# \[Not a bug\] Wandering Merchants not appearing in Faction Assaults? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 24, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048 "2023-02-24T19:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/1 "2023-02-24T19:28:34Z")
According to the official post, Wandering Merchants are supposed to appear in Explore runs and Delves… > **Quoted for reference** > > > [@6.8 Update: Treasures & Temptations](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/6-8-update-treasures-temptations/79012/1): > > > > The Wandering Merchant System has a 15% chance to trigger at the end of non-boss battles in Delves and Explores. Switch is having a weekend-long Faction Assault event this weekend, but I haven’t encountered a single Wandering Merchant in any Delve runs for this event: > **My runs** > > Friday: > > - Lv.20: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants, 1 Valraven > - Lv.30: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.40: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.50: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.60: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > > Saturday: > > - Lv.70: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants, 1 Valraven > - Lv.80: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.90: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.100: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.110: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants, 1 Valraven > - Lv.120: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > - Lv.130: 8 rooms, zero Wandering Merchants > > Sunday: > > - next run: _(will continue testing tomorrow)_ After all, basic probability predicts that if the encounter rate is 15% per battle, that’s cumulatively 68% after 7 eligible battles (or 99.9% after 42+). So I really, _really_ should have found one by now, right? Or, unless this is _by design?_ Are Wandering Merchants disabled when doing Faction Assaults? Not complaining (nobody’ll run Faction Assaults for the new Wandering Merchant encounters, not with the event reward ladder), but this wasn’t my default assumption from reading the official announcement since Faction Assaults ARE Delves too. ---
**Author:** ![Maisie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@Maisie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maisie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/2 "2023-02-24T19:34:43Z")
I’ve definitely had merchant encounters in my daily delves. Can’t remember if I got any in the Tuesday faction assault. (Steam/mobile FWIW) ---
**Author:** ![Voq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/voq/32/54089_2.png) [@Voq](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Voq)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/3 "2023-02-24T19:51:01Z")
I did 8 or 9 floors on the Tuesday faction assault and didn’t encounter any. I’ve seen a number going through daily delves ---
**Author:** ![Gangrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Gangrel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gangrel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/4 "2023-02-24T19:55:46Z")
Iv had the daemon in a delve ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/5 "2023-02-24T19:58:05Z")
> [@Gangrel](#): > > Iv had the daemon in a delve Sure, but was that in or outside of a Faction Assault event? I’ve got a hypothesis that they are disabled in Faction Assaults, but this is _not_ a default assumption based on the official announcement (Faction Assaults are a subtype of Delve) which makes it conspicuous. ---
**Author:** ![Gangrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Gangrel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gangrel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/6 "2023-02-24T20:02:22Z")
Yea just normal sigil delve yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jerry_the_skunk/32/53897_2.png) [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jerry_the_skunk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/7 "2023-02-24T20:31:53Z")
> [@Voq](#): > > I did 8 or 9 floors on the Tuesday faction assault The update came out on wednesday, so other than the weekend delve on Nintendo, there is currently no possible referrence. Might be interesting to keep an eye on that next week on the other platforms though. ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/8 "2023-02-24T20:36:14Z")
> [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](#): > > The update came out on wednesday, I thought that was the case too (I didn’t expect Switch to get the update same day), but thanks for confirming. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/9 "2023-02-25T03:42:10Z")
> [@Jerry\_the\_skunk](#): > > The update came out on wednesday, It came out on Tuesday around 6-7 hrs before reset, which is enough time to do the Tuesday Faction Assault with the new features ---
**Author:** ![PuckJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@PuckJunkie](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PuckJunkie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/10 "2023-02-25T20:18:58Z")
I ran the entire faction assault with the update in place, starting late and barely getting the faction to level 500 before the reset. I never saw a single wandering merchant, and I assume they are deliberately disabled during faction assault. ---
**Author:** ![Sinnycool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sinnycool](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sinnycool)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/11 "2023-02-26T15:01:16Z")
I did the tuesday faction event after the update and got 0 wandering merchants ---
**Author:** ![Bramble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Bramble](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bramble)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-wandering-merchants-not-appearing-in-faction-assaults/79048/12 "2023-02-27T00:44:42Z")
Hello 🙂 You will only encounter Merchants in Explore/Delve battles, and not during the Faction Assault Events. (They won’t appear in events)