Bundle backup and rare stock route

Stardew Valley Traveling Cart Guide

Track Friday and Sunday cart visits, Night Market and Desert Festival appearances, special stock, Rare Seed, Red Cabbage Seeds, catalogues, and out-of-season bundle backups.

Open cart database Cart hours Rarecrow #4

tracked stock notes

stock types

festival windows

Cindersap Forest cart visits happen Friday and Sunday from 6am to 8pm.

Night Market and Desert Festival add extra cart windows with festival-specific hours.

The Year 1 Red Cabbage guarantee only applies when the matching advanced option is enabled.

Special stock

2 entries

Spring and Summer

Rare Seed

1,000g / 100% special-stock chance during listed seasons

Buy early if Fall greenhouse, Secret Woods, or Sweet Gem Berry planning is in view.

Fall and Winter

Rarecrow #4

4,000g / 40% special-stock chance in listed seasons

Buy once when collection completion matters; skip if cash is still blocking core buildings.

Year 1 guarantee option

1 entries

All possible cart visits when enabled

Red Cabbage Seeds

Random cart price / Guaranteed once in Year 1 only if the advanced option is enabled

Check every Friday, Sunday, Night Market, and festival cart visit when pushing Year 1 Community Center completion.

Special or standard stock

1 entries

Fall and Winter special stock; can also appear as standard stock

Coffee Bean

2,500g special stock / 25% special-stock chance in listed seasons

A strong early buy if movement speed, gift loops, and keg coffee production matter.

Cosmetic special stock

1 entries

All seasons

Red Fez

8,000g / 10% special-stock chance

A late or style-focused purchase after bundle and tool priorities are stable.

1.6 special stock

3 entries

All seasons after Community Center bundles

Joja Furniture Catalogue

30,000g / 10% special-stock chance when eligible

A post-restoration decoration target for players building themed farms or interiors.

All seasons after Community Center or Joja completion

Junimo Catalogue

70,000g / 10% special-stock chance when eligible

Track after major route completion when decoration and theme collection become goals.

All seasons

Retro Catalogue

110,000g / 10% special-stock chance

A big cash sink for interior design saves; do not buy before core upgrades unless decoration is the goal.

1.6 standard stock

1 entries

All seasons

Skill Books

Varies by book and stock roll / Some skill books can appear in standard stock

Worth checking when a build needs XP without spending the day on that activity.

Standard stock

1 entries

All cart appearances

Out-of-season bundle items

Often inflated, sometimes below normal value / Random standard stock

Treat the cart as insurance for missed seasonal blockers, especially Community Center and remix runs.

Festival appearance

2 entries

Winter 15-17

Night Market Traveling Cart

Normal random cart pricing / Appears each Night Market day

Check all three evenings before committing to another year of bundle waiting.

Spring 15-17

Desert Festival Traveling Cart

Normal random cart pricing / Appears each Desert Festival day in 1.6

Combine with Calico Eggs, Skull Cavern, and desert shopping once the bus is repaired before Spring 15.