Talk:NPC/@comment-83.83.231.98-20120427180940/@comment-118.82.44.203-20120430064021

well here are a few things that migh help:

1) cut down your gold coin into 100 silvers,

2)go exploring and should say " the merchant has arrived"

3) make bigger houses, i find this makes them spawn faster

4) make more houses, i find this really helpfull

and to your second question if you have 1 empty house minimum size then it will take around 1-5 days. :)