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| description = How an item price is determined in Baldur's Gate 3
| description = How an item price is determined in Baldur's Gate 3
| image = Trading User Interface.jpg
| image = Trading User Interface.jpg
}}{{hatnote|A calculator is available for this article at [[Widget:PriceCalculator]].}}
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[[File:Trading User Interface.jpg|alt=The trading user interface in Baldur's Gate 3 (Trader's Attitude displayed in the bottom right corner).|thumb|The trading user interface in Baldur's Gate 3 (Trader's Attitude displayed in the bottom right corner).]]
[[File:Trading User Interface.jpg|alt=The trading user interface in Baldur's Gate 3 (Trader's Attitude displayed in the bottom right corner).|thumb|The trading user interface in Baldur's Gate 3 (Trader's Attitude displayed in the bottom right corner).]]
In [[Baldur's Gate 3]], there are multiple factors which may determine the price at which you buy or sell items:


'''Trading''' is a central gameplay mechanic in [[Baldur's Gate 3]] revolving around the sale and barter of [[Items]] and [[Gold]]. Depending on which [[Characters|Character]] is talking a given [[Trader]], including the trader's [[Attitude]] to the character, the character's [[Persuasion]] value, and the [[Difficulty]] setting of the game, a trade price multiplier is calculated. This multiplier is then applied to each item's inherent value, giving the prices for the character.
* The talking character
* The talking character's [[Persuasion]] skill modifier
* The adventure (game) difficulty
* The talking character's level
* The trader's Attitude score


The price modifier is calculated as:
== The Talking Character ==
The item prices and trader's Attitude score are determined by the character that initiates the conversation with the trader NPC. It's what we refer to as "the talking character".


: <tt>P = max(1.0, 2.5 - persuasion modifier - difficulty modifier - attitude modifier)</tt>
'''<u>Example:</u>'''


An item's value is multiplied by the price modifier when buying, and divided by the modifier when selling, i.e. the smaller the total price modifier the better for the player.
You're a party of 4 characters: Gale, Wyll, Astarion and Karlach. If you initiate the trading conversation with Wyll, then the trader will adjust its prices to Wyll only. If you're in the trading interface and decide to switch between other character's inventories, the trader still has his prices and Attitude adjusted to Wyll. Therefore, Wyll is the talking character in this example situation.


== Modifiers ==
<u>'''Tip:'''</u> It is a common strategy to use the character with highest Persuasion score to interact with traders and boost trader's Attitude with that character only.


=== Persuasion modifier ===
== Persuasion Skill Modifier ==
A character's [[Persuasion]] value affects prices. Positive values will make prices more favourable (higher when selling, lower when buying) and vice-versa. On [[Difficulty#Explorer|Explorer difficulty]], characters have a higher Persuasion value if they are proficient in Persuasion because the [[proficiency bonus]] is higher on that difficulty. Each Persuasion value point changes the total modifier by 0.1., as detailed below.
Depending on the talking character's Persuasion modifier, item prices will be higher (if modifier is less than 0) or lower (if modifier is greater than 0).


: <tt>Persuasion modifier = Persuasion value × 0.1</tt>
* Each negative/positive modifier point increases/decreases the item price by '''5%'''.
* '''Explorer''' '''difficulty''' grants bonus Proficiency modifier to the talking character's Persuasion skill (check the '''''Adventure (game) difficulty''''' section below).


=== Game difficulty ===
== Adventure (Game) Difficulty ==
Depending on the game difficulty set, the player receives certain advantages or disadvantages.
Depending on the game difficulty set, the player receives certain advantages or disadvantages.


==== Explorer difficulty ====
==== <u>Explorer difficulty</u> ====


On [[Difficulty#Explorer|Explorer difficulty]], the difficulty modifier is 0.5.
* All items are 20% cheaper (compared to Balanced difficulty)
* '''If the Player's character is proficient with the Persuasion skill''', it receives a bonus Proficiency modifier to that skill. The bonus scales according to the character's level: - 1 to 4 level: +2 bonus - 5 to 8 level: +3 bonus - 9 to 12 level: +4 bonus


If a character is proficient in [[Persuasion]], they will benefit from the higher [[Proficiency]] bonus this difficulty provides, depending on their [[character level]], as detailed in the table below. This, in turn, increases the Persuasion modifier.
==== <u>Tactician difficulty</u> ====
{| class="wikitable"
[[File:Trader attitude.jpg|alt=The meter displaying a trader's Attitude. Hovering over the meter displays the exact amount of Attitude gained.|thumb|The meter displaying a trader's Attitude. Hovering on the meter displays the exact amount of Attitude gained.]]
! Character level !! Bonus (explorer difficulty)
 
|-
* All items are 20% more expensive (compared to Balanced difficulty)
| 1 – 4 || +4
 
|-
== Trader Attitude ==
| 5 – 8 || +5
A trader's Attitude score suggests how friendly a trader NPC is with a certain character. The meter is visible in the Trading interface, right under the trader's model (bottom right corner of the screen). Hovering on the meter displays the exact Attitude score.
|-
| 9 – 12 || +6
|}


==== Tactician difficulty ====
==== <u>Reducing Attitude</u> ====
In Tactician difficulty, the difficulty modifier is &minus;0.5, meaning the total modifier is increased, making it more expensive to buy and lowering the sell price.
Performing acts of hostility (getting caught pickpocketing, damaging objects around the trader, stealing (picking up objects highlighted in red), attacking friendly (to the trader) NPCs etc.) will reduce this trader's Attitude towards the hostile character.


=== Trader attitude ===
==== <u>Raising Attitude</u> ====
[[File:Trader attitude.jpg|alt=The meter displaying a trader's Attitude. Hovering over the meter displays the exact amount of Attitude gained.|thumb|The meter displaying a trader's Attitude. Hovering on the meter displays the exact amount of Attitude gained.]]
The way to earn Attitude is by gifting items or gold to the trader using the "Barter" feature. You can do that by simply switching the trading interface to "Barter", then move the desired amount of gold or items to prepare them for trade. Do not click "Balance offer", just leave the trader's part of the deal empty, and press the "BARTER" button. This will gift the items or gold to the trader for free, therefore increasing its Attitude towards the talking character.  


A trader's [[Attitude]] score represents how friendly a trader NPC is with a certain character. Each point of Attitude changes the total modifier by 0.005, resulting in a maximum attitude modifier of 0.5 at 100 Attitude.
===== Key notes =====


: <tt>Attitude modifier = Attitude × 0.005</tt>
* Gold is interchangeable with items of the same total value. In other words, gifting an item that's worth 1 gold when sold by your talking character, is the same as gifting 1 gold piece.
* Each point of Attitude grants a price discount of 0.25%. Having 100 Attitude would mean a -25% price discount.  


[[Attitude]] is visible in the Trading interface under the trader model. Hovering on the meter displays the exact Attitude score. Attitude is per-character, and can be modified by friendly or hostile actions against an NPC. One of easiest ways to gain Attitude is by gifting [[Gold]] or other items to a trader using the Barter interface. The amount of gold required to gain attitude scales depending on the level of the player character.
* The higher the level of the talking character, the higher the required gold/value of items will be to raise Attitude. The required amount scales as such:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|4500
|4500
|}
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==== When is it optimal to gift? ====
Assuming you are only looking to buy once from a trader, we can calculate the cutoff above which gifting saves more than the value gifted.
: <tt>price reduced per gift value = base value / level modifier × 0.005 > 1</tt>
If this value is above 1, every gold gifted is worth more in discounts, so you save by raising attitude to 100.
: <tt>base value > 200 × level modifier</tt>
For example, at level 4, this cutoff would be 200 × 8 = 1600. If you are buying more than 1600 total base value of items, you actually spend less total gold by gifting 800 gold to raise the trader's attitude to 100 first. Note that this refers to '''base value''' of items, not the price you see at 0 attitude, which is usually more than 2 times the base value (see price modifier at the top of the article).
== Talking character ==
The trade price modifier is set depending on the character that initiates the dialogue with a trader. Even if the active inventory is switched in the trader screen, the first character's trade price modifier remains in use. It is thus a good idea to initiate all trade dialogues with the character that has the best trade multiplier.
== See also ==
* [[Widget:PriceCalculator]]


== References ==
== References ==
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# GaRy van Thos Gaming, ''[https://youtu.be/GkQ5U7fQeuQ "How Merchant and Traders Attitude work and effect Prices in Baldur's Gate 3"]. youtube.com''
# GaRy van Thos Gaming, ''[https://youtu.be/GkQ5U7fQeuQ "How Merchant and Traders Attitude work and effect Prices in Baldur's Gate 3"]. youtube.com''
# Annie Shi, ''[https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-bg3-how-to-raise-merchant-attitude/ "Baldur’s Gate 3: How To Raise Merchant Attitude"]. thegamer.com''
# Annie Shi, ''[https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-bg3-how-to-raise-merchant-attitude/ "Baldur’s Gate 3: How To Raise Merchant Attitude"]. thegamer.com''
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