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Phase 1: The Merchant's Debt, Constable's Cap, cooking dishes, achievements, weekly quest + streaks, Frostmere monsters, tool perks + salvage

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{{Infobox quest
| name = The Merchant's Debt
| cadence = Once — Story Chapter 1
| giver = [[The Constable]], beside the [[Traveling Merchant]]'s grave on the [[Mainland]] road
| requirements = 8 steps; steps 6 and 7 need [[Total Level]] 20 and 25
| rewards = 20,750 XP in total · 10 [[Health Potion+]] · 5 [[Strength Potion]] · Case Closed badge · [[Constable's Cap]] (first 100)
}}
'''The Merchant's Debt''' is a story quest — Chapter 1 of Kintara's story. The [[Traveling Merchant]] was found dead on the mainland road, and the Watch closed his file in a day as a roadside robbery. [[The Constable]] isn't so sure. Follow the trail across the Wilderness, the Mine, the Pond, the [[Glade Cave]] and the [[Emberstone]], then tell him who really did it.

Every player is handed the chapter as soon as the tutorial is finished — including players who finished the tutorial long ago. Your progress is shown on the quest card.

<div class="kin-note"><span class="kin-note-label">No spoilers here:</span> this page explains what each step asks of you, not who the killer is. Read the clues as you go — the Constable wants what you ''find'', not what you think.</div>

== How it works ==
* The steps run in a fixed order, and each one unlocks the next.
* '''Fresh progress only:''' a step's counters start at zero when the step begins. Coal, fish or kills from before that moment don't count — and nothing in your bag or bank counts either. Only things you gather, cook or kill after the step starts move the counter.
* '''Hunt steps''' can be claimed from anywhere once every counter is full. '''Hand-in steps''' need you to go back and talk to the NPC once your counters are full.
* Steps 6 and 7 need [[Total Level]] 20 and 25 respectively (the same level gates as the [[Glade Cave]] and the [[Emberstone]]).

== Steps ==
{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Step
! What you need to do
! Reward
|-
| 1
| A Grave Without Answers
| Speak with [[The Constable]] at the merchant's grave on the mainland road.
| 500 [[Combat]] XP
|-
| 2
| Tracks to the North
| Set foot in the [[Wilderness]] (any part of it).
| 750 [[Combat]] XP
|-
| 3
| Soot on the Page
| Mine '''300 fresh [[Coal]]''', then see the [[Old Miner]] in [[The Mine]].
| 1,500 [[Mining]] XP
|-
| 4
| A Witness by the Water
| Catch '''50 fish''' and cook '''50 fish''' (any species), then see the [[Old Fisher]] at [[The Pond]].
| 1,500 [[Cooking]] XP
|-
| 5
| The Restless Porters
| Kill '''50 zombies''' and '''5 dragons''' in the [[Wilderness]].
| 2,500 [[Combat]] XP
|-
| 6
| Hidden in Silk
| Reach [[Total Level]] 20 and defeat the [[Venomweaver]] — you must land your own hits on her before she falls.
| 4,000 [[Combat]] XP
|-
| 7
| Where the Stone Burns
| Reach [[Total Level]] 25 and fight through '''25''' of the creatures guarding the [[Emberstone]] gate.
| 4,000 XP split across all skills
|-
| 8
| Name the Killer
| Return to [[The Constable]] and name the killer.
| 6,000 XP split across all skills · 10 [[Health Potion+]] · 5 [[Strength Potion]] · the '''Case Closed''' [[Badges|badge]] · the [[Constable's Cap]] (first 100 only)
|}

== Step notes ==
* '''Step 3:''' the Old Miner only burns a comparison with coal cut fresh from the seam, so the 300 Coal has to be mined after the step starts.
* '''Step 4:''' any fish counts for both halves. Only fish that come out cooked count toward the cooking half — a burnt fish doesn't.
* '''Step 6:''' watching isn't enough. Only players whose own blows landed on the Venomweaver get the kill credit. The Glade Cave opens at Total Level 20.
* '''Step 7:''' the Emberstone opens from [[The Shores]] at Total Level 25.
* '''Step 8:''' pick a suspect from the list. A wrong name costs you nothing — the Constable just tells you why it doesn't add up, and you can try again after '''60 seconds'''.

== Rewards ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Reward
! Amount
|-
| Combat XP
| 7,750 (steps 1, 2, 5 and 6)
|-
| Mining XP
| 1,500 (step 3)
|-
| Cooking XP
| 1,500 (step 4)
|-
| XP split across all skills
| 10,000 (steps 7 and 8)
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''20,750 XP'''
|-
| [[Health Potion+]]
| 10 (final step)
|-
| [[Strength Potion]]
| 5 (final step)
|-
| Case Closed badge
| Final step
|-
| [[Constable's Cap]]
| Final step — first 100 eligible players only
|}

The story pays XP and items only — there is no gold reward.

* '''Story XP and the reward tracks:''' story XP levels your skills, but it does not count toward the [[Season 2|Season Pass]] or [[Kintara Club]] reward tracks.
* '''Free-play accounts''' still get the XP (up to the free-play level ceiling — see [[Free to play]]) and the badge, but not the tradeable rewards: the potions and the [[Constable's Cap]] are withheld. The same goes for trade-locked accounts. The step still completes; the withheld potions are not handed out later.
* '''Full bag?''' If the final reward can't fit, the step is refused and nothing is lost — make room and try again.

== Related pages ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Page
! Why it matters
|-
| [[The Constable]]
| Hands you the case and hears your verdict.
|-
| [[Traveling Merchant]]
| The victim.
|-
| [[Old Miner]]
| Reads the soot (step 3).
|-
| [[Old Fisher]]
| The witness at the Pond (step 4).
|-
| [[Venomweaver]]
| Step 6's fight, in the [[Glade Cave]].
|-
| [[Emberstone]]
| Step 7.
|-
| [[Constable's Cap]]
| Limited reward for the first 100.
|}

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