Trade | Basic gameplay Banished Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Introduction
Trade not only lets you refill some of your resources, but also buy luxury goods or animals that weren't available earlier. All deals take place in the Trading Post that you have to place next to a river. Remember to place it next to a body of water that's connected to another ones - sometimes there are closed lakes that don't offer a possibility to trade.
You'll get notified about a merchant by a small blue icon in the lower right corner - when you click it, Trading Post will appear. Every merchant that appears in the docks has only products related to a specific category of goods, for example: one of the merchants has only seeds, another one only animals etc. The frequency with which merchants appear in your town depends on the number of trading posts - the more you have, the more merchants will visit you.
Screens overview
In the first screen you'll see all the resources in a warehouse in the docks - amounts of resources can be modified - remember to acquire the items you want to trade early enough, because when the merchant arrives, it might be too late.
The second screen is strictly related to trade - it's been described in trade process subchapter.
In the third tab you can automatize buying bridge of resources - you can also decide if you want to buy them when a merchant arrives or leaves.
The last tab is used for placing orders - offers of new goods that can be acquired from a selected merchant will appear here.
Trade process
Trade starts when a merchant arrives in your port - a small blue icon in the lower right corner will notify you about it. When you click it, trading post will appear.
When you click the building, trading screen will appear - the merchant's goods will appear on the left, your resources on the right. Try to match the resources so that their value is the same and you don't overpay for the resources - a notification in the lower right corner will appear if it happens.
You can order resources at any time - you'll find offered resources in the fourth tab. You can order resources by highlighting a proper icon. When you finish buying the goods, send the merchant back by clicking Dismiss.
Value of traded resources and goods
Goods | Buying value | Selling value |
Crops, Orchard, Mushrooms, Fish, Roots, Onions | 1 | 1 |
Eggs | 2 | 2 |
Chicken, Venison, Beef, Mutton | 3 | 3 |
Herbs, Firewood | 4 | 4 |
Iron, Wool | 5 | 5 |
Coal | 6 | 6 |
Stone | 7 | 7 |
Ale, Iron Tools | 8 | 8 |
Leather, Steel Tools | 10 | 10 |
Hide Coat, Wool Coat | 15 | 15 |
Warm Coat | 20 | 20 |
Chicken | 400 | N/A |
Sheep | 600 | N/A |
Cattle | 800 | N/A |
Seeds | 2500 | N/A |