Markets

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Local Market

Each Space Station has a Market where you can buy one specific product, or sell any other product. The sell price varies between space stations, and changes over time (changing roughly every 15 minutes of real world time)

Each Star System specialises in producing one product: it is this product that is available to buy at the local space station, and the buy price doesn't fluctuate. If you settle the local planet, you can also mine/farm for this product. The map below shows the products available from each Star System. In order to sell the goods you produce or buy, you must travel to a new star system. Because the prices fluctuate, you might want to keep travelling to different star systems in order to find the space station offering the best return for your investment.

When you sell goods, you receive a percentage of bonus credits from your current Trading Skill level. As you sell more goods, your trading skill increases, and you receive a higher percentage of bonus credits. When you reach a new level, this will appear on the screen along with the amount of bonus credits you received for the current trade.

Each time you sell metal goods to a planet (through the space station) their Industry level increases, and they produce more goods per day. Each time you sell food goods to a planet, their Starvation level decreases which also affects production.

Galactic Market

Stock Market

After finding the stock market you want to buy or sell to, click on the name. The map will then center on the system that the stock market is located in. You will need a ship with a hyperdrive and enough fuel to reach the system. If you have the requirements, just click the Jump button on the highlighted planet.

After Jumping to the system with a Stock Market, you will need to click the Auto pilot button, and warp to the colony that has the Stock Market.

Once you are in range, there will be a Green Skybeam from the Stock Market out into space.Follow this beam down to the Stock Market. Once in range, a button will appear to “open stockmarket”. Click the button, and a list of buy and sell options will come up.

You can buy or sell any amount, up to the amount listed. For example if a Stock Market is buying 1027 Tin, you can sell it any amount from 1-1027.

When you buy or sell to a Stock Market, the owner gets a message in the mail, telling then what was bought or sold, who it was from or to, and the amounts.

Waervyn shows how to use the stock market: Waervyn's Stock Market Video