Stardew Valley: 10 Best Desert Festival Villager Shops

Summary

• Desert Festival in Stardew Valley features unique shops where you can buy special items using Calico Eggs as currency.
• Villagers like Clint, Maru, and Jas offer a variety of items for sale, including ores, weapons, and rare artifacts.
• Attend the festival in your second in-game year after repairing the Bus to access exclusive shops and stock up on one-of-a-kind items.

Once a year, for three days, you can experience the Desert Festival in Stardew Valley. There are loads of activities, fun challenges for the Skull Cavern, and even a new currency type that you can only collect and use while the festival is going on called Calico Eggs.

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What can these Calico Eggs buy? There are various traders and shops set up so you can peruse their wares. However, two random villagers each day will arrive and sell their own items. But which of these villager shops has the best stock? This list will focus on who are the most exciting villagers to see step off the bus.

You can only attend the Desert Festival if the Bus has been repaired. This will mean you most likely won't be able to attend until your second year in-game.

10 Clint

Ah Clint, everyone's favorite Blacksmith. This may come as a surprise, but Clint sells ores and coal at his villager shop.

This, however, can save you some serious gold. Especially when visiting the shop after Clint and Robin both raise their prices at the start of Year 2 in-game.

Items

Price

Coal (50)

5 Calico Eggs

Copper Ore (100)

2 Calico Eggs

Iron Ore (100)

4 Calico Eggs

9 Harvey

The Doctor is in and he's brought with him some goods to sell. What's so cool about Harvey's shop is that it holds items you can't get anywhere else: his Mallet, Radio Desk, and Model Planes.

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In addition to these items, he also sells coffee in counts of five. Coffee always stays useful, even if you're only getting it to turn it into Triple Shot Espresso.

Items

Price

Harvey's Mallet

70 Calico Eggs

Radio Desk

40 Calico Eggs

Model Planes

30 Calico Eggs

Coffee x5 (5)

10 Calico Eggs

8 Emily

Emily has a variety of items that speak to her personality. But of all the items, the most impressive (and expensive) item is a Prismatic Shard.

You may already have some Prismatic Shards if you've been to the Skull Cavern, but being able to buy an extra to use or sell is never a bad use of your money, or eggs in this case.

Items

Price

Cloth x5 (3)

25 Calico Eggs

Prismatic Shard

500 Calico Eggs

Sea Urchin x5 (5)

5 Calico Eggs

Mixed Flower Seeds x5 (4)

8 Calico Eggs

7 Shane

If you've gotten to know Shane, it won't be a surprise that his shop is very chicken-themed. One of the things he sells is a cute Chicken Decal that shows off a Blue Chicken.

He also sells his favorite food items and some eggs. Which, if you have Mayonnaise Machines, you can turn into profits for cheap.

If you forgot to bring food with you to the Desert Festival and want to explore the Skull Cavern, check the Villager Shops to see if they're selling any dishes.

Items

Price

Chicken Decal

60 Calico Eggs

Pizza (5)

5 Calico Eggs

Egg (12)

1 Calico Egg

Pepper Poppers x3 (3)

10 Calico Eggs

6 Maru

Maru has four items, but all of them are worthy of throwing some hard-earned eggs down on the table. Just hand them over gently.

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One of these items is a weapon, Maru's Wrench. There are also some Iridium Bars, which are always good to have on hand, as well as Strawberry Seeds, which you can plant right away or save for the next Spring.

Items

Price

Maru's Wrench

70 Calico Eggs

Iridium Bar (2)

50 Calico Eggs

Goodnight Shirt

25 Calico Eggs

Strawberry Seeds (20)

10 Calico Eggs

5 Robin

Similar to Clint, Robin sells items you can always purchase at her shop, but instead of spending gold, you can stock up on resources by handing over Calico Eggs.

However, there's a big ticket item you can buy with Caligo Eggs instead of gold, and that is the Furniture Catalogue. It's usually 200,000g. Instead, it will cost you 1,000 Calico Eggs.

Items

Price

Wallpaper

70 Calico Eggs

Wood (500)

1 Calico Egg

Stone (500)

1 Calico Egg

Furniture Catalogue

1,000 Calico Eggs

4 Leo

Leo has four items, and two of them are dishes: Poi and Tropical Curry. You may have already unlocked Ginger Island by the time you're able to travel to the Desert, but if not, they are made with ingredients that are only found once you can go there.

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But the main attraction is a Banana Sapling. There are very few ways to get a Banana Sapling, so having one more way to grab it is always welcome.

Items

Price

Wallpaper

20 Calico Eggs

Poi (5)

20 Calico Eggs

Tropical Curry (5)

30 Calico Eggs

Banana Sapling (1)

100 Calico Eggs

3 George

The old man George has some cool stuff at his shop. One of his items is a Retro TV. Hopefully, Alex helped him get it to the Desert.

He also has Coffee and, best of all, Artifact Troves. If you're still filling up your museum, grab these Artifact Troves immediately.

Items

Price

Retro TV

200 Calico Eggs

Coffee (10)

10 Calico Eggs

Vinegar (20)

5 Calico Eggs

Morel (1)

30 Calico Eggs

Artifact Trove (5)

10 Calico Eggs

2 Alex

Alex has quite a few items in his shop, including his Baseball Bat, simply named Alex's Bat, which is a level seven club.

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But he also sells a Trinket. Magic Hair Gel. Now, this doesn't show up in his shop unless you've taken the Combat Mastery, but once you have, you can purchase this from him for 100 Calico Eggs and this is the only way you can get this Trinket.

Items

Price

Magic Hair Gel

100 Calico Eggs

Alex's Bat

70 Calico Eggs

Muscle Remedy x5 (1)

25 Calico Eggs

Fried Egg (5)

10 Calico Eggs

Milk (5)

10 Calico Eggs

Pancakes (5)

10 Calico Eggs

Hashbrowns (5)

10 Calico Eggs

1 Jas

Yes, you're reading that right, Jas has the best stock at this Festival. Some of the items aren't all that special. You can find Ancient Dolls easily enough and purchase Fairy Seeds from Pierre, but two items trump the rest.

A Rabbit's Foot and a Magic Rock Candy. They are expensive, but these are two amazing items. Rabbit's Feet aren't rare if you have Rabbits, but a Magic Rock Candy is so much harder to come by plus can help you tackle Skull Cavern Challenges that Marlon issues out.

Items

Price

Wallpaper

20 Calico Eggs

Ancient Doll (1)

1 Calico Egg

Fairy Seeds (25)

5 Calico Eggs

Rabbit's Foot (1)

100 Calico Eggs

Magic Rock Candy (1)

300 Calico Eggs

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