Build routes / community guide
Merchant build notes
Choose Cart area farming, Axe attacks or Turret summons before investing.
Last checked: 2026-10-28. Game build: not established in the cited public sources; dated snapshots are identified below.
Skills and route selection
Cart farming centers on High Speed Cart Ram. Axe Throwing uses Double Spin and Flying Axe; Turret focuses on summons. Weapon Perfection contributes party size correction.
Stats: what to prioritize
STR is the main damage direction, with VIT for survival. Axe and Turret may add LUK when their build benefits from Critical.
Gear, traits and cards
Cart traits include Fatal Greed and Overloaded Cart. Turret uses Summoned Count and Level Up Construction. Keep investment aligned with the selected route instead of buying attack-speed gear for summons by default.
Runes and investment order
The guide suggests Water–Fire resonance and STR/damage relics. This is a starting option, not proof of a best rune set across Cart, Axe and Turret.
Complete one coherent route before funding an alternative. The source supports a starting plan; it does not establish current prices or a guaranteed outcome for a particular account.
Questions people actually search
What stats should Merchant use?
STR is the main damage direction, with VIT for survival. Axe and Turret may add LUK when their build benefits from Critical.
Which build is best?
Choose the route for your role, weapon or form. The priorities above come from one community guide; no current-patch comparison is established here.
Where are exact skill percentages and rune ranks?
Exact coefficients, point-by-point allocations and a universal rune ranking have not been independently verified for this page. The linked build guide supplies the underlying route advice.
Sources
- RTNW merchant build guide — Checked 2026-10-28. Single community build opinion, August 2026. Numeric allocations, damage coefficients and rates are not independently verified.
- Steam store, app 4212480 — Checked 2026-10-28. Release field 26 Jul 2026, 8 classes, Windows only, Dynamic review samples are attributed to Steam alone.
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