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Mercenaries (EQ2)  

Mercenaries are NPCs for hire. Hire a mercenary that takes up a group slot, has a monetary fee and takes a small slice of experience and coin from fighting.

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Cost

A mercenary's purchase price varies by level. This is a larger upfront fee the first time you acquire that mercenary. The mercenary will then charge you an upkeep fee every 30 minutes; this amount also is increased as you level up. As of the end of beta a confirmed fee was 25g  upkeep charge per 30 minutes at level 90.

Like any group member, mercenaries take their cut of coin and experience, but they do not take loot items.

Mechanics

Currently there are 10 Mercenaries to chose from: healer, tank, melee dps and caster dps. Healers have a chance of actually rezzing you! No need to guess, their icons show their Archtype, and hailing them will tell you their class. Available types are Tanks, Healers, Melee DPS, Caster DPS, and Support mercenaries.

You can manage your merc's appearance clothing via your persona window. Add any armor you want to your mercenary to display, but remember that they will get no additional benefit from it. It's akin to equipping a mannequin; the armor will remain with you.

The suspend timer is 2 minutes. If you suspend your merc, you'll have to wait 2 minutess to unsuspend/resume them. When a merc dies he becomes suspended. You can resume him from the mercenary window in your persona or you can type /merc resume

If a merc loses too much confidence they will panic and suffer from a stat decrease. Avoid this by keeping aggro.

Mercenary Slash Commands

  • /merc ranged
  • /merc melee
  • /merc resume (unsuspends the merc)
  • /mercname
  • /merc attack
  • /merc backoff

Locations

If you see one mercenary hanging around, there's likely more nearby. It is possible to sneak into other cities and hire their mercenaries. The mercenaries from your opposing city will appear in your home city once hired.

Standard Mercenaries


Freeport
Seafarer's Roost:

Outside/Upstairs

  • Brenin Stoutheart - Tank - ( -220, -55, -3 ) .
  • Stamper Jeralf - Healer - ( -237, -55, 14 ) .
  • Bellut Shortsong - Support Bard - ( -252, -55, -13 ) .

On the harbor side of the Seafarer's Roost is a staircase leading down. At the bottom ( -243, -65, -10 ) you can enter a room where many mercenaries hang out.


Qeynos
North Qeynos:
In the basement of Irontoe's East. Look for Bouncer Johbal, he stands in front of the entrance. He hints these are mercenaries from other cities. (Note: When I went by on Beta they had not been placed yet, but the brawlers were gone.)

Qeynos Harbor:
Fish's Alehouse and Inn:
Outside

  • Jennis Proudhilt - Tank - ( 816, -23, 67 )
There are mercenaries throughout the Inn, on all three floors.

On Test

These mercenaries are on Test as of December 21, 2011, and may change before going live. According to patch notes there are 10:

Gorowyn:
On the platform near the City Merchant at 2326, 66, 1169 .

Freeport:
In the mercenaries tavern below the Seafarer's Roost.

Neriak:
In Indigo Hollow, just inside the gate and to the east:

Qeynos Harbor:
In Fish's Alehouse and Inn:

Kelethin:
In Jysolin's Pub:

New Halas:
In Coldwind Hall at 92, 153, -174

Elite Mercenaries

Information on Elite Mercenaries is... that they're rare and more powerful. Note that they despawn for a while from the world when hired so there will be gaps between players being able to find them. These mercenaries are much more expensive then normal mercenaries.

There are currently only two elite mercs in the world.[1]

  • Matri Dut - Nayad - ??
    • We've no reports on location
  • Kenny - A Billy doll - Healer
    • - believed to be found in "a dark forest"
    • A video showed this actually being available out in Great Divide.
    • During Beta he occasionally wandered Freeport

Upkeep Table

These are known upkeep costs for regular mercenaries. Upkeep is charged every 30 minutes that a mercenary is active (not suspended).

Level Range Cost
1-10 ??
11-20 2s, 50c 
21-30 10s 
31-40 25s 
41-50 50s 
51-60 5g 
61-70 ??
71-80 20g 
81-90 25g 

Official Behind the Scenes Video

December 6, 2011


  1. ^ Gninja on the official forums, December 20, 2011

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