Trade depot has a ton of items in it that won't get hauled

[FlyinJ]

There is a huge list of items in my trade depot but there is no caravan present. How do I get my people to take these items to a stockpile?

[Soul4hdwn]

1) double check if a stockpile is set to allow the desired items. It is possible you have one available but not set to right things.
2) check if anything even wants or needs the items, likely not but I wouldn't know from the information given.
3) enjoy how the trade depo has infinite storage.

[FlyinJ]

Originally posted by Soul4hdwn:

1) double check if a stockpile is set to allow the desired items. It is possible you have one available but not set to right things.
2) check if anything even wants or needs the items, likely not but I wouldn't know from the information given.
3) enjoy how the trade depo has infinite storage.

Yeah I have a large stockpile with a lot of room that accepts all but food, and all the items in the trade depot are not food.

It is a huge variety of items. Bags, fabrics, weapons, armor, gems... all things that get stored fine normally in the stockpile

[Soul4hdwn]

That is strange then, next check if they are forbidden or marked for dumping by accident... Likely not what's wrong but doesn't hurt to check

[Soul4hdwn]

Ah, and double check hauling permission or duties, and if the depot is outside, then also if permission for outside hauling is on.

[Gio]

Same thing happened to me but right after a trade, both mine and the merchant items remained there for a whole year so i decontructed and my dwarves looted back my items and the merchant entire inventory.... i'm kinda rich now

[FlyinJ]

Originally posted by gio:

Same thing happened to me but right after a trade, both mine and the merchant items remained there for a whole year so i decontructed and my dwarves looted back my items and the merchant entire inventory.... i'm kinda rich now

Yeah I just realized that it is the entire contents of what the merchant was selling that is in there. I wonder if my dwarves actually took the stuff I bought back to the fortress or if the stuff I bought is in there as well.

It may also be the contents of every merchant that has visited me ever.

Pretty big bug.

[Gio]

Originally posted by FlyinJ:

Originally posted by gio:

Same thing happened to me but right after a trade, both mine and the merchant items remained there for a whole year so i decontructed and my dwarves looted back my items and the merchant entire inventory.... i'm kinda rich now

Yeah I just realized that it is the entire contents of what the merchant was selling that is in there. I wonder if my dwarves actually took the stuff I bought back to the fortress or if the stuff I bought is in there as well.

It may also be the contents of every merchant that has visited me ever.

Pretty big bug.

next caravan worked properly tho! they left accordingly and they took the items them

[OldManHiggins]

Caravans have been bugged for 20 years. Sometimes they wont even leave and just hang out, messing up the arrival of the next caravan. I was a little frustrated to see that issue in the Steam version.

[Lord Kentucky]

Same thing happened to me. The merchant side of the trade table was all still full of their stuff, after they left. So I deconstructed and got all my stuff back, and all theirs as well. Next caravan, however, came and went without issue.

[malthenielsen]

Has happened for a while now,

I deconstruct the depot regularly to release the stuff and build a new one next to it.

[theobaldus01]

check how many wheelbarrows you assigned to the stockpile. If more than 0, only the dwarfs with a wheelbarrow will be hauling. Make more wheelbarrow or set to 0 at the stockpile.

[OldManHiggins]

Originally posted by theobaldus01:

check how many wheelbarrows you assigned to the stockpile. If more than 0, only the dwarfs with a wheelbarrow will be hauling. Make more wheelbarrow or set to 0 at the stockpile.

Holy crap. In 10+ years and a 1000+ hours of play i never knew that. Learn something new every day.

[P4ST3LPVNK]

Originally posted by theobaldus01:

check how many wheelbarrows you assigned to the stockpile. If more than 0, only the dwarfs with a wheelbarrow will be hauling. Make more wheelbarrow or set to 0 at the stockpile.

*kisses you on the lips* you just solved a huge annoyance for me