Barkun

Two calendars

The wiki template still says Barkun can appear from day 1. BazaarDB's patch 20.1 card says days 3 through 10 and later. I am not going to average "day 1" and "day 3" into day 2. If you are routing a run, trust the newer card for the current patch and keep the wiki line as the older template. His tier is Silver, the reroll is 3 gold, and the pool is about 84 items, medium and large. You may buy any number and you pay their costs. Buying a small item is the special: he adds value to it rather than stocking a shelf of them.

Vanessa players meet him because Anchor, Crow's Nest, and Double Barrel all list Barkun among the sellers. Mak players meet him on Tomb of the Ancients' seller list too. He is not a Mak-only door the way Zosima is. A board that is already full of large relics does not need another large body; a board sitting on a dead small weapon might, because the value bump is the reason to stop.

What changed, and what did not

I do not have a 20.1 sentence that retunes Barkun. The hotfix named other cards. Older patch notes have shuffled merchant pools before, which is why the wiki and the database can both be "right" about different months. When you read a build that says "visit Barkun on day 1 for the nest," check the date on that build. Day 1 is the wiki's habit, not the 20.1 card.

His seller overlap with Valpak and Silvia is wide. The reason to prefer Barkun is the small-item value line, not a secret discount. Valpak is the one whose card says prices are always discounted, and even there the percent is unpublished.

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