Elden Ring: Should You Kill Merchants
As players explore the Lands Between in Elden Ring, they will come across numerous merchants with items to sell. While some fans will be satisfied with peacefully browsing the merchants' wares before moving along, others may have more sinister plans for these characters. Indeed, some players may be interested in killing the merchants in Elden Ring, and this guide is here to detail the consequences that are associated with that act.
To note, the following information is only applicable to the Abandoned, Hermit, Imprisoned, Isolated, Nomadic, and Wandering Merchants that are scattered across the map. Players that are considering killing any NPCs beyond those specific merchants should thus seek additional guidance before they proceed. Fans that do not heed this advice, and instead kill characters with impunity, may find that they have locked themselves out of some of Elden Ring's questlines and cannot access some of its endings.
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To put things simply, there is no apparent negative consequence for killing the game's merchants. In fact, there is a very compelling reason to slay them, and that is that each one drops a Bell Bearing when dispatched. These Bell Bearings can in turn be given to the Twin Maiden Husks in Elden Ring's Roundtable Hold to add the associated merchant's offerings to their inventory. This makes it much easier to purchase merchant items, as it becomes unnecessary to keep track of the vendors' individual locations and items.
Despite the convenience that killing the merchants in Elden Ring offers, some players may still be uncomfortable with executing them. For those fans that are indeed on the fence, a bit more information about the merchants may be helpful, as the
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