what are the best/fastest way to level up trade?

[J.S.D]

the only method i know seems to be buy green and sell green, which a bit on the slow side,


i even have my social at 10 and full focus points set on trade, yet i only seem to earn 2 or 3 sometimes 0 skill points from trading

[(FLAH) Ken]

Get a mod called "The Color of Profits"

Buy low and sell high and you level your trade pretty fast.

[AfLIcTeD]

Trade xp depends on how much profit you make. So buy the most expensive things. Horses will be your best bet.

[QbeX]

buy all the food from the town right before siege, then sell it back to the city after siege for big profit and lvl up trade

[MrMinMax]

Trading is the grindiest skill to level. But if you need that sweet 300 for fief trading, there is a trick based on the mechanic that caravan prices are based on the nearest city market.

You need a lot of smithing materials to do this.

You catch a caravan near a city (close, so no need to move to talk) and pause the game. and then just:

1. Sell crude, wrought, iron, steel, fine steel to caravan (at a loss, they don't have moneys).
2. Enter the city sell damascene steel on the market. It will crater the prices.
3. Get out, buy back #1 from caravan. Cheap.
4. Enter the city, buy your damascene steel back. It will rise the prices.
5. Exit, sell #1 to caravan at huge profit (still a loss, but game counts the individual profit per item, so you get your XP).
Rinse and repeat.

[J.S.D]

Originally posted by MrMinMax:

Trading is the grindiest skill to level. But if you need that sweet 300 for fief trading, there is a trick based on the mechanic that caravan prices are based on the nearest city market.

You need a lot of smithing materials to do this.

You catch a caravan near a city (close, so no need to move to talk) and pause the game. and then just:

1. Sell crude, wrought, iron, steel, fine steel to caravan (at a loss, they don't have moneys).
2. Enter the city sell damascene steel on the market. It will crater the prices.
3. Get out, buy back #1 from caravan. Cheap.
4. Enter the city, buy your damascene steel back. It will rise the prices.
5. Exit, sell #1 to caravan at huge profit (still a loss, but game counts the individual profit per item, so you get your XP).
Rinse and repeat.

wasn't this nerfed? i could be mistaken

[Numenorean]

Originally posted by chip dealer:

Originally posted by MrMinMax:

Trading is the grindiest skill to level. But if you need that sweet 300 for fief trading, there is a trick based on the mechanic that caravan prices are based on the nearest city market.

You need a lot of smithing materials to do this.

You catch a caravan near a city (close, so no need to move to talk) and pause the game. and then just:

1. Sell crude, wrought, iron, steel, fine steel to caravan (at a loss, they don't have moneys).
2. Enter the city sell damascene steel on the market. It will crater the prices.
3. Get out, buy back #1 from caravan. Cheap.
4. Enter the city, buy your damascene steel back. It will rise the prices.
5. Exit, sell #1 to caravan at huge profit (still a loss, but game counts the individual profit per item, so you get your XP).
Rinse and repeat.

wasn't this nerfed? i could be mistaken

I used it in my current playthrough (only difference I used steel to sell to city instead of Damascene steel) and it worked just fine.

[EmotionallyBroken]

Originally posted by chip dealer:

what are the best/fastest way to level up trade?

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