No Merchant?

[Cobalt]

I'm currently on the fourth island, but no merchant is arriving at my base. I can only think of three possibilities:

1- The merchant does not exist on islands four and five

2- The merchant hut is located behind a portal, and the merchant returns to his hut every time because he looses his money to the greed.

3- It's just a glitch with the landscape and the merchant hut didn't spawn.

This is my second time on island 4 (the first time I lost), and both times no merchant. Please help!

[DavidM]

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[Cobalt]

Originally posted by DavidM:

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Thanks for replying, even though your one character answer was a bit hard to understand. This means that the game is VERY hard on islands four and five.

[Ice Coldas]

Originally posted by Cobalt105:

Originally posted by DavidM:

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Thanks for replying, even though your one character answer was a bit hard to understand. This means that the game is VERY hard on islands four and five.

If you bring some coins, archers and knights from the previous islands, and create large hunting fields on either side of your base, you should have a pretty good income very quickly.

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by Ice Coldas:

Originally posted by Cobalt105:

Thanks for replying, even though your one character answer was a bit hard to understand. This means that the game is VERY hard on islands four and five.

If you bring some coins, archers and knights from the previous islands, and create large hunting fields on either side of your base, you should have a pretty good income very quickly.

That's how I have survived at all. Thanks!

[DavidM]

I understood the merchant as a way to help beginners get some free money every day, thats why it was logical to me that its not there in the highest maps.

[CrashToDesktop]

The Merchant is not based on the first couple of islands - he appears on other islands by pure chance. I've had Island 1 with no merchant some times, and Island 5 with a merchant sometimes. The chance that he will appear, however, will go down significantly on later islands.

Oh, and far as I can tell, the Merchant can't get attacked by Greeds - invincible, so to speak. However, he will not yeild his money unless he's reached your outer walls by sun-up - if he gets there after the morning bells, you'll have to wait a day to get your money. Get him early, and send him early.

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by The Soldier:

The Merchant is not based on the first couple of islands - he appears on other islands by pure chance. I've had Island 1 with no merchant some times, and Island 5 with a merchant sometimes. The chance that he will appear, however, will go down significantly on later islands.

Oh, and far as I can tell, the Merchant can't get attacked by Greeds - invincible, so to speak. However, he will not yeild his money unless he's reached your outer walls by sun-up - if he gets there after the morning bells, you'll have to wait a day to get your money. Get him early, and send him early.

Oh. This just seems coincidental, then. And the merchant can get attacked by greed. When he does they make him drop money. If he's outside the wall, then they can attack him and get all of the money out before he can give you any. I assumed that this would make him return.

[Colonel Sanders Lite]

Originally posted by The Soldier:

I've had Island 1 with no merchant some times, and Island 5 with a merchant sometimes.

Either you're mistaken or that was a bug. The merchant is supposed to *always* appear on island 1 and *never* appear on island 4 or 5.