# Economy

## Economy introduction

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* The economy is an admin shop based economy, meaning there is no supply or demand. Prices are for the most part static.
* We divide items into two main categories:
  * Advanced items are typically slimefun items, or items that are more crucial to slimefun than other items. Advanced items are only buy-able and Sell-able through the advanced items trader at trade posts.
  * Basic items are everything else, they can be bought and sold in `/shop`, however basic items sell for 3.5x their value at trade posts.
* Trade posts are <mark style="color:purple;">safezones</mark> on the map that can be traveled to either by boat, or by [movecraft](https://geoquest.gitbook.io/geoquest-docs/movecraft/ship-types) ships.
  * Trade posts sell and buy advanced items.
  * Basic items sell for 3.5x their value at trade posts.
  * Each trade post has a special "Cargo" item.
    * Cargo can be bought from one trade post for low, and sold at another trade post for high. However, you can only buy and sell these cargo items via movecraft ships.
* You also gain passive income via [cities](https://geoquest.gitbook.io/geoquest-docs/general-information/cities).

## Trade Posts

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### Advanced Items

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* Advanced items are items that can be sold and bought at trade posts, but not in the `/shop`.

| Item                   | Buy price | Sell price |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ---------- |
| Gravel                 | $14       | N/A        |
| Wool                   | $50       | N/A        |
| Steak                  | $80       | $20        |
| Nether Star            | $250,000  | N/A        |
| Solar Generator        | N/A       | $700       |
| Slimefun Copper Ingot  | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Tin Ingot              | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Silver Ingot           | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Lead Ingot             | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Aluminum Ingot         | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Zinc ingot             | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Magnesium Ingot        | N/A       | $10.5      |
| 4-Carat Gold Ingot     | N/A       | $10.5      |
| Ferrosilicon Ingot     | N/A       | $30        |
| Bronze Ingot           | N/A       | $37        |
| Nickel Ingot           | N/A       | $37        |
| Brass Ingot            | N/A       | $37        |
| Solder Ingot           | N/A       | $37        |
| Billon Ingot           | N/A       | $37        |
| Cobalt Ingot           | N/A       | $37        |
| Duralumin Ingot        | N/A       | $37        |
| Aluminum Brass Ingot   | N/A       | $65        |
| Steel Ingot            | N/A       | $65        |
| Aluminum Bronze Ingot  | N/A       | $65        |
| Damascus Steel Ingot   | N/A       | $150       |
| Gilded Iron            | N/A       | $150       |
| Hardened Metal         | N/A       | $475       |
| Reinforced Alloy Ingot | N/A       | $950       |

## Shop

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* You can access the shop by running `/shop`.
* In the shop, you can buy and sell basic items.
* However, basic items sell for more at trade posts then they do in `/shop`
* The shop also does not sell or buy advanced items.

### Sell-able Basic Items

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| Item             | /shop sell value | Trade post sell value |
| ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- |
| Iron Ingot       | $3               | $10.5                 |
| Gold Ingot       | $4               | $14                   |
| Emerald          | $72.5            | $253.75               |
| Diamond          | $55              | $192.5                |
| Iron Block       | $27              | $94.5                 |
| Gold Block       | $36              | $126                  |
| Emerald Block    | $945             | $2283.75              |
| Diamond Block    | $495             | $1732.5               |
| Carrot           | $4               | $14                   |
| Potato           | $3               | $10.5                 |
| Poisonous Potato | $20              | $70                   |
| Wheat            | $12              | $42                   |
| Beetroot         | $15              | $52.5                 |
| Melon            | $13.3            | $46.55                |
| Pumpkin          | $13.3            | $46.55                |
| Cactus           | $2.5             | $8.75                 |
| Cocoa Beans      | $2.5             | $8.75                 |

## City income

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* [Cities](https://geoquest.gitbook.io/geoquest-docs/general-information/cities) give passive daily income. You can see city income [here](https://geoquest.gitbook.io/geoquest-docs/cities#city-tiers).
  * However, Tier 1 - 2 cities do not give income on their own, they only boost the nation's capital income (as long as the capital is a tier 3)
* Tier 6 cities also tax 10% of every other city's income.

## Cargo

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* Cargo is another form of making money, however it is risk-reward.
* Each trade post has a **Cargo Trader**.
* Cargo traders sell and buy dedicated cargo prices for different rates at different trade posts.
  * For example, Silk can be bought from the Chinese trade post for $7.35, and then sold at the European trade post for $12.30.
* Cargo can easily be loaded and unloaded to and from [movecraft](https://geoquest.gitbook.io/geoquest-docs/movecraft/movecraft-tutorial) ships.
  * This essentially means you can load thousands of cargo items onto a single movecraft [cargo ship](https://geoquest.gitbook.io/geoquest-docs/movecraft-1/cargo-ship).
  * You can bulk-sell cargo by holding the cargo item you want to sell, and then running /unload.
  * You can buy cargo in bulk by holding the cargo item you want to buy, and then running /load

{% hint style="info" %}
Combine this with Points Of Interest, and it becomes apparent that some trade routes are naturally faster and better then others.
{% endhint %}

### Cargo Prices

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| Cargo Item    | Caribbean Trade Post | European Trade Post | Indian Trade Post | South China Sea Trade Post |
| ------------- | :------------------: | :-----------------: | :---------------: | :------------------------: |
| Tea           |         $18.5        |        $21.5        |       $13.7       |            $15.5           |
| Machine Parts |         $21.5        |        $18.5        |       $28.7       |            $32.5           |
| Rubber        |         $6.5         |         $7.8        |        $8.1       |            $9.2            |
| Silk          |        $11.11        |        $12.3        |       $8.15       |            $7.35           |

{% hint style="warning" %}
The buy and sell prices of cargo are 1:1, meaning that Silk both buys and sells for $11.11 at the Caribbean trade post as an example.
{% endhint %}
