Talk:Blue Mountains Merchant/@comment-75.71.132.55-20140919004941/@comment-2.162.196.100-20141003195111

Nearby means in a loaded chunk, that's (I think) within a range of 128 blocks. I never found them directly where I stood, so they probaly keep that normal distance of 1,5 chunks (24 blocks) which is common for hostile mobs. They stay one whole day and are accompanied by a small group of their kin. This applies to all kinds of trades: Elves, Dwarfs and Haradim.

To find them, run a bit around, sometimes they are hidden in cave or behind some buildings or trees.