Anime Expeditions challenges players to build top-tier teams, conquer difficult trials, and continuously optimize their fighters. While recruiting strong characters is exciting, fine-tuning their individual stats often turns into a high-stakes gamble where a single unlucky roll can wipe away hard-earned upgrades.
That is where the Wandering Trader becomes indispensable. Rather than relying entirely on randomized rewards, players can seek out this traveling merchant to acquire Mythic-grade tools specifically designed to protect and rebuild unit stats. His temporary arrivals make every visit a frantic race against the clock.
This guide explains how to track down the Wandering Trader across the main hub, breaks down his stock and pricing, explains how to combine his items effectively, and outlines the requirements for his multi-tier customer quests.
Where to Find the Wandering Trader
The Wandering Trader appears exclusively inside the main lobby of Anime Expeditions. However, he does not occupy a permanent stall. Each time he arrives, he materializes at a random spot within the hub area, requiring players to search through pathways, side alcoves, and corners.
His visits are strictly time-limited. Once he arrives, you have a short window to find him, open his store interface, and purchase what you need before he vanishes. If you fail to locate him in time, you must wait for his next spawn cycle. Whenever fellow players mention his arrival in lobby chat, sweep the perimeter of the lobby immediately.
Wandering Trader Stock and Costs
The merchant sells two Mythic-grade items, both priced in Gems. Each item carries a purchase ceiling per visit:
- Stat Lock: Costs 250 Gems (purchase limit of 5 per restock)
- Stat Reroll: Costs 250 Gems (purchase limit of 5 per restock)
Once you purchase all 5 available copies of either item, his stock for that item remains depleted until he despawns and returns in a later cycle.
How Stat Rerolls and Stat Locks Work
Understanding how to pair the merchant's two items is essential for high-end unit optimization.
Stat Rerolls
A Stat Reroll resets every stat value on a selected character at the same time. While this offers an immediate path toward superior stat rolls, rerolling an entire stat spread without protection carries substantial risk, as you can easily replace good stats with worse ones.
Beyond purchasing them from the Wandering Trader, you can also acquire Stat Rerolls through:
- Daily Challenges
- Weekly Challenges
- Normal Challenges
- The standard in-game Store
Stat Locks
Stat Locks solve the inherent risk of rerolling. Applying a Stat Lock to a unit allows you to pick one specific stat to preserve. When you subsequently trigger a Stat Reroll, the locked stat remains entirely untouched while the unlocked slots refresh.
Combining these two resources allows you to secure optimal numbers on individual attributes step by step without risking the stats you want to keep.
Wandering Trader Customer Quests
Interacting with the merchant also advances a sequence of progression objectives that reward you for frequenting his storefront. There are three tiers in total:
- Wandering Trader Customer 1: Purchase 5 items from the Wandering Trader shop.
- Wandering Trader Customer 2: Purchase 10 items from the Wandering Trader shop.
- Wandering Trader Customer 3: Purchase 15 items from the Wandering Trader shop.
Because the merchant carries a maximum of 10 items per visit (5 Stat Locks and 5 Stat Rerolls), completing the final quest tier requires buying out his inventory across at least two separate appearances.