New player - how to find specific goods?

[ghostdog]

Hello,
I just started the game and I have a mission to procure 44 units of clothing. However I have no idea how to find planets that sell clothing. Any hints? Thanks.

[di eshor ribly]

Open up your Star Atlas and type in "sells clothing" in the search bar. You can filter for distance and all that in the same menu.

This is more useful for the rarer goods. Clothing is sold on pretty much every Industrial planet.

[Trese Brothers]

Also, the mission itself will list the location in which those goods can be bought, such as an Industrial world. It should say something like "Supplied by Farming, Industrial, Orbital, High Tech Zones with Trade Law 10 or less."

Or, if you want to go outside the game (easy, in-game options above, thanks @di eshor), check the wiki http://startraders.gamepedia.com/Cargo_Types

[Brockavitch]

this changed the game for me thank you so much. One item of note is that you have to have stopped at a station with the goods you are looking for.

[Trese Brothers]

Originally posted by Brockavitch:

this changed the game for me thank you so much. One item of note is that you have to have stopped at a station with the goods you are looking for.

That is true -- if you are using the Star Atlas search it will only return zones that you have visited as you don't know the stats (specifically, Trade Law) of other zones.

If you're looking at the mission description screen, it will list zone types, which would let you just search instead in the Star Atlas for "Industrial" and you'll quickly find all the places that likely produce Clothing.

In the case of Clothing, Trade Law 10, all zones that *could* make Clothing *do* make Clothing.

[ghostdog]

Thanks for the great replies, I think I understand a little more. Another related question; trade permits. I got some "permit required" goods from pirate ship that attacked me. I understand that you get permits from... contacts... somehow. How does that work? It seems it is a permit to sell to a particular faction? Does that mean I need to get the permit from that faction somehow, or can a contact from a different faction hook me up?

If I don't have a permit, can I sell the cargo by some less than legal means?

[Trese Brothers]

Contacts can sell permits 1-4 for their faction only.

Permits allow purchase and sale of permitted goods, same 1-4.

A serious merchant needs permits in multiple factions, therefore needs contacts in multiple factions. Talents and contact introductions will help.

Selling across faction lines (sell x made by cadar to thulun) grants +25% bonus. Even more reason to get in trading with more factions.

Indie worlds require no permits but sell for 25-50% less. Black market, available thru contacts, goes around permits and had best profits

[ibanix]

It would be a great feature if you could sort the system menu by buying or selling product type ;-)