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NPC shops were community-approved and added to Origins in June 2025. Since then, players eagerly await travelling salesman Noco on the first Wednesday of every month and some select items from seasonal lines such as Cabin, Habbowood and Sports can be obtained all the time by trading with NPCs found across the hotel in public rooms.

Below, we've listed what NPCs can be found across the hotel and what lines they have available. It's worth noting that stock refreshes every 24 hours, so if you've cleaned out a vendor, check back with them tomorrow and they'll have replenished their wares. NPCs do not stock entire ranges, but some useful items from each listed line can be found.

Where to Find Them & What’s on Sale

The Welcome Lounge

Who to trade: Harry

• Sells: Anniversary Dye Jars (Sand, Army and Yellow), Balloons 

Cinema

Who to trade: Marcus

• Sells: Habbowood furniture, including coveted Marble and Red Tiles

The Library

Who to trade: Marcel

• Sells: Exclusive NPC-only Area items, including the Area Bookshelf (filled with books) and Area Study Desk. May be updated to sell a single tile bookshelf designed by player ChrisYepYep in the future.

Who to trade: Clea

• Sells: Exclusive NPC-only event items, including Neopet Brush Display Plinths and rare easels obtained through various means.

Power Gym

Who to trade: Jim

• Sells: Sports furni, including Scoreboards and Lerts.

Picnic Garden

Who to trade: Bill & Ben

• Sells: Sacked plants, allowing players to trade items obtained through the Gardening skill.

Who to trade: Ophelie

• Sells: Sprinkler (amongst her many plants)

House of Flying Carrots (Habbo Club only)

Who to trade: Koji

• Sells: Exclusive NPC-only Asian items, including the Oriental Screen Corner, Shishi Odishi and dyable Katana Blades, including a Noco-tinted Pink Blossom blade.

Eric's Eaterie

Who to trade: Eric

• Sells: Exclusive NPC-only army coloured plasto

The Dirty Duck Pub

Who to trade: Dave

• Sells: Items from the Cabin range, including Bars & Corners (no door, though, sorry folks!)

Eric's Eaterie

Who to trade: Eric

• Sells: Exclusive NPC-only army coloured plasto

Infobus Park, Port Hana & Snouthill Pier

Who to trade: Fishing Plaque

• Sells: Fishing furni, such as an inflatable crocodile, chairs and the coveted Holy Carp Easel. These items cannot be traded with other players, and bought exclusively for Fishing Tokens.

Meet Noco: The Travelling Salesman

Noco is a recurring NPC trader in Habbo Origins who brings a unique twist to the hotel's trading scene. He pulls up his cart just once a month, setting up shop for a brief 24-hour window (unless big boss forgets to turn him off, which happens occassionally...). On the first Wednesday of every month, you can find him hiding in various public rooms offering rare and highly desirable furniture in exchange for specific items.  Items Noco has brought to the hotel include the iconic Elephant Statues, Thrones and Noco-exclusive recolours obtained through dye jars.

Because his stock is strictly limited, it's a first-come, first-served race. Once his deals run out, they are gone. 

How Noco's Visits Work
Traders across all three hotels eagerly anticipate Noco and the wares he brings each month. His arrival is so great that a hotel-wide announcement is sent to all online players, commencing the scavenger hunt. 

To score his rare goods, you must have the exact items he is hunting for in your hand.

While the rares he offers might make a comeback in future months, the specific furniture he requests in return changes every month he visits.

M.I.A

The Fruit Tree was once available in the Sun Terrace public room in exchange for some items from the Candy section of the catalogue. It was the only way this plant was made available to players but as quickly as it appeared, it was removed either intentionally or erroneously. Despite players questioning its whereabouts, the tree has not returned to the vendor nor has it been made available through other means. 

It is also one of the few original plants that has not had any variations, such as Anniversary-themed crime scene tape (anniversary yukka and pineapple plants) or recolours (bonsai trees). 

Maybe this will return one day, but for now these trees can only be acquired by trading other players.

What's Next for NPC Shops?

Aside from some additions to the Gardening shops, NPC shops have not had any stock rotated nor have lines that have since come-and-gone made an appearance on other NPCs. Seasonal items such as Tiki and Japanese were said to have some select additions to vendors after their removal, however these have not been added to the game. 

I think having seasonal ranges preserves some of the social aspect of the game; needing to go out and find items from other players for something for your room has been an important gameplay loop for decades, however having an NPC that has some select items does make things easier for people who have missed particular ranges or are missing one or two items. 

What do you think about NPC shops? Would you like to see these expanded? Are you team #BringBackTheFruitTree?