Francis the Wandering Merchant Guide + Location (Spiritfarer)

True to his name, Francis the Wandering Merchant is a “sea facility” that changes location from time to time. So you often need to look for his icon on the map.

His services include selling you common and hard-to-find items, as well as giving daily errands that reward you with resources. You can also earn Glims by selling items to him.

This guide will teach you everything you need to know about the wandering merchant and his floating shop.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Finding Francis’ Location
Shop Items
Selling Items To Francis
Francis Errands List + Rewards

Finding Francis’ Location

Francis’ icon on the map

Francis is the only sea facility that has no set location. Instead, he appears all over the map.

Sometimes this means being near you or far away from you, depending on the quest. But you can always locate him via the icon of his onion head on the map.

His jangly music also starts playing whenever your boat is about to pass by him.

All that said, Francis is never hard to locate if you just look for his onion icon on your map.

Shop Items

Francis’ errands reset at the end of each day.

Despite being a merchant, Francis only sells three items.

This is his full sellable inventory as well as what you can do with each item:

Item	What It Does	Price
Old Shoe	Can be smelted in the Foundry to make Household Glue	16 Glims
Odd Seed	Can be planted in the Field to make empty bottles and various Tchotchkes	500 Glims
Empty Bottle	Used to catch Lightning in a Bottle	20 Glims

Other than the ones listed above, there’s also the chance of being able to purchase a Mysterious Seed from Francis, which grows into the spirit Stanley when planted. However, this is a rare occurrence.

Selling Items To Francis

Aside from selling things, Francis will also buy from you. This makes his shop a great way to farm for Glims.

Here are all of the items that you can sell to him, and the amount of Glims you get:

Item	Sell Price
Antique Bust	550 Glims
Ceramic Bowl	645 Glims
Fancy Vase	410 Glims
Miniature Diorama	1490 Glims
Mint Collectible Card	2000 Glims
Old Carpet	1000 Glims
Old Coin Collection	880 Glims
Old Painting	780 Glims
Old Shoe	8 Glims
Proof of Purchase: Cow	375 Glims
Valuable Ring	480 Glims

Francis Errands

Some of Francis’ daily quests/errands.

Francis also provides errands. Essentially these are daily quests that you can do to earn rewards, and they often reset after each day.

However, there are some quests that can only be finished once.

Either way, all of these provide lots of rewards.

Here’s a list of every errand you can get from Francis:

Errand	Materials Needed	Rewards
Ants on a Log	3 Lettuces 3 Leeks	1750 Glims 4 Cotton Seeds
Cup o’ Tea, Guvnor?	3 Corns 3 Coffee Beans	750 Glims 4 Tea Seeds
Diamonds Are Everybody’s Best Friend	4 XP Potions 4 Bottled Ectoplasms	5,000 Glims 1 Diamond
Elemental Transmutation	4 Bright Jellies 4 Lightnings in a Bottle	750 Glims 1 Citrine
Garlic Breath	3 Sugar Canes 3 Wheats	5,000 Glims 4 Garlic Seeds
Good Cholesterol! Bad Cholesterol!	1 Corn Bread 1 Fish Stick 1 Fried Rice	7,500 Gims
Greasy Spoon	1 Sunny Side Up Egg 1 Pancake 1 Egg Salad	10,000 Glims
Healthy Menu	1 Poached Fruit 1 Grilled Fish 1 Grilled Veggie	2,000 Glims
Honey, I Shrunk the Fishes	1 Albacore Tuna 1 Bluefin Tuna 1 Yellowfin Tuna	5,000 Glims 5 Honeys
Let’s Turn up the Char	3 Carrots 3 Turnips	800 Glims 4 Lettuce Seeds
Low Cal, High Glims!	3 Onions 3 Garlics	12,000 Glims 1 Garden Seeds Sampler Pack
O Nion… Not That!	3 Potatoes 3 Wheats	6,000 Glims 4 Tomato Seeds
Opaleantologuous	4 Aluminum Ores 3 Fireglows	1,500 Glims 1 Opal
Peaches and Cream	8 Cherries 8 Apples 8 Pears	1,500 Glims 2 Peach Seeds
Potatiolly Correct!	3 Lettuces 3 Cabbages	3,200 Glims 4 Potato Seeds
Royalty Diner	1 Crepe 1 Scrambled Egg 1 Latte	15,000 Glims
Sparkle for Days	12 Nebula Fabrics 1 Quartz	1,000 Glims 1 Hematite
Spitting Sunflower Seeds	3 Rice 3 Tea Leaves	3,000 Glims 4 Sugar Cane Seeds
Sugar Rush (of Doom)	3 Celeries 3 Cotton Fibers	3,000 Glims 4 Sugar Cane Seeds
Sugar Shack’s Delight	1 Sole 1 Squid 1 Sockeye Salmon	1,000 Glims 2 Maple Syrup
The Source of Glims is Tomatoes	3 Tomatoes 3 Garlics	10,000 Glims 1 Field Seeds Sampler Pack
Thyst But A Flesh Wound	5 Pulsar Ore 5 Comet Rock	2,500 Glims 1 Amethyst
Too Many Items on the Menu	1 Apple Pie 1 Corndog 1 Noodle Soup	4,500 Glims
Zip & Away	10 Wool Threads 10 Linen Threads	500 Glims 5 Metal Ropes

Aside from these regular errands that Francis will give you, there are also a few ones that need to be unlocked first. What’s more, the majority of these unlockable errands are related to following Elena’s storyline.

Here’s a full list:

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Errand	How to Unlock	Materials Needed	Rewards
Elena’s Demand	Take Elena Through the Everdoor	30 Coffee Beans 30 Tea Leaves 30 Celeries 30 Potatoes	25,000 Glims
Elena’s Lesson	Take Elena Through the Everdoor	3 Octopuses 3 Squids 3 Snow Crabs 3 Lobsters	15,000 Glims
Elena’s Stipulation	Take Elena Through the Everdoor	7 Citrines 7 Hematites 7 Opals 7 Amethysts 7 Diamonds	50,000 Glims
Saturday Night Shopping List	Unlock Light Burst Ability	2 Diamonds 5 Electrum Sheets 20 Eggs	1 Treasure Map
Visions of Oil	Take Elena Through the Everdoor	1 Burnt Food 1 Questionable Meal 1 Old Shoe 1 Household Glue	3,500 Glims 5 Olive Oils 5 Sunflower Oils

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