This profession requires 42 skill points to master, 29 of which go towards prerequisites. XP requirements to master, including prerequisites: * 405,000 Merchant XP Merchant XP is granted for operating vendors, as well as placing access fees on structures. For each hour a vendor is active, 50 pts of XP is earned. This amount does not update until a character interacts with the vendor. A character interacting with your vendor (restricted to once every 15 minutes for all of the merchant's vendors) grants 50 XP as well. Also, each time a character pays the access fee for a structure, 50 XP is earned.