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Mirage Faction Vendors

Perhaps one of the most confusing additions included in the November 2016 update is the idea of Mirage Faction Vendors. This name is actually a little misleading. The ‘Faction’ Vendors aren’t actually much different than the vendors you’ve already encountered in every other world. To start, let’s take a look at which NPCs classify as Faction Vendors.

There are at least 3 known so far in the first half of Mirage: 

1. Guillermel (Camel near the Spiral Door in Caravan)
2. Robin (‘The Hoods’, near the Sultana’s place in Aggrobah)
3.  Captain Kettay (Near the House Purrzian Assailants in Caterwaul Canyon)

The example we’re going to use in this article is Captain Kettay, the Tabbi Faction Vendor.

Captain Kettay serves as the House Tabbi Faction Vendor, though you wouldn’t really know it based on her appearance and what she’s selling. Captain Kettay, like all of the Faction Vendors, serve as both a Housing and an Equipment Vendor. Don’t get too excited; The gear they sell (one hat, robe, boots without any stats) is merely for cosmetic purposes. The only ‘Equipment’ of interest is their respective faction’s Magic Carpet Mount (sold for 75,000 gold on Test). The Tabbi Magical Carpet is the blue-colored variant located below. [This is unlocked through only the Tabbi General badge]

And of course, you’ll also be able to buy other Housing goods from each. Items include 2 Mirage-themed Housing NPCs, a Faction Banner (Wall Hanging Item), and a respective Tapestry. All four of the Tabbi Faction’s items are shown in this picture below.

You’ll note that upon first meeting each of these vendors, you won’t be able to buy anything from them. This is where the ‘Faction’ part of Faction Vendor comes in. While you can see all of the items available to you, the ‘Buy’ button will be greyed out until you obtain certain badges. Which badges? Well, they’re actually ones we’ve been getting all along. Do you remember the badges you’ve been getting for killing 50/100/150/250/500 of certain species of enemies? For example, in Zafaria, you get badges for killing 50 Lions and 50 Elephants. This is exactly how you earn Faction respect with these vendors. All of these vendors will require you to obtain the Kill 50/100 badges of certain mob species in Mirage (in addition to potential other side quest badges). Looking at the Tabbi Vendor specifically, she states that you need to kill Sand Wurms and House Purrzian Assailants in order to purchase from her. The badges below are named when you try to hover over certain items in Kettay’s shop. (Not Listed: Tabbi General: Kill 100 House Purrzian Assailants)

 

 

 

 

Upon unlocking these badges, you’ll be able to buy items from this vendor. To unlock the House Tabbi Apartment, you’ll need both the Wurmslayer and Tabbi General badges. This means that you’ll have to sit there and kill both 100 Wurms (Wurmslayer badge) AND 100 House Purrzian Assailants (Tabbi General badge) before you can gain the ability to buy the apartment. The apartment itself is a one-room, very open concept living space that takes up one housing slot. If you’re maxed out on houses, you will have to buy a Castle Elixir in order to purchase each of the apartments. Each of the Faction Apartment’s doors leads to their specific area. For example, the Wizard City Dorm Room deposits your character in Ravenwood. The Tabbi Apartment drops your Wizard in Caterwaul Canyon, the Aggrobah Apartment drops you in Aggrobah etc. 

 

 

 

 

 

Faction Vendors Summarized

Basically, this type of vendor rewards Badge Collectors. Some people were already interested in collecting all the Defeat X Mob badges. In Mirage, it seems as though the highest badges are only for 100 Defeats of each mob, a noticeably reduced number compared to the 250 and 500 in other worlds. If you pursue a badge, you get rewarded with the ability to purchase a recolored carpet mount, housing NPCs, a tapestry, and even a little one-room apartment. These are completely optional to collect, and the gear itself provides no stat benefits. These are all merely for your enjoyment and collection purposes. 

Personally, I wouldn’t stress about having to kill 200 mobs for a house, but getting a very large open-concept area may prove helpful if you’re creating a maze or puzzle room. The Mirage-themed Tapestries and NPCs are also extremely worthwhile and gorgeous. I would recommend at least trying to get your hands on one of them to see for yourself.

One Question to Address

“But Shadowfishy, the Patch Notes say there’s a quest given by each Faction Vendor.”

This is correct. However, the quest isn’t all that exciting. Once you reach a certain main quest, the vendors mentioned above will give you a side quest worth a little gold (no xp currently) to defeat 5 of a certain mob. This is the entirety of the quest. You are simply accepting the quest that points you to the right direction of what you’re supposed to be killing for badge credit. There’s nothing exciting about it, unfortunately.

What do you guys think about Faction Vendors? Are the houses worth the trouble of fighting so many mob battles? Is this sort of shopkeeper unhealthy for the game itself? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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