Introduction to the Organ Trade

How to maximize profits buying and selling organs without having to touch the stock market.

Now with a Russian Translation made by Opium Bird!

The Basics

The value of organs are effected by their condition. The higher the condition, the more valuable the organ.

The soul and mythical heart improve the condition of nearby organs over time. They have the same effect, but only the 'mythical' quality heart has this ability, while even the poorest quality soul can heal somewhat.

This allows us to buy low condition organs for cheap, use souls (or mythical hearts) to increase their condition, and then sell them for a profit.

Here's an example of my hold, setup to repair my organs for maximized profits.
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The Mechanics of the Soul

The mechanics of the soul's healing effect:

• The healing effect is only applied to the organs directly adjacent.
  
  
• The healing effect stacks.
  
  
• The condition of the Soul does not effect its healing ability.
  
  
• The size of the Soul does not effect its healing ability.
  
  
• The quality of the Soul does effect its healing ability.

Tips and FAQ

Holds
The 'increased decay rate' of certain holds is worse on the larger variants and will slow down the rate at which you 'grow' your organs. Refrigerated holds have the opposite effect. The quicker you shift stock, the better.

What organs should I buy?
When looking for potential organs to trade, there are really only three things you should be looking out for: The condition, the price, and the organ type. Try and get low condition, expensive, organs to maximize your potential profit. Here's an example of a good deal below, but an even lower condition would be better.








What organs should I avoid?

• Shard: Condition can't be improved so won't raise in value in your hold.
  
  
• Pseudomant: Breaks at 0 condition and can be bought at 0 condition, breaking instantly and dropping heavily in value. Safe to buy at 1 condition provided your hold is setup correctly to prevent organ decay.
  
  
• Rotcane and Firosta: Damages your ship after being moved/sold. Not worth buying unless you have a protected hold or there is high profit potential.
  
  
• Mythical Brain: Takes longer to improve. Can still be worth buying, but not worth it if you're tight on space.

What about size?
While you can increase/decrease the size of organs with certain abilities; size does not effect the price of your organs and so can be ignored. It is purely used for completing mission conditions.

What organs have abilities?
You can tell what organs have abilities/traits based on whether or not they have a circular icon in the top left. Some organs have abilities that are only unlocked when mythical in quality. For example, the heart; as mentioned earlier has the same effect as the soul. Some organs that have abilities, like the soul, gain extra abilities when mythical in quality. The mythical soul, for example, can heal itself. So remember to check mythical organs to see if they have unique abilities.

Extra
Remember to replace your souls with better quality ones over time.
Four mythical souls around an organ results in a healing rate of ~2 condition a second. Utilizing such a setup for your most expensive purchases can result in huge profits with minimal risk posed by market crashes.

[Opium Bird]

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[Opium Bird]

I finished the translation and posted it. I included a link to the original work.

[Drax]

Nice. Post the link here afterwards and I'll add it to the guide.

[Opium Bird]

Great, then I'll get to it a little later.

[Drax]

Sure work away Opium. That'd be pretty cool.

[Opium Bird]

Hi Drax! Can I post a translation of this guide into Russian?

[Rubenblades]

Real as hell, thanks Drax

[illumisanic]

Do you know how to get earworm?

[DestMarP]

As a stock market addict, I find this very helpful to actually learn how I was supposed to make money as opposed to making 4 billion through "market manipulation" (or so the feds call it)

[Drax]

Hearts only have a healing effect when they are 'Mystical' in quality. You can use mystical hearts in place of souls but souls are easier to get your hands on.

I haven't compared the healing effect of a mystical heart to a mystical soul and I might update the guide with that information when I do. But I would assume that the mystical heart is better than most low quality souls.