Reputation is a form of currency used in Darkwood. It can be used to purchase items from vendors. You may sell items for the value they display in your inventory to NPCs, but they will sell items for double that value. For example, The Three sells Small Caliber Magazines for 100 Reputation, whereas the player can sell them only for 50 Reputation.

Reputation is not a universal form of currency, and is kept separately between NPCs. For instance, you may have 150 reputation with Wolfman, and only 50 reputation with Piotrek.

The player will already start the game with 50 Reputation when trading with Wolfman, and 100 when trading with the Trader or The Three. Additionally, each night survived will give the player 100 more Reputation with the current visiting NPC if survived on the Dry Meadow, 150 on the Silent Forest, 200 on the Old Woods, and 250 on the Swamp.

Trivia

• Items with no value such as Rotten Mushrooms and The Wolf's Gift may be given away to vendors and bought back for no cost.
• The player can make a small profit by buying 2 Rags for 28 reputation, turning them into Bandages and selling them back for 30 Reputation.
• It used to be possible to profit Reputation by buying 4 Scrap Metals for 10 Reputation each, crafting them into a Bear Trap and selling it for 70 Reputation. This has since been fixed, with the Bear Trap's value being lowered significantly.

• In the Swamp, every time you meet the Doctor, you'll have 100 Reputation with him. He'll have three items that cost 100 Reputation each and will refuse to buy any items, meaning you can get a free item every time you find him.