Merchant?

[Joman]

I heard, the merchant is important.
How can I find him? I have explored some islands and did not find him.

[Shadow Wizard Fluffy Gang]

he spawns in Black Forest zones. More in the horizontal middle *I think* but I don't recall.

[SmokeWiseGanja]

keep sailing around mate, you'll bump into him eventually. A little bag icon appears on the map when you get close enough.

[brown29knight]

each world has 10 spots he can show up. All are in black forest, and there is a minimum distance from the start point he will not show up inside of. (From my experience, that distance is roughly one game day of running/walking away from the starting point of the world)

He will show up when you are in rendering range, which is a lot further than sight range, and beyond what the map will show as explored. The bag icon will be added to your map, likely still in the fog of war area.

Once he shows up in a given world, his location is fixed in that world. The other 9 spots are disabled.

[Pain]

Originally posted by Entity Mystik:

he spawns in Black Forest zones. More in the horizontal middle *I think* but I don't recall.

He spawns in a circle around your Forsaken altar. He may be close, he may be far. But he is always within a certain radius of the center and always Black Forest. I notice he usually spawns in BF zones near swamps. So if you are seeing plains, you went to far out and need to circle around another way from the center.

Above post is the best answer, mark it.

[Zep Tepi]

He can show up all the way at the edge. But most players find a closer one. Whichever one you get to first stays and the others don't appear.

The best strategy it to sail around and hug the coastlines of any black forest biome you see. If you're lucky the bag icon will pop up on your map. Sometimes he's too far inland for the bag to appear, but sailing usually works and prevents you from running around as much.

[Pervy]

Originally posted by Pain:

Originally posted by Entity Mystik:

he spawns in Black Forest zones. More in the horizontal middle *I think* but I don't recall.

He spawns in a circle around your Forsaken altar. He may be close, he may be far. But he is always within a certain radius of the center and always Black Forest. I notice he usually spawns in BF zones near swamps. So if you are seeing plains, you went to far out and need to circle around another way from the center.

Above post is the best answer, mark it.

Do you mean the minium spawn range?
Otherwise every thing could go by this rule.

https://valheim-map.world/?seed=Tucik37qKV&offset=476%2C41&zoom=0.722&view=0&ver=0.202.14

[Pain]

Originally posted by LostLogicUnit:

Originally posted by Pain:

He spawns in a circle around your Forsaken altar. He may be close, he may be far. But he is always within a certain radius of the center and always Black Forest. I notice he usually spawns in BF zones near swamps. So if you are seeing plains, you went to far out and need to circle around another way from the center.

Above post is the best answer, mark it.

Do you mean the minium spawn range?
Otherwise every thing could go by this rule.

https://valheim-map.world/?seed=Tucik37qKV&offset=476%2C41&zoom=0.722&view=0&ver=0.202.14

Man, you would have to be the most unlucky SoB to hit the edge of the map like that.

I always force it close by using a circle around the center

[Pervy]

Originally posted by Pain:

Originally posted by LostLogicUnit:

Do you mean the minium spawn range?
Otherwise every thing could go by this rule.

https://valheim-map.world/?seed=Tucik37qKV&offset=476%2C41&zoom=0.722&view=0&ver=0.202.14

Man, you would have to be the most unlucky SoB to hit the edge of the map like that.

I always force it close by using a circle around the center

My first save i did get a bit to far out and got it. But you never know if you are just out exploring, you dont chose your trader spawn, it choses you.

Since when i'm out exploring its not to look for the trader, and then he goes pop.