In town, before the disaster

Old Farmer

Farmers' Market

SellsTradesKeepsake

Food: 6 days
Eats each day: 24
Garden plots: 1
Chance to fall sick each day: 1%

Sells

Neighbor Lady's Leftover Food 3

Cola

Sports Drink

Dark Chocolate

Trades

Each trade offer draws 4 kinds from this list, 1-2 of each. The share is how likely each one is.

Item	Share	Most per offer
Potato	14%	2
Onion	14%	2
Garlic	14%	2
Carrot	14%	2
Dehydrated Carrot Bits	14%	2
Crock of Home-Pickled Vegetables	7%	2
Pumpkin	7%	2
Eggplant Seeds	7%	2
Bandage	3%	2
Home-Style Recipes	3%	2

Keepsake

Glass Snow Globe

Each survivor gives it once: after one very large delivery, or after 28 days with food, seeds and materials all well stocked (up to 3 days short are forgiven).

After the disaster

How they get by on their own once you can only reach them by phone. Food, materials and fuel are counted in the game's own supply points.

At the start

Food	6 days
Seeds	16
Materials	108
Fuel	32
Medicine	60

Found each day

Eats each day	24
Food	6
Materials	6
Fuel	3
Materials used each day	18
Garden plots	1
Chance to fall sick each day	1%
Chance of a mishap each day	4%

Conversations 1

What they say when you walk up to them. The game picks the conversation from what you have done before.

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Any time

Old FarmerStep right up—grew these myself, fresh as it gets!

You can answer

Has the weather been hard on the crops this year?
Closing up early today?
Let's swap numbers.
Just browsing.

In passing 5

Lines that pop up over their head as you walk by.

Fresh from our own field, picked this morning.
The seasons are all messed up this year—it's not cold when it should be.
Half as many people are buying vegetables compared to last month.
I'm selling what's left for cheap—if I wait any longer, it won't be fresh anymore.
My family is urging me to close up shop early. They say it's not safe out there.

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Still there?
I keep thinking about you pushing those two carts
If I had followed your lead back then, things wouldn't have come to this
I should've stocked up more.
What did you actually catch wind of back then
You must not be worried about food over there.
I've been eating pickled vegetables every day.
I'm so sick of them.
There's always commotion outside
I haven't been sleeping well these past couple of days
How come you're not panicking at allYou can reply: Stocked up early, so I feel ready, Panic or not, the night's just as long, Bolt your door, and don't open it at night
Fair enough. I'll keep my ears open a couple more nights.
I'm doing okay on food, but I ran out of medicine long ago. If you've got any medicine, I'll trade you food for it.
I really don't have anything left to trade. I've been so hungry lately my legs feel weak, and I can't sleep well at night either. If you've got any food over there, could you spare me a bite?
It's the vegetable seller. Ran into you at the market today
Oh yeah?
Those two carts you were pushing—half the market saw you
What do you need that much for
Just in case
In case of what
Did you hear something
I'm fixing a transceiver and I'm two electronic components short. If you have any to spare, could you help me out? I'll send you the drone I have sitting idle.
The racks at the relay platform need bracing, and I'm two iron parts short. If you can get them to me, the drone I've already broken down is yours.
You've seen what the group is saying, right? Everyone wants you to lead this. What do you think, are you willing to take it on?You can reply: Accept
That camp you proposed in the group has the votes. Whether we start now is your call. If you agree, I'll hand out the work.You can reply: Okay
Half the houses in my neighborhood can't be reached anymore, and the whole street is dead quiet at night. I want to keep a few pigeons, for company, and for food if it comes to that. Could you catch two live ones? I'll thank you with a pot of Oat White Dye.
The doors and windows are boarded up, nobody's been outside in weeks, and there's just one emergency lamp left in here. I'd like two white mice to pass the time. Can you catch live ones? I have a roll of Grey Oak Grain wallpaper to trade.
We don't dare turn on a light after dark in case it draws the zombies, so we sit in the dark till morning. There's an old record player here with the casing rusted through; I want to patch it and play a few records quietly at night. I'm three sheets of fine metal short. I'll trade two eggs, two packets of onion seeds, plus a Lightweight Wheel Set for robots.
All we've got left is a few cans and half a bag of rice. Haven't seen meat in weeks, and people go light-headed while working. I'd like a wild rabbit. I have two cans of coconut juice to trade for it.
The heating's been off for ages. Once it's cold, nights in here are about as cold as outside, the blankets never warm up, and we've got chilblains on our hands and feet. I'd like two electric heaters. I'll trade a notebook on ochre-red dye.
A few nights ago someone pried my door open, took some of our food, and split open the head of one of the people here with me. I'm afraid they'll be back. I want a security door, and a security window too. I'll trade a jar of honey, a carton of milk and a bag of sugar.
The fuel ran out long ago. It's been cold cans and soggy crackers for days, and my stomach keeps acting up. I just want one hot meal: braised dove in rice wine, ordinary is fine. I have two bottles of dry red.
That rooftop patch is the only fresh food we have, and now it's crawling with snails and bugs. The leaves are chewed down to the veins, and the pesticide's long gone. Could you get me a hedgehog? I'll give you a box of frozen short ribs and a bottle of sake.
Someone here has a birthday. Food's rationed by the day and nobody's seen anything sweet in ages, but we all want to mark this one no matter what. Could you make two fruit puddings? I have a roll of Orange Square Tile wallpaper to trade.
A few days ago I took in two people who fled from the south side. One of them keeps coughing and running a fever, and I don't know what it is. I want to put up a partition to keep them apart, and I'm short one stainless steel sheet and one acrylic sheet. I'll trade a notebook on purple dye and throw in a toy-brick lighthouse.
I haven't had an egg since it all happened. It's compressed biscuits and cans every day, and I keep thinking about the onion and ham omelettes I used to make. If you can manage it, could you make me one? I'll thank you with two pots of Ochre Red Dye.
The radio can't pick up any station anymore. Apart from taking turns on night watch, we just sit there, and some of us can't sleep at all. I'm repairing a gramophone to get some sound in here, and I still need three electronic components and two rolls of wire. I'll trade two packets of bell pepper seeds, two packets of matsutake seeds, plus a Fast Charge Module for robots.
I risked a trip to the outskirts for a batch of wild fruit, and it'll rot in a few days. I want to brew it and keep it to trade for food come winter. Could you make me a brewing barrel? I still have a bottle of pre-disaster whisky and a plant-dye notebook to trade.
We're out of high-proof alcohol. The stove needs it to light, and someone here got their calf cut open on barbed wire. It's festering now and has to be cleaned every day, so I'd like five bottles. I have a spare household UPS and a Compact Battery Pack for robots to trade.
Last time I went scavenging, zombies cornered me in a supermarket stockroom and I hid there all night before I got out. I want two shots of adrenaline in my pack, so I've got a chance if it happens again. I'll give you two craft beers.
We haven't heard a thing from outside in ages. No idea where in the city there are still people, or if rescue's still coming. I'm building a radio to listen for the shelters' broadcasts, and I need one integrated circuit and two iron parts. I'll trade a pot of Dusk Blue Dye, plus a DC Motor Unit for repair robots.
The few households here have been living on thin porridge, and the ones who haul supplies can barely stand. We want to put together a meal of meat to get them back on their feet: ten meat dishes, enough to go around. I've got the drinks: dry red, sake, beer, yellow wine and whisky. You get a bottle of each.
Our food's shrinking by the day, and every place in the city worth searching has been gone through several times. I want to try raising some animals to eat, starting with a few to see which can survive indoors. Could you catch me four live ones? Anything is fine, squirrels too, just no rats. I'll trade seeds: cauliflower, beet, shaggy mane, sunflower and cucumber, two packets each.
It's been frozen meat every day. Several of us have bleeding gums and sores at the corners of our mouths, from lack of vitamins. Could you put together five different vegetables or fruits? I'll trade a pack of frozen stew meat and a bag of frozen chicken thighs.
Every day I haul water and fuel back from several streets away, two-plus hours a trip. I wrenched my back moving sandbags a few days ago, there's no medicine, and now I can barely bend over, but the work can't stop. I'd love a massage chair. I have some Grey-Blue Concrete Slab flooring to trade.
At night the windows are stuffed with quilts, and zombies keep shuffling past the door. A few of us just sit there getting more on edge, and two of us came to blows over nothing the other day. Got any playing cards? One deck, and a dartboard would be even better.
Once it got cold, half my seedlings outside froze. What's left is the only fresh food we'll have this winter; lose those and it's cans till spring. I want to build a glass shed: two sheets of tempered glass, a wood strip, and an electric heater to keep it going at night.
Someone here has had a fever for three days. Can't even keep water down, and they're getting confused. The clinic and pharmacies nearby were cleaned out long ago. Can you get fever meds and antibiotics? One box of each is enough.
My throat's been swollen for days, I can't swallow anything dry, and there's no medicine at all in the house. I'd like some soup, three different kinds. Ordinary is fine, and it's okay to send them over a few times.
At night it's pitch black in here; a few days ago someone broke a leg going downstairs in the dark. The radio's dead too, and we've missed several rescue broadcasts. My roof faces south and gets plenty of sun during the day. I want to put up a large solar panel and a UPS unit to store the power, so the lights and the radio can stay on at night.
Our food's almost gone, and the veggies in the cellar are all we've got to count on. But the cellar never sees light, and the seedlings have all turned yellow. I'd like a large plant grow box and a compost bin. My own compost isn't ready yet, so send five basic fertilizer for now.
Nobody on the nearby streets can reach anyone else. You could be trapped at home shouting yourself hoarse and no one would know; last week a household across the street didn't make it before anyone came. I checked out the cell tower at the corner. A whole row of boards in the cabinet is burnt out, and rats chewed through the cables. Need four integrated circuits and five rolls of wire. Once it's fixed, walkie-talkies across the next few streets can reach each other.
Everything nearby's been picked clean. Walking out of the city and back takes two days, and some who went never came back. I found an electric tricycle. The frame's fine, but the motor and controller are shot. Fixing it takes two integrated circuits and three rolls of wire. There's nowhere to charge on the road, so I'd also like a power storage station to carry along.
The doctor at the corner clinic went out looking for medicine and never came back. The cold room still works, and inside is the last batch of vaccines for the blocks around here. It needs power at night: an extra large power storage device and two rolls of wire.
Our area's been without power for ages. Some of the old folks cough all night, and the houses are as cold as an icehouse. Over a dozen households on our street set up a generator room together, we just don't have a generator. Need an extra large fuel generator. We're almost out of fuel too. Anything that adds up to 9000 burn value will do: diesel, alcohol, wood, whatever.
Rats got into the storeroom and chewed open several sacks of grain in one night, and something big has been digging by the wall. That's the whole street's food stores for the winter. I'd like an extra large rat cage, three iron animal traps and four simple mousetraps.
Heard the roads close once it snows. Nobody'll be able to go out, and anyone without stores will just go hungry. I want to stock up for winter now. I need a ration press to press food into blocks that keep. Food totaling 500 satiety, anything goes, plus eight seeds to plant in spring.
The water's been off for weeks, and the well nearby has a film of oil on it. Can't drink that. I want to catch rainwater on the roof deck. I need two containers, plus two plastic sheets to rig a slope that runs the water in.
A few houses on this street have been silent for a long time. The doors are all locked, and there might still be food and medicine inside. I want to go take a look. I need one crowbar and two lockpicks.
Every day we have to fetch water from the end of the street, and there are always zombies wandering along the way. A few days ago someone got chased and had to drop the bucket. I want three noisemakers to throw and draw them off.
I was at the supermarket the day it all started. When the zombies burst in I ran for it, and a family photo fell out near the checkout. I still haven't heard from my family, and that photo is all I have of them. Could you help me get it back?
A roof caved in overnight on a house across the street. Someone's leg got crushed, they can't walk, and that place is still shedding dirt. I want to make a stretcher to carry them over here. Need two wooden planks and a bandage.
Zombies keep slipping into the narrow alley behind the house at night. They find the back door and start banging on it, and the frame's already loose. I want to wall off the alley mouth with sandbags. Need three bags.
Since the power went out, the pump in the basement's stopped. Water keeps seeping in at the base of the walls, and the grain sacks on the floor have mold spots. I want a small rack to get the food off the ground, and two bottles of disinfectant spray.
When it all started my kid was in the hospital. It was chaos getting out, and the plush toy they always sleep with got left in the ward. These nights, any noise outside wakes them up crying for it. Could you check the inpatient ward for me?
A few of us take turns keeping watch, and whoever has the late shift keeps nodding off. The day before yesterday a zombie almost made it to the door. Got anything to drink that'll keep us awake? Anything's fine, two's enough.
One of us here is out of asthma meds. There's a pharmacy across the river nobody's hit yet, but a gang has set up a checkpoint at the bridge. You have to pay to cross, and they only take booze. Could you give me two bottles? Any kind.
Last night zombies smashed a window on the ground floor and bent the frame. We've got a wardrobe shoved against it, but it won't hold for more than a few days. Need two window repair kits, plus two repair parts to fix the frame back in place.
In the first few days the school was a temporary shelter, and one of the old folks from our place helped hand out food in the kitchen. Then zombies stormed the school, everyone scattered, and their hearing aid got dropped in the kitchen. Without it they can't hear a thing, not even something at the door. Could you help get it back?
Rats got into my vegetable basket and left teeth marks on everything. The ones they missed are still fine though, do you want them? Trade me some rice or flour for them.
I knocked the stove over and the flames caught the curtain, and I smothered it with a blanket. Took the skin off the back of my hand, but luckily I've got something here to dress it with. The vegetables were in the other room and didn't burn, so take them. Vegetables alone won't keep me going, so trade me some rice or flour.
I found the door open yesterday and the latch bent out of shape. He left the vegetables, who's going to haul off a basket of those? Have you got any rice or flour? I'll trade you vegetables for it.
My roof leaked all night and I emptied the bucket three times. Luckily the vegetables are all stacked in the room below and none of them got soaked. Come trade if you want them.
Those few carrots I planted, the leaves went to lace overnight. I've farmed my whole life and never seen bugs this bad. The vegetables I stored are fine though, do you want them? Trade me some rice or flour.
I threw my back out moving the water tank and now I can't bend down. Everything's still here, I just can't reach the bottom boxes. What's up top is plenty for you, take your pick.
Rats chewed through the vegetable basket and ruined everything left in it. I've really got nothing to trade you now. Have you got rice or flour to spare? Pass a little my way.
The stove tipped over and half the curtain burned, and what's left is too smoked to eat. I'm embarrassed to ask, but if you've got extra, let me have some.
The door was pried open and the cabinets were turned upside down. Whoever it was carried off the last of my vegetables too. If you've got some to spare, give me a bite.
The roof leaked all night and there are buckets all over the floor. Once the damp got in, the last of the vegetables rotted. Have you got anything dry to eat over there?
The carrot leaves were stripped bare overnight. I've farmed my whole life, and this time it was all for nothing. I've really got nothing left, so share a bite with me first.
I've thrown my back out and can't bend down, so I can't reach the bottom boxes. Once what's in front of me runs out, that's it. If you've got extra, keep a bite back for me and I'll remember it.
Rats bit through the vegetable basket and chewed up the lot, so none of it's fit to eat even if I pick it up.
The carton by the stove caught fire. I did put it out, but half the shelf still came down.
The back door lock was forced. Half a shelf of things, gone in one night.
One window frame has come loose and won't hold a nail no matter what I do, so wind comes in all night.
The few seedlings I planted have had every leaf eaten off them.
I hurt my back moving boxes, and I can't bend down or stay crouched.
Nothing major. There's still some on the shelf, so I won't go hungry.
I've still got that packet of vegetable seed and it's fine, but you can't eat seed straight. If you've got rice or flour, I'll trade you this for it, however much you can manage.
I haven't touched the binding supplies, but you can't eat those. Have you got any food to spare? Enough for one meal would do for now.
I've still got the disinfectant, every bottle of it. But all the food I have left is a few vegetables that don't fill you up, and I'm getting more worried by the day. If you've got rice or flour, trade me some.
I've farmed my whole life and this is the first time I haven't had a single seed. I've still got some stored vegetables. If you've got seeds, I'll trade you vegetables for them.
I've got binding supplies here, so take them if you can use them. Could you trade me a few packets of seed?
I've still got plenty of disinfectant, but the seed is really all gone. Have you got anything plantable? Trade me a few packets and that'll do, it doesn't need to be much.
The gaps that need patching are still open and I haven't got any materials. I've still got some vegetables, so take them if you want, and trade me something to close it up.
I've got one packet of vegetable seed left, do you want it? Trade me something for the walls and windows, just a little is enough.
I haven't got any repair materials at all. I've still got disinfectant, so take it if you can use it. Even offcuts would do me.
It's cold at night and I've got nothing here to burn. I've still got some vegetables, though, do you want any? Trade me something I can light a fire with.
I'm nearly out of anything to burn. I've got one packet of vegetable seed left, can I trade it for some firewood? It doesn't need to be much.
I've still got some binding supplies, but nothing at all to burn. If you've got extra over there, trade me a bit and that'll do.
I haven't touched the disinfectant, but I've got nothing left to burn. Have you got any spare? Pass some my way.
My tooth's killing me and I haven't got a single painkiller. Vegetables I've got plenty of, I just can't chew them. If you've got medicine, I'll trade you vegetables for it, a strip or two will do.
I can't sleep for the pain and the medicine ran out ages ago. Take that packet of vegetable seed if you want it, and trade me a few for the pain.
I haven't got a single painkiller left. I've got binding supplies here, so will you trade? I'm not asking for much.
I've been so hungry lately my heart's racing. If you have any extra food, could you spare me a bite?
I've farmed my whole life, and this is the first time I haven't had a single seed. If you have extra, spare me a few and I'll grow my own food.
The spots that need patching are still wide open, and I've got nothing to trade you. If you have spare materials, a little would be enough to close them up.
I've traded everything away. It's freezing at night and there's nothing here to burn. If you've still got some to spare, think of me.
I hurt so much I can't sleep, and there's no medicine left at all. If you have extra, could you set some aside for me?
A few of the things I saved have piled up and are taking up space. See if anything catches your eye, and trade me something else for it.
Nothing proper left to eat, just sweets.
Not a single seed here, really.
Ran out of anything to patch with too.
The painkillers are long gone too.
You're still holding it together at a time like this, so from now on I'll do whatever you say.
Vegetables alone won't fill me up, and the food I've stored keeps running lower.
This will make things a lot less hard on me. I really owe you.
It reached me, and I went through it. It's what I needed. Sorry for all the trouble.
I can't come up with fancy words, but I know you helped me this time, plain and simple.
Your help is the only reason I'm getting by. I set aside a few of my things for you and had the drone take them over.
It wouldn't be right to keep taking and give nothing back. You've helped me so much, so I sent a few of my things back with the drone.
I feel bad about you helping me like this, so I picked out a few things I could spare and put them on for you.
I've taken this one too. Sorry to keep you thinking about me. I put a little of my own on the drone going back.
I talk too much, but no matter how I say thanks it never feels like enough. So I just sent some of my things back instead.
Every time something comes from you, I feel warm inside. I wanted to give you something back, and this much is all I could manage.
I've put away everything you gave me. I put a few things back for you too. It's not much.
I've run out of medicine. Could I trade some of my food for a little of yours? If you have any, let's work out a trade.
I held this back several times before I could say it. I've really got no food left. Send whatever you can, any amount will do.
At my age, missing one meal leaves me unsteady on my feet. If you can spare it, please help me out with some food.
I just can't get past this food problem, and I have nothing left to trade, so I have to swallow my pride and ask you.
If I had seeds I could grow my own food and stop bothering you all the time. If you have extra, could you spare a few?
If you have extra seeds, a few that will sprout is enough. I'll take care of the rest myself, slowly.
There's a broken spot in my door and windows, and it shakes every time those things outside hit it. I sleep with one eye open. If you have materials, could you spare me some?
I'm getting on in years, but I can still do repairs. I just don't have any materials. If it's no trouble, could you save me a little?
I look after this place by myself, and the doors and windows have come loose in several spots. The more I look, the more I worry they won't hold one day. Could you help me out with materials?
This illness is getting worse every day, and toughing it out alone isn't working. If you have medicine, please spare me some to get through this.
At my age, getting sick isn't easy to bounce back from. If you have medicine, please set a little aside for me.
I don't have enough food to keep going and I'd like to trade for some to fill my stomach. All I can offer is a few odds and ends, and not many at that. Would you trade me some?
If you can spare some food, I'll trade you a few small things for it. I really can't offer more than that.
I've been eating the same thing every day and would like to trade for something different. I can't scrape together much, but could I trade you for some?
A few spots in my place let the wind in, and I can't find anything right to plug them, so I need some materials. I can't offer much, only a few things, but if you'll trade, I can seal those gaps.
I'd like to fix up my place, but I don't have enough to work with. All I have left to trade is a few odds and ends. I'd like to trade them for some materials.
I'm out of repair materials and can only stare at the things that need fixing. I only have some bits and pieces I can scrape together. Would you trade your materials for them?
I've got the land, I just don't have any seeds to plant. I can't offer much, just these small things. Could you trade me a couple of packets of seeds?
I want to plant more, but my seeds are all used up. All the odds and ends I can scrape together don't amount to much. If you're willing, trade me some seeds.
I've run out of medicine and want to trade for some in case of emergency. I don't have much to give, just some small things. Would that be enough for some?
I don't have a single pill of medicine left. All I can offer are some odds and ends. Could I trade you for some medicine?
I haven't been getting enough to eat lately, but I've saved up some things I don't need, and I'd like to trade them for some of your food.
At my age you can't go hungry long, and of course my food's run short. I've got a few things I can't use on my own and they're just sitting there. Would you trade for them?
If you've got plenty of food, I'll trade you my extras for some. However much you give is up to you.
Food's getting tighter and tighter for me, but I kept too much of a few things. Let's swap, and neither of us loses out.
I haven't got a single seed left and it leaves me feeling empty. I've still saved up some things I can't use, and I'd like to trade them for some seeds.
I'm still fit enough to plant, I'm just missing seeds. You can have all my extras, trade however much you see fit.
I wanted to talk with you about trading for some seeds. I've gathered up all my extras. Let me know if you want to trade.
There's a spot I've never managed to patch, and materials are all I'm missing. I happen to have some extras, so trading them to you would be just right.
My doors and windows are loose and need fixing, but I haven't got any materials. I do have a few things I can't use, so you spare me a little and I'll spare you a little.
If you have extra materials, I'll trade you other things for them. Some of my things are just sitting here, so they might as well be put to use.
Those things outside keep hanging around nearby and I need to make the house sturdy fast. Have a look and see if these extras are enough.
I haven't been feeling well for a while and I've got no medicine at all. I've brought out all my extras, I just want to trade for some meds to keep on hand.
I'm really short on medicine, but I have a few extras of other things. If you're willing, let's trade like that.
At my age I can't do without medicine. I'll trade you what I can't use, just give me whatever you can.
I've got a few things I can't use up on my own, and they're just sitting around. If any of it's useful to you, let's swap.
It's always the same few things, and life's getting pretty bland. I picked out some extras and want to trade for something new.
I've freed up a few things over here. Just checking if you want any first. If not, I'll hang on to them.
It wasn't too bad this time, nothing important got hurt. You don't need to worry about me.
I'm down a few things, but what's left at home will get me by for a while.