Mercantile

Mercantile is a social skill.

“ Your ability to work out favorable prices in a business transaction. ”

— In-game description

Related Base Ability	Skill Synergies
Intelligence	Persuasion 20%

Details

Mercantile is a social skill mainly used to lower prices when trading. As of version 1.0.2.2, mercantile is also used to unlock special merchandise tiers on some merchants.

Dialogue options for mercantile are also fairly common. They let you negotiate cheaper deals when buying certain services, better rewards for your deeds or access to special shops.

Related items

Belt

• Waist Pack (+10)
• Large Waist Pack (+15)

Boots

• Undersized Buckle Shoes (+15)
• Bespoke Buckle Shoes (+20)

Related feats

• Category:Mercantile feats

Mercantile skill checks

All skill checks use effective skill values unless noted otherwise.

Base game

Character	Related quest(s)	Skill	Result
Becket	None	45	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		85	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Blaine	None	25	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		45	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Captain Herve	Get rid of the Faceless Save Buzzer	40	Get 400 charons for dealing with the Faceless.
Chester	Mushroom Cove scavenger	50	Get 200 charons for the gold ring
		60	Get 250 charons for the gold ring
Colton	None	40	Receive better currency conversion rate.
Constantine	None	55	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		95	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Daniel Arda	Meet Ohad Xander	60	Buy Hercules for 400 charons.
Duff	Retrieve ICPD	50	Buy ICPD for 500 charons.
		75	Buy ICPD for 200 charons.
Efreitor Hanna	None	70	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		105	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Fixer	None	75	Buy Chemistry and Biology workbench for 1000 charons.
Fraser	None	45	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		85	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Fredd	None	60	Buy Tailoring workbench for 700 charons.
		60	Get 500 charons for Isaac Hathor's helmet.
		100	Get 1000 charons for Isaac Hathor's helmet.
Gangster (Drop Zone)	Recover tunneler	35	Pay the Gangsters 250 charons to abandon the crashed tunneler.
Harlan	None	50	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		90	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Harold	Battery trouble	65	Get 500 credits for the optoelectric nuclear battery blueprint.
Johnny Filth	Deploy T-ray emitter #2	35	Pay the Zone Boys 500 charons to let you go if you told them you were doing scientific research.
		75	Pay the Zone Boys 200 charons to let you go if you refused to tell them what you were doing.
Katherine	Find Blaine Kill Blaine	35	Pay 75 charons to learn Blaine's location.
Kevin	None	10	Gain access to store.
		40	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		80	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Kokoschka	None	65	Increases the amount of money he is willing to trade with you
Lieutenant Stratford	None	50	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		90	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Milton	Milton's Key	20	Get 100 charons for the key.
Mordre	Hungry Eels	25	Get two health hypos for the meat as reward for the quest Hungry Eels.
Myles	Find EMP device	30	Pay Myles 150 charons to help you with the bots.
Nicolas	Assassinate Olivia	50	Get 800 charons for murdering Olivia.
Ola	None	50	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		90	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
Old Jonas	Find Old Jonas's watch	15	Get all three rewards in exchange for the watch.
Olivia	Assassinate Nicolas	55	Get 850 charons for murdering Nicolas.
Quinton	Tissue sample collection	20	Get two freebies in exchange for the tissue.
Rista	None	30	Get 500 charons for the Beast's head.
		65	Get 800 charons for the Beast's head.
		100	Get 1500 charons for the Beast's head.
Silas	Find the drill parts	0	Pay 1500 charons for entrance to the wormhole.
		40	Pay 1200 charons for entrance to the wormhole.
		80	Pay 1000 charons for entrance to the wormhole
Sophie	Old man Nosek	40	Get 500 charons for a Captured Borer.
Superintendent Rubin	Rob Protectorate warehouse	0	Pay 200 charons to get the utility room unlocked.
		50	Pay 100 charons to get the utility room unlocked.
		90	Pay 50 charons to get the utility room unlocked.
Vlatko	Old man Nosek	0	Get 200 charons for fixing the monitor.
		35	Get 300 charons for fixing the monitor.
		60	Get 400 charons for fixing the monitor.
West	Fix Gloria	45	Pay West 400 charons to help you fix Gloria.
	None	50	Buy Electronics workbench for 800 charons.

Expedition

Character	Related quest(s)	Skill	Result
Tappy	None	30	Pay 500 charons for Junk Jet
		45	Pay 400 charons for Junk Jet
Lance	None	60	Get a discount for learning Naval Jousting.
Ladelman	None	100	Gain access to special merchandise if you didn't introduce yourself as Invictus.
Katya	None	95	Gain access to her special merchandise.
Doctor Savage	None	0	Get 100 charons for a Cigar.
		100	Get 200 charons for a Cigar.
		120	Get 250 charons for a Cigar.
		140	Get 300 charons for a Cigar.
Ray	None	50	Gain access to first tier of special merchandise.
		85	Gain access to second tier of special merchandise.
	None	50	Get better prices when buying/selling premium jets
		80	Get much better prices when buying/selling premium jets
		110	Get the best prices when buying/selling premium jets
	None	60	Get 10000 charons for Reef Glider.
		80	Get 12000 charons for Reef Glider.
		100	Get 15000 charons for Reef Glider.
		120	Get 17000 charons for Reef Glider.
		140	Get 20000 charons for Reef Glider.
D' Flinger	None	70	Bet 400 charons in a throwing contest
		85	Bet 500 charons in a throwing contest
Razor	Find Salvation	50	Get 250 charons for Salvation-13.
		60	Get 300 charons for Salvation-13.
		80	Get 350 charons for Salvation-13.
		90	Get Serrated Tungsten Steel Knife for Salvation-13.
		100	Get 400 charons for Salvation-13.
		115	Get 450 charons for Salvation-13.
		125	Get 500 charons for Salvation-13.
		Impossible	Get 1000 charons for Salvation-13.
Tanner	None	50	Get 9000 SGS Credits for Acorn.
		70	Get 12000 SGS Credits for Acorn.
		90	Get 15000 SGS Credits for Acorn.
		110	Get 18000 SGS Credits for Acorn.
Professor Oldfield	Investigate Abyssal Station Zero	70	Get 3000 charons for Acorn.
		90	Get 4000 charons for Acorn.
		110	Get 5000 charons for Acorn.
		130	Get 6000 charons for Acorn.
Captain Grim	None	70 or 50	Get 2000 charons for Acorn.
		90 or 70	Get 3000 charons for Acorn.
		110 or 90	Get 4000 charons for Acorn.
		130 or 110	Get 5000 charons for Acorn.
Eidein	None	60	Get 3000 charons for Acorn.
		80	Get 4000 charons for Acorn.
		100	Get 5000 charons for Acorn.
		120	Get 6000 charons for Acorn.
Colonel Cathcart	None	60	Get 1800 dollars for Acorn.
		80	Get 2400 dollars for Acorn.
		100	Get 3000 dollars for Acorn.
		120	Get 3600 dollars for Acorn.
Trenton	None	50	Get 3000 charons for Acorn.
		70	Get 4000 charons for Acorn.
		90	Get 5000 charons for Acorn.
		110	Get 6000 charons for Acorn.
Aran	None	80	Get 10000 charons for Acorn.
		100	Get 11000 charons for Acorn.
		120	Get 12000 charons for Acorn.
		140	Get 14000 charons for Acorn.
Azif	None	70	Get 4000 charons for Acorn.
		90	Get 5000 charons for Acorn.
		110	Get 6000 charons for Acorn.
		130	Get 7000 charons for Acorn.
	None	30	Get 1750 charons for The Shard/Ethereal Torch.
		60	Get 2000 charons for The Shard/Ethereal Torch.
		100	Get 2250 charons for The Shard/Ethereal Torch.