Great Merchant (Civ5)

== Game Info ==
A Great Person, specialized in trade.
* Actions:
** (Great tile improvement)
** (When in a city-state, can produce a large amount of and 30 .)
The unit is expended after performing either of these actions.
== Strategy ==
Besides constructing the special Customs House improvement which, when worked, produces loads of , the Great Merchant can also journey to a city-state and perform a Trade Mission, which produces gobs of and gains 30 points of with the city-state. The Great Merchant is expended when used in either of these ways.
In order to use Trade Mission, you need to enter the target city-state's territory with the Merchant.
Again, you have the choice to use it for a long-term boost of the production in one city (which you should choose carefully), or use its unique ability to get a large one-time boost of and with a city-state. Note that the trade mission may sometimes prove dangerous, especially if the city-state is far away.
== Formula ==
The gained from performing a Trade Mission is calculated with the formula
 350 + (50 * era_number)
where era_number is a simple serial number starting with 0 for the Ancient Era. In addition, game speed also affects this number; Quick games modify this value by 0.67, Epic by 1.5, and Marathon by 3.
With Brave New World the formula changes to
 300 + (100 * era_number)
In vanilla Civilization V and Gods & Kings, completing the Commerce policy tree doubles the income from Trade Missions. With Brave New World, simply adopting the Entrepreneurship policy from the Commerce tree suffices.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== See also ==
* List of Great Merchants
* Great Merchant in other games