Herm

Herm runs the store in the village. He is the second trader you meet, after Januarius in the tavern. He sells seeds and Bronze Scrap, and he is one of the few people in the demo who give you happiness for what you sell him.

At first he only sells Wheat seed and Bronze Scrap. Bronze Scrap is worth knowing about early: three of them smelt into two bronze ingots at the furnace, and one makes six bronze nails at an anvil. In the demo, Herm is the only trader who sells it. Otherwise you have to find it by breaking junk.

Expanding his store

Herm asks for samples of your farm produce in Planted and Delivered. Bring him 5 wheat. The quest text suggests buying 16–20 wheat seeds, but only the 5 wheat are checked. Completing it upgrades his store to the second tier: he adds vegetables, more kinds of seed, eggs and river fish fillets to his stock, and starts buying planks, clay plates and bricks. It also raises your village reputation by 5 and gives you a Town Gratitude.

Happiness from trading

Herm pays happiness for certain goods. The table below lists them: each item has a weekly limit and a value per item, and Herm has a weekly happiness cap. At the first tier only river fish fillets count, and the cap is 2 happiness a week. The second tier adds vegetables and raises the cap to 15.

Fractions add up across sales. You only receive a point when the running total passes a whole number, so selling a single vegetable (1/15 happiness) shows no reward until you have sold enough. The weekly count resets on Pride day, and also whenever his store is upgraded.