Goods

Goods are produced by special buildings, for other buildings. They are sold to mechminds, which bring them where the goods are needed. Such mechminds are often called traders. Traders are specialized to make profit by selling the goods again. It is an easy way of getting energy crystals and rating can be gained too, depending on how much profit was already done.

While the cost for the goods always stay the same, the buildings often pay very different amounts of energy crystals, if they are needed there. The price is usually nearly the same for the whole sector. If the goods aren't needed in one building, they can still be sold there for a little amount of crystals. The goods will then be for sale in these buildings.

Since Super modified the sectors and its buildings, it is possible to buy needed goods, if they are available. This might actually be uneconomical for the who buys them, as they are sold for a very high price, but it can provide success in a mission.

Easiest trading guide (A.I.M.)[]

The easiest way to earn money and a little bit rating fast, is by buying cryotrons in the Arctic Sector's Raw Materials Base, which is the nearest building to the Arctic Sector's passage tunnel, and sell them at any base in the Volcano Sector or in the Volcano Sector's Raw Materials Base.

The cryotron costs 630-700 energy crystals and these buildings will pay at least 1092 energy crystals, which makes this good one of the most profitable in the game, as the profit made will be more than half of its original cost.

It's unlikely to find a building that only pays the minimal price for this good, as there are no trades with cryotrons going on in the Volcano Sector. By time the buildings will pay more and more for cryotrons, if they aren't sold there. Usually the price for selling a cryotron will lie somewhere at 2000 energy crystals and the one who finds this business gap can make double his amount of crystals spent for the goods at the beginning.

Be sure to get a cargo glider to progress as fast as possible in this. The money can be made so fast that changing the glider won't become any big deal anymore. The glider with the highest cargo capacity is the Hi-Loader, which can easily carry 80 cryotrons at once.

Most profitable trading guide (A.I.M.)[]

While carrying cryotrons from one sector to another might be the easiest way to acquite a lot of E.C. in a short period of time, trading Large power condenser (LPC) much more profitable in the long run.

While the cryotron has its stable source in Arctic Sector's Raw Materials Base the LPC has its own in the Highlands Sector's expendables plant. One LPC unit costs 1575-1700 E.C. which is still quite high, but the price for it is sweet. A whopping 2600-6700 E.C. per a unit.

Non of the building in Highlands Sector is interested much of the LPC, however they will still buy it for around 1200-2300 E.C.. If you've come all the way to Highlands Sector with the Hawk, empty and safe passage area between Expendables plant and Seekers' Testing Complex is the best "Silk Road" for making a quick energy. Later buy IPA module form one of the complexes (if possible then from the Seekers'), better drive, engine and Hi-Loader. After that you're ready to invade Volcano, Desert or Swamp Sector's economy. Here's an example trading table of Cyotron vs. Large power condenser:

Note: Both, the Cryotron and LPC quantities were capped at Hi-Loader's max carry weight. Increased power antigravity module, standard 4 Vacuum engine and Meson reactor were installed.

List of goods[]

	Good	Type	Weight (kg)	Net cost* (EC)
	Active metals	Raw materials	120	100
	Anti-matter	Expendables	60	190
	Chaos converter	Expendables	80	400
	Crude chemical elements	Raw materials	100	50
	Crude pressurized gas	Raw materials	80	30
	Cryotron	Half-stock	250	700
	Explosives	Expendables	100	190
	Field effectors	Half-stock	200	262
	Field stabilizers	Half-stock	60	180
	Gas mix	Raw materials	100	250
	Glider debris		25	100
	Heavy weapon elements	Half-stock	250	600
	Large power condenser	Expendables	420	1750
	Light weapon elements	Half-stock	200	300
	Missile and bomb weaponry elements	Half-stock	45	95
	Missile fuel	Half-stock	130	240
	Monocrystals	Raw materials	50	100
	Multi-mass	Raw materials	200	1000
	Multi-organics	Half-stock	80	325
	Mushrooms		50	500
	Navigation molectronics	Half-stock	75	150
	Nickel	Raw materials	175	50
	Nuclear fuel	Expendables	150	550
	Ore	Raw materials	200	50
	Organic mass	Raw materials	75	60
	Polymer plates	Half-stock	560	1200
	Power unit	Expendables	75	200
	Radioactive elements	Raw materials	500	500
	Repair module	Expendables	200	375
	Titanium	Raw materials	160	80
	Vacuum synthesis catalyst	Expendables	75	320
	Zero reactor	Half-stock	250	520

*The cost recommended by the Network. Goods usually aren't sold below this point, and if they are needed, buildings pay a higher price than that. In A.I.M., this is the standard (and constant) purchasing price.