Savvy Merchant Outfit

“You have quite the reputation from working the docks. Gunsmiths will charge you half price on their goods.”

–In-game Description

The Savvy Merchant Outfit is an optional appearance for Marston in Red Dead Redemption available via the free Hunting and Trading Outfits DLC Pack.

Characteristics

While wearing this outfit, players will be able to buy all items from any gunsmith for half the cost, and it stacks with a high honor or other bonuses. It does not increase the value of items that are sold and does not work at any shop other than a gunsmith.

Scraps

Five scraps must be obtained by completing challenges before the outfit will be unlocked. The scraps can be obtained in any order.

• Scrap 1: Win $1000 total from Gambling
• Scrap 2: Buy or sell an item at every Gunsmith
• Scrap 3: Gather $200 worth of herbs
• Scrap 4: Execute 20 people
• Scrap 5: Complete "The Prohibitionist" Stranger side-mission

Tips & Tricks

• Scrap 1
  • Current winnings can be checked in the Money section of Stats. Total gambling winnings have to be at least $1000 to unlock Scrap 1 for the Savvy Merchant Outfit. Note that gambling losses before winning any money will be counted as a negative, so if the player lost $1,000, then they'll have to win $2,000 to make a $1,000 profit and unlock the first scrap of the outfit.
  • $1000 winnings from gambling may seem like a challenge, but it can easily done by playing Five Finger Fillet at Armadillo. Once the 4th contestant sits down, wager $100. The combination for both rounds is "A-B, A-Y, A-X, A-B, A-Y" (Xbox 360) or "X-O, X- ▲, X-Square, X-O, X- ▲ " (PS3). Keep repeating this, wagering $100 each time, and after 10 rounds $1000 should be earned.
  • To try and win $1,000 in a single go, the player can gamble money playing High Stakes Poker in Blackwater Hotel. However, the table has to have four other players, all of whom have to be cleaned out in order to win each of their $250. The player can not cheat during the game.
  • Another way to obtain the first scrap, if the outfit is downloaded before completing the Stranger side-mission "Lights, Camera, Action", is to start the stranger side-mission and go to Thieves' Landing to play Liar's Dice. After winning once, continue playing as the ante will remain at $200 and winning will mean that the player will earn a $400 profit per game if there are 3 people, including the player, sitting at the table. This could also be attempted playing the game at the regular ante of $20 if the Stranger task is already completed (although it will obviously take ten times as long), due to the simplicity of Liar's Dice.
• Scrap 2
  • The Gunsmiths required for obtaining Scrap 2 are located at Blackwater, Thieves' Landing, Armadillo and Escalera. Simply buying OR selling a single item to each Gunsmith is all that is required. Transactions with Gunsmiths prior to downloading the outfit will not count towards this scrap of the outfit.
• Scrap 3
  • This scrap seems to be time consuming, but it is actually not as difficult if herbs are collected from the right location. Within the Great Plains, there are monstrous amounts of herbs. Prairie Poppy appears in frequent amounts in the southern and eastern part of the great plains. Golden Currant appears in the northern section of the great plains. A survivalist map is a big help, giving a wide view of herbs. Herb abundance is so great, the player can collect them traveling on foot. The collectibles section of the stats menu allows tracking of collected herb value. Completing the Survivalist Challenges should generally yield this scrap by the time the 8th level is reached.
• Scrap 4
  • To execute someone, the player must simply walk up to them with a gun drawn and press the fire button. A mini-cutscene should play, killing the person and confirming the execution. An easy way of achieving this is to go to Casa Madrugada or Thieves' Landing, where there is no law enforcement. Walk up to someone with the throwing knives out and hold attack. Using the throwing knives results in a silent kill, even if someone witnesses the execution. Players may want to equip their bandana before executing someone, as it hides Marston's identity. It will prevent the player from losing honor points. Another execution method is to shoot both the target's legs, at which point they will drop to their knees and continue shooting the player. Then simply walk up to them, pull the trigger without aiming, and Marston will execute the target with a shot to the head.
  • Execution opportunities exist within story missions as well as gang hideouts. In general, look for when enemies are just around the corner, then step in and execute them — Marston will also take a couple of strides to an enemy if he has to. Another common execution opportunity is the 'kidnap' event in Thieves' Landing, in which a man is leaving town with a hogtied prostitute on his back. Lasso the man, free the girl, then draw the knife, crouch over the man, and pull the trigger to cut his throat.
• Scrap 5 - see the mission page for tips.
• Using the outfit
  • If the player has the Liars & Cheats DLC pack, the Explosive Rifle is $10,000. It is recommended to use this outfit to reduce the price to $5,000, or, with honor at Peacemaker, only $2,500. As well as making its ammo only $3 each.

Trivia

• This outfit was a candidate in a vote for pre-order bonuses along with the Expert Hunter Outfit but was beaten by the Deadly Assassin Outfit by a landslide. As such it was originally unobtainable in the game.
• Rockstar released an unfinished version of the DLC for PS3 on September 1 in Europe and on the September 2 in other countries except for the United States. This version was reported to be untested and full of bugs. Rockstar recommends to anyone who downloaded this version to delete it and replace it with the final version, which came out on the October 12.
• In some missions, if you are wearing the outfit, sometimes, the first cutscene of a mission won't play. Rockstar has not decided to fix this yet.

Gallery

• John wearing the Savvy Merchant Outfit.
• Gamestop pre-order vote.
• Is it worth it?
• John is about to buy from a Gunsmith using the Savvy Merchant Outfit.
• John buying from a Gunsmith using the Savvy Merchant Outfit.
• John hiding while wearing the Savvy Merchant Outfit.
• John shown wearing the outfit Pushing Norman Deek into Tumbleweed

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