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Trade Goods
April 17, 2026 at 07:41 PM
Initial Trade Goods hub (item database 2026-04-18)
Trade Goods are sealed shipping crates that function as the archipelago's intended-for-sale cargo system. Each crate is tagged with a buyer faction in its tooltip, and that faction's Trade Goods Merchant on Tortuga pays a better price than anyone else. Smuggling the crate to the wrong buyer either halves the payout or refuses the trade altogether.
Every crate's flavor text carries the same warning, scratched into the wood with a nail: "Open it and you're out of the cut." Crates destroyed or opened before delivery lose all trade value, so captains move them unopened from loot source to buyer.
Values below are the sale price per crate at the preferred faction's Trade Goods Merchant, verified against the in-game item database.
Crate | Rarity | Preferred Buyer | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|
Contraband | Rare | 150 Piastre | |
Luxuries | Epic | 250 Piastre | |
Medicine | Rare | 100 Piastre | |
Munitions | Rare | 200 Piastre | |
Naval Supplies | Rare | 150 Piastre | |
Provisions | Uncommon | 50 Piastre | |
Specialized Tools | Epic | 250 Piastre | |
Spirits | Uncommon | 100 Piastre |
Every other Trade Goods Merchant on Tortuga will still accept the crate, but pays roughly the standard 100 Piastre rate regardless of rarity. Delivering to the preferred faction is worth the extra sailing time for the Epic-tier crates (Luxuries, Specialized Tools) where the spread is largest.
Four packed crates carry raw materials and sell for flat Piastre sums to any trader. Unlike the faction crates, they have no preferred buyer.
Packed Crate | Rarity | Contents |
|---|---|---|
Packed Wood | Common | Bundled raw wood. |
Packed Hardwood | Uncommon | Bundled hardwood planks. |
Packed Copper Ingots | Uncommon | Copper ingots ready for shipment. |
Packed Iron Ingots | Rare | Iron ingots ready for shipment. |
Loot from faction-aligned ship wrecks and boarding engagements. A sunk Buccaneer sloop tends to drop Munitions or Spirits; a Brethren warship drops Naval Supplies or Specialized Tools.
Seized during port raids on rival faction outposts.
Purchased cheaply from one faction and resold to the crate's preferred buyer for a small arbitrage profit.
Crate stack size is 3, so a small cargo hold can move a handful of Epic crates at once for a quick 500 to 750 Piastre run.
Check the tooltip before sailing. Delivering a crate labeled for Buccaneers to the Smugglers booth will leave Piastre on the table.
Crates are legitimate cargo. They do not count as stolen goods and can be carried in open ports without reputation penalty.
