Merchants

Alpha-2 Vendor NPC work-in-progress UI.^[1]

Merchant NPCs (also called Vendors) are present from the first stage of node development (Expedition).^[2]

Merchant NPCs are identified by a golden shimmer on their nameplates.^[3]
Merchant NPCs will in general be able to buy items from players.^[4]

Player merchants

Player stalls, personal shops, and auction houses enable buying from and selling to other players.^[5]

Player merchants will not be able to be placed on ships.^[6]

	Player stalls	Personal shops	Auction houses
Cost	Rental fee.^[7]^[8]	Placement certificate purchase.^[9]^[10]^[11]	Listing fee.^[12]
Location	Can be rented at locations near the unique building in an economic node^[12] or in Marktplaatsen.^[13]	Certificates from non-metropolis nodes, allow placement near the node's unique building or on a freehold.^[9]^[10]^[11] Certificates from economic node metropolises allow placement anywhere in the world.^[9]^[11]	At Marktplaatsen in Dorp economic nodes allow raw resources and crafting materials to be posted.^[14] At Exchanges in Town nodes allow all goods/items to be posted.^[14] Metropolis stage Economic nodes enable remote bidding from linked economic nodes.^[14] Auctioneer NPC emissaries present in Vassal nodes allow some access to the parent node's auction house.^[12]
Player presence	An attendant NPC is assigned to the stall. Character does not need to be online or at the stall.^[15]^[7]^[8]	Player must be online and present at the shop.^[15]^[8]	N/A
Storage	Linked to character's warehouse.^[16]	Linked to character's inventory.^[16]	Raw materials and gatherables are automatically deposited within the listing node's local warehouse.^[17]^[12] Anything other than raw materials and gatherables will be mailed to the purchaser.^[17]
Advertising	Items and services are listed on Bulletin boards in the same region.^[18] There may or may not^[9] also be listings at auction houses.^[5]	Custom billboard appears above the character.^[15] Items are not listed in the parent node or auction houses.^[5]	Items listed are visible in community boards (bulletin boards).^[9] Metropolis level economic nodes enable worldwide sale prices for auction houses across Verra.^[14]
PvP	Players are not able to be attacked or robbed while occupying their player stall inside the limits of a node.^[10] Material losses may occur if the node's warehouse is destroyed during a node siege.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[16]	Players may be killed while occupying their personal shop and are subject to material loss due to normal death penalties.^[16]	N/A

Node types

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Nodes bestaan wereldwijd en de locatie van de node bepaalt zijn type; maar dit type zal bij de eerste ontwikkelingsstage gezien worden, wanneer een node real-time assest verspreidt in de wereld; is eigenlijk deze NPC's; deze kooplieden die in een gebied komen en services aanbieden en/of je weet van winkels of wat ze ook mogen zijn. Je zult het nodethema van die kooplieden zien. Dus als het een militaire node is, zul je militaire mensen zien. Als het een... economische node is zul je kooplieden zien. Als het een wetenschappelijke node is zul je geleerden zien; en als het een religieuze node is, zul je priesters en geestelijken zien. Dus spelers zullen goed begrip hebben over welke node welk type is om zo te zien hoe ze vooruitgang willen boeken.^[22] – Steven Sharif

Nodes worden toegewezen aan een van de vier node types, elk unieke specialisaties hebbenden.^[2]

Spelers zullen het type node kunnen identificeren bij de eerste ontwikkelingsstage (Expeditie), gebaseerd op de NPC-bevolking.^[22]

Node type.^[2]	Specialisatie.^[2]	NPC's.^[2]
Goddelijke nodes	Geloof en vaardigheden- en uitrustingsspecialisatie	Priesters
Economische nodes	Ruilen en kooplieden	Kooplieden
Militaire nodes	Gevecht en klassen training	Wachters
Wetenschappelijke nodes	Ambachtelijke and constructie	Geleerden

Ashes of Creation staat je, de speler toe om je lot in de wereld om je heen te bepalen. Met elke node type kan je stroming van hulpmiddelen en goederen in de wereld veranderen. Zul je de grootste economische metropool maken en helpen met leiden van de rijkdommen van Verra, of zul je een ander pad kiezen waar je nieuwe verhalen ontgrendelt, gevuld met bondgenoten en vijanden?^[14]

Node types zijn vooraf bepaald en zijn hetzelfde in alle servers.^[2]

Het type van de node is statisch. Het verandert niet gebaseerd op de vooruitgang of vernietiging van de node.^[2]

Bijvoorbeeld: als een level 4 wetenschappelijke node vernietigd is, wordt het een level 0 wetenschappelijke node. Het wordt nooit een ander type dan wetenschappelijk. De locatie van deze types corresponderen met de invloeden van buiten de node.^[2] – Margaret Krohn

Node types hebben effect of verschillende services en systemen op elk level van de vooruitgang.^[2]

Marktplaatsen

Market within a node (Pre-alpha).^[23]

A market is a type of unique node building in Ashes of Creation that unlocks at Dorp (fase 3) of an Economic node.^[24] Markets serve as a center for the transaction of goods and services within the area. Players can use the Market to access features including (but not limited to) some of the following:^[14]

Auction house where raw resources and crafting materials may be posted.^[14]
Trade hauling stables for Tier 1 mule training.^[14]
Player shop areas for personal shop deployment and rental stalls.^[14]
Private property sale certificates.^[14]
Hunter’s Post (higher redemption for Tier 1 creature bounties).^[14]
Black markets are upgrade paths for markets where stolen glint can be redeemed.^[25]

Marktplaatsen are distinct from Marktplaatsen, which are constructible node buildings that are available for placement by mayors of any Town (fase 4) node or higher.^[13]

Player stalls

Niküan player stall concept art.^[26]

If there were ever a cornerstone serving as the bedrock of Niküan trade, then this modest stall would be it. Stacked from floor to thatched roof with all manner of catch, it is prepped for a full day of commerce and trade. Here, haggling is not merely a suggestion, but a requirement.^[26]

Alpha-1 player stall 3D renders. 3D model by Adam Will.^[27]

Player stalls (also called Kiosks and rental stalls) are rentable locations near the unique building in an Economic node^[12], in Marktplaatsen (the constructible building available for placement by mayors of any Town (fase 4) node or higher), or as business buildings on freehold plots.^[28]^[13]

All nodes do have the ability to spawn player stalls. If you're not an economic node and you don't have a market- that's essentially your unique building- then you can construct essentially what is I guess would be called a... marketplace; and that marketplace will then come with certain services and it will come with a certain number of stalls. The economic node as I recall has the ability to construct an auction house and the auction house serves through the economic means the ability to list and sell items and that comes with additional stalls as well for the players.^[13] – Steven Sharif

Renting a player stall enables players to sell items as well as provide repair and enchanting services, even when they are not online.^[7]

Player stalls are rentable by node citizens.^[8]
- Player stalls may be utilized for a period of time based on the price paid to rent the stall.^[7]
Player stalls are linked to a player's warehouse.^[16]
Player stalls do not require the attendance of the character or for that character to be online.^[8]
- An attendant NPC is assigned to the stall.^[16]^[7] This may be an "image" of the player.^[18]
Players are able to input required items for repair and also purchase required materials for that repair.^[29]
Player stalls may still operate during node siege declaration. This is subject to testing.^[30]

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Players are not able to be attacked or robbed while occupying their player stall inside the limits of a node.^[10]
Bulletin boards that list the items available in player stalls can be accessed from anywhere in the region.^[18]
- These give the location of the stall so players can travel there and purchase the items.^[18]
Stall sales are also listed in auction houses.^[5]
- This may no longer be accurate.^[9]