[GUIDE] Merchanting, Your 1 way path to success (Lvl 20-30+)

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[GUIDE] Merchanting, Your 1 way path to success (Lvl 20-30+)

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Need help with merchanting when your lvl 20-30?? This guide will hopefully help you from my past experiences

HOW TO MERCHANT?
Once you have reached lvl 20, you can start merchanting. Merchanting is basically delivering goods to another place and getting a reward after your job is complete. It isnt as easy as you think becuase there are many things to it that you might not know about!

WHERE TO START?

1st of all go to the Specialty shop in either Jangan or Dowhang. Buy a merchant flag and equip it straight away into your character. It will appear in the bottom right corner.

Now you need to purchase either a horse or a camel from the Stable in the Trans section.

Trans Facts
Camel- A camel does move 1 m slower than a horse but that makes a big difference. For eg is when a thief is following you in a huge pack and there NPC thief kills yoru camel. You would'nt have enough speed to make it and your camel will probably die. (I will explain more clear later) That may be the downside but the plus side is that it can fit 16,000 gold of supplies until it reaches 2 star (Will explain later on), while a horse can only fit around 13,000. It also has almost double the HP of a Horse.

Horse- This horse moves slighly faster and is good escaping tight situations. Its especially handy if you get of your horse and kill everything around you (Recomended lvl 26+)(Click dismount to get off your horse, it wont disapear like a real horse), while moving and never get back on your horse. The downside is that you can only fit 13K of supplies and if you succeed you wont get as much.

Now once you have chosen your trans get some Horse Potions. Get about 50 small potions for yrou camel and about 75-100 potions for your horse due to the lack of HP. It is also handy if you get the Potion which recovers abnormal status. It is handy when your trans is frozen or burnt by anything.

After you have gotten the potions it's time for you to get the supplies. You must be on your transport and travel to the specialty shop, noticing that your trans are super slow ;P. Go buy some supplies until it reaches 1 star or 2 star etc

Star trade facts
The amount of supplies you put on your transport determinds the star.

1 star - For a horse the max is around about 14K. If it is 1 star there will be less NPC theivs to kill and REAL theivs wont be able to attack you.

2 star - There are now 2 thiefs on you and also REAL thievs will attack you. Try doing 2 star when your a high lvl to prevent your trans to be dieing becuase once the higher lvl, the trans will have much more HP.

3 star + - Basically the same only a lot more amount of thievs to kill.

Now that you have gotten your supplies its time to head to the destination. From Jangan you go to dowhang and from Dowhang you go to Jangan. It wont be as easy as you think though. As I have said before you will have theivs following you. They are NPC theivs and they are YOUR LVL and sometimes lower. Also if you are doing 2 star REAL theivs will follow you. But other than that there are other things to concern as well.

TIPS ALONG THE WAY
. Aviod other merchanters becuase there NPC theivs can attack yoru transport if you are too close.
. Aviod large packs of theivs even if you are doing 1 star becuase if there on a horse there NPC thievs can kill your trans, in 1 shot if the thief is a high lvl.
. Carry extra potions if you want. The feel of success feels much better than failing! You should be putting the horse potions in yoru quick slot
. BUY SOME HP AND MP POTS! What is bad is you dieing. Once you die your trans is in danger and you wont be able to use potions on it or anything.
. CARRY AT LEAST 2 TRANS. Once your trans has died you will be able to summon another one and pick up the things it dropped (supplies) (Super handy)
. Know every monster lvl and the path your taking. Here are some aggresive monsters which will/might attack you when in sight.
- Tigers (Kill them)
- White tigers/Black Tigers (Kill them)
- Yeohas (Ignore, easy peasy)
- Chakjis (kill, unless there in a huge pack if your a int build)
- Earth Ghosts (Kill everyone you see if you are lvl 25+, they will just attck you, why not attack them)
- Earth Taosts (DONT ENTER THERE LAIR (Earth ghosts Canyon), if a gang of them attack you, you are possibly dead plus they shoot from a distance)
- Gunpowders (Destroy, just like erath ghosts)
-Hyungo ghosts soldiers (kill, easy unless in a pack)

. Let a hunter help you. It is there job to protact you from theives and kill teh NPC thievs for you :P Who knows you may be lucky

Now once you have traven all the way to your destination, talk to the speicialty shop and sell teh supplies. (Sell them in Jangan if you bought the supplies in dowhang) You will possibly make about 60K+ :P

MY SPECIAL PATH

Okay, this is one of many paths to choose which will have a higher sucess rate. From Donwhang, you are wanting to travel to Jangan, exit through South gate. Go into the Earth Ghost canyon and dont get off your horse/camel. Keep using your pots (when half way or less(Large or X large)) until you reach west ferry. From there go the long way by taking the curve and going down the road below the word tiger mountain. You can get off your trans now if needed. Then take the cross the bridge 3rd from the top and dont enter though south. Go up to West Gate and there! (It is asically the matter of you seeing any theivs or not)

Good luck and hope you make it!
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This isnt bad, although trading isnt recommended until over 30, its great for people who want to try :D

Good grammar, good tips,

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Dude I made like 5 runs through the earth ghost canyon at lv 20. XD

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LOL earth ghosts canyon... Full Int, youll die mate ;p
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i am lv 20 str archers, 5 lv gap, (fire imbue).
i did 2 transports, but i am having big trouble with the agro mobs.

and i have cheap bow... so i cant really kill fast.

can you suggest the safest route?

and about hunters.... once one told me to follow him and i went into the canyon with taoists, he was killing them all. then, in the middle, he took off the hunter equip and he waited for me to die, prolly to get my stuff. so no, i rather struggle on the safer roads next time...

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i am lv 20 str archers, 5 lv gap, (fire imbue).
i did 2 transports, but i am having big trouble with the agro mobs.

and i have cheap bow... so i cant really kill fast.

can you suggest the safest route?

and about hunters.... once one told me to follow him and i went into the canyon with taoists, he was killing them all. then, in the middle, he took off the hunter equip and he waited for me to die, prolly to get my stuff. so no, i rather struggle on the safer roads next time...

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ThatBluePerson wrote:Dude I made like 5 runs through the earth ghost canyon at lv 20. XD


Lies :P

I'm pure str lvl 25 and i dont even dare to cross that damn canyon with a camel (=massive health)..but i'll still have to use like 50 pots on it and a lot other ones on me just by going through it so its just cheaper if you dont go in there i suppose...thats my opinion..

About the trade route..what i do is i go near the exorcist guy at the yeohas near Jangan and move near the mountains all the way till i reach the east ferry and then cross and go to the extreme right and move untill i reach the ghost soldiers zone then i turn left and walk straight to downhang (through them)...I saw some thieves around though when i wasnt trader and walked around (looking for pwned trades..etc :D ) i saw some thieves around those places that i've never took notice of before..but not many 1* poppers after you cross the ferry though.

Thats what its like over here in Pacific imo.

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When im on my level 25 merchanting I go through the canyon all the time....XD
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Hmm howver Im not taht high of a merchanter, [ lvl 2, 40%] I have done it a lot of times.

The safest route would actually be thorugh earth taoist land. If you are starting from donwhang exit through south gate and go through the canyon. That will probably take you only 10 X large pots which is nothing! And it's quite quick and less theivs go thorugh that route (In Xian)

Then all the rest is quite simple, I would suggest for you to take the longest path and go through the top of stronghold bandit and enter jangan through was it east or west gate c/r the one closest to exorists home lol

And there you have it.
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o yea this is best merhcanting guide
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ThatBluePerson wrote:Dude I made like 5 runs through the earth ghost canyon at lv 20. XD

Really? =/


I have a lv34 warrior/bard for trading, and without bard for noise, I wouldnt even dare to go trought it, I don't like getting mobbed up
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Post by rck shx pike »

great guide!

BloodyBlade wrote:
ThatBluePerson wrote:Dude I made like 5 runs through the earth ghost canyon at lv 20. XD

Really? =/


I have a lv34 warrior/bard for trading, and without bard for noise, I wouldnt even dare to go trought it, I don't like getting mobbed up


im lvl 29 pure str bow and i dont even go through earth ghost canyon. stupid taoists will own my camel. i always go around it! :D
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omg you noobs ressed a year old thread


this is when there was 1* popping
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jeremywillo wrote:LOL earth ghosts canyon... Full Int, youll die mate ;p

for a euro its easy if they are a bard or sub bard, just noise thru, chinese will have a harder time thru the canyon
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im lvl 28 wizz and i go thru the canyon Oo just watch out so you dont get gang bangged and you'll be fine, use aoes when there are 2-4 attacking u and zerk to whipe them all out and ur horse/camel pass thru untouchable, or just be careful to kill 1 by 1.

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nice,that will help beginners but it is not hard to be trader... you can discover that alone :D
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Bir wrote:nice,that will help beginners but it is not hard to be trader... you can discover that alone :D

this is outdated anyways
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