New Mercenary Details Revealed - Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred

Diablo IV Posted 2024/07/19 at 2:51 PM by Tharid

A special thank you to Rob2628, who shared the Mercenary currency information within this article with us. You can find his video on the Spiritborn below!

In the Currency tab, a new currency called Pale Marks can be found. Showcasing the usual placeholder icon, this currency seems to be used to interact with the Mercenary system.

The first tooltip mentions that Pale Marks are used to purchase Trade Agreements. We assume that these are some sort of character-bound items used to buy Mercenary equipment.

The tooltip also mentions that Pale Marks can be used to Barter for items, which could mean that there will be multiple ways to acquire Mercenary equipment, by either buying from or bartering with merchants, for example.

There will be a Mercenary Den, which sounds like a dedicated NPC instance, where Trade Agreements will be purchasable, and Bartering with Pale Marks will be possible.

It looks like Pale Marks will be earned by completing activities together with a Mercenary or by increasing your Rapport.

Receiving Pale Marks will only be possible once you've unlocked Bartering, which will happen after reaching Rank 5 "Rapport."

Rapport appears like some sort of personal reputation or loyalty system based on the relationship and activities completed with your active Mercenary.

Much like other reputation systems in Diablo 4, increasing Rapport with your Mercenary could reward you not only with Pale Marks but also Mercenary equipment and other useful items for you and your Mercenary.

Comment by ZtinktoofDon't have enough information yet to give my first impression. I'm all for it though.Comment by BlackSackclothI was going to whisper sweet malcontents about rapport and how it sucked so much in Lostark. But I need more info.Comment by WowvocateEverything has to be a 'system' with blizzard games in this era.Comment by fathom81Whatever the system is atm will change once it goes live and people start whining and it will be dumb down just like everything ekse in d4.Comment by bluebird91That kid is giving me BG3 vibes. Not sure how this system will be implemented so I guess we'll see. But I liked D3 adding personality to followers, and I liked doing Lyndon's quests in D4!