Merchant

The merchant arrives fittingly every week on and enjoys decadent food. He will purchase from you almost any dish. His real name is Lawrence. He is the brother of Episcop.

Buy or Farm
After talking to Horadric about a vegetable garden south of the keeper's house he will tell you that it is abandoned and that he sold it to the merchant. He asks you to speak to the merchant first, but you are able to do it anyway after using the.

After meeting the merchant he tells you that you can use the land if you are able to successfully grow vegetables.

First he demands,.

If you refuse once,.

If you refuse twice, you'll have to buy the garden for and make it nice again. After an apology, he'll trade with you again, and lower the price to a final. You'll still be able to work the garden without paying the money, but you need to pay to advance the questline.

If you accept the barter, he gives you a quest to bring him your first harvest of, , and to get a.

Repay Loan
When you repay the loan, you gain 10  and.

Hiccup Cure
The merchant is suffering from hiccups. After trying to scare the hiccups out of him, he gives you a quest to find growing in the swamp, west of the church across the stone bridge which you have to repair. Return to the merchant for 10 and a.

No Taste
After you bring him some it cures his hiccups but also leaves him unable to taste anything due to a curse. He requests that you speak to Clotho about a cure.

After some back-and-forth about professional courtesy to the other witch who cursed him, Clotho relents and tells you the recipe for her cure: and. These two ingredients used together will create. It is possible to create spices without talking to her first.

Bring the spices to the merchant for another 10. You can not give him the spices without first talking to Clotho.

Trade license
Next you need a, which can be bought from the royal services next to the church. To be able to buy it, you need to buy the "Righful Citizen" status for in advance. The costs.

Once you bring your license to the merchant, he will open up the trade office and ask you to bring a crate of goods each for him to sell. These s are made in the crate factory (in older versions, the packing table).

Royal Dinner
Next task is making 5x  for him to present them before the king.

After 60
You need to complete the two tasks related to the trade office (getting enough fame and selling 7 crates), that should give you at least 70 to unlock the next step. You ask him how the royal dinner was, and he said it was great, and that even though now they got some support from the royal council as a whole, the head of the council needs some more convincing. More specifically, Ms. Charm's convincing.

Promoting your business
You want to try and use Ms. Charm to make your veggie-selling business grow. You need at least 40 with her for that, and you need to make her a piece of jewelry. After doing this, besides getting for the trade office, she will start selling  and.

Big Ceremony
The merchant tells you that all went well, but he wants to attend a big ceremony as keeper of the king's kitchen and needs your help for that. After the Inquisitor turned you down, you can ask the merchant to join your feast in the cathedral. He agrees and hands you an to show to the bishop.

Salty Fork
Ask him for the. He'll only give it to you, if you reached 100 with him.

Loan
If you ask him about seeds he'll offer you a loan of with 100% interest. If you decline it first, you can always get it via talking about your deal and then about the loan. It is not timed but you have to pay back.

Trades
''Note: as of v1.3, the merchant no longer sells or buys faceted diamonds. He may still have them in his inventory within game-instances that began prior to v1.3 - this is likely an oversight.''