Reputation Grinding: What Actually Works

Reputation gates content: merchants, quests, and whole regions. The community spent real hours discovering two things the game never explains.

#Rule #1: sell goods that match the town type — not the starred demand

One player summarized it best: "selling 'in-demand' wares increase your reputation... I was misled by this the entire game."

Reputation rises when you sell goods matching the town's type, whether or not they carry the demand star. Stop re-rolling stock chasing stars — check the town type and sell what matches.

#Rule #2: value per danger point

Danger level rises with what you carry, so the best grinding goods have high gold value per unit of danger. A community analysis of military-type goods:

The same logic applies across categories: compute gold per danger point and keep the wagon lean.

#Rule #3: keep the streak alive

Traders in Rubbleton appear randomly; missing them breaks your selling streak. If you are grinding reputation there, expect gaps — and plan routes that can absorb them.

#What still frustrates everyone

Late-game reputation requirements feel grindy to many players ("the grind is unreal — no fun" is a recurring theme), and several town max-reputation rewards are still locked. The developer reads these threads, so expect tuning.

#Sources

• Steam thread: I was misled by this the entire game — town-type reputation
• Steam thread: My reputation strategy (CN) — value-per-danger analysis
• Steam thread: Traders in Rubbleton (RU) — streak issue

Community-reported as of launch day.