Vendors in Palworld are some of the most important NPCs you’ll interact with. And, in many cases, these merchants can make or break your game strategy, providing many of the Pals and items you’ll need to progress through the game.. But one question often comes up when taking about vendors: how do you refresh vendor stock in Palworld? Unlike natural resources, which respawn in predictable cycles, vendor stock operates a little differently. As such, today, we’re delving into this idea to help you plan your merchant visits better and you’re making the most of each haul.

How Vendor Stock Works in Palworld

Each vendor in Palworld carries a preset selection of items. Unfortunately, at first glance, it might seem like these vendors never update their wares. However, this isn’t entirely the case, and the reality is that vendor stock does refresh over time—but not quite as predictably as you might have expected.

When Does Vendor Stock Refresh in Palworld?

So, we’ve clarified that vendors do indeed refresh their stock in Palworld - but when and how does this actually happen? Well, vendors’ stock typically refreshes once every 48 minutes in real world time. However, if you’re trying to buy something from a merchant to help progress your game, that can definitely make things feel harder! Fortunately, while Palworld’s vendor stock typically rolls over once every 48 minutes, there are actually a couple of handy ways that you can speed up this process. As such, if you’re trying to grind specific items, it’s potentially worth trying some of these tricks to change up your vendors’ stock sooner.

Don’t forget, though: wandering merchants operate a little differently to regular merchants and black marketeers in Palworld. These characters cannot change their stock, even by using these tricks, so you’ll simply have to look out for other wandering merchants to find new items from them. Playing with a team offers one potential solution to this, though; indeed, when you launch a new Palworld multiplayer game, you and your friends can split up in the search for the elusive wandering merchants, making them a little easier to find!

How to Force a Vendor to Refresh Their Stock

Waiting for a whole day to pass can be frustrating, especially if you’re busy doing other things in your game. Given this thought, luckily, there are a few ways to “force” or speed up the process of refreshing vendor stock. First of all, simply restarting your game will do the job. Similarly, killing the vendor and letting them respawn is another sure way to check that the vendor’s stock is refreshed. Alternatively, you can capture the vendor and then either use the Palbox or a Viewing Cage in order to also refresh their stock by force. Of course, these are all a little fiddly and time-consuming. Nevertheless, compared to the hassle of just standing around aimlessly for almost an hour waiting, they’re potentially worth doing.

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Final Thoughts

Refreshing vendor stock in Palworld isn’t complicated once you know the rules, and fortunately, you can speed things up with a couple of little tricks, such as restarting your game, killing the vendor, or capturing them and using them with the Palbox or Viewing Cage. Sure, it’s a little dishonest, but if it helps you get that coveted item you’ve been waiting for, it’s all worth it - right?