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Trading Commodities in Zoluren

Trading Commodities is not my cup of tea. Not something I enjoy doing. But I can offer a little strategy to those that may be patient enough to watch boards. I will even test the system a little bit to see if anything has changed since the last time I used the trading pits about 4 real time years ago to be exact.

First lets start with the basics. There are only 3 current working trading pits. Crossing Guild (just south of the clerk), The Arthe dale swatting pit, and Leth Deriel. In order to buy commodities you need to have rented a caravan from one of the guilds to put crates of the commoditie on.

The object to trading commodities is to make money buying a product cheaply at one location and selling it off more expensive at another location. To find out what the going price is on a commoditie you will have to read the commoditie board in the pit. Which looks like the following diagram.

The Crossing Trader Guild Commodity Pit Board
Commodity Price Units Commodity Price Units
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Diamonds 1652 Going Fast Pearls 787 Nearly Out!
Gold 1072 Good Stores Silver 827 Going Fast
Iron Ore 130 Surplus! Charcoal 38 Surplus!
Amber 164 Good Stores Saffron 784 Going Fast!
Cinnamon 394 Going Fast Papyrus 154 Surplus!
Oranges 270 Going Fast Limes 391 Going Fast
Slate 381 Going Fast Brass 524 Going Fast
Lead 270 Nearly Out! Copper 160 Nearly Out!
Bronze 274 Going Fast Silk 504 Going Fast
Cotton 91 Surplus Wool 99 Going Fast
Velvet 229 Nearly Out Lace 235 Going Fast
Deobar Oil 131 Nearly Out! Myrrh 230 Surplus
Salt 57 Nearly Out! Indigo 160 Nearly Out!
Purple Dye 325 Nearly Out! Barley 72 Surplus!
Wheat 82 Surplus! Oats 61 Going Fast
Corn 98 Going Fast Acanth 152 Good Stores
Taffelberries 194 Good Stores Apples 57 Surplus!


The problem with efficient commoditie training is that there are too many variables to factor in. Supply, Demand, Supply(elsewhere), Demand(elsewhere)Value, Season, Timing.

I managed to find the peaks and valleys of the values of each item over the course of 3 days in each pit. This doesn't mean that prices on the items will not go higher or lower, its just means this is what I recorded over 9 days of watching commoditie boards. Just use this chart as a guide to know about the range items move.
Highs and Lows of Commodities
Commoditie Low High Difference
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Diamonds 1606 1989 383
Gold 1062 1080 18
Iron Ore 77 130 53
Amber 160 196 36
Cinnamon 307 396 89
Oranges 26 326 300
Slate 301 421 120
Lead 225 333 108
Bronze 236 274 38
Cotton 49 99 50
Velvet 201 249 48
Deobar Oil 63 137 74
Salt 25 71 46
Purple Dye 307 350 43
Wheat 48 137 89
Corn 40 109 69
Taffelberries 146 247 101
Pearls 771 841 70
Silver 681 827 146
Charcoal 24 44 20
Saffron 708 807 99
Papyrus 99 205 106
Limes 304 398 94
Brass 412 524 112
Copper 156 268 112
Silk 504 632 128
Wool 82 108 26
Lace 200 255 55
Myrrh 120 250 130
Indigo 132 201 69
Barley 41 134 93
Oats 49 106 57
Acanth 152 250 98
Apples 24 71 47



I am now spending time each season monitoring supply and demand my conclusions to these studies will be posted at my earliest convience.