Essential Purchases

There are certain valuable items that can only be purchased during Act 1. Refer to the following table for details on where they can be found.

Merchant	Location	Item(s)
Hubert’s Fine Goods	Hightown Market	Tome of Technique
Robes by Jean Luc	Hightown Market	Backpack
Armor Merchant	Lowtown	Underpadding – Guardsman Pattern (Aveline armor upgrade)
Apparel Shop	Lowtown Bazaar	Inscribed Leather Harness (Varric armor upgrade), Backpack