The Great Merchant is a Great Person acquired though Specialists or Wonders.
Overview
"Great Merchants" provide the goods and services civilizations need to survive. They import food, medicines, and luxuries, and they export a civilization's manufactured goods. They provide the financing needed for great works to be accomplished. They create a civilization's wealth.
Strategy
Besides constructing the special Customs House improvement which, when worked, produces loads of Gold, the Great Merchant can also journey to a city-state and perform a "trade mission" which produces gobs of Gold and gains many points of Influence with the city-state. The Great Merchant is expended when used in either of these ways.
Again, you have the choice to use it for a long-term boost of the Gold production of one city (choose this city well), or use its unique ability to get a large one-time boost of Gold and Influence with a City-state. Note that the Trade mission may sometimes prove dangerous, especially if the City-state is far away.
Unique Unit Replacements
Icon | Unit | Civilization | Abilities |
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Ambassador | Holy Rome (Charles V) | ||
Herald | Burgundy (Philip III) | ||
Mburichi | Nri (Eri) |
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Merchant of Venice | Venice (Enrico Dandolo) |
Vanilla Version
With Holy Rome installed
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Opperhoofd | Dutch East India Company (Jan Pieterszoon Coen) | ||
Patrician Merchant | Venice (Domenico Selvo) | ||
Rattathut | Ayutthaya (Narai) | ||
Tyrian Merchant | Phoenicia (Hiram I) |
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Utusan | Tidore (Nuku Muhammad Amiruddin) | ||
Voyageur | Canada (Lester B. Pearson) |
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List of Names
Great Merchant Names
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Ambassador Names
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Merchant of Venice Names
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Rattathut Names
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Tyrian Merchant Names
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Voyageur Names
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