Secret Merchants in Act 2 – Immoral Offers and Old Acquaintances
The hidden merchants in Act 2 are partly of the unpleasant sort that require you to make very specific decisions. For example, you must have rescued one of them in Act 1 to unlock him.
Araj Oblodras
Araj Oblodras is a drow. She lives and works in the Towers of the Rising Moon. You will find her working in her lab. She will trade with anyone who has sworn absolute loyalty.
However, if you want to unlock her entire inventory, you need to have your companion Astarion with you. Araj has a soft spot for vampires and has a very specific demand from you.
You can read all about it in our guide:
Barcus
You must rescue the gnome Barcus twice in Act 1. Then you can meet him at the beginning of Act 2 in the Inn of the Last Light and trade with him.
You first encounter him in the destroyed village west of the Emerald Grove. In the southern part of the place, you will also find the Necromancer’s Book of Thay. Barcus, on the other hand, is hanging from the windmill in the northeast. A group of goblins has tied him to one of the blades.
Get rid of the goblins and enter the mill. Inside, you will find a lever on the ground floor with which you can stop the wheel and free Barcus. If you pull the wrong lever, it will launch the gnome into the wind like something out of a Looney Tunes cartoon.
If you successfully free Barcus, you will meet him again in the Grymschmiede: There he is held captive by goblins and the true soul Nere. You will not avoid a fight if you want to save the gnome and his companions.
If you succeed here as well, Barcus will appear in Act 2 at the inn. From now on, he will be available to you as a merchant.
Lann Tarv’s Hidden Warehouse
The aforementioned Lann Tarv is a cave troll. In the Towers of the Rising Moon, he works as a quartermaster. If you want to unlock him as a merchant, you first need to have a detailed conversation with Z’rell.
Z’rell will tell you in the conversation to have Lann Tarv show you his secret warehouse. You will then return to Lann Tarv, who is now ready to trade.
On page 1, you will find the secret merchants from Act 1, on page 3 the merchants in Act 3.
