The main difference between these groups is in items they're carrying. Payment towards factions for whatever reason also requires silver near beacons There are a few groups of traders in RimWorld and they come in large groups.
All silver and tradeable items within range of a beacon will then be available for trade. Orbital Traders To trade in Rimworld there are 3 options: Trade with a caravan visiting your colony Send out a trade caravan to trade with a friendly/neutral base Trade with passing ships via the Comms Consol How do you trade with orbital traders Rimworld? To initiate the trade a ship must be in range, which a colonist can communicate with using the comms console. The first thing you need to know about how to trade in RimWorld is that it can happen in two ways: Visitors or Trade Caravans.