Changes: Merchant Empire

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“I hear you're the one who's so deeply invested in my junk. Not as deeply as me, of course, but who is, really? I picked up some Stealth Boys the other day, and they seemed like just the way to thank you for your investement. Kudos!”— Crazy Wolfgang

Merchant Empire is an unmarked quest in Fallout 3.

Quick walkthrough

Unmarked Quest: Merchant Empire

Speak with Uncle Roe.

Convince him of your investment with a barter check, the Black Widow or Master Trader perk or carrying at least 250 bottle caps.

Invest your caps in:

Lucky Harith twice.

Doc Hoff twice.

Crow twice.

Crazy Wolfgang twice.

Talk to Lucky Harith.

Talk to Doc Hoff.

Talk to Crow.

Talk to Crazy Wolfgang.

Reward: Improved caps-on-hand total
improved inventories
improved repair ability
Mini nuke

Reward: Improved caps-on-hand total
improved inventories
improved repair ability
3-7 stimpaks

Reward: Improved caps-on-hand total
improved inventories
improved repair ability
Crow's eyebot helmet

Reward: Improved caps-on-hand total
improved inventories
improved repair ability
2-6 Stealth Boys

Detailed walkthrough

Through discussion with Uncle Roe in Canterbury Commons, he can be asked if the traders coming through the area could become a unified group. If Lone Wanderer has the Master Trader perk, a high Barter skill, the Black Widow perk or is carrying at least 250 bottlecaps, Roe will offer a map showing the paths of the merchants and their various trade stops and the option of investing into any of the caravans. Investing in a caravan allows that merchant to sell a wider variety and higher quality of items. It also raises their Repair skill, allowing them to restore gear to near perfect condition, as well as the number of caps they have available for trading.

An initial investment of 200 caps can be made in each trader, followed by a second investment of 500 caps (totaling 2,800 caps for all upgrades). The Master Trader perk discounts each investment by half to 100 caps for the first and 250 caps for the second.

The first time speaking with a merchant after investing fully in their caravan will present a gift of gratitude. The gift differs for all four caravans, one of which includes the unique helmet, Crow's eyebot helmet.

Caravan merchants

Main article: Caravan merchant (Capital Wasteland)

The following merchants correspond to the investments:

Armor: Crow
Food/medicine: Doc Hoff
Misc: Crazy Wolfgang
Weapons: Lucky Harith

Rewards

Improved caps-on-hand total for caravan merchants.
Improved inventories for caravan merchants.
Improved Repair ability for caravan merchants.
The next time meeting him, Crazy Wolfgang will award between 2 to 6 Stealth Boys, depending on the Lone Wanderer's level.
The next time meeting Crow, he will award Crow's eyebot helmet.
The next time meeting Doc Hoff, he will award between 3 to 7 stimpaks, depending on the Lone Wanderer's level.
The next time meeting Lucky Harith, he will award a mini nuke.

Merchant chart

The amount of caps available depends on the Lone Wanderer's level and is random to a certain degree. Caps replenish every 72 hours, but they are also retained, for example: those who routinely use Crazy Wolfgang for repairs will end up seeing higher available caps totals, in some cases extremely high.

Merchant	Ref ID	Goods sold	Initial		First investment		Second investment
Merchant	Ref ID	Goods sold	Caps	Repair	Caps	Repair	Caps	Repair	Max condition	Investment gift
Crazy Wolfgang	00063C07	Junk	≈61-249	15	≈222-648	50	≈483-1197	75	85%	2-6 Stealth Boys †
Crow	00063C05	Armor	≈61-249	15	≈222-648	40	≈483-1197	65	79%	Crow's eyebot helmet
Doc Hoff	00063C06	Chems	≈161-399	15	≈322-798	40	≈483-1197	65	79%	3-7 stimpaks †
Lucky Harith	00063C08	Weapons & Ammunition	≈161-399	20	≈322-798	45	≈483-1197	70	82%	Mini nuke

† depends on player's level

Notes

If the Master Trader perk has been taken, all of the investment amounts will be halved.
When asking about the traders' locations, if any are dead, Uncle Roe will reveal that he hasn't seen them in a while or, "they must have fallen off the map." A merchant may also be counted as "dead" by Uncle Roe if simply separated from his pack brahmin and/or bodyguard.
Agatha mentions all of these merchants during her radio speeches.
While the Repair upgrade and reward become effective immediately, the inventory upgrade happens with the next scheduled inventory refresh of the caravan traders (every 72h).
If the caravan guard and the caravan merchant die, their brahmin will make its way to Canterbury Commons and stay there permanently.

Bugs

PC Xbox 360 When talking to each of the merchants for the first time, they might speak their normal introduction. Ending the conversation and speaking to them again will produce the correct reward dialogue. ^[verified]

Quests in Fallout 3

Main quests		Baby Steps · Growing Up Fast · Future Imperfect · Escape! · Following in His Footsteps · Galaxy News Radio · Scientific Pursuits · Tranquility Lane · The Waters of Life · Picking Up the Trail · Rescue from Paradise · Finding the Garden of Eden · The American Dream · Take it Back! · Project Impurity

Side quests		Agatha's Song · Big Trouble in Big Town · Blood Ties · Head of State · The Nuka-Cola Challenge · Oasis · The Power of the Atom · Reilly's Rangers · The Replicated Man · Stealing Independence · Strictly Business · The Superhuman Gambit · Those! · Tenpenny Tower · Trouble on the Homefront · Wasteland Survival Guide · You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head

Unmarked quests		A Manhandled Manservant · A Nice Day for a Right Wedding · Happy Birthday to You · Church Donations · Collecting Holotags · Council Seat · Economics of Violence · Election Day · Fungus Deal · Gallows Humor · Geomapping with Reilly · Grady's Package · Hired Help · I Want to Drink Your Blood · Jiggs' Loot · Just for the Taste of It · Keller Family Refuge · Leo's Drug Habit · Lincoln's Profit Margins · Merchant Empire · Mississippi Quantum Pie · Murphy's Bombing Run · Nectar Collecting for Fun and Profit · Our Little Secret · Ryan Brigg's Wonder Meat · Searching for Cheryl · Slave Hunt · Strictly Profitable · The Kid-Kidnapper · The Lost Initiate · The Outcast Collection Agent · This Old House · Treatment · Walter's Scrap Metal · Water Beggars · Yearning for Learning · Zip's Nuka Fix

Cut quests

Infiltration · Last Rites · MS07 · Matchmaker

Add-on quests	Operation: Anchorage	Aiding the Outcasts · The Guns of Anchorage · Paving the Way · Operation: Anchorage!

	The Pitt	Free Labor · Into The Pitt · Mill Worker · Toys for Tots · Unsafe Working Conditions · Wild Bill's Last Stand · Slave Snitch

	Broken Steel	The Sorrowful Suitor · Blood Brotherhood · Death From Above · Getting Ready for Prime Time · Shock Value · Who Dares Wins · Holy Water · Protecting the Water Way · The Amazing Aqua Cura! · Wastelander Water Request

	Point Lookout	The Local Flavor · Walking with Spirits · Hearing Voices · Tailing the Tomboy · Thought Control · A Meeting of the Minds · A Spoonful of Whiskey · An Antique Land · Plik's Safari · The Dark Heart of Blackhall · The Velvet Curtain

	Mothership Zeta	Not of This World · Among the Stars · This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough... · The Legend of Zeta

Canterbury Commons

Characters

Derek Pacion · Dominic D'Ellsadro · Joe Porter · Machete · The AntAgonizer · The Mechanist · Uncle Roe

Quests

The Superhuman Gambit · Merchant Empire

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+|image desc   =From left to right: [[Lucky Harith]], [[Hoff|Doc Hoff]], [[Crow (Fallout 3)|Crow]], [[Crazy Wolfgang]]
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-}}
+}}{{Games|FO3}}
+{{Quotation|I hear you're the one who's so deeply invested in my junk. Not as deeply as me, of course, but who is, really? I picked up some Stealth Boys the other day, and they seemed like just the way to thank you for your investement. Kudos!|[[Crazy Wolfgang]]|sound=FO3_CrazyWolfgang Kudos.ogg}}
-'''{{PAGENAME}}''' refers to an [[Fallout 3 Unmarked Quest|unmarked]] [[Fallout 3 quests|quest]] in ''[[Fallout 3]]''.
+'''Merchant Empire''' is an [[Fallout 3 unmarked quest|unmarked quest]] in ''[[Fallout 3]]''.
-[[Uncle Roe]], in [[Canterbury Commons]], offers you a map showing the paths of the merchants and their various trade stops. He also offers the player the option of investing into any of the caravans. Investing in a caravan allows that merchant to sell a wider variety and higher quality of items. It also raises their repair skill, allowing them to restore your gear to near perfect condition, as well as the number of [[caps]] they have available for trading.
+==Quick walkthrough==
-An initial investment of 200 caps can be made in each trader, followed by a second investment of 500 caps (totaling 2800 caps for all upgrades). The [[Master Trader]] perk discounts each investment by half to 100 caps for the first and 250 caps for the second.
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+==Detailed walkthrough==
-The first time you speak with a merchant after investing fully in their caravan, you will be presented with a gift of gratitude.  The gift differs for all four caravans, one of which includes the rare helmet, [[Crow's Eyebot Helmet]].
+Through discussion with [[Ernest Roe|Uncle Roe]] in [[Canterbury Commons]], he can be asked if the traders coming through the area could become a unified group. If [[Lone Wanderer]] has the [[Master Trader]] perk, a high [[Barter]] skill, the [[Black Widow]] perk or is carrying at least 250 bottlecaps, Roe will offer a map showing the paths of the merchants and their various trade stops and the option of investing into any of the caravans. Investing in a caravan allows that merchant to sell a wider variety and higher quality of items. It also raises their Repair skill, allowing them to restore gear to near perfect condition, as well as the number of [[Bottle cap (Fallout 3)|caps]] they have available for trading.
+An initial investment of 200 caps can be made in each trader, followed by a second investment of 500 caps (totaling 2,800 caps for all upgrades). The Master Trader perk discounts each investment by half to 100 caps for the first and 250 caps for the second.
-==Caravan Merchants==
-{{main|Caravan Merchant}}
+The first time speaking with a merchant after investing fully in their caravan will present a gift of gratitude. The gift differs for all four caravans, one of which includes the unique helmet, [[Crow's eyebot helmet]].
+==Caravan merchants==
+{{main|Caravan merchant (Capital Wasteland)}}
 The following merchants correspond to the investments:
-*Armor: [[Crow]]
+* Armor: [[Crow (Fallout 3)|Crow]]
-*Food/medicine: [[Doc Hoff]]
+* Food/medicine: [[Hoff|Doc Hoff]]
-*Various: [[Crazy Wolfgang]]
+* Misc: [[Crazy Wolfgang]]
-*Weapons: [[Lucky Harith]]
+* Weapons: [[Lucky Harith]]
-==Reward==
+==Rewards==
-*Improved caps-on-hand total for [[Caravan Merchant|Caravan Merchants]]
+* Improved caps-on-hand total for [[caravan merchant (Capital Wasteland)|caravan merchants]].
-*Improved inventories for [[Caravan Merchant|Caravan Merchants]].
+* Improved inventories for caravan merchants.
-*Improved repair ability for [[Caravan Merchant|Caravan Merchants]].
+* Improved Repair ability for caravan merchants.
-*The next time you meet him, [[Crazy Wolfgang]] will give you between 2 and 6 [[Stealth Boy|Stealth Boys]] (depends on your level).
+* The next time meeting him, Crazy Wolfgang will award between 2 to 6 [[Stealth Boy (Fallout 3)|Stealth Boys]], depending on the Lone Wanderer's level.
-*The next time you meet him, [[Crow]] will give you [[Crow's Eyebot Helmet]].
+* The next time meeting Crow, he will award Crow's eyebot helmet.
-*The next time you meet him, [[Doc Hoff]] will give you between 3 and 7 [[Stimpaks]] (depends on your level).
+* The next time meeting Doc Hoff, he will award between 3 to 7 [[Stimpak (Fallout 3)|stimpaks]], depending on the Lone Wanderer's level.
-*The next time you meet him, [[Lucky Harith]] will give you a [[Mini Nuke]].
+* The next time meeting Lucky Harith, he will award a [[Mini nuke (Fallout 3)|mini nuke]].
 ==Merchant chart==
-Amount of caps available depends on the player's [[level]] and is random to a certain degree. Caps replenish every 72hrs, but they are also retained, for example: players who routinely use [[Crazy Wolfgang]] for repairs will end up seeing higher available caps totals, ''(in some cases extremely high)''.
+The amount of caps available depends on the Lone Wanderer's [[level]] and is random to a certain degree. Caps replenish every 72 hours, but they are also retained, for example: those who routinely use Crazy Wolfgang for repairs will end up seeing higher available caps totals, in some cases extremely high.
+:
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+{| class="va-table"
 |- align="left"
 ! rowspan=2 | Merchant
+! rowspan=2 | [[:Form ID|Ref ID]]
 ! rowspan=2 | Goods sold
 ! colspan=2 align="center" class="unsortable" | Initial
 ! colspan=2 align="center" class="unsortable" | First investment
 ! colspan=4 align="center" class="unsortable" | Second investment
 |-
 ! Caps
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 ! Repair
 ! Max condition
 ! Investment gift
 |-
 | [[Crazy Wolfgang]]
+| {{ID|00063c07}}
-| [[:Category:Fallout 3 items|Junk]]
+| [[Fallout 3 miscellaneous items|Junk]]
 | ≈61-249
 | 15
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 | 75
 | 85%
-| 2-6 [[Stealth Boy]]s †
+| 2-6 [[Stealth Boy (Fallout 3)|Stealth Boys]] †
 |-
-| [[Crow]]
+| [[Crow (Fallout 3)|Crow]]
+| {{ID|00063c05}}
 | [[Fallout 3 armor and clothing|Armor]]
 | ≈61-249
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 | 65
 | 79%
-| [[Crow's Eyebot Helmet]]
+| [[Crow's eyebot helmet]]
 |-
-| [[Doc Hoff]]
+| [[Hoff|Doc Hoff]]
+| {{ID|00063c06}}
-| [[Fallout 3 drugs and edibles#Drugs|Chems]]
+| [[Fallout 3 consumables#Drugs|Chems]]
 | ≈161-399
 | 15
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 | 65
 | 79%
-| 3-7 [[Stimpaks]] †
+| 3-7 [[Stimpak (Fallout 3)|stimpak]]s †
 |-
 | [[Lucky Harith]]
+| {{ID|00063c08}}
-| [[Fallout 3 weapons|Weapons]] & [[:Category:Fallout 3 ammunition|Ammo]]
+| [[Fallout 3 weapons|Weapons]] & [[Fallout 3 ammunition|Ammunition]]
 | ≈161-399
 | 20
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 | 70
 | 82%
-| [[Mini Nuke]]
+| [[Mini nuke (Fallout 3)|Mini nuke]]
 |}
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 ==Notes==
+* If the Master Trader perk has been taken, all of the investment amounts will be halved.
-* After fully investing, the [[Caravan Merchant]]s are the traders with the largest amount of available caps in the game. They also have the highest repair skills with [[Crazy Wolfgang]] being the very best at 75 [[Repair]] (allowing him to repair items to a max of 85%).
+* When asking about the traders' locations, if any are dead, [[Ernest Roe|Uncle Roe]] will reveal that he hasn't seen them in a while or, "they must have fallen off the map." A merchant may also be counted as "dead" by Uncle Roe if simply separated from his pack brahmin and/or bodyguard.
-* If you cannot make the traders appear through waiting at a frequent stop, they are most likely stuck at the tree in Canterbury Commons. Physically go there and stand next to them, then wait 1-2 hours. This should reset them and make them wander around the wasteland again.
+* [[Agatha Egglebrecht|Agatha]] mentions all of these merchants during [[Agatha's Station|her radio]] speeches.
-* If you don't want to risk the traders' deaths, reverse pickpocket better armor and stimpaks on them. Do this in front of Megaton, then go back in and out again to check if they put the armor on.  (Alternately, on the PC, use the "setessential" console command to make them unkillable.)
+* While the Repair upgrade and reward become effective immediately, the inventory upgrade happens with the next scheduled inventory refresh of the caravan traders (every 72h).
-* Wolfgang's and Hoff's repair skills can be improved by another 5 points by reverse-pickpocketing a [[Red Racer Jumpsuit]] or [[RobCo Jumpsuit]] with better than 75% condition.
+* If the [[Caravan guard (Fallout 3)|caravan guard]] and the [[Caravan merchant (Capital Wasteland)|caravan merchant]] die, their [[Brahmin (Fallout 3)|brahmin]] will make its way to [[Canterbury Commons]] and stay there permanently.
-* Be wary about investing into the various Caravan Merchant's stocks as they have been known to die in the wastes.
-* If one of the Caravan Merchants accidentally dies and is [[Fallout_3_console_commands#NPC_manipulation|resurrected via console]], his inventory and repair ability will revert to pre-investment state.
+==Bugs==
-* When asking about the traders' locations, if any are dead, Uncle Roe will tell you that he "hasn't seen said trader in a strange while" or "they must have fallen off the map."  (Note that a glitch in the unpatched version of the game makes the latter quite literally possible.)
+{{Platforms|pc,xbox360}} When talking to each of the merchants for the first time, they might speak their normal introduction. Ending the conversation and speaking to them again will produce the correct reward dialogue. {{Verify|verified}}
-* A merchant may be counted as "dead" by [[Uncle Roe]] if simply separated from his pack brahmin and/or bodyguard.
-* Agatha mentions all of these merchants during her radio broadcasts.
+{{Navbox quests FO3}}
-* If you have the [[Master Trader]] perk, all of the investment amounts will be halved.
+{{Navbox Canterbury Commons}}
 [[Category:Fallout 3 unmarked quests]]
+[[de:Das Handelsimperium]]
+[[ru:Торговая империя]]
+[[uk:Торгова імперія]]