Monster Roadtrip Bartering Trinket Resources

Every good roadtrip is complete with at least one poor shopping decision. If it didn’t give you buyer’s remorse, it wasn’t a proper roadtrip purchase. In Monster Roadtrip, you can get all the buyer’s remorse you could ever want from Noodles’ stand at the rest stop. Here’s what you need to know about the bartering trinket resources in Monster Roadtrip.

Monster Roadtrip Bartering Trinket Resources

Whenever you visit the rest stop after four events in Monster Roadtrip, one of your activity options is the bartering stand, operated by the adorably unhinged jellyfish creature, Noodles. Noodles will trade you trinkets in exchange for trinkets you have on hand, raising and lowering your resources depending on the trinkets that were swapped. This can be a good way to funnel resources out of categories you don’t need to where they’d be more beneficial, but only if you know what you’re giving and taking.

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You start every run with four trinkets from a static assortment of six. When you swap one of these trinkets for one of Noodles’, you’ll still have it the next time you visit his stand. Noodles, meanwhile, changes his inventory every time you visit him. Additionally, the precise value of resources you gain or lose depends on how long your trip has gone on. An early-game swap will only raise/lower a resource by a couple of points, while a swap in week 5 can raise/lower a resource by five points.

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Here are the six trinkets you can start a game with, and the resource each affects:

• The sequel to an erotic fanfic about dragons: Hype
• Gas canister: Magic
• How to Roadtrip: The Book: Mind
• Someone Else’s Credit Card (or SSN): Money
• Postcard from your Mom: Soul
• Scott Snacks: Stamina

Meanwhile, these are all of the items that Noodles can carry and the resources they affect, categorized for your convenience:

Hype

• The dangerous blade-blade
• Enchanted guitar that can only play Wonderwall
• Forbidden fruit condoms
• Horse costume (butt only)
• Inflatable boyfriend
• Marbles, guac, and a penguin mask
• MC Griffin’s album full of sick beats
• A rad tattoo

Magic

• A baby’s first satanist kit
• Emergency goat blood
• An evil deity trapped in a snowglobe
• An exclusive cult membership ring
• Haunted rearview mirror
• Mind Control Lessons
• Pure horsepower

Mind

• Encyclopedia Necronomica
• Enlightment bulb
• The new and improved multiplication table
• Nuclear launch codes
• A possibly-too-smart toilet
• The Truth

Money

• Bounty hunter contract
• CEO action figure with real business advice
• Coin from a different dimension
• A nobility title
• Stonks
• Treasure map/Business roadmap

Soul

• “+50 karma points” voucher
• Ashes of a man whose dying wish was to be given to a random roadtripper
• Donation to Noodles’ charity for impoverished Noodles
• A flask of holy water
• “I went to Heaven and all I got was this dumb T-shirt” T-shirt
• A teacup unicorn who needs a good home

Stamina

• Edible potato
• Evil gummy bears
• An incredibly delicious salad
• Instant Noodles
• Macaroni art
• Off-brand Scott Snacks
• Primordial soup
• Spare kidney

If you’ve got something you do need and a pressing need for something else, don’t hesitate to trade it away to Noodles. Don’t worry, he’ll take good care of it. Probably.