The first 14 days: who comes each day and what unlocks when

The scripted visitor schedule of the tutorial fortnight (generated from the game data), one tip per day, and the long-term calendar after day fourteen.

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The scripted visitors of the first fourteen days are fixed. The table below is generated from the game data; click a name for that customer’s budget and intent.
The first rent (200) is due around day 6, so do not spend the opening 600.
Milestones: Day 7 Wild introduces the network; Day 8 the mentor teaches bargaining and the newspaper unlocks; Day 9 Security’s second visit and the first contraband seller; Day 12 the mentor hands you a shotgun; Day 14 the mentor signs off, the lottery unlocks and random wanted customers begin.
The first wanted customer arrives on Day 3. During the tutorial they are scripted; afterwards they come by chance.
On Day 18 the landlord comes for a bulk buy-out, and the long-term calendar takes over (see the end).

1. The fortnight

day	Customer
1	The Mentor Scavenger Spacer Spacer Officer Lun
2	Junker Lower Level Repairman Scavenger The Mentor
3	The Mentor Scavenger Spacer Scavenger Lower Level Citizen
4	Scavenger Upper Level Visitor Lower Level Citizen Joe Wild
5	Scavenger Lower Level CitizenScav Food SellerThe Mentor
6	Poor Scav Lower Level CitizenInventor Intro
7	Joe Wild Scavenger The Mentor
8	The Mentor Scavenger Lower Level Citizen Appraiser Board MemberInventor
9	Officer Lun Off Duty Officer Scavenger
10	Sawyer Odin Haraldsson Maintenance Worker Scavenger
11	Scav Scavenger
12	Scav ScavengerInventor
13	Upper Level Pharmacist Scav Addict Thief Foodie Tourist
14	The Mentor Shady Customer

2. A tip a day

Day 1: the mentor walks you through a trade; the two food buyers are free points; Security drops by to explain the wanted system.
Day 2: a sell-only junker and a Lower Levels repairman; the mentor explains night outings, so try one tonight.
Day 3: visual inspection lesson (rust, dents); the cigarette vendor and two scavengers; the first wanted customer, so decide in advance whether you trade or report.
Day 4: the first Upper Levels visitor, with a noticeably bigger budget; the insurance pitch, which you should accept on the spot.
Day 5: the scavenger food supplier appears, an early steady source; the mentor explains the showcase, so put a sign in today.
Day 6: barter lesson; the inventor (Georgio’s line) begins. The first rent lands about now.
Day 7: Wild introduces the network and favour starts to matter; the mentor explains events.
Day 8: bargaining lesson, so from today you can raise prices (read pricing and bargaining first); the appraisal board shows up; the newspaper unlocks and you can follow the market.
Day 9: Security’s second visit; the first chemist carrying contraband, and whether you buy sets your path.
Day 10: the janitor pitches cleaning; the second scripted wanted customer.
Day 11: the stamp seller and the lucky scavenger (lottery line and Officer Lun’s line begin).
Day 12: the mentor gives you a shotgun and augmented content unlocks.
Day 13: a shady pharmacist, an addict, a thief and a foodie tourist, one sample each of the Black Market and Upper Levels crowds.
Day 14: the mentor signs off; lottery content unlocks; random wanted customers appear from here on.

3. After day fourteen

Day 18: the landlord makes a bulk buy-out offer at a discount to valuation, so decide beforehand what you will part with.
Story lines: Nellis from Day 21, Eleanor from Day 23, Serpico from Day 40; the church line (Sister Abby) visits on Days 3, 5, 10, 12, 19, 26, 33, 40, 43 and 47.
Vendor permit: the mentor raises it on Day 24; from Day 38 an official chases it every Wednesday, and later wants a bribe on top. The permit’s price is in starting out.
Day 25 the janitor introduces the underground exchange; on Days 43, 57, 71 and 85 the landlord pitches a vending machine.
Weekly: the flexible buyer every Saturday; the week’s specialist by your start or upgrades (aquafarmer or chemist Tuesday, junk or water trader Wednesday, gunsmith Thursday, farmer, moonshiner or rancher Friday); the lottery representative every Thursday with the draw on Saturday.

Updated 2026-11-03