Taliferro Minerals, Gifts & Saturday Market Guide
Sort mine drops before visiting Taliferro so a Saturday trade never consumes the Mistril or Perfect Gem needed for your next craft.
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Taliferro is a Saturday Market mineral vendor with a Spring 13 birthday. His route is built around Perfect Diamond, Perfect Ruby, Perfect Emerald, and Mistril Ingot decisions: mining, crafting, museum work, and friendship all compete for those resources. Reserve upgrade stock first, then use the market surplus as a gift.
Quick facts
- Role
- Saturday Market vendor
- Birthday
- Spring 13
- Main location
- Saturday Market
- Relationship status
- Ordinary resident
- Gift focus
- minerals, gems, and craft resources
- Guide date
- 2026-08-11
Read Taliferro's mineral stall
Taliferro's Saturday stall is a checkpoint for resource planning, not a reason to empty the mine chest. Use the visit to compare market stock with the next craft, tool upgrade, or museum hand-in.
The mineral route is strongest when your inventory is labeled by use. Keep one box for building and one for gifts so a market purchase does not hide a shortage until the following week.
Sort Perfect Gems by color
Perfect Diamond, Perfect Ruby, and Perfect Emerald may share a quality label but fill different requests. Confirm the exact color before trading, especially when a recipe or collection is nearly complete.
Mistril Ingot is an even clearer reserve item. Smelting and mining take time, so protect the bar needed for a planned upgrade and use another gift lane when the reserve is empty.
Give a resource without breaking a craft
Taliferro's Loved examples are all valuable enough to deserve a pre-gift check. The table separates the item from the action, keeping a friendship visit from quietly delaying a workshop project.
A normal conversation is a valid fallback on a low-stock Saturday. Come back after the next mine run with a genuine surplus instead of giving away the only material that makes the next season easier.
| Item | Why it fits | Before you trade or gift |
|---|---|---|
| Perfect Diamond | Perfect gems, Mistril Ingot, and crafting resources | Check this week's stock |
| Perfect Ruby | Perfect gems, Mistril Ingot, and crafting resources | Keep a spare for another use |
| Perfect Emerald | Perfect gems, Mistril Ingot, and crafting resources | Keep a spare for another use |
| Mistril Ingot | Perfect gems, Mistril Ingot, and crafting resources | Keep a spare for another use |
Prepare for Spring 13
Spring 13 arrives while the farm is still establishing tools and crops. Decide on a gift before the date, then schedule the market after the day's watering and before a risky mine trip.
Birthday progress does not remove the need for later visits. Follow the current schedule, read letters, and keep the mineral ledger updated as new crafting plans appear.
Link the stall to Mines and planning
Mines explains where the raw material comes from, Gifts records the rest of the preferences, and Calendar keeps Spring 13 visible. Characters provides the route back to the market group.
A disciplined loop is sort, reserve, market, craft. If the first three steps show no spare ore, leave with information and return after the next expedition.
REFERENCE NOTES
Sources and notes
Dates, platforms, and version details can be checked in the official references; character, gift, item, and route notes are organized here.
View sources
- Supplementary referenceTaliferro — Fields of Mistria Wiki Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Supplementary referenceTaliferro Gift Preferences — Fields of Mistria Wiki Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Supplementary referenceMarriage — Fields of Mistria Wiki Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Supplementary referenceCharacters — Fields of Mistria Wiki Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.