Vendor ranks · 0.4.7.3

Level them fast.

Tasks first. Then dump the right loot on the right trader. The magazine loop is only for the last few hundred rep. Vulture pays half — never sell valuables there.

Task

100–1,000 rep

Always do these first

Loot sold

~$150 → 1 rep

$60k bag ≈ 400 rep

Mag loop

~$187 / rep

Finish a rank, don't grind

T4 (starter)

13,000

Handshake / Gunny / Lab Rat

T4 (late)

9,750

Artisan / Turncoat / Banshee

Absolute fastest

Six steps to T4

Do in order
  1. 1

    Clear every starter task

    Handshake, Gunny and Lab Rat have the most main tasks (100–1,000 rep each). Do them in geographic stacks — never fly home with a finished objective still in the log. This trio hits T3 from tasks alone.

  2. 2

    Unlock Artisan immediately

    Lab Rat's Native Negotiations (briefcase under the auto-shop truck) opens Artisan. Do it as soon as it appears. She is the bottleneck for key wallets and the loot-goblin bag.

  3. 3

    One bag, one vendor

    Every dollar you sell is rep for THAT trader only. Fill the bag with one specialty per raid and dump the whole thing on the trader you are pushing. A Midnight Sapphire / Tiger Bay run (~$60–80k) is ~400–500 rep if it all goes to one person.

  4. 4

    Route loot by specialist

    Jewellery → Turncoat. Cards → Artisan. Phones → Lab Rat. Bottles / cigars / perfume → Gunny. Cameras, laptops, UAV kit → Banshee. Found bags, vests, helmets → Handshake. Same-price “Any” items go to whoever is furthest from the next rank.

  5. 5

    Repeat the fat tasks

    When a vendor is dry on new missions, replay the high-rep ones (Lab Rat Memory Leak is ~750). Handshake/Gunny main tasks in T3 zones are still the fastest clock time in the game.

  6. 6

    Buy/sell only to finish a rank

    Magazines (Gunny / Handshake / Turncoat) and mini first-aid (Lab Rat) buy back at ~30%. Cost is ~$187 per rep. Use it for the last 300–800 to cross T3 or T4 — never as the whole grind. Never sell valuables to Vulture; he pays half and gives the others nothing.

Rank order

Lewis Pell · priority 1

Handshake

Bags, vests, helmets, lockboxes

T4 · 13,000 rep

T3 unlocks the bags and the loot-goblin vest. Bigger bag = more $/raid = every other vendor ranks faster. Rank him first.

Unlock · Available at start.

Rep to each rank

T1

0

T2

1,250

T3

9,500

T4

13,000

Sell this

  • Found backpacks, plate carriers, helmets, headsets, belts, rigs
  • Secure lockboxes and toolkits
  • Any-vendor valuables while you are pushing him

Do not

  • Jewellery, cards, bottles, cameras — those have a specialist premium elsewhere
  • Vulture. Half price, zero Handshake rep

Tasks

  • Do every Handshake main task in the starter town, then Ban Pa / YBL-1 / Hunter's Paradise.
  • The Shadow Over Ban Pa also unlocks Turncoat — do not skip it.
  • Stack recon/mark tasks that share a POI so one raid clears three turn-ins.

Buy / sell loop

Magazines from his shop (or Gunny's — 30% buyback either way)

Clicky. Only to close a rank. ~$187 per rep.

No valuables premium. Sell found gear (bags, vests, helmets) and any same-price intel while you are pushing him.

Anton Jackson · priority 2

Gunny

NATO guns, 5.56, attachments, throwables

T4 · 13,000 rep

Ammo and a usable rifle so the loot runs don't dump you. T4 is mostly tasks; bottles just finish him.

Unlock · Available at start.

Rep to each rank

T1

0

T2

800

T3

9,500

T4

13,000

Sell this

  • Aged alcohol: Breda 30y, Moutai 50y, Tzinzimitl 25y
  • Snake Wine, cigars, perfume (Delicate is 1-slot — keep)
  • Guns, mags, ammo you will not use

Do not

  • Lambert cigar and carton smokes — ditch, they waste space
  • Jewellery and cards. He underpays those

Tasks

  • Starter town chain: Cache Retrieval, Hoarder, Leave No Man Behind, Medical Detective.
  • On the Range (Hunter's Paradise) and The Negotiator (YBL-1) are +200 each.
  • He has enough main tasks to hit T4 without a mag loop if you actually turn them in.

Buy / sell loop

Magazines (best 30% buyback in the game)

Cheapest loop. Last 500 rep to T3/T4 if you are sitting on cash.

Pays extra for these · from the loot board

  • Moutai - 50y

    $15,000 · 1x2

  • Allanach Single Malt Scotch - 40y

    $5,451 · 1x2

  • Breda Rum - 30y

    $3,802 · 1x2

  • Tzintzimitl Tequila - 25y

    $2,020 · 1x2

  • Goodlad Whiskey - 20y

    $450 · 1x2

  • Snake Wine

    $399 · 1x2

  • Heavenly Perfume Bottle

    $335 · 1x2

  • Delicate Perfume Bottle

    $150 · 1x1

Jie Xianlong · priority 3

Lab Rat

Meds, food, drinks

T4 · 13,000 rep

Keeps you in the raid. Memory Leak is the best repeatable in the game. Unlock Artisan off her, then park extra phones here.

Unlock · Available at start. Native Negotiations (her task) unlocks Artisan.

Rep to each rank

T1

0

T2

800

T3

9,500

T4

13,000

Sell this

  • Black Luxury Phone, Luxury Smartphone, Smart Phone
  • Medkits and drugs you will not use
  • Food / drink stacks that are clogging the bag

Do not

  • Cameras and laptops — Banshee pays more
  • Don't sit on Native Negotiations. Artisan is locked until you plant the briefcase

Tasks

  • Native Negotiations — briefcase under the auto-shop truck. Opens Artisan. Do this yesterday.
  • Memory Leak — ~750 rep, worth repeating when her list is dry.
  • Her main tasks sit in the middle of the pack; do them while you are already in that POI.

Buy / sell loop

Mini first-aid kits (or armor she sells) — 30% buyback

Armor is fewer clicks per dollar. Same ~$200/rep.

Pays extra for these · from the loot board

  • Black Luxury Phone

    $1,500 · 1x1

  • Luxury Smartphone

    $1,000 · 1x1

  • Expensive Smartphone

    $350 · 1x1

  • Smartphone

    $250 · 1x1

Laya Hoang · priority 4

Artisan

Keys, wallets, AK parts, loot-goblin bag

T4 · 9,750 rep

T4 is the loot-goblin bag and the key wallets. She is starved for tasks — cards have to carry her.

Unlock · Complete Lab Rat's Native Negotiations.

Rep to each rank

T1

0

T2

700

T3

3,750

T4

9,750

Sell this

  • Black Credit Card, Gold Credit Card, Common Credit Card
  • Any-vendor intel you are not feeding to someone else

Do not

  • Common cards if the bag has gold/black waiting — 1 slot, but gold is 3× the rep
  • Don't sell cards to anyone else. She is the premium

Tasks

  • She has fewer main tasks than the starter trio. Do every one that appears.
  • When the list is empty, run Midnight Sapphire / Tiger Bay and dump cards + any-vendor loot on her.
  • Do not wait on Handshake/Gunny if she is the one below T3 — her shop is the bag upgrade.

Buy / sell loop

Magazines / gun parts from her shop

Same ~$200/rep. She needs this more than Gunny does.

Pays extra for these · from the loot board

  • Black Credit Card

    $15,000 · 1x1

  • Platinum Credit Card

    $6,000 · 1x1

  • Gold Credit Card

    $2,200 · 1x1

  • Common Credit Card

    $600 · 1x1

Unknown · priority 5

Turncoat

Warsaw / AK guns, helmets, some bags

T4 · 9,750 rep

Best jewellery prices. Emerald / sapphire / dark pearl are 1-slot bombs. Rank him with Sapphire hotel loops, not with tasks.

Unlock · Character level 9 (The Shadow Over Ban Pa also flags him).

Rep to each rank

T1

0

T2

700

T3

3,750

T4

9,750

Sell this

  • Emerald Necklace, Sapphire Pendant, Dark Pearl Necklace
  • Sleek Luxury Watch, Luxury Smart Watch
  • Gold Necklace / Modern Watch only if the bag is empty of the 1-slot keepers

Do not

  • Do not sell jewellery to Gunny or Handshake. You light half the cash on fire
  • Gold necklace is maybe — drop it for another emerald

Tasks

  • Thin task list. Take every one; they will not get you to T4.
  • Midnight Sapphire hotel + golf club is the actual rank method.
  • If a task makes you pick a vendor, pick him until T4, then swap.

Buy / sell loop

Armor he sells (30% buyback, fewer clicks than mags)

Mags also 30%. Armor is faster because the ticket is bigger.

Pays extra for these · from the loot board

  • Platinum Ring

    $10,000 · 1x1

  • Majestic Titanium Watch

    $8,000 · 1x1

  • Diamond Ring

    $7,700 · 1x1

  • Diamond Earrings

    $5,700 · 1x1

  • Emerald Necklace

    $5,300 · 1x1

  • Diamond-Coral Ring

    $5,250 · 1x1

  • Perfect Pearl Earrings

    $5,000 · 1x1

  • Elaborate Ring

    $4,400 · 1x1

  • Sapphire Pendant

    $3,600 · 1x1

  • Sleek Luxury Watch

    $1,700 · 1x1

  • Master Carbon SEAL Automatic Watch

    $1,450 · 1x1

  • Dark Pearl Necklace

    $1,350 · 1x1

  • Gemstone Ring

    $820 · 1x1

  • Luxury Smartwatch

    $600 · 1x1

  • Gold Necklace

    $180 · 1x1

  • Gold Ring

    $150 · 1x1

  • Modern Watch

    $150 · 1x1

James Miller · priority 6

Banshee

NVGs, PEQ-15, M14, wallets, intel kits

T4 · 9,750 rep

NVGs and the M14 live here. Fewest tasks of the six — laptops, cameras and the UAV kit are the grind.

Unlock · Character level 11.

Rep to each rank

T1

0

T2

700

T3

3,750

T4

9,750

Sell this

  • PBG-01 + UAV Control Station
  • Laptop, Reflex Camera
  • IDs, passports, intel folders

Do not

  • Digital Camera is 2-slot junk unless the bag is empty
  • Phones go to Lab Rat, not him

Tasks

  • His missions trickle in late. Do them the raid they appear — they will not fill T4.
  • Push him early only if you need NVG / PEQ / M14 this wipe. Otherwise he is last.
  • Sell every “Any” laptop-tier intel piece to him while he is the lowest rank.

Buy / sell loop

Whatever he sells that buybacks near 30% (mags / containers)

Same cash dump as the others. Use it to finish T4 after a $80k bag.

Pays extra for these · from the loot board

  • VIP Passport

    $6,800 · 1x1

  • Encrypted Hard Disk Drive

    $3,450 · 1x1

  • Tourist Passport

    $2,625 · 1x1

  • Reinforced Military Laptop

    $2,304 · 2x2

  • Army Intel

    $1,280 · 1x2

  • Reflex Camera

    $960 · 2x1

  • Businessman ID Card

    $937 · 1x1

  • Laptop

    $750 · 2x2

  • Driver's Licence

    $262 · 1x1

  • Local ID Card

    $187 · 1x1