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The Merchant (商人, Shounin) is an infrequently occurring vocation in the early games in the Dragon Quest series. Merchants have the ability to pick up additional gold after a battle, as well as appraise items free of charge. In battle, merchants are only average in attack and defense, slightly better than a Priest. In Dragon Quest III, this is the only vocation required to advance the plot.

Characteristics[edit]

Merchants are average to poor in all attributes, with an occasionally high wisdom stat to reflect their shrewd business sense. A Merchant will not win the day for any party and only contribute minor damage in battle, but their real contribution is how quickly the group can amass money with one around.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit]

In addition to being able to find extra gold after battles, a Merchant is also needed to progress through the story. An old man in a field on the North America-esque continent requires one to help him build a town, and will take a Merchant regardless of their level. The Merchant you leave will drop his/her items off at the vault (bag in the Super Famicom and Game Boy Color Version).

While the town develops well, the Merchant will eventually be jailed due to pushing the townspeople too hard and succumbing to greed. Prior to being arrested, they obtain a Yellow Orb which he/she will inform The Hero is in his/her house. The Merchant will not be able to rejoin the party in the NES version. In all remakes and subsequent ports, the Merchant will be freed from prison after Ramia is hatched. Said Merchant will be playable again if approached, and will wait for the player in Aliahan.

Stats[edit]

NES version

Attribute Starting Stats Maximum Stats
Level 1 99
HP 11 286
MP 0 0
Strength 4 126
Agility 3 147
Resilience 4 160
Wisdom 6 138
Luck 4 134

Equipment[edit]

Dragon Quest III (All) 
Armor Modifier(s)
Scandalous Swimsuit♥ Defense+1
Plain Clothes Defense+4
Wayfarer's Clothes Defense+8
Boxer Shorts Defense+10
Leather Armour Defense+12
Tortoise Shell Defense+15
Leather Dress♥ Defense+15
Shell Armour Defense+16
Chain Mail Defense+20
Silk Robe♥ Defense+20
Iron Apron Defense+22
Cloak of Evasion Defense+23
Leather Kilt Defense+24
Iron Armour Defense+25
Magical Skirt♥ Defense+25
Glombolero Defense+30
Cat Suit Defense+35
Epic Apron Defense+45
Magic Bikini♥ Defense+65
Blessed Bikini♥ Defense+88
Shimmering Dress♥ Defense+90

Dragon Quest III (All) 
Accessories Modifier(s)
Strength Ring Strength+7
Tough Guy Tattoo Strength+8
Mighty Armlet Strength+15
Doh-Hican Defence+3
Garter♥ Defence+3
Gold Rosary Defence+4
Leg Warmers♥ Defence+5
Ten Ton Toupee Defence+15
Cower Ring Agility+7
Skull Ring Agility+10
Agility Ring Agility+`5
Mercury's Bandana Agility+30
Meteorite Bracer Agilityx2
Restless Heart Resilience+10
Gold Chain Resilience+10
Weightlifter's Belt Resilience+15
Recovery Ring Resilience+25
Care Ring Wisdom+15
Scholar's Specs Wisdom+15
Goddess Ring♥ Wisdom+33
Bunny Tail♥ Luck+8
Golden Tiara♥ Luck+13
Hen's Tooth Luck+20
Sacred Amulet Luck+30
Elevating Shoes Luck+50
Dummy
Slime Earrings
Ruby Wristband
  • ♥ denotes female only equipment.

Starting equipment[edit]

Skills[edit]

Dragon Quest III (GBC) 
Spell Level Learned
Dig 12
Service Call 17

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit]

Merchants enjoy a substantially improved equipment pool and more robust stats in this iteration of the game, allowing them to contribute more in battle.

Stats[edit]

Calculated using the everyman personality.

Female Male
Stats Level 1 Level 99 Level 1 Level 99
Strength 8 318 8 318
Resilience 10 244 10 244
Agility 3 181 3 181
Stamina 10 321 12 323
Wisdom 13 187 11 185
Luck 6 250 6 250

Abilities[edit]

Level Learned Original Japanese English MP Description
5 石つぶて
Ishitsubute		 Stone's Throw 3 Deals 14~20 Strike damage to all foes
9 ちからため
Chikaraname		 Muster Strength 3 Next attack is powered up by 200~250%
Stacks with Oomph or the war drum
Does not stack with Egg On
12 あなほり
Anahari		 Dig 0 Excavates 1~2 gold coins
1/128th chance to excavate 50% of the party's gold
1/8th chance to excavate items carried by local monsters
17 おおごえ
Oogoe		 Service Call 15 Summon the last shop the party visited
24 ぶんまわし
Bunmawashi		 Helichopter 8 Deals 90~95% Strike damage to one group
36 ぐんたいよび
Guntaiyobi		 Call to Arms 1 Pay 50G per user's level to summon an army

Equipment[edit]

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake  
Weapon Modifier(s)
Cypress stick Attack +2
Oaken club Attack +5
Copper sword Attack +10
Boomerang Attack +11
Divine dagger Attack +12
Chain sickle Attack +16
Edged boomerang Attack +24
Iron lance Attack +24
Chain whip Attack +27
Slapstick Attack +31
Iron axe Attack +37
Falcon blade Attack +55
Battle fork Attack +56
Flametang boomerang Attack +65
Zombiesbane Attack +68
Sandstorm spear Attack +76
Siren sword♥ Attack +79
Abracadabracus Attack +82
Empress's whip♥ Attack +94
Dragon claws Attack +95
Demon spear Attack +96
Astraea's abacus Attack +122
Hunter's moon Attack +131
Poker Attack +139
Rubiss's sword Attack +206

Dragon Quest III (All) 
Armor Modifier(s)
Scandalous swimsuit♥ Defense+1
Plain clothes Defense+5
Wayfarer's clothes Defense+9
Boxer shorts Defense+10
Leather armour Defense+12
Tortoise shell Defense+15
Leather dress♥ Defense+16
Shell armour Defense+17
Chain mail Defense+21
Silk robe♥ Defense+22
Iron apron Defense+25
Leather kilt Defense+25
Cloak of evasion Defense+28
Magical skirt♥ Defense+29
Iron armour Defense+32
Fur vest Defense+43
Glombolero Defense+50
Magic armour Defense+50
Agility gilet Defense+52
Agility+30
Cat suit Defense+55
Epic apron Defense+72
Magic bikini♥ Defense+79
Dragon dojo duds Defense+87
Blessed bikini♥ Defense+101
Bandit mail Defense+104
Shimmering dress♥ Defense+105
Yggdrasil dress coat Defense+112
Corsair's coat Defense+117
Agility+40

Dragon Quest III (All) 
Accessories Modifier(s)
Strength ring Attack+9
Tough guy tattoo Attack+11
Weightlifter's belt Attack+13
Mighty armlet Attack+16
Recovery ring Defence +2
Garter♥ Defence+3
Restless heart Defence+3
Care rivière Defence+4
Gold rosary Defence+4
Necklace of immunity Defence+4
Dragon scale Defence+5
Silver rosary Defence+5
Slime earrings Defence+5
Leg warmers♥ Defence+6
Ruby wristband Defence +8
Doh-hican Defence+11
Spirit bracer Defence+17
Ten ton toupee Defence+18
Cower ring Agility+12
Skull ring Agility+16
Agility ring Agility+`22
Mercury's bandana Agility+36
Meteorite bracer Agilityx2
Restless heart Resilience+10
Aerofoil earrings Wisdom+8
Anti-freeze earrings Wisdom+8
Asbestos earrings Wisdom+8
Care ring Wisdom+15
Scholar's specs Wisdom+15
Goddess ring Wisdom+33
Full moon ring Luck+7
Ring of clarity Luck+7
Rousing ring Luck+7
Bunny tail♥ Luck+8
Gold chain Luck+10
Golden tiara♥ Luck+13
Hen's tooth Luck+20
Sacred amulet Luck+30
Elevating shoes Luck+50
Dummy
  • ♥ denotes female-only equipment.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation[edit]

The Merchant is one of the prerequisites for the Ranger vocation (along with Monster Master and Thief). Though the vocation reduces most of a character's stats, a Merchant will gain additional gold at the end of battle as their rank increases.

Rank Bonus Gold
1 1/15
2 1/14
3 1/13
4 1/12
5 1/11
6 1/10
7 1/9
8 1/4

Stat Changes[edit]

Statistics Change
Battles to Master 130
Strength -5%
Agility -40%
Resilience -20%
Wisdom +20%
Style -20%
Max MP -50%
Trait Extra gold per battle

Abilities[edit]

Level Title Learns Battles Needed Target Info MP
1 Huckster Peep 1 One item Reveals the nature of the treasure in a chest.
Also enables item appraisal. 		1
2 Peddler Muster Strength 7 Self Save up energy to bolster the next attack. 0
3 Salesclerk Dig 15 Self Dig in the dirt to unearth hidden treasure. 0
4 Pitchman Weird Dance 24 One Enemy Lowers the enemy's MP. 0
5 Trader War Cry 40 All enemies A booming yell to make the enemy recoil in fear. 0
6 Broker Body Slam 65 One enemy Sacrifice the self to slam the enemy senseless. 0
7 Magnate Service Call 95 Self Summons on-the-spot aid with a sonorous shout. 15
8 Tycoon Call to Arms 130 Special Enlist the aid of an army of mercenaries...for a price. Level x50g

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[edit]

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Dragon Quest Treasures[edit]

The hawkers were immortalized as statues with base values of 120,000, and thankfully that immigrant town incident was left out of their descriptions.

Notable Merchants[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Merchant concept art, circa 1987

  • Female Merchant, Dragon Quest III Famicom artwork

  • Male Merchant, Dragon Quest III Famicom artwork

  • Male and female Merchants, Dragon Quest III Famicom artwork

  • DQIII male Merchant

  • DQIII female Merchant running from Orochi

  • Female Merchant, GBC official artwork.

  • Male Merchant, GBC official artwork.

  • Female Merchant, HD-2D

  • Male Merchant, HD-2D

  • Female Merchant, HD-2D sprite

  • Male Merchant, HD-2D sprite

  • Nevan as a Merchant in the official guidebook of VI...

  • ...and in the V-Jump guidebook.

  • DQM: Caravan Heart

  • Watching the Martial Artist and Alena tussle

  • Dragon Quest Character Figure Collection Roto no Monshou series

  • Dragon Quest Character Figure Collection Roto no Monshou series

  • The statue of the tradeswoman in Treasures...

  • ...and the salesman

Dragon Quest III vocations
Classic Vocations
SFC/GBC/Mobile Vocations
HD-2D Vocations
Dragon Quest VI vocations
Beginner Vocations
Intermediate Vocations
Advanced Vocation
Secret Vocations
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