I want to stock up on massive quantities of reagents and currently I don't have a very efficient system. I do way to much running around over way too many boring hours.

My question is this: Is each NPC on a specific restock cycle that is fixed or fluid? Could I set a timer and go back the the same NPC, every 20 minutes say (or whatever their cycle was), and expect them to have restocked again?

My guess would be that the cycles vary within a range of times, but I can hope.

I'm probably wrong on this, but I "believe" that the cycle is around 30 minutes for restocking on a vendor.

What I need to know is are the cycles "around" 30 minutes and variable, or exactly 30 minutes. I already know their approximate cycles.

Not sure anyone other then Devs know if it is exact. Guess you could do a test run. Faithfully check a vendor from say 19 minute (if it has already spawned move it down to 18 ...etc ...etc) to when ever it spawns. Repeat about ten times and you should know if it is exact or random . That would be nice information for everyone.

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Oh man... I was afraid someone would suggest something like that. lol

Well... I guess that'll be my weekend project. Camp out next to some remote NPC vendor no one ever uses and watch him for a couple of hours.

My guess is that each NPC has a different cycle and that there is variation in it besides. (These guys never make anything easy).

For instance, a cyle of a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 30. And another NPC perhaps with 15-25 minute cycles. I guess I'll find out!

We do our run every 15 minutes.

Its a random spawn and every vendor is not the same randomness. I dont know what the exact times are but I know if I buy out all in same shop they respawn differently sometimes even buying out the same guy twice before another will respawn. My guess is they respawn somewhere in the 15 to 30 min range. Once you determine what a vendors respawn cycle is it is pretty close to the same everytime give or take a min.


quick tip Ive found the archmage on LA in moonglow mage shop to respawn regs faster than any of the other npc's. course this doesnt help much with massive buying!

Hey thanks! That's kind of what I hoped for... that they each had a fixed schedule, though different from each other. I figure if I can work out each's cycle, I can set up and efficient buying schedule that saves me a little recalling and time.

I hope to test it out tonight or this weekend. We shall see.