Trading

There is no money. Trading is barter: you put items on the table, the trader puts items on theirs, and the deal goes through when your side is worth at least as much as theirs. Every price comes from the item’s value.

Where to trade

• Outposts: a trader at every Survivor outpost in the open world, with the biggest stock. Every third outpost is a chem trader, who pays well for mutant parts.
• The visitor: a trader who sometimes comes to your home by day (35% of days).
• Wanderers: refugees and survivors on the road trade a little. Scavengers do not.

Prices

	Neutral	Friendly
Buying from a trader	120% of value	108% of value
Selling to a trader	50% of value	60% of value

A hostile faction will not trade with you at all. Being friendly with a faction gets you better prices, and trading raises your reputation with it. Polluted goods sell for 50% of the normal price. A worn gun or worn armour is worth less, down to a quarter of its value.

What traders pay extra for

Goods	Who	Pays
Coffee, Canned Food, MRE, Energy Bar, Berries, Mushrooms, Mushroom Stew, Berry Jam, Raw Meat, Cooked Meat, Hunter’s Stew, Smoked Meat, Salted Meat, Raw Fish, Cooked Fish	Traders of the Survivors	× 1.3
Animal Hide, Goat Hide, Crocodile Hide, Dog Hide	Outpost traders	× 1.25
Fur Pelt, Fur Coat, Fur Hat, Rough Fur, Rough Fur Hat	Outpost traders, in winter	× 1.75
Toxic Gland	Chem traders	× 3

Hunters who butcher near an outpost sell their meat, hides and fur to its trader, up to 6 of each item. See hunters.

Stock

“How often” is how likely the item is among the stacks a trader rolls.

Outpost traders

Each outpost’s trader draws 6–10 stacks from this list and restocks fully every 3 days. Each restock also brings 1 survey card of the outpost’s own island.

Item	How often	Stack
Canned Food	common	1–3
Bottled Water	common	1–3
MRE	rare	1–2
Bandage	uncommon	2–5
Tourniquet	rare	1
Painkillers	rare	1–3
Antibiotics	rare	1–2
Antitox Pills	rare	1–2
Gas Filter	rare	1–2
9mm Round	uncommon	10–30
12 Gauge Shell	uncommon	5–12
5.56 Round	rare	10–30
Pistol Magazine	rare	1
Pistol	rare	1
Shotgun	rare	1
Gas Mask	rare	1
Warm Coat	rare	1
Cloth	uncommon	2–6
Duct Tape	rare	1–2
Nails	rare	10–30
Blueprint: Filters	rare	1
Blueprint: Medical	rare	1
.357 Revolver	rare	1
Double-Barrel Shotgun	rare	1
.357 Round	uncommon	6–18
9mm Hollow Point	rare	10–25
Red Dot Sight	rare	1
Weapon Repair Kit	rare	1–2
Battery	uncommon	1–3
Flashlight	rare	1
Gen-1 Night Vision	rare	1
Raw Meat	rare	1–3
Smoked Meat	rare	1–3
Salt	rare	1–3
Leather	rare	1–2
Fur Pelt	rare	1
Bow	rare	1
Arrow	rare	5–15
Snare	rare	1–2
Sinew	rare	1–3
Fletched Arrow	rare	5–10
Leather Gloves	rare	1
Rough Fur	rare	1
Survey Data Card	rare	1–2
Site Plan	rare	1–2
GPS Receiver	rare	1
Field Radio	rare	1
Bicycle wheel	rare	1
Motorbike tyre	rare	1
Tyre	rare	1
Truck tyre	rare	1
Chain	rare	1
Spark plug	rare	1–4
Car battery	rare	1
Fuel can	rare	1
Jerry can	rare	1
Fuel bottle	rare	1–3
Wrench	rare	1

The visitor at home

The trader who visits your home draws 3–6 stacks from this list on each visit.

Item	How often	Stack
Canned Food	common	1–2
Bottled Water	common	1–2
Bandage	common	1–3
9mm Round	common	5–20
Gas Filter	common	1
Cloth	common	1–4
Painkillers	common	1–2
Berry Seeds	common	2–6
Blueprint: Farming	uncommon	1
.357 Round	common	4–12
Weapon Repair Kit	uncommon	1
Battery	uncommon	1–2
Smoked Meat	common	1–2
Salt	uncommon	1–2
Arrow	uncommon	5–10
Fletched Arrow	uncommon	5–10
Sinew	uncommon	1–2

Wanderers

A wandering group that trades carries 1–3 stacks from this list, rolled when you meet it.

Item	How often	Stack
Canned Food	common	1
Bottled Water	common	1
Bandage	common	1–2
Cloth	common	1–2
Energy Bar	common	1–2
Raw Meat	common	1–2
Smoked Meat	uncommon	1
Animal Hide	uncommon	1
Dog Hide	uncommon	1
Sinew	uncommon	1–2
Intel Data Card	uncommon	1
Fuel bottle	uncommon	1–2
Spark plug	uncommon	1–2

The trader in the rift

The trader, a calm creature of the rift, lays out 5–8 stacks from this list. It barters at a friend’s prices, whatever your standing. What it gives turns bad 1 to 2 days later: food rots, guns seize, armour wears out and the rest falls to dust. Hit it once and it never trades with you again.

Item	How often	Stack
Pistol	common	1
.357 Revolver	uncommon	1
Shotgun	uncommon	1
9mm Round	common	12–30
.357 Round	common	6–18
12 Gauge Shell	common	4–12
Bandage	common	2–5
Antibiotics	common	1–3
Surgery Kit	uncommon	1
Helmet	uncommon	1
Body Armour	uncommon	1
Canned Food	common	1–3
MRE	common	1–2
Smoked Meat	common	1–3
Hammer	uncommon	1
Flashlight	uncommon	1