User Manual

trade more than one unit at a time, the price displayed already includes the aforementioned
price increment/decrement. The price that is indicated is consequently an average price.
Mass Units
In ‘Patrician II’, there are two different mass units, bushels and barrels, where one bushel equals
ten barrels. A 15-bushel-Snaikka will therefore accommodate 15 bushels or 150 barrels.
Weapons
Weapons are also transferred to and from your ships using the trading window.
Trading using the mini map
You can also trade via the mini sea map. First select a ship that is currently in the port of a city
(either using the ship list or the button in the caption bar). Then right click on the city. The
trading window will now open. The advantage of this method is that you can trade from
anywhere in this manner; you don’t have to ‘enter’ the city to trade.
A little Advice
Buy cheap, sell expensive! Now you might say, how am I to know which price is good and which
is not? Well, to find out, there is some guidance in the trading window:
1. Only buy goods when the sales price and the purchase price are very close to one another
(a 10% margin, for example), because in that case, there are sufficient supplies in the city
and the price should be reasonable. The scarcer a commodity becomes, the more the two
prices will differ.
2. Obviously, never sell any goods at a price below the average price you paid for them, which
is displayed at the very right of the window.
One more hint:
It is best to buy goods from cities where they are being produced. Conversely, you are advised
to sell goods in cities where they are not being produced.
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