Wild Network
Upgrades that arrive as a retired merchant.
A network of retired traders who sell unconventional upgrades — water taps, custom stock, machines — to shops willing to buy outside the licensed market.
The Wild Network is the station’s side channel: upgrades that no permit covers, delivered by merchants who have already left their trade.
The Wild Network is the station’s answer to specialisation: when a shop has committed to one product line, the people who can extend it are not in the market directory but in the back of the district.
What they sell is opportunity rather than merchandise — a tap that turns a district into a free input, a tank system that turns space into a product line.
Counter protocol
- Retired merchants unlock taps and machines that change a trade’s economics.
- Their stock changes between updates, so availability is version-dependent.
- The Network is where a specialist trade finds its second product line.
Related stock
Where this comes from
The Wild Network added retired merchant upgrades in the demo-era updates.
“Wild Network upgrades available in the open playtest: Retired Water Merchant, Gutterflow on Tap, Rustwater on Tap (Not the Water Trade Starting Scenario when starting a new game)”
A retired aquafarmer sells the equipment required to raise fish in tanks.
“A new retired merchant will sell the the equipement allowing you to raise fish in tanks to harvest and sell their meat.”
Tier 1 is the developer or publisher speaking, tier 2 is a large structured reference, tier 3 is player-made material. Anything a player measured rather than read is labelled as community-reported on this page.