Which lore store unlocks appear in current campaign?

[LSD]

I read online they only appear in a new campaign, but i've had the local healer and pipe merchant appear in my current game. Just nothing else. Is it some-stuff-does-some-stuff-doesnt? Is it just encounters? Am i just imagining it?
Also, silly me, both times meeting the pipe merchant, didn't upgrade my pipe...
AHHHHHH
HERBS

[Santadriver]

What is your „current game“? There are different gamemodes. In Hildebrant‘s Cellar for example, you won‘t encounter the pipe merchant or other random encounters other than dead adventurers/traps. But you‘ll be able to encounter items you unlock in the lore store.
When playing For The King/Dungeon Crawl/Frost Adventure you can find many items within night markets, as quest/loot reward or at random encounters.

So it‘s more a „some do, some don‘t“. I‘m happy to give specific information. What is unclear to you?

[LSD]

I find it weird i've met 2 pipe merchants and 1 local healer, but no tree, or trainer, or anything else. None of the items ive bought either. Nor the teleport pools. Or kraken torches. Or night market. Or carnival (but lots of carnival tickets, weirdly, even before i bought the store upgrade).
It's very weird. It'd be really cool if it all applied to your current game. The world feels a bit empty without.

I'm playing "For the King" mode.

[Santadriver]

Alright, so the night market, dark carneval, the alluring pool and the kraken ward all render at the beginning of a game. If you‘ve unlocked them during your current round: don’t worry, they‘ll be there next time you start an adventure.
Trainers are just a rare sight, sometimes I don’t come across one in a whole playthrough, other time i find three.
The primordial oak (or something..) i also very rare.. and i think it only pops up in the burning forrest realm.. (others please correct me if I‘m wrong).
Also, the items will be available at chance during your next adventure after unlocking and buying them. Again.. sometimes I really hope on a specific one but won‘t find it, and also, they all appear during their appropriate time during your story progression, so you won‘t find a +30dmg Hammer right at the get go, etc.
I definitely agree. The world in the first few rounds is very plain.. but it might be helpful to not feel too overwhelming.
Regarding carneval ticket drops: you might find some weird item drops in this game... but that‘s just how this game is sometimes... nothing to do there.

Good luck on your adventures.

[LSD]

Really helpful, thanks!