Market & trade
Convert resources instantly, ship them to allies, and trade on the offer board.
The Market turns your resource surpluses into whatever you're short of. It offers three tools: an instant exchange, direct transports to other players, and a player-to-player offer board.
Instant exchange
The exchange converts one resource into another on the spot, for a fee. The fee falls as your Market levels up — from 30% at level 1 down to a 5% floor. Early on it's an emergency valve; at high levels it's a genuinely efficient way to rebalance your economy.
Merchants
Everything that physically moves resources rides on merchants. Each Market level adds one merchant, and each merchant carries 1,000 resources. Merchants travel at 13 min per field, divided by the world speed, and they have to walk home again before their next job.
| Level | Merchants | Fee | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 29% | 71% |
| 2 | 2 | 28% | 72% |
| 3 | 3 | 26% | 74% |
| 4 | 4 | 25% | 75% |
| 5 | 5 | 24% | 76% |
| 6 | 6 | 23% | 77% |
| 7 | 7 | 22% | 78% |
| 8 | 8 | 20% | 80% |
| 9 | 9 | 19% | 81% |
| 10 | 10 | 18% | 82% |
| 11 | 11 | 17% | 83% |
| 12 | 12 | 16% | 84% |
| 13 | 13 | 14% | 86% |
| 14 | 14 | 13% | 87% |
| 15 | 15 | 12% | 88% |
| 16 | 16 | 11% | 89% |
| 17 | 17 | 10% | 90% |
| 18 | 18 | 8% | 92% |
| 19 | 19 | 7% | 93% |
| 20 | 20 | 6% | 94% |
| 21 | 21 | 5% | 95% |
| 22 | 22 | 5% | 95% |
| 23 | 23 | 5% | 95% |
| 24 | 24 | 5% | 95% |
| 25 | 25 | 5% | 95% |
Transport and the offer board
- Transport ships resources to any player — feed a tribemate under siege or pay off a deal.
- The offer board lists player-to-player trades: post your own offer or accept someone else's.
- Merchants backing a posted offer are reserved while it's up — cancel the offer to free them.