Merchants (Skyrim)

Belethor of Whiterun.

For other uses, see Merchant.

Merchants buy and sell items to the Dragonborn and can be found in almost every city and town in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Most are open from about 8am to 8pm, but some merchants are available all day.

Some merchants can be invested in if the Dragonborn has the Investor perk. It should be noted that the merchants' inventory is run off of an item generator, meaning that each separate save or character created from that save will result in a completely different inventory each time. Quicksaving before entering a shop in the Special Edition will do the same.

Types

The various types of merchants include:

• Alchemists
• Blacksmiths
• Fences
• Food Merchants
• General Goods Merchants
• Jewelery Merchants
• Spell Merchants
• Taverns

Eastmarch

Windhelm

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Ambarys Rendar	New Gnisis Cornerclub	Food	8:00-20:00	100	Male	No
Aval Atheron	Market Stand	General	8:00-20:00	750	Male	No
Elda Early-Dawn	Candlehearth Hall	Food	All day	100	Female	No
Hillevi Cruel-Sea	Market Stand	Food	8:00-20:00	50	Female	No
Niranye *	Market Stand	General	8:00-20:00	1000–4000	Female	No
Nurelion	The White Phial	Apothecary	8:00-20:00	500	Male	Yes
Oengul War-Anvil	Blacksmith Quarters	Blacksmith	8:00-20:00	1000	Male	Yes
Quintus Navale	The White Phial	Apothecary	8:00-20:00	500	Male	Yes
Revyn Sadri	Sadri's Used Wares	General	8:00-20:00	750	Male	Yes
Wuunferth the Unliving	(in the Palace of the Kings)	Magic	All day	500	Male	Yes

Narzulbur

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Bolar	N/A	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	No
Dushnamub	N/A	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	400	Male	No

Falkreath Hold

Falkreath

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Solaf	Gray Pine Goods	General	8:00–20:00	750	Male	Yes
Lod	Outside Lod's House	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	1000	Male	Yes
Valga Vinicia	Dead Man's Drink	Food	All day	100	Female	No
Zaria	Grave Concoctions	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Yes

Other

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Babette	Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary	Apothecary	All day	500	Female	No

Haafingar

Solitude

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Addvar	Market Stand	Food	8:00-20:00	50	Male	No
Angeline Morrard	Angeline's Aromatics	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Bugged ‖
Beirand	Blacksmith Quarters	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	1000	Male	Yes
Corpulus Vinius	The Winking Skeever	Food	All day	100	Male	No
Endarie, Taarie	Radiant Raiment	Clothing, Jewelery	8:00–20:00	750	Female	Yes
Evette San	Market Stand	Food	8:00-20:00	50	Female	No
Fihada	Fletcher	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	750	Male	Yes
Gulum-Ei	In The Winking Skeever *	General, Fence	All day	1000–4000	Male	No
Jala	Market Stand	Food	8:00-20:00	50	Female	No
Sayma	Bits and Pieces	General	8:00–20:00	750	Female	Yes
Sybille Stentor	In the Blue Palace	Magic	All day	500	Female	Yes

Dragon Bridge

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Faida	Four Shields Tavern	Food	All day	100	Female	No

Mor Khazgur

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Sharamph	N/A	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	No
Shuftharz	N/A	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	400	Female	No

Hjaalmarch

Morthal

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Falion	Falion's House	Magic	6:00–20:00	500	Male	Yes
Lami	Thaumaturgist's Hut	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Yes
Jonna	Moorside Inn	Food	All day	100	Female	No

The Pale

Dawnstar

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Frida	The Mortar and Pestle	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Yes
Thoring	Windpeak Inn	Food	All day	100	Male	No
Rustleif/Seren	(at Rustleif's House)	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	1000	M/F	Yes

Other locations

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Hadring	Nightgate Inn	Food	All day	100	Male	No

The Reach

Markarth

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Lisbet	Arnleif and Sons Trading Company	General	8:00–20:00	750	Female	Yes
Ghorza gra-Bagol	Blacksmith Quarters	Blacksmith	8:00-20:00	1000	Female	Bugged ‖
Bothela	The Hag's Cure	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Yes
Kleppr/Frabbi	Silver-Blood Inn	Food	All day	100	M/F	No
Endon *	(in Silver-Blood Inn)	Fence (General)		1000–4000	Male	No
Moth gro-Bagol	(in Understone Keep)	Blacksmith	All day	600	Male	Yes
Calcelmo	(in Understone Keep)	Magic	All day	500	Male	Yes
Kerah	Market Stand	Jewelery	8:00–20:00	50	Female	No
Hogni Red-Arm	Market Stand	Food	8:00–20:00	50	Male	No

Dushnikh Yal

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Murbul	N/A	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	No
Gharol	N/A	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	500	Female	No

Other locations

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Eydis/Skuli	Old Hroldan Inn	Food	All day		F/M	No

The Rift

Riften

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Balimund	The Scorched Hammer	Blacksmith	6:00–20:00	1000	Male	Yes
Bersi	The Pawned Prawn	General	8:00–20:00	750	Male	Yes
Elgrim/Hafjorg	Elgrim's Elixirs	Apothecary	All day	500	M/F	Yes
Wylandriah	(in Mistveil Keep)	Magic	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Yes
Keerava/Talen-Jei	Bee and Barb	Food	All day	100	F/M	No
Brand-Shei	Market Stand	General	8:00–20:00	750	Male	No
Grelka	Market Stand	General	9:00–20:00	750	Female	No
Madesi	Market Stand	Jewelery	8:00-20:00	750	Male	No
Marise	Market Stand	General	9:00–18:00	50	Female	No

The Ragged Flagon

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Vekel the Man	N/A	Food	All day	100	Male	No
Tonilia *	N/A	Fence (General)	All day	1000–4000	Female	No
Syndus †	N/A	Blacksmith	All day	1000–4000	Male	No
Herluin Lothaire †	N/A	Apothecary	All day	1000–4000	Male	No
Arnskar Ember-Master †	N/A	Blacksmith	All day	1000	Male	No
Vanryth Gatharian †	N/A	Blacksmith	All day	1000–4000	Male	No

Shor's Stone

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Filnjar	(at Filnjar's House)	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	500	Male	Yes

Ivarstead

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Wilhelm/Lynly Star-Sung	Vilemyr Inn	Food	All day	100	M/F	No

Winterhold

Winterhold

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Birna	Birna's Oddments	General	8:00–20:00	750	Female	Yes
Nelacar	(in The Frozen Hearth)	Magic	8:00–20:00	500	Male	Yes
Dagur	The Frozen Hearth	Food	All day	100	Male	No

College of Winterhold

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Colette Marence	N/A	Magic, Restoration spells	All day	500	Female	[?]
Drevis Neloren	N/A	Magic, Illusion spells	All day	500	Male
Faralda	N/A	Magic, Destruction spells	All day	500	Female	[?]
Phinis Gestor	N/A	Magic, Conjuration spells	All day	500	Male	[?]
Tolfdir	N/A	Magic, Alteration spells	All day	500	Male	[?]
Enthir	N/A	Magic	All day	500	Male	[?]
Urag gro-Shub	N/A	Books	All day	500	Male	[?]

Whiterun Hold

Whiterun

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Eorlund	Skyforge	Blacksmith	6:00–20:00	1,000	Male	Yes
Adrianne	Warmaiden's	Blacksmith	6:00–20:00	1,000	Female	Yes
Ulfberth	Warmaiden's	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	1,000	Male	Yes
Elrindir	The Drunken Huntsman	Hunting Gear	All day	750	Male	No
Belethor	Belethor's General Goods	General	8:00–20:00	750	Male	Yes
Farengar	(in Dragonsreach)	Magic	All day	500	Male	Yes
Arcadia	Arcadia's Cauldron	Apothecary	8:00–20:00	500	Female	Yes
Hulda/Saadia	The Bannered Mare	Food	All day	100	Female	No
Carlotta	Market Stand	Food	8:00–20:00	50	Female	No
Anoriath	Market Stand	Food	8:00–20:00	50	Male	No
Fralia	Market Stand	Jewelery	9:00–20:00	50	Female	No

Riverwood

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Lucan Valerius	Riverwood Trader	General	8:00–20:00	750	Male	Yes
Alvor	(at Alvor and Sigrid's House)	Blacksmith	8:00–20:00	500	Male	Yes
Orgnar	Sleeping Giant Inn	Food	All day	100	Male	No

Rorikstead

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Mralki	Frostfruit Inn	Food	All day	100	Male	No

Other locations

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Mallus Maccius	Honningbrew Meadery	Fence (General)	8:00–20:00	Varies *	Male	Yes
Sabjorn	Honningbrew Meadery	Food	8:00-20:00		Male	No

Khajiit Caravans

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Ahkari	Dawnstar to Riften	General	All day	729	Female	Yes
Ma'dran	Solitude to Windhelm	General	All day	750	Male	Yes
Ri'saad	Markarth to Whiterun	General	All day	750	Male	Yes

Dawnguard

Dawnguard ‡

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Florentius Baenius	(in Fort Dawnguard)	Apothecary	All day	500	Male	Yes
Gunmar	(in Fort Dawnguard)	Blacksmith	All day	1000	Male	No
Sorine Jurard	(in Fort Dawnguard)	General	All day		Female	No

Volkihar Clan ‡

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Feran Sadri	(in Castle Volkihar)	Apothecary	All day	500	Male	No
Hestla	(in Castle Volkihar)	Blacksmith	All day	1000	Female	No
Ronthil	(in Castle Volkihar)	General	All day	750	Male	[?]

Other

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Galathil	(in The Ragged Flagon)	Body Restructuring	All day	N/A	Female	N/A

Solstheim^DR

Raven Rock

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Fethis Alor	Market Stand	General	8:00-20:00	1500	Male	No
Garyn Ienth	Market Stand	Food	8:00-20:00	50	Male	No
Geldis Sadri	The Retching Netch Cornerclub	Food	All day	100	Male	No
Glover Mallory	(outside Glover Mallory's House)	Blacksmith	8:00-20:00	2000	Male	Yes
Milore Ienth	Market Stand	Apothecary	8:00-20:00	1000	Female	No

Frostmoon Crag

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Majni §	(in Frostmoon Crag)	Food, Jewelery	All day	125	Male	[?]

Skaal Village

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Baldor Iron-Shaper	(outside Baldor Iron-Shaper's House)	Blacksmith	8:00-20:00	[?]	Male	[?]
Edla	(in Edla's House)	Apothecary	8:00-20:00	50	Female	No

Tel Mithryn

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Elynea Mothren	Tel Mithryn Apothecary	Apothecary	[?]	1000	Female	[?]
Neloth	(in Tel Mithryn)	Magic	[?]	1000	Male	[?]
Talvas Fathryon	(in Tel Mithryn)	Magic	[?]	500	Male	[?]

Other

Merchant	Shop Name	Merchandise	Hours	Gold	Gender	Invest
Falas Selvayn	Ramshackle Trading Post	General	00:00–06:00	750	Male	No
Halbarn Iron-Fur	Thirsk Mead Hall (Dragonborn)	Blacksmith
Elmus	Thirsk Mead Hall (Dragonborn)	Mead

Merchant Trainers

"Don't think you can barter with me like I'm one of those damned shopkeepers."

―Hold Guard

Some merchants offer training services. This can be useful since the gold paid to them for their training is added to their inventory for trading, allowing players to get their gold back after training by selling items to the trainer.

A list of merchant trainers in Skyrim:

• Lami – Adept Alchemy training, Thaumaturgist's Hut in Morthal
• Arcadia – Expert Alchemy training, Arcadia's Cauldron in Whiterun
• Babette – Master Alchemy training, Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary
• Tolfdir – Master Alteration training, College of Winterhold
• Phinis Gestor – Expert Conjuration training, College of Winterhold
• Sybille Stentor – Expert Destruction training, The Blue Palace in Solitude
• Faralda – Master Destruction training, College of Winterhold
• Gharol – Expert Heavy Armor training, Dushnikh Yal in The Reach
• Drevis Neloren – Master Illusion training, College of Winterhold
• Grelka – Expert Light Armor training, Riften Marketplace
• Colette Marence – Expert Restoration training, College of Winterhold
• Ghorza gra-Bagol – Adept Smithing training, Markarth
• Balimund – Expert Smithing training, The Scorched Hammer in Riften
• Eorlund Gray-Mane – Master Smithing training, The Skyforge in Whiterun
• Revyn Sadri – Adept Speech training, Sadri's Used Wares in Windhelm

Notes

• (*) Tonilia is available as a Merchant after joining the Thieves Guild. Some of the other fences are available only after completing specific missions for the Guild. Fences' gold depends on the progress made in the Thieves Guild. They will have 4,000 each once all missions are complete.
• (†) One merchant will appear in The Ragged Flagon after each special job for the Thieves Guild to spread their influence across Skyrim.
• (‡) Members of the Dawnguard and the Volkihar Clan will only sell their goods to the Dragonborn if they are a member of their respective faction
• (§) Majni will only sell his goods to the Dragonborn if they are a werewolf.
• (‖) Angeline Morrard will limitlessly accept 500 investments but her gold limit will not increase. Ghorza gra-Bagol will have a dialogue line available for proposing an investment but no line to actually allow the 500 investment.

Trivia

• If enough of Merchant's possessions are stolen, they may hire Thugs to "teach you a lesson."
• A spouse is also a merchant. After marrying them, they open a store (it's not an actual place, they sell things from their home) and the Dragonborn may buy items from them.
• If a merchant lives in their store and the Dragonborn goes beyond the counter to their room, they will follow them, making theft more difficult.
• The Dremora Merchant can be summoned with the Black Market power which is learned in Untold Legends. He has 2,000 gold and he often sells Daedric weapons and armor

Bugs

This section contains bugs related to Merchants (Skyrim). Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following: Please reload an old save to confirm if the bug is still happening. If the bug is still occurring, please post the bug report with the appropriate system template  360  /  XB1  ,  PS3  /  PS4  ,  PC  /  MAC  ,  NX  /  PS5  ,  XS  , depending on which platform(s) the bug has been encountered on. Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.

•  PC   360   PS3   Merchant's inventory will reset if the Dragonborn attacks them, then loads a save immediately prior to attacking. Attacking and then using a Calm spell will not work.
•  PC   360   Loading a save will not revert a merchant's inventory.
  •  PC (Fix)   360 (Fix)   Make a save, attack the merchant, and then reload the game. This method does not work with the Dragonborn's spouse.
•  PS3   Reverse pickpocket can allow merchants' base gold supply to be raised. This has worked at the Riverwood Trader, getting the base gold up to 10,000 ; however, the same method does not work when applied to merchants in Whiterun.^{confirmation needed}
•  360   PS3   Rare issue where selling to merchants yields no gold after buying a large value of gold from them.
•  PC   When the merchant's gold reaches 32,768 it yields no gold when selling items, while still taking gold when buying.
•  PC   If a character talks to the Dragonborn when entering a new area, they may spawn next to Dragonborn. The character will then return to its previous area. This can be troublesome when exiting a store, as the merchant of the store may exit with the Dragonborn, which will cause the store to be locked. Sometimes the store will remain closed indefinitely, even after the merchant has returned to it.
  •  PC (Fix)   Lockpicking the door can then count as trespassing.
  •  PC (Fix)   To prevent this, simply wait for the merchant to be silent when exiting a store.

See also

• Alchemists (Skyrim)
• Blacksmiths (Skyrim)
• Fence (Skyrim)
• Food Merchants (Skyrim)
• General Goods Merchants (Skyrim)
• Spell Merchants (Skyrim)
• Tavern (Skyrim)
• Investor
• Jewelery Merchants