Trading: Difference between revisions

Water is not the only liquid that can be traded, though unlike drams they cannot be automatically poured: liquids other than drinking water must be sold with the container as added value, so the actual profit is '''(Drams * 1D Value) + (Sold Container Profit - Replacement Container Cost)'''. For example, 64D of honey always sells for $128 ($2/D), but to sell it you first need to put it in a $3 [[Canteen]] which gets you a total of $131; if canteens sell for $3 then they cost $8.574 to buy, so the final profit is $122.

Note that this table simply provides the minimum value for a container of the appropriate size, as factors like player trading stats cannot be accounted for. Liquids such as [[Asphalt]] and [[Putrescence]] are not listed as they have a trading value of $0, so the only profit they earn is for selling their container.

Trade goods are effectively non-liquid (figuratively and literally) financial assets. While this does free up skins and can end up lighter overall, they can only be returned to $/D value by selling them to traders. This can cause issues in some cases, as high value items require you to either trade for a lot of items or be prepared to accept a lot of drams. Additionally, dormant items carried for value do not quench [[Thirst]] nor can they provide additional uses like [[Lava]]. As such, it can be important to not convert all drams into trade goods.