Index

1. Introduction
2. Basics of Commerce
a) Buying Items
b) Selling Items
3. Commerce Permit & Tax
a) Obtaining the Commerce Permit
b) Understanding the Commerce Permit
~ Permit Level
~ Tax Rate
c) Tax Rates
~ Lowering Your Tax
~ Table of Tax Increments
~ Tips and Hints for Commerce Quests
4. Commerce Centres & Coordinates
a) Ascaron - ArgentCity
b) Ascaron - Zephyr Isle
c) Ascaron - ThundoriaHarbour
d) Ascaron - Glacier Isle
e) Ascaron - Outlaw Isle
f) Magical Ocean - ShaitanCity
g) Magical Ocean - Canary Isle
h) Magical Ocean - Cupid Isle
i) Magical Ocean - Isle of Chill
j) Deep Blue - LowerIcicleCity
k) Deep Blue - Isle of Fortune
5. Glossary of Commerce Items
a) Commerce Items by name
b) Commerce Items by location bought
c) Commerce Item by Permit required
d) Special Items
e) Salvage Items
6. Calculating Commerce Profits
7. Conclusion
8. Credits

1. Introduction

This is a guide to commerce in the World of TOP. It covers various aspects of trading, including getting a commerce permit, finding commerce centres and goes in-depth with the buying/selling points of commerce items. It also is fully illustrated ^_^. However, what this guide doesn’t do is calculate profits. The prices of the commerce items change frequently and everyone has different tax rates and different cargo spaces. All these variables make it really hard to calculate profitability, but I will go more into that later.

2. Basics of Commerce

Commerce is essentially the buying of one type of item from special traders, storing it in your boat, sailing to another trading centre and selling the item there. You can start Commerce from the time you are lvl 20.

In order to start commerce there are 3 things you need; a boat, a Commerce Permit and money. Whatever boat you chose is dependant on your level and how much money you have. Higher-level (and stronger) boats can only be bought by people with high levels. When you are lvl 20, there are only a few boats available to you. Once you get to a higher level it is a good idea to buy a new boat as it will be faster, have more durability and in some cases, have a bigger cargo, which means more profit per trip.

For more on buying a boat see these guides;
How to Buy and Use a Ship - Here
Complete Battleship Pictorial Guide - Here

The commerce permit is obtained from the Shaitan Trader Sidorf. This is covered in the section below. You also need money upfront to firstly buy you boat and to buy the items.

a) Buying Items

To buy commerce items, go to the Commerce Trader and click on Cargo Trade.




This brings you to a window with items that are buyable and what is in your cargo. Simply drag an item down into your cargo slot to buy it. The system will automatically work out how many free slots you have in your inventory and will calculate the purchase price for that amount. Commerce items are non-stackable so each one will take up 1 cargo slot. You will note that there is a certain quantity of items available at each trader. If the quantity listed is 0 then that entire item has been bought out already.




b) Selling Items

If you click on the second tab in the selling window, it brings you to a list of all the items that can be sold there. Some items can be sold in many locations, while others only are sold to 1 or 2 places. If you try to sell to a Trader and item that isn’t on the list the price will be ?0 so DON’T sell it there. In section 5 of this guide I have listed all the combinations of buying and selling so use that as a reference.

To sell the item simply click and drag it up from your inventory into the selling window and press ‘Confirm’. Alternatively, a faster method is to right-click the item to being up the selling prompt.



All Commerce Transactions are recorded in the System Window so if you want to recap how much you bought something for, just scroll up to find it.





Also note that the prices aren’t fixed. Every half an hour the system refreshes itself. When it does this, it refills the quota of items there to a pre-determined maximum and alters the prices. Most prices fluctuate in a range from ?50- ?200 so it really is quite difficult to calculate profit rates. However, generally speaking the most expensive items are usually the most profitable as they sell for more (e.g. one item buys for ?300 and sells for ?600 = ?300 profit per item. Another item buys for ?500 and sells for ?1,000 = ?500 profit per item). After a while of running a certain route you will start to get a feel for what are the best combinations.

3. Commerce Permit & Tax

In order to do commerce it is necessary to hold a Commerce Permit. This is an orange book-like object in your Inventory A commerce pass is non-tradable, non-sellable and non-bankable, so just like your vessel deed, you have it in your inventory permanently once you get it. I recommend placing at the bottom of your inventory so save the upper spaces for active/commonly used items.

a) Obtaining the Commerce Permit

In order to obtain the Commerce permit you have to be at lvl 20 and have a boat. If you meet both of these criteria, then talk to Trader Sidorf in Shaitan at (801, 3657). He will send you on a quest to obtain 40 pieces of Wood. Return to him with the wood in your inventory and he will reward you with the commerce permit.

b) Understanding the Commerce Permit

When you hover your mouse over the commerce pass the description should hold 2 important pieces of information.



~ Permit Level

Firstly, it will say what level you permit is at. There are 3 levels of Commerce Permit - Low, Mid and High. Which level you hold determines which items you can buy. If you hold a Low level permit, then items that require a Mid/High permit to buy will be reded-out and you won’t be able to purchase them.
Lvl 1 = Low Level
Lvl 2 = Mid Level
Lvl 3 = High Level

~ Tax Rate

The second item in the description is the level of tax you are subject to. Initially it will be at 30%. Completing a series of random quests from Trader Sidorf will reduce the tax level by a couple of percents each time you complete a set.

c) Tax Rates

You know the saying. Three things in this world are certain - Life, Death and Taxes. Even in an online MMORPG you can’t escape it. The way that tax works is that it takes out a certain amount of the profits you earn by buying and selling.

For example; you sell an item for ?600. If your tax is at 30%, then 30% x ?600 = ?180. Thus the amount of money you actually receive is the selling price less tax: ?600 - ?180 = ?420. This is why it is a good idea to lower your tax. The lower the tax percent then the more money you receive per item and the more cash profit you make.

~ Lowering Your Tax

Get ready for another series of never-ending quests. It works just like the Class Life Quests you get from your Classmaster. However, instead of a series of 10 quests, you only have to complete 6 in a row (for Low Level) or 8 in a row (for Mid Level) to get the reward.



When you accept the last task in the set at the bottom of the quest log it will say what your reward is it can be either a tax reduction or a Commerce Statue. If it is a tax reduction there will be a “?” symbol, if it is a statue there will be a picture of it.



Commerce statues are ingredients used in various Crafting/Manufacturing blueprints. However if all you want is tax reductions these can get annoying. Check out the Tips and Hints sections for a method to avoid getting statues.

There are 4 main kinds of quests
1) Asks for a certain number of quests to be completed.
2) Asks for a certain number of monster drops
3) Asks for you to deliver a parcel to a person
4) Asks for an Life quest item (Ore/Wood/Sashimi)

Type #1 & #2
When you asked to kill a monster, or obtain a monster drop the monsters will most likely be at or just around your own level. The monsters can be on any continent. Once you reach lvl 25, you will start to get requests for monsters at sea so get your boat ready.

For help with finding monsters/items check out these Guides
Monster List - Here
Item Glossary Here


Type #3
There is a similar correlation with levels and the locations you have to deliver to. If you get a quest at lvl 22, you might get a quest to deliver items to Babul Haven as monsters around there are in the 20’s and if you are in the 30’s you may get requests for Valhalla Haven NPCs. A particularly difficult location to get to is Thundoria Castle as you can’t teleport directly there. So if you do get a quest that ends in a NPC there, and you get there successfully try setting your spawn point there so that if you get future quests there you can Old Ticket yourself there.

For help with finding NPCs
World Maps Here
NPC Listing Here (Ascaron) Here (Magical Ocean) Here (Deep Blue)
Getting to Thundoria Guide Here

Type #4
Type 4 is relatively simple so long as you have the life skills and the tools necessary. If you don’t have these life skills you can always try and buy the items needed, however you may not always find stall with the items you need and this can get very expensive

For help with Life Skills
Guide to Woodcutting Here
Guide to Mining Here
Guide to Fishing Here

Permit Level Variations
The Low level quests are relatively easy. You are usually asked to kill/bring 5-10 of the criteria. In Mid Level quests you can be asked for 15-25 of each Item or Kill.

~ Table of Tax Increments

As you lower you tax it will reduce in set increments. The old Commerce Guide had a list of the flow of tax reductions. When I was going through my tax reductions, I noticed some discrepancies, so I assume that with the Union War update that the table is now out-of-date. However, when I started writing this guide I was well into these quests and I hadn’t gotten any record of how many sets I had completed and what the tax rate was after completion, so unfortunately I can’t provide accurate information here. I am still going to list the old tax chart and I will begin to update it from the Mid Level Permit onwards. If anyone is interested in helping me by going through the Low level commerce reductions level by level I would very much appreciate it. The criteria would be that it is a new character started in the Union War version that hasn’t already had any connection with commerce. If you are on Aegean Server, I might even be able to help you. If you want to help, send me a PM so I can discuss with you the information that I need. I will give anyone who helps me credit ^_^. All text in BOLD RED is new data

QUOTE: After 1 time 28.50%
After 3 times 26.82%
After 4 times ..26.25%
5 - 25.75%
6 -25.31%
7 - 24.90%
8 - 24.52%
9 -24.17%
10 -23.83%
11 -23.52%
12 -23.22%
13 -22.93%
14 -22.65%
15 -22.38%
16 -22.13%
17 -21.88%
18 -21.63%
19 -21.40%
20 -21.17%
21 -20.94%
22 -20.73%
23 -20.51%
24 -20.30%
25 -20.10% 20.05%


Intermediate pass will require 40 Crystal ore. Exchanged at 20.05% from beginner pass. Also your level must be at level 40.

After 1 time..19.80% 19.75 %
After 2 times..19.46% 19.46 %
3 -19.14% 19.18%
4 -18.82% 18.91%
5 -18.51%
6 -18.21%
7 -17.92%
8 -17.63%
9 -17.35%
10 -17.08%
11 -16.81%
12 -16.55%
13 -16.29%
14 -16.04%
15 -15.79%
16 -15.54%
17 -15.30%
18 -15.07%
19 -14.83%
20 -14.61%
21 -14.38%
22 -14.16%
23 -13.94%
24 -13.72%
25 -13.51%
26 -13.30%
27 -13.09%
28 -12.88%
29 -12.68%
30 -12.48%
31 -12.28%
32 -12.08%
33 -11.89%
34 -11.70%
35 -11.51%
36 -11.32%
37 -11.13%
38 -10.95%
39 -10.76%
40 -10.58%
41 -10.40%
42 -10.23%
43 -10.05%

Exchange to expert commerce pass with 40 energy ores when intermediate pass down to 10.05%
~ Tips and Hints for Commerce Quests

1) Carry Ore/Wood/Sashimi

Often Sidorrf will ask you to simply bring him a life-skill item like Sashimi, Wood or Ore. The best thing to do when you are working on lowering your tax rate is to keep about 2 stacks of these items in your inventory. Often you will get sequential quests for them like 8 Wood ~ 6 Sashimi~ 7 Wood, etc and by holding enough of these in your inventory you can complete the quests right after accepting it and knock down several in a row without breaking a sweat. If you run out you will have to go out and chop/mine/fish/buy some more. At Mid Level permit, you may want to carry more stacks as one quest would chew through 20-25 at a time



2) Tickets, Tickets, Tickets

Tickets are very handy things to have when doing commerce quests. They allow you to warp to and from locations without having to find a teleporter. This is particularly handy for getting to NPC or monster areas fast. I set my spawn point at Abandon Mine Haven so I had easy access to teleporting to other Ascaron Havens and to the Woodcutting spot south of the haven & the crystal ore mining spot. All the Havens on Magical Ocean and Deep Blue I could run to.

Also keep a good stock of Shaitan tickets on you as it will be the ones you use the most.

3) The Secret to Constant Tax Reductions

Big thanks to Warby for posting this

Now when you do commerce quests there is a chance that you get either a Tax Reduction or a Commerce Statue. Warby worked out that it isn’t so much chance as alternates. Basically, when you complete one lot of 6 quests and get a tax reduction, the next lot you complete will be a statue and the next one after that will be tax. Basically it looks like this

Quest Reward

Quest #1 Money, EXP
Quest #2 Money, EXP
Quest #3 Money, EXP
Quest #4 Money, EXP
Quest #5 Money, EXP
Quest #6 Money, EXP, Tax Reduction

Quest #1 Money, EXP
Quest #2 Money, EXP
Quest #3 Money, EXP
Quest #4 Money, EXP
Quest #5 Money, EXP
Quest #6 Money, EXP, Commerce Statue

Quest #1 Money, EXP
Quest #2 Money, EXP
Quest #3 Money, EXP
Quest #4 Money, EXP
Quest #5 Money, EXP
Quest #6 Money, EXP, Tax Reduction

Now just like your “Class Life” quests, when you abandon one it resets the whole sequence. So if you abandon the first quest in a Statue set you will skip onto the next set which is another reduction. This is what it looks like;

Quest #1 Money, EXP
Quest #2 Money, EXP
Quest #3 Money, EXP
Quest #4 Money, EXP
Quest #5 Money, EXP
Quest #6 Money, EXP, Tax Reduction

Quest #1 <- Accept and cancel straight away. Don’t complete it.

Quest #1 Money, EXP
Quest #2 Money, EXP
Quest #3 Money, EXP
Quest #4 Money, EXP
Quest #5 Money, EXP
Quest #6 Money, EXP, Tax Reduction

Cancelling a quest does cost some money, but if your goal is to reduce your tax as quickly as possible, then this is the way to shortcut it. Alternatively, if you are wanting statues for Crafting/Manufacturing than you could reverse this process in order to only get statues.



Authors’ Note: I have tested this out with Low Level Permit and in the entire time from 30% - 20% I only got 1 Statue and that was the first quest set I completed so this DOES WORK. The same pattern applies for the Mid Level Quests, only there are 8 quests in a set.

4. Commerce Centres & Coordinates

In this part of my guide I will be detailing the various locations and coordinates needed to perform trading. This not only includes the Commerce centre, but the cords for the docking point and the harbourmaster. Note that some traders can be found in the open, while others are in buildings. Sometimes entering buildings can be tricky. The easiest way is to get close to the building and click inside the room through the roof. Your character will naturally find the path inside. I will also be including references to Landing in Safe/Battle zones. Some of the isles contain high-level and aggressive monsters.

Format

Docking Coords: the location of the moving-arrow-docking thing
Harbourmaster Coords: the location of there the harbourmaster is. You talk to them to refuel, repair and set sail, as long as your boat is docked there
Builder Coords: the location of the boat builder. You talk to them to upgrade your boat (only applicable for Argent, Thundoria, Shaitan & Icicle)
Trader Coords: the coordinates of where to find the trader
Safety Factor: percentage figure. An estimate of how safe/dangerous a city/port is.
100% - Completely Safe
75% - Mostly Safe (Spawn is in Safe zone, Safe zone is moderate. Areas outside contain high-level, vicious monsters)
50% - Moderately Safe (Spawn is in Safe zone, Safe zone is small. Areas outside contain high-level, vicious monsters)
25% - Mostly Unsafe (Spawn is in Battle zone, Safe zone is small. Areas outside contain high-level, vicious monsters)
0% - Highly Unsafe (Spawn is in Battle zone, No safe zone exists. Entire area contains high-level, vicious monsters)

Finding the Trader: Instructions of how to get to the trader and whether or not he is inside or outside
Safety Analysis: Brief description of the safety/unsafety factor. Explains the boundaries of Safe and Battle Zones. Lists monsters and monster levels found

Images: For each section there are 3-4 images
Image 1 - Cropped image of the big map for the City/Isle. Location of Trader circled in Red
Image 2 - Radar image for location of Trader. The Icon for a trader is a green square with a blue bag on it
Image 3 - Picture of Trader
Image 4 - Picture of the Radar edited with an approximate borderline of the perimeter of the Safe Zone (only applicable to Locations with a Safety Factor of less than 100%)

a) Ascaron - ArgentCity

Docking Coords: (2250, 2819)
Harbourmaster Coords: (2242, 2826)
Builder Coords: (2255, 2801)
Trader Coords: (2238, 2822)
Safety Factor: 100%

Finding the Trader: The Commerce Centre in Argent City can be found in the eastern off-branch of the city. The Trader Chiroro is found inside a building in the centre of the square.
Safety Analysis: Once you enter the port of Argent you are in a safe zone. The path to the Trader is monster-free.



b) Ascaron - Zephyr Isle (south-west of Argent)

Docking Coords: (3260, 3309)
Harbourmaster Coords: (3252, 3300)
Trader Coords: (3256,3279)
Safety Factor: 75% Safe

Finding the Trader: Trader Burgess can be found out in the open. He is slightly above and to the left of the spot where you spawn from
Safety Analysis: The area you spawn in is a safe zone. The other NPCs on the isle (the teleporter and the harbourmaster) are also in a safe zone. There is a battle zone outside the perimeter of the encampment that has lvl 51 Frenzied Wolves in it.



c) Ascaron - Thundoria Harbour (north-east of Argent)

Docking Coords: (1058, 1331)
Harbourmaster Coords: (1057, 1324)
Builder Coords: (1061, 1291)
Trader Coords: (1005, 1305)
Safety Factor: 100%

Finding the Trader: Trader Sanjay can be found inside a commerce building in the main square of Thundoria Harbour. Cross the bridge to the western part of the town and head to the lower building
Safety Analysis: Thundoria Harbour itself is completely safe. However exiting the town to the west would put you in a battle zone, though if your only purpose here is Commerce, then there should be no reason for you to do so. Common enemies found there are lvl 55 Guardian Angels and other lvl 40 monsters.



d) Ascaron - Glacier Isle (east of Thundoria)

Docking Coords: (2305, 1123)
Harbourmaster Coords: (2299, 1123)
Trader Coords: (2279, 1113)
Safety Factor: 50%

Finding the Trader: Trader Sacenis can be found a little up and to the right of your spawn point. He is out in the open in front of a tent
Safety Analysis: You spawn point here is in a safe zone, though it is rather close to the safety barrier. The safe zone here is actually rather small, so I advise against any exploring. Stick to the path from the harbour to the trader. Monsters roaming outside the safe zone are lvl 50-55 Sakura Pirates (Sailor/Fighter/Militia).



e) Ascaron - Outlaw Isle (north-east of Glacier)

Docking Coords: (3632, 747)
Harbourmaster Coords: (3619, 743)
Trader Coords: (3595, 740)
Safety Factor: 75%

Finding the Trader: Trader Dilady (man are the running out of names or what??) can be found just above where you spawn. He is in the open in front of a tent.
Safety Analysis: Your spawn point is safely inside the safe zone. The safe zone extends to the top right of the island where the teleporter is. As long as you stay away from the walls lining the east of the port area you should be fine. The monsters found here are lvl 49 Great Polar Bear, Lvl 50 Horrific Snowman and Lvl 52 Horrific Yeti



f) Magical Ocean - ShaitanCity

Docking Coords: (844, 3684)
Harbourmaster Coords: (822, 3698)
Builder Coords: (900, 3669)
Trader Coords: (801, 3657)
Safety Factor: 100%

Finding the Trader: Trader Sidorf is found in the south west part of the city, above the path to the harbour. He is inside a building. This is the trader to come to in order to get your commerce permit and he is the one who gives you the INSANELY REPETITIVE quests in order to reduce your tax rate
Safety Analysis: Just like Argent, this harbour is completely safe



g) Magical Ocean - Canary Isle (east of Shaitan)

Travelling Note: When approaching the Island BE CAREFULL. Situated around the border of the island are cannon towers that will aim and fire at your boat. If you have a guppy or a similar low-level boat this could do serious damage to your durability. Instead, you will note that surrounding the island there is a ring of dark blue water (guessing its supposed to represent a reef). This outline is a safe distance from any of the canons. Follow this line when approaching the island until you get to the eastern side of the island. The area around the docking point is safe for you to approach.

Author’s Note: I had heard of this previously and had conscientiously avoided the border of the island for fear of these cannons. In making this guide I decided to try it out and see how bad it was. The smart thing to do would have been to repair my ship to maximum capacity BEFORE sailing close to a cannon. Did I do the smart thing? NOOOOO. With my lvl 25 Windseeker (82 Defence) the cannons did about 250-350 damage, plus they have a decent firing speed. Not nice when your boat only has about 1100 Durability left

Docking Coords: (1761, 3772)
Harbourmaster Coords: (1743, 3773)
Trader Coords: (1738, 3751)
Safety Factor: 50%

Finding the Trader: Trader Mickey is up and to the right of your spawn point. Like most isle traders he is in front of a tent.
Safety Analysis: You spawn in a safe zone, but the area is quite dangerous. The safe zone is rather limited. *IMPORTANT* be careful if you want to approach the Teleporter. She is only halfway in the safe zone. Sometimes when you click on her and your character auto-adjusts its position, you might actually end up in a battle zone. The monsters found here are Jack the Pirate’s Crew (lvl 30 Sailor/Lvl 41 Fighter/lvl 45 Militia). Note that cannons can fire at you while you are on the land, as well as being in your boat.




h) Magical Ocean - Cupid Isle (north-east of Canary)

Docking Coords: (2526, 2375)
Harbourmaster Coords: (2527, 2393)
Trader Coords: (2520, 2397)
Safety Factor: 25%

Finding the Trader: Trader Yuka is just to the left of where you spawn, close to the teleporter
Safety Analysis: DO NOT LET DOWN YOUR GUARD HERE. The area that you spawn in is actually outside the safe zone and there is at least one monster in range of you. If you are lagging badly, you might find that by the time your computer catches up, you may already have taken hits from the mob. As soon as you land, head up into the safe zone. Please note that the safe zone here is rather small. The monsters found here are Jack the Pirate’s Crew (lvl 30 Sailor/Lvl 41 Fighter/lvl 45 Militia).



i) Magical Ocean - Isle of Chill (north of Cupid)

Docking Coords: (2369, 754)
Harbourmaster Coords: (2372, 736)
Trader Coords: (2385, 735)
Safety Factor: 50%

Finding the Trader: The Trader Sibun is just down and to the left of your spawn point.
Safety Analysis: This island isn’t too bad. However, note that when you talk to the trader there will be one or 2 monsters nearby. They won’t attack you in the safe zone, though they can be disconcerting. Monsters here are Northern Pirates (lvl 57 Sailor/Fighter, lvl 58 Militia)



j) Deep Blue - Lower Icicle Castle

Docking Coords: (1212, 658)
Harbourmaster Coords: (1215, 682)
Builder Coords: (1222, 627)
Trader Coords: (1260, 576)
Safety Factor: 100%

Finding the Trader: The trader here can be a bit hard to find as everything is blue so the commerce centre doesn’t stick out on the map. Head up and follow the path to the right until you reach the building and enter. Trader Pahniro is inside.
Safety Analysis: Completely Safe. There is a battle zone to the left, but it only has Mystic Shrubs and Squidy’s so no real threat



k) Deep Blue - Isle of Fortune (south of Icicle)

Travelling Note: This is a particularly dangerous area. Approach with caution, the strongest pirate ships patrol this area. Also as noted below in the Safety Analysis, the isle itself is very dangerous as there are NO safe zones on the island. Also note that there are two ‘landing’ zones. Don’t go to the middle one, it is false, the only dockable port is the one at the bottom

Author’s Note: I HATE THIS ISLAND. My character with the Mid level permit is at the time of writing this guide, only lvl 40 so would get slaughtered if I tried to come here with her, so I took my lvl 60 FS Cleric instead. Hallelujah for Energy Shield. When I go to an island I usually take multiple screenshots of the trader, the trading window and the radar/map zones. It took be about 5 minutes of running to and from the harbour where it is relatively safe to get all that I needed. Thankfully it was an x3 EXP weekend and there were plenty of people there training, so they killed monsters for me. Special thanks to LoveLove (SM) for sealing a mob about to kill me ^_^.

Docking Coords: (1655, 1996)
Harbourmaster Coords: (1642, 1984)
Trader Coords: (1620, 1976)
Safety Factor: 0%

Finding the Trader: Trader Bowey is to the left of where you spawn. He is in front of a tent.
Safety Analysis: VERY DANGEROUS. This island has no safe zone. You spawn in a battle zone and can be attacked at any time. The monsters are also quite strong. The area which the trader is in is directly in the range of about 1 or 2 of the monsters so in the time it would take you to sell and buy goods from the trader, you may well be dead, unless you have sufficient HP and Defence (or SP for Clerics Energy Shield) to tank the damage for a minute or so. I strongly recommend that players under lvl 60 shouldn’t try coming here. Monsters that can be found here are the Beardy Pirate Crew (lvl67 Sailor/Lvl68 Fighter/Lvl68 Militia)



Special Note:

Although Fortune Isle is a battle zone, there is a certain degree of safety in certain areas. If you look at the image below I have outlined a safe-ish area that is outside the range of most monsters. This is an area that you could retreat to, to sit and let your HP/SP regenerate if needed. However, I stress that it is only “safe-ISH”. If a monster spawns differently, you may find the area you are in is a part of their range again so please don’t AFK thinking that you are completely safe.

5. Glossary of Commerce Items

This section goes in depth in analysing each commerce item, detailing where it can be bought from, where it can be sold to, what level of permit is required and estimates of cost and selling price. I have personally sailed to every commerce centre to verify/correct the information. I first went everywhere with a low level permit and then with a mid-level permit to verify the permit required data. The reason for the sub-sections is to meet the different information needs of users. When I started commerce-ing I found the existing guides inadequate. One guide only listed the buying/selling of items in each centre without matching it up to the buying/selling in other centres and the other guide only listed item tradability on direct routes without exploring much cross-map trading. Hopefully my breakdown will help you find what information you are after.

Also note that the prices aren’t fixed. They change roughly every 30 minutes. However I have noticed that buying prices fluctuate within ?50-?150 and most selling prices move within ?100-?200, though a few I have encountered vary as much as ?700. I have taken screenshots of the different trading centres at different times and have listed in the Average selling price column the range for the highest and the lowest prices that I have seen (rounded to 10). The more expensive an items is, the larger range it has to fluctuate, so it is more risky as to wether you make a small or a large profit.

a) Commerce Items by Name

This section lists all items by alphabetical order. The purpose here is to help people who only want information on one particular item find it more easily

IMAGE	Item Name	Permit	Buy From	Average Cost	Sell To	Average Price
	Airlake Conch	L	Canary Isle	400 - 450	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	770 - 920 760 - 890 870 - 950 830 - 960 890 - 1,020 750 - 850 850 - 920 620 - 1,000 830 - 960
	Amulet of Misfortune	L	Isle of Fortune	400 - 480	Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle	890 - 1,010 690 - 1,050
	Argent Dinner Wine	H	Argent City	630 - 700	Isle of Fortune	1,240 - 1,430
	Azure Figurine	M	Thundoria Harbour	500 - 550	Argent City Zephyr Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle Isle of Chill	910 - 1,070 900 - 1,050 970 - 1,050 1,110 - 1,190 970 - 1,090
	Bagpipe	L	Zephyr Isle	520 - 560	ArgentCity Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Canary Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	930 - 1,110 990 - 1,170 1,030 - 1,2301,050 - 1,180 1,000 - 1,180 1,130 - 1,300 890 - 1,500 1,330 - 1,350
	Bamboo Can	L	Argent City	350 - 420	Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Canary Isle	750 - 840 770 - 920 770 - 810 750 - 870
	Beast Catching Toy	H	Icicle Castle	630 - 780	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle	970 - 1,340 1,040 - 1,430 940 - 1,150 940 - 1,340 1,010 - 1,240
	Blessed Wedding Gown	M	Cupid Isle	530 - 580	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,050 - 1,210 990 - 1,150 1,127 - 1,270 1,150 - 1,360 1,170 - 1,280 990 - 1,180 1,010 - 1,160 1,080 - 1,190 950 - 1,400 980 - 1,230
	Blue Cola	H	Shaitan City	640 - 780	Zephyr Isle Isle of Chill	1,100 - 1,480 1,050 - 1,550
	Caviar	L	Isle of Chill	410 - 480	Outlaw Isle Lower Icicle Castle	850 - 880 720 - 1,170
	Chicken Burger	L	Icicle Castle	710 - 900	Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	1,210 - 1,550 1,040 - 1,660 1,110 - 1,540
	Clarion Necklace	L	Shaitan City	320 - 380	Zephyr Isle Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle	770 - 800 680 - 760 670 - 800 600 - 740
	Cryosel	M	Glacier Isle	530 - 640	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	970 - 1,100 1,030 - 1,190 1,020 - 1,140 980 - 1,130 1,060 - 1,200 1,000 - 1,280 1,150 - 1,290 1,030 - 1,570 1,070 - 1,190
	Crystal Vessel	M	Shaitan City	490 - 560	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle	940 - 1,050 1,100 - 1,190 950 - 1,080 860 - 1,310
	Decorative Hourglass	L	Shaitan City	410 - 480	Zephyr Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	810 - 970 840 - 970 740 - 1,150 870 - 1,030
	Drifting Lucky Star Bottle	L	Isle of Fortune	290 - 330	Cupid Isle	570 - 650
	Empty Bottle	M	Outlaw Isle	490 - 520	Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	840 - 1,010 860 - 1,000
	Frost Crystal	L	Zephyr Isle	310 - 350	Argent City Shaitan City	660 - 770 600 - 740
	Frozen Tear Stone	M	Icicle Castle	460 - 570	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Cupid Isle	1,020 - 1,190 1,030 - 1,250 1,100 - 1180 1,000 - 1,140 930 - 1,170
	Fur Coat	L	Icicle Castle	430 - 560	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill Isle of Fortune	1,160 - 1,180 1,020 - 1,110 970 - 1,190 940 - 1,120 1,030 - 1,110
	Glassware	L	Argent City	430 - 500	Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Canary Isle	910 - 1,040 930 - 1,150 940 - 1,050
	Hamburger	H	Thundoria Harbour	690 - 770	Zephyr Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	1,100 - 1,470 1,120 - 1610 1,190 - 1,490
	High Grade Antler	L	Icicle Castle	300 - 360	Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Isle of Fortune	920 - 1,070 930 - 1,020 880 - 1,010 860 - 930
	High Grade Battleship Component	M	Thundoria Harbour	520 - 610	Zephyr Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	960 - 1,040 940 - 1,080 990 - 1,210 1,120 - 1,230 990 - 1,030 1,180 - 1,760 1,110 - 1,240
	High Grade Porcelain	L	Shaitan City	270 - 320	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Canary Isle	560 - 650 590 - 630 530 - 650
	High Quality Silk Cloth	L	Argent City	290 - 340	Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Shaitan City	570 - 640 560 - 660 580 - 680
	Honey Cake　　　　	L	Cupid Isle	370 - 430	Canary Isle	720 - 850
	Icy Cold Brick	L	Glacier Isle	410 - 480	Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle	790 - 900 810 - 960
	Icy Dragon Wine	L	Thundoria Harbour	460 - 500	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	950 - 1,030 990 - 1,030 990 - 1,060 990 - 1,180 760 - 1,280 1,070 - 1,160
	Imitation Crystal Figurine	L	Icicle Castle	160 - 220	Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Isle of Fortune	600 - 640 580 - 640 570 - 650 560 - 610
	Imitation Royal Tableware	H	Thundoria Harbour	600 - 670	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	900 - 1,050 960 - 1,340 1,000 - 1,100 1,200 - 1,620 1,170 - 1,820 1,160 - 1,600

	Liquor	M	Shaitan City	450 - 540	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle	880 - 1,030 1,030 - 1,120 960 - 1,140
	Love Grass　　　	M	Cupid Isle	480 - 570	Shaitan City Canary Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	910 - 990 900 - 1,040 780 - 1,120 980 - 1,060
	Lucky Accessories	M	Isle of Fortune	470 - 510	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle Isle of Chill	990 - 1,130 960 - 1,160 980 - 1,130 950 - 1,060 1,000 - 1,130 930 - 1,040 880 - 970 910 - 1,050
	Machine Component	H	Shaitan City	590 - 640	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle	1,050 - 1,360 930 - 1,160 1,090 - 1,460
	Magnificent Wood Figurine	L	Argent City	410 - 470	Glacier Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle	790 - 950 850 - 970 840 - 950
	Mysterious Liquor	M	Icicle Castle	660 - 750	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	1,140 - 1,300 1,000 - 1,220 980 - 1,120
	Ocean Mud	M	Glacier Isle	500 - 560	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Isle of Chill	910 - 1,040 890 - 1,050 870 - 990 880 - 1,030
	Pirate Eye Patch	H	Outlaw Isle	610 - 650	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,070 - 1,240 1,130 - 1,500 1,040 - 1,150 1,220 - 1,450 1,300 - 1,520 1,220 - 1,360 1,050 - 1,190 1,300 - 1,660 1,300 - 1,420
	Red Cola	H	Argent City	650 - 800	Zephyr Isle Isle of Chill	1,000 - 1,620 1,480 - 1,660
	Red Dates Sauce	L	Shaitan City	370 - 430	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Isle of Fortune	720 - 820 790 - 850 770 - 870
	Refreshing Coconut Wine	L	Zephyr Isle	430 - 460	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Canary Isle	800 - 920 900 - 1,000 840 - 950 850 - 960
	Rock-like Material	M	Outlaw Isle	500 - 580	Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	920 - 1,020 920 - 1,120 970 - 1,120
	Sand Regiment	L	Canary Isle	360 - 400	Cupid Isle	670 - 810
	Sea Jelly Membrane	M	Isle of Chill	470 - 530	Glacier Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	820 - 930 660 - 1,140 900 - 1,070
	Sea Monster Grease	M	Isle of Chill	460 - 570	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	930 - 1,110 1,000 - 1,200 930 - 1,090 890 - 1,060 900 - 1,060 980 - 1,140 970 - 1,080 940 - 1,200 930 - 1,090
	Silver Jewellery	M	Argent City	500 - 590	Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,000 - 1,130 950 - 1,030 1,060 - 1,220 750 - 1,310 1,160 - 1,280
	Silver Ring	M	Argent City	520 - 600	Zephyr Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,000 - 1,130 1,110 - 1,200 1,030 - 1,220 930 - 1,320 1,120 - 1,300
	Snow Squidy Doll	L	Icicle Castle	260 - 300	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	660 - 880 720 - 810 700 - 860 670 - 760
	Wind Chime Sand	L	Canary Isle	280 - 340	Shaitan City Cupid Isle	600 - 670 570 - 690
	Wood Bundle	N/A			Argent City Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Lower Icicle Castle	100 100 200 300
	Pig Iron	N/A			Argent City Thundoria Harbour ShaitanCity	500 450 360
	Crystal	N/A			Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Lower Icicle Castle	1,000 1,000 1,000
	Energy Crystal	N/A			Argent City Thundoria Harbour Lower Icicle Castle	300 300 300
	Fish Meat	N/A			Argent City Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Lower Icicle Castle	20 20 20 20

b) Commerce Items by Location Bought

This section lists all items by order of Trading Centre. Within that it is sorted by the order it is seen on the cargo trade window. This section should help people who want to learn about the tradability of items from one centre

Argent City

IMAGE	Item Name	Permit	Buy From	Average Cost	Sell To	Average Price
	High Quality Silk Cloth	L	Argent City	290 - 340	Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Shaitan City	570 - 640 560 - 660 580 - 680
	Bamboo Can	L	Argent City	350 - 420	Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Canary Isle	750 - 840 770 - 920 770 - 810 750 - 870
	Magnificent Wood Figurine	L	Argent City	410 - 470	Glacier Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle	790 - 950 850 - 970 840 - 950
	Glassware	L	Argent City	430 - 500	Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Canary Isle	910 - 1,040 930 - 1,150 940 - 1,050
	Silver Jewellery	M	Argent City	500 - 590	Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,000 - 1,130 950 - 1,030 1,060 - 1,220 750 - 1,310 1,160 - 1,280
	Silver Ring	M	Argent City	520 - 600	Zephyr Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,000 - 1,130 1,110 - 1,200 1,030 - 1,220 930 - 1,320 1,120 - 1,300
	Argent Dinner Wine	H	Argent City	630 - 700	Isle of Fortune	1,240 - 1,430
	Red Cola	H	Argent City	650 - 800	Zephyr Isle Isle of Chill	1,000 - 1,620 1,480 - 1,660

Zephyr Isle

	Frost Crystal	L	Zephyr Isle	310 - 350	Argent City Shaitan City	660 - 770 600 - 740
	Refreshing Coconut Wine	L	Zephyr Isle	430 - 460	Argent City Thundoria HarbourShaitan City Canary Isle	800 - 920 900 - 1,000 840 - 950 850 - 960
	Bagpipe	L	Zephyr Isle	520 - 560	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Canary Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	930 - 1,110 990 - 1,170 1,030 - 1,230 1,050 - 1,180 1,000 - 1,180 1,130 - 1,300 890 - 1,500 1,330 - 1,350

Thundoria Harbour

	Icy Dragon Wine	L	Thundoria Harbour	460 - 500	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Cupid Isle LowerIcicle Castle Isle of Fortune	950 - 1,030 990 - 1,030 990 - 1,060 990 - 1,180 760 - 1,280 1,070 - 1,160
	Azure Figurine	M	Thundoria Harbour	500 - 550	Argent City Zephyr Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Isle of Chill	910 - 1,070 900 - 1,050 970 - 1,050 1,110 - 1,190 970 - 1,090
	High Grade Battleship Component	M	Thundoria Harbour	520 - 610	Zephyr Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	960 - 1,040 940 - 1,080 990 - 1,210 1,120 - 1,230 990 - 1,030 1,180 - 1,760 1,110 - 1,240
	Imitation Royal Tableware	H	Thundoria Harbour	600 - 670	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	900 - 1,050 960 - 1,340 1,000 - 1,100 1,200 - 1,620 1,170 - 1,820 1,160 - 1,600
	Hamburger	H	Thundoria Harbour	690 - 770	Zephyr Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	1,100 - 1,470 1,120 - 1610 1,190 - 1,490

Glacier Isle

	Icy Cold Brick	L	Glacier Isle	410 - 480	Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle	790 - 900 810 - 960
	Ocean Mud	M	Glacier Isle	500 - 560	Argent City Thundoria HarbourOutlaw Isle Isle of Chill	910 - 1,040 890 - 1,050 870 - 990 880 - 1,030
	Cryosel	M	Glacier Isle	530 - 640	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	970 - 1,100 1,030 - 1,190 1,020 - 1,140 980 - 1,130 1,060 - 1,200 1,000 - 1,280 1,150 - 1,290 1,030 - 1,570 1,070 - 1,190

Outlaw Isle

	Empty Bottle	M	Outlaw Isle	490 - 520	Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	840 - 1,010 860 - 1,000
	Rock-like Material	M	Outlaw Isle	500 - 580	Thundoria HarbourGlacier Isle Isle of Chill	920 - 1,020 920 - 1,120 970 - 1,120
	Pirate Eye Patch	H	Outlaw Isle	610 - 650	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,070 - 1,240 1,130 - 1,500 1,040 - 1,150 1,220 - 1,450 1,300 - 1,520 1,220 - 1,360 1,050 - 1,190 1,300 - 1,660 1,300 - 1,420

Shaitan City

	High Grade Porcelain	L	Shaitan City	270 - 320	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Canary Isle	560 - 650 590 - 630 530 - 650
	Clarion Necklace	L	Shaitan City	320 - 380	Zephyr Isle Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle	770 - 800 680 - 760 670 - 800 600 - 740
	Red Dates Sauce	L	Shaitan City	370 - 430	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Isle of Fortune	720 - 820 790 - 850 770 - 870
	Decorative Hourglass	L	Shaitan City	410 - 480	Zephyr Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	810 - 970 840 - 970 740 - 1,150 870 - 1,030
	Liquor	M	Shaitan City	450 - 540	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle	880 - 1,030 1,030 - 1,120 960 - 1,140
	Crystal Vessel	M	Shaitan City	490 - 560	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle	940 - 1,050 1,100 - 1,190 950 - 1,080 860 - 1,310
	Machine Component	H	Shaitan City	590 - 640	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle	1,050 - 1,360 930 - 1,160 1,090 - 1,460
	Blue Cola	H	Shaitan City	640 - 780	Zephyr Isle Isle of Chill	1,100 - 1,480 1,050 - 1,550

Canary Isle

	Wind Chime Sand	L	Canary Isle	280 - 340	Shaitan City Cupid Isle	600 - 670 570 - 690
	Sand Regiment	L	Canary Isle	360 - 400	Cupid Isle	670 - 810
	Airlake Conch	L	Canary Isle	400 - 450	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	770 - 920 760 - 890 870 - 950 830 - 960 890 - 1,020 750 - 850 850 - 920 620 - 1,000 830 - 960

Cupid Isle

	Honey Cake　　　　	L	Cupid Isle	370 - 430	Canary Isle	720 - 850
	Love Grass　　　	M	Cupid Isle	480 - 570	ShaitanCity Canary Isle LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	910 - 990 900 - 1,040 780 - 1,120 980 - 1,060
	Blessed Wedding Gown	M	Cupid Isle	530 - 580	ArgentCity Zephyr Isle ThundoriaHarbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle Isle of Chill LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	1,050 - 1,210 990 - 1,150 1,127 - 1,270 1,150 - 1,360 1,170 - 1,280 990 - 1,180 1,010 - 1,160 1,080 - 1,190 950 - 1,400 980 - 1,230

Isle of Chill

	Caviar	L	Isle of Chill	410 - 480	Outlaw Isle LowerIcicleCastle	850 - 880 720 - 1,170
	Sea Jelly Membrane	M	Isle of Chill	470 - 530	Glacier Isle LowerIcicleCastleIsle of Fortune	820 - 930 660 - 1,140 900 - 1,070
	Sea Monster Grease	M	Isle of Chill	460 - 570	ArgentCity Zephyr Isle ThundoriaHarbourGlacier Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle Cupid Isle LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	930 - 1,110 1,000 - 1,200 930 - 1,090 890 - 1,060 900 - 1,060 980 - 1,140 970 - 1,080 940 - 1,200 930 - 1,090

Icicle Castle

	Imitation Crystal Figurine	L	IcicleCastle	160 - 220	Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Cupid Isle Isle of Fortune	600 - 640 580 - 640 570 - 650 560 - 610
	Snow Squidy Doll	L	IcicleCastle	260 - 300	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	660 - 880 720 - 810 700 - 860 670 - 760
	High Grade Antler	L	IcicleCastle	300 - 360	ThundoriaHarbour Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Isle of Fortune	920 - 1,070 930 - 1,020 880 - 1,010 860 - 930
	Fur Coat	L	IcicleCastle	430 - 560	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill Isle of Fortune	1,160 - 1,180 1,020 - 1,110 970 - 1,190 940 - 1,120 1,030 - 1,110
	Frozen Tear Stone	M	Icicle Castle	460 - 570	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Cupid Isle	1,020 - 1,190 1,030 - 1,250 1,100 - 1180 1,000 - 1,140 930 - 1,170
	Mysterious Liquor	M	Icicle Castle	660 - 750	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	1,140 - 1,300 1,000 - 1,220 980 - 1,120
	Beast Catching Toy	H	Icicle Castle	630 - 780	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Cupid Isle	970 - 1,340 1,040 - 1,430 940 - 1,150 940 - 1,340 1,010 - 1,240
	Chicken Burger	L	Icicle Castle	710 - 900	Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	1,210 - 1,550 1,040 - 1,660 1,110 - 1,540

Isle of Fortune

	Drifting Lucky Star Bottle	L	Isle of Fortune	290 - 330	Cupid Isle	570 - 650
	Amulet of Misfortune	L	Isle of Fortune	400 - 480	Cupid Isle LowerIcicleCastle	890 - 1,010 690 - 1,050
	Lucky Accessories	M	Isle of Fortune	470 - 510	ArgentCity Zephyr Isle ThundoriaHarbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle Isle of Chill	990 - 1,130 960 - 1,160 980 - 1,130 950 - 1,060 1,000 - 1,130 930 - 1,040 880 - 970 910 - 1,050

c) Commerce Items by Permit Required

This section lists all items by the level of permit required. Within that is it sorted by trading centre order. This should help people who want to know what items/routes are best for their level of tax.

Low Level Permit Items

IMAGE	Item Name	Permit	Buy From	Average Cost	Sell To	Average Price
	High Quality Silk Cloth	L	ArgentCity	290 - 340	ThundoriaHarbour Glacier Isle ShaitanCity	570 - 640 560 - 660 580 - 680
	Bamboo Can	L	ArgentCity	350 - 420	Zephyr Isle ThundoriaHarbour Glacier Isle Canary Isle	750 - 840 770 - 920 770 - 810 750 - 870
	Magnificent Wood Figurine	L	ArgentCity	410 - 470	Glacier Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle	790 - 950 850 - 970 840 - 950
	Glassware	L	ArgentCity	430 - 500	ThundoriaHarbour Outlaw Isle Canary Isle	910 - 1,040 930 - 1,150 940 - 1,050
	Frost Crystal	L	Zephyr Isle	310 - 350	ArgentCity ShaitanCity	660 - 770 600 - 740
	Refreshing Coconut Wine	L	Zephyr Isle	430 - 460	ArgentCity ThundoriaHarbourShaitanCity Canary Isle	800 - 920 900 - 1,000 840 - 950 850 - 960
	Bagpipe	L	Zephyr Isle	520 - 560	ArgentCity Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Canary Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	930 - 1,110 990 - 1,170 1,030 - 1,230 1,050 - 1,180 1,000 - 1,180 1,130 - 1,300 890 - 1,500 1,330 - 1,350
	Icy Dragon Wine	L	ThundoriaHarbour	460 - 500	ArgentCity Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Cupid Isle LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	950 - 1,030 990 - 1,030 990 - 1,060 990 - 1,180 760 - 1,280 1,070 - 1,160
	Icy Cold Brick	L	Glacier Isle	410 - 480	ThundoriaHarbour Outlaw Isle	790 - 900 810 - 960
	High Grade Porcelain	L	ShaitanCity	270 - 320	ArgentCity ThundoriaHarbour Canary Isle	560 - 650 590 - 630 530 - 650
	Clarion Necklace	L	ShaitanCity	320 - 380	Zephyr Isle Canary Isle Cupid Isle LowerIcicleCastle	770 - 800 680 - 760 670 - 800 600 - 740
	Red Dates Sauce	L	ShaitanCity	370 - 430	ArgentCity ThundoriaHarbour Isle of Fortune	720 - 820 790 - 850 770 - 870
	Decorative Hourglass	L	ShaitanCity	410 - 480	Zephyr Isle Cupid Isle LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	810 - 970 840 - 970 740 - 1,150 870 - 1,030
	Wind Chime Sand	L	Canary Isle	280 - 340	ShaitanCity Cupid Isle	600 - 670 570 - 690
	Sand Regiment	L	Canary Isle	360 - 400	Cupid Isle	670 - 810
	Airlake Conch	L	Canary Isle	400 - 450	ArgentCity Zephyr Isle ThundoriaHarbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Isle of Chill LowerIcicleCastle Isle of Fortune	770 - 920 760 - 890 870 - 950 830 - 960 890 - 1,020 750 - 850 850 - 920 620 - 1,000 830 - 960
	Honey Cake　　　　	L	Cupid Isle	370 - 430	Canary Isle	720 - 850
	Caviar	L	Isle of Chill	410 - 480	Outlaw Isle LowerIcicleCastle	850 - 880 720 - 1,170

	Imitation Crystal Figurine	L	Icicle Castle	160 - 220	Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Cupid Isle Isle of Fortune	600 - 640 580 - 640 570 - 650 560 - 610
	Snow Squidy Doll	L	Icicle Castle	260 - 300	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	660 - 880 720 - 810 700 - 860 670 - 760
	High Grade Antler	L	Icicle Castle	300 - 360	Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Isle of Fortune	920 - 1,070 930 - 1,020 880 - 1,010 860 - 930
	Fur Coat	L	Icicle Castle	430 - 560	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill Isle of Fortune	1,160 - 1,180 1,020 - 1,110 970 - 1,190 940 - 1,120 1,030 - 1,110
	Chicken Burger	L	Icicle Castle	710 - 900	Glacier Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	1,210 - 1,550 1,040 - 1,660 1,110 - 1,540
	Amulet of Misfortune	L	Isle of Fortune	400 - 480	Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle	890 - 1,010 690 - 1,050
	Drifting Lucky Star Bottle	L	Isle of Fortune	290 - 330	Cupid Isle	570 - 650

Mid Level Permit Items

	Silver Jewellery	M	Argent City	500 - 590	Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,000 - 1,130 950 - 1,030 1,060 - 1,220 750 - 1,310 1,160 - 1,280
	Silver Ring	M	Argent City	520 - 600	Zephyr Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,000 - 1,130 1,110 - 1,200 1,030 - 1,220 930 - 1,320 1,120 - 1,300
	Azure Figurine	M	Thundoria Harbour	500 - 550	Argent City Zephyr Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Isle of Chill	910 - 1,070 900 - 1,050 970 - 1,050 1,110 - 1,190 970 - 1,090
	High Grade Battleship Component	M	Thundoria Harbour	520 - 610	Zephyr Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	960 - 1,040 940 - 1,080 990 - 1,210 1,120 - 1,230 990 - 1,030 1,180 - 1,760 1,110 - 1,240
	Cryosel	M	Glacier Isle	530 - 640	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	970 - 1,100 1,030 - 1,190 1,020 - 1,140 980 - 1,130 1,060 - 1,200 1,000 - 1,280 1,150 - 1,290 1,030 - 1,570 1,070 - 1,190
	Ocean Mud	M	Glacier Isle	500 - 560	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Isle of Chill	910 - 1,040 890 - 1,050 870 - 990 880 - 1,030
	Empty Bottle	M	Outlaw Isle	490 - 520	Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	840 - 1,010 860 - 1,000
	Rock-like Material	M	Outlaw Isle	500 - 580	Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	920 - 1,020 920 - 1,120 970 - 1,120
	Crystal Vessel	M	Shaitan City	490 - 560	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle	940 - 1,050 1,100 - 1,190 950 - 1,080 860 - 1,310
	Liquor	M	Shaitan City	450 - 540	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle	880 - 1,030 1,030 - 1,120 960 - 1,140
	Blessed Wedding Gown	M	Cupid Isle	530 - 580	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,050 - 1,210 990 - 1,150 1,127 - 1,270 1,150 - 1,360 1,170 - 1,280 990 - 1,180 1,010 - 1,160 1,080 - 1,190 950 - 1,400 980 - 1,230
	Love Grass　　　	M	Cupid Isle	480 - 570	ShaitanCity Canary Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	910 - 990 900 - 1,040 780 - 1,120 980 - 1,060
	Sea Jelly Membrane	M	Isle of Chill	470 - 530	Glacier Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	820 - 930 660 - 1,140 900 - 1,070
	Sea Monster Grease	M	Isle of Chill	460 - 570	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	930 - 1,110 1,000 - 1,200 930 - 1,090 890 - 1,060 900 - 1,060 980 - 1,140 970 - 1,080 940 - 1,200 930 - 1,090
	Frozen Tear Stone	M	Icicle Castle	460 - 570	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle	1,020 - 1,190 1,030 - 1,250 1,100 - 1180 1,000 - 1,140 930 - 1,170
	Mysterious Liquor	M	Icicle Castle	660 - 750	Zephyr Isle Glacier Isle Isle of Chill	1,140 - 1,300 1,000 - 1,220 980 - 1,120
	Lucky Accessories	M	Isle of Fortune	470 - 510	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle ShaitanCity Canary Isle Isle of Chill	990 - 1,130 960 - 1,160 980 - 1,130 950 - 1,060 1,000 - 1,130 930 - 1,040 880 - 970 910 - 1,050

High Level Permit Items

	Argent Dinner Wine	H	Argent City	630 - 700	Isle of Fortune	1,240 - 1,430
	Red Cola	H	Argent City	650 - 800	Zephyr Isle Isle of Chill	1,000 - 1,620 1,480 - 1,660
	Hamburger	H	Thundoria Harbour	690 - 770	Zephyr Isle Canary Isle Isle of Chill	1,100 - 1,470 1,120 - 1610 1,190 - 1,490
	Imitation Royal Tableware	H	Thundoria Harbour	600 - 670	Argent City Glacier Isle Outlaw Isle Cupid Isle Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	900 - 1,050 960 - 1,340 1,000 - 1,100 1,200 - 1,620 1,170 - 1,820 1,160 - 1,600
	Pirate Eye Patch	H	Outlaw Isle	610 - 650	Argent City Zephyr Isle Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Canary Isle Cupid Isle Isle of Chill Lower Icicle Castle Isle of Fortune	1,070 - 1,240 1,130 - 1,500 1,040 - 1,150 1,220 - 1,450 1,300 - 1,520 1,220 - 1,360 1,050 - 1,190 1,300 - 1,660 1,300 - 1,420
	Blue Cola	H	Shaitan City	640 - 780	Zephyr Isle Isle of Chill	1,100 - 1,480 1,050 - 1,550
	Machine Component	H	Shaitan City	590 - 640	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle	1,050 - 1,360 930 - 1,160 1,090 - 1,460
	Beast Catching Toy	H	Icicle Castle	630 - 780	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle	970 - 1,340 1,040 - 1,430 940 - 1,150 940 - 1,340 1,010 - 1,240

d) Special Items

This section covers items that are obtained through life skills.

IMAGE	Name	Selling Location	Selling Price
	Wood Bundle	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Lower Icicle Castle	100 100 200 300
	Pig Iron	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City	500 450 360
	Crystal	Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Lower Icicle Castle	1,000 1,000 1,000
	Energy Crystal	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Lower Icicle Castle	300 300 300
	Fish Meat	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Shaitan City Lower Icicle Castle	20 20 20 20

These are items like wood, ore and fish meat that can be loaded into you cargo hold by the Freight guys or by fishing. Wood Bundles and Fish Meat are useful for repairing and refuelling your ship at sea. Whereas, as far as I know, the ore bundles have no purpose apart from selling.

To get the wood or ore in your ship, simply have the base materials (10x Wood = Wood Bundle, 10x Iron Ore = Pig Iron, 10x CrystalOre = Crystal, 10x Energy Ore = Energy Crystal) in your inventory and then talk to a Freight NPC on the same continent as where your ship is docked. To get the Fish Meat, simply fish at any fishing spot and when you pick them up they go to your cargo hold. These items, unlike normal commerce items ARE stackable. A stack of Wood or Ore is of 10 and Fish Meat is in stacks of 15.

These items, however are only sellable at the major cities of Argent, Thundoria, Shaitan, and Icicle. The price for them doesn’t fluctuate. Loading and selling ore can be profitable, but quite frankly it would be easier to sell them to other characters for use in quests and in the hexathalon. And wood and fish meat is better kept to sustain your ship. However, if you do have an excess of fish meat, you could sell some.

e) Salvage Items

This section covers items that are also obtainable through salvaging. While not totally related to commerce itis similar and can be quite profitable if done correctly.

IMAGE	Name	Buy From	Selling Location	Selling Price
	Imitation Crystal Figurine	Lower Icicle Castle	Outlaw Isle Shaitan City Cupid Isle Isle of Fortune	600 - 640 580 - 640 570 - 650 560 - 610
	High Grade Porcelain	Shaitan City	Argent City Thundoria Harbour Canary Isle	560 - 650 590 - 630 530 - 650
	High Quality Silk Cloth	Argent City	Thundoria Harbour Glacier Isle Shaitan City	570 - 640 560 - 660 580 - 680

These items are also obtained from salvaging Sunken Ships that can be found in various locations. This is a good way to make money, as essentially, you are filling up your cargo without having to buy the items from a trader. This means that once tax is taken out, you make 100% profit. The flip side, is that these items are low sellers, selling for only about ?500-700 and you also have to take into consideration the time and fuel spent in the salvaging process. However, on average, on a low level permit a person can make about ?10,000 - ?15,000 per trip.

Note that the same rules as commerce applies. You get tax deducted from the selling price. You also need to consider where you sell the items. For example if you are salvaging below Shaitan, then you would not be able to sell High Grade Porcelain there as that is the buying point for it, and the selling price is ?0.

For more on Salvaging;
Guide to Life Skills - Salvaging Here
Beginners Guide to Salvaging Here *Very Good*

6. Calculating Commerce Profits

In Commerce, Profit is the difference between the purchase price of an item and the ex-tax amount received from selling it. The basic formula for calculations is;

Profit = ( (Selling Price - Tax) - Purchase Price) x Cargo Slots

and Tax = Selling Price x tax rate

I know … maths


An Example might help:

Purchase Price: ?300
Selling Price: ?600
Tax Rate: 30%
Cargo Slots: 24

Tax = 600 x 0.30
= 180

Profit = ( (600 - 180) - 300) x 24
= (420 - 300) x 24
= 120 x 24
= 2,880


I know that seems complicated. There is an easier way to work out your profits as you go. In the system window, you will notice that the selling and buying transactions are recorded there. When you buy an item, it notes how many you bought and the total purchase price. When you sell an item it says what you sold and how much money you received (the selling price - tax) and how much tax you paid separately.


When I go on a commerce stint, I like to set out a little table on a piece of paper beside me and I take notes of how each run did. I find it helpful to keep a track of just how each run goes. This is what my table looks like:

Run	Item	Purchase Price	Total Cost	Selling Price (cash)	Total Received	Profit for trip	Maintenance
Z - A	Bag	482	9,158	847	16,093	6,935
A - Z	BC	359	6,821	678	12,882	6,061	1,386
Z - A	Bag	482	9,158	886	16,834	7,676
A - Z	BC	400	7,600	683	12,977	5,377
					Gross Profit	?26,049
					Net Profit	?24,663

The Run is a note of which commerce centres I travel between, and the Item is what I traded (I usually abbreviate these). I take a note of the purchase price from the trading window and record the total cost from the system message. When I sell the item, I get the Cash Received info from the system window. I then multiply the amount received by the number of items. I like to record the purchase and selling prices so I can monitor by how much the prices fluctuate. Taking the two total amounts away from each other I get the profit for that run. If I stop for repairs or refuelling, I like to take a note of how much it cost as it really is an expense of commerce. When I am done with that round of commerce, I add just how much I made and take away the maintenance costs to get a total figure for Profit.

Whether or not you want to use such a method to calculate your profits is up to you.

Authors Note: Yes I AM an accountant and an OCD one at that ^_^

7. Conclusion

Well that concludes my guide on commerce … well that concludes Part 1 at least . I hope you have found it helpful. My guide will continue to go under review. I need to complete the section on the tax reductions and I am sure that there are more selling prices outside the set I have listed for each item. I will continue to collect data on the Commerce Permit and Commerce Selling/Purchasing prices as I go.

If anyone of you readers finds anything wrong with the guide, for finds any extra information not included, please feel free to either post it or send it to me in a PM so I can amend my guide. I particular, any information on High Level permits would be appreciated (I am a long way from reaching that level, yet). Any help will be credited.

As for Part 2, I will be creating a supplementary guide on trading routes. It will detail the trading routes, both in one map and cross-map trading. I will explain which items can be sold on each route and any other pertinent information. I will be including images of maps edited with safe routes and monster locations. However, this may take a while as I still have quite a lot of data to collect on some of the trading routes, so it may be a while in the making, but I am working on it

Oh and Kome - FYI this one was 35 pages in Word ^_^

8. Credits

Here I would like to list all the people who have helped me make this. Firstly there are the authors of guides that I used in making this guide. While I don’t link them in the guide, the information obtained from reading them helped me as I was figuring out commerce, boats and related issues. The second group of people are authors of guides that I have linked in the main body of my guide. Without them, this guide would be 3 times as large, as I would have tried to explain all the info myself, rather than outsource it. The third group of people are ones who have helped me, either directly or indirectly, and given me help and support while creating it.

Authors of Guides Referenced from:
Snowy/PKO - Guide to Commerce - Here
Arosay - Trading Routes [Profit Earning] - Here
Bhendar - Sustaining Your Ship at Sea - Here


Authors of Guides Linked to:
Chase850 - How to buy and Use a Ship
Rc1018 - Complete Battleship Pictorial Guide
Snowy/PKO - Monster List (Ascaron)
Kome - Monster List (Deep Blue & Magical Ocean), Item Drop List, NPC List (Ascaron & Magical Ocean)
Linwyn - TOP Maps
Sylphie - NPC List - (Deep Blue)
Mikaikoren - Getting to Thundoria Guide
Dwolfy - Life Skills Guides (Woodcutting, Mining, Fishing, Salvaging)
Outofhere - Beginners Guide to Salvaging


Special Thanks:
Warby - for the quick route to minimising tax. It saved me a LOOOOOT of time
Lerie - for giving me information on how to use the WHGYTY code-thing
Kome - for giving me a ‘nudge’ into finishing this guide (Thanks for your patience ^_^)

Troubleshooters - Midic, divus