Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Items sold to merchants never go away?

I noticed in Divine Divinity that some/all of the crud that I was selling to the merchants was accumulating in their inventory and remaining there even when the game re-randomized their "new" stock. This got really annoying because I had to sift through dozens of worthless dwarven ales, maces, daggers, swords, etc to find the new stuff.

It seems this is also happening in BD: it seems the junk I sell to the battlefield merchants remains with them even when all their normal inventory is reset (ie: if you leave and re-enter a battlefield). This bugs me enough that I've stopped selling things altogether. Any items I find that I don't want I just toss on the ground in the dungeons, or leave in barrels/chests. Then I pickpocket the merchant's gold.

I'd much rather sell the stuff in fine RPG tradition, but always sorting through all that stuff is just such a pain it's not worth it.

Is there any way to get merchants to truly flush all their items?

Here's what worked for me. If I had already traded items with a merchant previously, then the next time that I traded with that merchant, I would simply scroll to the very bottom of that merchant's inventory, and begin browsing their items from the bottom to the top or at least until I started seeing my old items appear in their inventory. However, if you start your browsing from the top of the merchant's inventory then you will probably see alot of the items that you sold to them previously.

If you sell off loot at the end of the act (in the BF or otherwise), it will not be there the next act.

There is a limit to the amount of CRUD the merchants keep, so some of it will go, but not quickly, you will have to wait until the start of the next act before they are clean again.

What worked for me was this.....

I get rid of my stuff in the Battlefields. You will notice that each merchant specialises in a particular type of product. since I never buy potions, I sell all mr "crud" to the potion seller (Woman in green who's name escapes me). If she hasn't got enough money to buy it all, then quickly warp in and out of the battlefield to refresh the merchants inventory.

You can then browse the other merchants who might have stuff you want, totally "crud" free. and not worry that the potion seller may have something you want.

Thanks for all the info/suggestions! Especially yours, Sephiroth - I don't buy potions, either!

Thanks all!