Merchants related to ilvls

[gta-maloy]]

This is the one section of gameplay I never really paid attention to until recently and I was curious about it.

AFAIK the items visible are set to something like clvl +5? And AFAIK the difficulty and merchant doesn't make much difference.

Also, is there a way to know what item mods can and can't be found on the items bought?

[bigeyedbug]

Yes on the ilvl=clvl+5. There are ilvl caps in Normal though:

Act 1: 12
Act 2: 20
Act 3: 28
Act 4: 36
Act 5: 45

For shopped mods {alvl=(clvl+5)-qlvl/2}

There are also restrictions on vendor inventories that will affect what mods you can find.