What materials or items do you sell?

[The Mighty Mulletman]

I have a need of selling things but can't but feel that I need all I can gather and will always trade at a loss even with avarice.

How do you all go about buying and selling items?
What do you get rid off and what do you hoard?

[Commodus]

Same question, some trading tips would be great, ive tried selling what I can,

I still cant afford a new train car:/

and ive tried not to buy much.

[zpc]

To finance my first car (infirmery) I sold almost all surplus weapons as well as some gun powder and most of my bad consumable (cigarettes, vodka, stimulants).

In hindside it was worth it as the game doesn't give you the opportunity to earn credits for your major spendings (train stuff costs awful lot of credits). So you are bound to sell stuff - and as you can't "go back" you have to take every opportunity to improve your gear. Having said that, you should only spend money on train components and emergency buys (like e.g. food if you have none left or fuel).

I wouldn't recommend buying anything else. Even higher tier weapons aren't worth credits IMHO. Some you'll get from new recruits and at the end what gets the majority of missions done are not weapons but your trusty scouts which just kill everyone with riflebutts.

[The Mighty Mulletman]

Originally posted by Commodus:

Same question, some trading tips would be great, ive tried selling what I can,

I still cant afford a new train car:/

and ive tried not to buy much.

To afford a new one from Moscow onward is not too difficult. It sort of depends on what you are willing to go without for missions.
There's one town along the way to the first depot that has 15,000 cash and that is only one of the stops so you can scrounge the funds together.

[The Mighty Mulletman]

Originally posted by zpc:

To finance my first car (infirmery) I sold almost all surplus weapons as well as some gun powder and most of my bad consumable (cigarettes, vodka, stimulants).

In hindside it was worth it as the game doesn't give you the opportunity to earn credits for your major spendings (train stuff costs awful lot of credits). So you are bound to sell stuff - and as you can't "go back" you have to take every opportunity to improve your gear. Having said that, you should only spend money on train components and emergency buys (like e.g. food if you have none left or fuel).

I wouldn't recommend buying anything else. Even higher tier weapons aren't worth credits IMHO. Some you'll get from new recruits and at the end what gets the majority of missions done are not weapons but your trusty scouts which just kill everyone with riflebutts.

Doing some rough calculations, buying materials then making bullets is a little more expensive than making bullets with materials you find. It is still cheaper than simply buying bullets, even with avarice.

It may be worthwhile to buy if you mean to craft

[Khytomer]

Conservatively speaking: Sell rifle and machine gun ammo beyond ~750, handgun ammo beyond 250, med&health-kits, stamina pills and grenades beyond 15. Buy gunpowder and metal.

Only in villages off the railroad tracks and with a soldier who has Avarice Trait in the squad of course.

[zpc]

Originally posted by Khytomer:

Conservatively speaking: Sell rifle and machine gun ammo beyond ~750, handgun ammo beyond 250, med&health-kits, stamina pills and grenades beyond 15. Buy gunpowder and metal.

Only in villages off the railroad tracks and with a soldier who has Avarice Trait in the squad of course.

Right, good point - forgot about that. Had like 800 rifle rounds and sold them down to 400. Gave a huge chunk of the cash needed for the infirmary car.

[Fortune]

The quick answer is: never sell at the shops that are located inside the main cities and depots. Sell to the outlying villages. They give better prices. Same for buying. Unless it's a resource, like metal or wood (if you really need it), don't buy anything at the big stores, ammo least of all.

Craft pistol bullets and sell them to towns. You will need a workshop car for that.

I just posted a guide that will cover this topic.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3103842151