Goblin Merchant

[e][h]Goblin Merchant

Building Information

Cost:

 50  3

Armor:

invulnerable

Food:

0

Race:

other

Classification:

• Mechanical
• neutral

Sleeps:

no

Formation Rank:

0

Acquisition Range:

500

Selection Priorty:

1

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Goblin Merchant, or Shop, is a neutral building that sells items, and is included on almost all maps. Interactions with the shop are important throughout the game, as it is in many cases the only way to acquire key items such as Boots of Speed, Staff of Teleportation, Scroll of Healing or Potion of Lesser Invulnerability.

Items Sold

Item	Requires	Cost	Stock
			Max	Delay	Replenish
Boots of Speed		250	2	220s	60s
Circlet of Nobility		200	1	0s	120s
Dust of Appearance		75	1	0s	60s
Periapt of Vitality		300	1	0s	120s
Potion of Invisibility		100	1	440s	120s
Potion of Lesser Invulnerability		150	1	440s	120s
Scroll of Healing		250	2	440s	120s
Scroll of Protection		150	2	440s	120s
Scroll of Town Portal		325	2	440s	120s
Staff of Teleportation		150	2	220s	120s
Tome of Retraining		200	2	440s	120s

Shop Control

Shop Control means ensuring to get important items from the Goblin Merchant. Items of particular contention are Boots of Speed, Potion of Invulnerability and Scroll of Healing. There are multiple possibilities to get shop control. By having Map Control a player can stay close to the Goblin Merchant and prevent the opponent from getting to the shop. The right timings are very important for getting the items before the opponent. High mobility heroes like the Blademaster and items such as Boots of Speed or the Staff of Teleportation can help to get to the shop.

Shop Control is especially important on Echo Isles, because there is only one shop on the map. If a player manages to get Boots of Speed for a powerful melee Hero such as the Blademaster or the Demon Hunter, the player will be able to chase down the enemy hero and get map control in the early game.

A player can buy items from the shop in order to increase the strength of his army without having to spend lumber or go into upkeep.

Spells & Abilities

Invulnerability
	Cast Type : Passive Target Type : No Target Renders this unit invulnerable.
Effect : Invulnerability

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
1.36.1	2023-11-20	Staff of Teleportation now has a stock of 2 charges in the shop. Tome of Retraining now has a stock of 2 charges in the shop.
1.32.10	2021-04-14	Scroll of Town Portal cost reduced from 350 to 325.
1.31.0	2019-05-28	Boots of Speed removed from the default creep camp drop table. Boots of Speed starts with 2 stock on Goblin Merchants after initial cooldown. Periapt of Vitality gold price reduced from 350 to 325.
1.30.0	2018-08-08	Boots of Speed Stock Maximum, Stock Replenish Interval, and Stock Start Delay reverted to 1.28. Boots of Speed now have a stock of 2 at game start.
1.18	2005-03-01	Staff of Teleportation gold cost has been increased to 150 gold from 100 gold.
1.15	2004-05-10	To purchase from a neutral shop or Mercenary Camp, a valid unit or Hero must now be within 450 distance units, down from 600 distance units. Note that this change does not affect racial shops. Boots of Speed now cost 250 gold, up from 150 gold. They are not available until the first nightfall, and are now considered a level-3 permanent item, up from level 2.
1.10	2003-07-03	You can now sell items at the Goblin Merchant by right-clicking on an item, and then "dropping" it onto a Goblin Merchant. Added the ability to see the inventory of the purchasing Hero when the shop is selected. Shops have been given an improved interface which now allow players to select which Hero or unit is purchasing items, units, or services.
1.06	2003-06-03	Scroll of Protection cost reduced to 150.

See also

• Goblin Laboratory
• Marketplace