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The Smugglers of Port Royal Trade Goods Merchant sells the eight standard cargo categories that drive faction merchant contracts. Stock and prices are identical to the Trade Goods Merchants of the other three factions. Where the Smugglers Buyer is the most profitable end-of-route buyer for relics and luxury cargo, this Merchant is the supply side: the cargo you load up before sailing toward a high-payout contract holder.

Location

The Smugglers of Port Royal Trade Goods Merchant is stationed at the Smugglers Main Base. The vendor stands close to the faction's Provisioner and Bounty Agent at the same camp, so a single visit can cover all three NPCs. Travel to the main base requires sailing access and, in most cases, a faction quest first contact: see Smugglers of Port Royal for the route in.

Currency

This NPC settles transactions in Piastres. See Trading and Merchants for how the two currencies interact.

Buy Stock

Items the Smugglers of Port Royal Trade Goods Merchant sells to you. Prices are flat and not gated by player level or reputation.

Tips

Smugglers cargo is interchangeable with cargo from any other faction Trade Goods Merchant. You can buy here and sell to a Brethren or People of Tortuga contract holder if the route fits.

If you are already at the Smugglers Main Base to sell relics at the Buyer, top up cargo on the way out so the inbound trip is not empty.

All Trade Goods Merchant prices are flat per unit and not gated by reputation, level, or progression, so this NPC is usable from the moment you find the camp.

Reputation Effect

Buying cargo at the Smugglers of Port Royal Trade Goods Merchant is reputation-neutral by itself; the reputation comes from delivering that cargo on a contract held by Smugglers of Port Royal or another faction. See Faction Reputation for how reputation gates higher Provisioner stock.

Sibling Faction Merchants

Every faction runs its own Trade Goods Merchant, and all of them carry the same eight cargo categories at the same flat per-unit prices. Buy from whichever camp is closest, then deliver on a Merchant Contracts route held by any faction. The four merchants are listed below.

Reputation Tiers

This merchant's own stock never changes, but the cargo you buy here feeds the wider faction economy. Delivering it on a contract raises standing with the holding faction, and Faction Reputation unlocks better goods at the camp's Smugglers of Port Royal Provisioner. Reputation with each faction is measured in four tiers.

To turn the cargo bought here into profit instead of reputation, run it to the Smugglers of Port Royal Buyer, which pays the most for relics and luxury freight at the end of a route.

See Also

• Smugglers of Port Royal

• Smugglers Main Base

• Trading and Merchants

• Faction Reputation

• Merchant Contracts

• Provisioner

• Tortuga Buyer

• Smugglers of Port Royal Buyer

• Smugglers of Port Royal Provisioner

Game Data

Buys