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==Available Items== | ==Available Items== | ||
Most [[items]] are available through a trade portal. Other than those for [[Electricity|electric]] production and conversion, [[Crafting Surface|crafting surfaces]] are not. | Most [[items]] are available through a trade portal. Other than those for [[Electricity|electric]] production and conversion, [[Crafting Surface|crafting surfaces]] are not. | ||
Beginning with version 1.7, trade portals do not show items for buying or selling that have not yet been "found" (picked up by a blockhead). For worlds created before 1.7, only those items introduced in that version will be unavailable. Unavailable items have question marks instead of icons. | |||
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[[File:Trade Portal Interface 151 HD.png|thumb|Interface in HD]] | [[File:Trade Portal Interface 151 HD.png|thumb|Interface in HD]] | ||
[[File:Trade Portal Interface.png|thumb|Interface before version 1.5.1]] | [[File:Trade Portal Interface.png|thumb|Interface before version 1.5.1]] | ||
The trade portal has three options when tapped: Remove, Buy, and Sell. | The trade portal has three options when tapped: Remove, Buy, and Sell. Version 1.7 introduced [[Job Listings]]. | ||
A blockhead cannot buy, sell, or otherwise use the interface until they have reached the trade portal. At that time, the trade portal interface (shown to the right) will open. | A blockhead cannot buy, sell, or otherwise use the interface until they have reached the trade portal. At that time, the trade portal interface (shown to the right) will open. | ||
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Beginning with [[Game updates/20140527|version 1.5.1]], an icon on each item line shows single or double arrowheads up or down or a horizontal line. These associate the listed price with an unspecified standard and indicate whether it is high, low, or normal. The arrowheads are green or red (green up for sell, green down for buy, so green indicates the price favors the player/blockhead). If tapped, a graph of the item's price over the past 24 hours will appear. | Beginning with [[Game updates/20140527|version 1.5.1]], an icon on each item line shows single or double arrowheads up or down or a horizontal line. These associate the listed price with an unspecified standard and indicate whether it is high, low, or normal. The arrowheads are green or red (green up for sell, green down for buy, so green indicates the price favors the player/blockhead). If tapped, a graph of the item's price over the past 24 hours will appear. | ||
===Job Listings=== | |||
{{See also|Job Listings}} | |||
The Job Listings button does not pull up the item exchange menu; instead it pulls up a list of available "jobs" that a blockhead may be assigned to. Each job is available for a limited time, may require a specified tool, and has both a specified duration and reward. The more advanced the tool and longer the job takes to complete, the larger and more valuable the reward tend to be. When a job's availability clock expires, it gets replaced with another. Only jobs the operating blockhead is properly equipped for may be accepted. Once a job is accepted, the blockhead will vanish, its inventory will become unavailable, and its status will change to a count-down of time remaining to complete the job (with an optional time crystal cost to complete immediately). The selected job will also become unavailable until the entry expires. When the job is complete, the working blockhead's status changes to a single button; tapping the button will make the blockhead reappear with the reward in their inventory. If a tool was required, it will show some wear. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
As it's possible to acquire [[Copper Coin|copper]], [[Gold Coin|gold]] or [[Platinum Coin|platinum]] coins and even gems by finding [[Golden Chest|golden chests]] near the surface or [[meditation]], the introduction of trade portals allow for acquiring various important materials without [[Mining|digging]] deeply. | As it's possible to acquire [[Copper Coin|copper]], [[Gold Coin|gold]] or [[Platinum Coin|platinum]] coins and even gems by finding [[Golden Chest|golden chests]] near the surface or [[meditation]], the introduction of trade portals allow for acquiring various important materials without [[Mining|digging]] deeply. Version 1.7 changes this by requiring the item to be found by other means before it can be bought or sold. | ||
For improved effectiveness when selling, pay attention to what can be crafted from raw materials and compare that with what the raw materials themselves will fetch. It is typically profitable to do a little crafting before trading (for example, a [[chest]] will usually sell for more than a block of [[wood]]), but some may actually be worth less than selling the components directly. Items that require components that can be crafted will have multiple equivalences. A good understanding of these values can be used to profit from crafting, even if the components need to be purchased. | For improved effectiveness when selling, pay attention to what can be crafted from raw materials and compare that with what the raw materials themselves will fetch. It is typically profitable to do a little crafting before trading (for example, a [[chest]] will usually sell for more than a block of [[wood]]), but some may actually be worth less than selling the components directly. Items that require components that can be crafted will have multiple equivalences. A good understanding of these values can be used to profit from crafting, even if the components need to be purchased. The changes in buy/sell valuations introduced in version 1.7 strongly affect this arrangement. | ||
A look at [[Trade Portal#Mined Materials|the above lists]] reveals it's possible to buy a replacement for the gem used to upgrade a trade portal. Obtaining the gem in the first place requires the same old exploration or meditation methods, though. | A look at [[Trade Portal#Mined Materials|the above lists]] reveals it's possible to buy a replacement for the gem used to upgrade a trade portal. Obtaining the gem in the first place requires the same old exploration or meditation methods, though. | ||
