Merchant's Tale dungeon guide

Dungeon (Variant) quick facts

Your latest odd job commission brings you together with one Y'nazqha, a gleaner who finds herself in possession of an unusual book inherited from her father and mentor. It contains a rendition of The Merchant's Tale, a fable passed down through generations in Corvos. While the beautifully illuminated pages of the manuscript set it apart from common storybooks, its most singular feature is the enchantment which can pull the very mind of its readers into the story. And so it is you are thrust into the role of bodyguard for Y'nazqha, who becomes the eponymous merchant while journeying within the tale. Together you must travel through a world steeped in folklore and find a treasure of...

• Category: Dungeon
• First Appearance: Patch 7.45, *Dawntrail*
• Level: 90
• Item Level Requirement: 0
• Party Size: flex4
• Required Quest: A Spellbinding Read
• Entrance: The Maiden's Home
• Entrance Coordinates: 6.0, 5.9
• Region: ???

Before queueing

Use the quick facts to check level, item level, party size, required quest, entrance, roulette, and time limit before queueing for Merchant's Tale.

• Repair gear and meet the listed level/item-level requirements.
• Tell the party if it is your first clear.
• Use the local wiki link for exact duty facts and related articles.

Boss and mechanic notes

Merchant's Tale has local boss notes for: Genie of the Lamp, Rukhkh, Bewitching Flame: The Pari of Plenty, Fang of the Lion: The Lone Swordmaster, Shattering Siren: Darya the Sea-maid, Midnight Maw: The Deadly Dandan. These notes are pulled from the local wiki and should be treated as source-backed prep unless separately marked as human-reviewed strategy.

• Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.
• Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.
• Go opposite the line AoE telegraph and preposition to the first safe half away from where it initially rotates.
• If the second arrows are the same color as the first, then swap sides after the first cleave.
• If the second arrows are the opposite as the first, then stay on the same side after the first cleave.
• Detailed mechanics not available from the source page.
• Receding: A telegraphed large point-blank AoE immediately followed by an untelegraphed donut AoE hitting the previous safe area.
• Encroaching: A telegraphed large donut AoE immediately followed by an untelegraphed point-blank AoE hitting the previous safe area.
• Unfathomable Horror + Strewn Bubbles + Maw of the Deep
• Unfathomable Horror + Strewn Bubbles + Devour
• Strewn Bubbles + Stinging Tentacle

Duty finder and rewards context

Use this section to decide whether the duty belongs in roulettes, high-end queues, mentor roulette, or repeat farming.

• Duty Finder: V&C Dungeon Finder
• Time Limit: 90

Completion notes

After your first clear, check whether the duty has mapping, clear, Blue Mage, loot, music, or collection reasons to return.

• Achievement: Through the Carpets and Flames
• Achievement: Singing with the Fishes
• Achievement: Master of Masters
• Achievement: The Strife Aquatic
• Achievement: A Storied Collection
• Achievement: Mapping the Realm: The Merchant's Tale
• Music: Main: Worthy Pursuits
• Music: Mid-Boss: On Blade's Edge
• Music: Final Bosses: Finality
• Music: Secret Final Boss: Inexorable|roll=n

Verification boundary

This page is generated from local TJPedia wiki data. It does not invent missing mechanics, NPC coordinates, loot tables, or current-party-finder strategies. High-end positioning and current-prog tactics still need human review before being labeled as a full strategy guide.

• Source-backed: duty facts, local boss notes, achievements, and music.
• Needs human review: exact high-end progression strategy.
• Use official patch notes for changed requirements or rewards.

Related on TJPedia

Wiki: Merchant's TaleDungeon route indexTrial and raid routeGuides hub