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Faustus
Faustus, the Fence
Faustus, the Financier
Faustus Faustus, the Fence Faustus, the Financier
Areas: Lioneye's Watch (Act 6), The Rogue Harbour, Kingsmarch
Functions: Currency Exchange Market and asynchronous trading access, Respecialisation & Gambling provider
(Heist) Vendor, exchanges Heist target for Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout
Used as Currency for services in the Rogue Harbour
Right click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it.

Selling a Heist target to Faustus

Faustus is an NPC. He can be found in Lioneye's Watch in Act 6. He will also be present in every Act town onwards. In addition to offering Respecialisation and Gambling services, he grants the player access to the Currency Exchange Market and asynchronous trading. Faustus can be invited to your hideout.

Faustus was first introduced in Heist league as Faustus, the Fence as a vendor in the Rogue Harbour, who you can sell items to. He is the only vendor who will exchange Heist target items for Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout
Used as Currency for services in the Rogue Harbour
Right click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it.
. Faustus can also be found in Kingsmarch as Faustus, the Financier.

Key Shortcuts

Faustus (Towns & Kingsmarch)

Ctrl+Left Click: Currency Exchange

Alt+Left Click: Gamble for Items

Ctrl+Alt+Left Click: Respecialisation

(In hideout) Ctrl+Alt+Left Click: Manage Shop

Faustus, the Fence

Ctrl+Left Click: Sell Items

Heist

Faustus is known as Faustus, the Fence when encountered as a Heist NPC.

Faustus is the only NPC that allows players to vendor Heist targets for Rogue's MarkersRogue's MarkerStack Size: 50000Creates a portal to the Rogue Harbour from a Town or Hideout
Used as Currency for services in the Rogue Harbour
Right click on this item while in a Town or Hideout to use it.
. Vendoring it to any other NPC will only return a Scroll FragmentScroll FragmentStack Size: 5A stack of 5 fragments becomes a Scroll of Wisdom..

Settlers of Kalguur

Faustus is known as Faustus, the Financier when encountered as a Settlers NPC. He can be invited to your hideout.

Aside from allowing players to vendor items, he offers a few options similar to town NPCs:

  • Respecialisation: Allows players to spend GoldGoldStack Size: 50000Can be spent at Vendors instead of respec points to unallocate passives on the passive skill tree. The cost increases with character level.
  • Gamble for Items: Faustus is the designated hideout NPC for gold gambling.
  • Exchange Currency: Faustus allows players to access the Currency Exchange Market from the hideout instead of Kingsmarch.
  • Manage Shop: Opens the Merchant's Tab vendor interface of the hideout owner. Only available in hideouts.

Quest contracts

  • Contract: The Admiral's Records
  • Contract: Findings for Fidium
  • Contract: Death to DarnawContract: Death to Darnaw
    Naval Contract
    Client: Faustus
    Heist Target: Kill Admiral Darnaw
    Area Level: 82
    Requires Counter-Thaumaturgy (Level 4)
    "If Admiral Darnaw is stupid enough to send orders to his fleet members and not expect us to steal them, then he deserves what's coming to him!"Give this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist.
    (unique quality)

Lore

Faustus is the captain of the ship The Marylene and has ambitions of becoming Admiral of the Oriathan fleet. To this end he organizes for the player to break into Admiral Darnaw's office and steal certain papers. In the final contract, he employs the player to kill Admiral Darnaw in the quest Contract: Death to DarnawContract: Death to Darnaw
Naval Contract
Client: Faustus
Heist Target: Kill Admiral Darnaw
Area Level: 82
Requires Counter-Thaumaturgy (Level 4)
"If Admiral Darnaw is stupid enough to send orders to his fleet members and not expect us to steal them, then he deserves what's coming to him!"Give this Contract to Adiyah in the Rogue Harbour to embark on the Heist.
, and usurps the position of Admiral for himself, thus becoming Admiral Faustus of the Oriathan Navy. He remarks on how easy it will be to smuggle goods with his newfound position.

In-Game Dialogue

Act 6

Introduction

Why hello, stranger!

I am Faustus, the Captain of the Fair Marylene. Consider me your access to the wealth of Wraeclast. There's not a single market I can't reach. You've got currency, they've got currency, and thus I shall be your most esteemed facilitator. For a small fee, of course.

Oriath

Awful business, what happened to Oriath. Terrible. Just terrible. I was lucky. Safely out at sea with my crew.

I hope those responsible are held accountable, barring those with whom I have ongoing business, of course. I suspect they were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time. Can't blame someone for having rotten luck!

Hideout

It's not the most comfortable hideaway I've ever graced with my presence, but it'll do. We're in this to make money, after all. Nothing else matters.

Kingsmarch

Introduction

'Hail,' as these Kalguurans say. You've just met your most important ally in this strange new town. I am Faustus, the Captain of the Fair Marylene. Consider {me} your access to the wealth of Wraeclast. There's not a single market I can't reach. You've got currency, they've got currency, and thus I shall be your most esteemed facilitator. For a small fee, of course.

Kingsmarch

Well, as I understand it, the Kalguurans we see here are not... hmm, how to put this delicately... not the, heh, finest wines in the cellar. Some of them are part of official guilds back on Middengard, but most are dissidents, criminals, and suspected rebels. You are an exile from Oriath, just as they are exiles from Kalguur. If not in name, then in circumstance.

The Ring

Yes, it's a beautiful ring, mmm! That's real gold. Inherited it, believe it or not.

Are you mad? Get out of here with dangerous questions like that!

The King

You keep vigilant, Exile. Something's afoot, and I feel a sinister shadow over my shoulder that only grows longer with each passing day.

Oriath

With Oriath evacuated, I suppose Kingsmarch is the last bit of civilisation left on Wraeclast. Oh, I {could} go live with the Karui like the rest, but that's just not the way the winds are taking me.

The Rogue Harbour

Introduction

Listen carefully, for I do not like to repeat myself.

My name is Faustus. I am your fence. If you have something of value, you come to me. Understood? Every other day we have some braindead upstart who thinks they can circumvent the system. They go gallivanting around proclaiming they've found a gilded wonder or somesuch. Either the Templar, or another, less charitable, organisation gets wind of it, and we never see them again. Well, sometimes we see parts of them... usually on a pike or smeared across the ground at the base of the towers.

I am here for a reason. I am your protector. I am what stands between you and a very short life as a fugitive. I am your plausible deniability. Follow the rules, and you will grow wealthy and stay healthy.


If you already met Faustus:

Another green footpad? The turnover here... oh, it's you! I can't say I'm surprised to see you turn up in a place like this.

The Boss

Ah, the Boss. The big man. The man of a thousand faces, or no face, depending on who you ask. He's cultivated quite the reputation, hmm?

I fancy myself a connoisseur of the truth, and I have yet to hear a story about the Boss that has the wondrous ring to it that only true stories have. But...

Well, I have certain connections, and those connections have certain connections who have turned up some very striking truths about this mysterious figure.

I'm not about to run my mouth to a thief, but let me tell you, those definitely-not-true stories you keep hearing? The truth is even stranger.

Fence

A fence like myself provides a thief like yourself the means to offload ill-gotten goods for something you'll find more useful; in this case, markers. I take those goods and sell them to the nobility for something I find more useful -- coin and prestige. As a captain in the Navy, it's not entirely unusual to confiscate illicit goods from pirates and smugglers, and the nobility happily reward me for retrieving their valuables from the hands of evil.

Sometimes I'll even return it pro-bono, if the owner's station may afford me certain privileges down the road. The job carries with it certain risks, but were a thief such as yourself to try to speak out against me, well, you'd only be incriminating yourself in the process. It'd be your word against mine. And who is a judge more likely to believe?

Admiral Darnaw

I've been in the navy a long time. I've seen leaders come and go. Let me tell you; Darnaw is a fool. A bumpkin. A cretin! I've no doubt he is morally corrupt, but more offensive than that, he holds no regard for a man's heritage! Back in my day, the navy was where boys became men. Where well-bred Oriathans could earn their place among the elite, after a brief and relatively safe stint out at sea. Then Darnaw came along, and all of a sudden we have fellows from completely inconsequential families strutting around the cabins like they work there! Because they do! He lets them work there! Awful man, Darnaw. Just awful.

Voice actor

Faustus is voiced by Peter Baker[1].

Version history

Version Changes
3.27.0
  • Added Asynchronous Trade. When you reach Act 6, find Faustus in Lioneye's Watch and have him act as a steward for your Merchant's Tabs. You can place items for sale in these tabs, for direct and instant purchase by other players even when you're not online. If you've already purchased Merchant's Tabs in Path of Exile 2, these will now be available for use when you log into Path of Exile.
  • Faustus is now in your Hideout once you have met him in either Kingsmarch or Lioneye's Watch (Act 6).
3.26.0
  • The Currency Exchange will also be returning; you'll first encounter Faustus in Lioneye's Watch in Act 6 who can help facilitate trades.
3.25.0
3.12.0
  • Introduced to the game.