Merchant

Merchant
Details
Deal with a merchant
Require:	Dealing
Other:	a new deal is offered every 10 minutes
Category:	Market

Invite visiting merchants to offer you deals

You can buy resources from a Merchant, at the Market.

• A new merchant arrives with an offer every 10 minutes.

• You can buy resources from the merchant with Coin, after you research Deals.

Access

A Merchant appears at the Market, after you research Deals on Technologies.

• Deals has a requirement to access and research.

Technology required:
Technology	Requirement	Research cost
Deals	invest 7600 Knowledge in Economy	Gold	100
		Coin	1 500
		Knowledge	1 200

Merchant deals

A new merchant arrives, at the Market, every 10 minutes, after you research the required technology.

• The merchant will offer to sell you a resource for Coin.
• The merchant only offers certain resources.

• The offers vary:
  • The resource offered is random.
  • The cost varies in a range that depends on the resource.
  • The amount offered varies in a range that depends on the resource and your maximum Gold storage.

Possible deals
Resource	Unit cost	Quantity
Spear	0.5 → 1.5	0 → 10 × S
Sword	1 → 3	0 → 5 × S
Block	0.25 → 0.75	0 → 20 × S
Structure	1.5 → 4.5	0 → (10/3) × S
Bronze	2.5 → 7.5	0 → 2 × S
Supplies	1 → 3	0 → 5 × S
Frame	250 → 750	0 → 0.02 × S
Token	0.5 → 1.5	0 → 10 × S
Glass	25 → 75	0 → 0.2 × S
Plank	5 → 15	0 → S
Brick	10 → 30	0 → 0.5 × S
where S is your storage capacity for Gold

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• You can can accept the merchant's offer with the 'Deal' button.
• A countdown timer indicates when a new merchant arrives.

Other

• After buying from a merchant, their reply is random and not based on the purchase. There is a:
  • 50% chance, the response is "Thanks for the buy, we will see again." (sic).
  • 25% chance, the response is "You will enjoy my wares, I promise.".
  • 25% chance, the response is "I leave now before you change your mind.",

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