Skyrim Creation Kit Tutorials - Episode 8: Creating A Merchant 

For everyone watching who cant figure out why the merchants dialogue won't open; you just need to set a time in your faction, don't let it stay at 'from 0 to 0'

Just a note: Never dup an object. Just click on an object, hit edit, give it a new ID and when it says make new instance select YES. I found duping the object can lead to durty edits and the main file being edited some how. It is much safer to select edit on an object, give it a new ID and selecting yes to make a new object from there.

Excellent, really useful and clear tutorial. I've used a few of your guides now and they're always great. Nice work!

I appreciate you making these videos. Me and a couple buddies are working on making a whole new world in skyrim.

wait that explains why there are random chest of loot in the ground

Best class ive found. Clear spoken, everything makes since and I owe the fact I can make a dungeon to Best in Slot.

Your videos are really very helpful and I appreciate them enormously.

I've made and uploaded two mods to steam today because of this series

Thanks, following Bethesda's wiki, I failed to get my merchant working, but a few things you mentioned I tried (a couple of checkboxes), and I tried re-adding the faction (noticed it was ranked at -1 for some reason, not sure if that was relevant), and got it working. Couldn't have done it without your help, it was driving me insane!

Liked, Commented, and Subscribed. Thank you so much, I've been making a mod for Skyrim and now I finally have a merchant that sells it. Again, thanks.

Easy to see you've put a lot of time into this. Well done.

Worked flawlessly :) Thank you very much for your tutorials!

Your tutorials are really informative. Kudos.

Really helpful,great job as always!

Awesome tutorial! Thanks for all the help!

THANKS IN ADVANCE!! wanted to do this for some time now. GREAT VIDS. Keep 'Em coming :)

Thanks! Not fully watched it yet, but I love your videos and I've been finding them very helpful!

Thank you very much for making this video, helped me out a lot.

I know you hold shift to rotate the view when placing things but how do you move side to side and back and forward?

Lighting or quest are the next tutorials that I'd like to see

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it was a massive help :D

you're my favorite guy! NOW I CAN BUILD THE MANSION!

So I used, NewFollower from the previous video to make him a fence instead. But now when i go to sell stuff to him there are two of him, one that doesn't do anything but talk a little and one that acts as a fence. Why is there two?

what if i want to edit a blacksmith like adrianne ? the chest is inside her house and it dosen't seem to work when i add stuff for her to sell.

I landed on these tutorials because I'm trying to make a non thieves guild fence. Anyways I skipped to your episode 7, and then did this episode. will be going back after I get this working. I created the merchant according to your tutorial fine, but then I went back and checked "only buys stolen items" and now I lose my dialogue with him. What can I do?

Hey i was wondering, I have a fence, would it be possible to make it so that when you join the thieves guild you get a discount?

Great tutorials btw.

How do I make my own playable race? EX. When I first start the game and choose my race it will show up or if I pull up the race menu etc.

Hi. I got a project idea, but im very new to modding. You know that Sentence in the lower right corner in inventory that says Gold 21. I want it to say Septims 21 instead. Could i get some help?

In an earlier vid you said you'd show us how to make armor into an armor set.

Can it go wrong or something if you add him to a blacksmith trainer faction?

Can you make a series of Tutorials on how to make a city with all the components?

Many thanks about this tutorial !

Thanks this will help me, can you upload a video on how to create a custom faction/guild, because I want to make m own faction/guild that you can join and then use the quest tutorials you uploaded and make a custom guild with a quest line.

Dont want to tel you how to your job BIS, but if you put an "idle maker" in the area near where you placed the merchant, link ref them, edit the idle marker(should be a blue marker btw) and on the patrol put say 20 secs, and repeat this process for another one, your merchant will always be near the marker, or counter...just an observation, i watch all your vids, and its great that someone is explain the kit properly!!! thanks!

If i leave the buy/sell list as none does he buy anything?

Really helpful!

Thank you again =) Next you should make a quest and dialogue tutorial as they go in perfect together

basing on your knowledge would it be possible to create a npc, an altar or anything like this where you could unlearn some of your perks?

not surre if you still do it but can you show a video on creation kit as to how to add fog on 1 specific item in the world date (tamrel) i made a boat near riverwood but i want fog around it, cant figure the shit out rip

I really want to see you populating youre dungeon with monsters and add lightning Great videos as always!! Cheers from holland!

How do you make and edit a worldspace and landscape? I'm trying to rebuild Solstheim, but am a little confused about making new world spaces and creating/editing landmass.

Really good tutorials, can you do one which goes into making more complex npc's??

When I created my own in a dungeon, I had a game load glitch related to the investor perks from other holds that would not allow the game to start at all. Unless you're making a small plugin, my advice is to copy the chest, delete everything in it and start from scratch. Now I have a smith and an apothecary.

do you know how to make a trainer? is it just to choose that as a class and give them the faction?

Thanks a lot for the On self thing, it wasnt working for me neither when i tried other options... keep up your good work

with the render box how can i use my camera

quest making is the next tutorial I would like to see m8

it would be awesome to see how to input voices in the game, the FUZ file is a combination of an mp3 and lip file and finding a proper program to do it is a pain

Not looked into this since I'm mostly focusing on trimming my mod list down at the moment, but you may want to look at either a Jarl or Steward's merchant settings since they're usually the ones with houses for sale and the key might be in there, that or maybe the fence, possibly.

Would it be possible for my merchant to read a book while standing still during the time she is selling her wares, and if so, what package am I supposed to use?

are you checking the plugin in your mod manager?

Hi ForAdventure and thank you for your tips. I have one simple question: I'm trying to make a Misc Objects merchants, whom would sell ONLY misc items. However if I select "VendorItemsMisc" in the faction, the Misc Items of the container do not appear ingame - in fact nothing at all show up in the vendor menu (ingame). What would you suggest me to do?

What if i want a follower with the ability to conjure a dremora merchant for me?

Could you do a video for adding traps to the dungeons.

What do u use to record if u don't mind me asking

i tried to combine the roles of follower and merchant into one...he came thru as a follower and fighter....pretty damn good one at that but he's decided not to buy/sell stuff. any ideas how to do this properly?

Hey, great tutorial, but when I make my new NPC (I edit Alvors base and just delete his AI packages and faction) and I add my new faction as well as the merchant faction and place him in game with an AI package telling him to stay in location, whenever I walk through the door to the shop he is always stand RIGHT by the door with his arms raised as though he's about to box with someone. . . he still lets me talk to him and browse his wares. How do I make him stay behind the counter without boxing

My npc wont show up in game and my mod is active! pls help edit: i re-ran the game and it shows up but the dialog wont show up if i press e on him

Ok, so i want my merchant to sell a house key but it will not show up in his inventory. Is there a separate faction for house dealers or is there a way? Thanks

So I followed this video as best I could, trying to add a Merchant to my Lakeview property. I double checked all the settings shown in this video and she wont open a dialog to allow me to buy from her. All I get is the basic "What's up?" line from her, no option to buy. I'm lost, anyone have any suggestions on what I'm missing?

I followed the tutorial to the letter, but when I activate my custom merchant, he just says "Need something?" And nothing happens. Any idea what's going on?

does it effect the merchnt if i place him in a modded home?

what screen recorder are you using?

I dont know what I'm doing wrong but when I edit and change original house, Hjerim for example, game crashes when I try to leave the house. Can you make tutorial for changes original ingame houses?

@thanksfernuthin is your mouse wireless or wired?if it's wireless then tha's the problem

I've got my merchant working, and she buys items from me and the gold does appear in my inventory, but when I buy anything my gold goes away like I bought it and yet I don't receive the items(s). Any suggestions?

How many Tutorials do you have?

no dislikes! look like your tutorial is 100% helpful, which it is :)

Can you show how to put enemies into the dungeon we made?

I tried it and got everything to work BUT what the vendor will buy and sell in game. When I walk up to the vendor in game it will give me the option to see what he has for sale but in the menu I see his name and my name but he sells nothing and I cant sell him anything, my inventory doesn't even show up in that menu. I tried setting the Location to "near self" and tried linking the chest using "near reference". The only difference is that this vendor is in an outside cell. please help!

i got one tiny problem that just came up i made mila a mechant and it works just she is selling the weapons i put in her invontory as well as the items in the chest. how do you make it chest only? as am going to have other characters sell weapons. i guess for now i'll make the weapons cost too much since they arent supposed to be for the player anyways.

Is there a way to make a merchant that can sell spells and blacksmithing? Its for a housing mod i want an all in one merchant if its possible

how do you create a merchant who is also a follower? i followed your instructions but he's only a merchant and i can't get him to follow me.

BestInSlot, please answer. I have the same issue as many of your viewers have. The occurring problem is that our merchants are set up as you did in the video, but simply say: "Yes?" "Can I help you?" "Huh?" But don't have any dialogue with the player. Thanks in advance!

i did this and it worked but how do you get them to go home and eat and then bed or talk to outher npcs then back to work

Isn't a High Elf in Blades Armor kind of Ironic?

@Rxmonste Wired. Logitech. I can't see anything wrong in the settings. But I don't think I ever use the the middle mouse button in any other program so it might be mechanical. (Scrolling works though as I said.)

Can you make a tutorial on how to make a new race?

Ok, so here's the thing, I did everything you showed me, and yes my merchant showed up. I can buy and sell stuff, but when I sell my items I don't receive any gold... Any help?

how do u make it where he will only sell certain items and certain lvls? \

I can't say "what do you have for sale" to him

My merchant doesn't have any items to sell. Any help?

In your vid you mention that the Not sel/Buy for Belethore is ticked but after looking myself it is actually not ticked at all { at least in my game } because instead of making a blacksmith I wonted to make a merchant that sells bits and pieces

Did you put in a navmesh? incorrect placements of navmeshes will make the npc stand only where there is a navmesh even if its outside the building in the void.

I have the same problem. Have you figured it out yet?

nice thanks for this video. Is it possible to just duplicate belethor and just change the appearance and job type?

The Creation Kit doesn't recognize my middle mouse button. It uses the mouse wheel, but if I push it down it won't let me move around. Quite a problem trying to get around. Anyone else have this problem? Or know why it would be doing that?

Could you please make a >>Making a Quest

my merchant is not in game were i added him and i have tried 1000 times to put him on the right Navmesh but still nothing. please help!

My dialogue box wont show up in game with merchant options. i tried switching voices but its not working

help, my merchant takes the item that i sell and doesn't give me money

Can you show us Houses, cities and world-spaces?

I set up merchant with 35k Gold and when I sell items to him I dont get paid, + he runs out of money around 3k any idea? I noticed this with a few add ons other created

Hey, thanks so much for these helpful videos. After watching your videos, I just made a new NPC . His name is J'skir, he is a Khajiit mage and is both a follower and a spell merchant. He lives with me and my spouse in Hjerim (Windhelm house) and even has his own bed. He eats 3 meals a day and goes to bed at a certain time. Anyways, I just thought I'd tell you what I have done so far. Thanks again for the help. Subscribed! :D

why cant I place my created blacksmith in my created building it says in the creation kit but in the actual game he doesnt show up

my merchant didn't spawn so i consoled him and he appeared but he somehow didn't allow me to speak to him he just said "yea what is it" any suggestions?

what AI package should I use?

I did everything you did. But I placed my merchant in my custom built building and no matter what I do they aren't appearing can someone please help ??

How do you set a merchant to only sell any item(s) so designated, ONE time only? IoW, make certain items unique and once sold, they dont respawn. Thanks.