Desert Festival

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The Desert Festival is a festival that happens every year in the Desert on Spring 15th, 16th, and 17th. Unlike non-festival days, players may enter the desert prior to when Pam arrives at the Bus Stop, though it officially starts at 10am. On the final day of the festival, the player must wait until Pam arrives to drive the bus at 10am. This event requires the Bus to be repaired in order to visit the festival.

Sandy's shop will not be open for the duration of the festival, however the player may still enter the Oasis. The Desert Trader is still present and her shop is accessible.

Several challenges and attractions offer the ability to earn this festival's currency, Calico Eggs. Calico Eggs are physical items within game that can be used to purchase several different items from the various shops during the Desert Festival. Eggs appear to carry over from day to day and can be saved until the last day of the festival. However, they will disappear from chests or inventory at the end of the festival and do not appear to be able to be saved for the following year (more investigation needed).

Attractions

The Races

Throughout the day, players may bet on races that take place and, if the chosen contestant wins, will receive 20 Calico Eggs per win. This is repeatable up until 11pm when the final race of the day ends.

The player can also cheat the race by giving the Suspicious Man next to the Oasis 1 exchange for one of the race contestants of the player's choosing possibly losing the race.

The contestants include King Sting, Speed Rooster, Boot, Escargot, Cactus Crawler.

Calico Egg Merchant

The Calico Egg Merchant sells several accessories and furniture items, as well as various usable items.

Villager Shops

Maru

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Maru's Wrench	70
	Battery Pack
	Strawberry Seeds

Pam

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Beer	20
	Mead	20
	Pale Ale	30

Penny

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Penny's Fryer	70
	Strawberry Decal
	Night Sky Decal 1
	Night Sky Decal 2
	Night Sky Decal 3

Evelyn

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Wallpaper	20
	5 Cookie	20
	25 Mixed Seeds	4
	50 Mixed Flower Seeds	2
	5 Daffodil	15

Alex

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Alex's Bat	70
	Muscle Remedy	25
	5 Fried Egg	10
	5 Milk	10
	5 Pancakes	10
	5 Hashbrowns	10

Demetrius

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Periodic Table	70
	Nautilus Shell	50
	3 Spice Berry	10
	100 Deluxe Speed-Gro	2

Harvey

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Harvey's Mallet	70
	Radio Desk	40
	Model Planes	30
	5 Coffee	10

Robin

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Wallpaper	20
	500 Wood	1
	500 Stone	1
	Furniture Catalogue	1000

Vincent

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	10 Fiber	1
	3 Bug Meat	1
	Sap	1
	Cave Carrot	2

George

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Retro TV	200
	10 Coffee	10
	20 Vinegar	5
	Morel	30

Emily

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	5 Cloth	25
	Prismatic Shard	500
	5 Sea Urchin	5
	5 Mixed Flower Seeds	8

Leah

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Leah's Whittler	70
	Short Bookcase	40
	100 Hardwood	3
	5 Salad	20

Sebastian

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Seb's Lost Mace	70
	5 Frozen Geode	10
	5 Energy Tonic	25

Haley

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Haley's Iron	70
	Art Photo	30
	Art Photo 2	30
	5 Pink Cake	20

Elliott

Permanent Stock
Image	Name	Purchase Price
	Elliott's Pencil	70
	Tricorn Hat	100
	5 Crab	30
	5 Squid Ink	30

Emily's Outfit Services

Emily and Sandy offer the player a new outfit daily with a short cutscene in which she will pick the clothing that "embodies the player". The player's original outfit is placed in their inventory. If the player tries to re-enter the hut in which the clothing service happens, the player will be blocked from entering, with Emily saying that the player looks great in their new outfit. On days where Emily runs a Villager Shop, Sandy will take over after a bit of hesitation.

Chef

The Chef gives the player a choice of ingredients to make them a meal with varying effects depending on the ingredients chosen. The player may do so repeatedly, and choose different ingredients each time. The meal will be eaten and any effects will be applied immediately, lasting for variable durations. The buffs from dishes are a combination of buffs from both ingredient choices, e.g; Crystal Cake would provide you with both +3 Mining and +1 Luck buffs.

All Available Dish Combinations:

Choices:	Rich Marinara (+1 Def)	Mushroom Creme (+1 Mining)	Cherry Syrup (+1 Luck)	Pungent Garlic (+1 Atk)	Uncomfortable Hot Sauce (+1 Speed)
Hearty Beans (+3 Def)	N/A	Earthy Mousse	Sweet Bean Cake	Skull Cave Casserole	Spicy Tacos
Cave Loaf (+3 Mining)	Mountain Chili	N/A	Crystal Cake	Cave Kebab	Hot Log
Rare Fruit (+3 Luck)	Sour Salad	Superfood Cake	N/A	Warrior Smoothie	Rumpled Fruit Skin
Extremely Sharp Cheddar (+3 Atk)	Calico Pizza	Stuffed Mushrooms	Elf Quasedilla	N/A	Nachos of the Desert
Shrimp (+3 Fishing)	Ciopinno	Rainforest Shrimp	Shrimp Donut	Smell of the Sea	Desert Gumbo

Free Cactus

Once per festival, the player may obtain a cactus decor item from the Cactus Salesman at the bottom of the map. This decor is one out of several, and its face, colors, and design vary.

• Purple Flower Smiling Cactus.png

  Purple Flower Cactus

• Red Flower Sideeye Cactus.png

  Red Flower Cactus

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  Sly Cactus and Free Cactus Salesman

• Cat Cactus.png

  Cat Cactus

Skull Cavern

During the Desert Festival, Gil and Marlon of the Adventurer's Guild offer one-day Quests that will award the player Calico Eggs if completed. These quests are Monster Slaying or Exploring Quests, in which the player must slay a number of monsters, or reach a certain level in the Skull Cavern. The player does not need to have obtained the skull key to enter skull caverns during the festival, and the skull caverns function as they normally do (including Treasure Rooms and hard-mode ("Dangerous", "Skull Cavern Invasion") skull caverns; as such, if hard-mode is toggled on, one may want to toggle it off before the festival!)

There are Calico Egg mining nodes which, when mined, yield 1-3.

"Egg Levels" are granted 1 every 5 floors and additionally every time a Calico Statue is activated, talking to Gil presents the option to submit the day's egg level score once per event for a prize. This prize (is based on egg level?) can include eggs (as many as 100?) and Gil's Hat.

Calico Statues may randomly appear once per floor (even Treasure Rooms). Activating the statue grants a random effect that lasts the (confirmation needed: visit to the mine? the day?) (plus the 1 additional "Egg Level").

Calico Statue effects (Work-in-progress list)
Buff (+) / de-buff (-)	Effect	Result
-	More bats	More bats spawn
-	Mummies are angry	Mummies move faster
-	Bugs become Assassin Bugs	Armored Bugs are replaced with deadlier Assassin Bugs
-	More serpents	More serpents spawn
-	Monsters do more damage	Monsters do more damage
-	Food is half as effective	Food is half as effective
+	+10	Receive 10
+	+25	Receive 25
+	+50	Receive 50
+	+100	Receive 100
+	Speed boost	Move faster
+	Full refresh	Energy and health restored to max
+	Monsters do less damage	Monsters do less damage
	No effect	Nothing (except the usual +1 Egg Level)

Harvey's Medical Station

If the player loses all health in the Skull Caverns and is knocked out, they will awaken at Harvey's "shop" located in the festival next to the Cavern entrance. (Needs expansion; cost? energy loss? item loss? dialogue?)

Fishing Quests

Willy offers one-day fishing related quests, which will also award the player Calico Eggs upon completion. These quests involve catching certain Desert Fish, like Sandfish, or involve festival-specific items.

Scholar

The Scholar gives the player a series of four questions, in exchange for a reward of event currency if all answers are correct. The player has one chance per day to achieve this. After a successful round of questions, the player must wait until next year to receive another reward. Questions are randomized from the table per event. Click below to see possible questions and their answers.

Scholar's questions and answers
#	Questions	Answers
1	Who runs the Blacksmith in Pelican Town?	Clint
	Who runs the Museum in Pelican Town?	Gunther
	Who runs the Saloon in Pelican Town?	Gus
	Who runs the Fish Shop in Pelican Town?	Willy
	Who runs the Animal Shop in Pelican Town?	Marnie
	Who runs the General Store in Pelican Town?	Pierre
	What is the date of the season's end?	28th
	Where are we?	Calico Desert
2	What season does Garlic grow in?	Spring
	What season does Red Cabbage grow in?	Summer
	What season does Artichoke grow in?	Fall
	When does the Apricot tree bear fruit?	Spring
	When does the Peach tree bear fruit?	Summer
	When does the Pomegranate tree bear fruit?	Fall
	When is Pierre's Shop normally closed?	Wednesday
3	In what season can you catch Carp?	Any Season
	In what season can you catch Pufferfish?	Summer
	In what season can you catch Salmon?	Fall
	In what season can you catch Squid?	Winter
	How many steps have you taken?
	How much does a Chicken cost?	data-sort-value="800">800g
	How much does a Cow cost?	data-sort-value="1500">1,500g
	How much does a Pig cost?	data-sort-value="16000">16,000g
	How much does a Rabbit cost?	data-sort-value="8000">8,000g
	How much does a Duck cost?	data-sort-value="1200">1,200g
4	Where might you catch the Stonefish?	Mine level 20
	Where might you catch the Ice Pip?	Mine level 60
	Where might you catch the Lava Eel?	Mine level 100
	What is George's last name?	Mullner
	How many garbage cans are there in Pelican Town?	8

If successful, the player will receive Calico Egg (50).

Shrouded Figure

The Shrouded Figure offers to teleport the player back to their farm for data-sort-value="250">250g, like in the Night Market during Winter. It functions the same as the Warp Totem: Farm.

Traveling Cart

The Traveling Cart makes an appearance with her standard cart, sporting an umbrella over the pig's head. A selection of the usual items is sold (with a new re-randomized stock for each of the 3 days), including the Wedding Ring recipe in a Multiplayer game.

Villager Attendees

Like the Night Market, villagers will deviate from their regular schedules to attend the Desert Festival. Alongside the festival-goers, some villagers host their own shops during the festival. However, players are able to walk into the shops through the back, meaning these villagers are still available for gifting, talking, or quest completion while at their post. Which villagers host a shop on which day is seemingly random, and their shops are available from 12 pm to 12 am.

Notes

• The trash bin next to the Calico Egg Merchant's shop can be checked and contains Calico Eggs once per day.

History

• 1.6: Introduced.