Foreign trader

Foreign traders travel in caravans of many traders at a time. They are neither aggressive towards nor afraid of the player character. You can trade furs with them in exchange for weapons, iron armor, and other valuables they carry for trade. They will only accept furs as offers for their items when trading.

Details

Foreign traders carry items that are otherwise very difficult to find such as iron weapons and armor, and valuable jewelry. In addition, they can also carry high-quality versions of leather armor, bows, and arrows.

Foreign traders are hostile to the player when the player finds them in the Njerpez cultural zone.

Attacking Foreign Traders

Killing foreign traders can be extremely lucrative for well-armed and experienced players, but make sure not to underestimate them. Foreign traders almost never travel alone, and their companions are able to hear them in distress from far away, even when they are asleep, and will come running.

Also, as owners of high quality weapons and armors, they can be considered more dangerous than Njerpez. If you decide to kill one group, make very sure that no survivors escape, or they may return to fight at inopportune times.

Strategy

Traders may easily have master weapon skills (85-94), which means even a masterful Kaumo fighter will either be overwhelmed or meet a risky challenge even in a duel scenario. In version 3.63 they spawn in groups of 5-7. It is somewhat possible to stealth kill them in thick forests - or get a chokepoint to force melee duels with them. When sneaking up on them, prioritize striking at legs, which can knock them down (wasting their every turn) and effectively stunlock them until they lose consciousness. Rarely traders are missing ranged weapons, which is the safest scenario. Everyone will get alert at your backstabbing, but sometimes thick forest disorients the trader squad and the rest of them may even become pacified again. Unless the forest is everywhere, even 2 ranged traders are risky to confront, if you can't kill them - they can shoot even if prone and immobilized.

Almost universal method for melee or retreat - is to bring plenty of branches to set fires in 7 tiles around yourself, as an improvised wall, forcing 1v1 fighting. Until you hit a trader with an arrow they won't aggro.

Traders can be found walking near Driik villages. One trader can have even 3 two handed battleswords, crossbow, arrows and spear. Do not expect to survive battlesword hits as they may be instantly fatal, possibly even through iron helm.