Trader

A Trader is a Clanfellow engaged in commerce.

With the construction of a Trading Post (unlocked by building the Vacancy Sign) the player Clan may then be visited by Traders aiming to buy and sell various Items, as well as Livestock or Pets. Only four different Clans will send representatives to the player colony for trade, each from a different cardinal direction, and each will be from a different Biome. The four different Biomes have different trading priorities and will be interested in buying different things, as well as bringing different things to sell. (e.g. only Forest Traders will buy Wool items, and only the Mountain Traders will sell such. Coast and Plains Traders do not care.)

• Few Items will be purchased by more than a couple of the Clans; Chickens, Nails, Planks, Smoked Fish, are all desired by three Clans. Nothing aside from Gold Ingots will be purchased by all four.
• Almost no Items will be sold by more than one Clan, none by more than two. Of those sold by two, only Bluebell, Heather, and Dry Peat Bricks don't also require Reputation gain.

Visitation from Traders fluctuates with the Seasons and becomes more frequent as Reputation improves.

Trading process

After a Trader arrives at the Post a bell will ring to let the player know they can engage in Trade. The Display of Clanfolk above the Main Toolbar will also display Traders from the point they enter the Map so the player may have advance warning. When bringing Livestock or Pets to sell, those Animals will be present on the Map following the Trader. All other Items for sale are not displayed (the Trader has no carry limit and have multiple stacks of many items). Interacting with a Trader before they reach the Post is possible but may be unwise.

Upon clicking on the Trader (which will pause the game) an Infobox is displayed as happens with each Clanfellow of the player Clan, but less detail is present on the main boxes. Two additional rows of Items are displayed however, the upper showing what the Trader is willing to sell and the lower what Items from the Inventory they would purchase. Prices for all Items are shown with coin cost per stack, or just coin cost when a single Item is sold (most commonly animals and clothing). Multiple boxes may be shown if the Trader has multiple stacks worth of an Item.
Any Item purchased is dropped near the Trader and will not be hauled until the game unpauses. Any sold Item will be displayed in the row of Trader items and can be purchased back if an error was made. As the Trader and Player Clan both have limited Coin some of the Items on either row may be greyed out.
Once the Trade is complete and the game unpauses the newly purchased Items may be added to the Hauling task list. If the Trader was close enough to applicable Storage Objects or Stockpiles the new Items might have been stored automatically. Having the Post in a location that is sheltered from the Rain and with good Environment can also be wise as it wil increase the Reputation gain beyond what the traded Items gains.

When the player Clan has achieved a higher Reputation with another Clan those Traders will start bringing more valuable Items, and will have more Coin to spend buying Items.

Stars	0	1	2	3	4
Reputation	0-99	100-349	350-849	850-1849	1850+
Coin available	200 c	300 c	500 c	750 c	1000 c

As multiple Traders may arrive each day, and can be from different Clnas, the player may be able to buy Items from one Clan and immediately sell them to another. Gaining Reputation with both Clans and spending only time to make the transaction. (Buying Stones from a Mountains Trader and selling them to a Coast Trader is one easily managed trade.)

What can be traded

Trading prices for Animals may fluctuate depending on Care level of the animal and its age (potential profit can be made buying low care animals and selling after improving their Care Attribute). Prices given are for well cared for adults of each gender, females are always more expensive.
Prices of other items may alter depending on Season
An Empty Star indicates possible sale from first Trader visit, Solid Stars indicate Reputation Level required for sale.

Items that have been noted as of no interest to any Traders of any Biome (even at 4 stars of Reputation) are shown on a second table below. (e.g. Straw Clothing and Stone Tools)
Items not yet fully tested for values / biomes / reputation etc. are in a final table at the end of the page.
Some Items are repriced between release versions

Tradable item	Coin cost (per stack)	Other Clans										category
		that buy				that sell (at reputation)		don't trade
		Coast	Forest	Mountains	Plains			Coast	Forest	Mountains	Plains
Bark	15 (for 200)
Bean Seeds	150 (for 25)											Plant
Berries	15 (for 50)											Food
Bluebell	25 (for 10)					/						Plant
Branches	3 (for 25)
Bread	15											Food
Broad Beans	50 (for 25)											Plant
Butter	25 (for 5)											Food
Cat: Queen / Tom	75 / 50					/						Animal
Cattle: Cow / Bull	225 / 150											Animal
Charcoal	10 (for 20)
Chicken: Hen / Rooster	75 / 50											Animal
Cheese	25 (for 5)											Food
Clay Brick	25 (for 25)
Clean Wool	25 for (50)											Clothing
Deerhound:	300 / 200					/						Animal
Dried Mushrooms	20 (for 20)											Food
Dry Hide	25 (for 10)											Clothing
Dry Peat Brick	12 (for 25)					/
Egg	6 (for 6)											Food
Fertilizer	20 (for 100)
Flax Fibres	12 (for 25)											Clothing
Flax Seed	15 (for 100)											Plant
Flax Sheaf	25 (for 100)											Plant
Fur Cloak	40											Clothing
Fur Hat	10											Clothing
Fur Tunic	20											Clothing
Goat: Nanny Goat / Billy Goat	150 / 100											Animal
Gold Ingot	50
Hay	10 (for 100)											Plant
Hay Seed	6 (for 100)											Plant
Heather	10 (for 25)					/						Plant
Iron Axe	125											Tool
Iron Hoe	125											Tool
Iron Ingot	50 (for 5)
Iron Ore	25 (for 25)
Iron Peat Spade	62											Tool
Iron Pick	125											Tool
Iron Sickle	125											Tool
Kail	50 (for 25)											Plant
Kail Seeds	150 (for 25)											Plant
Leather	8											Clothing
Leather Bottoms	50											Clothing
Leather Tunic	59											Clothing
Linen Bottoms	40											Clothing
Linen Cloth	50 (for 5)											Clothing
Linen Coif	20											Clothing
Linen Hank	18 (for 25)											Clothing
Linen Shirt	40											Clothing
Log	5 (for 10)
Mushroom	5 (for 20)											Food
Nails	20 (for 50)
Neeps	50 (for 25)											Food
Neep Seeds	150 (for 25)											Plant
Oat Flour	10 (for 100)
Oat Grain	12 (for 100)
Oats Sheaf	20 (for 100)											Plant
Onions	50 (for 25)											Food
Onion Seeds	150 (for 25)											Plant
Pig: Sow / Boar	120 / 80											Animal
Planks	10 (for 5)
Pluck	10 (for 5)					/						Food
Raw Eels	10 (for 10)											Food
Raw Fish	20 (for 10)											Food
Raw Meat	10 (for 5)					/						Food
Rushlight Kit	4					/
Sack	25 (for 5)
Shears	50											Tool
Sheep: Ewe / Ram	150 / 100											Animal
Smoked Fish	30 (for 10)											Food
Smoked Meat	20 (for 5)					/						Food
Stone Block	25 (for 5)
Stones	10 (for 100)
Straw	6 (for 100)
Tile	25 (for 25)
Wood Ash	10 (for 100)						(may be 0 star?)
Wool Hank	18 (for 25)											Clothing
Wool Cloth	50 (for 5)											Clothing
Wool Cloak	75											Clothing
Wool Hat	25											Clothing
Wool Shirt	40											Clothing
Wool Tunic	50											Clothing

Untradable Items (by Stockpile type)
Food etc.	• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ingredients	• • • • • • • • • • • • •
Tools Instruments	• • • • • • • • • • • •
Clothing	• • • • • Plaid
Decorations	• Decorative Tartan

update 17? items

These need testing for values, clans that will buy/sell, and is not an exhaustive list of "new" items.

Tradable item	Coin cost (per stack)	Other Clans										category
		that buy				that sell (at reputation)		don't trade
		Coast	Forest	Mountains	Plains			Coast	Forest	Mountains	Plains
Barrel	80	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Baskets	20	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Boards	10 (for __)	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Dried Berries	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Hand Tools	40	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Iron Bloom	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Iron Hoops	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Iron Strap	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Rivets	__	C?	F?	no	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Sack Cloth	20	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Staves	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Steel Bloom	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Steel Ingot	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Straw Doll	__	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category
Tool Handle(s)	25 (for __)	C?	F?	M?	P?	C? / F? / M? / P?	_stars_	C?	F?	M?	P?	category