Shopkeeps, Quest-givers, Trainers, and all sorts of company can be found around Everywhere! This article catalogues only stable and complexNPCs, meaning they need to have one page that they consistently appear on with more than one line of dialogue or purpose. Super is the exception because she's got one stable page, at the library, she just chooses to go exploring sometime. Most NPCs have their own schedules and preferences, which we've tried to catalogue here, but they can be surprisingly tricky folks to track! If there's an NPC you think should be added to this page, reach out!
NPC Marketplace
The Orphist is a hulking Shadow Vher who sells pigments, paints, and dyes, generally only asking for fresh fruits or vegetables as the price. She asks for a lot of fruits and veggies, though; she's got a Vhers' appetite, after all! Every once in a while she'll give out a quest to beat her high score in Banquet within the day, which is a major challenge given her skills but gives the pattern for her smock. The Orphist is at the NPC Marketplace all day but takes a long lunch, tea, and nap from 11am to 4pm, meaning functionally she's only available in mornings and evenings.
Exentrix is a goggles-wearing Sun Wuzzle with a strange habit of talking in circles. Xe sells potions with random known effects, which are more likely than usual to trigger various unknown secondary effects. Xir goggles, labcoat, gloves, and backpack are all available as patterns for completing xir Quest, which can randomly proc when a player purchases a potion (it seems to take a few hundred purchases to reliably get it, though people have gotten it in as few as twenty!) and requires you to bring xem several magic items to make a "very, very, very special potion very". The easiest way to do this is with Retry Tokens, of course, but if you give only Retry Tokens then Exentrix will give you a pattern for a very plain, un-dyeable wooden lanyard with "honorary research assistant" on it instead of one of xir clothing pieces. For best results, toss in one Ritual Note in addition to your usual Retry Tokens! Xe are primarily nocturnal, but will appear in the main Marketplace for a random 10 minutes every hour during the day.
Library
Supernumerinfintolia ("Super" for short, on the forums) is a Legend, so most of her info is on that page. For the purposes of general NPC info, she can usually be found at the entrance to the Library and doesn't sleep. She'll occasionally offer trades for Plumagycks, Paperscraps, Ritual Notes, or the Catkin Blossom Book. If you complete an introductory quest to collect a series of matching Paperscraps for her she'll offer a pattern to craft her bracers, ribbons, or glasses, all of which come in beige but can be dyed any color. She's also the NPC with possibly the most lore information, connected to her role as a Legend and tutorial figure simultaneously.
Other
The Spectre (Combat center, sells retry tokens)
Polymorphia is a Sun Naea that hangs around the Combat Center and sells regular potions, heals pets, and helps with changing items between versions. This doesn't change colors, like The Orphist's dyes do, but rather trades certain common items at a 1:2 rate. Most meats and vegetables can morph back and forth with eachother, as can many fish to some insects. Milk and eggs polymorph into eachother, somehow, as do coal and wood. It's virtually never worthwhile to trade with Polymorphia instead of seeking another player to trade with, unless you're working on Polymorphia's quest which requires you to trade a thousand items with them. This means basically tossing 500 items into the void, but you do get a pattern for Polymorphia's shawl, belt, tie, or headscarf for completing the task! And they really appreciate the chance to change things up. Polymorphia keeps a fairly normal diurnal schedule.
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