Oblivion:Merchants

This article is about shopkeepers. For the Merchant class, see Merchant (class).

This article provides a list of all the merchants in Oblivion. Details of commerce are discussed on separate pages, including base prices, merchants' available gold, and bartering. All of these aspects of commerce are influenced by the Mercantile skill.

A separate page is devoted specifically to Spell Merchants.

Overview

Before your character reaches Master level in Mercantile, there are two statistics that are important in making it possible to get good deals when selling items: the merchant's available gold and the merchant's Mercantile skill. Once you reach Master level, however, only the available gold is important, as buy and sell prices are fixed at 100%. Note that a merchant's gold can be increased by investing in their shops. There are several standard values for these statistics; most merchants fall into one of the following groups:

Mercantile skill	Gold	Number of Merchants	Notes
30	600	7	Bravil and Chorrol Fighters Guilds, Anvil Mages Guild, Various/General Goods.
40	800	18	Many various types of stores, including five Mages Guild alchemists.
60	1000	12	Mainly general goods stores with a few specialty stores as well.
80	1200	7	All are specialty stores, of various types.

Base Game

If you don't have any of the official downloads mentioned in the next section, there are a lot of merchants in the base game who provide notably better merchant services than average:

• The Dark Brotherhood Mage (skill 5, 300-800 gold) and M'raaj-Dar (skill 6, 400-900 gold) at the Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary — Are the cheapest merchants in the vanilla game, but require you to be a member of the Dark Brotherhood. M'raaj-Dar will become unavailable after The Purification quest, and you need to have finished the complete questline before you can obtain the Mage as a possible merchant.
• Sinderion in the basement of the West Weald Inn (skill 8, 400-1400 gold) — Sinderion has the lowest mercantile skill in the base game outside of the Dark Brotherhood's two merchants, so he's the best place to sell cheap items like extra Alchemy potions by far. He also offers Seeking Your Roots, which helps you increase your Disposition with him. However, due to a bug his inventory doesn't reset, so after many items are sold loading his inventory may take a while.
• Rindir in the Imperial City Market District, Felen Relas in the Anvil Mages Guild, and Sabine Laul in the Chorrol Fighters Guild (skill 30, 600-1600 gold) — All are good choices for beginning characters (until about level 12, when the more valuable loot appears). Even though Rindir sells mainly mage staffs, he buys all weapons and armors only until level 49 Mercantile. Sabine Laul buys only armor, weapons and misc. items and Felen buys all alchemy and miscellaneous items until level 49.
• Jensine (skill 30, 600-1600 gold) — Located centrally in the Imperial City and buys all items make her a good alternative.
• Daenlin, in the Archer's Paradox (skill 40, 1000-2000 gold) — Daenlin doesn't have as much gold as Varel, but is as good or better than most merchants for items worth at least 600 to 1000 gold.
• Varel Morvayn at Morvayn's Peacemakers (skill 40, 1200-2200 gold) — Varel is the best for expensive goods. Unlike the other exceptions, he will buy weapons and armor — the main money-maker for most players — without the need to first reach Journeyman skill.

Official Downloads

In addition, there are several download-only merchants who offer even better merchant services:

• Kovan Kren, Jak Silver (both skill 5, 100-600) and Melliwin (skill 6, 100-600) at the Dunbarrow Cove; added by Thieves Den — All have the cheapest prices of any fence in the game. Put together you can sell pretty much every item as well. You do not have to be a member of the Thieves Guild to make use of them. You cannot invest in their stores however.
• Khafiz at the Dunbarrow Cove; added by Thieves Den (skill 48, 1500-2500 gold) — Khafiz becomes available after purchasing the "Fence" upgrade for 1000 gold. Provides training in Mercantile up to level 75, whereupon it is possible to invest in his store. He will buy stolen goods even if you're not in the Thieves Guild, and has the lowest Mercantile skill (competitors 60+) of all fences, making him the best fence of more expensive items in the game.
• Aurelinwae at the Mystic Emporium; added by Wizard's Tower (skill 6, 2000-2500 gold) — Aurelinwae has an exceptionally low Mercantile skill and more gold than any standard merchants. However, due to a bug her inventory doesn't reset, so after many items are sold loading her inventory may take a while. When you reach Master level in Mercantile, her gold will increase to 2500, however you cannot invest in her store.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch fixes this bug.
• Nilphas Omellian at the Merchants Inn; added by Fighter's Stronghold (skill 40, 2000-3000 gold) — Unlike Aurelinwae, you can invest in his store, so at Master level he has 3000 available gold. His mercantile skill is moderately good, however, so for items less than 2500 in value he won't be as good as Aurelinwae.
• Rowley Eardwulf at the Wawnet Inn; added by Vile Lair (skill 44, 2000-3000 gold) — As with Nilphas, you can invest in Rowley's store, bringing his available gold up to 3000 at Master level. However, his Mercantile skill is slightly higher than Nilphas's.

available as fences if you complete the questline and buy the relevant upgrades. It is only possible to invest in the store of Khafiz. You also do not have to be in the Thieves Guild to make use of them.

Bad Deals

There are also merchants who offer worse bargains than usual:

• Fences — Fences have higher Mercantile skills compared to gold available, often 10 higher, and sometimes even more than that. The incomparable Fathis Ules has a Mercantile skill of 100 (Master) and 1500 gold.
• Inns — Inns often have bad rates, especially outside of cities. But then inns usually have only 50 gold anyway.
• Suurootan at Novaroma (skill 36, 600 gold) — Apart from fences, he is the only merchant with 600 gold who does not have a skill of 30.
• Etira Moslin, Hackdirt (skill 100, 200 gold) — Like all residents of Hackdirt, she automatically has a very low disposition towards the player, and after completing a certain quest she will become hostile and can no longer be spoken to.
• Batul gra-Sharob and Sigrid (skill 100, 200 gold) — The two merchants at the Kvatch encampment are Masters of Mercantile but have only 200 gold.
• Shady Sam (skill 51, 400 gold) — Sam is worse than other low-end merchants, but does have a lot of lockpicks.

Icon Legend
- Merchant - Recharging - Repairs - Buys Stolen Goods - Rooms for Rent - Sells a House/Upgrades - Horse Seller - Spell Merchant - Alteration - Conjuration - Destruction - Illusion - Mysticism - Restoration	- Training - Basic - Advanced - Master - Acrobatics - Alchemy - Alteration - Armorer - Athletics - Blade - Block - Blunt - Conjuration - Destruction - Hand to Hand - Heavy Armor - Illusion - Light Armor - Marksman - Mercantile - Mysticism - Restoration - Security - Sneak - Speechcraft

Notes

• Merchants in Oblivion do not sell the same thing every time you go into their shop and they may never sell a certain particular item (unlike those in Morrowind). The merchants will sell better items as your level increases.
• Typically, better values are obtained from merchants with poor Mercantile skill. However, these merchants also generally have less available gold, and so a much lower value may be expected for expensive items. Similarly, merchants with high Mercantile skill will typically offer worse values, but usually have a larger amount of gold and so may be able to offer a more attractive value for expensive items.
• The following tables list all of the NPCs who provide any merchant-type services. In some cases, the merchants will never actually buy or sell any items, but it is still possible to invest in their store (for those interested in statistics for 100% Completion) and therefore they have been included.

Merchants

Anvil

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Dahlia Rackham	Upgrades	Journeyman (56)	100	Clarabella in Anvil Harbor (Thieves Den official download required)	Dunbarrow Cove upgrades
Enilroth	Nothing	Apprentice (30)	600	Morvayn's Peacemakers	Nothing (barter never possible)
Felen Relas	Magical Supplies	Apprentice (30)	600	Anvil Mages Guild	none
Maenlorn	Food	Apprentice (30)	600	The Flowing Bowl	Fists of the Drunkard
Norbert Lelles	General Goods	Apprentice (40)	800	Lelles' Quality Merchandise	Apron of the Master Artisan
Orrin	Fence	Expert (90)	1200	Anvil Castle Smithy	none
Varel Morvayn	Smith	Apprentice (40)	1200	Morvayn's Peacemakers	Truncheon of Submission
Wilbur	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	The Count's Arms	none

Bravil

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Ardaline	Magical Supplies	Apprentice (40)	800	Bravil Mages Guild	none
Bogrum gro-Galash	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	The Lonely Suitor Lodge	none
Daenlin	Smith	Apprentice (40)	1000	The Archer's Paradox	Bow of Infliction
Gilgondorin	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	Silverhome on the Water	none
Luciana Galena	Fence	Expert (80)	1000	The Lonely Suitor Lodge	none
Nilawen	General Goods	Apprentice (40)	800	The Fair Deal	Robe of Creativity
Nordinor	Skooma	Apprentice (30)	400	Alley next to Fair Deal (only after midnight)	none
Tadrose Helas	Smith	Apprentice (30)	600	Bravil Fighters Guild	none
Ungarion	Spells, General Goods, Magical Supplies	Apprentice (40)	800	A Warlock's Luck (Cannot invest in this store)*	Ring of Transmutation

*You cannot invest in A Warlock's Luck

• The Unofficial Oblivion Patch fixes this bug.

Bruma

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Fjotreid	Smith	Apprentice (40)	800	Hammer and Axe	Gauntlets of Gluttony
Hafid Hollowleg	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	Jerall View Inn	none
Karinnarre	General Goods	Journeyman (60)	1000	Novaroma	none
Olav	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	Olav's Tap and Tack	none
Olfand	Smith	Journeyman (60)	1000	Nord Winds	Dondoran's Juggernaut
Ongar the World-Weary	Fence	Journeyman (60)	600	Ongar's Shack/Olav's Tap and Tack	none
Selena Orania	Spells, Magical Supplies	Apprentice (40)	800	Bruma Mages Guild	none
Skjorta	Clothes	Journeyman (60)	1000	Nord Winds	Councilor's Hood**
Suurootan	General Goods	Apprentice (36)	600	Novaroma	Monkeypants

**Due to a glitch, this item is not available in-game.

• The Unofficial Oblivion Patch fixes this bug.

Cheydinhal

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Borba gra-Uzgash	General Goods	Journeyman (60)	1000	Borba's Goods and Stores	Cowl of the Druid
Dark Brotherhood Murderer Mage	General Goods	Novice (5)	300	Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Only accessible to DB members, Cannot invest in this store)	none
Dervera Romalen	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	Newlands Lodge	none
Eilonwy	Magical Supplies	Apprentice (40)	800	Cheydinhal Mages Guild	none
M'raaj-Dar	General Goods	Novice (6)	400	Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary (Only accessible to DB members, Cannot invest in this store)	Eye of Sithis, Hands of Midnight, Bow of Infernal Frost, Perdition's Wrath, Poisoned Apples
Mach-Na	Books	Expert (80)	1200	Mach-Na's Books	Chronicle of Sacrifice, Advances in Lock Picking skill book
Magra gro-Naybek	General Goods	Apprentice (30)	600	Borba's Goods and Stores	Nothing (barter never possible)
Mariana Ancharia	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	Cheydinhal Bridge Inn	none
Tertia Viducia	Smith	Journeyman (60)	1000	The March Rider	Captain Kordan's Saber

Chorrol

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Angalmo	Magical Supplies	Apprentice (40)	800	Chorrol Mages Guild	none
Emfrid	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	The Grey Mare	none
Estelle Renoit	Books	Apprentice (30)	600	Renoit's Books	Stormrider Scroll, Vernaccus and Bourlor skill book
Rasheda	Smith	Expert (80)	1200	Fire and Steel	Rasheda's Special
Sabine Laul	Smith	Apprentice (30)	600	Chorrol Fighters Guild
Seed-Neeus	General Goods	Apprentice (40)	800	Northern Goods and Trade	Boots of the Swift Merchant
Talasma	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	The Oak and Crosier	none

Imperial City

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Augusta Calidia	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	The Tiber Septim Hotel, Talos Plaza District	none
Aurelinwae	Magical Supplies	Novice (6)	2000	Mystic Emporium (Wizard's Tower official download required) (Cannot invest in this store)	Frostcrag Spire upgrades
Calindil	Spells, Magical Supplies	Journeyman (60)	1000	Mystic Emporium (Cannot invest in this store)	Hands of the Atronach
Claudette Perrick	Alchemy	Expert (80)	1200	The Gilded Carafe	Birthright of Astalon, Strong Potion of Reflection
Delos Fandas	Food	Apprentice (40)	50	The Feed Bag	none
Edgar Vautrine	Spells	Apprentice (40)	800	Edgar's Discount Spells (Cannot invest in this store)	Veil of the Seer***
Ernest Manis	Food	Apprentice (30)	50	The Foaming Flask, Talos Plaza District (Cannot invest in this store)	none
Fathis Ules	Fence	Master (100)	1500	Elven Gardens District	none
Hamlof Red-Tooth	Jewelry	Apprentice (40)	800	Red Diamond Jewelry	Spectre Ring***
Jensine	General Goods	Apprentice (30)	600	Jensine's "Good as New" Merchandise	Akaviri Warblade
Julienne Fanis	Alchemy	Expert (80)	15	Lustratorium, Arcane University	Refined Frost Salts
Ley Marillin	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	The King and Queen Tavern, Elven Gardens District	none
Luther Broad	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	Luther Broad's Boarding House, Elven Gardens District	none
Maro Rufus	Light Armor	Apprentice (40)	800	The Best Defense	none
Nilphas Omellian	General Goods	Apprentice (40)	2000	The Merchants Inn (Fighter's Stronghold official download required)	Battlehorn Castle upgrades
Ogier Georick	Alchemy	Apprentice (40)	800	The Main Ingredient	Mantle of the Woodsman, Cyrodilic Brandy
Ormil	Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	The Bloated Float Inn ("houseboat" at the Waterfront)	none - zero inventory (!)
Palonirya	Clothier	Expert (80)	1200	Divine Elegance	Quicksilver Boots
Phintias	Books	Expert (80)	1200	First Edition	Document of Purile Banter, The Armorer's Challenge and The Refugees skill books
Rindir	Staves	Apprentice (30)	600	Rindir's Staffs	Apotheosis
Rohssan	Blade Weapons	Expert (80)	1200	A Fighting Chance	Battleaxe of Hatred
Sergius Verus	General Goods	Journeyman (60)	1000	Three Brothers Trade Goods	Akaviri Sunderblade
Shady Sam	Poisons, Potions, Lockpicks	Journeyman (51)	400	Just outside city walls, c.100m N of Chesnut Handy Stables	Lockpicks
Tertullian Verus	General Goods	Journeyman (60)	1000	Three Brothers Trade Goods	Helm of the Deep Delver
Thoronir	General Goods	Apprentice (40)	800	The Copious Coinpurse	Imperial Breeches
Urbul gro-Orkulg	Blunt Weapons	Apprentice (40)	800	Slash 'N Smash	none
Varnado	Heavy Armor	Journeyman (60)	1000	The Best Defense	Aegis of the Apocalypse
Velus Hosidius	Food + Inn	Journeyman (60)	50	The Merchants Inn	none
Viator Accius	Armor	Journeyman (60)	1000	Stonewall Shields	Tower of the Nine
Willet	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	The All-Saints Inn, Temple District	none

*** Due to a glitch, this item is not available in-game.

• The Unofficial Oblivion Patch fixes this bug.

Kvatch

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Batul gra-Sharob	Smith	Master (100)	200	outdoors	none
Sigrid	Alchemy	Master (100)	200	outdoors	none

Leyawiin

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Alves Uvenim	Magical Supplies	Apprentice (40)	800	Leyawiin Mages Guild	none
Bugak gro-Bol	Books	Journeyman (60)	1000	Southern Books	Annal of the Fire Nexus
Dar Jee	Fence	Journeyman (70)	800	Home/Five Claws Lodge/outdoors	none
Elsynia	General Goods	Journeyman (60)	1000	Best Goods and Guarantees	Nistor's Boots
Gundalas	General Goods	Journeyman (60)	1000	Best Goods and Guarantees	none
S'drassa†	Nothing	Novice (6)	10	Leyawiin Mages Guild	Nothing (barter never possible)
Shuravi	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	Three Sisters' Inn	none
Tun-Zeeus	Smith	Apprentice (40)	800	The Dividing Line	Destarine's Cleaver
Witseidutsei	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	Five Claws Lodge	none

^†If you have the Unofficial Oblivion Patch installed, S'drassa is no longer a merchant.

Skingrad

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Agnete the Pickled	Smith	Expert (80)	1200	Hammer and Tongs	Helm of Ferocity
Erina Jeranus	Food + Inn	Apprentice (40)	50	West Weald Inn	none
Falanu Hlaalu	Alchemy	Apprentice (40)	800	All Things Alchemical	Ring of Wortcraft
Gunder	General Goods	Apprentice (40)	800	Colovian Traders	Vest of the Bard
Mog gra-Mogakh	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	Two Sisters Lodge	none
Sinderion	Alchemy	Novice (8)	400	West Weald Inn	Elixirs of Exploration

Other

Merchant Name	Merchandise	Mercantile Skill	Gold	Building	Rare Items	Services
Abhuki	Food + Inn	Expert (80)	50	Faregyl Inn	none
Andreas Draconis	Food + Inn	Journeyman (50)	50	The Drunken Dragon Inn	none
Candice Corgine	Magical Supplies, Potions, Food	Apprentice (30) (leveled*)	0	The Sleeping Mare, Pell's Gate	none
Christophe Marane	Food + Inn	Journeyman (50)	50	Brina Cross Inn	none
Davela Hlaren	Food + Inn	Journeyman (50)	50	Imperial Bridge Inn	none
Engorm	Nothing	Apprentice (25) (leveled*)	5	Sanguine's Shrine	none
Etira Moslin	General Goods	Master (100)	200	Moslin's Dry Goods, Hackdirt	very limited inventory, low disposition
Foroch	Food + Inn	Journeyman (50)	50	Gottshaw Inn	none
Jak Silver	Fence, Potion, Weapon, Armor, Lockpicks	Novice (5)	100	Dunbarrow Cove (Thieves Den official download required) (Cannot invest in this store)	Nightmask Potion
Khafiz	Fence, Weapons, Armor, Lockpicks	Apprentice (48)	1500	Dunbarrow Cove (Thieves Den official download required)	none
Kirsten	Food	Apprentice (30) (leveled*)	50	Bleaker's Way Goodwill Inn	none
Kovan Kren	Fence, Armor, Spells	Novice (5)	100	Dunbarrow Cove (Thieves Den official download required) (Cannot invest in this store)	Gauntlets of the Manhunter, Silenced Boots, Silenced Gauntlets
Malene	Food + Inn	Journeyman (50)	50	Roxey Inn	none
Manheim Maulhand	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30)	50	Inn of Ill Omen	none
Melliwin	Weapons	Novice (6)	100	Dunbarrow Cove (Thieves Den official download required) (Cannot invest in this store)	none
Nerussa	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30) (leveled*)	50	Wawnet Inn, Weye	none
Niels	Smith	Apprentice (40)	0	Battlehorn Castle (Fighter's Stronghold official download required)	Nothing (barter never possible)
Rowley Eardwulf	Weapons, Armor	Apprentice (44)	2000	Wawnet Inn, Weye (Vile Lair official download required)	Deepscorn Hollow upgrades
S'thasa	Food + Inn	Apprentice (30) (leveled*)	50	Border Watch Inn	One high-quality blunt weapon (if your mercantile skill is at least 50)
Sergius Turrianus	Smith	Novice (20)	500	Priory of the Nine (Knights of the Nine official download required)	Nothing (barter never possible)
Tahm Blackwell	Potions, Books	Apprentice (44)	100	Dunbarrow Cove (Thieves Den official download required) (Cannot invest in this store)	Potions of Magnification
Vlanhonder Moslin	Inn	Apprentice (40) (leveled‡)	50	Moslin's Inn, Hackdirt	Nothing (barter never possible)

^‡ For leveled merchants, the provided mercantile skill is their skill at level 1. Their skill will typically increase by 1 or 1.5 skill points per level. See each individual merchant's page for details.

Shivering Isles

For a list of Shivering Isles merchants, see the Shivering Isles Merchants page.