Complete Trading and Merchant Guide for Stronghold Kingdoms
Trading is one of the Crucial way for you to achieve greatness in Stronghold Kingdoms. In this guide, we will go over every concept that is associated with trading and merchanting in Stronghold Kingdoms. How and when you should trade for resources will be discussed in this post, as well as some of the other minor details about trading in game. If you have found this complete Stronghold Kingdoms commerce and trading guide helpful, please share them with your friends. Please remember always link back to us because your links are our best support. Also take a look at our other comprehensive Stronghold Kingdom guides written for you.
How to Trade in Stronghold Kingdoms
Trading Prerequisites
You will need to have merchants in order to trade for resources in the game. To start trading in Stronghold Kingdoms, you will need to unlock the commerce research under education tab. With the merchant enabling research completed, you will be able to build markets in your Stronghold Kingdoms village. With the marketplace built, you will then be able to recruit and hire merchants to conduct your trading.
The number of merchants available in your village is dependent on the research level. It should be noted that merchants count towards your Stronghold Village unit count. It costs 1 peasant and 10 gold to train one merchant. It should be noted that they take up 10 unit spaces which can effectively makes your army weaker if you choose to have all 10 merchants available for your village.
Access Trading Screen and Information
You can access the Stronghold Kingdoms trading screen with two methods: 1. Trade with the other villages directly on the world map. 2. Enter trading screen within the village tab. You can also enter the stock market exchange which is done by selecting the different markets of interest. The resources in each of the Parish market is priced based on the number of available resources available for trading. It should be noted that all goods start at 150 gold per packet. When trading in the stock market with other parishes, you must trade in complete carloads. While trading with other Stronghold Kingdoms village, you only need partial.
How to Profit with Stronghold Kingdoms Trading
Although there are many ways to make more gold in Stronghold Kingdoms, trading is one of the best way. To profit with trading, you can either trade at a profit to other villages, or you can take advantage of the gold prices spread within the stock exchange. Check different of the parish exchanges to take note of the prices that various resources are trading at. You should aim to buy low and always sell high for the different Stronghold Kingdom resources.
Tax Consideration
However, you will need to take into consideration of the taxes. The taxes will eat into your profit and you may end up losing on the trades if you are not careful.
What to Trade in Stronghold Kingdoms
Depending on your village type and the village types in your parish, you should trade resources that are high in demand. Typically speaking, the resources that are specific to a village type has higher demand due to the lower supplies. But it still depends on the player’s strategies near you and the parish.
Other Trading and Merchant Consideration
Lastly, we will go over some consideration that you must put thoughts into. By taking care all these concepts and details, you can make the most profit out of trading.
Trade for Resources that You Lack
Because you will need various resources to gain the most bonuses – such as having complete food types for maximum popularity bonus. Take the time to study which trades will be able to net the best gain for your own village’s economy. By completing the resources you lack, you will be profitable the majority of the time through trading.
Merchant Capacity for Transporting
All the Stronghold Kingdoms merchants have their own carrying capacity depending on the resources. Study these capacities to make sure that they are optimize for your numbers of merchants. You do not want to miss out on resources because they cannot carry everything you need.
Stronghold Kingdoms Merchant Speed and Time Cost
Depends on the distance, cards used, merchants will require time to travel to and back from villages or parishes. Take those into consideration when you are designing your trading routes. If you have found a profitable route but it takes a really long time, it is more profitable over the long run to opt-in for shorter length route with less profit. You simply have to calculate whether or not your time is worthwhile.
Resource Timing and Fluctuation
Your resources may not sell for the best prices all the time on the Stronghold Market. If you have sufficient storage spaces, you should wait for these natural fluctuations turn into your favor. Wait for the moments when you can sell and trade for gold profits whenever you are able to.
Your Village Storage Capacity
Lastly, if you are buying and selling resources, you want to make sure that you actually have the capacity to hold the resources. You do not want excess resources to break your own economy, and you do not want to lose out on the extra resources that your villages would otherwise produce. Consider increasing your Stronghold Kingdoms storage capacity too to hold on to resources, you can then wait for the best moment to sell them at a profit.
Stronghold Kingdoms Guide Index by Gamelytic
Research Technology Tree Manual
General Guides
Village Guide and FAQ
Basic Research Tutorial
Popularity
Rank and Honor
How to Become Best Top Player
Parish
Comprehensive Vassal and Liege Lord
Faith, Monk and Religion
Resource Related
Gold Making Guide
Beginner’s Guide to Resources and Points
Trading and Merchant
Military Related
Military Troops and All Units
Offense and Defense Combat