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Mercantile

Mercantile improves prices at NPC counters. It works alongside Personality and the shop's quality and regional prices.

Activity	Practice
Complete a shop purchase	1 practice tally per completed transaction
Complete a shop sale	1 practice tally per completed transaction
Pay for repair or identification	Counter transactions provide Mercantile practice
Browse or cancel an offer	No completed trade
Negotiate with another player	The agreed price is set by the players

A tally is practice toward an increase, not a skill point. Rest when Skills ready appears. Use purchases and sales you already need; buying goods only to sell them back loses gold.

Online NPC pricing reads Mercantile and Personality only from 0 to 100, so bonuses above 100 do not improve these counter prices. Sales remain below the shop's purchase price, even for the best haggler. Market fees and other players' prices do not shrink with Mercantile.

Training

Trainer	Example location
Temple of Julianos	School of Julianos, Joyous Light of Julianos, Tulune Map (111, 140)
Temple of Zenithar	Resolution of Z'en, Gothway Garden Map, Daggerfall (109, 159)

Both temples accept non-members. Gothway Garden Map's Resolution of Z'en is close to Privateer's Hold Map. See Skill training for costs and lesson limits, Shops and services — Prices for NPC prices and Market fees for player-market deductions.

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