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[Khris]

Hi,
I'm a bit confused about trade.
I have a trade depot, I have caravans coming in and residing there, I have appointed a broker, I have moved things to the trade depot...but whenever I go into the trade depot screen while a caravan is there, the trade option is always greyed out, I can't trade. Why not? What am I missing?

[TolyK]

you have to wait while the lazy broker gets over there. his job should say "trade at depot"

I suggest you just [ q ] over the depot and change the "Broker trades only" to "Any dwarf trades" to increase response time. Then once any old dwarf gets the "trade at depot" job and arrives at the depot you can trade.

[kardwill]

You also have to ask for the broker to come in the trade depot screen.

[TolyK]

oh yeah I thought he did that whoops 

[Khris]

Thanks

[CaptRory]

If you use the Quickstart Guide's advice on the Wiki and make your Leader Dwarf your bookkeeper and trader and a few other things, you might wanna stick his office right next to the trade depot. I also put a big stockpile there for my trade goods, mostly mugs, that my Stonecrafter cranks out. The stuff gets dropped a few tiles away from the depot so it doesn't need to be moved far and your leader is right there. Just reduce his bookkeeping to minimum and he'll be able to step out of his office and into a bargain.



Ok that last line was bad >.< Hehehe