Trader – Price Nerf (Hard Mode)

7 days to die trader price nerf hard mode

Description

A comprehensive trader rebalance mod that addresses common community complaints about traders being too powerful and exploitable.
Now you need to be really careful and save up alot of Dukes to buy an Equipment above what you would be normally only get through Crafting.

Key Features:
– 6.5x higher prices for most items
– Reduced stock across all traders (20-30% of vanilla amounts)
– Daring Adventurer perk nerf – reduces trader stage bonus from +10 to +4 per level
– Selling XP exploit reduction – 25% less XP from selling items while preserving quest XP
– Fully configurable via XML settings file

Problem Solved:
No more day-5 endgame gear rushes or vehicle salvage XP exploits. Forces players to actually play the game instead of rushing traders for OP equipment.

Compatibility:
– Works with modded items and item packs
– Server-friendly
– No conflicts with most other mods

Comment for Bugs / Feature Requests / Feedback, this is my first Xml Modlet.

Images

7 days to die trader price nerf hard mode additional screenshot 1

7 days to die trader price nerf hard mode additional screenshot 2

Changelogs

v2.2

  • Added Water Filter Exclusion (Now 7500 again, not 50000)
  • Added Quest Rewards being chosen from 2 Choices not 5 now.
  • Weapon / Tool Category is now Base Modifier.
Previous Updates

v2.1

  • Initial Release

Download

DOWNLOAD V2.2 (10 KB)
DOWNLOAD V2.1 (9 KB)

Credits: Nyarc

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AndyBlackknight
AndyBlackknight
August 28, 2025 2:09 am

Does it also work for the current version and can EAC remain on?

Bryan
Bryan
August 23, 2025 8:28 pm

Does it work for 1.4?

Daniel
Daniel
July 26, 2025 11:19 am

And many WRN ! btw

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.674 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_item_groups/trader_item_group[@name=’traderAlways’]/item[@group=’groupAllAmmo’]/@count” (line 83 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.678 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_item_groups/trader_item_group[@name=’traderGeneral’]/item[@group=’groupAllAmmo’]/@count” (line 93 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.680 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorMods’]/@count” (line 108 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.683 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorLight’]/@count” (line 109 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.685 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorMedium’]/@count” (line 110 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.687 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorHeavy’]/@count” (line 111 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.689 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’tools’]/@count” (line 116 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.691 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupModsAll’]/@count” (line 118 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.694 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupMeleeAll’]/@count” (line 121 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.696 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupRangedAll’]/@count” (line 122 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.698 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’1′]/trader_items/item[@group=’weaponsGunParts’]/@count” (line 123 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.701 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupVehicles’]/@count” (line 131 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.703 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’tools’]/@count” (line 133 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.705 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’rareTools’]/@count” (line 134 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.707 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupModsAll’]/@count” (line 140 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.710 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupMeleeAll’]/@count” (line 142 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.712 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupRangedAll’]/@count” (line 143 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.714 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’weaponsGunParts’]/@count” (line 144 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.716 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorLight’]/@count” (line 145 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.717 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorMedium’]/@count” (line 146 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.719 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’6′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorHeavy’]/@count” (line 147 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.722 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’tools’]/@count” (line 161 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.723 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupModsAll’]/@count” (line 164 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.725 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupMeleeAll’]/@count” (line 166 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.727 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupRangedAll’]/@count” (line 167 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.729 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’weaponsGunParts’]/@count” (line 168 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.731 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorLight’]/@count” (line 171 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.733 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorMedium’]/@count” (line 172 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.735 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’2′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorHeavy’]/@count” (line 173 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.737 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupRangedAll’]/@count” (line 181 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.740 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupMeleeAll’]/@count” (line 182 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.742 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’weaponsGunParts’]/@count” (line 183 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.744 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupRangedMods’]/@count” (line 184 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.746 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’tools’]/@count” (line 185 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.749 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupModsAll’]/@count” (line 190 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.751 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorLight’]/@count” (line 194 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.753 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorMedium’]/@count” (line 195 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.755 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’7′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorHeavy’]/@count” (line 196 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.757 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’tools’]/@count” (line 206 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.759 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupModsAll’]/@count” (line 214 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.761 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupMeleeAll’]/@count” (line 216 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.763 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupRangedAll’]/@count” (line 217 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.765 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’weaponsGunParts’]/@count” (line 218 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.767 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorLight’]/@count” (line 221 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.769 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorMedium’]/@count” (line 222 at pos 3)

2025-07-26T13:17:28 51.771 WRN XML patch for “traders.xml” from mod “TraderNerf” did not apply: <set xpath=”/traders/trader_info[@id=’8′]/trader_items/item[@group=’groupArmorHeavy’]/@count” (line 223 at pos 3)

Nyarc
Nyarc
July 26, 2025 9:16 pm
Reply to  Daniel

What version are you running? I both tested on 2.1 b10 Vanilla and Modded, i dont have these Errors.
If you are not running newer than 2.0 or specific Mods please tell me

Daniel
Daniel
July 28, 2025 1:23 pm
Reply to  Nyarc

i run last version stable . v2.1 i think its.

Daniel
Daniel
July 28, 2025 1:25 pm
Reply to  Nyarc

any discord ? maybe to help more fast ?

Nyarc
Nyarc
July 29, 2025 12:05 pm
Reply to  Daniel

Yes sure, add me on Discord, same name as here

Daniel
Daniel
July 25, 2025 11:38 am

what its this ?
TraderNerfSettings
And why looks like that ? what its purpose of that one.

Nyarc
Nyarc
July 25, 2025 7:40 pm
Reply to  Daniel

Thats the Settings
This is Coded with AI help so it may be different than the classical Modding Form, but it works.
In that File you have the Values you can configure yourself

croeater
croeater
July 24, 2025 5:36 pm

Is this mod compatible with another mod 《Hybrid Learn by Use (Action Skills) – XML mod》 of yours?

Nyarc
Nyarc
July 24, 2025 9:12 pm
Reply to  croeater

Hi!
That Hybrid Learn by Use Mod isnt by me!
This Mod only Modifies “The Daring Adventurer” Perk itself, Hybrid Learn by Use adds its own Categories and doesnt change the Vanilla Skills. Worst case either my addition isnt working ,or you dont get the 20 % Boost of Hybrid Learn by use in the Learn-by-Use Category.
Should be Compatible but not sure. This Mod loads last so it should override Hybrid Learn by Use.
Im testing and playing this Mod with Warzuk AIO and it works fine.