Trading goods is a great way to make money in Mount & Blade: Warband. In this post, you learn example price ranges and thresholds (to buy under X, to sell over Y) for the most profitable goods. You also learn an example trade route that goes around all Calradia in Warband.
(All information is for the game without any mods, as mods might change the trade/economy/map in the game. UPDATE: This information is valid for game version 1.143. It might work for newer versions too, but newer versions might change the trade routes and economy.)
You can learn all this info in game, by doing trading, using the asses good deals option in the marketplace of the towns, talking to the guild master about trade and production of the different cities, so consider the information below SPOILERS.
Also, there are a lot of trading opportunities in the game I do not list here, because these are the ones I've found working for me. Feel free to experiment and take on the opportunities you see :)
Note: I didn't come up with any of this (although I have "tested" all of this in-game). The hard work has been done by the awesome people and gamers at the Taleworlds Forums. I just put it here on my blog as it's sometimes hard to find stuff from forums.
General Tips
Travel fast:
- give riding skill and horses to all companions,
- invest in pathfinding skill (e.g. increase the skill with one companion and have two points on your own),
- prefer cavalry over infantry (for trading journeys),
- keep the army size small (but high enough to "scare" bandits away),
- keep the morale of the army high,
- have 6 horses in your inventory (as "pack" horses) - the cheapest you can find (quality of the horse doesn't matter)
Put points to inventory management (at least 2) to have more space for goods.
Visit the villages near the towns for cheap goods.
If you increase trading skill with one of the companions, put 2 points in it for your character to get the +1 extra.
Get some experience and levels before you start "heavy trading", as you will run into robbing attempts when entering marketplaces and you'll have a better chance dealing with the robbers if you have some combat skills (and good weaponry, it's good to have a bow/crossbow).
(optional) Do quests for the towns to improve your relations. You'll get better prices this way. To get the quests, talk to the guild master. You get experience while at it, and it's a welcome change to the trading as well. Be careful with bandit quests thou if your low level.
Price Ranges
Here are the price ranges I use in the game.
If I see goods under the threshold I buy. And I only sell if the price is high enough.
If you need to empty inventory, any price over the buying threshold is profit, so it's OK to "dump" inventory if you know that the next cities in your route don't pay well for those goods.
BUY under X means buy when the buying price is below X
SELL over Y means sell when the selling price is over Y
Most Profitable Goods
- Iron. BUY under 150, SELL over 300
- Salt. BUY under 150, SELL over 270
- Oil. BUY under 320, SELL over 450
- Tools. BUY under 380, SELL over 450
- Velvet. BUY under 700, SELL over 950-1000
- Wine. BUY under 200, SELL over 300
- Spice. BUY under 600, SELL over 800
- Flax. BUY under 100, SELL over 150
- Linen. BUY under 220, SELL over 350
- Wool Cloth. BUY under 200, SELL over 270
"Filler" Goods
Buy these to avoid travelling empty, if the above are not available.
- Date Fruit. BUY under 70, SELL over 120
- Fish. BUY under 30, SELL over 100
- Hides. BUY under 90, SELL over 100
- Grain. BUY under 30, SELL over 50
For buying, avoid buying for higher than the threshold. Just move on to another city.
The Trade Route
I learned this route from
Floris at Taleworlds forum, from his "after action reports". It's a complete route around Calradia, focusing on the most profitable (small) routes and most profitable goods (only buying "filler" goods in between to avoid travelling empty).
If some goods are not available or not available below threshold price, wait for a day or just move on (I usually just move on). Sell to the other merchants if the goods merchant runs out of money and the price is still high enough (the arms/armor/horse merchant).
1. Ruvar, a village near Wercheg: BUY UNDER: Salt
150
2.
Wercheg: BUY UNDER: Salt
150, Hides
90 (although not too much of them)
3.
Curaw: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, Tools
380, Sell: Salt
270
4. Ismarala, a village near Curaw: BUY UNDER: Iron
150
5. Fenada, a village near Sargoth: BUY UNDER: Flax
100
6.
Sargoth: SELL OVER: Salt
270
7.
Tihr: SELL OVER: Iron
300, Tools
450
8. Kwynn, a village near Sargoth: BUY UNDER: Flax
100
9.
Sargoth: BUY UNDER: All of the Flax
100 and Linen
220, Wool
70
10.
Uxkhal: SELL OVER: Hides
100, Wool
120
11.
Suno: BUY UNDER: Oil
320, Wine
200
12.
Shariz: BUY UNDER: Date Fruits
70, SELL OVER: Linen
350, Wine
300
13.
Durquba: SELL OVER: Flax
150
14.
Ahmerrad: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, Wool
70, SELL OVER: Wine
300
15.
Bariyye: BUY UNDER: Date Fruit
70, Iron
150, Salt
150, Tools
380, SELL OVER: Linen
350, Wine
300, Wool
120
16. Iqbal, a village near Bariyye: BUY UNDER: Salt
150, Date Fruit
70
17. Fishara, a village near Bariyye: BUY UNDER: Salt
150, Date Fruit
70
18. Uzgha, a village near Ahmerrad: BUY UNDER: Iron
150
19.
Tulga: BUY UNDER: Spice 600, Salt
150, SELL OVER: Iron
300, Date Fruits
120
20.
Ahmerrad: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, SELL OVER: Spice
800
21.
Durquba: SELL OVER: Spice
800
22.
Jelkala: BUY UNDER: Velvet
700, Fish
30, Hides
90, SELL OVER: Iron
300, Salt
270, Tools
450
23.
Veluca: BUY UNDER: Grain
30, Hides
90, SELL OVER: Fish
90, Velvet
950
24.
Uxkhal: SELL OVER: Grain
50, Hides
100, Salt
270
25.
Suno: BUY UNDER: Oil
320, Wine
150, SELL OVER: Grain
50, Hides
100, Salt
270
26.
Praven: BUY UNDER: Wool
70, SELL OVER: Oil
450, Salt
270
27.
Yalen: BUY UNDER: Wine
200, Wool
70, SELL OVER: Salt
270
28.
Jelkala: BUY UNDER: Fish
30, Velvet
700
29.
Shariz: BUY UNDER: Date Fruit
70, SELL OVER: Fish
100, Wine
300
30.
Dhirim: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, SELL OVER: Velvet
1000
(Optional: Visit Narra and Ichamur. Sell according to thresholds.)
31.
Tulga: BUY UNDER: Spice
600, SELL OVER: Iron
300, Wool
120
32.
Bariyye: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, SELL OVER: Velvet
1000
33.
Ahmerrad: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, Wool Cloth
200, SELL OVER: Spice
800
34.
Durquba: SELL OVER: Spice
800
35.
Halmar: BUY UNDER: Salt
150
36.
Dhirim: BUY UNDER: Iron
150, SELL OVER: Wool Cloth
270
37.
Reyvadin: SELL OVER: Iron
300
38.
Khudan: SELL OVER: Iron
300
39.
Rivacheg: SELL OVER: Iron
300
If you have inventory space between towns (could not get enough cheap goods), stop in villages on the route (don't go off it too much thou) and buy cheap items. Also, buy variety of food from those villages (to keep) army fed and morale high). This money will help the economy of the town as well.
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| Mount and Blade: Warband Trade Route |
IMAGE CREDIT: map modified from the original by
Floris. (
original)
The Warband Trade Route Video
Here's the
Mount & Blade: Warband trade route on video. It's an hour long and it's a part of my let's play series, and there's some other stuff in it but trading, but it shows the whole route.
Watch HD/720p in YouTube:
Mount & Blade: Warband Let's Play E024 - Trade Route Around All Calradia
References and Links
was released in May 2011. I will let's play the Witcher 2, using the imported save file from The Witcher when I finish the first part. This will not only import the character, but also carries over the choices I've made along the way.
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