What are Tradepacks?

Tradepacks are bundles of goods that play a key role in RavenQuest's player-driven economy. By crafting :tradepack:Tradepacks and delivering them to distant :tradepost: Tradeposts, you can earn substantial amounts of :silvercoin: Silver and contribute to the flow of resources across the world.

A :tradepack: Tradepack can be created with dozens of different materials. Almost any gathered material in the game can be used to create them. You can also do that using a Tradepack Certificate, and exchange it for any tradepack on a tradepost.

How to Craft a Tradepack

To get started with the :tradepack: Tradepack system:

1. Gather the necessary materials. Each recipe requires a specific combination of resources like ore, produce, and more. Or simply turn in a Tradepack Certificate
2. Look for the :tradepost: Tradepost icon on your map
3. Interact with the Munk and choose the Craft Tradepack option
4. Select the :tradepack: Tradepack you want to create and confirm the materials
5. Pay the required :silvercoin: Silver and :effort:Effort fee
6. You now have a :tradepack: Tradepack in your inventory, ready for transit

Using your :inventory:Inventory items

Using a Tradepack Certificate

Tradepack Value: Distance, Demand, and Danger

Several factors determine how much you'll earn from a :tradepack: Tradepack delivery:

• Distance: the further you travel, the more you'll make. Each map tile between origin and destination adds to the pack's value

• Demand: prices fluctuate based on supply and demand. Over-saturation leads to lower profits! Check demand on the :tradepack: Tradepack (T) menu!

  • Higher demand usually means better payment, but you’ll need to make sure the route you chose also has a good demand percentage. In this example, you can see Sombreshade’s Pie is listed as the top demand, but you would get a meager profit delivering it to Riverend. Under that same logic, delivering it to Seabreeze would be extremely profitable!

  

  

• Danger: high-risk routes through :conflict-zone: Conflict and :war-zone: War zones can lead to higher rewards, but also the chance of losing your pack to bandits

  • Ocean routes are usually more profitable, since the sea is always open for PvP combat and the dangers of being pillaged are ever-present. Make sure to be ready to fight-off any muggers and creatures you find along the way, because dying means your Tradepack is now up for grabs
  • Delivering Tradepacks on Plunder Channel also grants more rewards

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Learn more about zones and channels in

PvP

Channels

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Tradepack Recipes

While searching for the most profitable option, you’ll likely notice Inactive recipes. Those need to be collectively unlocked by the average server level! So help your community grow, and you might just find there is honor among Tradepack thieves. You’ll also notice a gold wagon icon at the bottom of the menu, which indicates your Merchant Influence.

Merchant Influence

By delivering Primed Tradepacks, rather than earning Silver, you will instead earn Merchant Influence, which directly influences how much $QUEST you will earn from these deliveries.

Merchant Influence is earned based on the number of Primed Tradepacks delivered, their demand and distance, same as regular Tradepacks. We then take this Merchant Influence accumulated over the course of 7 days and enter it into a combined pool with all other players. Every Friday, after server restart time, a shared pool of $QUEST Tokens will be distributed in the form of a Chest among all players who accumulated Merchant Influence and their share will be based on their contribution.

Note that all effects that impact regular Tradepacks also impact Primed Tradepacks, such as being on the Plunder Channel and the Bartering Reputation Passives. You can always view your current Merchant Influence in the Tradepack UI window.

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Learn more about

Fame & Renown

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Primed Tradepacks

Primed Tradepacks are a Landowner perk, and the Tradepack Priming Certificates are delivered weekly to the landowner’s Quest inventory. Delivering Primed Tradepacks doesn’t grant you :silvercoin: Silver, it grants you Merchant Influence.

If you choose not to run Tradepacks or are out of time, Priming Certificates can also be sold in the in-game :market: Market.