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Trading prices explained
By Preston
How trading prices generated
   
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Category: Gameplay Basics, Loot, Secrets, Trading, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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Trader generation mechanics 
Optimal strategy 
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Trader generation mechanics
For game version: 10.5.0
Random traders generated by following rules:
  1. Driver assigned one of three wealth levels with equal probability: low, medium or high
  2. 1 to 3 types of goods added for selling 2 to 4 items each
  3. 2 to 4 types of goods added for buying 2 to 5 items each (if trader have 3 types of goods for selling there will be maximum 3 for buying since there is only 6 types in game)
  4. Item price assigned randomly according to table:
wealth level
Vodka
Detergent
Cigarettes
Toilet Paper
Potato Sack
Coffee
low
30-34
15-19
20-24
5-9
10-14
25-29
medium
40-44
25-29
30-34
15-19
25-34
35-39
high
60-79
40-54
45-59
30-44
35-49
50-64
Optimal strategy
From rules of generation we can notice that:
  • price is mostly determined by wealth level and price range within wealth level is negligible
  • traders on average want to buy more items than they are selling(10 average vs 6 average)
Optimal strategy is very simple:
  • Determine wealth level of driver with table
  • If its low - buy everything
  • If its medium - consider buying items you don't have in stock
  • If its high - sell everything you can



2 Comments
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farawayxgalaxy 28 Dec, 2024 @ 10:33am 
Awesome! Thanks for this :)
zerodef_ 24 Dec, 2024 @ 9:13am 
ok