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The Armed Merchant is a Dutch unique civilian that replaces the standard Merchant.
Like regular Merchants, Armed Merchants are used to collect rare resources. However, Armed Merchants have +35 hit points, +1 armor, +2 line of sight compared to ordinary Merchants, and their most distinguishing and vital feature, which grants the Armed Merchant its name, is their ability to attack, with an attack strength of 6 and a range of 0-8 tiles. When attacking while deployed, however, Armed Merchants temporarily cease providing the bonuses of the rare resource they are deployed in, unlike Armed Caravans which still gather if attacking while following their trade route. They also gain +10 hit points, +1 attack strength and +1 armor per 
Age.
Besides their attack capabilities and boosted stats, Armed Merchants function the same way as the standard Merchants.
- For more information about the use of Merchants, see Merchant.
The Dutch also start a game with two free Armed Merchants.
Trivia[]
- The Armed Merchant is one of the only civilian units with an attack, alongside Armed Caravan and Citizen.
- In the
Industrial Age the Armed Merchants might look like vehicles, but for gameplay purposes they are not, as they lack the "V" mask in the game file unitrules.xml
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