Merchant (Civ7)

Merchant

Introduced in Civilization VII

Cost

Production

40

Stats

Movement

Sight

4

2

Unique variants

Unit

Unique to

Notes

Can create Trade Routes between Independent Powers and other civilizations.

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The Merchant is a civilian unit in Civilization VII.

Attributes:
- Creates roads while traveling along a Trade Route.
Abilities:
- Establish a Trade Route to a foreign Settlement or Independent Power within range.

Strategy[]

To use a Merchant in the Antiquity Age one must have researched Code of Laws and there must be a foreign civilization's Settlement within range.

In the Exploration Age, one must have a Port if it is a coastal Settlement and have a foreign civilization's Settlement within range.

To activate Trade Routes in the Antiquity and Exploration Ages, you must physically move the unit to the Settlement you want to start a Trade Route in.

To do it in the Modern Age it is all the same, except when you select the Merchant, you can just click on the desired Settlement, then confirm your decision.

Merchant Activation Range
Age	Land Trade Routes	Sea Trade Routes
Antiquity	10	30
Exploration	15	45
Modern	20	60

Civilopedia entry[]

In the site of Óc Eo, a port city of the kingdom of Funan on the Mekong Delta of present-day Vietnam, archaeologists unearthed a cache of Roman artifacts. These arrived not from Roman triremes on a mission of conquest, but via long networks of trade spanning the known world, linking the forests of Britannia with the markets of India, African mines with cities in China. What was to become the Silk Road became the lifeblood of the Old World, bringing togas made of Chinese silk to Rome and Roman-made glass to Silla (Korea). Those who bore those goods were merchants, facing the uncertainty of travel for the potential profits to be made.

But even as empires depended on trade, merchants remained objects of occasional frustration. Confucius considered merchants and their quest for profits a drain on society, and avarice was labeled a sin in medieval Europe. Yet as kings and soldiers rose and fell, merchants remained.

See also[]

Merchant in other games

Civilization VII Units [edit]
Antiquity	Civilian	Founder Merchant Vaishya Watonathi Migrant Scout Jaguar Slayer Settler Colonist¹ Nagarika Trade Caravan Trade Ship Tankwa
	Commander	Army Commander Hazarapatis Legatus
	Land military	Archer Ballista Chariot Numidian Cavalry¹ Purabhettarah Yuthahathi Foederati Horseman Phalanx Slinger Burning Arrow Chu-Ko-Nu Hul'che Spearman Legion Immortal Warrior Hoplite Medjay
	Naval military	Galley Dhow Quadrireme

Exploration	Civilian	Merchant Mandarin Tajiro Migrant Missionary Hoceepkileni¹ Kahuna Pedanda Physician Scout Chasqui Settler Sokeman Trade Caravan Trade Ship Treasure Fleet
	Commander	Army Commander Noyan Tarkhan¹ Fleet Commander Ottru
	Land military	Arquebusier Bombard Catapult Courser Bolyar¹ Chevaler Mamluk Crossbowman Heavy Archer Keshig Warak'aq Knight Lancer Man-At-Arms Pikeman Swordsman Gold Bangles Infantry Kispoko Nena’to¹ Leiomano Tercio Xunleichong Trebuchet
	Naval military	Carrack Cog Cetbang Kalam Corsair Galleon

Modern	Civilian	Explorer Antiquarian¹ Merchant Hangshang Migrant Prospector Scout Sherpa¹ Settler Zamindar Trade Caravan Trade Ship
	Commander	Aerodrome Commander Aircraft Carrier Army Commander Mwami Fleet Commander Squadron Commander
	Land military	Assault Gun AT Gun Cossack Cuirassier Field Cannon Chang Beun Field Gun Howitzer Katyusha Rocket Launcher Hussar Infantry Company Landship Line Infantry Abambowa Garde Impériale Gurkha¹ Gusa Sepoy Soldaderas Mortar Partisan Rifle Infantry Marine Tank
	Naval military	Battleship Cruiser Destroyer Dreadnought Mikasa Revenge¹ Ironclad Ship of the Line Submarine
	Air military	Biplane Zero Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter Heavy Bomber Trench Fighter Stuka
¹ Requires DLC