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Merchant Guilds is a unique technology in Age of Empires IV that can normally be researched at the Market in the Imperial Age by the French and Jeanne d'Arc. Once researched, active Traders generate 1 gold every 6 seconds. It can also be researched at the Royal Institute starting in the Castle Age at -30% cost, or at the Chamber of Commerce with normal age requirements and cost.

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  • Originally, the cost of this technology was 140 food, 350 gold. With patch 11.1.1201, the economic technology discount for French and Jeanne d'Arc was increased from 30% to 35%, reducing the cost of this technology to 130 food, 325 gold.
Unique technologies (except Age-up options) in Age of Empires IV
Abbasid Dynasty Composite Bows · Camel Rider Barding · Camel Handling · Camel Support · Camel Rider Shields · Medical Centers · Improved Processing · Agriculture · Boot Camp · Teak Masts · Proselytization · Preservation of Knowledge · Public Libraries · Phalanx · Armored Caravans · Grand Bazaar · Spice Roads · Fresh Foodstuffs · Fertile Crescent
Ayyubids Phalanx · Teak Masts · Infantry Support · Siege Carpentry · Sultan's Mamluks
Byzantines Heavy Dromon · Liquid Explosives · Expilatores · Trapezites · Numeri · Greek Fire Projectiles · Mercenary contracts ( Eastern · Western · Silk Road) · Veteran Contract · Elite Contract · Teardrop Shields · Ferocious Speed · Border Settlements · Mangonel Emplacement
Chinese Reload Drills · Ancient Techniques · Pyrotechnics · Imperial Examinations · Additional Barrels · Battle Hardened · Extra Materials · Handcannon Slits · Thunderclap Bombs
Delhi Sultanate Armored Beasts · Howdahs · Mahouts · Paiks · Forced March · Village Fortresses · Honed Blades · Tranquil Venue · Reinforced Foundations · All-Seeing Eye · Efficient Production · Sanctity · Swiftness · Zeal · Hearty Rations · Slow-Burning Defenses · Salvaged Materials
English Network of Citadels · Enclosures · Arrow Volley · Armor Clad · Admiralty · Shattering Projectiles
French Crossbow Stirrups · Gambesons · Royal Bloodlines · Enlistment Incentives · Long Guns · Cantled Saddles · Chivalry · Merchant Guilds
Holy Roman Empire Slate and Stone Construction · Reinforced Defenses · Devoutness · Heavy Maces · Two-Handed Weapons · Fire Stations · Inspired Warriors · Awl Pikes · Steel Barding · Cistercian Churches
House of Lancaster Admiralty · Billmen · Burgundian Imports · Collar of Esses · Condensed Land Practices · Exact Militia Program · Hill Training · Military Tactics Training · Muster the Nobles · Open Field System · Padded Jack · Scutage · Ships of the Crown · Shire Levy · Synchronized Shot · Throwing Dagger Drills · Warwolf Trebuchet
Japanese Tawara · Takezaiku · Fudasashi · Copper Plating · Tatara · Hizukuri · Kobuse-gitae · Yaki-ire · Odachi · Nagae Yari · Do-maru Armor · Kabura-ya Whistling Arrow · Daimyo Manor · Daimyo Palace · Shogunate Castle · Zen · Nehan · Five Mountain Ministries · Shinto Rituals · Gion Festival · Bunrei
Jeanne d'Arc Crossbow Stirrups · Gambesons · Royal Bloodlines · Long Guns · Cantled Saddles · Chivalry · Companion Equipment · Ordinance Company · Merchant Guilds
Knights Templar Safe Passage · Sanctuary · Desert Citadels · Treasure Towers · Rule of Templars · Lettre de Change · Trebuchet Emplacement · Iron Clamps · Cranequins · Brigandine · Counterweight Defenses · Fanaticism · Crusader Fleets
Malians Banco Repairs · Farima Leadership · Imported Armor · Local Knowledge · Poisoned Arrows · Precision Training · Javelin Emplacement · Canoe Tactics
MongolsImproved technologies · Whistling Arrows · Yam Network · Piracy · Superior Mobility · Monastic Shrines · Additional Torches · Raid Bounty · Stone Bounty · Siha Bow Limbs · Stone Commerce · Steppe Lancers · Pax Mongolica
Order of the Dragon Slate and Stone Construction · Reinforced Defenses · Fire Stations · Inspired Warriors · War Horses · Heavy Torches · Golden Cuirass · Scale Armor · Zornhau · Bodkin Bolts
Ottomans Field Work · Mehter Drums · Anatolian Hills · Military Campus · Akinji System · Extensive Fortifications · Advanced Academy · Janissary Company · Pax Ottomana · Siege Crews · Great Bombard · Trade Bags · Janissary Guns · Great Bombard Emplacement · Imperial Fleet
Rus Fine Tuned Guns · Boyar's Fortitude · Mounted Training · Knight Poleaxes · Siege Crew Training · Wandering Town · Divine Light · Fervor · Saint's Veneration · Banded Arms · Castle Watch · Castle Turret · Adaptable Hulls
Zhu Xi's Legacy Regional Inspection · Single Whip Reform · Imperial Red Seals · Advanced Administration · Military Affairs Bureau · Thunderclap Bombs · Handcannon Slits · Cloud of Terror · Dali Horses · Roar of the Dragon · Bolt Magazines · Hard Cased Bombs · 10000 Bolts · Dynastic Protectors
Removed technologies
Season Two Update Shipwrights
Season Three Update Patchwork Repairs · Clinker Construction · Cedar Hulls
Season Four Update Improved Blessing · Saint's Reach
Season Five Update Reusable Barrels · Benediction · Setup Camp · Double Time
Season Seven Update Marching Drills
Season Eight Update Manuscript Trade · Lookout Towers
Season Nine Update Riveted Chain Mail · Fast Training