Good trading routes?

[AO_Inc]

Im going to dedicate myself to space trucking for a few days and would like some advice on any good trade routes. I've done my research for making money and know about RtR and EDDB. I'd rather do trading bc 4hrs into RtR I decided to head back and cash in 47 system + planets scans and got just around 44mil.

I've calculated the the slave trade that Im currently doing gets me 113mil./4hrs. Anyone know of better routes than the 4084c/slave that I've got going?

I have an unengineered anaconda with 400+ ton cap & 20Ly/jump.

[Agony_Aunt]

Using eddb.io or other tools is one way, but its possible to find good trade routes in game.

It does require learning quite a lot though about system states and their effects on markets and how the different economy types affect prices. For example, moving food from an agricultural system in outbreak to a high tech in famine and then medicines from the high tech back to the agricultural system can result in trade runs of over 5000cr/t (on the loop).

Its hard finding such paired systems close together though, so sometimes you have to engineer the right system states by working the BGS to trigger them. Naturally you either want to be doing this far from the central systems and away from player factions, or have a group of you working together.

More likely to find is two complimentary systems both in boom, as it makes profits better across the board, although not quite as good as having states like in the first example.

PS: When i say systems, its really more about the factions controlling the stations. As its the faction state that affects prices.

[AO_Inc]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Using eddb.io or other tools is one way, but its possible to find good trade routes in game.

It does require learning quite a lot though about system states and their effects on markets and how the different economy types affect prices. For example, moving food from an agricultural system in outbreak to a high tech in famine and then medicines from the high tech back to the agricultural system can result in trade runs of over 5000cr/t (on the loop).

Its hard finding such paired systems close together though, so sometimes you have to engineer the right system states by working the BGS to trigger them. Naturally you either want to be doing this far from the central systems and away from player factions, or have a group of you working together.

More likely to find is two complimentary systems both in boom, as it makes profits better across the board, although not quite as good as having states like in the first example.

PS: When i say systems, its really more about the factions controlling the stations. As its the faction state that affects prices.

That sounds too long term for me. I just need a route or method to get me to 463mil for an outfitted corvette within a reasonable time.

[Vyrex]

The go do Palins mission in maia/obsidian orbital. You have that money in a day.

[ZombieHunter]

Fair warning I tried some EDDB routes the other day and they were wrong. Purchase price at starting station was correct but sell price at destination was 3500 credits off. I barely made my investment back.

Do not trade Diagnostic Medical Equipment. That information is incorrect.

The highest profit route on EDDB a day ago was 5005 cr per unit. But the downside was one or more of the stations only had Medium landing pads so that takes quite a few good trade ships out of the mix. It also hurts profits.

[ScareCrow]

seriusly do people still do trading old fashion way? I found that doing trade missions are far more profitable, just work for the same faction and youll get super good trade profit

[ZombieHunter]

Originally posted by ScareCrow:

seriusly do people still do trading old fashion way? I found that doing trade missions are far more profitable, just work for the same faction and youll get super good trade profit

After so many hours invested people pretty much do anything any way they want.

[ExtremelyMift69]

Do a Rare Commodies run with a lot of cargo space. It involves a lot of flying to get a full load and the more cargo space the greater the profit if you fill her up. If you have access to the Inara website you can get all the RC locations there. There are a number of RC clustered around Leesti that would be an easy place to start. Hope this helps. Fly safe & have fun Cmdr. o7

[ScareCrow]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Originally posted by ScareCrow:

seriusly do people still do trading old fashion way? I found that doing trade missions are far more profitable, just work for the same faction and youll get super good trade profit

After so many hours invested people pretty much do anything any way they want.

That wasnt really what I meant, people can do whatever they want with their own game :) my point was really that old fashion trading even with its charm of its own it far from efficient profit wise, anyway I wont be a killjoy happy trading! :)

[Agony_Aunt]

Originally posted by ScareCrow:

seriusly do people still do trading old fashion way? I found that doing trade missions are far more profitable, just work for the same faction and youll get super good trade profit

Some people enjoy the creation or discovery of trade routes.

[ScareCrow]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

Originally posted by ScareCrow:

seriusly do people still do trading old fashion way? I found that doing trade missions are far more profitable, just work for the same faction and youll get super good trade profit

Some people enjoy the creation or discovery of trade routes.

yeah me too, just sometimes, it gets tedious after awhile though, then I just do something crazy for awhile :)

[HamakiBCN2]

Originally posted by AO_Inc:

That sounds too long term for me. I just need a route or method to get me to 463mil for an outfitted corvette within a reasonable time.

If making money fast is the priority, i suggest dropping commodity trading altogether, converting your cargo ship into an economy class passenger ship, and head to Upsilon Aquari for long supercruise bulk passenger missions to Smeaton orbital in LTT 9360. Payout is about 100-180 Mil-hour depending on number of seats, trading rank and minor faction rank. But be advised: it's boring as hell.

Now if 30-45 min of board flipping and 35 min of flight time sounds boring (because quite frankly it is), you can use EDDB to find stations a bit less far from the main star. Personally, i use Namorodo (sevastyanov station is 500kls away from main star, takes 10 minutes): i take passengers from Ltt 2684 that go to sevastyanov station in Namorodo and sabine installation in the Arun sysytem (100 Kls), so i can fill up fairly quickly, then go to sabine installation, leave passengers there an pick up more passenger to Namorodo, along with as many data deliveries i can, then finally get to Namorodo itself. On the way back, i pick up a few passengers to LTT 2684 and Arun, head to LTT 2684, and start the loop again.

Takes a lot less mission flipping, so you spend more time flying rahter than refreshing menus, and the interdictions make for more eventful (and shorter) supercruise flights, but overall the payout is a bit lower (50-60 Mil in 45-60 minutes)

(payouts estimated for a 184 seat anaconda and elite trading rank, YMMV)

Point is, for fast payout, trading isn't really the way to go unfortunately. Bulk passenger missions just pay much better.

[HamakiBCN2]

Think of it this way: as you said, trading commodities yields you,l at the very best, 4.000 cr/ton. now, each economy class seat roghly translates to 4 tons of cargo. If you used the space of one economy seat for cargo instead, you could make, at most, 16.000 cr.

But bulk passengers to a station just 100Kls away, like Arun, (which takes less than 5 minutes of flight time) pay around 100 k cr per seat. 500Kls, like namorodo, 10 minutes flight time,...that's 300 Kcr per seat. 1.8 Mls, like in Smeaton...that pays i Million per seat. I think you get the picture.

[ScareCrow]

listen to them

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by ZombieHunter:

Fair warning I tried some EDDB routes the other day and they were wrong. Purchase price at starting station was correct but sell price at destination was 3500 credits off. I barely made my investment back.

Check the age of the info before setting off. EDDB is good as a general resource, but some info can often be out of date.

[CaptainKINGPIN]

Look for systems in Outbreak state and run Basic Meds to them