The Market gives your village a certain number of merchants depending on its level.
Merchants can advertise trade offers, accept trade offers, and send resources to other villages.
Building the Market requires: Village Headquarters (Level 3) Warehouse (Level 2) The Market Level 10 is a requirement for the Academy.
Most players do not build the Market above level 20, as the increase in Merchants (125) is not worth the added farm spaces used (471).
In the beginning of your village the Market is useful for trading excess resources for those you are in need of.
After you have several villages, a level between 15-20 is quite useful for sending resources to developing villages.
Table of Merchant Build Costs, Population Usage, and Merchants taken from Tribalwars Help
| Level |
Requirements
|
Population Difference /Total Population Used | Number of merchants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  100  100  100
|
 20 / 20
|
1 |
| 2 | 126 127 126
|
3 / 23
|
2 |
| 3 | 159 163 159
|
4 / 27
|
3 |
| 4 | 200 207 200
|
5 / 32
|
4 |
| 5 | 252 264 252
|
5 / 37
|
5 |
| 6 | 318 337 318
|
7 / 44
|
6 |
| 7 | 400 430 400
|
7 / 51
|
7 |
| 8 | 504 548 504
|
9 / 60
|
8 |
| 9 | 635 698 635
|
10 / 70
|
9 |
| 10 | 800 890 800
|
12 / 82
|
10 |
| 11 | 1.009 1.135 1.009
|
14 / 96
|
11 |
| 12 | 1.271 1.447 1.271
|
16 / 112
|
14 |
| 13 | 1.601 1.846 1.601
|
20 / 132
|
19 |
| 14 | 2.018 2.353 2.018
|
22 / 154
|
26 |
| 15 | 2.542 3.000 2.542
|
26 / 180
|
35 |
| 16 | 3.203 3.825 3.203
|
31 / 211
|
46 |
| 17 | 4.036 4.877 4.036
|
36 / 247
|
59 |
| 18 | 5.085 6.218 5.085
|
42 / 289
|
74 |
| 19 | 6.407 7.928 6.407
|
49 / 338
|
91 |
| 20 | 8.073 10.109 8.073
|
57 / 395
|
110 |
| 21 | 10.172 12.889 10.172
|
67 / 462
|
131 |
| 22 | 12.817 16.433 12.817
|
79 / 541
|
154 |
| 23 | 16.149 20.952 16.149
|
92 / 633
|
179 |
| 24 | 20.348 26.714 20.348
|
107 / 740
|
206 |
| 25 | 25.639 34.060 25.639
|
126 / 866
|
235 |