Editing Trading Post

The '''Trading Post''' is where a travelling NPC trader buys '''and''' sells goods at fluctuating prices — a genuine two-way market, not just somewhere to vendor surplus. It is unlocked by purchasing rank 1 of the '''Trader's Charter''' in the [[Shop]]; each further Charter rank adds +25% to the post's daily stock and demand, and the '''Grand Bazaar Pass''' from the [[Exotic Broker]] adds more on top.

== How it works ==

* The trader posts fresh quotes each '''market day''' (every 6 hours of game time) — an independent random price roll for every tradeable good, shown on the Trading Post screen as '''Surplus''' (cheap), '''Steady''', or '''In demand''' (expensive).
* Each good's quote sets what he pays if you '''sell''' to him — above the item's plain vendor sell value, so selling to the trader always beats vendoring from the [[Bank]] — and what he charges if you '''buy''' from him: that same quote plus a flat 25% markup.
* Buying isn't just a curiosity: it's a way to stock up for a special order below, and for three endgame gems — '''Deep Sapphire''', '''Ember Topaz''', and '''Abyssal Amber''' — trading is their only use at all, since nothing else in the game consumes them. Pick a good up on a cheap '''Surplus''' day and sell it back once the quote turns '''In demand''' for a real profit.
* Every good has a limited daily '''demand''' (how much the trader will buy from you) and '''stock''' (how much he'll sell you); the two are currently set to the same number for every good, shown as "Daily demand" in the table below. Higher-value, later-tier goods have smaller quantities and tighter price bands, so premium goods swing less and run out sooner than early goods. Both figures grow with Trader's Charter ranks and the [[Exotic Broker]]'s Grand Bazaar Pass — fully upgraded, daily stock and demand triple.
* Prices are bounded against exploits on both sides: what he charges to buy always stays above the item's plain vendor value, so buying from him and immediately vendoring it is always a loss; and what he pays to sell never rises high enough that buying the same good at the [[Shop]] and reselling it to him would turn a profit.
* Every trade — buying or selling, including special orders below — also progresses the Trade Writ [[Contracts]].

== Tradeable goods ==

Goods range from early-game crops and materials to endgame gems. Earlier goods have wider price bands and deeper demand; later goods have narrow bands and shallow demand.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Good !! Tier !! Price band (× base) !! Daily demand
|-
| {{Icon|gourd}} Gourd || Early || 1.2–3.0 || 100
|-
| {{Icon|raw-meat}} Raw Meat || Early || 1.2–3.0 || 100
|-
| {{Icon|sunroot}} Sunroot || Early || 1.2–3.0 || 80
|-
| {{Icon|hide}} Hide || Early || 1.2–3.0 || 80
|-
| {{Icon|bristle-corn}} Bristle Corn || Early || 1.2–3.0 || 75
|-
| {{Icon|marshmelon}} Marshmelon || Early || 1.2–3.0 || 60
|-
| {{Icon|flamegrain}} Flamegrain || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 45
|-
| {{Icon|iron-ore}} Iron Ore || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 45
|-
| {{Icon|redwood-log}} Redwood Log || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 36
|-
| {{Icon|thornvine-berry}} Thornvine Berry || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 50
|-
| {{Icon|ambervine}} Ambervine || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 38
|-
| {{Icon|cloudbean}} Cloudbean || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 30
|-
| {{Icon|duskroot}} Duskroot || Mid || 1.2–2.8 || 26
|-
| {{Icon|amber-resin}} Amber Resin || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 24
|-
| {{Icon|frostgourd}} Frostgourd || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 24
|-
| {{Icon|echo-shard}} Echo Shard || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 20
|-
| {{Icon|emberling-pumpkin}} Emberling Pumpkin || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 18
|-
| {{Icon|skyfruit}} Skyfruit || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 16
|-
| {{Icon|primal-squash}} Primal Squash || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 12
|-
| {{Icon|vale-heartfruit}} Vale Heartfruit || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 10
|-
| {{Icon|starfall-melon}} Starfall Melon || Mid-late || 1.2–2.6 || 8
|-
| {{Icon|moonstone}} Moonstone || Late || 1.2–2.4 || 12
|-
| {{Icon|deep-sapphire}} Deep Sapphire || Late || 1.2–2.4 || 10
|-
| {{Icon|ember-topaz}} Ember Topaz || Late || 1.2–2.4 || 8
|-
| {{Icon|sky-opal}} Sky Opal || Endgame || 1.2–2.2 || 6
|-
| {{Icon|abyssal-amber}} Abyssal Amber || Endgame || 1.2–2.2 || 4
|}

The price band shows the full range the day's quote can land in for a good — the low end is roughly a '''Surplus''' day, the high end roughly '''In demand'''. That same quote sets both what he pays you to sell and (plus his 25% markup) what he charges you to buy; it re-rolls independently for each good every market day. '''Demand''' above is also each good's daily '''stock''' (buy) cap, since the two are currently identical for every good.

== Special orders ==

From Trader's Charter rank 2, the post also posts a rotating '''special order''' each market day — a guaranteed bulk delivery at a '''fixed''' multiplier (up to '''3.0×''' sell value) that doesn't draw on the good's daily demand, so it stacks on top of ordinary selling. For higher-tier goods that fixed multiplier beats even the top of the good's usual price band; for early goods it mainly guarantees the top of the band on demand, without waiting for a lucky market day. There are 16 orders in the rotation, unlocked in three pools by Charter rank — common goods at rank 2, mid-tier goods at rank 3, gems at rank 4; the '''Broker's Book''' ([[Exotic Broker]]) and the '''[[Trader's Seal]]''' relic add extra concurrent order slots.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Order !! Charter rank !! Quantity !! Payout multiplier
|-
| {{Icon|raw-meat}} Raw Meat || 2 || 50 || 2.6×
|-
| {{Icon|sunroot}} Sunroot || 2 || 45 || 2.6×
|-
| {{Icon|hide}} Hide || 2 || 40 || 2.6×
|-
| {{Icon|marshmelon}} Marshmelon || 2 || 35 || 2.6×
|-
| {{Icon|iron-ore}} Iron Ore || 2 || 35 || 2.8×
|-
| {{Icon|redwood-log}} Redwood Log || 2 || 30 || 2.8×
|-
| {{Icon|cloudbean}} Cloudbean || 3 || 25 || 2.8×
|-
| {{Icon|amber-resin}} Amber Resin || 3 || 18 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|frostgourd}} Frostgourd || 3 || 18 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|echo-shard}} Echo Shard || 3 || 15 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|skyfruit}} Skyfruit || 3 || 12 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|primal-squash}} Primal Squash || 3 || 10 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|moonstone}} Moonstone || 4 || 10 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|deep-sapphire}} Deep Sapphire || 4 || 8 || 3.0×
|-
| {{Icon|ember-topaz}} Ember Topaz || 4 || 10 || 2.8×
|-
| {{Icon|sky-opal}} Sky Opal || 4 || 6 || 2.8×
|}

== Related pages ==

* [[Shop]] — the Trader's Charter unlocks and upgrades the post
* [[Exotic Broker]] — the Grand Bazaar Pass and Broker's Book upgrade it further
* [[Bank]] — where goods are vendored instead, and where bought goods land
* [[Crops]] — a large share of tradeable goods are farmed crops
* [[Items]] — materials and gems traded at the post
* [[Trader's Seal]] — a quest relic that adds a special-order slot
* [[Contracts]] — the Trade Writ tracks goods traded here
* [[Amber]] — spent buying goods, earned selling them

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