Lord of Mysteries Merchant War Guide: S1.3 Caravan Trading

What the S1.3 trade war actually is

Official fact base only — every claim below is logged in the sources ledger.

The mode ships with version S1.3 — the version window runs 2026-10-15 → 2026-11-11 and the mode goes live on 2026-10-15. You own a caravan, buy goods at one station and sell at another for the spread, and the caravan travels for you. Your loop is: open the trade map, look at the stations, prices and the newspaper, then decide what to buy, where to sell, and whether to spend stamina to accelerate.

It ignores damage output and gear score. What it tests is spotting a price gap, waiting for a price, and daring to hold stock.

Version window

S1.3 · 2026-10-15 → 2026-11-11

S1.3 theme

「商队贸易 策略制胜」 — caravan trade, win by strategy

Mode goes live

2026-10-15

Who this page is for

Players who want to earn during S1.3 without gearing up another build, and players who want to know what the mode is before any in-game tutorial lands. If you have never traded before, the six official steps in the start section are all the onboarding you need.

Stations, prices and tariffs

Preview readouts are samples, not server rates.

Every station has its own specialty goods. When a station is well stocked its prices are pushed down; when players buy it out, prices rise. Prices also move over time — the official preview screenshot shows a per-item price-trend chart and a price-refresh cooldown.

Stations named in the official preview

廷根中央 (Tingen Central) · 古堡南部 (Castle South) · 古堡西部 (Castle West)

A full station list, with locations and a specialty-goods table, is not published — see the pending ledger.

Who owns a station

After the strategy server activity ends, trade stations in the open world are awarded to the winning clubs. At a station you will see the club flag and the local station tariff, and club management can adjust that station's tax rate.

The busier the trading at a station, the more visible the tax revenue — which is how the trade war ties back to club politics.

鲁恩商报 (Loen Commerce Gazette) and the travelling merchant groups

Official advice, quoted: 跑商先看报 — read the paper before you run goods.

鲁恩商报 (Loen Commerce Gazette) is the in-game newspaper. It tells you where the travelling merchant groups are, whether they are still there, and when they may leave. The official explainer is blunt: never set off blindly.

Travelling merchant groups (商人团) appear in the open world during the event, drive between stations, and change local prices when they arrive.

流金商团 (Flowing Gold)

Raises the sell price of station goods — this is the group you want in front of you when you are carrying stock.

丰饶商团 (Abundance)

Lowers the buy price of the corresponding goods — this is the group you want before you restock.

One is good for selling, one is good for buying. Their stay is limited — miss it and it is gone (as the CN text puts it, 逾期不候).

The official six-step start

The official beginner route, kept in the official order — one sentence each.

1. 01

   Watch the gazette

   Don't just stare at the current station's prices — the paper is what tells you what's coming.

2. 02

   Watch the tax rate

   A high sell price means nothing if the tax rate is brutal.

3. 03

   Watch stamina

   Don't burn the caravan's stamina for one extra coin.

4. 04

   Watch the merchant groups

   Discounts and buy-up prices are both opportunities, but don't chase one that's too far away.

5. 05

   Upgrade the caravan first

   A better cart is what lifts your earnings per run.

6. 06

   Always finish the daily commission task

   That is your first pot of seed money.

The official explainer closes with a warning: don't try to be Buffett on day one. Make your first cartload profitable and the rules fall into place.

What the official preview screenshot shows

Sample values read off the official preview images. Treat every figure here as a preview readout, not a live S1.3 rate.

Official footnote: 「具体玩法介绍详见后续爆料」 — more detail is promised in a later official reveal.

S1.3 cosmetics and other official items

Official list — names kept exactly as published in the CN client; where a name appears in Chinese, that is the in-game label.

Battle-pass outfit 弗朗明戈, from the 鲁恩风尚 line

The S1.3 battle-pass line 鲁恩风尚 ships the outfit 弗朗明戈.

Direct-sale outfits 灰烬之网 / 铂粹 / 圣咏录

Three direct-sale outfits are listed for S1.3: 灰烬之网, 铂粹 and 圣咏录.

伦纳德 (Leonard) companion outfit, 人脉 (connections) line

A companion outfit for 伦纳德 (Leonard), in both male and female versions.

神眷 (Divine Favor) wings — 星辉

神眷 wings named 星辉.

神眷 (Divine Favor) outfit — 踏浪而来

A 神眷 outfit named 踏浪而来.

神眷 (Divine Favor) weapon skin — 神国垂翼

神眷 weapon skin named 神国垂翼.

神眷 (Divine Favor) hairstyles — 织网者 / 洗礼

神眷 hairstyles named 织网者 and 洗礼.

神眷 (Divine Favor) display stand — 启示之间

A 神眷 display stand named 启示之间.

Free cosmetics on the 躺赢 rank: hat 金狼, face accessory 铁纹兽面, head accessory 菇勇者之冠

The 躺赢 rank adds three free cosmetics: the hat 金狼, the face accessory 铁纹兽面 and the head accessory 菇勇者之冠.

Officially these roll out in sequence — watch for later reveals.

Pending verification

Crimson ledger: questions the official material we read does not answer. Nothing here is asserted as fact anywhere on this page.

• Full station list, locations and the specialty-goods table — the official preview only names 廷根中央, 古堡南部 and 古堡西部.

  Unverified

• Tax rules: the default rate, the cap, and how a club adjusts it — the official preview screenshot shows only a 10.00% / 10% sample.

  Unverified

• Stamina: cap, regeneration rate and acceleration cost — the screenshot shows only 54/100.

  Unverified

• Caravan upgrades: max level, costs and what each level unlocks — the screenshot shows only 初级商队 (starter caravan) and 「升级商队到 1/2/3 级解锁」.

  Unverified

• Merchant-group spawn cycle, routes and dwell time.

  Unverified

• Exchange shop contents and its currency — the screenshot shows only 兑换商店 and a 9,753.4 readout.

  Unverified

• Station commission rules and reward — the screenshot shows only 奖励 180,000.0 and one commission example.

  Unverified

• Price-refresh interval and the price-fluctuation algorithm.

  Unverified

• 花车巡游 (float parade): community news accounts say the top faction's four clubs can parade in Tingen, weekends only, one month per run. The official S1.3 panels we read do not carry this text.

  Community-sourced

• S1.3 new dungeon / limited-event schedule: community news accounts list five hard-mode dates from 10-16 to 11-10, while the official panel only promises new dungeons and limited-time events. No date is published on this page.

  Community-sourced

• Official English naming for the mode — none published yet, so this page uses the working label Trade War (caravan trading).

  No official name

Every row above is unresolved. Rows marked community-sourced come from community news accounts, not from official panels.

Sources

The official website publishes its article bodies as images. Every fact on this page was read from those images or from the official account post — never from a portal rewrite. A portal appears here only as a competition signal, never as a fact source.

Trade war FAQ

Q1.What is the trade war, and when does it launch?

It is the S1.3 caravan-trading mode. No official English name is published, so this page calls it Trade War (caravan trading). Version S1.3 runs 2026-10-15 → 2026-11-11, and the mode goes live on 2026-10-15.

Q2.Does it need combat power or gear score?

No. The mode ignores damage output and gear score. What it tests is spotting a price gap, waiting for a price, and daring to hold stock.

Q3.How do you actually make money?

You own a caravan: buy goods at one station and sell them at another, and keep the difference. The caravan travels for you. Open the trade map, look at the stations, prices and the paper, then decide what to buy, where to sell, and whether to spend stamina to accelerate.

Q4.Why do station prices move?

Every station has its own specialty goods. A well-stocked station pushes prices down; players buying it out pushes prices up. Prices also move over time, and the official preview screenshot shows a per-item trend chart plus a price-refresh cooldown.

Q5.How do the gazette and merchant groups work?

鲁恩商报 (Loen Commerce Gazette) tells you where the travelling merchant groups are, whether they are still there and when they may leave — the official advice is 跑商先看报, read the paper first. Merchant groups drive between stations and change local prices when they arrive: 流金商团 (Flowing Gold) raises the sell price of station goods, 丰饶商团 (Abundance) lowers the buy price of the corresponding goods.

Q6.Who sets station tariffs, and how are clubs involved?

After the strategy server activity ends, open-world trade stations are awarded to the winning clubs. At a station you see the club flag and the local tariff, and club management can adjust that station's tax rate. The busier the trading, the more visible the tax revenue.

Q7.What should I do on day one?

Follow the official six steps: watch the gazette, watch the tax rate, watch stamina, watch the merchant groups, upgrade the caravan first, and always finish the daily commission task. The official closing line: do not try to be Buffett on day one — make your first cartload profitable.

Q8.Does it cost stamina, and is the mode permanent?

Stamina exists and can be spent to accelerate the caravan — the official preview screenshot shows 54/100, but the cap, the regeneration rate and the acceleration cost are not published (see pending row p3). On permanence: the official material we read does not state that the mode is permanent, so this page treats it as unconfirmed and keeps it in the pending ledger.