Selling & Market
Overview
The Selling & Market system supports a merchant-style progression path in RELL Seas. Players can gather resources through activities like mining, woodcutting, fishing, and crafting, then sell or trade these materials for currency. A bag-drop mechanic adds risk to the economy - players who die while carrying goods can lose their inventory, creating a risk-reward tension in the trading loop.
💰Merchant Playstyle
Rather than focusing on combat progression, players can specialize as merchants. Merchant-oriented characters invest in gathering and crafting talent trees, accumulate high-value materials, and build wealth through trade. This is one of the non-linear progression paths confirmed by the developers alongside combat, fishing, and exploration.
Selling Mechanic
Players sell items at designated merchant NPCs or trading posts located in towns and ports. Selling prices scale with item rarity and market demand.
Currency Use
Earned currency can be used to purchase equipment, ship upgrades, blueprints, and consumables. A robust economy makes merchant playstyle a viable alternative to combat-focused progression.
🎒Bag Drop System
When a player dies with items in their inventory, those items are dropped as a bag in the world. Other players can loot this bag, creating genuine risk for traders carrying valuable goods.
PvP Implications
High-value material carriers become targets for PvP. Merchants must choose between maximizing haul size and minimizing risk - carrying too much makes you a profitable target.
Safe Zones
Certain towns and ports provide safe zones where bags cannot be looted by other players.
Recovery Window
The original owner has a short window to retrieve their bag before it becomes lootable.
Notes
- â–¸The merchant progression path was confirmed as one of several non-linear character builds in the Movie 1 developer showcase.
- â–¸The bag-drop system creates player-driven economy risk - confirmed alongside the general crafting and selling mechanics.
- â–¸Merchant investment in talent trees (Mining, Woodcutting, Crafting, Cooking) stacks with the Combat Potential System - a merchant can still equip combat posters for self-defense.
- â–¸Safe zones for trading are planned as part of the port and town design - exact locations to be confirmed post-release.