Trading Post

The Trading Post is where a travelling NPC trader buys goods from you at fluctuating prices. It is unlocked by purchasing rank 1 of the Trader's Charter in the Shop. Each further Charter rank increases the post's daily stock and demand by 25%.

How it works

• The trader posts fresh quotes each market day (every 6 hours of game time).
• Each tradeable good is quoted at a price above its normal bank sell value, so selling to the trader is more profitable than vendoring — but prices vary day to day within a set band.
• Every good has a limited demand (how many units the trader will buy that day) and a stock figure; higher-value, later-tier goods have smaller quantities and tighter price swings, so premium goods can rise only modestly, while early goods can spike much higher.
• Prices are bounded: the trader's buy price always stays above bank sell (no buy-from-shop-then-sell loop is profitable), and never rises high enough to exploit against the Shop.
• Moving goods across the counter can also progress 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.

Good	Tier	Price band (× base)	Daily demand
Gourd	Early	1.2–3.0	100
Raw Meat	Early	1.2–3.0	100
Sunroot	Early	1.2–3.0	80
Hide	Early	1.2–3.0	80
Marshmelon	Early	1.2–3.0	60
Flamegrain	Mid	1.2–2.8	45
Iron Ore	Mid	1.2–2.8	45
Redwood Log	Mid	1.2–2.8	36
Cloudbean	Mid	1.2–2.8	30
Amber Resin	Mid-late	1.2–2.6	24
Frostgourd	Mid-late	1.2–2.6	24
Echo Shard	Mid-late	1.2–2.6	20
Skyfruit	Mid-late	1.2–2.6	16
Primal Squash	Mid-late	1.2–2.6	12
Moonstone	Late	1.2–2.4	12
Deep Sapphire	Late	1.2–2.4	10
Ember Topaz	Late	1.2–2.4	8
Sky Opal	Endgame	1.2–2.2	6

The price band shows how far above base value the trader may pay; the exact multiplier is re-rolled each market day. Demand is the maximum units bought that day at the base stock level and rises with Trader's Charter ranks.

Special orders

From Trader's Charter rank 2, the post also posts a rotating special order each market day — a one-off bulk delivery that pays above the normal price band (a fixed multiplier up to 3.0×, beyond what that good's ordinary band allows). There are 16 in the rotation, unlocking by Charter rank; the Broker's Book (Exotic Broker) and the Trader's Seal relic add extra concurrent order slots.

Order	Charter rank	Quantity	Payout multiplier
Raw Meat	2	50	2.6×
Sunroot	2	45	2.6×
Hide	2	40	2.6×
Marshmelon	2	35	2.6×
Iron Ore	2	35	2.8×
Redwood Log	2	30	2.8×
Cloudbean	3	25	2.8×
Amber Resin	3	18	3.0×
Frostgourd	3	18	3.0×
Echo Shard	3	15	3.0×
Skyfruit	3	12	3.0×
Primal Squash	3	10	3.0×
Moonstone	4	10	3.0×
Deep Sapphire	4	8	3.0×
Ember Topaz	4	10	2.8×
Sky Opal	4	6	2.8×

Related pages

• Shop — the Trader's Charter unlocks and upgrades the post
• Crops — a large share of tradeable goods are farmed crops
• Items — materials and gems sold at the post
• Amber — earned from trading goods

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