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[madattak]

My first trading caravan arrived, but I have no idea how to work the trading system. The wiki wasn't any help. I got a screen up by accident, but there weren't any buttons for buying, or for selling. Then I closed it and couldn't get it back up. Can someone explain to me how the whole system works?

P.S. I have a Broker.

[brainfreez]

you must make the broker to in to the trading depot.

[madattak]

How do I make him go there?

[Laurin]

"q" over the depot.
You have the option to get the broker there and only him.
Of course you need a broker first, enable him on the (n)obles screen. He should have the appraiser skill or else you can't see the prices of goods.

Also there are options to have goods taken to the depot (g). You can then choose your crafts or prepared meals or mechanisms or whatever for trading.

For actual trading you must wait unitl all the goods are at the depot and the broker is there also (they tend to drink, eat, sleep or attend party very often ).
Once he is there q over the depot and start trading with t.

This wiki article explains it in more detail:
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Depot#Move_Goods_to.2Ffrom_Depot

[madattak]

"q" over the depot.
You have the option to get the broker there and only him.
Of course you need a broker first, enable him on the (n)obles screen. He should have the appraiser skill or else you can't see the prices of goods.

Also there are options to have goods taken to the depot (g). You can then choose your crafts or prepared meals or mechanisms or whatever for trading.

For actual trading you must wait unitl all the goods are at the depot and the broker is there also (they tend to drink, eat, sleep or attend party very often ).
Once he is there q over the depot and start trading with t.

This wiki article explains it in more detail:
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Depot#Move_Goods_to.2Ffrom_Depot

Thanks! Unfortunately they left before that reply, but I used the wikis trick to get them to hand over all the goods without stealing. So now I have a giant warehouse of junk =D

[toomanysecrets]

Could mean war if you "steal" too much stuff. You also may have just radically increased your fort's wealth which is going to attract invaders.

[madattak]

Could mean war if you "steal" too much stuff. You also may have just radically increased your fort's wealth which is going to attract invaders.

I sold of most of it to the next caravan. Talking of invaders, over a years gone by and the only hostile Ive met was an enraged badger.

[madattak]

When I buy something it counts as a loss for the  trader?

[toomanysecrets]

Trading is done once you have selected everything you want to buy and everything you want to sell and then you press t.  It's just telling you the status of the trade if you were to finalize it.

[Garath]

Could mean war if you "steal" too much stuff. You also may have just radically increased your fort's wealth which is going to attract invaders.

I sold of most of it to the next caravan. Talking of invaders, over a years gone by and the only hostile Ive met was an enraged badger.

now the fun will start
yor first year is usually trouble free, to give you a bit of time to at least get to safety before they start harrasing you

Selling goods taken from a previous caravan enhances the wealth and reputation of your fort even more. Now your exported wealth rose too.