Vendor

An example of a vendor window

Vendors are a broad category of NPCs and Gizmos that provide a variety of services where the player can buy, sell or buyback previously sold items with the NPC. Services includes guild services, karma merchants, and so on. A vendor's trade often appears in brackets after their name (e.g. "Boudin [Baker]"). A floating icon may appear above their head to represent their vendor type that in most cases, is the same icon on the map.

Some vendors are event-related, offering their services only at certain stages of events or meta events.

Types of vendors

• The most common and widespread type of vendor is a merchant and the one players are most aware of. Merchants accept coin and other currencies in exchange for items.
• Master Craftsmen can act as merchants.
• Renown Hearts are converted into vendors that accept karma after their associated task is completed.
• There are certain unique vendors that accept special currency or tokens.

Type	Sells	Notes
Armorsmith	Armor	BBasic rarity.
Bandit Crest Collector	Various	Accepts Bandit Crests only.
Bartender	Alcohol	Accepts coin only.
Cryptobotanist	Bandit Crests	Accepts Mordrem Parts only.
Cultural armorsmith	Armor	Accepts coin only.
Cultural weaponsmith	Weapons	Accepts karma only.
Dungeon Merchant	Various	Accepts dungeon currencies only.
Ectoplasm merchant	Various	Accepts Globs of Ectoplasm only.
Festival Merchant	Various	Accepts Festive material and Festival Tokens only.
Guild Armorer	Armor skins Guild Backpacks	Must represent guild.
Guild commendation trader	Various	Accepts Guild commendation only.
Guild Promoter	Influence	Historical. Had to represent guild.
Guild Weaponsmith	Weapon skins	Must represent guild.
Karma merchant	Various	Accepts karma only.
Laurel Merchant	Various	Accepts laurels only.
Merchant	Various	Accepts coin only.
Repairs	Repairs	Repairs damaged armor.
Weaponsmith	Weapons	BBasic rarity.
Zephyrite merchant	Various	Accepts Geodes only.

Mechanics

Speaking to a vendor displays the interface window. Vendors will have some or all of the following tabs:

• Buy: The default merchant tab allows item purchase. Multiple merchant tabs may be displayed, each with a different selections of items. Hover over items to see statistics. Stats listed in green are better than those for the currently-equipped equivalent item; red stats are worse. Select the item then hit the Buy button on the bottom right.
• Sell: Displays all items available for sale sorted by containing bags. All vendors use the same price for items. Items sold by vendors can be sold back for 1/8th of their original value. Select the item then hit the Sell button on the bottom right. All junk items in your inventory may be sold at once by selecting the Sell Junk button. Items without an original value cannot be sold, but some may be listed on the Trading Post.
• Buyback: Displays all items available for buyback. Items sold to a vendor may be bought back from any other vendor at the sell price, provided you have not left the zone or logged off since selling the items.

Notes

• Vendors do not actually sell their items themselves, but trigger access to an hidden shop entity which is the one actually managing the sales. As a result, under certain situations is possible to keep a shop open indefinitely. Sometimes even if the NPC leaves, or both the NPC and the player are defeated.

Trivia

Vendor window during beta

• There were Glory Vendors that accepted glory, however, they were removed from the game in the April 2014 Feature Pack
• There were Trainers that sold Manuals prior to the April 2014 Feature Pack.