits from a house plot. Construction takes Building Kit I ×6, Wooden Kit I ×4 and Iron Kit I ×2.

It’s the sole seller of three kits that most town upgrades depend on:

It also stocks Bronze Nails, planks, bronze and iron details and Polished Bronze, later adding Wooden Joints and Steel Screws. Wooden Trinkets are bought but never sold.

Nearly its whole range pays a trickle of happiness. At tier I, for instance, a Bronze Nail is worth 0.01 with 100 counted per week, and Polished Bronze 0.1. Selling every listed good up to its weekly count reaches the cap exactly: 8, 16, 25.

The Jeweler is where you buy zombie collars, bronze goods, talismans and tool sets. It needs a house plot and, tied with the Alchemist, costs the most of any shop: Building Kit I ×8, Wooden Kit I ×6 and Iron Kit I ×3.

Zombie collars are sold here and nowhere else:

Other stock includes Polished Bronze, Bronze Scrap, and a talisman and tool set per tier; from tier II there are also bronze gears, Golden ingots and Keys for Looters. Two valuables are bought but never resold: Precious Trinkets at 105 silver and Fine Jewelry at 500.

The Tailor trades in flax and cloth from a house plot, and it’s among the cheapest shops: Building Kit I ×4, Wooden Kit I ×3 and Iron Kit I ×1.

Tier I stocks Flax Seed, Flax and Lace; Flax Thread arrives at tier II and Fabric at tier III. It’s also the bag shop, with the Universal bag at 10 silver and, from tier II, the Big universal bag at 50.

The Vegetable Stand sells seeds, produce and garden tools from a house plot. It’s one of the cheapest shops to build: Building Kit I ×4, Wooden Kit I ×3 and Iron Kit I ×1.

Onion and pumpkin seeds are sold here and nowhere else. Each tier also stocks one shovel, in order Bronze Shovel, Iron and finally Steel, the last at 145 silver.

Vegetables themselves are the happiness goods, each worth little but bought in bulk: the tier I cap of 8 is reached with 40 wheat plus 30 carrots, 20 beets and 20 cabbages. By tier III the list totals 48 against a cap of 25, and better grades pay more per item (0.2 for a gold-star pumpkin versus 0.04 for wheat).

The Brewery sells grapes, hops and finished drinks from a yard plot. Building it costs Building Kit I ×6, Wooden Kit I ×4 and Iron Kit I ×2.

On sale: Grape Seeds, Grapes, Hop Seeds, ciders, Mead and Beer, plus Wine from tier II, with better grades of grapes and wine at higher tiers. Grapes and wine can’t be bought anywhere else.

It also takes a brewer’s leftovers without ever selling them: Hops, Wheat, Apple Juice, Berry Juice and Empty Bottles, with Grape Juice joining at tier II. Those are its happiness goods, and the full list is worth more than the weekly cap allows (10 vs 8, 23 vs 16, 34 vs 25), so you can pick and choose.

The Builder sells construction materials from a yard plot, and it’s among the cheapest shops to put up: Building Kit I ×4, Wooden Kit I ×3 and Iron Kit I ×1.

No other trader stocks Building Kit I (1 silver 50 each, tier I onward) or Building Kit II (tier II onward), the core material for every shop and house in town. Nails, boards, planks, stone and Bricks are on sale too, with beams and marble from tier II. At tier I it will buy Carved Stone and Stone Marbles while not selling either.

Its happiness list adds up exactly to each weekly cap (8, 16, 25) if you sell the full count of everything on it. Tier I wants Reinforced Planks and Polished Stone; by tier III the list includes 9 Building Kit II per week at a third of a point apiece.

Unlike the shops, the Pottery Workshop brings no trader to its yard plot; it adds town quality, 5 per tier across three tiers.

In the current files it seems half-finished: its trader entry is an empty placeholder, tiers II and III lack names in the game text, and it neither gives village reputation nor counts for the Shop Owner inspiration the way shops do.

The Smithy handles metal, weapons and armour from a yard plot. It’s one of the cheapest shops to build: Building Kit I ×4, Wooden Kit I ×3 and Iron Kit I ×1.

Gear is fixed-price, running from 1 silver for the Light Pike to 250 silver for steel armour or a steel sword.

Rusty tools can be sold only here. The rusty axe, pickaxe, hammer, shovel, sword and armour go for 10 copper apiece, bronze tools for 1 silver 50 or more, and iron tools from tier II. Being fixed-price, they always fetch the full listed amount. It also buys Copper Trinkets.

The Tavern is the town shop for drinks, soups and stories. It takes a yard plot and costs Building Kit I ×6, Wooden Kit I ×4 and Iron Kit I ×2.

It’s the one trader that handles Stories in either direction.

The four drinks are the happiness goods. Selling 40 of each per week fills the tier I cap of 8; at tier III it takes 100 of each.

Repair Small House fixes up the town’s only small house, which stands in the “Break Through to the Port” battle area. No repair is cheaper: 4 Building Kit I, 3 Wooden Kit I and 1 Iron Kit I, matching the cheapest shop. You get one Green Scroll for it.

Finishing it earns the “Back to Life” achievement (“The town has taken its first steps toward recovery”); so does the neighbouring house in the same area (Repair House).

Repair House restores one of three mid-sized town houses. All three pay 3 Green Scrolls, but the price depends on where the house stands:

The port-side one also grants the “Back to Life” achievement.

Repair Large House covers the town’s seven large houses, the repair you’ll do most often. Each pays 10 Green Scrolls, 70 across the set, and the price climbs the deeper into town you go:

Repair Block rebuilds an entire block of houses, the biggest repair job in town. There’s one block in each of the four parts of town, each worth 25 Green Scrolls (100 total), and all cost the same: 16 Building Kit II, 10 Furniture Kit II and 5 Sculpture Kit II. That means waiting until tier II kits are within reach, whether crafted or bought.

Demolish the Wall is how you get rid of the Factory’s two broken walls. One Dynamite per wall, and like all town construction it’s instant.

The effect is confined to the Factory: no Green Scrolls, and it isn’t treated as a house repair.