Restock rates are dependent on the progression as well but also on the trading post restocks difficulty setting. Some offers and requests get unlocked based on player's game progression. Neutral traders and pirates have permanent offers, each of them has a specific set of goods they sell, which get restocked at constant rates up to reaching the island's storage capacity. Choose what you wish to buy and sell and then confirm by clicking the trade button at the bottom of the menu.Īctive buying and selling goods is limited to what other players and characters offer and request.

At the top there is the amount of coins you receive or lose if you accept the trade. The central part of the menu indicates what has been submitted for exchange, at the bottom there are goods and items you are going to sold, at the top those you are going to buy. On the left from the buttons which adjust the amount of goods transferred there is a small button that resets the trade menu. At the bottom you can adjust how many tons you wish to submit for trade with one click: either 1, 10 or all tons at a time. is shown on the left side of the trade menu, while the right side shows the offers and requests of the character you are trading with. Your ship along with information about it, its cargo etc.

When a ship gets close enough you can open the trade menu by clicking a button with two arrows, either in the menu of the ship or the trading post. To trade goods and items you need to send your ships to other character's trading posts or piers. Items are separated from goods and both goods and items have their own tabs (if the character trades with both, otherwise there are no separate tabs). Each offer/request is represented by an icon of the good/item, the available amount in bottom left corner, and the trading price at the top (per one ton in case of goods).

Additionally, you can gain reputation with pirates and AI opponents if you engage in active trade with them.Ĭlick on other character's trading post to see what goods and items they want to trade with. While goods can be traded both actively and passively, active trade is the only option available for trading items and ships. In case of active trade you need to actively seek trading opportunities, by checking what other players and characters have to offer, by using your ships to sail to them and make purchases etc. The central part of the menu indicates what goods and items have been selected for trade: the ones being bought are at the top, the ones being sold are at the bottom. The trade menu between a player's frigate and Eli Bleakworth's island.

Anno 1404 trading ship