As if life wasn’t hard enough already in the Lands Between, some lone Tarnished is about to single-handedly cause economic deflation by hoarding all the Runes. Luckily, there are plenty of merchants all throughoutElden Ringready to place those Runes back into circulation by selling their stuff to the Tarnished.
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But as Tarnished, players would also want to know which among these merchants can give them their Runes' worth. So here’s a ranking of the in-game merchants. For the sake of simplicity, we’ll only be considering merchants who actually have tangible wares to sell. Specialists who sell only spells or weapon skills inElden Ringare exempted for now.
Updated November 11th, 2022, by Sid Natividad:Elden Ring continues to be a compelling game months after its release that players likelywon’tmindreplaying again and again. In such an endeavor, it’s good to know which among the bestmerchantsin Elden Ring are worthy of the players' hard-earned runes. Thus, more merchants have been added to the roster here so players can optimize their builds and playthroughs better. They might not be selling wares or anything tangible, but their services are certainly more than welcome. Besides, magic builds will benefit from these additionalElden Ring best merchants.
15Thops
Thops gets props for being in the right place at the necessary moment in the game. He simply resides by a ruined Church of Marika that overlooks the whole Liurnia of the Lakes area. He’s even kind enough to provide a lore explanation and directions.
His spells, however, are a bit lackluster compared to Sorceress Sellen’s. There’s a lore explanation for that as well. However, if players finish his questline, he’ll sell a useful barrier spell that’s quite handy in keeping magic-based classes alive. Besides, he’s one of the few good NPCs in the game.
Notable wares:
14Hermit Merchants
Hermit Merchants are commonly found in mid to late-game areas so one could expect their inventory to be interesting or game-changing. Well, they’re not. In fact, the things they sell aren’t much better than their Nomadic or Isolated counterparts and those can be found earlier in-game.
13Pidia, Carian Servant
Pidia is a hidden merchantin Caria Manorthat’s easy to miss since he’s tucked away in a tower under the eastern cliffs of the Three Sisters. He does offer an important map that’s somewhat necessary for completing Seluvis' questline. Apart from that, there’s not much in Pidia’s inventory.
Most of the stuff he sells is either crafting materials or other wares that are low in quantity, making other merchants more appealing. Also, he may or may not be directly related to Seluvis since they both die at the same time. Some speculate that he’s probably Seluvis himself.
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12Isolated Merchants
These are the guys who complain that they get no customers and that they’re hungry but then set up camp in some hidden crevice in a mountain or in themiddle of nowhere. While not the savviest among their merchant tribe, some of them sell some handy stuff needed for PvP.
11Sorcerer Rogier
Much like Thops, Rogier is a decent and honorable man in a world full of miscreants. That’s why the mere sight of his big hat is enough to spark hope and comfort. Because that usually means he’ll provide a semblance of sanctuary for the players. Sure enough, he does so in Stormveil Castle’s church.
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Rogier will be there, just waiting for the players while also offering some nifty Ashes of War that are build-defining. He doesn’t exactly have as much to sell compared to other merchants, but all his spells are useful and sometimes even essential for early builds, making him one of thebest merchants in Elden Ring.
10Smithing Master Iji
Iji is the other, less grumpy blacksmith inElden Ringand he seems to specialize in forging and upgrading magical items. This giant blacksmith is conveniently located along the road to Caria Manor making him both a sanctuary and also a guard to the whole place.
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Players can go to him if they don’t want to walk too muchin the Roundtable Holdfor upgrades. Meanwhile, his inventory isn’t that generous but he does offer a lot of good and rare upgrade materials along with a talisman that’s generally useful for most builds.
9Nomadic Merchants
They’re the most common and widespread among the merchant tribes inthe Lands Betweenso Nomadic Merchants already have that advantage over their other cousins, which is a big reason why they are seen as some of thebest Elden Ring merchants. They’re spread all throughoutElden Ringand even offer some hint-related items and plenty of other wares that will surely catch the player’s eyes.
8Merchant Kalé
He’s the only member of the hobo merchant tribe who has a name so that automatically makes Kalé more approachable or human. There’s also the fact that the’s the first friendly face that players see and in a church nonetheless that’s just beyond the Tree Sentinel boss area.
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That’s why Kalé holds a special place in players' hearts. But apart from his name and his location, Kalé also sells some crucial stuff. He gives players the gift of crafting for a small fee and also sells some utility wares. Kalé is also generally humble and friendly. Players will want to check with him repeatedly early game since he’s partof Blaidd’s questline.
7Patches
More ofa scoundrelthan a merchant, Patches is a bittersweet ally who has trouble keeping his morals straight. If players decide to forgive him in the first encounter (which is a boss fight against him), then they’ll be able to peruse Patches' wares. He actually sells some impressive items essential for both PvP and PvE.
The only problem is that he keeps changing locations so keeping a track of him during certain pivotal quest triggers can be annoying. So it’s best to buy all his wares because one can never reliably know where he might turn up or even if he even turns up alive.
6Knight Bernahl
Knight Bernahl might have strayed off from the honorable path, but he’s nonetheless a helpful ally during the early levels and phases of the game. Players can find him relaxing in a hut in Limgrave (at first) and he’ll be selling some Ashes of War for physical weapons, mostly.
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He offers a good opportunity for players to test out which weapon skill they prefer though his fees can be rather high for low-level players. Some of his Ashes of War are also game-changing, and players would do well to buy them all in order to experiment with what’s effective for their build.
