Merchant Alliance
Trading CompanyCurrency: Gold
PvE Rating
2/5 Below Average
Overview
The Merchant Alliance focuses on trade and logistics. Pirates are tasked with capturing and delivering animals, transporting cargo, and managing commodity trade routes. Time-sensitive deliveries and careful cargo handling are key.
Strengths
- +Reliable passive income through commodity trading.
- +Lost shipment voyages offer high-value loot with minimal combat.
- +Good for players who prefer peaceful, exploration-based gameplay.
- +Commodity trading requires no voyage purchase -- pure profit.
Weaknesses
- -Time limits on cargo runs add pressure and risk.
- -Fragile cargo is easily damaged by storms, combat, or careless handling.
- -Animal catching quests are tedious and outdated.
- -Lower gold-per-hour compared to combat factions.
Tips & Strategy
- 1Cargo runs pay more if you deliver before the deadline -- check the time carefully.
- 2Cloth is destroyed by water, plants need water, rum bottles break from impact.
- 3Buy commodities cheap at surplus outposts and sell at shortage outposts for profit.
- 4Lost shipment voyages are the best Merchant activity -- high payout, no timer.
- 5Grade V emissary quest leads to a guaranteed shipwreck full of Merchant loot.