Merchant Tents In Monster Train are an Overworld Event that enables you to exchange the gold you have earned during the game on purging cards from your deck, upgrading units or spells, and obtaining artifacts. Check out our Where to Find Merchants guide to learn their locations in Monster Train.
All merchants can remove cards from your deck, this starts at a cost of 50 Gold and increases by 25 each time thereafter you perform the action. Each Merchant will sell three of it's merchandise at a time, and their inventory can be re-rolled once per Merchant for a cost of 50 Gold. The prices that a Merchant sells items will depend on your Covenant Rank. The prices listed below for each of the Merchants are for Covenant Rank 0.
Merchant of Steel
This Merchant will sell 2 Regular upgrades for 20 Gold and 1 Rare upgrade between 80 Gold and 95 Gold. There are 8 different common upgrades, 5 of which will be available during each run. The primary clan and secondary clan you choose determine which two of those you could see in common slots at the Merchant of Steel.
You will find this Merchant in the following circles of hell:
• 1 Merchant in Circle 2
• 3 Merchants in some mix of Circle 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
• 1 Merchant in Circle 8
Merchant of Magic
This Merchant will sell 2 Regular upgrades for 20 Gold and 1 Rare upgrade between 80 Gold and 100 Gold. There are just 3 different common upgrades, two of which will occupy the common slots at the Merchant of Magic.
• Emberstone - The spell’s cost is reduced by 1
• Powerstone - The spell gains +10 power
• Surgestone - The spell gains +20 power and Consume
There are 4 different rare upgrades, any one of which could occupy the rare slot at the Merchant of Magic.
• Keepstone – The spell gains Holdover
• Freezestone – The spell gains Permafrost
• Stackstone – The spell gains Doublestack
• Eternalstone – The spell’s cost is increased by 1 and the spell loses Consume
You will find this Merchant in the following circles of hell:
• 1 Merchant in Circle 2
• 3 Merchants in some mix of Circle 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
• 1 Merchant in Circle 8
Merchant of Trinkets
This Merchant sells 3 Artifacts. The prices range between 160 Gold and 220 Gold each. The artifacts that occupy the merchant’s three slots are randomly selected from the general Artifacts, your primary clan’s Artifacts, and your secondary clan’s Artifacts.
You will find this Merchant in the following circles of hell:
• 1 Merchant in Circle 4, 5, 6, or 7
• 1 Merchant in between the tracks of Circle 8 (making this the only Merchant you can access regardless of whether you go left or right)
Check out our How to Upgrade Calcified Ember guide to find how you can get powerful goodies that will help you in Monser Train.
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