Question About Ambushing Merchants

[sniperdude01]

Quick question guys, I read that if you ambush merchants you do not gain suspicion/wanted. However I have been trying to fight/ambush them all day and I have been getting it once the combat starts. Do i need a certain level for this to happen or am i dong something wrong??

[Doom_Cookies]

I have never once heard this. If it was ever true, I doubt it is anymore.

[warrgood]

As far as I remember, the only 'crime' that generates zero suspicion is lockpicking a chest and taking the contents.

Once your thief reaches master level and you've spent the appropriate knowledge points, you can steal a few things for a reduced suspicion penalty. So, once in awhile you can steal a bit of food and generate no suspicion, but if the item has more value (gems, weapons, skill books) you will still raise your suspicion level.

Attacking anyone that you do not have a bounty for will up your wanted level, unless they are skull bandits, deserters or pirates. The exceptions are odd groups like the drunkards in Tltren. But it's a good idea to avoid attacking groups like that until they show up on the job board: A few dozen crowns worth of loot versus the loot and a few hundred crowns to solve the 'problem'.

[sniperdude01]

Thanks guys, I kept seeing mixed posts about this. I have seen videos of it working from last year and some Reddit posts so i thought i was going crazy. If its going on with other people though I wonder if they changed it. It would make sense though if you ambush a caravan that you wouldnt get any wanted level out of it.