Traveling Merchant

Traveling Merchant
Role	Gold vendor / community donation collector
Location	Mainland
Services	Trades gathered material bundles for Gold via Personal and Global systems.

The Traveling Merchant is the main early source of Gold for players who gather resources. He stands near his cart on the Mainland and trades a fixed bundle of materials for Gold.

Following the latest update, the merchant now visits twice per day at random times — once between 00:00–12:00 UTC and once between 12:00–00:00 UTC. His exact schedule is secret and changes daily. He operates under a dual system featuring guaranteed Personal Gold limits alongside a competitive Global Travelling Merchant pool.

Important: You must complete your Daily Quests before you can donate to the merchant or claim any Gold — Personal or Global. Do your dailies once and you're set for both visits that day.

Material Bundle Cost

To receive any Gold from the merchant (whether Personal or Global), you must trade a complete bundle of the following materials:

Material	Amount	Notes
Wood	2,500	Gathered through Woodcutting in the Wilderness
Stone	1,500	Gathered through Mining in the Wilderness
Coal	700	Mined from coal-bearing rock nodes
Cooked Fish Meat	30	Made by cooking raw Fish
Gold	1	Reward for turning in the full bundle

1. Personal Gold

The Personal Gold system gives players access to a guaranteed supply of Gold per visit that does not conflict with the global community pool.

Requirements

• Complete your Daily Quests before claiming Personal Gold.
• $KINS holdings must be held in your wallet for 24 hours before they reflect on your Personal Gold limit.
• Your guaranteed Gold per visit is determined by your $KINS tier:

$KINS held	Gold per visit	Max per day (both visits)
Less than 1,000	0 Gold	0 Gold
1,000 to 4,999	1 Gold	2 Gold
5,000 to 9,999	3 Gold	6 Gold
10,000+	5 Gold (hard cap)	10 Gold

Note: Larger $KINS holders will have more exclusive benefits and features added in future updates.

2. Global Travelling Merchant

The competitive side of the merchant features a shared pool of 1,500 Gold per visit (up to 3,000 Gold total across both daily visits). Accessing this pool requires players to earn contribution weight beforehand.

Mechanics

1. Complete Daily Quests first — same requirement as Personal Gold applies here.
2. Donate Materials — players donate resources to the merchant to accumulate hidden back-end contribution points.
3. Unlock Claim Limits — these points determine your account's claim limit when the Global Merchant opens. High participation can unlock up to a maximum of 10 Gold per account per visit.
4. Purchase the Gold — unlocking a claim limit does not grant instant Gold. Once the merchant opens, you must still purchase your allocated Gold using the standard material bundles.

See Merchant Exchange Calculator for exact donation amounts per Gold target.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Economy	Explains Gold, $KINS, marketplace rules, and currency use.
Daily Quests	Must be completed before donating or claiming Gold.
$KINS	Determines your Personal Gold claim limit per visit.
Merchant Exchange Calculator	Full donation math for both Personal and Global merchant systems.
Woodcutting	Main source of Wood.
Mining	Main source of Stone, Coal, and Metal.
Cooking	Produces Cooked Fish Meat.
Mainland	The merchant's location.