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Mercury
August 6, 2026 at 04:32 PM
Added the Mercury worship tree with talent effects and Worship Point costs, and the Blessing of Mercury value
Mercury is the Roman God of Speed, Innovation, and Trade. He is one of the seven gods players can restore in Romestead. His unlocks favor logistics, trade routes, and the empire-wide automation added for Early Access.
Field | Value |
|---|---|
Name | Mercury |
Domain | Speed, Innovation, Trade |
Region | Pantheon |
Headline quest | Art of Trade |
EA-aligned building | Trading Post |
Art of Trade: Mercury's quest hub; tied to the Trading Post and inter-settlement commerce. Issued at the Altar.
Mercury matters once a player has more than one settlement. His tree unlocks Trading Post upgrades and trade-route capacity, which is the difference between a town that scrapes by and an empire that supplies itself. A solo player with a single settlement can defer Mercury; a co-op group planning a multi-biome network usually restores him after Ceres and Mars.
Mercury responds to crafted-good offerings and finance-themed worship items:
Handmade Craft, Impressive Craft: artisan-made offerings.
Coins (Quadran, Denarius, Aureus, Electrum) when allowed by the Altar UI.
Trade goods sourced from the Market.
Construction unlocks tied to the Trading Post and Logistics Tent infrastructure.
Citizen-buff favors that improve merchant and trade efficiency.
Specific Altar Blessing values for Mercury are not yet documented in the published Worship UI; the Altar Blessings explicitly shown there cover Ceres, Mars, and Venus.
Worship Points earned from offerings and sacrifices are spent in Mercury's tree. Nodes are grouped into tiers that open as the god's worship level rises, and a few have their own prerequisites, so the order below follows the tree rather than a strict shopping list.
Talent | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Basic Scrolls | Unlocks Leatherworker recipes for the Scroll of the Novice, Woolbound Scroll, Feathered Scroll and Linen-wrapped Scroll. | 1 |
Better Roads | +5% road movement speed. | 1 |
Extra Goods | The Market stocks additional goods. | 1 |
Cheaper Prices | -5% vendor price. | 1 |
Altar Teleport | Enables teleporting between Altars upgraded to level 2. | 2 |
Proficient Merchant | +20% Merchant experience gain. | 2 |
Brick Roads | Unlocks Carpenter recipes for the Brick Road Upgrade and Orange Brick Road Upgrade. Requires Better Roads. | 2 |
Intermediate Scrolls | Unlocks Philosopher recipes for Volumen Vitae, the Ember Scroll, the Scroll of Mirage and the Tectonic Scroll. | 2 |
Market Level 2 | Unlocks the level 2 Market. | 2 |
Blessing of Mercury | Unlocks the Blessing of Mercury: +10% overall Magic attack power. | 2 |
Faster Trades | +20% trade route speed. | 3 |
Increased Cart Capacity | Increases the capacity of all carts by 1. | 3 |
Mercury is the logistics god, and Altar Teleport is the node most players want first, since it is what actually switches on travel between level 2 Altars. Beyond that his tree splits between trade economics and the scroll recipes that caster builds depend on.
The Gods and Worship: seven-god overview.
Automation and Trade: Trading Post and trade routes.
Currency and Economy: coins and market.
