★ Best Personality | Best Equipment | Best Party
☆ Class Tier List | Vamp Guide | Monster Wrangler
★ Friendly Monsters | Sparkly Spots | Keys Guide
☆ EXP Farming | Money Farming | Seed Farming
★ Post Game (Spoilers!) | Missables | Trophy Guide
Here is a guide on the Merchant Job Class in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3). See how to get Merchant, the best personalities and equipment for the job class and when to become a Merchant in this guide!
List of Contents
| Personality | STR | RES | AGI | STA | WIS | LUK |
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This personality increases your Strength, Resilience, and Stamina, which are great stats to focus on for Merchants. This can toughen them up to survive battles.
Best Personality for Each Job Class
| Personality | STR | RES | AGI | STA | WIS | LUK |
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| Vamp |
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A perfectly balanced personality is the Vamp personality. It adds to all of the available stats and is no longer exclusive to female characters unlike previous Dragon Quest 3 versions.
Vamp Personality and How to Get
| Lvl. | Spell | MP | Effect |
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| Muster Strength | 3 | Increases damage of next attack. | |
| Muster Strength | 3 | Increases damage of next attack. | |
| 5 | Stone's Throw | 3 | Throws stone at all enemies. |
| 17 | Service Call | 15 | Spawns a merchant, innkeeper, or a priest. |
| 24 | Propeller Blade | 8 | Physical Wind attack to one enemy. |
| 36 | Call to Arms | 1 | Enlists an army of mercenaries for a fee of 50 gold coins multiplied by your current level. |
List of All Spells and Abilities
| Equipment | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | Astraea's Abacus |
| Armor | Male: Magic Apron Female: Shimmering Dress |
| Helmet | Mythril Helmet |
| Shield | Expel Shield |
| Accessory | Goddess Ring or Starry Bracelet |
| Weapon | Attack | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Cypress Stick | 2 | No Bonus Effect |
| Falcon Blade | 55 | Allows the user to attack twice per round. |
| Oaken Club | 5 | No Bonus Effect |
| Copper Sword | 10 | No Bonus Effect |
| Divine Dagger | 12 | No Bonus Effect |
| Chain Sickle | 16 | No Bonus Effect |
| Boomerang | 11 | Inflicts damage to all enemies. |
| Edged Boomerang | 24 | Inflicts damage to all enemies. |
| Iron Lance | 24 | No Bonus Effect |
| Chain Whip | 27 | Inflicts damage to one group of enemies. |
| Slapstick | 31 | No Bonus Effect |
| Iron Axe | 37 | No Bonus Effect |
| Flametang Boomerang | 65 | Inflicts damage to all enemies. |
| Abracadabracus | 82 | No Bonus Effect |
| Siren Sword | 79 | Casts Fuddle when used as an item in battle. |
| Zombiesbane | 68 | Effective against undead enemies. |
| Dragon Claws | 95 | No Bonus Effect |
| Astraea's Abacus | 122 | No Bonus Effect |
| Hunter's Moon | 131 | Inflicts damage to all enemies. |
| Poker | 139 | No Bonus Effect |
| Demon Spear | 96 | Sometimes kills enemies instantly |
| Battle Fork | 56 | No Bonus Effect |
| Sandstorm Spear | 76 | Casts Sandstorm on a group of enemies. |
| Rubiss' Sword | 206 | Casts Kazapple when used as an item in battle. |
| Empress's Whip | 94 | Inflicts damage to one group of enemies. Increased damage to human-type enemies. |
The Merchant is not a suitable class for the later stages of the game, so it is recommended changing to Gadabout after learning YellHelp, then to Sage at Level 20.
Class Change Guide: How to Change Classes
The Merchant class has a special ability that gives you the chance to gain 10% more gold from the battle. If you want to earn gold fast, you need to have this class in your party!
| All Vocations/Job Classes | ||
|---|---|---|
 Hero |
 Warrior |
 Martial Artist |
 Mage |
 Priest |
 Sage |
 Merchant |
 Gadabout |
 Thief |
 Monster Wrangler |
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Would be nice if we had a skills list (not only for Merchant) and at level they are learned
Merchant Job Class and Best Personality
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The Dig skill is not included in the Spell/Ability list... Needs to be fixed. Game8 writers made a booboo.