Caves of Qud Wiki

Trading: Difference between revisions

Trading (view source)

Revision as of 00:22, 25 March 2021

1,320 bytes removed ,  00:22, 25 March 2021
Remove strategies, and xref the making money guide
imported>TinyTedDanson
(Added a section for common trading strats, started with an example that gets routinely asked despite being very inviable.)
(Remove strategies, and xref the making money guide)
Line 3: Line 3:


The central currency in Qud is the {{dram}}, a small measure of drinking {{favilink|water}} that must be stored in its own container. For clarity, in this page "$" represents drams in the commercial sense, while drams as the fluid volume is represented as "D".
The central currency in Qud is the {{dram}}, a small measure of drinking {{favilink|water}} that must be stored in its own container. For clarity, in this page "$" represents drams in the commercial sense, while drams as the fluid volume is represented as "D".
For methods on making money, see [[Making Money]].


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Line 169: Line 171:
|where=GD.categories='Trade Goods' AND (EI.Info NOT LIKE '%Currency,,,%' OR EI.Info IS NULL)
|where=GD.categories='Trade Goods' AND (EI.Info NOT LIKE '%Currency,,,%' OR EI.Info IS NULL)
|order by=GD.Commerce,GD._pageName}}
|order by=GD.Commerce,GD._pageName}}
== Strategies ==
=== Selling Lava ===
A commonly discussed exploit, popularized by YouTuber SsethTzeentach, involves carrying high-value dangerous materials in larger-but-unsuitable containers by freezing them:
# Melt {{favilink|shale}}, such as by using a {{favilink|Thermal Grenade Mk III}};
# Harvest the resulting {{favilink|lava}} in a large container, such as a 64D {{favilink|waterskin}};
# Drop the container and freeze it, such as with a {{favilink|Freeze Grenade Mk III}}, to safely carry it;
# Sell the lava container(s) for significant profit.
While an amusing concept and theoretically possible, players require equipment and skills at a level where there are much simpler, safer and reliable ways to generate money. Players with access to [[Psychometry]], [[Disassemble]] and a means to farm [[Bits]] can make a much easier profit by learning schematics and building complex items to sell, especially as farming lava requires an expensive amount of grenades, heat resistant equipment, and enough containers for both lava and Drams. The exploit also notably fails to mention that frozen items thaw towards their default temperature as part of the game mechanics, e.g. [[frozen]] enemies will not stay that way forever, so a non-trivial amount of freezing items are required to keep the lava skins from bursting and spilling their contents on the player.


[[Category:Mechanics]]
[[Category:Mechanics]]
{{Mechanics Navbox}}
{{Mechanics Navbox}}
Retrieved from "https://wiki.cavesofqud.com/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/30011"