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The Pilot’s Book · Trade

The market and prices

Trade

Each port has its own prices, and they change every 8 hours. ▲ and ▼ show the trend; luxuries swing the most. Buy cheap here, sell dear there.

  1. «Market» in the port window: a row a good — its picture, what you have aboard, the stock, the buy and sell prices, «Buy» and «Sell». Below are the shot and the ship's stores.
    1«Market» in the port window: a row a good — its picture, what you have aboard, the stock, the buy and sell prices, «Buy» and «Sell». Below are the shot and the ship's stores.
  2. «New prices in …» counts down the price period: every 8 hours each port sets new prices. Supplies move by about ±10 %, staples ±18 %, wares ±22 %, luxuries ±30 %, contraband and rarities ±35 %.
    2«New prices in …» counts down the price period: every 8 hours each port sets new prices. Supplies move by about ±10 %, staples ±18 %, wares ±22 %, luxuries ±30 %, contraband and rarities ±35 %.
  3. ▲ — dearer than the last period, ▼ — cheaper. Selling back where you bought within 16 hours pays at most 92 % of what you paid: real profit is carried, not flipped. Lawful ports take a duty on sales: the Crown 8 %, the League 5 %, the Harpoon 3 %.
    3▲ — dearer than the last period, ▼ — cheaper. Selling back where you bought within 16 hours pays at most 92 % of what you paid: real profit is carried, not flipped. Lawful ports take a duty on sales: the Crown 8 %, the League 5 %, the Harpoon 3 %.

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See also

The port card and «Market Sense»Tap a port on the chart for its card: what it sells and buys, cheap or dear. The «Market Sense» talent shows the exact prices you remember.2 stepsHow much room goods takeEvery good says its room per unit, «m³/unit». Cheap goods are compact, valuable ones bulky: a unit of ambergris takes more than 80 bolts of sailcloth.3 stepsThe hold and overloadTrade goods over half the hold (three quarters on a trader's hull) — overload, −20 % speed. Over the brim — −35 %. Ship's stores do not count.4 steps