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Deep Sea Merchant

The off-map shop NPC who surfaces, opens for ~3 hours, then leaves. The watcher announces direction and gives ~5 minutes of warning before he arrives.

The Deep Sea Merchant is a Rust event that doesn't show up on the regular map — he's an off-map NPC bundle that surfaces, stays open for roughly three hours, then despawns. Rust Pulse watches the lead indicator that always precedes him and announces:

  • ~5 minutes before he surfaces. "Deep Sea Merchant inbound from the south-east. Surface in ~5 minutes." (Direction is relative to your map.)
  • At surface. "Deep Sea Merchant has surfaced. Premium NPC trades open until despawn."
  • At despawn. "Deep Sea Merchant has left. Next window in roughly 3 hours."

Use !deep any time to get the current state — open, closed, direction, or last surface time.

Configurable

Each of the three alert moments is independently toggleable in Settings. Some teams only want the 5-minute warning; others want the despawn so their main runner doesn't waste a trip.