Stardew Valley Players Share Their Silly Names For Nameless NPC, From "Hamantha" To "The Avon Lady"

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players are sharing their names for the Traveling Cart salesperson and her fez- and glasses-wearing pig, and some of them are hilarious. The Traveling Cart shows up south of the farm in Cindersap Forest on Fridays and Sundays, and sells a random assortment of items, including some rare picks. While has many memorable characters, this iconic duo apparently doesn't have names, prompting players to come up with their own.

Responses poured in when el_jenn started a Reddit thread asking fans whether the Traveling Cart sales lady has a name and what fans call her. The Redditor started the conversation by offering up their own appreciative name for the character: "."

Some of the most popular names for traveling merchant are variations on «Cart Lady.» "" proclaims inagious. Perhaps the most unique name for the merchant comes from Walkingburprag, who says:

Because I'm old, I call her the Avon Lady. Because that woman came to the door with EVERYTHING Avon moms could ever want and my mom was addicted to Avon and Mary Kay.

Many other players also combine the pig and lady into one common name. Redditor _Vard_, for instance, calls the duo «Hamantha» in a reference to by YouTuber Jack Stauber. Financial_Apple808 refers to the two as «Pig lady (with admiration),» while munchkym calls her the «Pig Wizard,» potentially implying that the cart owner possesses the magic to turn people into pigs.

While the Traveling Cart owner and her trusty pig sidekick remain unnamed in the actual game,the pair receive some much-needed attention in the incredibly popular mod, available for download on Nexus Mods. According to the official mod Wiki page, the traveling cart salesperson's name in the mod is Suki, and she brings in goods from the Gotoro Empire.

In the mod, Suki is the mother to a six-year-old daughter, and has dialogue lines and even a portrait featuring an adorable pig-shaped pin. Even without the mod, though, it seems that many players have created their own lore for the popular Cart