# Wandereing merchants and xp bonus **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 12, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741 "2023-10-12T09:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lucien/32/75325_2.png) [@Lucien](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lucien)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/1 "2023-10-12T09:13:17Z")
have the wandereing merchants been removed while running the xp booster. i have ran 2 xp boosters and no metchants appeared, i know 30 min is a small sample. i was wondereing if there is anything offical on this ---
**Author:** ![Ash3nShad3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ash3nshad3/32/96675_2.png) [@Ash3nShad3](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ash3nShad3)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/2 "2023-10-12T09:39:48Z")
As far as I am concerned they have disappeared altogether. I do not use the XP booster and yesterday it took a full hour to get just one merchant. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/3 "2023-10-12T11:05:12Z")
I would hope not, as I regard merchant/angel offers as much more valuable than experience (and I’m pretty sure, that is not just me), but if this is true, I will make sure to activate experience boost right before I log out in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Raistlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/raistlin/32/61294_2.png) [@Raistlin](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Raistlin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/4 "2023-10-12T11:33:56Z")
I had merchants in my XP run yesterday and I fully agree with Jerog on their potential value and still welcome seeing them. ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/5 "2023-10-12T12:06:18Z")
The wandering merchant is a _relatively_ low probability event to begin with, even with the generous assumption that you’re exclusively fighting battles that allow him (or his brethren) to appear after a victory. Without more information, it’s difficult to fully and properly judge, but I suspect your experience is most likely part “confirmation bias” and part “bad RNG luck”. Me? I have a tendency to use a 15 minute booster in the evenings when I’m speed-running my three daily delves (at level 50); I’ve learned that I can get 27 battles done in ~14 minutes, and this gives me 24 opportunities to find a Merchant or Angel (because they can appear after any battle other than the final boss room). And I see visitors often enough, even if it’s neither as frequently as I’d like nor do they often offer the handful of things I’m pursuing. ---
**Author:** ![DAeron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/daeron/32/89036_2.png) [@DAeron](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DAeron)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/6 "2023-10-12T14:00:11Z")
I still see the merchant system working during my xp runs ---
**Author:** ![Dust\_Angel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/dust_angel/32/35256_2.png) [@Dust\_Angel](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dust_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/wandereing-merchants-and-xp-bonus/81741/7 "2023-10-12T15:36:58Z")
Yep, you’re simply unlucky. I just had a merchant on first explore battle after booster start.