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Mr. Bator Feb 24, 2017 @ 8:40pm
When do shops restock?
When do they change their stock and when do they get more money?

Any information appreciated!
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Shidan Feb 24, 2017 @ 8:55pm 
Every 24 hours for most shops. Usually at midnight.
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Peregrine Feb 24, 2017 @ 10:33pm 
It seems to vary + or - 2 hours though.

Some shops I noticed were restocked by 2200 and some (maybe I missed it) seems a bit later than 0000, but never the less, thanks again for being awesome Shidan.

(I broke into a shop after buying everything, right after they closed, around 2200 or so, and they already had new inventory. Maybe it was a 1 time thing or maybe they do vary a little, but I'm fairly sure it wasn't 0000 on the nose)

On this note, does Armor King restock his inventory? I waited around a bit and he didn't seem to.
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Shidan Feb 25, 2017 @ 3:09pm 
Interesting, I've never noticed a variance. But most shops aren't even open at night, so it wouldn't have been hard for me to miss it.

Armour King should restock, however his timer is a bit longer. He's marked as a 48 hour refresh time. I lived right next to him for a while on my main, and I would make regular visits to see what he had. So he definitely used to, though you never know when a bug might hit...
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Peregrine Feb 25, 2017 @ 8:14pm 
Originally posted by Shidan:
Interesting, I've never noticed a variance. But most shops aren't even open at night, so it wouldn't have been hard for me to miss it.

Armour King should restock, however his timer is a bit longer. He's marked as a 48 hour refresh time. I lived right next to him for a while on my main, and I would make regular visits to see what he had. So he definitely used to, though you never know when a bug might hit...


Is that timer static? Or does it reset from the time we visit? Since Armor King and some of the other shops never close, I wonder how it works for them. And thanks again for the great info. Love you guys for being so awesome.
Last edited by Peregrine; Feb 25, 2017 @ 8:15pm
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Peregrine Feb 25, 2017 @ 8:20pm 
Originally posted by Peregrine:
Originally posted by Shidan:
Interesting, I've never noticed a variance. But most shops aren't even open at night, so it wouldn't have been hard for me to miss it.

Armour King should restock, however his timer is a bit longer. He's marked as a 48 hour refresh time. I lived right next to him for a while on my main, and I would make regular visits to see what he had. So he definitely used to, though you never know when a bug might hit...


Is that timer static? Or does it reset from the time we visit? Since Armor King and some of the other shops never close, I wonder how it works for them. And thanks again for the great info. Love you guys for being so awesome.


This also raises the question and makes me wonder.....

If you're IN the shop can the the Items restock? Or will they wait until the NEXT day and then reset?

I am fairly sure they don't reset in unlocked containers if you're in the store itself, so now I wonder if they do, or if not, how far away we have to be before they do?

I'll try testing this and get an answer for you unless you already know.
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Shidan Feb 25, 2017 @ 8:43pm 
I know for a fact the timer won't reset just because you visited. But with the mention of the variance I wonder if maybe it bases it off of when the shop first spawns.

And I don't think it changes based on the hours they are open. I have been in a town with a store that never closes, and shopped both before and after the restock mere hours apart.

Not sure about the being inside the shop... That's a good question... I know some things can cause issues due to being in the shop, such as importing while inside will fail to spawn the inventory of the shop in the new world.

I'd be interested to hear what you find out. :)
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Peregrine Feb 25, 2017 @ 8:54pm 
Originally posted by Shidan:
I know for a fact the timer won't reset just because you visited. But with the mention of the variance I wonder if maybe it bases it off of when the shop first spawns.

And I don't think it changes based on the hours they are open. I have been in a town with a store that never closes, and shopped both before and after the restock mere hours apart.

Not sure about the being inside the shop... That's a good question... I know some things can cause issues due to being in the shop, such as importing while inside will fail to spawn the inventory of the shop in the new world.

I'd be interested to hear what you find out. :)


Ok, at one of the bars in Worlds End, they DEFINATELY respawned before 0000 because I talked with them at about 2355 and they had new stuff. I'll keep looking. One of my IRL friends wants to play War Game, Red Dragon, so I'll be doing that for a while, then I'll resume Kenshi and get on it.
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Korendir Jun 1, 2018 @ 12:29am 
I know this is a very old thread, but I did notice that you have to be out of the store for the restock to take effect. I just experimented with the Armor King and found he would not restock at 0000 unless I was out of the store.

I can also confirm that the Armor King does restock every 48 hours.
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Peregrine Jun 1, 2018 @ 6:54am 
The new Ranger Shops seem to respawn every 24-48 hours.

I've seen the Bars NOT respawn inventory or get new money after your first visit though. Particularly noticed this at World's End. (Closest City to my base, but still one heck of a trip.) And it doesn't matter how many days you're gone, they still only have a very low number of Credits. I've seen 4 GP be kept for 50 days, though the inventory did partially respawn after an unknown number of days. That's annoying.
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Maddog Reed Jun 1, 2018 @ 7:15am 
Not sure why but in my recent run I have had shop stock restock as I am buying from them during the day.
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Peregrine Jun 1, 2018 @ 8:10am 
Originally posted by Howling_Maddog_Reed:
Not sure why but in my recent run I have had shop stock restock as I am buying from them during the day.


The new versions seem very buggy. I'm not sure why, but I'm encountering a lot of issues.
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Bored Peon (Banned) Jun 1, 2018 @ 8:21am 
Keep in mind the restock time CAN be modded.

Hatsune had it take like 3-4 days in her mod. That was kind of excruiating with a live in town playstyle. Her mod is also included in the CABS mod.
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Peregrine Jun 1, 2018 @ 10:36am 
Originally posted by Bored Peon:
Keep in mind the restock time CAN be modded.

Hatsune had it take like 3-4 days in her mod. That was kind of excruiating with a live in town playstyle. Her mod is also included in the CABS mod.


Personally, I wish they had more selection on the items carried.
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Bored Peon (Banned) Jun 1, 2018 @ 10:44am 
Originally posted by Peregrine:
Originally posted by Bored Peon:
Keep in mind the restock time CAN be modded.

Hatsune had it take like 3-4 days in her mod. That was kind of excruiating with a live in town playstyle. Her mod is also included in the CABS mod.

Personally, I wish they had more selection on the items carried.

That can be easily modded, the problem is you will run into some mod conflicts if not done right.

Like for instance when I was testing Hatsune Neko's economy mod we ran into a conflict with Shidan's Tweaks and Fixes because he edit the merchant as well. Although Shidan did fix the conflict on his end.
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Peregrine Jun 1, 2018 @ 11:13am 
I wish the base game was more appealing so less people would feel the need to mod the crap out of the game.

The new prices are a lot better. I think this is similar to the level they used to be in the .93 early series, and it does make me want to buy some gear I don't have, but the shops have a brutally small (or useless) inventory. (Le sigh) I'd rather not resort to mods though. So I'll give advice and feedback to the Dev based on their base game.

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