Merchant

Merchants are sharp traders who know the markets of every town in the Rune-Midgarts Kingdom and beyond. They grew up on the busy docks of Alberta, learning how traded materials can become stronger items, and they earn on the side with their own shops. This page follows the current International Ragnarok Online (Renewal) data.

They are not the strongest fighters, but Pushcart (extra storage for loot) and Item Appraisal make them handy partners. They wear most heavy armor and melee weapons, prefer the Axe, and get decent STR, which makes them dangerous when they swing a loaded cart at monsters.

At job level 10 as a Novice, go to the Merchant Guild in southwest Alberta and talk to Guildsman Mahnsoo behind the desk. You become a Merchant, receive a Novice Battle Axe [3], and get Cart Revolution, Crazy Uproar, Change Cart, Cart Decoration and Open Buying Store for free.

Delivery test (on other official servers, not iRO): you pay a 1,000 Zeny fee (half can be paid later), get a serial number and a destination, take a parcel from the warehouse supervisor and deliver it to an NPC in Byalan Island, Prontera, Geffen or Morroc. Bring the receipt back to Alberta to finish.

A Merchant has 7 skills and 61 skill points (Renewal values). Most of them help with money and carrying loot; see Trading, Vending and Zeny for how shops work.

Icon	Skill	What it does	Max level
	Pushcart	A cart that holds up to 8,000 extra weight and 100 items.	10
	Vending	Opens a shop with up to 12 item stacks for other players.	10
	Discount	Buy from NPCs for up to 24% less.	10
	Overcharge	Sell to NPCs for up to 24% more Zeny.	10
	Enlarge Weight Limit	Raises your weight limit by up to 2,000.	10
	Mammonite	A melee hit of up to 600% that costs up to 1,000 Zeny per use.	10
	Item Appraisal	Identifies items without a Magnifier.	—

Icon	Quest skill	What it does	Job level
	Cart Revolution	Melee area attack that hits harder the heavier your cart is.	35
	Crazy Uproar	Gives party members +4 STR and +30 ATK.	15
	Change Cart	Changes the cart's look as you level up.	30
	Open Buying Store	Opens a Buying Store to buy certain items from other players.	30
	Cart Decoration	Changes the cart's appearance.	—

• Cart Revolution build: pull monsters together and spam Cart Revolution. Its damage depends mostly on cart weight, so keep the cart full; irowiki suggests filling it with Flowers from the Flower Girl in Prontera. The skill ignores FLEE, so DEX is optional.
• Mammonite build: weaken passive monsters with Mammonite and finish them with fast auto-attacks. Every cast costs Zeny, so irowiki does not recommend it for new players.

With the Catherina Von Blood [1] weapon you can level in the Sunken Ship from base level 3 up to 56: pay Fisk in Alberta 250 Zeny for the trip and use Cart Revolution.

Without that weapon: kill Willows for the Payon Bounty Board until level 21 and Bigfoots until 41, then Orcs, Orc Ladies and Orc Babies for the Eden Group quests until 55 and for the Geffen board until 60. The Orc and Orc Lady kill counts of both quests can run at the same time.

• Eden Group equipment quests start at level 12 and give free gear for your class that is good enough up to level 99.
• In Izlude, the Enchanter Mounds quest adds Max HP +100 and Max SP +50 to the Cotton Shirt every new Novice gets, which stays useful after the job change.
• Stat and skill resets are available, so a build can be fixed later; see Stats for what each stat does.